Lord of the Magical Beasts
Chapter 316: Spikes

Chapter 316: Spikes

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Ah...

Looking at the naked body of the Sword Emperor Elderweiss, the women in the audience screamed after getting over their shock. Unexpectedly, they did not see any assassin, but instead saw such an ugly scene.

At the sudden change of events, the Sword Emperor Elderweiss’ body trembled, and the lower part of his body immediately shrunk to a caterpillar. His consciousness also returned.

Humilated, furious, mad...

After wrapping the cape on the ground around himself, he glared at Yang Ling, and swiftly departed like the wind.

“My Lord, do you want me to...” Looking at the furious eyes of the Sword Emperor Elderweiss before he left, the Corpse Wizard King did not want to let it go, and was ready to pursue and kill him.

“Hmph, you slip out the back door, and follow the target from a distance. Don’t do anything yet!” Yang Ling snorted coldly, and continued, “Remember to observe, don’t take any unnecessary action!”

Even though he had only recovered 70 percent of his power, the Corpse Wizard King had to have more than enough power to deal with the Sword Emperor Elderweiss. However, Yang Ling was reluctant to let him unleash his power on Elderweiss unless it was definitely necessary.

After all, even though the powerful factions like the Church and Dark Association had retreated, but there were still many ears and eyes around. It would cause more trouble if they were to accidentally replace out the true identity of the Corpse Wizard King while he tried to kill the Sword Emperor Elderweiss. Then, everyone would suspect that he had the Divine Weapons!

It was precisely because of this worry that he did not let the Corpse Wizard King appear to deal with the Sword Emperor Elderweiss directly. He had no choice but to consider all angles of the issue at hand.

“Corrupt, I didn’t expect the country to be corrupted to this extent!” Looking at the fat man, and the old crow, who was red in the face and wearing her clothes, Yang Ling shook his head. “Men, tie the two of them up!”

“My Lord, spare my life, spare my life!”

“My Lord, I...”

...

After getting tied up by a few Barbarian guards holding giant axes, the fat man cried for mercy loudly. The exhausted old crow, on the other hand, looked pale, still yet to recover from her shock.

Could it be, that this was a dream?

First, she had met Elderweiss, who was stronger than a bull and more lewd than the legendary sex maniac. Then, she experienced an earth shaking battle of flesh. Finally, a hole in the thick wall was actually smashed in with a ‘bang’, and a few ferocious giants rushed in...

“Tsk tsk, what a pervert. To replace such an old woman!”

“Yes, rumor has it that Elderweiss had a beautiful wife a few hundred years ago. Nobody knew why, but the two of them had a huge fight on their wedding night. After that, Elderweiss left home and roamed outside for a few hundred years. Could it be that this was the reason?”

...

Looking at the old cow, and recalling that incredulous scene, the people started talking excitedly amongst themselves. The nobles on vacation, who had nothing better to do, even dug up the story of the famous Sword Emperor Elderweiss, from a few hundred years ago.

After saying a few polite words, and treating the people at the scene to a few drinks to help them get over the shock, Yang Ling left in big strides, surrounded by guards. The moment he stepped out of the door, he bumped into the Warrior in the golden cloak, Casia, who had rushed here at lightning speed. It so happened that had sped over here after hearing about the assassin in the bar, to prevent anything from happening to Yang Ling.

After instructing the soldiers, who had rushed over upon hearing the news, to spread out and tighten the patrols, Yang Ling, Casia, and party speedily returned to Wissen Castle. Even though there were many guards, for safety, a few merchants and nobles who were going the same way went with them, walking behind, just in case anything happened.

The incident at the bar happened over a torturously long period of time, so by now, it was already very late at night, and most people would have been sound asleep long ago. A gust of chilly wind, carrying snowflakes, blew past, and Orlando and gang were so cold that they shrunk their necks into their shoulders.

A snowy night before the start of Spring was even more chilly, as if the sun was showing its final radiance before setting!

“Brother Yang Ling, was the assassin the Sword Emperor Elderweiss?” After hearing about the news, Casia used Wind Step to rush to the scene. He did not expect to not even see the shadow of the assassin.

“This...”

Looking at Casia, who did not know what was actually going on, Yang Ling fell silent. Just as he was thinking of how he should answer, the Corpse Wizard King suddenly sent him a message. The Sword Emperor Elderweiss, in his humiliation and anger, did not flee. Instead, he did not seem to fear death and was hiding along the route Yang Ling would take to go back to the castle.

Hmph, he must be courting death!

After snorting coldly, Yang Ling silently cast the Physical Protection Wizard Power and strode towards the small forest with big steps. The Sword Emperor might be powerful, but if he were to attack, Yang Ling would make sure that he while he was able to come here, he would not make it out.

He would show his strength as a warning to the rest!

If he were able to seriously wound or even kill the Sword Emperor Elderweiss, in the future, when negotiating with the Troops Association, Yang Ling would naturally be able to argue for more benefits. The arrogant Elderweiss did not know the meaning of death and blocked the castle gates to issue a challenge. If it were any other time, it would be a crime that did not warrant death. But he came at the wrong time, just in time to stare at death, like facing the barrel of the gun.

A pitiful man would definitely have his detestable points! If he had to blame anyone, he could only blame himself for his bad luck.

“Despicable fellow, go to hell!”

Yang Ling had yet to step into the small forest, and the Sword Emperor Elderweiss, with both eyes red, impatiently charged at him, his sharp, long sword going straight for Yang Ling’s heart. He could not wait to hack Yang Ling into pieces. After he regained his senses, he very quickly understood that Yang Ling was the mastermind behind what happened to him, and he ground his teeth in hatred.

“Hmph, Fatal Blow!”

Yang Ling moved fast, but the Warrior with the golden cloak, Casia, moved even faster. Pulling out his sharp, long sword, with a ‘whoosh’, he met Elderweiss, who was bearing down menacingly, like the wind. The two parties were engaged in a fight to the death, but both were evenly matched.

Elderweiss who was known as the Sage Level at his peak, was moving extremely fast, after he understood and applied the laws of the wind. His attacks came one after another, without stopping. On the other hand. Casia had been training in the family swordsmanship and battle energy from young. His skill with his Galaxy Sword was such that he did not let even a drop of water pass through, blocking Elderweiss’ every attack.

“Get out of the way! Go to hell!”

After failing in his attacks many times, Elderweiss was so greatly angered that he did not care if they perished together. He aimed directly for Casia’s heart, ignoring the Galaxy Sword inches away from him.

That mad man!

Seeing that the other party wanted to perish together, Casia gritted his teeth and moved his body to avoid getting stabbed in his vital organs. He stabbed his sword towards Elderweiss’ lower stomach, wanting to force Elderweiss to retreat, but did not wish to hit any vital organs.

Unexpectedly, Elderweiss ignored the Galaxy Sword inches away. With a roar, Elderweiss, fought on, despite the stab wound on his lower stomach by made by Casia, and with one strike, stabbed Casia in his left shoulder.

Too fast. Both parties were as quick as lightning!

In an instant, Casia and Elderweis were both injured, blood flowing without stopping.

After forcibly getting Casia out of the way, Elderweiss again accelerated and sped straight towards Yang Ling without caring about anything. From the crazy way he was acting, it seemed that Elderweiss already did not care about his own life, in the process of trying to kill Yang Ling.

“Why, why won’t you duel me in a fair fight, but resort to such despicable tricks behind my back?” Looking at Yang Ling who was a short distance away, Elderweiss’ cried blood.

“In this world, there’s no such thing as absolute fairness!” After commanding Orlando and the guards to stand down, Yang Ling, faced with Elderweiss, remained calm. “This was never an ordinary challenge, from the moment you blocked the gate to Wissen Castle. If you want to blame anyone, then you can only blame yourself for trusting the word of the Troops Association. You chose the wrong enemy at the wrong place and time!”

Troops Association?

After hearing what Yang Ling said, Elderweiss stopped for a moment, and after a moment of deep thinking, came to a sudden realization. He paled when he realized that he had unwittingly gotten himself involved in a spat between the Magical Beasts Realm and the Troops Association.

As a noble from the past, even if he had been away from the secular world for a few hundred years, he clearly knew that once he got involved in the conflicts among the factions, he would be subject to all sorts of machinations and trickery.

“It’s either you die, or I live!”

Even if he understood what was going on, Elderweiss could not supppress the anger in his heart. After he took a deep breath, he charged toward Yang Ling, his sharp, long sword coming within inches of him.

“Hmph, you’re courting death!”

Staring at the sword which was coming close, Yang Ling gave a roar, and the immense Wizard Power and Mental Energy came pouring out. In an instant, the Ice-sealing Throne Armor, with spikes at its joints, burst out of his outer clothing, appearing in front of the others.

Cold, it was bone-chillingly cold!

In an instant, the surrounding temperature dropped rapidly, and the people around shivered in the cold. Still bleeding from the wound in his lower stomach, Elderweiss, who was the nearest, was slowed down considerably. He could barely move an inch, as if his body had gotten hit with the Freeze Spell!

This opportunity, if missed, might not come again!

Seeing that Elderweiss’ movements had been slowed in an instant, how could Yang Ling bear to let such an opportunity slip by? He turned his body to the side to avoid Elderweiss strike that was within his grasp, and took the chance to punch him hard in the wound on his lower stomach, sending him flying. Yang Ling then followed Elderweiss like a shadow, and kneed him hard, the sharp spikes on his armor breaking through his Physical Defense Energy. Yang Ling then ruthlessly drove the spikes in.

Ah...

After crying out in agony, Elderweiss, covering his wound, made the decision to retreat. Unfortunately, after being stabbed by the spikes, his whole body was cold, a layer of blue frost covered his body and his movement speed got even slower. In the eyes of the ordinary man, Elderweiss might be moving at not a bad pace, like a battle horse, covering a few meters per stride. But to Yang Ling, he was not much faster than a snail.

Punched, kicked, elbowed, kneed... Taking advantage of the moment when Elderweiss was moving slowly and gravely wounded, Yang Ling rained attacks down on him, like a storm.

Sharp spikes, astonishing power, ghostly speed, and every strike carried the Frozen Slow Spell.

Elderweiss, having had the impression the Yang Ling was a Summoner, was at a loss for what to do when faced with the storm of physical attacks Yang Ling was raining down on him at a close distance. In an instant, Elderweiss had wounds all over, with blood stains everywhere, from being pierced by the sharp spikes.

To an ordinary person, his Physical Defense Energy was impenetrable. But faced with Yang Ling’s Ice-sealing Throne’s spikes, his Physical Defense Energy id not have much effect. Far worse was that every strike from Yang Ling brought with it the Frozen Slow Spell. After getting hit, his speed would greatly decrease. With the effects stacking on one another, his speed just got slower and slower!

“Wind Sword Field, break through!” After getting hit hard again by Yang Ling, Elderweiss knew that this could not go on. Uncaring about the possible backlash, he forcibly cast the Wind Sword Field that he could not fully control yet.

In an instant, tens of thousands of sharp Sword Aura blades appeared in the sky, striking at Yang Ling’s Ice-sealing Throne Armor, with sharp, ear-piercing ‘ding ding’ sounds. The nearby trees and soldiers that could not dodge in time were all cut into pieces. After everyone had retreated far away, they concentrated again on looking at the scene, but Elderweiss, who was counterattacking like mad, had long gone.

“Brother Yang Ling, are you okay? I’ll go on the pursuit of him now!” Seeing how Elderweiss escaped even under these circumstances, Casi was unwilling to let it go!

“Hmph, forget it. Spare him his life. Let’s go!”

Of course, he could not easily let an enemy like Elderweiss go, in case of future threats from him. But looking at the surrounding audience of merchants and nobles, he had a sudden idea. In front of the others, he stopped a reluctant Casia, but behind their backs, he secretly let the hidden Corpse Wizard King take action, as he pleased.

It was enough for the news about Yang Ling instantly and gravely wounding the Sword Emperor Elderweiss, to spread. It would be enough to get the group of Managing Elders of the Troops Association to sit up and take notice. By letting the Corpse wizard King take action, he could not only get rid of the gravely injured Elderweiss, he could also remove any association of Elderweiss’ death to himself, to prevent any new trouble fom being stirred up.