Published at 1st of April 2020 04:45:08 AM
Chapter 951: 951
Chapter 951: Death Notice II
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
The city walls of Cedar City were still draped with the flag of the Holy Dragon Empire, and soldiers were patrolling on top of the wall . People were moving in and out of the city gate . Nothing seemed out of the ordinary .
The merchant group slowly approached from a distance . After showing their identities, they headed directly toward the city center . However, Count Stanwin remained vigilant . He looked at the people behind the city gate and did not spot anything amiss, so he finally let down his guard .
“Very well, we’ll rest for a night in Cedar City . Tomorrow morning, we’ll depart for Holy Dragon City . ”
“Boom . ”
Suddenly, everyone turned their heads and realized that, unbeknownst to them, the massive city gate had been closed . To top it off, the soldiers who were guarding the city appeared to be watching the merchant group cautiously .
“This isn’t good . Leave Cedar City!”
Count Stanwin was the first to detect the anomaly . Immediately, he wielded his fourth-form shapeshifting and transformed into a ferocious Deinosuchus . He turned around and was about to force open the city gate .
“Count Stanwin, I heard that the Deinosuchus beast is incredibly powerful but my Golden Python is also immensely potent . I wonder, which one of us will prevail?”
A fourth-form shifter emerged from the group of soldiers guarding the city wall . He had shapeshifted into a massive python over thirty meters long . The python’s scales were covered in a golden shimmer, just like real gold .
“Golden Python? You’re Orsato . You’ve conquered Cedar City?”
Count Stanwin’s face changed dramatically . He was quite familiar with Orsato, who was a rebel army leader with the Golden Python bloodline . Now that Orsato had conquered Cedar City, he merely wanted to trick the merchant group into entering Cedar City .
“Count Stanwin, don’t be in such a hurry to leave . It was a great effort for us to trick you into the city . How can we allow you to leave so easily?”
Orsato appeared to be full of confidence . At the same time, the Python Army who was in the city swarmed out and surrounded the merchant group . As for Count Stanwin’s heavy knights, they could not wield their full abilities in such a small enclosed space . Suddenly, chaos ensued, resulting in several heavy knights falling to the ground .
“You can’t stop me!”
Count Stanwin growled in rage . Without hesitation, he rushed toward Orsato . He knew that only by breaking down the city gate, the merchants and the three hundred knights would be able to escape .
“Good, very good . Let me see how powerful the Deinosuchus beast is!”
Orsato was not the least intimidated . His huge body swayed like a whip before lashing out at Count Stanwin .
“Bam . ”
Both opponents collided head-on . Count Stanwin’s enormous Deinosuchus body was shrouded in a layer of crimson glow and became even more formidable than before .
“Get lost!”
Count Stanwin roared . His solid body slammed against the Golden Python, and Orsato felt slightly overpowered and retreated a distance away .
“Good, good, good . It’s not surprising this is the Deinosuchus . However, this is merely the beginning . Deadly Constriction!”
Orsato was also a fourth-form shifter, not at all inferior to Count Stanwin . His Golden Python possessed incredible strength . Currently, Orsato had mobilized every last ounce of strength in every inch of his long body . As quick as a golden flash of light, he had constricted Count Stanwin’s movement .
“Crack . ”
The Golden Python’s constriction was truly fearsome . Despite the Deinosuchus body’s impenetrable skin, he seemed unable to withstand the Golden Python’s constriction .
Count Stanwin’s body was being crushed slowly . The Deinosuchus could detonate a huge amount of power if stimulated with enough blood, but now that he was trapped in the Golden Python’s deadly constriction, it was impossible . He could not think of a way to tear apart the Golden Python’s body .
Thus, Count Stanwin began to lose, and gradually, every bone was being crushed by the Golden Python, bit by bit .
“Haha, so what if it’s the Deinosuchus bloodline? Die!”
Orsato’s eyes were filled with an insane streak . There had been more than one mid-tier almighty beast bloodline who died by his hand . He was the true top contender of all the fourth-form shifters among the mid-tier almighty beasts . Even Count Stanwin could not match up to him .
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Sensing the gradual loss of life force from his body, Count Stanwin’s mind was filled only with Leon . Leon was his hope, and the heir of his bloodline .
“Leon, I can’t accompany you any more…”
Count Stanwin’s eyes turned bloodshot as he stared straight at Orsato . Although Count Stanwin was dying, that look gave Orsato a chill .
“Full-shift, Kiss of Death!”
Count Stanwin roared . Immediately, all the blood from his body gushed out and formed a crimson flame that seemed to be burning .
At the same time, the last part of Count Stanwin which was left unchanged – his forehead – finally began to shapeshift . This was forced shifting, which in return consumed his life force .
Normally, forced shifting did not guarantee any increase in ability . However, a peak fourth-form existence such as Count Stanwin would surely be able to achieve full-shift through forced shifting and bloodline incineration, even if it was just for a split second .
Count Stanwin’s vicious mouth curved into a smile .
“Snap . ”
The Kiss of Death bit the Golden Python . There was a spray of blood and tissue . The Golden Python was almost completely severed . If that happened, Orsato would either be killed or sustain a grievous injury .
“Pity…”
However, a forced shifting was extremely short-lived, basically just a momentary triumph . Hence, a small portion of the Kiss of Death had only been wielded when Count Stanwin’s blood was rapidly incinerated and turned bright red . Finally, with a “tsss”, it sizzled, and the Deinosuchus body fell dead onto the ground .
Count Stainwin had lost all life force . He was dead!
“Honorable General, how are you faring?”
Orsato’s men had finally defeated the three hundred heavy knights and came to his rescue . Looking at his exhausted appearance, they were slightly anxious .
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“Count Stanwin’s Deinosuchus bloodline was indeed fearsome . I almost died alongside him!”
Orsato’s face displayed a sneer but in his heart, he was extremely shaken . Previously, no matter how powerful his enemy, Orsato usually fought with confidence and emerged victorious .
This time, although he ultimately won the fight, the sensation of brushing so closely against death, unleashed by Count Stanwin at the final moment, was something he would never forget .
“Go, rip Count Stanwin’s body into eight and feed him to the dogs!”
Orsato’s tone was filled with cruelty . In the end, Count Stanwin gave him a heavy blow . Most probably, he would have to recuperate for a few months .
Thinking of that, Orsato felt a surge of anger in his heart . Since he could not vent it out, he would have to take it out on Count Stanwin’s body instead .
“Splash . ”
From the Nourishment Pond, an incomparably huge beast emerged .
“The third-form shift . The Blood-eye Dragon from the high-tier bloodlines is truly powerful . The natural order of this Latitude Cosmos is completely different from the Void Zone . Here, the destructive power is relatively limited . Nevertheless, my current strength should be enough to smash a mountain . ”
This almighty beast was none other than Merlin in shapeshifting state . He had already brewed ten batches of the Hermani Nourishment Pond from the materials he had obtained . All of them had been used up .
He also had absorbed the ten Nourishment Pond formula given by Heroult, called the Solbar formula . However, even after so many Nourishment Pond formulas, Merlin had only managed to achieve the third-form of the Blood-eye Dragon .
Nevertheless, the Blood-eye Dragon was a high-tier almighty beast, so its third-form was sufficient to kill many other almighty beast bloodlines .
“Master Leon, there’s someone outside from Bay City Chamber of Commerce asking for you . It seems that he brings news about the Honorable Count . ”
Suddenly, outside the basement door, Merlin heard the old butler’s voice .
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Merlin was brewing the Nourishment Pond in the laboratory, thus, no one was allowed to disturb him except for important matters .
“News about Father? Please ask him to wait in the living room . I’ll come up immediately . ”
Merlin had not heard anything from Count Stanwin for three months . Back then, Count Stanwin had mentioned that protecting the merchant group should only take three months, and they would return then .
However, after three months had passed, Count Stanwin still did not return . No one knew what had happened .
Merlin was not too worried . Not only did Count Stanwin have three hundred heavy knights to protect him but he also possessed the bloodline of a mid-tier almighty beast and had achieved peak fourth-form shifter .
Unless they had encountered someone close to a full-shifter or an onslaught of multiple shifters of the same level, otherwise, they could simply escape without injury .
With that, Merlin retracted his shapeshift form . He selected a set of black aristocratic clothes, exited the basement, and headed directly to the living room .
There was an old man with grayish-white hair in the living room . He held an elegant cane and fidgeted anxiously in the chair while waiting .
Merlin walked into the living room and asked curiously, “Who are you?”
“Master Leon, I’m Bartamath from Bay City Chamber of Commerce . We’ve just received news that Count Stanwin, who was protecting our merchant group, as well as his heavy knights and the merchants in the group, had perished . No one survived…”
“Crash . ”
There was a crisp sound as the glass of water in Merlin’s hand was instantly crushed into dust . From Merlin’s body, a chilling aura began to rise .
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