Chapter 729
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Antos calmed down after hearing what Dwarf said . He plucked out two strands of his beard and spoke in a low tone, "Tyrant, my rage is growing . Could it be that something has gone wrong in my training?"
The dwarf closed his eyes and said, "Master, this is normal . Once you pass the stage of silver grand swordmaster, your rage will ease . Out of the twenty-four types of secrets in this world, Master's secret is the most unique . If not for the fact that I cannot unlearn what I have been trained in, I wish I could learn from Master too . "
A strand of red aura flashed across Antos' eyes like a flickering flame . He took in a deep breath and said, "I cannot blame Lex for what happened . I sent out troops to attack her city, but ended up in a crushing defeat . That is not a big deal . She is from the Grukos family . If I really killed her, Ojarvis will come after me . "
"Does Master want that sorcerer dead?"
"No, I suspect the person that has arrived at Daliang City is the King of Metatrin . "
"Saleen? His abilities are not strong, but he is not easy to kill . If we kill him, Lex will be upset," the dwarf said slowly .
"Lex killed an entire battalion of my soldiers . I am upset too . If she gets upset, then we are even . Tyrant, take a trip to Daliang City . If the King of Metatrin is there, kill him and bring me his head . "
Antos spoke cruelly . By the time he raised his head again, the dwarf was already gone .
The nameless small town that was under the care of Earl Besta was now in its fifth day of being surrounded by the headless knights . The dark sky devil's intention was to escape . He did not order the headless knights to attack the city and instead, become a distraction . If these headless knights followed their instincts, they would have entered the small town to hunt for souls .
There were more than ten catapults left behind by Saleen in the small town, more than one-thousand armors and equipment or elite soldiers, and a number of crossbows . Most importantly, there were more than three-thousand undead soldiers left behind by the winged skeleton .
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It was unintentional on the winged skeleton's part . There was a limit to his green spirit and it was already stored with all the spirits of the dead that he had summoned for his fleets . They could not be replaced . The newly created undead soldiers were left behind in Earl Besta's small town . Without death mages to provide these undead soldiers with death energy, these soldiers would only last for a month at most before vanishing from the Myers Mainland . If they were lucky, their soul flames would burn again in the death dimension .
The undead soldiers did not smell good and the people in the small town felt disgusted by them at first . They soon became the most important fighting force after the headless knights came .
These headless knights were created by the dark sky devil and they all possessed the standard of swordmasters . Fortunately, they had already lost the abilities they had possessed when they were still alive . Now, they only knew to gather outside the city gate and hack at it with their weapons . The catapults in the city launched rocks at them for a few rounds, but stopped doing so after they realized that the headless knights would not be killed that way .
Some headless knights began to desert their horses and attempted to climb up the city wall . This was when they needed the undead soldiers' help . These undead soldiers would attack the skulls that were hung on the headless knights' waists .
Two to three of Earl Besta's soldiers would use pikes to block the headless knight . Two undead soldiers would then charge forward and activate the corpse explosion skill to blow up the headless knights' brains . Finally, the headless knights would tumble down the city wall .
The casualties were increasing by the hour . The new recruits could not be compared to Earl Besta's bodyguards . The headless knights did not have any weaknesses and the people trapped in the city were helpless . If not for the city wall, everyone in the city would already have been killed by the headless knights .
It was too late to flee from the city . All they could do now was to defend the city and wait for reinforcements .
After holding on for two days, the people in the city were tired beyond words . The headless knights had only lost less than one-thousand of their own yet more than half of the undead soldiers were dead . Slightly more than one-thousand were left . The remaining headless knights were stronger than those that had perished . Even if three to five undead soldiers attacked a headless knight at once, they might not succeed in killing it .
Just as the morale within the city was at its lowest, two figures appeared on the plains far away like shooting stars and arrived behind the headless knights . These two figures paid no attention to the headless knights . They instead flew up and over the top of the city wall . The soldiers on the city wall wanted to shoot arrows at them, but found that they could no longer control their limbs .
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Even the headless knights that were climbing the city wall found themselves unable to move . The two figures stopped . It was a man and a woman . The man waved his hand and suddenly, there was a very slight sound in the bodies of all the headless knights .
Ka…
Almost in one instant, all the headless knights turned into black powder and scattered onto the ground as if they never existed .
The woman opened her mouth and a green light shone from her fingers to form an illusion on the city wall .
The illusion was a monster that was more than twenty yards tall . It had three heads, four arms and an entire body of black scales with a horn on each head .
"Has anyone seen this before?" The woman's voice rang throughout the entire city .
The soldiers shook their heads . The man glanced over and said to the woman, "Jessica, the dark sky devil has never been here . We have been tricked . "
"What do we do now, Gauf?"
The man opened his mouth and said, "When did these headless knights start to attack this place?"
"Two, two days ago…," a slightly more courageous soldier replied . Even the new recruits had become braver after having managed to survive until then . Battling the headless knights everyday was a nightmare .
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"Jessica, it has been two days . That thing did not dare to fly so it is probably within two-thousand miles from here . "
"Damn it . He has devoured more than ten-thousand people so he has managed to stop his injury for the time-being . I can't detect his aura!"
These two were the Goddess' envoys that had left the purgatory desert . They did not have any important tasks at hand so they decided to track down the dark sky devil . During the first encounter, the dark sky devil was badly injured by them and had fled for its life .
These two oracles definitely possessed the power to kill him . The dark sky devil had been concealing his movements all along, but was still caught by them . Jessica used divine spells to hack off one of his heads and just like that, more than ten-thousand years of powers that he had accumulated had gone to waste . He knew that he was no match for the two envoys so he deserted the head and fled . It was easy to detect his aura through his blood so he took the risk of killing ten-thousand Qin soldiers to stop the bleeding for the time-being .
The dark sky devil's third head was still unable to possess any abilities . In order to recover, he would need a large number of disciples to pray to him .
The dark sky devil took the risk of killing ten-thousand Qin soldiers and this took the envoys by surprise . He created more than two-thousand headless knights before hiding himself . He would wait for the oracles to track down these knights first before escaping in the opposite direction .
Ever since he developed intelligence, the dark sky devil had never been so aggrieved before . If only he had his full powers, he would not have to fear these two envoys .
Aside from the two envoys losing track of dark sky devil, Saleen had already led his one-thousand prisoners to Daliang City . All the prisoners were Qin and were not subjected to any mistreatment . Lex arranged for them to join the battalion of new recruits instead of becoming auxiliary soldiers immediately .
The King's mansion in Daliang City was also called the Imperial Palace . Saleen did not stay in the magic tower mainly because it would be difficult for his demons to settle down there . Saleen stayed in a small building in the backyard of the King's mansion that was near the magic tower . One level of this building was already used by Lex for military matters . The hall was broad and beside the gigantic oval-shaped table were the generals of Bitter Water Prefecture and the people that Saleen had brought over .
On Lex's side, one grade-7 mage was stationed at the magic tower outside of the city so only one other grade-7 mage sat beside her . On the other side sat Wild Bear . This warrior was originally a cook, but was already a zun grand swordmaster now . Even Su was jealous of his talent .
Not only was Wild Bear fast in training up his sword aura, his god-given strength was also something others wished they had . Even if he did not utilize the sword aura, one hit by his hammer would still cause enough grief to most swordmasters .
It was not because of his outstanding fighting skills that he merited a seat beside Lex . Behind her stood four black metal grand swordmasters, two of them middle-aged and the other two were youths . Wild Bear was now the battalion commander of Lex's palace swordsmen . He lead tens of thousands of soldiers who specialized in battles on foot . After a few years of grooming, his talent for military was on full display . No one would ever guess that he used to be a cook .
Lex still had another ten main battalions and their commanders were all seated at the table .
On Saleen's side, Eleanor and Isabella sat beside him since grade-6 grand mages could not possibly stand behind . The four demons stood obediently, as well as the winged skeleton . Mu En was also seated beside Saleen with an expressionless face .
It pained him to disguise himself as a grand sorcerer, especially when surrounded by so many important people . He almost wanted to knock himself dead . Unfortunately, the winged skeleton had no intentions of letting him go . He continued to make him wear the black magic robe and sit beside Saleen .
Beside Saleen were Nicholas and Su . Su was now fully capable of leading Saleen's first battalion into battle and they were stationed in Daliang City as well . As they had been in battles together, Lex's generals were grateful and appreciative of the Metatrins .
The people of Bitter Water Prefecture witnessed for themselves how this battalion of new recruits went through the initiation of fighting on the battlefield to become seasoned soldiers . Until now, more than one-thousand soldiers from the first battalion had died and up to three-thousand had to leave due to injuries . The battalion had seen a turnover of more than half of its soldiers . Nevertheless, the first battalion had gradually matured and could now live up to its name of being elite soldiers .
Saleen used his senses, but was unable to detect the old assassin that used to stay by Lex's side . That old fellow must have become stronger again .
Lex presented the images from the magic map . Separation Sea was tiny and covered by fog . As the images were gradually magnified, one could clearly see the twists and turns of the shore and its shape .
"After I killed the Cloudflow envoy, everyone else rushed ashore and my ships were thoroughly destroyed . " Lex used a magic staff to point at a coordinate on the three-dimensional map and said, "Although the group of envoys' fleet was of a small scale and would not be able to launch any attacks on land, subsequently, Cloudflow will most likely gather all their fleets on the Separation Sea over here . There is only a small town with at most ten-thousand men stationed by the shore . It will not do . "
Everyone in the hall hung their heads gloomily after hearing what Lex said . If this was a battle on land, they would not have to be afraid . None of them were proficient in naval warfare . Everyone looked at Saleen and waited for his response .
These generals knew that the King of Metatrin came specifically to provide reinforcements, but they had no idea what brilliant suggestions he might possibly have . Looking at how simply he carried himself, the generals had little expectation of Saleen .