Radiant Era Chapter 66-76

Chapter 66 The Birth of Two Heroes

Coastal Avenue, Harbor Area, Dunerk. Baron Mirro's face was sullen as if his parents just died. He was standing with his bent-waist in the middle of the mess. Several heavy-armored knights faithfully stood guard next to him, one magician wearing a black cloak with several mysterious hexagon patterns embroidered on his sleeves even stood at one side.

Countless torches illuminated this part of Coastal Avenue. The flesh of the four Dark Spirit Horses that exploded to bits were scattered within the radius of one hundred meters. Snow and blood mixed together and already become red blood ice under the assault of the cold wind. The carriage was burned to ashes. The black ashes and some remaining charcoals were also scattered randomly on the ground. Black, red, and white were mixed together, giving off the feeling of inside a slaughterhouse.

The corpse of Ya and Ling's middle-aged bodyguard laid on the ground. The upper half of his body nearly exploded to pieces while his two legs were trampled recklessly by the thugs hired by Black Tiger Family. His leg bones were broken, showing a strange angle.

The black man who rescued Ya and Ling from Baltic's hands laid on the seawall. There was a hole as big as a goose egg on his temple, clearly pierced by some kind of powerful arrow and died. What made people even more flabbergasted was his arms that flew dozens of meters, one to the left and one to the right. The bulky arms stuck in the snow, slanting towards the sky like tombstones.

Except for this black warrior laying on the seawall, there were also a row of seven disfigured corpses that were nearly burned to ashes, firmly blocking the mouth of an alley. These seven corpses were like melted colored glass; showing seven beautiful colors. After being burned into this, they still firmly stayed there. A dignified and baleful aura that scare people from approaching filled the air around them, adding some killing intent to the whistling cold wind.

Baron Mirro covered his nose using a white handkerchief. His left hand held onto a walking stick as he raged in a flustered manner.

The new year was coming soon and when the spring arrived and the flowers bloomed, he could retire from his position as the Mayor of Dunerk. He could then brought his wife, children, and grandchildren to return to Black Stone City to enjoy his retirement. Bringing all the profits he had raked in during the period he had served as Mayor of Dunerk, not to mention his late years would be spent freely and luxuriously, his children, grandchildren, even great-grandchildren could peacefully and luxuriously enjoy their lives.

As long as he endured for three more months, he could return to his hometown and peacefully enjoy his retirement!

However, now, with only three months left, why must such wicked incident happen so suddenly? With so many people dying and such a big commotion happening, he couldn't conceal it even if he wanted to. After all, the huge explosion was heard by the hundreds of thousands residents of Dunek.

The bureaucrats of Yasen Province would definitely dispatch some of their high officials to investigate tonight's event, criticize him left and right, and easily interfere with Dunerk's municipal administration. They may even inspect Dunerk's tax and administration account books of the last several years.

Naturally, Baron Mirro wasn't afraid of them inspecting the account books. He was afraid that to keep those damned investigators' mouths shut, he would have to pay a high price – maybe the money for his future great-grandsons' purebred horses or his future great-granddaughters' jeweled necklaces would sprout wings and fly off just like that! If he bumped into a fellow as greedy as himself, perhaps the damage caused would be even bigger!

"Who can tell me what actually happened here!" Baron Mirro angrily raised his walking stick and started to wave it strongly. The walking stick carved from ivory firmly beat a lamp post next to him with a 'pa-pa' sound. He also couldn't help but feel heartache.

A group of fully-armed imperial soldiers escorted a silver-armored middle-aged man with a tall stature and magnificent appearance. This was the commanding officer of Dunerk's defensive garrison, the permanent commander of Dunerk's thousand-man army, 'Lieutenant Colonel Snow Wolf' Walter.

Looking at Baron Mirro's hysterical actions, Snow Wolf Walter folded his hands in front of his chest in worry and looked at the mess of disheveled corpses with a frown. What actually happened? Who attacked these people? Then where did they go?

Those murdering ruffians, could it be that they already took advantage of the night to sneak into Dunerk's downtown area? If this was true, if more commoners were attacked, Walter's responsibility would be huge! Thinking of the cold and heartless faces those executioners of the Imperial Military Department's Martial Law Bureau, Walter couldn't help but shudder.

When Walter was lost in thought and Baron Mirro was roaring in anger, Blackbeard stumbled out of a small black alley while carrying Lin Qi in his arms. While walking, Blackbeard howled emotionally, "Sir, sir, lieutenant colonel, where are your barrack's military doctors? Please save my son, Lin Qi, this stupid boy, how could he fight to the death with those cruel beastmen?"

Blackbeard's saliva mixed with his mucus as his tears continuously streamed from his red and swollen eyes. He wailed in grief, "There's also Enzo, this brave young man, for the sake of protecting this stupid son of mine, he actually fought to the death with a maddened beastman! For goodness sake, quickly save them!"

Blackbeard's mucus and tears were splattering everywhere, thoroughly playing out an image of a brokenhearted and worried father. His slippers were already gone so his bare feet were stepping on the filthy snow just like that. His brocaded pajamas worth several hundred gold coins had long already been dirtied with blood and sewage; it undoubtedly couldn't be worn again even if it was washed clean.

Behind Blackbeard, several family thugs wearing Dunerk militiamen uniforms ran over while carrying Enzo. They had blood all over their bodies while their chests and backs had sword wounds like that of 'heroic warriors'. They howled in pain like Blackbeard, continuously requesting for military doctors to quickly come and rescue their young master's good friend, good partner, good brother, good comrade!

Countless torches brightly illuminated the port area. One thousand defensive army, several hundred Dragon Cavalry and copper hats, also countless militiamen who were rushing over, they all gathered here. Under the illumination of the bright torches, Blackbeard stumbled and fell on the ground. He kneeled on the ground as his powerful hands propped the 'weak' body of the 'unconscious' Lin Qi.

Cries of alarm sounded from all around. There were over twenty disordered sword wounds on Lin Qi's body. His expensive clothes were already damaged so bad it looked like a fishing net. His flesh was cut open like a child's mouth, exposing red muscles underneath. Cold wind blew snow over and Lin Qi's flesh immediately turned white.

Lin Qi twitched in pain, as if he still feel the extreme pain of his body though he was unconscious!

"Military doctors, quickly come and save them!" Lieutenant Colonel Walter turned pale with fright, yet he was also ecstatic; the clues had arrived!

Listen, Lin Qi fought against the beastmen? Then this time it was the beastmen who invaded and started the fight, there was no doubt about it!

Blackbeard's unpleasant weeping sound once again resounded throughout the whole harbor.

Chapter 67 Healing

Dunerk defensive army's battle preparation was pretty good. Three military doctors carrying small wooden chests on their backs rushed out from the crowd of soldiers. Baron Mirro personally knocked on the door of a house in the vicinity. Lin Qi and Enzo were escorted into the family's hall. Several leading figures of Dunerk Port who received the news also rushed over and barged into the house one after another, making the hall very crowded.

The three military doctors swiftly placed Lin Qi and Enzo on a long wooden table then sliced open their clothings using a knife with fluid movements, exposing their wounds. An alarmed gasp immediately sounded from all around. There were three daughters who just entered adulthood in this household. Looking at the sinister wounds on Lin Qi and Enzo's bodies, the three who already showed pure and moving traits of a lady were so frightened they immediately fainted.

Of course, not to rule out that it was the first time in their lives seeing a man's naked body, the shock was so intense they fainted. In any case, young girls of the West Continent had always been weak, any little external event could very miraculously make them faint.

Several soldiers attending at one side rushed up with understanding and helped the owner of the house carry the three pretty girls to their bedrooms.

It was merely a brief episode. At most, it would be a topic these leading figures of Dunerk talk about in their leisure time for the coming several days – such as whether the soldiers would develop feelings for the three pretty girls and so on. But very quickly, everyone's attention was focused on Lin Qi and Enzo.

Lin Qi's body was a little bloated, but two or three muscles could still be seen on his belly. While Enzo who received huge amount of training from the army academy all year round, his body was even more robust than a leopard, every muscle was evident under the bronze luster of the light.

However, two bodies brimming with youthfulness were injured with matchless cruelty.

The wounds on Lin Qi's body was slightly less, with only 23 wounds after careful examination. As for the wounds on Enzo's body, he wasn't Blackbeard's son after all so Blackbeard was a little more excited when he was adding wounds on Enzo's body and couldn't help but swept 37 deep sword scars on Enzo's body, including two penetrating wounds on Enzo's thigh that was clearly pierced by a sharp sword.

Looking at the two sword wounds on Enzo's thigh, the three military doctors also couldn't help but shouted loudly. Too dangerous, too close, if it moved a little, the sharp sword would tear the artery in Enzo's thigh. Based on the standard of medical treatment in the West Continent, without a medicine refined by an arcanum great master that could rise someone from the dead, a ruptured thigh artery was an untreatable injury.

After all, Enzo wasn't his own son so Blackbeard dared to take action. Blackbeard simply didn't dare to do something like that to Lin Qi.

"God, it must be those bastards from the north, only those bastards could do such a cruel thing! God, punish those damned bastards, let lightning strike them to ashes!" After Baron Mirro looked at the tragic appearance of Lin Qi and Enzo's bodies, he looked up and started to curse exasperatedly.

Being called 'a bastard from the north', Old Man Blackbeard repeatedly nodded without the slightest change in his expression. He roared at the top of his voice, "Don't let me capture those damned bastards, otherwise I will cut their flesh inch by inch and make them into shark bait! Those merciless butchers, how could they treat two heroic, fearless, nationalistic, responsible youngsters like this!"

The three military doctors cleaned Lin Qi and Enzo's wounds with practiced hands then sprinkled some high alcoholic drink on their bodies, making the two unconscious men twitched with pain. Enzo was already used to this kind of suffering at school so he could resist from making a sound with great difficulty. But Lin Qi almost couldn't control himself and nearly howled at the top of his voice.

Especially since Lin Qi's bladder was full, he nearly urinated in public because of the pain.

For the sake of not letting himself become the laughingstock of Dunerk upper society for the coming thirty years, Lin Qi firmly gritted his teeth and forcefully endure the desire to urinate.

However, when the three military doctors smeared the military's special Blade Wound Medicine on their wounds and wrapped their wounds firmly using bandages, Lin Qi finally couldn't hold back and started to howled at the top of his voice. Damn it, Lin Qi felt that those officials of the imperial army department logistics section had definitely corrupted countless amount of money because after the medicine entered his wounds, it crazily burned like a fireball, as if there were countless knives randomly slicing his wounds. This simply made Lin Qi's pain magnify over than ten fold!

Seeing Lin Qi opened his mouth and howled with wide eyes, the three doctors were actually incomparably happy that they laughed at the top of their voices and said, "Aha, this lad shouted so energetically, since he can still shout, it looks like he won't die!"

Lin Qi's shout was exceptionally loud and clear. Everyone could see that he still had ample breath left. Although he was seriously injured, his life wasn't in danger. But Enzo's side was extremely weird; he was still 'unconscious'. Even though the medicine powder was sprinkled into the wounds and the muscles all over his body were taut, yet he still hadn't moved in the slightest.

The three doctors simultaneously took action. They slapped Enzo's face while shouting, "Hey, wake up, wake up, you mustn't continue sleeping. Keep awake, brother, keep awake!"

After being battered from the slaps, Enzo suddenly opened his eyes and also started to howl.

The three doctors simultaneously laughed. They repeatedly nodded and said, "Effective indeed! Our seniors said, on the battlefield, if a soldier who lost too much blood continue to be unconscious, have to wake them up, otherwise they can die in their sleep!"

They proudly flaunted to Lieutenant Colonel Walter, "This is our own secret recipe, waking unconscious soldiers with a slap, their surviving probability then increase by one fold!"

Lieutenant Colonel Walter nodded thoughtfully, so there was this kind of saying? He immediately added, "Then, I have an even better method to wake them up! Burn their heels with hot iron, as long as they aren't dead, they will quickly wake up, right?"

The three military doctors were suddenly enlightened and glanced at one another; right, buning their heels using hot iron, unless they were dead, they would certainly wake up. They looked at Lin Qi and Enzo who were shouting at the top of their voices and shook their heads with incomparable regret; these two already regained consciousness so they couldn't use hot iron to try. But, it didn't matter, they would have other opportunities in the future!

Lin Qi whose whole body was twitching from pain howled for quite a while. The pain that was worse than death in his wounds finally waned. He weakly looked at the culprit of everything – his beloved father. With hot tears streaming down his face, Lin Qi asked with a trembling voice, "Father, those damned beastmen, did they escape?"

Baron Mirro and the numerous Dunerk leading figures present strongly clapped. Their applause nearly made the roof fly.

Too moving, too touching, what an outstanding youngster, simply a model of virtue for all youngsters in the empire! They just came back from the edge of life and death a moment ago, yet unexpectedly, they didn't think of their own conditions, rather those damned invaders!

Too touching!

Chapter 68 Battle Journal

The owner of the house offered two sets of new clothes also two pairs of warm boots made of bearskin. The pale-faced Lin Qi and Enzo got dressed then was escorted by everyone to the front of the fireplace while carrying blood and vitality enriching medicinal tea that was made of the rhizome of 'Bear Blood Flower', drinking the hot tea while narrating their experience.

"I and Enzo are good friends, he is an outstanding student of the Imperial Army Academy! Imperial Army Academy, all of you respectable gentlemen know, was the one which delivered several hundred high-ranking military officers for the imperial army during the war thirty years ago!"

Lin Qi lightly patted Enzo's shoulder and said while grimacing, "Enzo is Army Academy's most outstanding student, not one of the most outstanding, he is Army Academy's most outstanding student. He is the bravest, most heroic, most fearless, and most devoted person I've ever met!"

Enzo's face flushed red at the right time. Blackbeard had split open over thirty cuts on his body; although Blackbeard sealed them with qi so Enzo didn't lose too much blood, his blood loss also couldn't be counted as little. He just lost so much blood, yet his face still could blush, from an outsider's perspective, this young man was so simple and honest!

Heroic and fearless, brave and loyal, yet so simple and honest, furthermore an outstanding student of Imperial Army Academy! Oh, the several Dunerk leading figures present started to plot, perhaps they should choose a young woman with pretty good appearance and behavior from their families to do an advanced investment on Enzo?

If Enzo could also become the Imperial General, then wouldn't the family have a backer for several years to come?

Lin Qi coughed once. He moved his body with difficulty and said with a calm face, "Enzo is my family's guest, I accompany him to go to Golden Rose to have a little fun, yet it turned out we come across a pair of rude and unreasonable girls who claimed that they are from one of the top aristocratic families of Vias Business Union! But they were incomparably rude, incomparably arrogant, and incomparably unreasonable, I simply can't make out which part of them is like a nobility."

Lin Qi narrated the conflict that happened in Golden Rose; naturally, some minute details were slightly altered. He gritted his teeth and said, "Enzo, he is a good man, he was hit by the vile, lowly, despicable, shameless middle-aged scoundrel until he lost consciousness! As for me, with my partner's life in their hands, I could only leave Golden Rose in humiliation, intend to request help from all you respectable gentlemen, to demand for justice!"

Baron Mirro and Lieutenant Colonel Walter glanced at each other. Under this kind of circumstance, undoubtedly, Lin Qi could only leave Golden Rose. Enzo's life was in other people's hands, Lin Qi simply couldn't do anything, to request help from Dunerk officials was the most reasonable thing to do.

"Then, what happened after that?" Baron Mirro curiously asked.

Lin Qi's expression turned increasingly ugly. He smiled bitterly and said, "I just left Golden Rose when I found that all the lamps on Coastal Avenue were extinguished. Several sneaky Dark Spirit people were escorting a passenger ship to enter the harbor at night!"

Lin Qi laughed grimly and said, "Everyone knows, at night during winter, Dunerk doesn't allow ships to sail in the Harbor Area."

Lieutenant Colonel Walter nodded and said, "Correct, there is such a rule. What did you discover!"

Lin Qi gritted his teeth and starter to wave his fist in anger. "I found that those Dark Spirit people were escorting a group of beastmen to disembark. Furthermore, those two girls, I think they are called Aya and Aling? Also that thug, that lackey they hired, that sinister middle-aged man, they unexpectedly followed me when I left Golden Rose. That middle-aged man overtook me, wanting to dispose of me!"

Enzo added, "They threw me onto the snowy ground, so I was awoken. I saw that those beastmen who were climbing ashore actually cooperate with the middle-aged man to intercept Lin Qi. They clearly know one another, and from what they said, they came to Dunerk with a specific objective!"

The expressions of Baron Mirro and those Dunerk leading figures turned incomparably ugly. A specific objective?

Coming ashore at the Coastal Avenue, the distance from where the beastmen came ashore to Golden Rose Bar was only two hundred meters. To assault them, those beastmen could charge into Golden Rose Bar. What was more frightening was that the sons and daughters of the leading figures present, many were freely having fun in Golden Rose Bar!

They immediately recalled that during the century Land Island War period, the northern Five Dalian Island and Odin Ice Origin particularly common activity – 'snatch buffoons'! The so-called 'snatch buffoons' was a saying those barbarous beastmen intentionally made to ridicule humans. To speak frankly, it was kidnapping and blackmailing. They abducted important people of those aristocratic families and demanded an astronomical amount of ransom, therefore acquiring a huge amount of profit.

Everything had its own perfect explanation. Those two girls who claimed to be nobilities; they were spies. They entered Golden Rose precisely to see how many valuable targets were inside Golden Rose and whether they were worthy for the beastmen to take action. After they confirmed their targets, they intentionally provoked Lin Qi and intentionally offended Golden Rose's unwritten rules, forcing Jin to expel them from Golden Rose Bar so that they could relay the information.

Of course, why was it that when the two girls were still in Golden Rose Bar, the beastmen already impatiently landed? Was more explanation necessary? Beastmen were stupid, slow-witted, and impatient. They all had fiery temperament. The two girls first went to Golden Rose Bar to scout the circumstances probably for the sake of gaining the biggest profit, but the beastmen wouldn't listen to them!

Based on a beastman's disposition, how could two girls control them? Perhaps the beastmen on the ship were too anxious so they disinclined to wait for the two girls to send information back and directly rushed to the shore?

Lin Qi said with a deep voice, "Enzo, he is qualified to be an imperial soldier! He is a true warrior! When I was surrounded by them, when my life was in danger, he confronted the swords of hundreds of beastmen, he rushed over to save me by himself!"

While strongly waving his hands, Lin Qi bellowed, "He killed the leader of the Dark Spirit people with one strike, then injure eight beastmen!"

Enzo's face turned even redder and he lowered his head deeply. The leading figures present simultaneously sighed in their hearts. "Such a simple and honest youngster, such a heroic and fearless youngster! When facing over one hundred savage-natured beastmen, he actually rushed over by himself!"

Laughing bitterly, Lin Qi shuddered from head to foot and said, "But, we didn't expect that vile, lowly, despicable, shameless middle-aged man to be a Heaven Knight!"

Lieutenant Colonel Walter's body suddenly trembled. He cried out in alarm, "God, are you serious? A Heaven Knight?"

Baron Mirro's face also turned pale. A Heaven Knight? How did these two guys escape?

Chapter 69 Supreme Recognition

A Heaven Knight!

A cry of alarm once again sounded in the hall!

Of the people on the continent, who wasn't aware of what a Heaven Knight signify? In the world of ordinary people, a Heaven Knight represented a paragon. In the battlefield, a Heaven Knight could turn the tides of a military campaign of ten thousand man corps. A powerful Heaven Knight could effortlessly wipe out a group of one hundred elite cavalrymen, defeat a large group of one thousand cavalrymen with ease, and skillfully handle a corp as big as ten thousand men.

Given enough time, a Heaven Knight could even thoroughly wipe out a corp of ten thousand men in a war of attrition – if the corp could persevere without their morale crumbling.

Lin Qi and Enzo, these two guys actually ran into a Heaven Knight and lived to tell the tale! Were they just talking big?

Everyone looked at Lin Qi and Enzo with suspicious gazes except for Lieutenant Colonel Walter who had been sceptical early on. He recalled that among the corpses, there was the body of a middle-aged man whose upper body was nearly split to two. Based on Lin Qi and Enzo's strength, there was no way they could create such disastrous injuries.

With such injuries, even a Heaven Knight would undoubtedly die!

Lieutenant Colonel Walter wrinkled his brows and slowly said, "Someone helped you, didn't they?"

Lin Qi looked at Lieutenant Colonel Walter with 'incomparable surprise'. He shouted, "Sir Lieutenant Colonel, you are really wise and farsighted, how did you know? Of course, of course someone helped us, otherwise how could we be a match to a Heaven Knight? Goodness, I still have to ask for a favor for them."

Hearing Lin Qi's words, Lieutenant Colonel Walter felt very smug. He put his hands behind his back in a dignified way and said while looking at Lin Qi with a profound gaze, "If I'm not mistaken, it was whale-hunting prongs! It was magic-powered whale-hunting prongs that are used to hunt 'Single-horned Wild Whale', wasn't it? Except for that weapon, who else could deal with a Heaven Knight?"

Lin Qi looked at Lieutenant Colonel Walter in astonishment and a little bit of adoration. He said with incomparable admiration, "You are truly too awesome, how did you know? How on earth did you know? Goodness, I just said the beginning, yet you actually already know the answer!"

Enzo also stood up. He bowed towards Lieutenant Colonel Walter with extreme respect and said, "My teacher once said, in the army there are several true veteran soldiers with extremely rich experience, they can figure out a battle or even the whole process of a war from any clue! A veteran soldier like this is our empire's most precious wealth, without a doubt, you are exactly such a person!"

Baron Mirro started to laugh heartily. He softly applauded just at the right time.

A loud and lively applause sounded inside the hall. Lieutenant Colonel Walter floated like an immortal in the middle of the applause with a red face as if applied with rogue. He slightly raised his heel with pride and said in a relaxed manner, "This is nothing. Looking at the condition of the corpse, only a weapon with enormous might and penetrating power can cause injuries like that. So I thought of the magic-powered whale-hunting prong, such a lethal weapon totally match the circumstances."

With an aloof smile, Lieutenant Colonel Walter said in an exceptionally lively manner, "That man's arms were destroyed, there is a hole on his stomach from an explosion, a whale-hunting prong clearly pierced through his stomach. But the rest of his body is basically maintained in a good condition, this proves that his qi was exceptionally formidable, the rest of his body was protected by his qi so it was preserved!"

Lightly straightening his body, Lieutenant Colonel Walter said in high spirits, "Everyone knows, one magic-powered whale-hunting prong can destroy a house, who can more or less preserve his body in a good condition after being hit by one? A Heaven Knight, without a doubt, only a powerful Heaven Knight can have this kind of strength!"

"Too brilliant!" Enzo looked at Lieutenant Colonel Walter with incomparable veneration. He applauded loudly and said, "Lieutenant Colonel, you are the brightest pearl in the imperial army! With Dunerk defensive garrison under your command, Dunerk's residents can sleep peacefully at night!"

Baron Mirro and those leading figures continuously applauded and cheered and one by one praised Lieutenant Colonel Walter for having a high level of achievement in military affairs as expected. Being able to determine so many things from small clues, Lieutenant Colonel Walter was truly an elite among the imperial army. Him staying in Dunerk was truly everyone's fortune!

Lieutenant Colonel Walter was indeed worthy to be called an elite soldier. He smiled and nodded in gratefulness to everyone around him, then asked Lin Qi with prestige, "Then, Mister Lin Qi, you were saying, how was it that you want to ask a favor for them?"

Lin Qi turned sullen, forced a helpless smile, and said, "'Maritime Unicorn', you know, it was the warriors of this whale-hunting ship who took action in time and save us. But of the three sets of magic-powered whale-hunting prongs on their ships, one was destroyed by that damned fellow. You know, a Heaven Knight's all-out counterattack, even a boulder will be smashed to ashes!"

Lowering his head in grief, Lin Qi softly sighed and said, "Moreover, Maritime Unicorn used magic-powered whale-hunting prongs at the harbor without permission, this violated…"

Lieutenant Colonel Walter and Baron Mirro looked at each other. They simultaneously smiled. "Oh, no, the warriors won't suffer any punishment!"

Baron Mirro waved his hand, smiled, and said, "The city hall will provide the money to replace the set of magic-powered whale-hunting prong for Maritime Unicorn!"

Lieutenant Colonel Walter also took complete charge and said, "This kind of heroic action should receive commendation, they did no wrong! Let them make a report, I will inform the military. The destruction of this set of whale-hunting prong isn't their fault! After all, it was a Heaven Knight!"

Blackbeard who was sitting at one side resisted his laugh with great difficulty. He nearly couldn't restrain it.

Lovely young fellows, worthy to be called Blackbeard's son. Thank various Gods, praise all lovely spirits, although you let good weather to continue in the empire for thirty years and make Old Man Blackbeard's business that was handed down from generation to generation nearly bankrupt, this time you still have to be praised!

Oh, clever Lin Qi, adorable Lin Qi, flawless Lin Qi, worthy to be called his, Blackbeard's, son. A set of 'destroyed' magic-powered whale-hunting prong with incomparably terrifying destructive power would just quietly disappear among the list of goods controlled by the military department! A magic-powered whale-hunting prong that belong entirely to Black Tiger Family with no one the wiser!

This baby was enough to strengthen Black Tiger Family in the underworld!

A set of magic-powered whale-hunting prong that no one knew yet could be used wantonly was simply too perfect! When it was put on a nameless pirate ship, Old Man Blackbeard would have the confidence to tussle with even the berserker fleet of Five Dalian Island! Even a Frost Titan wouldn't be able to endure the attack of a whale-hunting prong!

As the delighted Blackbeard was feeling very complacent, a frightened shout suddenly rang from outside.

Chapter 70 Damned Beastmen

The sound of chaotic hubbub and footsteps rapidly approached. Lieutenant Colonel Walter and Baron Mirro hastily stood up. Those Dunerk leading figures also moved aside one by one while the family bodyguards behind them held their weapons firmly as they formed a tight defensive formation in front of their masters.

The door was pushed open. Outside was a big group of people who were shouting very loudly in high spirits; there were official soldiers of the defensive army, Dragon Cavalry and Copper Hats, also Dunerk militiamen with black uniforms and iron helmets. They were escorting ten sturdy militiamen with tattered clothings whose bodies were filled with wounds and blood while filling the doorway with loud clamor.

The ten sturdy militiamen with bloodstain all over their bodies clearly just experienced a big battle. They were impressively Black Tiger Family's hired thugs who Lin Qi called over a moment ago. When these faithful subordinates of Black Tiger Family wore night clothes, they became robbers; when they wore militiamen uniforms, they became guardian heroes; the people were the same, yet their identities constantly changed along with their clothings.

They truly were Dunerk militiamen, after all Black Tiger Family was an aristocratic family in Dunerk whose hidden power was the most formidable; they played an active role in the establishment of militia troops.

Take for example, every year Black Tiger Family would donated a huge amount of gold coins to the city hall for their expenditures, Black Tiger Family also purchased large quantities of cloth for Dunerk militiamen to make into uniforms, even their armors, swords, and bows and arrows were goods which shipping was controlled by Black Tiger Family.

Logically, from the 50 thousand-men militia troops in Dunerk, the commanders of 25 of them were Black Tiger Family's die-hard core members, furthermore among Dunerk militiamen, there were over twenty thousand who directly answered to Black Tiger Family.

After all, the majority of Dunerk militiamen were selected from valiant sailors, dock porters, and waiters from lower class shops. The majority of these people made a living the Black Tiger Family's territory so they naturally listen to Blackbeard's commands.

The core strength of Black Tiger Family stood in front of the door while panting and respectfully bowed towards Lieutenant Colonel Walter and Baron Mirro.

Standing in front of them was the tall Tie Chui who was wearing a special militia uniform. His body was nearly covered by a layer of blood. Dozens of light-green heads with sinister appearances were hanging from his belt. Each of his hands was also carrying dozens of ugly heads tied together with long hair.

Tie Chui was gasping for breath as he saluted the two leading figures of Dunerk military and government and said, "Sir Mayor, Sir Lieutenant Colonel, we overtook this group of damned things and got rid of them!"

Once Tie Chui relaxed his hand, over twenty heads rolled onto the ground. The heads were sinister and ugly. They had a 30 percent resemblance with a human appearance, but the rest still maintain the characteristic of a beast. They had pointed ears that protruded nearly 17 centimeters. Their mouths were filled with sharp white teeth. Their dim-green eyes made those who looked at them palpitate. Under the flame's illumination, their dead pupils shone with faint red light.

"Werewolves!" Lieutenant Colonel Walter firmly gritted his teeth.

"Damn them!" Baron Mirro subconsciously retreated several steps. He was a civillian court official while Lieutenant Colonel Walter was a military leader so in the face of the bloody, sinister, and ugly heads, naturally it was Lieutenant Colonel Walter, the military leader, who stepped forward.

Lin Qi walked to the side of the door with Blackbeard's support. He said through gritted teeth, "Lieutenant Colonel, it was precisely these damned beastmen. After Maritime Unicorn used the whale-hunting prong to get rid of the Heaven Knight, they were so frightened they fled everywhere. I and Enzo chased after them and fought with them all the way. In the end when we almost couldn't take it any longer, these valiant militiamen rushed over and saved us!"

Baron Mirro widened his eyes in astonishment. "Lin Qi, you and Enzo chased after them! Over one hundred beastmen, you chased after them!"

Gasps of admiration sounded all around. Everyone whispered praises to one another for Lin Qi and Enzo's heroism.

Lin Qi's face blushed. He tightly grabbed Blackbeard's hand and said through gritted teeth, "My father taught me since I was young, we have to devote everything for the empire and its people! That damned Heaven Knight was dead, but these savage beastmen, we absolutely cannot let them charge into downtown and harm the commoners."

Enzo said in a heavy tone, "That's right, respectable Sir Mayor, respectable Lieutenant Colonel, we were clearly aware that we aren't a match for them, but we had to chase after them because we had to keep an eye on them and not let them leave our line of sight. We had to buy some time for reinforcements to arrive. Before reinforcements arrived, we couldn't let them escape, we had to know where they ran to, this way they can be catched in one swoop!"

Lieutenant Colonel Walter resolutely waved his hand. He shouted in a deep voice, "Valiant young men, this is what an Imperial Army Academy student should do! I will request the military department to award you with medals of honor, you are a pair of wonderful youngsters!"

Baron Mirro looked at Lin Qi and Enzo with incomparable praise. He said in a deep voice, "Bring us to see those damned beastmen, to see what they did."

With the support of numerous passionate people, escorted by everyone, and under the protection of a big group of soldiers, Lin Qi and Enzo slowly walked to the small dark alley that was filled with the smell of blood.

There was blood everywhere on the alley, the walls were filled with traces of swords and axes, while a huge amount of corpses littered the ground. Distorted, sinister, terrifying beastmen corpses!

Over one hundred corpses of beastmen spread from the entrance of the alley for several hundred meters, with one beastman almost every five to six steps. Next to the beastmen, there occasionally would be several gold and silver coins spilled on the ground; they were obviously the spoils the obtained from somewhere after the rebellion. What was even more wonderful was that the gold coins weren't merely Gaul Empire's currency, but also included currencies of dozens of other countries on the continent.

Particularly, what made everyone's expression change was that inside the pocket of a particularly tall corpse were dozens denominations varying from ten to thirty thousand. They were similarly golden notes written by well-known bankers from various countries on the continent. The total sum of money was over three hundred thousand gold coins!

From the huge amount of money acquired from Ya and Ling, Blackbeard didn't mind using three hundred thousand gold coins to resolutely frame the beastmen.

Lieutenant Colonel Walter roared in anger, "These damned beastmen, they definitely didn't commit crimes only in Dunerk, they should have committed similar crimes in other places! Heavens, so much cash, so many golden notes, How many pitiful people had they harmed?"

Baron Mirro said to Blackbeard with exceptional seriousness, "Mister Tiger, you have a good son, you should be proud of him! I think you are the most suitable candidate to be Mayor of Dunerk!"

Blackbeard humbly lowered his head. Lin Qi and Enzo similarly lowered their heads with modesty.

Everyone crazily cursed the damned beastmen while simultaneously expressed enthusiastic support for Blackbeard.

Chapter 71 God's Medicine

A luxurious suite in Green Rose Hotel. Under the protection of four comrades, a Dark Spirit man was staggering inside a secret passage especially built for the suite's noble guest. The five men were as majestic as lions, yet at the moment, their cheeks were streaming with tears, their rough and simple faces were filled with sorrow.

Arthur was standing outside a sliding French window, looking in the direction of harbor district with wrinkled brows. The sky in that direction was brightly illuminated by lights. Although it was far away, one could still imagine how bright it was there at the moment. The loud explosion startled the whole Dunerk. All of Dunerk's armed forces who were still in battle-mode should already come out in full force.

The loud sound was extremely astonishing. Even Green Rose Hotel that was separated by several kilometers shook for a while. For Dunerk's residents, this kind of huge explosion was only felt several times even during the century Land Island War period. Every time, it was the army from the different tribes of Five Dalian Island who did a surprise attack. Only large-scale magic casted by their high-leveled magician troop could have such power.

"What on earth did Ya and Ling, the two madam, do?" Arthur wrinkled his brows and asked in a little unhappy tone.

"Rest assured, the strength of Ya and Ling themselves isn't weak, furthermore, they are sharp-witted and wise. Even if there was a problem, they would be able to escape unscathed." Arham unconcernedly looked at the ancient scrolls in his hands and indifferently said, "Moreover, Adoue is with them, he is one step away from being a Heaven Knight, how many people in Dunerk can threaten him?"

Arthur quickly think back to individuals in Dunerk whom he knew to have powerful strength. Except for the mysterious Blackbeard, it seemed no one could threaten Adoue. Even the several most capable thugs by Blackbeard's side, Tie Chui, Tu Dao, Baltic, and several others; the power they usually displayed was also merely at peak Earth Knight level so they weren't necessarily a match for Adoue.

As for Dunerk defensive army, the most powerful individual, the defensive army commander Lieutenant Colonel Walter, was only a middle Earth Knight. Furthermore, he wasn't that young, his physique and vitality already begun to weaken. It was even more impossible for him to be Adoue's match.

"But, the explosion just now!" Arthur kindly warned Arham.

Arham rolled the ancient scroll, then picked up a wine cup and drank a mouthful of wine. He showed a gentle and graceful smile and said, "Fine, fine, maybe it was Ya and Ling giving vent to their anger. They had never been insulted like that, they were so angry they destroyed the tracking magic formation, clearly they didn't want us to see them being cursed at."

Smiling lightly, Arham calmly said, "In the Church, if someone was disrespectful towards them, those people would definitely already turned into ashes. But here, I warned them to be low-key and cautious so they probably found another target to give vent to their feelings. Nothing major will happen."

Arham's voice had barely faded when an urgent sound of copper bell rang in a corner of the hall. A secret door was heavily pushed open. Five Dark Spirit men noiselessly shed tears as they escorted two messy-clothed girls with blood all over their bodies in a rush.

"God!" Arham who had been relaxed as if everything was under his control threw the ancient scrolls in his hands very far away and jumped with a start. The three young men sitting next to him were also shocked and rushed forward one by one.

Arham rushed like a gale to the front of the Dark Spirit man carrying Ya and Ling. He slapped the man in the face in anger and roughly grabbed Ya and Ling. He cursed softly, "Lowly creatures, devils branded with sin, how dare you use your filthy bodies to touch them? Bastards, you have to die! Kill them!"

The three youngsters rushed forward without saying a word. Two of them drew their swords and stabbed towards the five Dark Spirit men, the other softly chant a spell, making thick dark-blue mist rose from his body. The twisting mist wrapped the youngster as several distorted inscriptions rapidly appeared on his fingertips. A terrifying chill spread out from under his feet, coagulating into a bizarre triangle-shaped magic formation.

"Sinners, face the anger of Ice God! Let the spotless ice washed your souls clean and eliminate your sins!" The youngster waved his hands, forming 25 ice awls next to him. The one-meter-long ice awls emitted astonishing cold air, making all the furnishings in the room rapidly covered in a thin layer of frost.

Arthur shouted in alarm and fear, "Sir Arham, slow down, let me ask them what actually happened!"

Arham came back to his senses. He shouted in anger, "Fine, stay your hands!"

The ice awls stilled. Hearing Arham's order, the robe-wearing youngster hesitated slightly. The twisting inscription on his fingertips gradually dissipated. The ice awls also disappeared to the air little by little. But the two youngsters who brandished their swords pretended not to hear Arham's words. They thrust their swords and deeply stabbed the stomach of two Dark Spirit men.

The two Dark Spirit men with astonishing strength didn't dodge. They watched as the swords stabbed into their chests and blood quickly flowed along the blade. They just stood at their original place like that, like two black mountains, unmoving despite of wind or rain.

The two youngsters who brandished their swords blanked for a while. They looked at the five Dark Spirit men with tears streaming down their faces who didn't have the slightest change in their expressions and a burst of chill suddenly appeared in their hearts. They cautiously pulled back their swords and slowly retreated next to the robe-wearing youngster.

Arham didn't pay attention to the matter. As for the life or death of the Dark Spirit men, he couldn't care less. He cautiously put the messy-clothed Ya and Ling whose bodies were mostly exposed on the sofa and looked at the sinister wounds on their bodies with a twitch to his face.

There was a blade wound that nearly cleaved them into two on their backs. Apart from this, they were shot by powerful arrows, especially Ya; her lower abdomen was pierced through and blood was constantly flowing out. But it could be felt that there was a powerful qi hidden around their wounds. This qi was the one responsible for stopping most of their blood flow, allowing them to live until now.

Arham didn't spare another glance at the five Dark Spirit men even though he knew that it was their qi that saved the two girls' lives.

He merely took out a medicine bottle as thick as a bean and no longer than a pinky from his pocket. He smiled to Arthur and said, "Fortunately, as long as they are still alive, they can be saved. This is God's Medicine, a treasure bestowed to us by God."

After opening the medicine bottle carefully, Arham poured one drop each on the space between Ya and Ling's eyebrows. The drop was like sparkling and pure juice of melted crystal. A faint sweet scent wafted through the air. A thread of gentle life aura continuously spread all around from the liquid. The vitality was so strong it nearly congealed into a substance, making Arthur nearly lose his footing.

A gentle light enveloped Ya and Ling's bodies.

Chapter 72 Leaving Warriors

With a groan, Ya and Ling simultaneously opened their eyes. The wounds on their bodies were enveloped by gentle rays of light; their flesh quickly grew while their broken arteries and bones were also restored under the radiance. They wrinkled their brows slightly as if enduring some pain.

After several breaths of time, the rays of light enveloping the two girls' bodies gradually faded. All the wounds on their bodies were already thoroughly healed. Not only the injuries on their bodies, even their blood loss and spiritual force consumed were also restored to their peak conditions to the point that the aura of their spiritual force was somewhat stronger than it originally was, showing faint signs of breaking through.

"Arham, you used God's Medicine?" Ya and Ling wrinkled their brows as they simultaneously opened their mouths to ask.

Arham slowly nodded. He put the delicate medicine bottle back into his pocket then asked with a frown, "How did you end up like this? What about Adoue? Where did he go? Could it be that he abandon you to be attacked by an enemy?"

Ya and Ling's expressions turned incomparably ugly. They lowered their heads to look at their exposed skin, feeling so angry their rosy lips turned pale. Standing up without a word, the two girls quickly entered one of the rooms in the suite. After quite a while, the two girls who was once again neatly dressed in red robes walked out. Furthermore, their hair was wet and they had a hint of fragrance on their bodies, clearly just now they also bathe.

Arham who had been sitting calmly on the sofa while waiting also couldn't help but showed a reaction. Beauties after bath, the two girls' glowing complexion made his heart sway a little. The gaze of Arthur who had been standing to the side without a word also couldn't help but flickered. A hint of greed flashed through his purple eyes, but was quickly concealed.

"What about Adoue?" Arham calmed his mind and proceed with the topic before.

"He already answered the call from various Gods and returned to God's side." Ya and Ling slowly walked to a sofa and sat while answering Arham's question in a calm tone. Immediately, the two girls wrinkled their brows and asked in unison, "Arham, didn't you save us? If it was you who saved us, why do you still need to ask about Adoue's whereabouts?"

Arham shook his head. He looked at Arthur and indifferently said, "I originally thought you wouldn't encounter an accident, so I didn't take action."

Arthur bowed slightly to the two girls and said, "Miss Ya, Miss Ling, it was several subordinates of mine who saved you. I haven't had the chance to ask them what actually happened, it just so happens that you can also listen to their story and see whether it match what you know."

Ya and Ling's expressions turned very strange. Their gazes flickered and their faces also became a little stiff.

Arham merely raised his hand slightly, indicating that Arthur could ask those five Dark Spirit men who had been standing on their spots unmoving. When the two girls were bathing and changing their clothes, the five men had been standing there. Despite blood flowing from the sword stabs on two of the men's stomachs and dyeing the floor red, they didn't move at all.

The inner quality of these Dark Spirit men's bodies were excellent. Even after losing so much blood, the two men's wounds already started to form scabs. The blood flow had also slowed a lot.

Only after receiving the permission from Arham did Arthur looked at them. He asked while wrinkling his brows, "What actually happened, where are the others?"

The five Dark Spirit men simultaneously bowed towards Arthur. The man whose chest was stabbed by a sword mournfully said, "Respectable Sir Arthur, Hao and other brothers are all dead. They ignited their own soul and longevity, summoning the ancestral spirit into their bodies, only then did they manage to stop those formidable enemies and protect us in escaping."

Arthur's expression suddenly changed. He softly murmured, "You are addressing me, Sir Arthur?"

The man said in a low voice, "When we arrived, someone was about to harm these two misses. Hao rushed forward to attack that person, but the opponent's strength was too powerful, he is a Heaven Knight. He effortlessly inflicted a heavy injury on Hao. For the sake of carrying out your order, Hao chose the most sacred and most glorious method of us, ancestral spirit warriors, to defend our honor."

Strongly pursing his lips, the man said with a slightly trembling body, "But the enemy was too powerful, Hao dealt with him while we brought the two misses to escape, but the other side had a huge number of people in addition to imperial army's standardized power crossbows. The seven brother responsible for protecting us simply couldn't block them and could only choose to summon the ancestral spirit. So, only five of us remained."

The Dark Spirit man said in a clear voice, "So, Sir Arthur, we have fulfilled our promise, we have fulfilled our oath to the ancestral spirit. Our master-servant relationship has ended, we want to go home."

Arthur's complexion turned pale. His body shook as if receiving an exceptionally heavy blow.

He opened his mouth, wanting to say something but nothing came out. As for the five Dark Spirit men, they merely bowed towards Arthur, then walk towards the secret passage especially prepared for the guests of the suite. They walk in an exceptionally resolute and decisive manner, without the slightest bit of hesitation.

Arthur's expression turned dark. He looked at the back figure of the five Dark Spirit men without saying a word for a long time.

Ya and Ling's expressions also fluctuated. They suddenly shouted in unison, "Five courageous warriors, please stay."

The five men hesitated slightly then simultaneously stopped and turned their bodies.

Ya walked to the front of the five men and looked at them with a smile. As for Ling, she walked back to her room and quickly brought out a ruby as big as an infant's fist into the guest hall. Arham took a quick glance at the ruby. The corner of his mouth slightly rose, revealing a meaningful smile.

Ling stuffed the ruby into the hand of the Dark Spirit man from before. The two girls said in unison, "Thank you for saving us. For us, you lost so many comrades, this is a little reward from us. This piece of gem was blessed by various Gods, it can keep you safe and sound."

The five Dark Spirit men were exceptionally straightforward. They didn't even decline. The man stuffed the ruby into his belt, then took out an uncut diamond as big as two or three thumbs of an adult and passed it to the two girls, "Thank you for your present, it is our Dark Spirit Continent's tradition to return a gift after receiving one. This kind of gem is the special local product of our Dark Spirit Continent, we present this to two misses as a remembrance!"

After passing the diamond into Ya's hand, the five men calmly entered the secret door, leaving the Green Rose Hotel through the secret passage.

The two girls' gazes flickered. They suddenly sighed softly. "They deserved to be called true warriors!"

Arthur's expression turned even uglier. They were indeed true warriors, but now they had left him!

Chapter 73 The Heart of A Warrior

The area around Dunerk Harbor was still brightly lit, one group of soldiers and militiamen after another started to spread while bringing torches, searching for people who might have escaped. Influenced by Lin Qi and Enzo's heroic achievements, these soldiers and militiamen had their blood surging all over their bodies, eager to encounter several beastmen and Dark Spirit men so they can kick their asses.

However, the roads in Dunerk City were as complicated as a spider web. The dispatched soldiers simply couldn't seal off every street; there would always be some missed small alleys. Especially when these people had high-leveled strength, these ordinary soldiers were even more useless.

The five Dark Spirit men already left Dunerk City. They were standing on top of a hill outside the city, overlooking the city that was filled with flickering lights. They were bare-chested, yet they calmly stood there unmoving in the cold wind and violent snow, as steady as five millennium-old trees that already took root.

After an indeterminate amount of time, a group of torch-carrying Dragon Cavalry rode their horses this way. When they were still several meters from the hill they were standing on, the five Dark Spirit men simultaneously knelt on the ground. They raised their hands to the sky and sang a song that was desolate, heroic, and full of savage aura at the top of their voices. Tears streamed down their faces and was frozen into ice crystals by the cold wind. Their faces were quickly covered in a thick layer of ice.

Cold wind whistled. The mournful sound of the wind was like the roar of demons of the North Sea. The men's singing voices didn't travel very far before being engulfed by the sound of the wind. Only after the song ended did the five men slowly got up. The Dark Spirit man whose chest was stabbed by a sword murmured softly, "Hao and the rest of my brothers, let your spirit follow us from heaven, we will bring you home!"

Another man whose stomach was stabbed softly said, "Return home, return to our home, return to the place of our ancestors. There, your spirit and the ancestors' spirit can sleep together. When we call you out, we can once again fight together!"

The five men simultaneously cup open their left palms, using the blood to draw a strange inscription pattern shaped like the head of a beast in the air in front of them with their right hands. The red inscription patterns in the air shone with faint rays of light as a bizarre force indistinctly spread all around.

Eight extremely thin red lights suddenly soared near Dunerk Harbor. The flickering red lights and the lights of the inscription patterns remotely resonated with one another. The bodies of the five warriors simultaneously rippled with an ancient aura as if an extremely ancient will was possessing their bodies.

The eight thin red lights flickered for a while then disappeared. Specks of sparkling lights converged from all around the five men, revolving once around them before entering their bodies. The five men simultaneously cried three times, then looked up and once again laughed three times before turning around to walk in large strides into the darkness.

The group of approximately one hundred Dragon Cavalry who was ordered to seal off all major roads arrived at the foot of the hill. They didn't discover any clues so they simply looked for a sheltered place to set up a checkpoint.

The five men left this place early on. They walked south in large strides, striding towards the south in the quickest pace.

Traveling across the entire West Continent, going to the southernmost harbor, and boarding a ship to travel across two thousand meters of ocean to arrive at their homeland. The mystical and beautiful black soil that made people yearn for it day and night; although there were countless sinister creatures on the surface, the heroic, loyal, hot-blooded, and simple Dark Spirit warriors like them were even more numerous.

They left Dunerk, left Arthur. They walked with clear conscience, self-confidence, and open hearts like when they came.

They loudly sang the song handed down by their ancestors along the way. Although the meaning of the ancient song was unknown even to the oldest elder in their family following the passage of time, these songs were still passed on. Just like their favourite musical instrument, a wooden drum made of old trees of the Dark Spirit Continent, the clear and simple sound continuously resounded within their spirit.

Two years ago, under the summon of the tribe elders, their group chased a group of shameful slave-hunters to the West Continent, chasing them to Dunerk. Those despicable and shameless slave-hunters kidnapped seventy three thousand granddaughters of the elders of the tribe alliance formed by the aboriginal tribes. Those girls were the alliance's sacred daughters with supreme talent in spiritual techniques who could talk once they were born.

23 ancestral spirit warriors closest to the alliance headquarters were summoned. They accepted the elders' order to chase and kill.

However, those slave-hunters were powerful. They hadn't been able to deal with the other side until Dunerk. When the other side boarded the people they wanted to rescue on a big ship and was going to sail to Odin Ice Origin, they already despaired. Their honor as warrior couldn't allow them to fail. They already decided, if they couldn't rescue those respectable sacred daughters, they would fight to the death.

A turn for the better always came in a quick and strange way. Arthur ran into this group of powerful and simple warriors. By utilizing Black Tiger Family's connections, Arthur effortlessly exchanged their sacred daughters from the hands of those slave-hunters.

Part of the group escorted the sacred daughters to return to the tribe while the rest accepted Arthur as their master, using the name of the ancestral spirit to pledge their lives to him.

But today, they already fulfilled their oaths. Eight of their comrades fought to the death, furthermore they chose the method of igniting their souls and longevity to fight to the death. They already completed their oaths so they walked with clear conscience and open hearts! They wanted to escort the spirit of their comrades to return to their homeland. They wanted to let the spirit of their comrades to sleep peacefully in their ancestral tomb.

Their comrades chose such majestic and honorable deaths so they have to escort the spirit of their comrades home.

Bare-chested and with their backs facing the wind and snow, they went southward. Just like when they came, they have to cross over a continent, cross over the ocean. In the distance of thousands of meters was their homeland. In that place, there were fertile black soil that produced oil with one pinch, countless majestic beasts, countless tall trees, also their beloved women.

The people of that place were simple and honest, the people of that place had minds as broad as the sky, the people of that place… wouldn't be so scheming like Arthur and the others!

"Brothers, we're going home! Just follow us, follow us home, by all means don't get lost on the way home!"

The man whose stomach was stabbed by a sword laughed at the top of his voice.

The other four men also started to laugh. Got lost? How could they? Men born on the black soil wouldn't forget their way home even in death!

Amidst the sound of laughter, the ruby in the man's belt suddenly became incomparably hot. A ball of dazzling red light burned through the man's belt.

Before the man came to, twelve complicated inscription patterns appeared on the surface of the ruby then a red light soared to the sky.

A huge and terrible explosion. The hills and forests within two hundred meters were razed and burned to ashes by the red light.

The smiles of the five men froze on their faces. Their bodies vanished completely within the terrifying high-temperature.

Chapter 74 Respectable People

The roof of Green Rose Hotel. Within a greenhouse built specially for noble guests, flowers bloomed gorgeously.

Big pieces of glass from Vias Business Union were assembled into a huge greenhouse. The temperature inside the room was pleasant, the humidity was also perfect. Warm vapor continuously sprayed from the installed pipeline, turning into fog that was similar to natural clouds within the greenhouse.

Outside the room cold wind whistled and snow fluttered about, but not even the slightest bit of the external chillness could be felt within the room. All snowflakes that landed on the glass of the greenhouse were evaporated by the room's high temperature. A thousand man-planted red roses were blooming with incomparable beauty in the room. There were even flowing dewdrops on the petals, even more resplendent and beautiful under the light.

Arthur and Arham stood within the greenhouse while observing the south. The Green Rose Hotel itself was much taller than its surounding buidings, in addition the greenhouse was a building that was intentionally raised. Standing here while looking out, nothing could obstruct their lines of sight. They could clearly see the boundless wilderness outside Dunerk City, as well as the dark Black Pine Forest that stood unmoving like city walls in the cold wind.

A ball of red light suddenly soared to the sky. The bright flame was extremely glaring, making Arthur can't help but narrow his eyes.

The red light persisted for three breaths before slowly dissipating. Then the wilderness was ignited with raging flames. The flame even dyed the sky red. Only after quite a while did a faint exploding sound could be heard. Within the howling sound of the cold wind, if it weren't for Arthur and Arham listening attentively, they wouldn't have heard the faint boom.

The fire on the wilderness was quickly extinguished by the wild wind and violent snow. Not even a fire with a bigger intensity could last in such a cold winter. Furthermore, the moisture in the air was too thick, making it impossible for wildfire to spread out.

"Truly unfortunate!" Arthur drank a mouthful from a glass of sparkling wine he was holding with a little disappointment. "They are the most powerful and the most loyal warriors under my control. Unfortunately they can't pledge loyalty to me forever, the oaths they swore that year were still fresh in my memory, after someone among them ignited their souls and longevity, the rest could bring that person's spirit to return home!"

Sighing, Arthur shook his head and said, "Truly unfortunate, originally I thought they would become my best assistants, helping me get rid of that fellow, Lin Qi."

Arham shook his head and lightly shook his head. "At least they allow us to understand Lin Qi, or maybe how much power your foster father actually possesses. Yet another Heaven Knight, truly a strong family, if I could get the support of this family, it would be extremely wonderful."

Arhur's expression changed slightly. He softly said, "Are you sure it was Lin Qi who did it?"

Arham glared at Arthur and asked in reply, "How can it be anyone else? Ya and Ling had never made contact with any outsider in Dunerk!"

Arthur's face immediately twitched. He gritted his teeth and said, "Damn it, the hell with it! Then, you can't stay here anymore. Quickly leave, I will order my people to escort you out of Dunerk. Go to the imperial capital as quickly as possible, you can't stay here."

Arham suddenly came to a realization. He exhaled a mouthful of air, gritted his teeth in anger, and said, "Don't tell me they also dare to kill a special commissioner of the Church?"

Arthur looked at Arham with a very strange gaze. He softly muttered, "After getting rid of everyone who is aware of the matter, mincing you into fish food, then some of your belongings would appear in a certain far away city, who would have known where you were killed?"

Arham shut his mouth. A blue vein clearly protruded on his forehead. He was already angry to the extreme, but he simply said no more. He threw away his wine cup and followed Arthur to quickly leave the greenhouse, following a special passage to return to the suite they were residing in.

Within the bedroom in the suite belonging to Ya and Ling, the two girls were soaking in a huge bathtub, rubbing their bodies clean using perfumed soaps with incomparable disgust.

The two girls' fair and tender skin was already rubbed so hard it turned red, nearly bleeding. However, they still carefully scrub their own bodies. Every small patch of skin from the small cracks between their toes to behind their ears, they absolutely didn't miss even one corner.

Since after the Dark Spirit men left, they immediately returned to their own room and repeatedly wash their own bodies. The Dark Spirit men already left for more than one hour and they already bathed dozens of time, yet they still felt that they were very dirty. They still kept wiping their bodies clean while fuming with anger.

On a carpet next to the bathtub, a thumb-sized red crystal already disintegrated. A hint of flame was rising from within the crystal. This was a kind of punishment medium, a tool to remotely control some talisman, inscription pattern, or magic formation. As long as one used an incantation to smash the crystal to pieces, it could make a certain magical object in the distant display its most powerful strength.

The two girls whose skin was rubbed until it turned red grumbled. Their pretty faces distorted like that of a witch's, "Damned lowly creatures, black-skinned sinners, they actually dare to touch our bodies! Lowly creatures, they actually dare to touch our noble bodies! God, destroy this damned race, they really must be exterminated!"

When Baltic plundered his spoils of war from the two girls' bodies, he wantonly teared their clothing, searching and taking everything from their bodies. A huge patch of the two girls' skin was exposed so when the Dark Spirit men saved them, they had to use their arms to touch the two girls' bodies.

Once the two girls thought of the Dark Spirit men's black skin as well as their rough and plain faces, they couldn't help but have goosebumps all over their bodies. They cursed all the Dark Spirit people with hatred while simultaneously replacing the water in the bathtub again and once again scrubing their own bodies.

"Why would such a dirty creature exist in the world? Sinners should all be destroyed, but these dark-skinned sinners should be destroyed even more." Ya and Ling were so angry their faces turned green. They once again replaced their perfumed soaps and bath towels, then wiped each other's backs with all their might.

They used so much strength it was as if they wished to shed a layer of skin.

For the sake of thoroughly cleaning their own bodies, they weren't even afraid being burned as they used nearly boiling water. Their bodies were soaked in boiling water while being vigorously rubbed with rough bath towels. Finally blood started to flow one after another; their skin was rubbed so hard it bled.

"God, since there are nobles like us, why must there still be those damned sinners?"

The two girls felt so wronged their tears started to flow. They trembled as they wiped their bodies again and again. Even though they already bled, they still scrubbed unceasingly. They repeated their noble backgrounds again and again while cursing those black-skinned Dark Spirit people, blaming God for not thoroughly exterminating those sinners.

"May their souls suffer eternal torment in the raging inferno!"

Two noble young ladies wished such a wonderful thing for their own saviors.

Chapter 75 Arthur's Response to Change

All residents of Dunerk inevitably went through a sleepless night. A loud explosion just happened at the harbor, followed by a bloody battle. Not long after, a loud sound could be heard from the wilderness several meters south of the city and a red light dyed the sky as if it caught on fire.

The first explosion was identified as the result of the ship 'Unicorn' using magic-powered whale-hunting prongs to kill a Heaven Knight. The powerful Heaven Knight destroyed the radio transmitter of a magic-powered whale-hunting prong. The ship 'Unicorn' threw the destroyed magic-powered whale-hunting prong into the sea and the fire magic formation on the radio transmitter collapsed, resulting in the big explosion.

However, the second explosion was inexplicable. Lieutenant Colonel Walter spared no effort and already personally brought several hundred soldiers to rush to the wilderness to investigate. Dunerk's fifty thousand militiamen were already completely mobilized, looking for beastmen and the criminals colluding with them who possibly escaped.

Other than these soldiers and militiamen, the courageous men of every household in Dunerk also took action one after another. They wore the armors left behind by their own elders, carried the swords and bows and arrows that every household had prepared in advance, and walked around randomly while pulling the hunting dogs they usually used to guard their homes.

Chaotic stream of people came and go everywhere in Dunerk. This night Dunerk used up one month's worth of candles and oil lamps, letting Dunerk's stalls of miscellaneous goods earned a lot of profit. In the end, this search operation actually developed into an excessive party. The militiamen and courageous commoners who didn't even caught a beastman's hair went to various taverns in Dunerk one after another. When dawn broke, they started to drink and chat.

Under the proclamation of the loyal thugs hired by the Black Tiger Family, Lin Qi and Enzo's heroic achievements quickly spread to the entire Dunerk. On the other hand, the strong men who had worked to no avail went to various tavern early in the morning to eat and drink. Tens of thousand of people simultaneously visited various tavern, letting the owners of several hundred taverns in Dunerk earned a little wealth.

Finally, Baron Mirro and a lot of Dunerk leading figures listened to Lieutenant Colonel Walter's report in the city hall.

Firstly, the area of ten meters around Dunerk was already void of any beastman while the Dark Spirit men might already escaped Dunerk because the soldiers had searched even the sewers by the roadside quite a few times. More than ten thousand mice of the sewers were killed, yet there were indeed no trace of the Dark Spirit men and the two girls they rescued.

Secondly, the explosion in the wilderness, from the huge pit and the collapsed trees left behind at the scene, it should be the fall of a small meteor. 'Falling Star Disaster', this was a well-known matter in the West Continent. Every year, there would be dozens of meteor of various sizes falling. Occasionally, a city could be hit by a meteor, causing enormous damage.

Baron Mirro and the others could only pray to the various Gods. This small meteor actually fell on the wilderness outside the city; this was a big fortune within a misfortune.

When everyone in the city was busy, Lin Qi and Enzo already excused themselves to return to the ancestral residence to rest. Taking Baltic and a group of elite subordinates of the family, they followed a secret passage to enter the Green Rose Hotel.

Green Rose Hotel, the location of Dunerk Joint Chamber of Commerce headquarters, also the most luxurious and extravagant high-quality hotel opened by the Joint Chamber of Commerce. There were 36 exceptionally luxurious suites inside. Every suite was built with customized secret passages leading to various places in Dunerk for the purpose of ensuring the privacy of the hotel's noble guests as much as possible.

However, the location of these secret passages was naturally entirely controlled by Black Tiger Family. The secret passage Lin Qi was walking on lead directly to the suite Arthur was at. The gloomy Lin Qi carried a huge machete while walking on the secret passage with difficulty. He already cursed the official in the military department who was responsible to purchase Blade Wound Medicine a torrent of abuse.

What damned Blade Wound Medicine, this wasn't a medicine to save lives, but poison. Currently Lin Qi's whole body hurt as if being set on fire, it even twitched when he was walking. The acute pain made the anger in Lin Qi's mind burned hotter and hotter. He must settle today's affair with Arthur.

Ya and Ling, those two strange girls, they wouldn't have found trouble for Lin Qi without a good cause. The only one who could do this kind of thing was Arthur. All of tonight's troubles were caused by Arthur. He had to take responsibility for these affairs!

"Uncle Baltic, you see, all of tonight's chaos was because of him!" Lin Qi sneered in a rough voice while walking, "Such a cold weather, such a dark night, those pitiful soldiers, those unlucky militiamen, also those enthusiastic uncles, they should be sleeping on their beds with their own wives in their arms!"

"But now, look, because of the affair caused by that bastard, Arthur, the entire Dunerk was disturbed!" Lin Qi gritted his teeth and said, "He must take responsibility for this affair, does Dunerk have one million people? No? Fine, let's just assume Dunerk has one million people! One million people didn't sleep well because of him, this is a huge sin, he should be burned on the cross!"

Enzo blinked with all his might. Right, alarming one million people, making an entire city chaotic, this was indeed a grave offense. But, did Dunerk have one million people? Perhaps it was way less than this number, right?

Following a narrow staircase, they arrived in front of a secret door. This secret door was locked up. Lin Qi pushed it, yet the heavy metal-covered oaken door didn't budge in the slightest. Lin Qi coldly snorted and lifted his foot to kick it, but recalling his body's condition, Lin Qi sensibly retreated several steps.

"Uncle Baltic!" Lin Qi warmly called.

Baltic dry and thin face exposed a hint of a strange smile. He stepped forward and punched the secret door. With a loud sound, the secret door along with a big piece of the wall simultaneously flew. Lin Qi waved the huge machete and brought everyone to quickly rush into the suite.

The suite was pervaded with a pungent smell of alcohol. There was even a whiff of a strange odor congesting in the air.

Lin Qi's foot suddenly stepped on something soft. He lowered his head and saw that it was actually a pink satin underpants. Looking at its model, it was clearly a woman's clothing.

Lin Qi was dumbfounded. On the sofa in front of him, the naked Arthur stood up while staggering. He stupidly looked at Lin Qi who had a huge machete in his hand, laughed, and said, "Lin Qi, dear brother, what are you doing here? Aha, could it be that you want to know my lover?"

With a thud, a naked light-golden-haired girl whose face was red from clearly drinking too much heavily fell from the sofa. She indistinctly groaned as her fair arms slowly wrapped around Arthur's lower leg.

The angry and ferocious Lin Qi suddenly smiled. He threw the huge machete to the floor and said with a warm smile, "Aha, I was wrong. Sorry, Arthur, I was wrong, I thought it was Angel who followed you into this room, you know, I have a little notion for her!"

Shrugging his shoulders, Lin Qi retreated while saying with a smile, "Aha, continue, please continue, don't mind me!"

After muttering to himself for a while, Lin Qi shook his head and said, "But, I must say, Arthur! Yours isn't as big as mine! Really, much smaller than mine!"

With a strange laughter, Lin Qi brought everyone to rush out of the room like a tornado.

Chapter 76 Valiant Lily

Lin Qi walked out of the secret passage and he turned his head to the top-floor suite where Arthur was. With his lower body wrapped in a towel, Arthur stood behind the French window while looking out. The two brothers without any blood relation remotely looked at each other.

The French windows of Green Rose Hotel was made of special magic-powered glass provided by the Vias Business Union. People within the room could see outside, yet people outside couldn't see anything within.

Lin Qi also naturally didn't have the strength to see through this special kind of glass, but he knew that Arthur was behind the window. He smiled while raising his hand and waving it towards the window, then lightly made a neck-slicing gesture.

Arthur stood behind the window with his hands on the round table. He suddenly exerted force through his ten fingers, sinking them deeply into the hard oaken table.

"Lin Qi! You can't be so complacent forever!" Laughing strangely, Arthur softly clapped his hands and several men wearing black clothes walked out of a side door. They respectfully bowed to Arthur, but they also couldn't help but glance at the light-golden-haired girl's naked body.

"I don't want her to appear in Dunerk in the future, make her disappear completely from this world!" Arthur glanced at the girl sleeping on the floor as his single eye shone with a cold ruthless light.

This girl possessed a noble and beautiful face like that of a young mistress, but his background was low. Her mother was merely a poor old prostitute in Dunerk Harbor. Arthur accidentally met her and bought her to be raised in his secret base. Today, for the sake of dealing with Lin Qi, he brought the girl to Green Rose Hotel. But now, she was already of no use.

He couldn't let her be discovered by Lin Qi or Blackbeard, If the cunning Blackbeard knew that this girl was brought into the hotel not long before Lin Qi entered the hotel, then Blackbeard would suspect that tonight's affairs was related to him.

Arthur couldn't lose Blackbeard's trust and love. He had to preserve his image in Blackbeard's mind. He absolutely couldn't let Blackbeard discover that he was involved in the matter of Ya and Ling probing Lin Qi, any possible trace had to be thoroughly washed clean.

"What a pity, actually, it's possible that you have a father of noble lineage! But, nothing more!" Looking at the beautiful face that once captivated him for a short time, Arthur lightly waved his hand as if throwing a garbage.

The several sturdy men picked up the messy clothing on the floor and used a white cloth to wrapped the girl before putting her into a large leather suitcase.

After several minutes, the several men who had changed into beautiful clothes and assumed the manner of merchants walked out of the main entrance of Green Rose Hotel while carrying several huge leather suitcases. Two carriages were already waiting for them outside the door. After the leather suitcases were loaded, the men also got into the carriages one by one. Since then, the beautiful light-golden-haired girl was no more while her mother also suddenly disappeared without a trace that same day.

A poor old prostitute and her only daughter, who would care about them?

Lin Qi sat inside a carriage as he kept sneezing all the way back to the ancestral residence. Baltic rode a horse as he led a group of bodyguards as escorts. Enzo sat in front of Lin Qi, curiously looking at him.

Lin Qi took out a handkerchief and strongly wiped his mucus, then weakly asked, "What are you looking at me for? Do I look that handsome?"

Enzo stretched his body and put his legs up. He smilingly said, "I'm just very curious, do you really believe that Arthur spent the night in the hotel with that girl?"

Laughing helplessly, Lin Qi threw the handkerchief to the carriage floor. He grabbed his head with his hands and groaned, "Of course I don't! But what else can I do? Interrogate him through torture in front of Uncle Baltic? No way, my old man will kill me! Uncle Baltic also doesn't like that guy, but he won't let me cause trouble for him, my old man had given them a strict order not to take part in the affair between me and him!"

Enzo also sighed. If the situation was like this, there was truly nothing to be done. Blackbeard didn't allow Lin Qi to cause trouble for Arthur, then in Dunerk, there was simply no one who could help Lin Qi to mess with Arthur. Unless there was a conclusive evidence proving that Ya and Ling were Arthur's accomplices, proving that those Dark Spirit men were Arthur's subordinates, no one could touch a hair on Arthur's head.

As Blackbeard's foster son, as the only son of Blackbeard's die-hard ally, Red-haired Demon, who was entrusted to Blackbeard at his father's dying request, Arthur naturally had a thick layer of protection. Not even Lin Qi could easily break this thick layer of protection. Since it implicated Blackbeard's prestige and reputation, it couldn't be offended lightly.

Lin Qi sank into contemplation. He was calculating; if he caught the two girls, what troubles he would bring upon himself.

There would be some troubles, but Lin Qi simply wasn't afraid of troubles. This time he could heavily injured the two arrogant girls, then next time he naturally could as well.

A journey without words. The carriage returned to the ancestral residence under the escort of bodyguards. Lin Qi and Enzo stepped out of the carriage with the support of the bodyguards. The wounds on their bodies were just recently bound up so they still couldn't move too much. Only after returning to the ancestral residence and being carefully treated with Black Tiger Family's spirit medicine could they move about normally. As the biggest boss in the northern continent's underworld, Black Tiger Family naturally wouldn't lack various kinds of healing medicine.

When he just walked up to the ancestral residence's gate, Lin Qi suddenly heard a terrifying boom.

Tie Chui howled miserably as he was kicked out by someone and fell on Lin Qi. Then an astonishing scene appeared; Lin Qi's wet nurse, Aunt Lily, was furiously carrying a huge Wolf Teeth Club in full armor as she madly rushed out of the ancestral residence.

"Damned various Gods above, who dared to bully my young master Lin Qi? Lily want to smash their brains! Damn it, who dares to stop me?"

Aunt Lily was seething in anger. She waved the huge Wolf Teeth Club so threateningly that the servants in the ancestral residence was trembling in fear and didn't dare to stop her.

Enzo swept his eyes on the set of heavy blue-greyish armor on Aunt Lily's body and couldn't help but exhaled a mouthful of air – that was the armor of high-ranking military officers of Bearmen, who was ranked top three in brute force among the various tribes on the five Dalian Island and who was well-known for their strength and fiery temperament. The defensive ability of this set of armor was astonishing, but what was even more astonishing was its weight. This set of high-grade armor called 'Fury of the Bear Race' weighed more than nine hundred kilograms. On the West Continent, a human who could wear it was simply unheard of!

But now, it was worn on Aunt Lily's body. She even could still wave a Wolf Teeth Club as thick as Tie Chui's thigh and madly rush out of the ancestral residence as if she was flying.

"God, don't tell me she has a beastman's lineage?" Enzo's vision darkened and he nearly fainted. He had to take back the judgment he made when he first arrived at Lin Qi's ancestral residence; the fully-armored Aunt Lily could not only wipe out a thousand-man squadron, but also very likely possess the strength of a ten-thousand-man legion!

Too terrifying!