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Aspirations for Nation and Beauty

[Vol 1] Chapter 3 – First Steps

[Vol 1] Chapter 3 – First Steps

TL: Benguin Editors: Chichén Itzá Time flew by in the blink of an eye, and before anyone knew it, a year had already passed. Under Wufeng’s leadership, the second platoon was engaged in extensive training without breaks throughout…

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Time flew by in the blink of an eye, and before anyone knew it, a year had already passed. Under Wufeng’s leadership, the second platoon was engaged in extensive training without breaks throughout the year; by doing so, he became a lot more familiar with the soldiers under his command. Also, since the soldiers saw how Wufeng never displayed the same arrogant and demeaning attitude as the other members of the aristocracy, they began to interact with Wufeng with more familiarity.

Liang Chongxin was born in a family of wealthy workshop owners from the Huzhou Prefecture in the Jiangnan Commandery that is renowned throughout the world for the high quality of their four essentials materials for calligraphy and scholarship: the inkstone, paper, brush, and the ink. Many scholars from all parts of the empire enjoy using these Huzhou specialties, which is greatly driving the demand up. Making it impossible to fully supply the market of the capital.

The craft of making these quality goods is also a very skill-intensive industry, and the Liang family for many generations has been in the business with great prestige. For Liang Congxin however, he holds no interest in his family’s business, so instead he spends his time learning and practicing martial arts, and thankfully, his parents did not opposed. His way of life persisted until he was twenty some years old. Being still unemployed, Chongxin was very embarrassed, so four years ago, he kept the appearance of traveling the world and joined the army with the hope to make a name for himself before returning home, bringing honor upon his family name.

Due to the talent he showed during his time in the military, he was promoted to the rank of Corporal and squad leader. However, due to his freeman status, along with the lack of connections, he was unable to advance any more in rank; furthermore, since Wufeng was assigned to the squad as their leader despite being a recruit, many of his brothers in arms found this to be highly unfair.

Wufeng only found out this piece of information later in the year after he became more familiar with the soldiers. Being aware of this, Wufeng was also somewhat pensive, in accordance with Chongxin’s abilities, not to mention a platoon, he’s even capable of leading a battalion or a brigade as a lieutenant colonel or brigadier general.

However, facing the Empire’s favoritism for individuals with strong social background, many talents as Chongxin were neglected, decreasing the Empire’s strength day by day.

Seeing this situation, surrounding nations have also continuously provoked the Empire with border friction with the intention of seeking to exploit them in their moment of weakness.

Internally, there are a few talented magistrates on the borders who recognizes the urgency that the Empire currently faces and secretly have prepared for the possibilities of conflict. Similarly, the Imperial court isn’t completely incompetent either and have also raised more troops and weapons to prepare for the worst scenarios.

Most of Wufeng’s command consist of raw recruits, but they are young, athletic, and hard-working. The only thing that they truly lack is the experience which could only be found on the battlefield.

The Third Division that Wufeng was assigned to was a mixed division, with the Fourth Brigade and the Fifth Battalion, which formed part of an infantry Battalion. Because it was a newly reorganized, many veterans from other battalions were transferred to provide the backbone and improve the combat effectiveness of the unit. For Wufeng’s platoon, he also taught them a relaxation technique that his master taught him, allowing the soldiers to recover faster and maintain a healthier body. This technique, along with the year of intensive training, allowed Wufeng’s unit to stand out heads above the rest.

During Wufeng’s journey around the world, he studied politics, military strategy, culture, and economics at the world recognized Heidelberg University. After comparing the military doctrines of the east with the ones of the west, it gave him the idea of a revolutionary military organization system that was much more effective than the current one; however, he had to perfect it before it is ready to be implemented.

In the blink of an eye, another year had passed, entering the year 689 of the Continental Calendar. During these years, the platoon under Wufeng’s command had placed top in the war games, martial tournament, and team training. Wufeng himself had demonstrated his talent and modesty that greatly differs him from other aristocratic officers, earning the good graces of his superiors at the battalion and company level.

As such, when the first company’s Captain was honorably discharged due to a training accident and Wufeng’s Major were transferred to replace him, Wufeng was chosen as the replacement as Company Leader, promoting him to the position of Major as well. Under his recommendation, Liang Chongxin was promoted to sergeant and was chosen to accompany Wufeng as his deputy. Replacing Liang Chongxin is Kang Jianguo for his martial prowess, who was also promoted to the rank of corporal.

During these two years, Liang Chongxin couldn’t help but admire and respect his superior. Wufeng’s knowledge, analytical ability, and stratagem had all made Chongxin speechless. As for his recent promotion, when Wufeng had first recommended it, he hadn’t really put in any hopes of it succeeding, but once again he was wrong and the proposal smoothly passed.

Recalling his young superior’s actions over the past two years, Chongxin could clearly see that despite the youthful face, Wufeng displays an intellect and maturity that is far beyond his age. Even now, despite the familiar way that they acted around each other, Chongxin still cannot fathom the depth of the mystery that is Wufeng; furthermore, Wufeng had also gifted him with stacks of books with regards to military stratagem for his improvement.

What is Wufeng thinking? What is his goal of joining the army? These are questions remain unanswered, yet Chongxin feels that Wufeng is not a simple man, and his desire to help is sincere. Comparing how he had been treated in the army before and after Wufeng’s leadership, Chongxin soon decided that since the path that he will take in this life is his to choose, he will devote it to Wufeng.

After taking his post as the leader of the Third Company, Wufeng had all the company start on its training exercise, citing the second platoon’s performance as a standard. The overall length of this exercise is three months, with a focus on the improvement of the overall unit’s combat ability.

Liang Chongxin was appointed as the organizer of this excursion as well as handing out the rewards and punishments for those who acts in contempt of the command in accordance with military law.

When Wufeng had announced this at the company meeting, the crowd had an immediate reaction. Kang Jianguo was a regular soldier before his promotion, so many of his peers were jealous of his fortune; however, under Wufeng’s command, he was given the opportunity to advance. Similarly, Liang Chongxin’s promotion was also because he received recognition as part of Wufeng’s staff. For both these individuals, they would normally have been stuck in their role as foot soldiers if it weren’t for Wufeng’s help. Thus, the regular soldiers felt that this was a great opportunity to gain some attention by showcasing their talents and advance in the ranks.

However, when the company started their exercise, Wufeng did not personally lead and observe, an action that differs from his normal habits. Instead, he delegated the task to Liang Chongxin, emphasizing the importance of supervision and training methods for the best outcome before going into the city. While Chongxin did not really understand the reasons behind Wufeng’s mysterious actions, nevertheless, he did as he was asked and oversaw the training every day, bringing the original training methods of the Second Platoon to the entire company.

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[Vol 1] Chapter 2 – Beginnings (2)

[Vol 1] Chapter 2 – Beginnings (2)

TL: Benguin Editors: Dawnrisen The Triumph Square was one of the largest and most important places in the capital, and the Arc of Triumph located in the square was one of the most iconic. Many important government buildings…

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The Triumph Square was one of the largest and most important places in the capital, and the Arc of Triumph located in the square was one of the most iconic. Many important government buildings were located in the vicinity. Proudly flying the military’s banner was the Army’s recruitment office, also situated near the Arc of Triumph.

According to Tanghe Empire law, only men between sixteen and forty five years of age could enlist in the army. Once enlisted, they were not allowed to leave without the approval of the military, and those who did would be branded as deserters and punished accordingly.

Due to the large population of the empire, the manpower of the army had always been copious, leading to the creation of a professional recruiting system. Due to the empire containing a strict hierarchy throughout the entire country that was divided into several estates, many lower and middle class people joined the army as a means to change their own destinies from the few opportunities afforded them.

At the top of the estates was the royal family, which referred to the immediate family members of the emperor and his close relatives.

The second estate consists of the nobility, distinguished military personnel, and political scholars who have induced revolutionary ideas for reform and governance. Ennoblement is hereditary, but Imperial law dictates that only one individual may inherit the title in order to regulate the nobility. Also, following generations of established nobility must contribute similarly to the state within three generations, or else they would lose their title. Nevertheless, descendents from a fallen house of nobility will still be granted preferential treatment for government and military posts.

The third estate contains the upper class, containing state bureaucrats, merchants, landowners, business owners, and other similar individuals that have caught the attention of local and regional magistrates due to their positive contributions to society. To be allowed here, a person must submit an application listing their merits to the Central Imperial Administration, and once approved, they and their descendents would receive the permissions of the upper class.

The fourth estate consists of the normal citizens, officially known as “freemen”. They are simply regular citizens with nothing particularly of note, who work in various professions and spin the lowest cogs of society.

People in the third and fourth estate are considered as normal citizens.

However, there exists another group of individuals whose existence has not been recognized by Imperial Law – slaves. Having given up their freedoms due to crimes, debt, or being prisoners of war, they have the lowest standards of living. For a slave to return to being a freeman, his or her owner must produce documents detailing how they had obtained that status, and submit them to the regional magistrate for approval. The second way is for the Emperor himself to grant the freeman status to the slave.

As this social structure is rigid and there exists a long history of preferential treatment being given to nobility, those of the third and fourth estate often need to give several times more effort to receive recognition for promotion. Due to this, no matter how brilliant an individual of a lower estate is, their achievements are often buried between the upper aristocracy.
This has become a major issue for the empire, and in Li Wufeng’s mind, an even more pressing concern than the threat of foreign invasion.

Some scholars had realized the deficiencies of such a social system, and had raised inquiries with the Emperor in the past. However, due to the topic concerning the privileges of the aristocracy, the group which politicians mainly consisted of, the proposals of the scholars were met with strong opposition and were suppressed, leading to no result.

Li Wufeng had once asked his master what was necessary to achieve success. It wasn’t the martial ability to beat other experts, nor was it moral integrity; it also wasn’t knowledge of complicated stratagems, for that matter. The answer that he had reached was that it was the ability to make the right choices and manage talents well, having a heart for tolerance and forgiveness – that defined true success. However, with the Empire’s currently existing governing system, ‘commoner’ talents are often suppressed to the point of being unable to lift their heads and lead a respectable life in the Empire. Many are driven out, and end up seeking other lands. Utilizing their talents to the benefit of the Empire’s belligerents, some have even become a threat against the Empire.

When he arrived at the recruitment office beside the Arch of Triumph, the square was crowded despite it being early in the morning.

The Empire had always placed a great emphasis on its military achievements, but in recent years, the foreign war efforts that the Empire undertook were often fruitless, greatly harming its reputation with the international community. This was one of the reasons why the current Emperor had placed even bigger attention at finding accomplished soldiers and heavily awarding their achievements.

While citizens of lower estates might find it difficult to cross the insurmountable gap of social class in the political arena, the same cannot be said about the battlefield. As long as they have courage, there will be a great many number of opportunities to advance in the military, driving enthusiasm for enlistment within the lower estates to an all-time high.

Looking at the reason for the current recruitment drive, Li Wufeng saw firsthand how dire the extenuating circumstances of the Empire were, with new divisions being created to reorganize the City Guards. While these guards were stationed near the city, many of the capital’s citizens had also come out to enlist.

After waiting for two hours, Li Wufeng finally arrived at the counter. Presenting his identification to the middle-aged officer, he saw the officer’s eyes gleam with shock, double-checking his information before filling out the recruitment forms. The reason for this reaction was because it was extremely rare for a noble to enlist in the army using the commoner’s venue. Normally by using connections, those of the second estate would join the military as either an officer or as an official with the army administration.

It wasn’t long before the recruitment office approved Li Wufeng’s application, and shortly afterwards, became the newest soldier of the City Guard Army’s Third Division.

During the three initial months of basics training, Li Wufeng demonstrated his talents, gaining the praise of the officer in charge of training. With his recommendation combined with Li Wufeng’s noble background, it wasn’t long before he was appointed as a lieutenant, the leader for the Second Platoon of the City Guard Army Group, Third Division, Fourth Brigade, Fifth Battalion, Third Company.

After having received his promotion, Li Wufeng couldn’t help but feel excited. It was his first achievement following his initial step, and the path that he had chosen wasn’t easy. Usually, a normal soldier would find it extremely difficult to rise up the ranks, but despite that, Li Wufeng had already been promoted twice, receiving the rank of platoon leader having not even reached 17 years of age.

A platoon is composed of 3 squads consisting of roughly 35 men in total. Whether Li Wufeng could fulfill his duties satisfactorily and gain the respect of the men under his command was yet to be seen. It was certain that veterans and other accomplished individuals would purposely make it hard for him, and to solve this problem, Li Wufeng thought it simpler to deal with these problems as soon as possible rather than waiting for conflict to arrive.

Thinking up to here, Li Wufeng displayed a confident smile.

“Gentlemen, before everyone is seated, let me introduce myself. I’m Li Wufeng, hailing from Zhongzhou. As comrades in arms in the future, I will be acting as your squad leader, so I hope we will all be able to cooperate,” said Li Wufeng, making a concise introduction.

Standing before him were the men under his command. He could see a mixture of different emotions on their faces, ranging from surprise, dissatisfaction and jealousy. However, they all kept silent, as via military law, if one showed contempt of authority, he would be court martialed.

In a noticeably different tone, Wufeng spoke his following words, “Despite not saying anything, I’m sure that many are thinking, ‘where did this beardless brat come from? Did his relatives meddle with military affairs to allow him to make a living, but why is he all the way down here?’ I will clearly tell everyone that I, Li Wufeng, was born as a member of the nobility, but I didn’t come here to trod along for the income. Right now, I realize that many have not accepted me as being their leader. If there’s anyone who questions my ability, let him come and teach me. As fellow soldiers of the infantry, the only thing that matters is our killing proficiency! I swear upon my honor that I will not seek revenge against those that challenge me regardless of outcome, and if I go against my word, may the heavens punish me! If someone can best me, I will give you my position, and resign to be an ordinary foot soldier instead. Heeding the words of the old proverb, ‘Whether it be horse or mule, just let it try!’”

Li Wufeng’s speech had immediately caused much commotion within the platoon. As he had sworn in front of everyone, he wouldn’t be able to retract his words. There would be no negative outcome for them if they took up the challenge, and they could gain a promotion if they were to win. How could the men’s hearts not be tempted by such a deal? Besides, how hard could it be to beat a youngling?

“What, does no one have the courage?”

As soon as these words left Li Wufeng’s mouth, a shout came from a sturdy man around 23-24 years of age from the crowd.

“I will! Private Kang Jianguo seeks guidance from the lieutenant!”

Sizing up the heroic man who was holding a shield in his left hand and a sword in his right, Li Wufeng took a spear from a nearby soldier before shouting, “Come!”

After bowing towards Li Wufeng, the man took a ready position, not hesitating in any of his actions. With the shield on his left arm protecting his body, he immediately stepped forward, throwing his entire mass into his preemptive attack.

To counter this, Li Wufeng pivoted his frame and thrusted his spear towards the lower abdominal of his opponent. Immediately, Kang Jianguo struck his left arm along with the shield in a smooth downwards motion, deflecting the tip of Li Wufeng’s spear.

‘Dang!’

The sound of metal clashing against metal could be heard as the shield defended against the spear, and both people retreated a few steps. While Li Wufeng was impressed by his opponent’s martial skill, he failed to realize that his audience had already been shocked speechless by his own performance. After all, Kang Jianguo had the reputation of being the most fearsome and skilled individual among the new recruits of the entire 3rd Division, and Li Wufeng was fighting head on with him!

The disparity between the power behind each individual’s strikes was also shocking. It could clearly be seen that Kang Jianguo had used all his upper body strength to deflect Li Wufeng’s spear strike, but a shield is incomparably sturdier and tougher than the tip of a spear. In comparison, Li Wufeng had only used the strength of his arms, a noticeable difference to everyone watching.

Kang Jianguo was the person who knew best about his current situation. Despite having been able to deflect Li Wufeng’s previous strike, his left arm had already been struck numb and wasn’t able to exert any strength. However, all he could do was ignore his discomfort and continue to persevere.

Shaking his shield, Kang Jianguo executed a fast forwards roll, arriving directly in front of Li Wufeng and swung his sword without mercy. Li Wufeng was prepared for this, taking an immediate step back, avoiding the swing before thrusting his spear to Kang Jianguo’s throat without hesitation.

Turning his head to the side in an attempt to avoid the thrust, Kang Jianguo bashed his shield forward while simultaneously adopting a defensive sword pose.

Parrying the shield bash with the length of the spear, Li Wufeng took two steps back and thrusted his spear in the direction of Kang Jianguo’s sword this time. Unable to muster any strength in his arm, Kang Jianguo was overpowered as Li Wufeng swept the spear in an upwards motion, with his sword flying to the ground several meters away.

The speed in which Kang Jianguo was defeated had shocked all the people present. A silence descended upon the field.

Awkwardly standing with an embarrassed expression, Kang Jianguo was only able to awake from his stupor when Li Wufeng stabbed his spear into the ground and picked the sword up, offering it back to him. Seeing this, Kang Jianguo bowed before apologizing, “Your subordinate has committed an act of contempt of authority, and had eyes but couldn’t see Mt. Tai. Please forgive me, respected official.”

“I had already stated that I welcome everyone’s guidance. You are without fault, so there is no need for a punishment.”

As Li Wufeng finished saying this, several veterans turned their eyes towards a man standing at the very left of the line. He was around 1-2 years older than Kang Jianguo, but despite not having Kang Jianguo’s build, he emanated a presence that made others recognize that he was no newbie.

Choosing to remain silent, Wufeng simply smiled in the direction of this individual. While his face clearly displayed reluctance, the man still came out and bowed in the end, caving to the pressure of the multitude.

“This one is named Liang Chongxin, the leader of the first squad. Please enlighten me.”

His tone was incomparably more polite compared to Kang Jianguo’s.

“Please.”

Not wasting any time, Li Wufeng picked up the sword and shield previously used by Kang Jianguo. Analyzing him as he slowly walked out with a halberd in his hand, Li Wufeng concluded that Liang Chongxin’s abilities were far superior to Jianguo’s.

Li Wufeng’s actions had caused immediate murmurings among the audience. Earlier, Li Wufeng had demonstrated his proficiency of the spear, easily using it to disarm the sword and shield that Kang Jianguo had used. Now, facing against a halberd, he had switched to a bladed weapon. To the platoon members, this action meant that Li Wufeng was not just proficient with one type of weapon, but rather a master of all trades in terms of usage of weaponry.

Liang Chongxin’s nervous expression turned grave upon witnessing this. ‘Fine, since this demonstration is only to fulfill his curiosity, I’ll just try my best, regardless of outcome.’
Immediately pumping himself up with a shout, Liang Chongxin began his assault with a clean thrust of the halberd’s tip. Looking at the attack’s proficiency, the audience immediately started cheering.

However, with a simple tap against the halberd’s tip with the shield on Li Wufeng’s left arm, the force behind it was dispelled. It could be seen that Li Wufeng wasn’t slacking, and the audience cheered even louder for the brilliance behind Li Wufeng’s simple defense.

After countering Liang Chongxin’s attack, Li Wufeng threw his body forward and swung his sword at his opponent’s head. Using the blade on his halberd, Liang Chongxin parried the attack before following with a thrust towards Li Wufeng’s stomach with the spear tip. Despite Li Wufeng avoiding this thrust by taking a step back, Liang Chongxin pressed forward with the relentless momentum of his attacks, continuing to pommel the tip of his halberd in the direction of Li Wufeng’s ribs.

Knowing that not disrupting the flow of his opponent’s attacks would result in his defeat, Wufeng met his adversary’s blade with his shield, locking it in place. Advancing forwards, the blade in his right hand cut its way towards Liang Chongxin’s midsection.

As Liang Chongxin did not anticipate that Li Wufeng would choose to advance rather than retreat, he was caught unprepared, unable to defend himself with the halberd. He was forced on the defensive, but the tables were turned – it was now Li Wufeng who was unrelenting with his merciless stream of attacks, forcing Liang Congxin into a corner.

The series of consecutive attacks made it impossible for Liang Chongxin to display the strengths of a polearm, while capitalizing upon the strength of the sword – speed. It wasn’t soon after that a hole appeared in Liang Congxin’s defenses, which was able to be exploited by Li Wufeng who cut off the shoulder strap of the armor.

This action could already be viewed as lenient, as if the fight was on a battlefield, Congxin would have already lost his life from that attack.

Liang Chongxin felt that this outcome was somewhat expected. From the very beginning, he was already mentally prepared for the possibility of defeat. It could be said that having persevered for this long was already fulfilling the expectations of his peers. Noticing how his opponent was clearly holding back, it would be unreasonable if he did not admit defeat.

“Your subordinate admits his loss. Many thanks to the official for this mercy,” Liang Chongxin said respectfully, bowing in a curtsy.

“This is nothing. It was mutually beneficial; not to mention, we should all be brothers from now on,” Li Wufeng replied while helping Liang Chongxin up.

Witnessing Li Wufeng’s modesty, a trait seemingly nonexistent in youths of the aristocracy, Liang Chongxin and the other soldiers couldn’t help but be moved.

Using his own ability to demonstrate his worth, Li Wufeng had earned the respect of everyone in his unit. With his reputation secured, from that moment on, there wasn’t anybody in the second platoon that dared to view him as ‘simply another child’.

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Chapter 34 - Plotting Revenge

“Hello, Deputy Secretary Zhang!” I stood up and smiled towards Deputy Secretary Zhang. Through the conversation just now, I understood that Deputy Secretary Zhang was a subordinate in Grandpa Zhao’s old troops, he must have rushed to the…

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“Hello, Deputy Secretary Zhang!” I stood up and smiled towards Deputy Secretary Zhang. Through the conversation just now, I understood that Deputy Secretary Zhang was a subordinate in Grandpa Zhao’s old troops, he must have rushed to the hospital due to Grandpa Zhao.

“Oh? So it’s Yanyan’s boyfriend, hehe, Yanyan called me Uncle Zhang when she was younger, so call me Uncle Zhang as well! I am of the same generation as Yanyan’s dad,” Deputy Secretary Zhang said to me.

“Okay, then I’ll call you Uncle Zhang!” I said.

“Oh yeah, Deputy Secretary Zhang, there’s something else, you see… Liu Lei broke that Chen Zelong’s legs…” Li Zhengping said.

“So it’s like this…” Deputy Secretary Zhang hesitated for a moment. From the conversation just now, I had already noticed that Deputy Secretary Zhang is a very just person, so he was very troubled.

Thus, I said, “I’ll deal with this myself. I don’t think that the Chen family will sue me because of this, I think they will pay me back in other ways.”

“En, that’s right!” Li Zhengping also said. “However, this means that comrade Xiao Liu, you have to be careful, I don’t think this Chen family is anything good! Even if your father-in-law is Shuguang Corporation’s CEO, the corporation isn’t yours, I’m afraid that the Chen family will do something terrible to you!”

“Superintendent Li is right, I think that you have to be careful!” Deputy Secretary Zhang also reminded.

I nodded and said, “Don’t worry, I can handle it!” Then I thought to myself, if this Chen’s Corporation is going to come, then so be it, I’ll play around with them.

After a few days of having the doctors in the hospital watching over her and ensuring that Zhao Yanyann had already left her danger period, and into the unconscious period, we could only wait patiently for her to wake up.

I caressed Zhao Yanyan’s pale face as pain and suffering swelled up in my heart.

When I look back on it, I had already been with Zhao Yanyan for more than three years. Originally, getting her was my greatest happiness, yet I didn’t think that it was enough, I always attracted girls outside, although Zhao Yanyan didn’t say anything, and even supported me a lot. I couldn’t protect her, and let her get hurt so much.

“Hubby, don’t be sad, I think that Yanyan-meimei will definitely be fine!” Chen WEier comforted me.

Yeah! Since she has already left the danger period, what am I depressed for! Most importantly, Zhao Yanyan actually kept her memories of the past life as well, and she’s also a person that was reborn.

I had always treated not getting Zhao Yanyan of my previous life as some sort of regret, from the looks of it, my life doesn’t have any more regrets.

I sighed, then turned around, “Weier, go back first, I want to be alone with Yanyan for a while.”

Chen Weier obediently nodded, and walked out of the room.

Chen Zelong was put on trial, but the current law wasn’t able to do anything to him, since he merely drove without a license, and thus was sentenced to being detained for fifteen days. However, because Chen Zelong was a Hong Kong citizen, he was very quickly bailed out.

Chen’s Corporation had truly cancelled all cooperation projects with Yanjing city, but after Zhao Junsheng arrived in Yanjing city, I got him to go directly to find the Municipal Party Committee here, and let Shuguang Corporation take over all those projects. The municipal committee officials were all very happy, since they got fortune from trouble, and actually got connected with Shuguang Corporation, which meant that the investments in the future will definitely not be a small sum!

After Zhao Junsheng found out that Zhao Yanyan was fine, he finally managed to relax and hurriedly organized Yanjing city’s branch office to discuss about the bridge construction.

Originally, Chen’s Corporation had assumed that their withdrawal will definitely get Yanjing city’s government’s compromise, they didn’t think that someone would pop out in the middle and actually took over the entire project. Shuguang Corporation’s subsidiary construction company was called Xinguang Constructions, and was not related to Shuguang Corporation on the surface at all, but in reality it was fully controlled by Shuguang Corporation.

This was also done by my decision. That is because, at the start, Shuguang Corporation was a computer and high tech company, developing other industries was a disadvantage for the brand management, that’s why the subsidiary companies of Shuguang Corporation in other industries were all registered with different names.

At Chen’s Corporation’s headquarters in Hong Kong, Chen’s Corporation’s chairman, Chen Tianlei, was raging in the conference room, “Secretary Chen, just how did you guys do things, didn’t you say that the moment we withdraw, the government there will definitely compromise? Why was my son still convicted? Although he didn’t get sent to jail, this situation is already known by the Hong Kong’s entire business industry! I can’t afford to lose face like this! What will the people say? They will say that I, Chen Tianlei is incapable!”

“Mr. Chen… I don’t know why another company would take over this project so fast, also, they say that the price was also better than ours, of course the government signed the contract very quickly!” Secretary Chen said quietly.

“Heng! I definitely will not let it go! Not only did we earn loss money, my son’s leg was broken! Secretary Chen, go and investigate the background of the person that hit my son, and that something something Xinguang Construction, f̲u̲c̲k̲, they dare to compete with me for business, I’ll destroy you!” Chen Tianlei slammed down on the table and said.

“Yes! Mr. Chen,” Secretary Chen quickly answered.

Actually, the important officials in Yanjing city already knew about Zhao Yanyan and my background, but nobody told the Chen family, since they were no longer cooperating, why tell them so much! And this, is what caused Secretary Chen’s negligence during the investigation, resulting in the utter destruction of Chen’s Corporation.

Currently, there aren’t even many Shuguang Corporation employees that knew that Xinguang Construction is one of Shuguang’s subsidiary companies, and all treated them as unrelated. Only Uncle Zhao and a few higher-ups at Shuguang Corporation knew about this, and the outside world only thought this corporation that was rather close with Shuguang Corporation.

Uncle Zhao directly got the government to hand the construction to Xinguang Construction, and the government side only announced that they handed it to a company of a friend of Zhao Junsheng. Although Xinguang Construction has not even been established for two years, the projects it has done could be seen, and it has already become a star construction company within the country.

Since there is a business that was willing to take these low-earning, slow return projects, of course the city governments were willing. What’s more, the name of Xinguang was the guarantee of quality, adding onto the fact that Zhao Junsheng’s Shuguang Corporation was willing to vouch for it, they had no need to fear of any sort of tofu-dreg project.

What Chen Tianlei never would have imagined was that before he started doing anything to Xinguang Corporation, he was going to face immense danger.

Although Zhao Yanyan had already left the danger period and was in the process of recovery, the punishment that Chen Zelong received was far too small! The law can’t do anything to him, but I was able to teach him an unforgettable lesson!

If he could apologize and cooperate with the traffic police to solve the issue after hitting Zhao Yanyan, then I would have forgiven him, since he didn’t do it on purpose, it was a complete accident! However, I was unable to tolerate this kind of attitude of making a mistake then being completely unreasonable about it!

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Chapter 33 – The hell are you

Chapter 33 - The hell are you

“Li Zhengping! Do you fucking not want to stay anymore!” Seeing that Secretary Chen left in anger, Supervisor Wang no longer kept up his image and pointed at Li Zhengping, then said angrily. Before Li Zhengping said anything,…

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“Li Zhengping! Do you f̲u̲c̲k̲i̲n̲g not want to stay anymore!” Seeing that Secretary Chen left in anger, Supervisor Wang no longer kept up his image and pointed at Li Zhengping, then said angrily.

Before Li Zhengping said anything, a few more people arrived at the hospital. Even the doctors and nurses at hospital were confused, what’s so special about today, why did the important officials in the city all come to the hospital! They all started guess if some important chief got hospitalized, but after thinking for a while, aside from a person that got hit by a car, and a person with a broken leg, there wasn’t anyone else? Was one of the two the son or daughter of a powerful person?

Supervisor Wang also saw the people that came in, he first blanked, the quickly went up and said, “Secretary Zhang, why did you come? Is it for the issue with Chen’s Corporation?”

The person that come was the deputy secretary of municipal party committee, hearing Supervisor Wang’s random question, he said in confusion, “What Chen’s Corporation?”

“It’s the Chen’s Corporation that is going to cooperate with our Yanjing city’s government to fix the bridge, their company’s second young master got his leg broken by someone!” said Supervisor Wang.

“Fix the bridge? Oh, I know, just leave this for now, I have urgent business to take care of!” said Secretary Zhang.

“Deputy Secretary Zhang, you can’t just leave this! Just now, Li Zheng Ping, this bas… Superintendent Li pissed off Secretary Chen from Chen’s Corporation, and they will withdraw the investments here!” Supervisor Wang quickly explained.

“Oh?” Deputy Secretary Zhang frowned, then looked at Li Zhengping and asked, “What happened.”

Thus, Li Zhengping told Deputy Secretary Zhang about how Chen Zelong drove without a license. Hearing that, Deputy Secretary Zhang actually said, “Superintendent Li, you were correct in doing so! We’re a socialist country, and a law-based society, even if a rich person broke the law, we have to punish him as well! Capitalism doesn’t work there!” After that, he glared at Supervisor Wang and said, ‘Supervisor Wang, your actions were wrong in order to attract investments and increase your achievements, you’re just going to put the law to the side? If the person that Chen Zelong hit was also the son or daughter of a rich man, will you do it like this as well? Your manner of thinking is what’s problematic! About this, you don’t need to be responsible for the investment anymore, leave it to your assistant, go and write a report for me when you get back and self-reflect!”

“I understand, Deputy Secretary Zhang,” Supervisor Zhang said with his head hung.

“Look… Having heard the stuff form you, I forgot about the proper business!” Deputy Secretary Zhang stomped his foot and said. “Ah, Supervisor Wang, you were at the hospital for so long, did you see a girl hit by a car sent here?”

“A girl hit by a car? There doesn’t seem to be any… Oh yeah, Deputy Secretary Zhang, Chen Zelong hit a girl!” Supervisor Wang suddenly said.

“Ah? Are you certain? What’s her name?” Deputy Secretary Zhang asked anxiously.

“I think she’s called something like Zhao thingy, I didn’t pay attention!” Supervisor Wang said as if he didn’t care at all.

“What thingy! You’re a thingy!” Deputy Secretary Zhang was so angry that his face was going pale as he asked, “Was she called Zhao Yanyan?”

“She seems… to be…” Seeing Deputy Secretary Zhang suddenly get angry, Supervisor Wang didn’t quite know what to do.

“Yes, Deputy Secretary Zhang, the injured is indeed called Zhao Yanyan,” Li Zhengping nodded.

“Oh wow! Supervisor Wang, you really are amazing, in your eyes, you just know that the Chen Zelong is rich, and can’t be offended. Do you know who this Zhao Yanyan is?” Deputy Secretary Zhang was really pissed in his heart, he just hoped that this Supervisor Wang didn’t do anything arrogant or mock others.

“Who is she… Could she even be more amazing than Chen Zelong’s family’s Chen’s Corporation…” Supervisor Wang muttered quietly.

Even if he was quiet, Deputy Secretary Zhang still heard it clearly. Deputy Secretary Zhang said, “This Zhao Yanyan is the granddaughter of the old chief when I was in the army, the current Songjiang’s Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, Zhao Limin! Her father is even more amazing, he’s Zhao Junsheng, the CEO of the world’s largest corporation – Shuguang Corporation!”

“Wa?” Supervisor Wang didn’t react after hearing it for a while, then he said with a shudder, “Deputy Secretary Zhang, is what you said real?”

“Why would I trick you! I’m telling you, Supervisor Wang, if you pissed off Zhao Junsheng because of this, then it’s not as simple as fixing the bridge or not! You didn’t offend her, right?” Deputy Secretary Zhang asked.

“No… She has been unconscious ever she was hit, and was always in the operation room!” Supervisor Wang said.

“Supervisor Wang, what am I supposed to say to you, always on the side of the powerful!” Deputy Secretary Zhang said hatefully.

“Deputy Secretary Zhang, I… I didn’t know that, if I know this beforehand, then I definitely wouldn’t help that that Chen Zelong,” said Supervisor Wang.

“What! You are still not changing, are you? What do you mean by knew this beforehand? Yes, we have the responsibility of protecting the safety of the family of these entrepreneurs with contributions towards the society, but it doesn’t mean that we have to shield them and protect them! I think that your attitude is still not right!” Deputy Secretary Zhang said.

“I…” Until now, Supervisor Wang had been continuously cursing at that Chen Zelong, swearing that he didn’t have eyes and actually hit Shuguang Corporation’s CEO’s daughter, causing him to lose his career.

“I what! About this, go and hand your work to your assistant when you get back, then take a while off, I don’t think you are suitable on this position,” Seeing that Supervisor Wang still had not realize the issue with his manner of thinking, Deputy Secretary Zhang decided to remove him from the job.

“Superintendent Li, where is Zhao Yanyan right now, has her operation been completed?” Deputy Secretary Zhang ignored Supervisor Wang, and turned to ask Li Zhengping.

“The operation is very successful, but she’s still in the danger period, so the hospital has to watch over her for some time!” said Li Zhengping.

“Oh! It’s good that the operation is successful!” Deputy Secretary Zhang let out a sigh of relief. “Otherwise, if anything happened, it would be hard for me to face the old chief, what’s more, her father is someone that have done such amazing contributions for our country’s economy, if we cannot protect their children, how can they focus on contributing to the nation! How about this, let’s see how she is?”

“About this… Sorry, Deputy Secretary Zhang, although you are my superior, before this, I already received orders from the police department for me to protect Miss Zhao’s safety, and not allow anyone to disturb her… Look…” Li Zhengping said in a troubled manner.

“Oh, so it’s like this! That’s normal! I was rash, look, I completely forgot that the injured has not left the danger period…” Deputy Secretary Zhang said awkwardly.

Seeing Deputy Secretary Zhang say that, he also smiled, and said, “Oh yeah, Deputy Secretary Zhang, let me introduce you, this is Miss Zhao Yanyan’s boyfriend, Liu Lei, he’s also a student at Huaxia University!”

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Chapter 33 – The hell are you

“Li Zhengping! Do you f̲u̲c̲k̲i̲n̲g not want to stay anymore!” Seeing that Secretary Chen left in anger, Supervisor Wang no longer kept up his image and pointed at Li Zhengping, then said angrily. Before Li Zhengping said anything,…

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[Vol. 3] Chapter 8 – Stone Labyrinth I

[Vol. 3] Chapter 8 - Stone Labyrinth I

"You, you're handling of the horse is poor. I suppose you're just as skilled in handling women." "……Please stop talking, good grief" 　The pretty priestess of darkness Kitora who was sitting behind Bass-senpai was throwing insults at him…

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“You, you’re handling of the horse is poor. I suppose you’re just as skilled in handling women.”

“……Please stop talking, good grief”

　The pretty priestess of darkness Kitora who was sitting behind Bass-senpai was throwing insults at him as she sulked.
　At first, he was trying to oppose her but it seems that he was broken on the way.
　Crescent Moon also kept her eyes closed as much as possible, how adult.⌈1⌋

“Soon we’ll be close to Kouga village.”

　After a long time, Crescent Moon opened her mouth and spoke with a low voice.
　The dark corps’ stronghold, Kouga village, was located in the Mcbell territory.
　……Hm?
　Could it be that this “dark corps” has some connection to the “God of Darkness”?

“Kitora, do you know about the dark corps?”

“I do. They are the ones believing in one of the Gods of Darkness “The Wolf God” Skoll. Those guys are gloomy”

　So it’s like that after all, huh?
　Well, I wonder if it’ll be fine cause Kitora and they might be comrades.

　Though I thought like that and advanced cautiously nothing really happened.
　As we continued to followed the way we reached a deep mountain road.
　A narrow road leading through a dark forest.

“It should be around here……”⌈2⌋

　Although Crescent Moon was looking on the map she held in one hand with this poor light one wasn’t able to read it properly.
　The only clue we had were the trails left behind by adventurers but we were hesitant to follow them as around here every one of them got lost.

“I go scout a little”

　Pick got off her horse and began to run lightly.
　As we didn’t have much of a choice we also got off our horses and took a break while sitting on stumps.
　At some point, Pick came running back.

“I found some kind of opening”

　As expected of a thief girl, she got a good nose or should I say she’s sharp-eyed?
　We led our horses to said opening.

“This is a dungeon, right? It’s my first time seeing one.”

　Knopf admired the entrance.
　Honestly, though I pretended to be calm this was my first time as well and I was a little impressed looking at it.

　The Dungeon’s entrance was considerably different from what I imagined.
　How do I say this… I thought it would look more like a naturally formed cave but the real thing was clearly artificially made with a stone arch and stairs.
　My seniors were looking inside fearfully while still admiring it.

“Hmpf, I see”

　The dark priestess Kitora muttered as if she understood something and Crescent Moon who seemed to have regained her pace wore a joyful expression.

“That’s what one would expect of an S-type Dungeon. I can already smell the money”

　It seems like she’ll vigorously rub her hands together at any moment.
　At that moment I decided to ask her some things.

“Crescent Moon, why do you think so?”

“Well, it looks like it already. Common dungeons are naturally formed caves even if someone made one artificially they would disguise them as such. They don’t give you the feeling of “Here’s a dungeon”.”

　Kitora continued Crescent Moon’s words.

“This isn’t something depending on intuition and physical strength and we don’t know what we might gain from this. In other words, they’re “inviting” you”

“Inviting, you say, you mean us?”

“That’s why I’m telling you, you’re stupid. It’s like they are waiting for people like us to enter.”

　Crescent Moon who got bluntly insulted opened her mouth but no retort left it.
　But why would they want to lure us in?
　It’s not like they plan to take an entrance fee, right?
　Could it be there’s some attraction inside and they take money from anyone going inside?
　Then isn’t this like some overpriced theme park?

“Well, isn’t it fine? We’ll see what the other party is planning when we go inside, right? Hey, Akatsuki.”

　Well, that’s right.
　Oh well, we’ll somehow manage with these members.
　Honestly, this would be the time where I would send someone like F inside first but I never talked about Akatsuki with F.
“Alright, shall we enter then? Pick an Crescent Moon, please go first. Watch out for enemies and traps. Next will be I and Kitora and the rear guard will be Knopf together with Bass and Drum. Don’t be careless either.”

　As soon as we entered, it was completely dark.
　I called the spirit the slamander Reus and chanted the incantation for the spell “Light”.
　Soon a bright fireball was floating in the air and illuminated the area.

“You, you can use fire magic. Isn’t that convenient?”

　Looks like only I thought that this fire ball looked like a will o’ wisp, everyone else didn’t think it’s wierd.
　Knopf also used the same fireball spell and illuminated the back while I illuminated the middle.

　Inside the dungeon the ceiling, walls and every road was made out of solid stone.
　We walked along a narrow, straight road before we reached a crossroad.
　I took something like a notepad and a writing utensil out of my pocket.

“What’s the matter, Akatsuki?”

“Ah, no, I just thought about sketching a map.”

　I liked plenty old games so I bought old consols as well as old sofware and played some older RPGs.
As I bought them second-hand they were cheaper, they were tasteful and unexpectedly interesting.
Though the graphics were naturally s̲h̲i̲t̲t̲y it had a certain charm.
　Unlike in recent games, mapping is absolutly necessary in those old games so I’m used to it.

“Mister sure is diligent. I always made sketches based on my memory after I left the dungeon.

　That’s because you’re too careless.
　Well, there’s the thing with the writing utensils as well.
　It’s not easy to draw with ink and a quill in a place like this.
　Actually, today I brought my secretly made pencil prototype with me.
　There’s still room for improvement but it’s enough to draw a simple map.

“Shall we first take the right way?”

　I tried to use the basic maze capturing methode, keeping your right hand on the wall.
　After taking four sharp turnes to the right we suddenly reached a large room.

“This room is so large I can’t see the wall on the other side.”

　As Drum-senpai said, the light did’t reach the other side of the room so it’s a considerably large room.
　According to the basic capturing method I went along the right wall.

“Here’s nothing special, wha–?!”

　Just as Crescent Moon said there wasn’t anything a black, long thing suddenly fell from the ceiling.
　Looking at it, it was a 1 meter long, huge centipede.
　It seems like the floating fireball scorched it while it was sticking to the ceiling resulting in it falling down.
　Its myriads of legs were moving with a washa washa sound and its winding figure was grotesque to look at.
　Furthermore, it seemed to be aggressive as it put up its head threateningly.
　I could see its big fangs at its mouth.

“A large centipede, huh? It’s not a big deal but be careful, it has poison. If it bites you the place will swell and hurt.”

　Kitora reacted to Crescent Moon’s words.

“It’s fine, if you get bitten I’ll cure you.”

　As they saw Kitora’s strange smile Crescent Moon and the men swore in their hearts to be careful not to get bitten.
　Pick carefully skewered its head and after Crescent Moon cut its still moving body in chunks it finally stopped.

“Phew, well, that wasn’t that bad, right?”

　Bass-senpai said this in relief as he looked at this scene weirdly.
　Even though he himself didn’t do anything he sure can talk well.
　Well, I do understand that feeling though as I wouldn’t want to face such an enemy as well.

　We just went around the room along the wall before we arrived at our starting point again.

“There was nothing”

　Knopf said.
　But we couldn’t check the middle yet as the room was too big.
　As it couldn’t be helped, we decided to explore the middle with all members.
　We were also careful of the ceiling this time――

“What the hell’s with thaaaaaat!!”

As we looked at the ceiling in the middle of the room it seemed to be painted black for an instant.
　But if one looked closer one could see winding figures wiggling all over.
　The moment Crescent Moon spotted them they dropped down all at once.
　A staggering number of those centipedes from a while ago were crowding the ceiling.

“Uwaaa!!”

“Hiii!”

　It’s just pandemonium.
　Both Pick and Crescent Moon desperately swung their weapons but it’s just too many of them.
　The best they could do is to prevent getting hit.

“Knopf, use magic!”

　As I shouted that I chanted the incantation for Fire Wall.
　Immediately a wall of flames emerges between us and the large centipedes.
　The centipedes caught in the wall struggled while they burned then one could smell the stench of burning insects.
　Then Knopf’s successive chants of fireball exploded on the centipedes which fell and made them wriggle on the floor.

“I, is it over?”

　Crescent Moon lowered her weapons as she was relieved.
　The seniors were also disheartened.

“My, nobody got bitten? You’re unexpectedly skilled.”

　Nobody reacted to Kitora’s joke.

“Head, if this is what happens in the first room, what will happen inside the others then?”

　Even if you ask me, I don’t know!

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Chapter 206 – The Sudden Marriage (Part Two)

Chapter 206 - The Sudden Marriage (Part Two)

The South desolate region and Terra Empire each possessed several tens of thousands of miles of territories. In addition to two more areas as big as the Terra Empire, that was the entirety of the Southern area of…

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The South desolate region and Terra Empire each possessed several tens of thousands of miles of territories. In addition to two more areas as big as the Terra Empire, that was the entirety of the Southern area of the immortal’s mainland. However, compared to the heart of the mainland, that was completely negligible. The Middle Earth was vast and boundless, it was located at the very center of mother earth.

To the North of Middle Earth, that was the legendary barren land of the ancient gods. As for how far it stretches, nobody knows of it. All in all, nobody had ever made it back alive once they entered the North. ⌈1⌋

To the West of Middle Earth, that was an endless stretch of copper mountains. Legends had it that the ancestor god Fuxi lived in seclusion there. The land was boundless and seemed to stretch on forever.

As for the East side, Middle Earth faced the boundless East Sea. According to legends, even the gods were unable to cross that water body.

The most terrifying thing was that, the aforementioned was only the known territories. And, to the Northernmost of the ancient god’s barren land, to the Westernmost of the millions of copper mountains, to the Easternmost of the boundless East Sea, and to the Southernmost of the countless uninhabited islands, just what kind of unknown world that lies beyond these parts, nobody could say for sure.

Legends had it that even the celestial deities would have a hard time entering those unknown regions.

People couldn’t help but exclaim in admiration, the world of immortals was vast and boundless. It was impossible for an ordinary man to tour the whole world for a lifetime. It was unknown just how much bigger it was compared to the mortal world.

These three days, Xiao Chen was taking advantage of the ample resources from the major clans that tried to rope him in and received information on the enemies outside of the city. The people who wanted to kill Keke was a male and female tiger-kin. They are currently waiting for a powerful figure called the Fierce Tiger, otherwise they wouldn’t even dare to appear in front of Draco.

Reportedly, they came from an exceptionally ancient clan. Their veins flow with the blood of the White Tiger. The aforementioned clan possessed great influence even in the boundless Middle Earth. Moreover, the most frightening part was that, very few knew where this extremely mysterious clan was hiding in Middle Earth.

This time, the tiger woman and tiger servant did not bring the White Tiger to the South for the warbeast competition, it just happened to coincide with the occasion. They never expected that the White Tiger would die in a place like this, how could they not be furious?

The tiger woman wanted to kill Keke. As a result, she was forced to lose face at the Amber Warbeast Castle instead. The tiger servant also wanted to make his move, but he was frightened by Draco. When they learned that the Fierce Tiger had rushed to the Terra Empire from Middle Earth, they promptly requested help.

They estimated that the Fierce Tiger should arrive within a few days.

This kind of marriage, Xiao Chen did not want it, nor must he hope for it. The were no such things as a benevolent major clans. One could take advantage of them and borrow their authority, but marriage was for a lifetime, he did not want to be a cheater in this regard.

Just that, Liu Qingfeng of the Undying Sect didn’t give him a chance to explain, and the Fair family did not believe his words. Xiao Chen also did not want to be straightforward. After all, that was his trump card, how could he reveal it so easily? ⌈2⌋

What made Xiao Chen most helpless was that, Draco really seemed as if he was his senior and took extremely good care of him. These three days, he had treated Xiao Chen to a drink, four times. This was obviously to create a misconception for the major clans.

Xiao Chen felt that he might have guessed his intention. Thirty years ago, Draco had clashed with the noble sons of a few major clans, and nearly lost his life in the hands of an older generation expert. His actions now made it clear that he wanted to fool these major clans, and Xiao Chen was that clown.

He was in fact, a bubble with no background that was being promoted enthusiastically. The major clan’s investment here would inevitably be nothing but an empty dream. They would become a huge laughing stock.

“I am a clown!” Xiao Chen mocked himself.

Three days passed in the blink of an eye. Draco arrived at Xiao Chen’s residence again and the result was obvious. Keke and Tenax were very straightforward and didn’t pay any attention to Draco.

“Hehe, I will give you guys more time. That guy known as the Fierce Tiger is very greedy. He’s currently on a treasure hunt in the Terra Empire and wants to break into the Temple of Heaven. I’m afraid that he will not be able to come here so soon.”

In the blink of an eye, one week had passed. The news that the Fair family wanted to marry off their daughter was already a well known fact. Their goal was precisely to bring about a fait accompli.

The Undying Sect also did not take it lying down and struck back fiercely. A few major clans were also making their moves in succession. There were some that added fuel to the fire, and those who got in touch with Xiao Chen in the dark.

Recently, the Zhuge fatty and Fairsky were obviously working diligently. However, Xiao Chen had a bad premonition. This kind of conduct could easily break what little friendship they had just barely build up.

Zhuge fatty seemed to be making at least three round trips everyday, “Heh-heh, brother, do me a favor. If we can have some sort of relationship with that old man in the Southern Wasteland, becoming the master of the family is not a pipe dream anymore. How about this? Why don’t you help me invite your senior Draco? Our family lord wants to entertain him.”

Even the Reagan family was sending people to communicate with Xiao Chen unceasingly, saying that everything that happened in the past was a misunderstanding, and that they would certainly help him if the need arises. Moreover, they also tactfully asked if he wanted to take a concubine.

Xiao Chen felt that it was preposterous. Everything that happened in recent days felt like a farce, they could actually do this… they were actually capable of doing this!

If there was a powerful figure behind one’s back, they could really have avoided strife for several hundred years!

Human’s ugly nature had inadvertently been put on full display.

Half a month, it was neither a long period of time nor was it a short period of time. That time was quickly approaching. It was impossible for Xiao Chen to promise this kind of absurd marriage. He felt that it was extremely ridiculous.

However, Draco finally made his move at this time. After sealing Xiao Chen’s movements, he promised the Fair family, that he would definitely attend the wedding. Once this news spread out, a few of the major clans were shocked. For Draco to attend the wedding, does that mean they ⌈3⌋ will support the Fair family? The Southern Wasteland had remained low-profile all these years, are they finally going to make their move?

Thus, it was impossible for these major clans to sit back anymore. They wanted to build a relationship with the Southern Wasteland via Xiao Chen no matter what.

Liu Qingfeng of the Undying Sect flew into a terrible rage and made the disciples tremble with fear. However, Yan Qingcheng wouldn’t yield no matter what.

“How could Xiao Chen not be a good fit for you? Securing the position as the strongest in the South is only a matter of time, why wouldn’t you agree?”

“Master… you were not like this before…” Yan Qingcheng’s lily-white face had shed tears as she continued, “I have compromised once, and since then, I vowed that I will not compromise again, even if I end up dead! I admit that he has a bright future ahead, but there is no romantic feelings between the two of us. These kind of thing cannot be forced.”

In the backyard of the Fair family; Fairsky was heaving a sigh and said to Fairsnow, who was currently appreciating the flowers, “Sis, you don’t really need to put on a facade. Yan Qingcheng does not have the intention to fight over him with you.”

“So meaningless, I originally thought there would be a competitor.” Fairsnow revealed a cold smile. ⌈4⌋

Fairsky said, “It was really unexpected for Xiao Chen to be against the marriage. If not because Draco bound him with absolute force, he might flat out refuse it.”

Fairsnow said with a cold voice, “If not because he has relationship with Draco, why would I even lower myself to marry him? My heart is at Middle Earth!”

Fairsnow’s personality was icily arrogant. The difference between her ordinarily sweet-tempered nature was like that of the night and day. However, she looked more attractive than ever.

The Fair family practiced the Water-Lily Technique. Those who practiced this technique, regardless of male or female, would become incomparably beautiful. It was a magical technique with bizarre power. In a certain sense, there’s no ugly men or women in the Fair family.

The shortcoming of this martial art was that, the progress during the Exuvia realm was very slow. However, once they advanced to the Historia realm, their speed would pick up ferociously. It could be said to be a secret technique not only in name, but in reality.

Perhaps nobody knew of this, but Fairsnow had just broken through the Exuvia Ninth Celestial Layer in the recent days. She had concealed her power perfectly. Once she make a breakthrough to the Historia realm, her future accomplishments from now would be immeasurable.

There was an incomplete version of this martial art spread throughout the mortal world. The successive generations of the imperial household possessed one each. It was an internal secret that had never been spread around. It was known as the Sunflower Technique. The incomplete version was not inferior to the genuine Water-Lily Technique, so much so that their training speed in the initial stage was a little faster. However, the price of learning this technique was too high. Those who wished to learn this miraculous technique must first castrate themselves. ⌈5⌋

Half a month passed by very quickly, today is the day of the wedding ceremony. The Fair family had send out invitation cards all over with great momentum. This marriage was comparable to a grand festival in the Celestial City. ⌈6⌋

At this moment, an unforeseen event occurred in Xiao Chen’s residence. Draco laughed heartily and said, “Alright, let’s stop playing with those families, it’s getting boring.” ⌈7⌋

And just at this time, Draco suddenly made his move. Not only Xiao Chen, even Tenax, Keke, and the Azure Dragon King was confined in a ball of black light. The powerful him made people unable to see his upper limits. Even Keke’s rainbow-colored radiance had been suppressed.

Draco had a one-eighty change in attitude and his eyes were ice-cold. His voice was as chilly as the winter of the twelfth lunar month as he said to Keke and Tenax, “The first lesson the old man entrusted to me is to have the both of you cut off your relationship with him ruthlessly!” He lifted his hand to unsheathe a longsword and held it against Xiao Chen’s neck. He faced Keke and Tenax before he continued, “If you wish to accomplish something, it is necessary to be heartless. Who is he? He’s just a human. He wants to become your master, he wants to enslave you for a lifetime. Kill him, and reinstate your true nature, to unleash your restraints. Otherwise, with his existence, you guys will never be able to manifest your potential to the extreme limit!”

Although Keke and Tenax were unable to budge an inch, they could still move their mouth as they let out a furious snarl. And the Azure Dragon King was also letting out a dragon roar, which shook the vast sky.

“Forget it, I am not so heartless as to let you guys kill him with your own hands.” Speaking until here, Draco’s ice-cold eyes gradually became gentler as he continued, “Be at ease, I won’t kill him personally either. I will just leave him at the Celestial City to let him destroy himself.”

Finishing all this, Draco transformed into a black mist and flew towards the sky with Keke and the two Dragon Kings bounded. Many people in the Celestial City saw the black cloud flying towards the depths of the South Wasteland.

They were separated… This day had finally arrived. Xiao Chen felt completely empty. From this point on, he had parted with the two little beasts. He also had no idea whether he would ever get a chance to see them again in this lifetime, because he could already feel it, that old man in the South Wasteland was really too unreasonable!

And just at this time, the people from the Fair family had arrived, to invite him and Draco to their mansion.

Xiao Chen stood up silently and undid the acupuncture points that were sealed by Draco. He knew that the crisis was on the verge of breaking out. Will the Fair family and the other major clans flip out at this point? In addition, did the tiger woman and servant already receive the news and are already on their way to kill him?

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  1. Silva: Then how do they know for sure that Middle Earth is located at the very center if nobody knows how far North does it stretch? ↩
  2. Silva: What trump card?
    Fade: maybe his marriage, or revealing he was not going with Keke? ↩
  3. Fade: who are they, does this mean the southern group he represents?
    Silva: the “dragon” I suppose? ↩
  4. Silva: Okay… now she’s scaring me. ↩
  5. Silva: Kek so the girls cannot learn this? Or you mean they have to cut off their ovaries?
    But I doubt people of the past know of the technique to castrate girls?
    Fade: probably only for guys to castrate, to keep their silky smooth skin ….., maybe c̲l̲i̲t̲ removal for girls? ↩
  6. Silva: KEK! INB4 Draco and Xiao Chen ditching the marriage ↩
  7. Silva: CALLED IT ↩
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Chapter 32 – Who’s more powerful

Chapter 32 - Who's more powerful

Although the city government had already told him that he had to treat the case of Young Master Chen hitting someone with a car in a low-profile manner, since no one died, everything should be easily dealt with.…

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Although the city government had already told him that he had to treat the case of Young Master Chen hitting someone with a car in a low-profile manner, since no one died, everything should be easily dealt with.

However, when Superintendent found out that the person hit was actually Shuguang Corporation’s CEO’s daughter, it only took a split-second before he knew where he should stand!

For cases like these that involved famous people, if he didn’t pay attention for even a moment and stood on the wrong side, he might very well ruin his political future. What’s more, Young Master Chen driving without a license already broke the law, it was normal for him (Superintendent Li) to send someone to watch him, even if the officials knew that, they wouldn’t say anything.

“Little bro, so your girlfriend’s family has such a powerful background!” Superintendent Li said to me. “I was worried for you for nothing just now! I was afraid that even if I let you off easy, the Chen family wouldn’t, it seems like I worried too much!”

“Superintendent Li, if you don’t mind, then allow me to call you Li-dage. I do than you a lot, because you were truly thinking of me!” I said.

“Sure! Then I’ll call you little bro Liu! Li-dage, I, will tell you the truth, actually I personally don’t like how those rich men from Hong Kong and Taiwan causing trouble in the mainland in the name of investment. We can’t even do anything to them, since their laws are different to ours, sometimes, I really want to arrest them all!” Superintendent Li said.

“Hehe! However, they did come to develop our country!” I nodded and smiled. I deeply understood Li-dage’s viewpoint.

“B̲u̲l̲l̲s̲h̲i̲t̲! If he really brought the money here, then so be it! But the young masters of a lot of corporations just used the name of surveying potential investments to come travel! After they got our warm welcome, they just wipe their a̲s̲s̲ then leave, and use the beautiful name of researching about it back home!” Superintendent Li clenched his teeth and said.

“There’s no helping it! Right now, some people are just using this gap!” I said. “I think this Young Master Chen most likely came to play, otherwise, how could he have not brought the survey team!”

Superintendent Li nodded, “However, these issues are not what I, a police, deals with!”

Just as we were speaking, we heard a commotion nearly, a middle-aged man with sunglasses and a briefcase walked over with a group of bunch of people. When one of the official-like person saw Superintendent Li, he quickly ran over and asked, “Superintendent Li, how is Young Master Chen!”

“Supervisor Wang, Young Master Chen is fine,” Superintendent Li said in displeasure.

“Say, Supervisor Wang, why is the efficiency of you people in mainland so slow, did you arrest the culprit that hit our young master?” said the sunglasses man beside Supervisor Wang.

“Superintendent Li, I already talked with the Section Chief Li, I think he spoke to you already, how is it, did you arrest the person that hit him?” Supervisor Wang asked.

Superintendent Li looked at me and said, “Supervisor Wang, he’s here!”

“Here? What are you waiting for! Hurry up and arrest him! For me!” Supervisor Wang pointed at me and yelled.

“Say, Supervisor Wang, it doesn’t seem like your Investment Attraction Office can decide whether I arrest him or not, right?” Superintendent Li said calmly.

“Superintendent Li, what is the meaning of you saying this? I already told your Section Chief Li that you have to handle this case severely!” Supervisor Wang shouted.

“Handle it severely? Still, you don’t seem to have the right to order us police, right?” Superintendent Li continued.

“You…! What do you mean! A mere police superintendent dares to oppose me? I’m telling you, I’m representing the city committee officers?” Supervisor Wang said angrily. “What? You want to be biased towards this person? Who is here? Or what did he give you?”

“Supervisor, don’t randomly say things! You have to take legal responsibility for it! I think you have also heard of I, Li Zhengping’s, personality! If you say that I got bribed, the entire police field wouldn’t believe you!’ said Superintendent Li.

“Supervisor Wang, what’s going on? Do your governmental agencies just argue with each other all the time, I’m telling you, if our young master is not satisfied with how you handled this, then this investment project will be cancelled!” The sunglasses man interrupted impatiently on the side.

“Secretary Chen, sorry, you’ve seen something unsightly, I will definitely satisfy you!” Supervisor Wang quickly said with a smile. The when he turned around, his expression completely transformed, even faster than transformers as he roared to Superintendent Li, “What’s with you? Are you not even going to listen to Section Chief Li’s orders?”

“I naturally have to listen to Section Chief Li’s orders, but he only told me to investigate this carefully, before anything is truly known, how can I arrest anyone, from the looks of the case right now, it’s Young Master Chen’s driving without a license then hitting someone that’s more severe!” Superintendent Li said slowly.

“Heng!” Hearing that, the sunglasses man immediately got unwilling. “Supervisor Wang, it seems like you guys lack the sincerity for cooperation, we’ll just leave the investment like this! Your local government can’t even guarantee the personal safety of us investors, who would dare to invest here!” Saying that, he said to a follower on the side, “Go and immediately book the plane tickets back to Hong Kong as quick as possible, at the same time, help Young Master Chen do the procedures to be discharged!”

After the follower left, he immediately said to the doctor on the side. “Our family’s Young Master wants to be discharged.

Before that doctor could reply, Superintendent Li stretched out his arm and said, “Who said Chen Zelong can be discharged? He is suspected of driving without a license and hitting someone, and thus is already detained by us, the police!”

“You! The f̲u̲c̲k̲ are you? You actually dare to detain our Young Master? Do you know who our Young Master is?” How could the sunglasses man be willing after hearing that Superintendent Li was going to detain his young master, thus he immediately got angry!

“I’m not a f̲u̲c̲k̲, I’m a police, detaining Chen Zelong is my duty and responsibility. Furthermore, of course I know who he is, isn’t he Chen Zelong!” said Superintendent Li.

“Heng! He is a Hong Kong citizen, you have no right to detain him!” The sunglasses man, Secretarry Chen, snorted.

“I think you made a mistake, right? Hong Kong has already returned to China! Any crimes that occurred within our nation’s borders shall be judged by our nation’s laws!” said Superintendent Li.

“Heh! Superintendent Li, you have to see the situation clearly, us, the Chen family is a large family, and has business with a lot of corporations in the mainland, if we freeze all of the investments in the mainland, go and predict the losses in the yourself!” Secretary Chen threatened.

“About this…” Supervisor Wang glared at Superintendent Li and said. “Superintendent Li, did you not hear Secretary Chen’s words! Do you want to cause problems for national interests!”

“If I let Chen Zelong go just like this, that’s causing problems for the nation’s law! As for the person that hit Chen Zelong, I will also do it by the books, you have no right to interfere!” said Superintendent Li.

“Fine, fine, fine! Supervisor Wang, why did such a person appear here! Heng, we’ll see!” With that, Secretary Chen stomped out of the hospital without Supervisor Wang.

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Chapter 31 – She’s Zhao Yanyan

Chapter 31 - She's Zhao Yanyan

“Hong Kong businessman? He came to invest?” I thought about it and asked. Hong Kong businessmen coming to develop in the mainland was a very normal occurrence, I remember a Hong Kong businessman went to Songjiang back then,…

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“Hong Kong businessman? He came to invest?” I thought about it and asked.

Hong Kong businessmen coming to develop in the mainland was a very normal occurrence, I remember a Hong Kong businessman went to Songjiang back then, and the local officials treated him like a god of fortune.

Superintendent Li nodded, “They seem to be cooperating to fix some bridge, I’m not sure of the details, basically, brat, you are in big trouble!”

Hearing that, I nodded, and relaxed. I had thought that he was some kind of important person, but he’s just a young master that came over to invest, coming to act cocky in Yanjing city just due to them having a bit of money. Aren’t you awesome, just what kind of thing can the young master of Chen’s Corporation do? Then how much consequence will the darling daughter of the world’s largest corporation’s CEO cause?

I called Zhao Junsheng, and after telling him that Zhao Yanyan got hit by a car, Uncle Zhao immediately blanked. Only when I told him that Zhao Yanyan was fine did Uncle Zhao react and tell me that he’ll immediately rush over on a plane.

After approximately a few hours, the doctor with the white gown walked over. Seeing me, he said, “The surgery was very successful, the patient’s condition has already stabilized, but she still didn’t leave the danger period, so she needs to be watched in the hospital for a while.”

I quickly thanked him, if the surgery was successful, it means that there isn’t much of a problem, since I have already used qi to heal the rest of Zhao Yanyan’s wounds.

“We can go now, right?” Superintendent Li asked.

I nodded and said, “However, aren’t you going to bring the culprit along?”

“About this…” Superintendent Li said in a troubled manner. “Technically, we should bring him along, since he doesn’t have a driving license here, thus it counts as illegal driving. That’s why he should take the full responsibility, but… His identity is rather special, and a higher-up spoke out for him…”

I thought about it after hearing that, that’s true, if this Young Master Chen come to invest, if he got sued due to this, then the investment here is definitely school. That’s why, some officials in the local government definitely interfered with this for their achievement.

I picked up my phone and dialed a number, “Lawyer Zhang, I’m Liu Lei, something happened here, come to XX road’s police station!”

Lawyer Zhou was the professional legal advisor for Shuguang Corporation’s office at Yanjing, he knows about the relationship between Uncle Zhao and I, so was extremely courteous towards me. Through the conversation just now, I also knew that Superintendent Li was the police superintendent in this area.

“Ai! Young man, I know you feel like it’s an issue, but there isn’t much use if you find a lawyer, you might want to sue him, yet it’s already good enough that he doesn’t sue you! I think you’re a pretty nice person and is a student at Huaxia, I’ll find a way to talk with the higher-ups, and try to not leave a record for you, since it’ll affect you finding a job in the future!” Superintendent Li sighed.

I couldn’t help but be moved, this Superintendent Li was truly a good person as he continuously thought for my sake!

Actually Superintendent Li did think so as well, after being in politics for so many years, he deeply understood the severity of this issue, once a case was set, I would have a record, so he couldn’t bare for a student of a famous university with a great future ahead of him have his future ruined due to this incident.

“A higher-up will definitely come and talk to you later, just hold it and admit your mistake, don’t pursue after their responsibility! I’ll see if I can let Young Master Chen let it go like this,” Superintendent Li said.

That was true since Superintendent Li did not know my identity then, if he knew that I was the true controller of Shuguang Corporation, then he wouldn’t have said that. Even if he didn’t know, but he knew that the girl hit was Zhao Junsheng’s daughter, he wouldn’t say that either.

Just as I was thinking that, Superintendent Li’s phone rang, he picked up the phone, “Hello, I’m Zhengping… What? There is an emergency mission? Who? Zhao Junsheng’s daughter got hit by a car? The culprit drove without a license? Who’s Zhao Junsheng? … What? Shuguang Corporation’s CEO!!! … At xx hospital? I’m conducting Section Chief Li’s mission, and am at xx Hospital! Okay, I understand, I’ll immediately get people to… Okay, I understand, I’ll do it personally!”

“Superintendent, did anything happen?” Seeing the sweat on Superintendent Li’s forehead, Xiao Zhang asked in confusion.

“Pause on the city station’s mission, there are missions from even higher-ups, Shuguang Corporation’s Director Zhang’s daughter got hit by a car! She’s at xx Hospital!” said Superintendent Li.

“Ah? That largest corporation in the world? What’s going on, why did all these children of rich people come to our district?” Xiao Zhang exclaimed.

“How would I know! Ai, about this, although it’s not related to us, my job is gone!” Superintendent Li smiled wryly.

“What’s more, isn’t this the job of the traffic police? What does it have to do with the police?” Xiao Zhang said.

“Didn’t it happen in our district, the Chief of the city’s police department called me, and told me to bring people to the hospital to protect Miss Zhao’s safety! People are going to come immediately from the city’s police station! Ai, let’s not talk about it anymore, we need to hurry and ask which room she’s in!” said Superintendent Li.

“Ai? Doctor, I want to ask something from you, which room is Zhao Yanyan in?” Superintendent Li asked.

“What business do you have?” The doctor asked weirdly.

“It’s like this, we are the police, this is my badge…” said Superintendent Li.

“I don’t care whether you are the police or not, the patient haven’t left her danger period, so if you have any business, then wait for the patient’s situation to stabilize first before coming!” Before Superintendent Li could finish, the doctor spurt out.

“No, you misunderstood, we received orders from the higher-ups to protect Miss Zhao!” Superintendent Li quickly explained.

“Protect?” The doctor looked at me strangely. “Since it’s like that, then first get the permission from the patient’s family, if he disagrees, then we can’t do anything, unless you bring an introductory letter.”

“Family? Where is Miss Zhao’s family? Please introduce us to them, okay?” said Superintendent Li.

“Introduce? Introduce what? Aren’t you guys together?” The doctor said in confusion.

“Together? What do you mean together?” Superintendent Li was even more confused.

“Don’t you know each other?” The doctor asked.

“Who do we know? We just spoke with this young man just now, there wasn’t anything on the side?” Superintendent Li also asked.

“I’m talking about him!” The doctor pointed at me and said.

“What?” Superintendent Li pointed at me with his eyes wide open and said, “You are…”

“I am Zhao Yanyan’s boyfriend,” I smiled. It looks like Uncle Zhao has already called the higherups here.

“Then the young lady that was hit inside is…” Superintendent Li opened his mouth in shock.

“She’s Zhao Yanyan,” I said.

“What! She’s Zhao Yanyan? CEO Zhao’s daughter!” Superintendent Li exclaimed. “Xiao Zhang, hurry to Young Master Chen’s room, watch him closely, don’t let him leave!”

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[Vol 4] Chapter 57: Songs of my sword

[Vol 4] Chapter 57: Songs of my sword

Bryant paused for a couple of seconds while moving closer towards Svecko. At their current level of power, the distance between Svecko and Bryant was of no importance. Given both of their speeds, they would be able to…

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Bryant paused for a couple of seconds while moving closer towards Svecko. At their current level of power, the distance between Svecko and Bryant was of no importance. Given both of their speeds, they would be able to close the distance within less than a second. “It is not that I want to stand in your way, it is you who have chosen a path I cannot ignore,” Bryant said with a soft laughter.

 

Without a moment’s warning, Svecko moved with his highest speed to attack Bryant. “Let me see what ability you possibly have to stop me.” As Svecko got closer to  Bryant, a spear made of ice had formed in Svecko’s palms. He thrust the spear with incredible strength as he attacked Bryant. Although Svecko’s attack could be considered a sneak attack, Bryant wasn’t surprised as he had expected Svecko to attack him and given both of their speed, he could react fast enough.  A golden glow illuminated around Bryant’s entire body. Bryant moved his bare palm in anticipation of Svecko’s ice spear. As the spear made contact with Bryant’s palm, a crunching sound could be heard. The spear Svecko held crumbled as the force from Bryan’s palm completely shattered the ice spear. Bryant continued the motion of his palm to counter Svecko’s attack. As the palm attack touched Svecko, another crunching sound was heard. Bryant realized something was wrong, he immediately noticed he did not make contact with Svecko, but instead, his palm attacked had broken what seemed like an ice mirror. “Perrish!” Svecko yelled as he appeared behind Bryant and attacked with a punch.

 

Svecko palm was glowing white, almost translucent and invisible. Bryant reacted as fast as he could, moving both his arms to defend Svecko’s attack. As they both made contact, a seemingly white energy pervaded Bryant’s body and went straight to attack his soul. In that brief moment, the soul freezing energy of Svecko had slowly started freezing Bryant’s soul. A dull light appeared on Bryant’s eyes as the life seemed to slowly leave his body.

 

A smile appeared on Svecko’s face as he stretched out his hand to grab the lifeless looking body of Bryant. Before he could grab onto Bryant, a golden and metallic-black light appeared all around Bryant. The formerly lifeless body now seemed to have gained some life. Svecko unconsciously took some steps back as he watched Bryant come back to life. After the golden and metallic black light died down, Svecko couldn’t help but gasp in surprise as he saw a different Bryant. Bryant’s body had changed from that of a normal human to a half golden and  half metallic-black form.  

 

The right half of Bryant’s body had changed to a golden form, while the left part of his body had changed to a metallic black form. Bryant’s body had turned part gold and part iron. This two forms equally covered his body from the tip of his hair to the sole of his feet, giving off a strange otherworldly appearance Bryant had at the moment. “You!” Svecko said in shock as he realized something.

 

“You are the metal element saint of the West,” Svecko said staring at Bryant incredulously. Of all the elements known to this mortal world, the metal elements were regarded as the most difficult ones to cultivate. Throughout the recorded history of the world, they were only three people to have successfully cultivated the metal element to a saint level and until this moment, there was none that had cultivated to a level three saint.

 

“You have broken through to the third level and fused gold and iron laws.” Svecko continued. “Incredible. Yet another genius has appeared. Why are the heavens favoring the South?” Svecko quietly thought to himself. Looking at the current situation, Svecko knew there was no way he could defeat Bryant. He had already used up most of his energy and evidently, Bryant had infused the law of gold with the law iron within the metal element. This meant that there was no way he could win at the moment without paying a heavy price, and even if he had his energy completely restored, there were no guarantees he would win.

 

Svecko turned around and flew off into the skies, without waiting for any response. Svecko was like a shooting star as he flew off into the distance. Bryant stood in place in a somewhat confused manner as he watched Svecko head towards where the battle was currently going on. After a couple of seconds, his expression turned to that of a smirk as he watched what had just happened. Bryant did not bother chasing after Svecko, because his goal wasn’t to kill Svecko or his allies, and he also did not want to corner such a monster, he wasn’t quite confident in killing Svecko. “Very glad that this is over. That attack from the snow saint nearly froze my soul. If I was a second slower, that would have been the end for me.” Bryant said as he sighed in praise. “How then was it possible that this child survived? That should not be possible, but yet I witnessed it with my own eyes.”

 

Bryant waved his hand, and the golden cocoon that had Willard within it flew towards him. Bryant turned and stared in the distance, his stare pierced through the forest all the way to the battle that was still ongoing. “It’s about time I end all this,” Bryant said before disappearing from where he was.

 

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Over at the battlefield, Aswan was currently fighting with Allan. He had a couple of scratches across his body, but he was still alive. “The Primero knight sure lives up to his reputation. It has only been a couple of minutes, and yet he has pushed me to such a state even with my recent improvements.” Aswan thought to himself as desperately gasped for air. “Damn it! Why must my luck be this bad? If I am to survive this, I must use that treasure Lord Ducart gave me.”

 

Aswan gritted his teeth as he pulled out a blue looking pill the size of a golf ball. As Aswan bit down on the pill, a wave of terrifying energy burst out of his body. The previously disheveled looking Aswan seemed to have gained immense vitality. The surround elemental energy was stimulated and even traces of the water element became visible to the naked eye for a couple seconds before it died down. “Damn you! Damn you Primero knight. Because of you, I have wasted this treasure. I will take your head, and the head of the other knights with me today.” Aswan said with a deranged look in his eyes.

 

Allan stood quietly as his gray long beard fluttered along the direction of the air, he watched as Aswan bellowed in anger and remained calm without uttering a single word. Aswan charged towards Allan, his speed almost instantly doubled. He hacked his sword in an obviously crazed manner towards Allan. After taking the blue pill, Aswan’s strength had immediately peaked to the limit of element energy warriors. This kind of strength could actually be classified as actually exceeding the limits of elemental energy, but because of Aswan low attainments in the elemental laws of nature, he couldn’t properly control the immense energy and thus was capped at the elemental energy level.

 

“Die for me!” Aswan yelled as he continued to attack Allan, who was slowly being suppressed by the speed and strength of Aswan’s crazed swords. After a couple of exchanges, the force of Aswan’s sword blow had blasted Allan a couple of meters away. A smile grew on Aswan’s face as he watched Allan get back up, to his surprise Allan still had the same unbordered look he had from the start, not even a slight show of panic could be seen on his old face. “Throughout this entire fight, the primero knight has remained calm. Even after I took that pill, he still hasn’t called for backup.” Aswan thought to himself as he watched Allan walk towards him. A sense of panic quickly filled his mind for a second. “He must be pretending. He must be afraid. That’s right, it must be his pride as the primero knight that’s making show such bravery.” Aswan said dispelling the sense of fear the swelled up in his mind.

From a distance, Bryant appeared and watched the battle that was currently unfolding. He quickly got a sense of what was happening and everybody’s position. He moved his gaze to the far east, then moved it back to the battle between Allan and Bryant. “This should be interesting. It has been over a decade I saw that kid Allan. This should be a good test for him.”

 

As Allan walked closer to Aswan, a strange and uncomfortable smile appeared on his face. This was the first reaction he had given Aswan all throughout their battle. “I was wondering what gave you such bravery to fight against me. I guess my questions have been answered. You got an essence pill from Ducart,” Allan said. “A true treasure! It’s a pity your accomplishment in the water element is just too low. You have been forced to the limits of the elementary level of power. Come, let me show you the songs of my sword.”

 

Allan changed his previously casual stance to a more composed one. Holding the hilt of his sword with both hands, his every movement became more pronounced. “First verse: song of speed,” Allan said as he swung his sword. A loud piercing noise was heard in conjunction with his swords movement. Aswan quickly tried moving his own sword to block the incoming attack from Allan, but was suddenly caught off guard as Allan’s sword disappeared from his view, only for him to feel a striking pain on his chest.

In reality, Allans sword did not disappear, it just moved so fast Aswan could not keep up with its movement. Luckily enough for Aswan, the water essence pill had given him the body strength of someone at the absolute peak of the elementary level. Aswan backed up a couple of steps and rethought about what had just happened. Beads of sweat appeared across his previously calm face. “My goodness. I would have died just now if it wasn’t for the effects of that pill,” Aswan said to himself in freight.

 

Allan pointed his sword at Aswan and continued, “Second verse: song of blades.”

 

The essence of the wind slightly congealed around Allan’s blades, before formless wind blade shot towards Aswan. That attack took Aswan by surprise as he felt yet another mysterious surge of pain on his body. Before he had the time to react, Allan had closed the distance between them. Allan began a surge of attacks on Aswan, switching from the first verse to the second verse, in an unpredictable manner. In less than five minutes of their fight, a loud screaming noise was heard from Aswan, as Allan’s blade finally pierced through his chest. Aswan couldn’t help but curse at his stupidity. There were always rumors of the martial prowess of the primero knight, but he never thought that it would be at such a state. If he had known how terrifying the primero knight was, he would have taken the pill earlier and tried escaping with the assistance of the pill, but it was all dream at this moment, Aswan knew he was already knocking at death’s doors.
Allan slowly pulled out his sword from Aswan’s chest before fiercely hacking off Aswan’s head. “Such a pity. That essence pill could have truly been a life saving treasure for someone with better accomplishments.”

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[Vol. 3] Chapter 7 – Healer

[Vol. 3] Chapter 7 - Healer

"You, take me with you there!" 　It's Bishi⌈1⌋ again! As Kitora said this the thrust out her finger towards me. "You want to come with us? Why do you want to enter the dungeon?" 　As I asked her…

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“You, take me with you there!”

　It’s Bishi⌈1⌋ again! As Kitora said this the thrust out her finger towards me.

“You want to come with us? Why do you want to enter the dungeon?”

　As I asked her again I got interrupted by Crescent Moon and my seniors.

“It doesn’t matter why. It’s impossible, impossible. You want to fight together with a priest of darkness?”

“That’s right. We don’t know when she might curse us, I don’t want to be turned into an undead.”

“I’m objecting to that as well. I don’t know when this priest of darkness might betray us. Since she’s not trustworthy I can’t leave my back to her as a comrade.”

　Are priests of darkness really that hated?
　Exposed to those three’s words Kitora had a strained expression.

“You’re saying whatever you want, huh? But the God of darkness isn’t equal to pure evil. Other than the God of Light’s teachings “No matter what you do you have to be just” the God of Darkness doctrine is “For your purpose the means don’t matter”. It doesn’t mean I absolutely have to do bad things!”⌈2⌋

　Mmm, it’s rather subtle though I understand what you’re trying to say.
　Though I don’t particularly want to do bad things but I wouldn’t mind doing them if it’s for my purpose, something like that.
　In any case, Bass-senpai doesn’t seem to get the meaning.
　It looked like question marks were flying around my senior’s head.

“Besides, I can use healing spells as well! There aren’t just curses and attack spells among the darkness magic!”

　Heeh, I didn’t know Priests of Darkness could use recovery spells.
　As there is no healer in our party isn’t this quite good?
　Just when I thought that Bass-senpai intervened in a hurry.

“Impossible, impossible, impossible. I don’t want to be treated by a Priest of Darkness! I’m scared that she might curse me when she tells me she wants to cure me so I just can’t!”

“You, your head seems to be quite empty. That’s why you’re going to stay an underling for the rest of your life. You don’t know anything about me so don’t messily throw in such meaningless lines”

“Wh, who’s an underling?!”

　This beautiful Priestess of Darkness has a rather sharp tongue.
　Bass-senpai got furiously angry at being called an underling he even forgot about his former fear.
　The female thief, Pick, who watched from the side secretly laughed.
　Could it be that everyone thought that Bass-senpai is stupid?⌈3⌋

“Bass, don’t get so angry. You said you were Kitora? Are you sure about entering the dungeon with us?”

“As I said before, yes! Ah, could it be that you doubt my power? Fine, I’ll prove myself.”

　As Kitora said this she turned and looked around before her eyes stopped on Drum-senpai.

“Oh my, isn’t your arm injured? Fine, I’ll cure you”

“No, I’m good. A wound like this will heal immediately. See, it’s already healing. Therefore your treatment isn’t needed”

　Now that she says it Drum-senpai certainly does have a light injury on his arm.
　It seems like a sword grazed him a little when we were fighting the skeletons a while ago.
　But it looks like Drum seriously hates this and tries to refuse her with all his might.

“I said it’ll be over in an instant! Stop rambling and come over here!”

　The beautiful female Priestess (of Darkness, though) with raven-black hair grabbed Drum-senpai’s arm with no questions asked.

“Now, let’s start the treatment. Behave yourself or you might get hurt!”

“Hiii!”

　Drum-senpai shuts his eyes tightly like a kid before it gets an injection and his whole body tensed up.
　While feeling scared Crescent Moon and Bass-senpai were watching two to three steps away though their eyes were glued to the scene.

“Here I go!”

　As she said so Kitora’s mace was surrounded by a black sphere.
　Then she started chanting while covering the wound with one hand.
　Something like black fog gradually flows out of her palm and appears to cover the wound.
　As they stood with their backs turned towards me I couldn’t see much.

“Uwaaaaaa!”

　Crescent Moon and Bass who watched suddenly jumped backwards while screaming.
　While hugging each other they looked at Kitora’s face as if they were looking at something unbelievable.
　They weren’t able to speak out of fear, but what could have…….
Just when I thought that, Kitora slowly turned this way.

“I’m don–”

“Uwaaaao!”

　I also unintentionally raised a surprised voice.
　Because Kitora’s eyes — the part which should be white turned black so her whole eyeball was shining black.
　Scary, too scary.
　This is something right out of a Horror movie.
　Pick also opened her eyes wide in surprise, only Knopf was curious and started to talk in an interested manner.

“Those eyes are amazing”

“Aah, this? Wait a minute”

　As Kitora said this she slowly closed her eyes and held her hands over her eyelids for a bit.
　After waiting a bit she slowly opened her eyes again and the original beautiful Priestess (of Darkness though) stood there.

“About this, this is kind of like a side effect of having signed a contract with the God of Darkness in particular.”

“Side effect?”

“Right. Even though I say it’s the God of Darkness there isn’t just one. There are many Gods. Among them, I’m serving Gladis also called “the God of War”. You see this ball, right?”

　As Kitora uttered this she raised her Mace and showed us the ball which was attached to the handle.

“This stone is called hematite and symbolises the God of War Gladis. It’s also known as “Blood Stone“. And the same thing is embedded here–”

　While saying this she pointed at her own forehead.
　A gem with a black lustre was certainly displayed there.
　So it is embedded?
　Didn’t that hurt?
　By the way, it’s absolutely impossible for me to get a piercing.⌈4⌋

“This Hematite is the proof that I made a special contract with Gladis. My power is greatly strengthened by this contract. Additionally, thanks to this I’m able to use some spells even if I don’t have a ball at hand⌈5⌋ . On the other hand, when I’m using spells they make my eyes look like hematites. It’s only temporary, though”

　After she finished explaining to Knopf she turned towards me.

“You asked me why I want to enter the dungeon, right? There are two reasons.”

　She put up her index finger after she said this.

“Firstly, there’s a new dungeon and it’s an S-type so there should be various types of monsters inside, right? If I find a good one there I want to make it my familiar as a substitute for my skeleton. As you’re the ones who broke them you’ll naturally cooperate, right?”

　After she teasingly laughed after finishing her sentence she put up the next finger.

“Secondly, I can’t tell you the details now but I want to investigate something. This might be involved in your own investigation. How is it, do you think you would lose anything if you take me with you?”

　Yeah, her healing spells are surely attractive.
　That spell is slightly scary if I think about having to watch her eyes turn black every time.
　But, well, normally she’s just a book girl, normally that is.

“Akatsuki~ stop it. I’m kind of crept out. It’s just……that.”

　Crescent Moon said so while looking towards Knopf for an instant.
　Looks like she’s still bad at dealing with Knopf.
　Unexpectedly Crescent Moon seems to be bad with things like that unlike what her image makes one belief.
　Although she’s someone who likes to mess around with people she herself is actually bad with this kind of stuff.

“That’s right, Head, it’s like big sis said.”

“I will follow your decision, Head. She skilfully cured the wound.”

　Bass-senpai objects and Drum, well, I guess he reluctantly agrees.

“What about Pick?”

“Anything’s fine. Something like a Priest of Darkness serving “The God of War”, honestly, that sound pretty cool”

“Oh my, thank you. I wonder if you still have hope.”

　Pick doesn’t actively agree nor oppose, huh?
　Though she looks like a little girl but she’s still a female thief, she got guts.
　What about Knopf?

“I think this would be good. The effects of her magic got confirmed just now and from what I’ve heard she seems to be skilled as well. There are various things I want to ask you about dark magic.”

“As I thought you understand it. I like girls of the intellectual type.”
Even if you call her girl aside from her appearance Knopf is actually 30 years old on the inside.
　Well. Let’s keep silent or she’ll get angry if I say it.
　Besides, I don’t even know the actual age of this beautiful priestess.

“Then it’s decided by majority vote. Kitora, we are in your care.”

“Akatsuki-san, right? Likewise, I’m in your care.”

　Kitora picked her Goth loli-like skirt’s hem and greeted us elegantly.
　She isn’t only good looking she’s an amazingly beautiful girl.

“Hey, Akatsuki, are you serious? I don’t think she’s up to anything good.”

“That’s right, let’s stop here, Head”

“As you are stupid, be silent.”

“You, who are you calling stupid?! The person calling someone stupid is- -“⌈6⌋

　Good grief, they are noisy.
　Like this, a Healer joined out party.
　Now, shall we go to the dungeon?

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  1. it’s the sfx for pointing etc. here are example pics ↩
  2. Isn’t that fitting for these particular group of people? I mean the seniors and Pick were thieves and even kidnapped some defenceless girls to get money, then there is Crescent Moon who would do anything for money and Knopf probably would do anything for her research as well so I mean come on. ↩
  3. Eeeyup ↩
  4. Well, my ears are pierced but I wouldn’t want to have something like that anywhere else ↩
  5. a ball made out of that type of stone ↩
  6. You act like a little kid you know… ↩

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