Chapter 117: Chapter 117
The middle-aged man was anxious, sweat dripped from his forehead, and his body slightly trembled. The middle-aged man slowly retreated, but suddenly Li Qiye appeared right in front of him. “You!” the middle-aged man’s eyes widened in surprise while his mouth was wide agape. “Where do you think you’re going?” Li Qiye had a wide grin on his face as he stopped the middle-aged man from escaping. “Now, you can either tell me where your boss is and die peacefully, or I could hack you into a thousand pieces.”
Li Qiye thought for a second, “Scratched that. Since you helped them suppress me for so many years, I’m not letting you or any member from Dark Heavens die peacefully. I’d still hack you into a thousand pieces.” Li Qiye brandished his spear and aimed it at the middle-aged man, “Grovel and die!” he said. The middle-aged man clicked his tongue, he took out a weapon from his pocket, then the middle-aged man jerked the stick, and it formed into a staff. “I’m not going down so easily”, the middle-aged man gritted his teeth while his left hand reached into his back pocket.
Eru watched Li Qiye confronting the middle-aged man from afar. “Huh, that guy is going all in”, Eru whistled while he slashed a nearby charging monster. “Seriously, these guys are never-ending”, Eru pondered, “I wonder where they came from.” Eru sent another energy blade, cleaving more monstrous creatures. Eru then saw that Long was already awake. Eru watched Long and Ling working together to fend the monstrous creatures in tandem. “That side is sorted” Eru then looked at the sea of monstrous creatures the other way, “That side is not.”
Eru jumped forward; he swung his sword, unleashing multiple energy blades that destroyed most of the monstrous creatures. While Eru was dealing with another wave of monstrous creatures, Li Qiye toyed with the middle-aged man, “This is what the member of Dark Heavens was capable of? Supposed to say, I’m disappointed”, Li Qiye stomped his feet on the middle-aged man’s head. “Urgh”, the middle-aged man grunted; his expression was in pain, “You will never get anything from me.”
Li Qiye chuckled after he heard the middle-aged man’s words, “Haha, do you think I care? I’ll just comb through the entire Gale Territory until I exterminate every single one of you”, he mocked the middle-aged man. The middle-aged man tried crawling away from Li Qiye, but the latter just let out a mocking smirk. Li Qiye grabbed the middle-aged man’s feet, hanging him upside down. “Where are you going?” Li Qiye kicked the middle-aged man in the stomach, “I told you, I’m not letting you leave.” The middle-aged man worried look disappeared suddenly. The middle-aged man let out a laugh, “Hahaha, kill me, torture me if you want. But the Dark Heavens will always prevail!” he declared.
Then, the middle-aged man opened up his left hand, and fireworks were launched into the air. Li Qiye laughed heartily, “You’re calling your friends? Good, call them all, I’ll be glad to kill you all” Li Qiye put his feet inside the middle-aged man’s mouth. Then, he stomped his feet, exploding the middle-aged man’s head clean. Eru appeared beside Li Qiye, “That’s a brutal way to kill someone, isn’t it?” Li Qiye scoffed, “Tch, they deserved it. If you had seen a glimpse of what they did, you would’ve done the same.”
Li Qiye looked up to the sky, seeing the beautiful fireworks above him; he said to Eru, “Prepare yourself; their reinforcements are coming.” Eru nodded, “Let’s deal with these bozos first.”
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Xu Zhu was a large and lighthearted person. However, even though he was lighthearted, it did not mean that he was stupid. Xu Zhu marched alone; he strides through the Gale Plains, grumbling about something. “That stupid bitch, interrupted me while I was eating and ordering me to go on a mission alone. What a rude woman”, Xu Zhu snorted while he picked up a wafer from his pocket. “Eh, no matter. Let’s just finish this mission quickly. I just need to eliminate someone and kill all the witnesses, right? Is Master Taiboku in trouble, then?” Xu Zhu’s eyes turned serious.
“I better go all out, then”, Xu Zhu muttered as he sped up towards the village.
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An otherworldly scream could be heard when Eru finished killing off all the monstrous creatures in the area. “That should do it”, Eru dusted off his hands and cleaned up Buddy, his black sword. “Have you finished up down there?” Li Qiye shouted from afar. “Yup, all done”, Eru replied, then he headed towards Ling and Long. “Are you guys okay?” Eru asked. Ling and Long both look battered, “No, we are not okay!” Ling quipped. “Do you think we’re okay when we both look like shit?” Ling complained. “If you’re not okay, can you both leave the arena immediately? The Dark Heavens reinforcement is coming”, Eru informed.
Long tilted his head, “What’s Dark Heavens?” he asked. Eru was about to answer, but then he saw Ling. Ling looked terrified, her whole body shaking. “The Dark Heavens? They’re back?” she asked, stuttering in her words. “Why? You know of them?” Eru inquired. Ling nodded weakly, “Yes. They’re an ancient terrorist organization that used to terrorize the whole Gale Territory. Even the kingdom back then couldn’t do anything to them. That is until the Silvan Empire came through and conquered the Gale Territory. They managed to push back the Dark Heavens and seemingly eliminate them”, she said.
Ling sighed, “I can’t believe those guys are back.” Then, Ling looked at Long and Eru, finding them dumbfounded. “You’re that old?” Eru asked before getting punched in the face by Ling. “Fuck you! That’s what my father told me, you dork!” Ling scowled. Eru rubbed his cheek, turning his attention towards Long, “You lived a long time, right? You ever heard of these bozos?” he asked. Long shook his head, “Nope, never. I’m only able to go out 10 years ago. And only five years ago, I settled down here.”
“Is that so—” Eru pondered, “Nevertheless, you two should get out of here. I don’t know how strong the reinforcement from Dark Heavens is. And since you two are injured, I can’t have with me burdens when I fight them.” Ling nodded, “Right, I’m leaving this to you.” Long shook his head, “But, why are you fighting them, brother Eru? You could just escape here with us, and nothing would happen. Why went through the trouble fighting the Dark Heavens, then?” he asked.
Eru was about to reply, but he immediately closed his mouth. “Why indeed—” Eru mumbled. But, as soon as Eru thought that, something resounded inside of his head.
*DING*
QUEST CHANGE
Kill the Death Wolves all by yourself CHANGED TO Eliminate the Dark Heavens
QUEST REWARD: 550 Fate Points
QUEST PENALTY: Dead by the Dark Heavens hand
*DING*
Eru grunted, ‘There you go, that’s my reason,’ Eru shook his head in exasperation. “They made it personal when they targeted me”, Eru answered Long. ‘I can’t very well tell him that I’ve got a quest from the system, right?’ Eru thought inside his head. Long nodded, “Right. Then all the best to you, brother Eru. When you came back, let’s do our best and change the Gale Territory together, yeah?” Long pleaded. Eru rolled his eyes, “Do it yourself! Now go, I can feel a huge power is approaching”, he said as he squinted his eyes. Long and Ling nodded, “Be careful of that guy, brother Eru”, Long warned. Then Long carried Ling on his back before disappearing in a flash.
“You done with saying goodbye?” Li Qiye let out a smirk. “You talk as if I’m going to die or something”, Eru sighed; he brandished his black sword, “Their reinforcement seemed to be quite strong.” Li Qiye scoffed, “He’s not strong enough to kill me, just like you.” Eru snickered, “Hah! If I go all out, you would have never stood a chance.” Li Qiye chuckled, “You and your big mouth. Get ready; he’s coming.”
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“Do you think he’ll be alright? Brother Eru, I mean”, Long asked Ling, concerned. Ling nodded, “Of course. If he died, at least I have his seed in me”, she teased. Long rolled his eyes, “You’re quite bad at lying, aren’t you? Even right now, I could smell that you’re still a virgin.” Ling became embarrassed all of a sudden, “What’s wrong with liking strong men? Seeing his handsome appearance and his strong power made something inside me tingles.” Long sighed in exasperation, “There a saying for a human like you. What is it… Oh, right, a pervert.”
Ling scoffed, “Oh, sod off! I’m a perfectly normal human being”, she said. “Right. Let’s just pray that brother Eru came out on top.” Ling shook her head, “Don’t just pray. We need to hurriedly come back to Tailwind City to ask for reinforcements ourselves.” Long nodded, “You’re right. We need to hurry up!” Long then covered his entire body with mana as he jetted out quickly.
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