Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
There weren’t any powerful fighters in Black Water City to begin with, and the elites like the Fox Elder, Ox Chief and Medusa Leader had been mobilized to join the exploration of the underground city. If the Corpse Wizard King were to barge in now, the outcome would be disastrous!
After instructing Goode and Ashnamov to be on guard in case anything happened in Wissen Town, Yang Ling kept the Fox Elder, Ox Chief, Medusa Leader and the anxious Beastmen into the Wizard Pagoda’s Space, then directly summoned the Level Surpassing Magical Beast Dark Dragon King, quickly heading toward the Black Water City several hundred miles away.
Even though it had not fully recovered, the Dark Dragon King Simon’s speed was still much faster than an average Magical Beast. Even the speedy Unicorn could not catch up to it.
He would require at least ten hours to get to the Black Water City if he rode the Unicorn, but on the Dark Dragon King, he arrived at the Black Water City in just two hours!
Yang Ling was fast, but he was still a step too late when he arrived at Black Water City!
Over this period of development, Black Water City already had a population of about fifty thousand people. Other than the Beastmen that had moved over from various areas, there were also human refugees that populated the area. The entire Black Water City was split into four sectors — north, south, east and west. There were two to three thousand wooden huts in every sector.
However, at the present moment, the wooden huts in the east sector had all been destroyed, thick smoke and corpses everywhere. There were elderly who had died in unjust, children who were just a few years old, in fact, there were even infants who were still suckling in their mother’s arms, both mother and child meeting with misfortune at the same time!
Other than a large batch of the Church’s knights and Spellcasters, Yang Ling also saw the gold cloaked warrior Casia from the Bellimore family working together with Elder Klive and the rest, but they could not find the Corpse Wizard King no matter how hard they tried.
Seeing Yang Ling hovering in the air on the Dark Dragon King, searching for the tracks of the Corpse Wizard King, Elder Klive sighed and said, “Yang Ling, no need to search, the Corpse Wizard King Rodriguez had left long ago, the elites of the Church are hot in pursuit.”
I’m one step too late?
Looking at the devastated Black Water City, Yang Ling clenched his fists tightly, “Elder Klive, tell me, how could the Corpse Wizard King cause such a great deal of destruction even with this many of you chasing it?”
The Corpse Wizard King could only use its Corpse Poison to turn people into zombies. With this many people chasing the Corpse Wizard King, there’s no way it had the energy or the time to commit such an act. Looking at the wooden huts that have been burnt to ashes, Yang Ling’s heart was full of doubt.
“Yang Ling, I’m sorry, I tried my best!” Looking at the ravaged huts, Elder Klive had a sunken expression, “I already instructed my subordinates to help as many commoners as possible, but I am not able to stop the manic Church. I am not willing to engage in conflict with the Church unless I absolutely have to!”
The Church?
The Church set this fire?
Looking at the Church’s knights and Spellcasters gathered not far away, seeing the Beastmen surrounding them and glaring at them with hatred, Yang Ling had a thought.
Back in the underground city, he had seen the Church massacre the infected troops and adventurers under the name of purification. Some of the people had only come into contact with a trace amount of the Corpse Poison, some not even infected at all, but they were all killed by the Church’s knights and Spellcasters who had the numbers advantage. Who knows how many of them had died for nothing.
Could it be that only a few people had been infected by the Corpse Poison after the Corpse Wizard King barged into Black Water City, but the Church massacred the people in the entire area in the name of purification?
After instructing the Dark Dragon King to descend, then letting the Fox Elder and the rest out, Yang Ling glared coldly at the army of the Church in bright armor not far away. He had wanted to clarify some things with Elder Klive when a group of Beastmen swarmed over toward him in grief after seeing his figure.
“Your Lordship, they’re dead, my entire family has been burned alive by the knights of the Church. You have to avenge them!”
“Sir, my mother died in such a pitiful manner…”
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Originally, the people had been shocked when they saw a Dark Dragon appear before them; However, they all swarmed over after seeing that it was the leader, kneeling in front of him as they voiced their grievances. From their words, Yang Ling quickly understood what went on.
As it turned out, the Corpse Wizard King had been avoiding the pursuit of the major factions while consuming the blood and souls of the people to regain its abilities. As its abilities got stronger and stronger, so did its guts, directly charging into the Black Water City to cause trouble.
In order to prevent a tragedy from happening, the Flying Dragon King Seylius who had been tracking the Corpse Wizard King from far away personally took action, hoping that it could drive the Corpse Wizard King out of Black Water City. Even though it managed to kill a dozen of the Dark Knights and two Bone Dragons summoned by the Corpse Wizard King, it also suffered heavy injuries and had no choice but to return to Wissen Castle to call for help.
The major factions only swarmed forward to attack the Corpse Wizard King after the Flying Dragon King killed the Dark Knights and Bone Dragons summoned by the Corpse Wizard King. After an intense battle, both the gold cloaked warrior Casia and Elder Klive was injured by the retaliation of the Corpse Wizard King, allowing it to escape their embattlement and infect the commoners with the Corpse Poison.
To the people of Black Water City, the Corpse Wizard King was an unexpected accident, but what happened next was the true tragedy!
The Church had obtained a large number of knights and Spellcasters as reinforcements through a Magical Teleportation Formation. Other than sending a portion of their elites to continue pursuing the Corpse Wizard King, most of the people had stayed behind, surrounding the huts in the east sector and burning them to the ground in the name of purification. They killed everyone, regardless of the people had been infected by the Corpse Poison or not!
On Yang Ling’s account, Elder Klive had helped them from the shadows, ordering his subordinates to save several of the townspeople that have not been infected by the Corpse Poison. However, their aim this time around was to kill the Corpse Wizard King and obtain the Divine Weapon it snatched away. They could not come into direct conflict with the Church at this moment.
Just like that, the wooden huts in the east sector of Black Water City were devastated, with many innocent people burnt alive!
“Hehe, purification!”
Yang Ling was furious after understanding what was going on, coldly walking toward the army of the Church. The furious Beastmen followed behind him, raising their cleavers and wooden rods.
The wound infected with the Corpse Poison on his left shoulder had already fully recovered, telling him that the Corpse Poison was not incurable. He would be able to force the terrifying Corpse Poison out if he had enough life force. Yang Ling understood this more than anyone. The Church killing innocents without reason was disguised as purification on the surface, but it was clearly an indiscriminate massacre!
Yang Ling could disregard the Church’s actions if the target of the Church’s massacre was the troops and adventurers who had come from foreign lands, but he could not tolerate it if the other party had massacred the citizens of his territory without reason.
“Your Lordship, I am the Red-robed Cardinal Samuel, governing the southwest sector of the Church. According to our investigations, I think that the entire Black Water City has been infected by the Corpse Poison and has to be sealed and purified immediately!” Seeing Yang Ling walk over quickly, a Red-robed Cardinal walked out and spoke, under the protection of a team of knights and Spellcasters.
Yang Ling’s expression was sullen, his abilities said to be deep beyond comprehension. However, as an influential Red-robed Cardinal from the southwest sector, Samuel was not worried that the other party would dare to retaliate.
This time, in order to completely kill the Corpse Wizard King, the Church had sent over a large batch of elite reinforcements. There were over five hundred knights and a hundred Spellcasters in the area. In the eyes of an average person, the Magical Beast Territory might seem to be very powerful, but to the large players in the Tailun Continent, the Magical Beast Territory was merely a small territory.
Seal and purify the entire Black Water City?
Looking at the insolent Red-robed Cardinal running his mouth because of his powerful army, Yang Ling’s expression became even icier, “Good, all of those who have been infected by the Corpse Poison must be purified. Fox Elder, lead your men and seal off the entrance of the city gate. No one is to enter or exit without my order!”
This is a price that must be paid for by blood!
If the Church could massacre the citizens of Black Water City in the name of purification, then he could do unto them what they had done to the citizens, taking action on the Church’s knights and Spellcasters under the name of purifying those infected by the Corpse Poison. Whether or not the other party had been infected or not was not important!
Lead men to defend the city gate and not allow anyone to enter or exit?
Hearing Yang Ling say this, even an idiot would sense that something was off. After instructing his personal guards to be on high alert, the Red-robed Cardinal Samuel’s expression turned sinister, saying in an ice-cold tone, “Your Lordship, what do you mean by that? I’ll advise you to not attempt to challenge the authority of the Church, otherwise…”
Originally, Samuel had wanted to threaten Yang Ling with the name of the Church; However, a red glow flashed past his eyes, then he felt a sharp pain in his chest. The world spun, his consciousness getting hazy.
“You…”
Clutching the deep wound on his chest, Samuel pointed toward Yang Ling in disbelief. He did not expect Yang Ling to dare attack him; Even more so, he did not expect the other party’s attack to be this fierce, so fast that even his personal guards and himself to not be able to react!
After a cold wind blew past, a strange scene ensued!
The Red-robed Cardinal of the southwest branch of the Church, Samuel, turned into a ball of silver light, vanishing into thin air in the blink of an eye. Witnessing this terrifying scene, even the gold cloaked warrior and Elder Klive at the side gasped, much less the knights and Spellcasters from the Church.
“Your Lordship, I’m sorry, but you cannot attack them now!” Even though he was alarmed, the gold cloaked warrior still teleported in front of Yang Ling using his Wind Step, raising the Galaxy Sword in his hand high, “I don’t care about your animosity with the Church. But, in order to kill the Corpse Wizard King, you cannot attack them no matter what!”
Even though he was furious about the fact that the Church massacred innocents under the name of purification, he could not deny that the Church’s abilities were massive and was the main force when it came to killing the Corpse Wizard King. In order to kill the Corpse Wizard King and obtain the share of the Divine Weapons he needed and successfully complete his mission, Casia could not allow Yang Ling to attack them.
