Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Seeing that Yang Ling had claimed that he was definitely a pirate, and with a command, a large group of soldiers almost immediately appeared within the bar, Mutumbu realized that happened was not as simple as it seemed. It was entirely possible that he had carelessly fallen into the other party’s trap. Looking at the close guards like the Corpse Wizard King who had immense Magical Energy and the Dark Dragon King by Yang Ling’s side, and looking at the terrifying Pear Blossom Crossbows in the soldiers’ hands, Mubuntu swallowed hard, and wondered where exactly they had revealed their secret.
Could it be that there was a spy within the Church?
This operation was top secret. Apart from the top level people from the Justice Court like the Cardinal Bishop and Pope, not many other people knew about their operation plans. There was only a small likelihood of the plans being leaked from within. Even after much thinking, Mutumbu could not figure out what the problem was.
“His Lordship, since you can doubt that my token of order is real, then conversely, how can you be so sure that we are pirates?” Looking through the window to see the huge crowd surrounding and blocking all access to the bar, Mutumbu paused, then said loudly on purpose, “There are so many similar looking people on Tailun Continent. You can’t prove anything with a blur looking piece of portrait!”
Looking at the men surrounding them, Mutumbu realized that it was almost impossible for he and his men to fight their way out. If he had guessed correctly, the bunch of insane people from the Judgement Court were still on their way, and absolutely could not help in time. He could only gamble of Yang Ling’s reluctance to act rashly due to his consideration for the Magical Beasts Realm. So he purposely rebuttd loudly, so that the people outside the bar could hear as well.
“Hmph, the missionaries of the Church are all emissaries of God. How can it be creeps like you?” Looking at the nervous Mutumbu, Yang Ling smiled coldly. “But, since it’s come to this and yet you haven’t given up, I’ll let you die with no complaints!”
As Yang Ling spoke, he exchanged a glance with the Corpse Wizard King. The latter understood his intention and strode away. Very quickly, he led a group of Barbarians who escorted a few bare-chested pirates in. A savage looking great white shark was tattooed on their chests. It was exactly the mark of the ‘Great White Shark’ pirates.
While on patrol, apart from capturing the Pirate Captain Swift, Ashnamov also caught a few of his close guards by his side. At first, he had intended to throw them into the city moat to feed the Black Mamba Giant Python. He did not expect that they still proved to be useful now.
“Captain, Brunson Island has already been destroyed by the soldier of His Lordship, we already have no way out. Surrender to His Lordship, and we will be able to live!” After Yang Ling made them puppets using a Wizard Spell, a few of the pirates obeyed his every command, and pointed out that Mutumbu was their Captain Swift on the spot.
“Heavens, it actually turned out to be the legendary Captain Swift of the Great White Sharks. Thankfully he had been discovered in time by His Lordship, or else Jaboli might have already been looted of everything by now!
“That’s right, these are the pirates, the Great White Sharks. Even if a few decades have passed, I will never forget the predatory-looking great white shark tattooed on their chests!”
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At first, the people were still doubtful after hearing that there was a bunch of pirates who had sneaked into Jaboli, disguised as missionaries of the Church. But now with both witness and material evidence present, they no longer had any doubts. After getting over the shock, the people started to talk among themselves, getting more and more agitated. For those who had been plundered or harmed by the Great White Shark Pirates, they were even more furious, and could not wait to force their way in and personally tear Captain Swift of the Great White Shark into pieces.
“You…”
Looking at the few pirates who were kneeling in front of him and asking him to surrender and turn over a new leaf. And looking at the smiling Yang Ling nearby, and listening to the angered shouts and anguished cries of the people outside the bar, Mutumbu was shocked and furious. He did not expect Yang Ling to see through them the moment he came into the city, and even more so, for the other party to set such a devious trap.
As a noble who had experienced all sorts of scheming among various parties, and as a Guardian Spellcaster, who had, at a young age, been promoted to a Bishop, Mutumbu could smell the stench of devious scheme. He had at first planned to reveal Yang Ling’s scheme in public, but he did not expect to invite a rain of densely packed arrows when he had not even opened his mouth.
After reaching his aim of letting people believe that the pirates were going onto shore disguised as missionaries of the Church, Yang Ling cut out the nonsense and immediately ordered his men into action. If he executed the real Pirate King Swift in secret, and killed all of Mutumbu and his party, there would be no one to corroborate their stories, as dead men tell no tales. Even if the Pope of the Church was incensed after finding out about the news, he could only suffer in silence, like the dumb eating bitter medicine.
Who asked Mutumbu and his party to hide their identities on purpose, and disguised themselves as Troops to sneak into Jaboli! Who asked this Mutumbu fellow to look like a thief and just happened to look similar to the Great White Shark Swift!
“Shoot freely and kill!”
Under Argus’ command, the soldiers released round after round of crossbow arrows smeared with poison, embedding so many arrows in Mutumbu and his party, who had nowhere to hide, that they looked like porcupines. With the continuous improvements made by Master Aaron and the Gnome Elder, the structure of the Pear Blossom Crossbow had become more and more intricate. After using high quality, Crystal Essence of high level Magical Beasts as a power source, it had become even more powerful. After being completely surrounded, the Church Knights and Spellcaster disguised as Troops were definitely not their match. While a few of the fellow stopped the first round of the soldiers’ atacks by casting the Holy Shield, but they had not yet taken a breath, when they were killed by the Corpse Wizard King, Dark Dragon King and gang.
“Hmph, let’s die together!” Looking at his guards falling one by one, and looking at Yang Ling’s cold eyes, Mutumbu realized that that it would be useless even if he knelt on the floor to beg for mercy. Gritting his teeth, he cast the Core Explosion Spell, preparing to perish together with Yang Ling. Unexpectedly, just as he spat out the first few notes of the spell, he felt a chill on his neck, before a wave of sharp pain came over him, and fresh blood spewed out.
After turning invisible, the Shadow Wizard Winnink had become a killer that caught people unawares. The Enchanted Shadow Cape could not only turn on invisible, it could also greatly increase one’s speed and after practicing the Shadow Wizard Mantra, his attack ability had improved. Caught unawares, not to mention Mutumbu who had just leveled up into the Domain, even the Corpse Wizard King could be ambushed if he got careless!
After cleanly disposing of Mutumbu and gang, Yang Ling ordered the Corpse Wizard King to cart their corpses to the fiercely burning pile of firewood, burning them to ashes in one shot. After seeing the great white shark tattoos on the few pirates’ chests, the people had no more doubt. Very quickly, the news of the pirates disguised as missionaries of the Church and going onto shore, spread from one to ten, from ten to hundreds and quickly spread outwards, causing a sensation on the continent.
In the beginning, there were some people who were still doubtful. But acting upon Yang Ling’s request, the female Captain Margaret led pirates to go onto shore to plunder a few times, disguised as missionaries of the Church. After that, the people would rather be safe than sorry, and stayed far away from the missionaries of the Church. There were eve multiple incidents of misunderstandings and clashes. With the Dark Association adding fuel to fire, the plan of the Church to spread the word of God along the coast of the Southern areas had encountered unprecedented blows and difficulties. In a short span of three days, a few Bishops had died unexplainable deaths.
After successfully achieved his aim, Yang Ling had ruthlessly gotten rid of a foul stench, whereas in the faraway Holy City of Saratoga, the Pope Barrett, sitting high up in his position, was so incensed that he was gritting his teeth. Originally, he had planned to promote Mutumbu to the position of Red-robed Archbishop within this period of time. He did not expect the latter to die in Yang Ling’s hands. All the more, he did not expect Yang Ling to make use of the excuse of killing pirates, to openly kill his men in public!
At first, he was still preparing to find out more about Yang Ling’s family background before making his move. But now, in his rage, he had decided to immediately take action. According to the intelligence collected in secret, there was a powerful Divine Level Expert by Yang Ling’s side, but as long as he sent the Experts within the Templar’s Inner Circle, no mater how powerful the other party was, Yang Ling would not be able to escape death.
“Sir Pope, according to intelligence, Yang Ling can very possibly be from a powerful Summoner’s family from an Alternate Dimension. His power cannot be estimated! Why don’t we wait till we can find out more information before taking action?” After understanding the Pope’s intentions, a black-robed Spellcaster, who looked like an advisor, gave his opinion in a small voice.
Over this period of time, he had collected large amounts of information on Yang Ling, and had read through countless ancient records. Unfortunately, he was still unable to determine Yang Ling’s identity.
The biggest possibility was that Yang Ling had travelled here through a tear in space and time, and was a powerful Summoner from an Alternate Dimension. Or, he might be the descendant left behind on the Continent, of one of the Upper Deities who had fallen in the Battleground of the Deities and Demons. No matter which of the possibilities, it all pointed to the fact that there was a powerful family behind Yang Ling. They could not act rashly before the matter was clearly investigated!
“Hmph, so what even if he came from a powerful and big family in the Demonic Plane? If we really cannot deal with him, naturally, there would be emissaries from the City Amongst the Clouds who would step up and deal with him!” the Pope coldly snorted, and said again after pausing for a while, “Wilbur, make a trip to the Templar Church and invite Master Fabris to go to the Magical Beasts Realm to capture Yang Ling!”
“Sir Pope, I heard that Master Fabris has been practicing cultivation behind closed doors for a full five years. If it’s not for anything important, I’m afraid that… It will be a bit difficult to invite him to personally take action!” The man in the black robes, called Wilbur, furrowed his brows tightly, caught between a rock and a hard place. He did not want to offend the Pope, yet did not want to get into trouble when he got to the Templar Church. After all, no one knew the temper of those old fellows within the Templar’s Inner Circle better than he does.
“Wilbur, Master Fabris has already successfully mastered the Knife Domain, and left the Church!” Looking at Wilbur in a difficult position, the Pope, who was wearing the Crown of Intelligence, paused, then gently said, “He’s going to be leaving for the City Amongst the Clouds soon, now that he had mastered the Knife Domain. Take this opportunity before he leaves to ask him to do one last thing for the Church!”
Knife Domain?
After hearing what the Pope said, Wilbur’s body jolted in shock. He did not expect the old fellow Fabris had finally achieved the breakthrough. An ordinary Divine Level Expert was already no match for him a few thousand years ago. How much more so, now that he had mastered the legendary Knife Domain known for its precise attacks?
