Episode 8: A Journey of Ten Thousand Leagues Chapter 34: Desperate Circumstances

Deke County City, a medium-sized city that housed more than 300,000 people, as a junction county between the Northwest Row Province and the North Sea Row Province, every day, the Deke County City’s flow of people was extremely large.

“Arrived.”

Looking at the massive city in the distance, Linley stopped his pace.

Six hours and over eight hundred miles of traveling, running down Linley’s breathing wasn’t disorganized at all. In fact, this was still far from Linley’s ultimate speed, and it was certainly even easier for the black-striped cloud panther ‘Heilu’.

“Here we are, the sun hasn’t even set yet.”

Sessler sighed as he looked back at the sun hanging in the western sky.

Perry actually had a clear one address in his memory, as Perry was planning to personally run to the county town of Dekko to greet him.

And Linley, Sessler, and the others had rented a courtyard not far from that address.

It was good to have money!

Afterward, Linley, Sessler, and the others quietly cultivated, waiting for that escort team to ‘throw themselves into the net’.

Ten days later, after advancing more than two thousand miles on the winding roads of the North Sea Province, Schuettler as well as that escort team finally made it out of the North Sea Province’s boundaries.

“Hyah, hyah.”

A man drove his steed to the side of Schuettler and respectfully said, “My lord, the news says that the chief leader of the Northwest Province, Count Perry, has been killed. Are we still following the route we planned in the past?”

Schuyler, who was riding on his steed, was silent for a moment and said blandly, “Count Perry’s faith in the Lord is unquestionable, and he would never betray the Lord. Continue the original route.”

“Yes.”

The knights next to him answered with a respectful voice.

Those knights were actually not worried.

For one thing, Earl Perry was indeed a fanatical religious member of the Illuminati and would definitely not betray. Secondly, even if the other party interrogated Count Perry. At most, they would ask about some of the secrets of the Church of Light. There was absolutely no way to ask about the plans of this escort team.

What’s more, the team had a strong man like Steller, so what was there to be afraid of?

By the evening. Schuettler’s group of people finally arrived at Deke County, and the people in Deke County had gotten the order long before Perry’s death.

They had long been waiting for this escorting squad.

“My lords, you can just rest here tonight. We will prepare the ground for meals and such.”

The person in charge within the Deke County city respectfully said.

A ninth level powerhouse looked at him, “Lately, there hasn’t been any trouble in your area, has there?”

“No.”

That person in charge replied respectfully.

“Alright, you can leave now, those attendants who have prepared the meals should all leave as well, they are not needed here.”

That ninth level powerhouse commanded.

“Yes.”

That person in charge respectfully answered.

After Strahler dismounted, he directly walked into the courtyard to look for a house and stayed there, “Scarlo. Call me during dinner.”

After saying that, he closed the door of the room.

That ninth level powerhouse respectfully answered the order.

Scarlo, was originally the captain of this escort squad, but Schuyler had come over, so naturally everything had to listen to Schuyler. Scarrow gave all those few attendants a good scrutiny, and was relieved when he realized that they were all just ordinary people.

“Escort them out.”

Scarrow droned.

The five brothers in that carriage were immediately escorted down one by one. Fortunately, there was more space in the carriage, otherwise the five brothers would not have been able to sit down.

“You five listen to me carefully, if you yell and scream, once you’ll break your hands, the second time you’ll cut out your tongues.”

Scarrow said indifferently.

With that, his subordinates took out the towels that were stuffed in the five brothers’ mouths.

The five brothers stared at Scarrow angrily, but they knew that Scarrow’s group of people were saying and doing what they said. They five brothers wouldn’t be stupid enough to ask for trouble.

“Scarrow, one day, we five brothers will kill you.”

The eldest of the five brothers, ‘Buck’, said in a chilling voice.

Scarrow snorted.

Others don’t know, he is aware of the ground …… that these five brothers are going to end up becoming carriers of angels, and as for the souls of the five brothers, they are all going to be broken.

“If there is a chance, I always welcome it.”

Scarborough said with a hum.

The five brothers, Barker, were living in the eighteen duchies of the Northern Domain, and they were orphans. Growing up, they were adopted and raised by an old man. They called that old man Grandpa.

Grandpa had an ordinary tavern that was enough to raise these five brothers. The five brothers had been very strong since they were young. Their grandfather used to be a soldier in the army. He had nurtured them since they were young, and they had never imagined that these five brothers were incredibly gifted. When they were only sixteen years old, their bodies had reached the sixth level. Today, the five brothers are just over thirty years old, and their bodies have reached the eighth level.

After their grandfather died, the five brothers joined the army.

In the eighteen principalities of the Northern Region, these five brothers were heroes in one of the principalities. They led their armies to look out of the corner of their eyes. In the battles between the principalities, the eighth level warriors were already considered the top, and these five brothers were so tough, with a terrifyingly strong attack power.

But ……

They were eventually discovered by the people of the Illuminati, the Illuminati immediately deployed the two nearest level 9 powerhouses to lead the men over, they resisted, however, the people of the Illuminati directly killed all of their family members.

The five Barker brothers stared at this group of people with hatred.

Three of the five brothers originally had wives and children, and the other two brothers also had their favorite women, but now the Illuminati people had destroyed everything.

“They people have arrived.”

Linley, who paid attention to that courtyard every day, had already realized that the courtyard that had been empty all this time was finally occupied, and by the sound of it there were quite a few people. The turquoise light in Sessler’s eyes flickered as he laughed evilly, “I’ve been waiting for more than ten days, and I’m finally waiting. Linley, when are you going to strike?”

In Sessler’s opinion, they had an overwhelming advantage and could strike at any time with success.

“Late at night.”

Linley decided.

Sessler nodded.

Next to him, the black-striped cloud panther ‘Blackru’ lay on its back in the courtyard, faking sleep, quietly waiting for the late night hours to arrive, the Deke County city growing more and more claustrophobic, and by the time the late night hours rolled around, the entire city was almost devoid of any sound at all.

Sitting cross-legged in silence, Linley abruptly opened his eyes.

“Depart.”

Linley glanced at Sessler next to him, “Be careful.”

“Don’t worry.”

Sessler smiled confidently, “I’ll summon the undead now.”

It was only about a few seconds before two golden-haired, blue-eyed zombies appeared in the courtyard out of thin air. After another moment, a humanoid creature cloaked in black robes appeared in the middle of the courtyard.

“This is?”

Linley looked at the black-robed humanoid creature in confusion.

“An old corpse demon at the peak of level nine.”

Sessler said with a self-satisfied smile.

Linley nodded, his side had so many experts. The other side, however, only had two rank nine powerhouses, plus his side was sneak attacking. This battle was simply unchallenging.

“Let’s go.”

Linley directly leapt out of the courtyard wall, with Bebe and the black-striped cloud panther following closely behind. Sessler, the two golden-haired, blue-eyed zombies, and the old corpse demon similarly followed.

In a moment, they arrived outside that courtyard.

“Everyone split up, I’ll take care of the guards guarding those five brothers, while everyone kills their way to the various rooms.”

Linley lowered his voice.

“Action.” ……

Barker’s five brothers were in the same room, and outside the room were two rank eight warriors guarding the room, the two of them just casually looking around, occasionally saying a few words to each other.

“Eh?”

The two of them looked to the side as if they were aware of something when they were facing a moment of life and death. However, they only saw two demonic purple lights.

Brightly colored blood soared from the necks of the two.

“Shoo!”

Bebe, Heilu, the old corpse demon, and the two golden-haired, turquoise-eyed zombies immediately pounced on the other rooms, while Linley rushed into the five brothers’ room at fire speed.

As soon as they entered the room, the five Barker brothers looked in surprise at the monster that ran in, covered in black dragon scales, the spikes on that forehead and back looked so hideous, especially those dark golden pupils that sent chills down one’s spine.

“You. Who are you?”

No matter how bold Buck was, his heart was somewhat shocked.

Answering Buck was but the purple sword light.

“Puff!”

The dark golden ropes broke apart under Linley’s ‘Purple Blood Divine Sword’. After comprehending ‘potential’, Linley’s use of the Purple Blood Soft Sword realm had also reached a new level.

This ‘momentum’ was regardless of weapon.

Fists could also cause the momentum of heaven and earth, as could swords. The Purple Blood Soft Sword itself was extremely sharp, and with Linley’s Dou Qi infusion. Splitting that rope was a breeze.

When the five brothers saw that the rope had all snapped open, they immediately understood that the person in front of them had come to save them. Before they could say thank you, suddenly – “Scram!”

Only an angry shout could be heard.

“Ah.”

An agonizing cry rang out.

Linley’s face changed and he immediately scurried into the middle of the courtyard. Only to see that the old corpse-demon cloaked in black robes was groaning in agony on the ground, the floor of the courtyard had shattered apart inch by inch, obviously the result of the old corpse-demon being blasted out and smashed onto the floor, and there was also green blood on the ground.

“What’s going on?”

Linley was shocked.

Sessler was also startled, “Not good, there’s an expert.”

The old corpse demon was a peak level nine powerhouse. And was famous for its physical toughness. The strong man in that house knocked away and seriously injured the old corpse demon with a single move, it was too terrifying.

“Bebe. Heilu. Come back.”

Linley chided with a soul transmission.

Bei Bei and Heilu turned into two black shadows and scurried into the middle of the courtyard, and at this time, those five brothers from Barker also walked out. Linley, however, was staring at that room with a deadly stare.

“Hmph.”

Only a cold snort could be heard, and a small, thin man walked out of the room, his short, silver-colored hair like steel needles making this man very rigid and cold. Especially those icy eyes.

Schuyler looked at the old corpse demon indifferently, “Undead creatures?”

Looking up at Linley and Sessler, he said with a cold smile, “Who did I think it was? Turns out it’s the undead magician Sessler, with that so-called genius character, Dragonblood Warrior Linley!”

Linley’s Dragonblood Warrior Transformation was very familiar to the higher echelons of the Illuminati.

“Very well, all are objects that my Order needs to capture, so I’ll capture them all together today.”

The corner of Steller’s mouth curled up slightly, revealing a cold smile.

“Snort-”

Linley’s dragon tail swung, slashing the ground.

Suddenly an earth-yellow ground glow covered the ground of the entire courtyard, everyone in the entire courtyard felt their heads spin, that Sessler couldn’t help but half-kneel, but immediately afterward a layer of yellow light enveloped Sessler, the old ghoul demon, the two golden-haired zombies, Bebe, and Heilu, and they were no longer affected by that gravity.

Earth system magic – gravity magic.

“As expected, just like the information said, not only a dragon blood warrior, but also a magical genius.”

Steller smiled faintly, “This gravity magic of yours, it should be eight times the ground. I didn’t expect that it’s only been a few years and you’ve reached the eighth level magician realm from a seventh level magician. Unfortunately, a genius like you is going to die today.”

Step by step, Steller walked towards Linley.

“Up.”

Sessler gave a low shout.

The two golden-haired zombies immediately let out a low roar and rushed towards Schuettler with great strides, while Sessler, Linley, and the rest of the group of people very silently and immediately fled towards the outside.

A poignant sword light flashed by.

The two golden-haired zombies were directly cut in half and collapsed in the middle of the courtyard.

“You guys are fleeing?”

While Steller himself flew in the blink of an eye to mid-air in front of Linley’s group, Steller just stood there in the air, holding the longsword that was still stained with the blood of the two golden-haired zombies.

“Sure enough, a Saint Realm powerhouse.”

Sessler let out a bitter smile.

In fact, just now, when they had seen the peak level nine old corpse demon being seriously injured so easily, Linley and the others had felt bad, believing that the person was most likely a Saint realm powerhouse, and now that they looked, it was true. Saint realm powerhouses flew too fast for them to escape.

Linley and Sessler looked at each other, both understanding the situation at the moment.

“Originally, I thought that this operation would be easy today, but I didn’t expect to encounter a Saint realm powerhouse.”

Linley felt a sense of unwillingness in the bottom of his heart, his dark golden pupils staring at Sessler in death, “We can only fight to the death.”