Chapter 712 – Honor for the Country (2/2)

Moonlit Bank answered, “System Notification, Summer has been sealed by the [Grip of the Sealed God]. For 59 minutes, he cannot be revived….”

“What!?”

In that moment, Smile had completely panicked. He threw three attacks straight Wan Er, only to be parried while Apollo took attacks from my little tiger and I!

“Shua!”

Dong Cheng was revived. She jumped to her feet and threw a [Thunderbolt Finger]+[Magma Lance] onto Smile. She then smiled, “Our corpse plan worked!”

It’s true, if I killed Slaughterer, then Summer would die without a question. He wouldn’t even get the chance to revive!

I opened my hand and locked my [Great Realm of Desolation] onto Smile!

Smile instinctively knew that a skill had been locked onto him. But, under the attacks from Wan Er, he had no way to dodge. With a wail, he lost ten thousand health to the [Great Realm of Desolation]. At the same time, Dong Cheng’s [Lightning Eagle Formation] also fell. After that round of attacks, he was reduced to critical health. I then threw another [Blade Spin]. The man known as number one on the EBN Battlenet Rankings had fallen.

Apollo’s situation was no better. Just as he was about to leave, he was trapped when Dong Cheng used a [Dimensional Leap] and bound him with a [Ice Arrow]. Now, he couldn’t leave even if he wanted to. Now that Dong Cheng recreated her [Mana Shield], there was no way Apollo could fight against her. Finally, he was killed by Wan Er’s [Flying Dagger]. In the end, the healer girl,Moonlit Bank, trembled as she stood in the corner. Her stark blue eyes were filled with fear as she looked at us, “Alright, alright, we’ve lost… come and kill me then!”

I put my blade back in its sheathe and said, “We never kill people who don’t have the power to fight back. Go back to your city!”

Moonlit Bank was stunned, “You…. you won’t kill me?”

I replied, “If you go back, I won’t kill you. Otherwise, don’t blame me for not showing you mercy!”

“Alright then!”

Moonlit Bank pulled out a City Return Scroll and returned back to the Moon City. I didn’t relax until I saw her leave. Smile, Slaughterer and Summer had all been killed by me, so they wouldn’t revive for a bit. Even if Apollo revived, it wasn’t enough to make me worried.

……

“Shua!”

Qing Qian was also revived. She cried, “Annoying. It took me soo much time to get to Level 121, and now I’m back to Level 120…..”

Dong Cheng patted her shoulder and comforted, “That’s nothing, I was originally Number seven in Tian Ling City in terms of level. Now that I lost one, I dropped all the way to 37th place….”

Wan Er was speechless.

I couldn’t help but smile, “don’t be too sad. Thankfully, it was our team that ran into Smile’s team. If it was some other team from the Chinese Servers, then I don’t know how many people would end up giving up their lives just to deal with Smile.”

“That’s true….”

Wan Er looked at the corpses on the ground. A lightbulb seemed to brighten as she said, “The borders aren’t so distinct now. Moon City’s first group of people have arrived on Tian Ling City’s territory. I’m afraid that we won’t have many peaceful days ahead of us. In the future, we’ll have to deal with not only the Greedy Wolf Brigade from [Thousand Burial], but also the enormous danger posed by the players of Moon City.”

Dong Cheng smiled, “The soldiers will come and defend the territory. Dong Cheng, don’t look too much into it!”

Qing Qian lightly smiled, “Sister Dong Cheng isn’t a vice guildmaster, and so of course you aren’t busy. The work of deploying those troops is normally left to Sister Cang Tong’s responsibility. I know just how tired she must be….”

I sympathetically looked at Wan Er, “You’ve worked hard love.”

Wan Er smiled, “There’s no other way, after all, I have such a bossy boyfriend. What can I say, the tasks you have in real life already take a lot of focus. If I don’t help you with some of the work, then how can I say I’m your girlfriend….”

I replied, “Alright then. Let’s hurry up and kill the rest of the Hybrid Demons and then turn in the quest. We shouldn’t get more involved with Smile and the rest of the people, there’s just no point.”

“Yes!”

……

I continued in the quest and killed the rest of the mobs in the Spirits of No Return Valley. Afterwards, we burned the rest of the hero remains. Right at that moment, the system sent out a notification: Please note, this map will close in thirty minutes and then respawn. Players, please make your way out of this map, or else you will be sent directly back to your home city!

OK we did it!

I took the four girls out of the Spirits of No Return Valley and arrived at the Bridge of Fate. That Lieutenant Luo Si was still guarding the camp. When he saw me bringing the news, he broke into a wide grin. However, he still had not received the news that his son had been killed by Smile and the rest. He grinned towards me, “I never would have thought that you guys would really have the bravery and strength to take on those fearful evil spirits. I am very thankful of you! That’s right, my son, the halberd wielder Luo Heng went to help you. Did you guys see him?”

I nodded, “We saw him, however…. However General Luo Heng had sacrificed himself in a battle against the Hybrid Demons. He was very brave….”

“Huh?!”

Luo Si suddenly backed away until he crashed into the railing. It was like he aged another ten years. A tinge of pride colored his mournful face, “Heng Er had died for the empire, that is his honor…. I will always take pride in him!”

I looked at him, feeling frustration rise up in my heart. He died already, what use does he have with honor?

We got our quest rewards and our experience went up. Besides that, we also got ten points in chrm. However, there was still a bitter taste inour hearts. The number of events that had occurred were too much.