Chapter 249: A Seemingly Unreliable Team (1/2)
Chapter 249: A Seemingly Unreliable Team
“They’re allies!”
Ayrin immediately put Rui on his back and swiftly made his way towards the two figures alongside Rinloran and Stingham.
“It’s you guys?”
As Ayrin approached, he quickly recognized the two fleeing figures. It was the tall captain boy and demure girl of the House Eclipse Moon arcane team which had come looking for him in Eichemalar.
Their faces were currently grim and full of killing intent.
“You should have agreed to cooperate with us in Eichemalar!”
As they desperately fled, the tall captain turned his head and roared at Ayrin, “From the moment you decided to clash with House Baratheon, you have already become House Baratheon’s mortal enemy. Considering their house’s behaviors and methods, any kindness you show them will only be repaid by your death!”
“But shouldn’t we be focusing all of our energies on the Evil Dragon Followers right now? The Evil Dragon Followers are the enemies of all arcane masters!”
Ayrin looked back at the two House Eclipse Moon arcane masters as he continued, “I can’t believe that they are taking this time to try and kill us. Say, brave warriors, did you all come to complete missions and fight against the Evil Dragon Warriors as well?”
“We can to kill Megan and the others. We never expected that House Baratheon would have already prepared a trap for us,” the tall captain sullenly responded as he looked Ayrin in the eye, his face full of grief.
“What an idiotic conversation…” Rinloran thought. He felt speechless as his gaze swept between Ayrin and the tall captain.
“We ended up like this while searching around after coming across the corpse of one of your teammates. Shouldn’t you have one more? Where are they?” Ayrin immediately asked again after feeling crestfallen for several seconds.
A faint light of bitterness flashed through the tall captain’s eyes as he responded, “They should have already reached the Eternal Hunting Ground.”
“Eternal Hunting Ground? Where is that?” Ayrin confusedly asked.
The tall captain seemed to feel a little helpless as he replied, “It means he has probably already died from battle. My House Eclipse Moon believes that as long one dies an honorable death in combat, one’s soul will join the ancestors in our spiritual land, the Eternal Hunting Ground.”
Although Ayrin somewhat admired House Eclipse Moon after hearing the tall captain’s explanation, he still couldn’t help but mutter, “Regardless, everyone should be focusing on our collective enemy, the Evil Dragon Followers, first.”
“……” Rinloran felt completely speechless.
Several black lines had also emerged on the face of the tall captain.
“Is there only Hanson and Neilson?” Rui suddenly interjected at this moment.
“Outside of Crazed Alchemist Hanson and Skin Flayer Neilson, there is also Konte!”
“Konte?” Although Rui didn’t recognize the name, he could hear the gnashing teeth of the tall captain as he said the name.
“Although he isn’t well known to the public, he is one of House Roland’s most powerful arcane masters. If not for his participation, we might not have fallen to such a miserable state.”
“There’s another?” Stingham suddenly cried out. His face had long since turned green as he silently struggled to keep up with Ayrin, Rinloran, and the two House Eclipse Moon arcane masters.
“You guys knew that there were such terrifying enemies, yet you still came to our rescue! You guys are truly good people!” Ayrin sincerely said.
The tall captain turned and glared at Ayrin as he sternly retorted, “It’s pretty much impossible for us to defeat them. We only rescued you guys because with you all, we might be able to go down swinging and take one or two of them with us!”
“What? You rescued us because you want us to help you fight them?” Stingham’s face became even greener as he shouted, “Not happening unless…”
“Not unless?” Ayrin and Rinloran’s eyes widened in surprise.
Stingham, who normally did his utmost to skip practices and battles, was actually trying to talk terms right now?
Considering his normal character, they had expected him to say something along the lines of, “You guys go and stop them, I’ll strike when I find an opportunity.”
“Unless what?” the tall captain asked with some suspicion.
“Not unless she’s willing to chat with me!” Stingham combed his hair as he somewhat shyly pointed towards the nearby female House Eclipse Moon arcane master. “She’s so beautiful! Can you tell me her name first?!”
“You idiot, how can you still be thinking about such things in this kind of situation?!”
At that moment, everyone barely resisted the urge to beat up Stingham on the spot.
“You two exposed yourselves and came to our rescue because you two believe that you cannot shake off these three?” Rui abruptly asked as he observed the tall captain and quiet girl.
“Although Konte is one of our mortal enemies, we do not know much about him. All we know is that he uses an extremely strong taboo skill called ‘Seven Surges’. When he moves, he can accelerate further beyond the limit up to a total of seven times. Thus, the greater the distance, the faster he ends up moving.”
The tall captain looked at Rui as he continued his detailed explanation, “But as no one has ever escaped from his clutches, we believe that he has some kind of special tracking arcane skill.”
After slightly pausing for a moment, the tall captain added, “We immediately fled from their ambush after we realized we couldn’t defeat them, but they ended up catching up to us here.”
“Was Konte injured during your previous fight?” Rui asked.
The tall captain shook his head as he replied, “No.”