Chapter 305 (2/2)

The man that looked like a high-class butler appeared from the side and bowed before the king.

”What do our spies say at the Hohenberg house? Did they start moving?”

”Our people haven't been able to find anything out of place, it would seem that the Duke isn't involved.”

”Impossible! Damn incompetent fools, tell them to get more information!”

The king started to rage while also causing his throne armrest to splinter into tiny chunks with his fist. The man called Bernard remained standing while being able to hold his composure. It was as if he was used to these outbursts.

Others could feel the castle rumbling as the King continued to let his emotions out. In time he managed to calm himself and sat back down on his destroyed throne.

”The Hohenbergs might still be holding a grudge since 'that' incident. This spirit might be just the beginning, prepare the men, make sure that everyone is on alert, and increase the guards. Be sure to question the members that were with the hero party, we need to know if those Hohenberg's are plotting anything!”

Since Leigong showed up the King couldn't stop worrying. The spirit outmatched him in strength, the magical soul attacks were unable to harm it in any way. He was quite certain that if he struck fast he could take out the summoners before this spirit could act. The king was a very cautious man, there were far too many unknown factors here.

There were situations where a spirit went berserk the moment their summoner was slain. It could function for a couple of minutes which could be enough to deliver a deathly blow. This was mostly the reason why he hadn't done anything, fearing that this overpowered spirit could kill him after he crippled its summoner.

There was also the whole predicament with Duke Hohenberg. The man had a large territory and army of flying dragons. The man could also come asking for trouble or even go to another kingdom for aid. There was too much risk in acting for now but something had to be done as the heroes had progressed away from schedule and before he could prepare more contingencies.

Before a new plan of action could be thought through the whole castle started to rumble. It started off slowly but soon transformed into a giant earthquake that caused the marble floors to crack.

”What is this? Is the Demon King attacking?”

The magical king spread his senses to try to find the cause of these tremors. But even when he looked far and wide he couldn't spot any demonic energies or any foreign attackers coming from outside. His attention was then moved towards the lower regions and he noticed something.

”T-the secret dungeon is crumbling?”

He could feel that the many tunnels that were below the castle started to cave in. It wasn't an attack from outside, nor did any monsters pour from within the premises. The dungeon that was under the castle for many generations started to crumble.

”How could this be, the legends never said anything about this?”

The man looked to his retainers that were running around like headless chickens. The castle was shaking violently while slowly sinking down. This wasn't the first time that a hero summoning had been done. The dungeon was used by previous generations and even after the last boss was slain nothing like this was written down in the texts of old.

During the chaos, he also felt something, a massive surge of power coming from below. His eyes went wide as this strange power even overshadowed his own. Soon the person to whom this power belonged appeared.

He was hard to distinguish due to the large golden bubble of light surrounding him and his companions.

'It's that damn spirit again… how could he be this powerful?'

The large sphere of holy energy burst through the ground and was now floating above the whole castle. It continued to shake and sink down into the ground for a good couple of minutes before about one-third of it was below ground. At that point, the shaking finally subsided.

Soon the inside of the sphere was revealed to have people inside. Beatrice, Isabella, and the heroes were all there. So were the people that the king had sent along on the expedition, all royal family members included.

Beatrice and Isabella were holding hands while channeling their power thus allowing Zhang Dong to reach his powered-up state. This state had gone up slightly since the start of the trip and was above the King in power.

”What is the meaning of this!”

The same king wasn't amused after spotting Zhang Dong and the others. It was clear to him that they were somehow responsible for this disaster. In a fit of rage, he gathered his magical energies and flew towards this large bubble of power. Heading straight on a collision course for the group.

But as soon as he was near he saw the spirit called Leigong look at him. His eyes were glowing and he had a strange otherworldly aura of holy energies covering his body.

”An Emperor doesn't take orders from a King, begone human!”

Leigong's eyes glowed in a fierce hue before a massive surge of energy descended on the King of humans. He tried to protect himself but was unable to fight against this massive aura that this spirit gave out.

For the first time in his life, he was forced to retreat and this was done by his enemies' aura attack that overtook his own magical energies. Other people looked on from the sides as they saw their king fall down like a wet noodle and leave behind a small crater on the ground.

What was left was an astonished group that finally floated down from the sky. Leigong's face remained without emotions as he looked at the human king that wasn't able to contend with his power.

'Hm, did I overdo it? Think he did receive the message though…'

Zhang Dong could see a glint of fear in this man's eyes. Which was what he was aiming for. The expedition was more fruitful than he anticipated and he also received a nice reward at the end.

In his hand was what looked like a square box. This cube soon crumbled into dust and faded into the scenery.

'This brings me closer to my goal… Don't worry, I'll be back soon.'