Chapter 152 - The future knight of rays (1/2)

Back in the recovery room, Matthias was currently helping Nightin to bandage his wounds. His swift actions reflecting the years of experience he had with injuries. As a soldier, getting injured is a common thing and being able to heal themselves from minor injuries is of top priority.

With one last pull and simple knot, Matthias releases his hands and asks ”It's done, are you feeling alright?”

”Yea thanks, just a few more hours of proper rest and my body should recover. Help me pass on a message to General Lionel as well before you leave.”

Replying with a smile, Matthias asks Nightin ”Young noble, will your message be in the form of a speech or a letter?”

Pondering for awhile, Nightin says ”Get me some paper and a brush, I'll write a letter to him.” Thinking that Lionel might not recognise the characters he writes, he asks ”Is your General able to read the universal language of cultivators?”

”Yes, all Generals in the Voyager Kingdom as sailors of the sea and children of the ocean, knowing as many languages as possible is the minimum criteria. You may not have seen or know it yet, but General Lionel is only at his true strength near the oceans.”

”The water brings him strength, life force, recovery speed, nourishment, defense, attack power. Everything a cultivator needs is encompassed within him once he's near the water and his combat strength is rumored to increase by up to seventy percent. In the natural areas such as the jungles, his combat strength is also rumored to at least be around 130% of his peak. The him who you defeated yesterday, was only him in his weakest stage where he doesn't receive any extra benefits.”

”Don't let anyone know that I told you this, but General Lionel was once someone who feared the seas and jungles, it was a woman who changed his character and the same woman who caused him to live in agony for the rest of his life.”

”That woman is known as Cassandra and she's the queen of the Supreme Kingdom which rules above the Voyager Kingdom. She's also the reason why Lionel is actually still single and why he remains cold towards us, you were the first ever since that day to have made him smile for once. Not on the battlefield, but on home grounds where he always remains cold even when facing the Emperor. You are the first one to have made him smile in these years.

”Why are you telling me this and how did you get hold of such confidential information?” Nightin asks as his brows wrinkle, out of slight worry and maybe just a tinge of curiosity. If Matthias had heard about this through unintentional means, he might still be kept alive, he just hopes that Matthias did not dig out this information intentionally.

”You mean what I just told you? I'm not sure if what I just mentioned was true, but I don't see a reason for my brother to lie to me about such affairs and matters. Even if it's confidential, I believe that my brother must have obtained such information through legal means and methods.” Matthias answers back and even though he tried to contain his unpleasantness, it could still be heard from his voice. As for his protectiveness for his brother, it is a relationship that goes both ways.

”I do not know if I should be telling you this, but your brother is already dead. Don't you find it suspicious for someone with at best high talent suddenly made a gigantic leap one after another?” Nightin adds on. I'm sorry if you didn't really want this Hysan, but I feel that I'm obliged to help you inform your brother about this.

Colour drained from Matthias's face when he heard this, Hysan had been his older brother since young and had always been shielding him from harm. Whenever someone tries to harm him, his brother would always be the first one to step out and protect him. There were many instances where his brother returned home with bruises and cuts when the injuries were lighter, there were even times where his brother returned home, back to the orphanage with a broken arm or internal injuries. Even so, Hysan has never cried out in pain, whenever his soothing eyes meets Matthias, he would always say ”Don't worry, your brother is here for you.”