343 Battle 1 (1/2)
Chapter 343: Battle 1
Vanderman froze for a moment and then smiled slightly, feeling as though a little something had filled the hole in his heart.
”Sure. Speaking of which, it seems like a long time since we’ve had a proper talk, as father and son.”
He put down his pipe and watched Garen sit down, reminiscence in his eyes.
”Speaking of which, when I was young, I also did many wrong things in order to achieve my ideals. I hurt a lot of innocent lives. Thinking back on it now, my heart aches with the pain of it.”
He paused.
”In truth, even now, no matter how much I want to make up for it, the effort I had already sunk in forces me to continue to the end. If it weren’t for you and Du Qian, I’m afraid…”
”In order to achieve their ideals in life, people need to step over countless corpses, isn’t that the principle of life?” Garen leaned onto the sofa, saying calmly. ”The weak pay the price for the ideals of the strong. The desires of the strong need to be filled by the weak, that’s why countless people chase after the strong, and idolize them. If the strong are merely a unit that services the weak, nobody would want to reach that pinnacle.”
”Where did you hear such theories from?” Vanderman frowned. This was natural selection, plain and simple, the theory of the Phantom Lights. Although Vanderman himself admired the Phantom Lights, not even he was this extreme.
”Isn’t that only natural?” Garen shrugged. ”The ladder of the world is decided by strength. While the strong perform their duties by protecting the world, they should also enjoy the service of the weak. Everyone should do what they are supposed to. But some people always think that everything is under their control. Even if the chances of an accident occurring are low, that doesn’t mean there definitely won’t be any accidents.”
”What are you saying?” Vanderman’s expression was slightly surprised.
Garen smiled imperceptibly.
”What am I saying? There will always be many accidents in life, some of which can be avoided. But others can’t be avoided no matter what. What we need to do is maintain a calm heart even in the face of accidents, so that we never regret anything. What do you think, am I right?” His gaze went across the room in an instant, penetrating through the door, and focusing on Beckstone, who was outside, in a moment.
Stone had stretched out his hand to grab the doorknob, but stopped. He stood outside the door and clearly felt that intense gaze penetrating everything, landing straight on him.
”Interesting…” His lips curved ever so slightly. He loosened his left hand slowly, his eyes faintly glowing with a silver light. There almost seemed to be a shapeless beast roaring in his pupils.
Grooowl!!
It was almost simultaneous. The roar of the beast, the sparkle of silver light.
A huge black shadow pounced at the door!
The door smashed into pieces in an instant, the black shadow colliding into another with a crash. In that instant, nothing could be seen clearly, and there was only the explosion of silver light, blindingly bright.
Barroom!!!
The whole building collapsed with a boom, large clouds of dust and wood dust scattering everywhere. The smoke and dust floated up, completely obscuring everyone’s vision.
In the center of the estate, the whole main block had come crashing down directly. Huge amounts of white smoke rippled out from the center, and nothing could be seen clearly. Some of the servants and patrolling totem users nearby quickly ducked to avoid the scattering debris of stone and wood.
Slowly, the wind blew the dust off the ground.
Garen’s figure slowly appeared on top of the rubble. He stood on the spot quietly, his gaze looking straight ahead.
There, Beckstone had silver blood leaking from the corners of his mouth. His eyes were like rapidly rotating silver whirlpools, constantly sparkling with blinding silver light.
”I misjudged…” He glared at Garen, squeezing the words out of clenched teeth with a hard expression.
”Cia… You!!” Vanderman stared blankly at the son in front of him. This child, who was once so familiar to him, was suddenly so foreign right now. The strength he displayed in that moment just now was enough to make Vanderman’s body go numb. Such terrifying strength…
”Leave this to me, Father.” Garen chuckled lightly, transferring his gaze onto Beckstone. ”Let us have a fair duel.” He clapped his hands lightly.
Clap-clap.
As he clapped, the earth began to tremble.
Phwah!
The floor next to him immediately bulged out. A huge Dual Headed Salamander suddenly popped out from the ground. It was more than ten meters long, seven or eight meters tall. When it crawled out of the ground like that, it instantly sent the surrounding servants screaming and running in all directions.
Screee!!!
The Dual Headed Salamander settled beside Garen with two tapping sounds. No matter how you looked at it, it was a huge grey-green monster. Even its two heads alone were as tall as a person, and that mouth could swallow an adult in one go.
But Beckstone wasn’t paying attention to that, he was looking instead at one of the creature’s mouths. It was biting an unconscious woman, Berlina. The girl in red armor was being lightly held in the Dual Headed Salamander’s teeth and seemed to have completely lost consciousness. She was covered in wounds, her armor was damaged in many places, and her body was a mess of blood and flesh in several areas as well. Her Totem Light was extremely faint, which meant her totem had been destroyed.
By then, Vanderman had already blocked the others who had come rushing out at the sound and retreated to a distance. Looking at the unbelievably powerful Garen, he didn’t seem to have recovered his senses yet.
He still couldn’t understand what was happening. How did his son suddenly end up so powerful!? His brain was a mess.
Andel and Hathaway ran in from another recreational building and stood at the other side with different expressions. Andel looked like she was seeing Acacia for the first time, her gaze on him filled with surprise and confusion.
”What… what on earth happened? What is that monster!? When did Acacia get so strong!?”