Chapter 81 (1/2)

Chapter 81: What a Tenacious Young Man

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio  Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Link made the correct decision in an instant. He had just escaped from Morpheus’ murderous plan but was in no position to be relieved or to even worry about his injury. He swept his gaze across the hall and hollered, “Jacker, Anderson, resume the attack on the Elemental Puppet!”

Everyone had left their original post following his injury, but Link was clear that their greatest threat was still the Elemental Puppet. Jacques was nothing but a chess piece in Morpheus’ elaborate plan.

After Link escaped the ambush, Jacques had outlived his usefulness. Morpheus, on the other hand, was a powerful Legendary Magician. Even if only a part of his power was present in the form of a puppet, he was still extremely dangerous if not dealt with in time. It would only take him a matter of seconds to do something unexpected.

The fact that Link was alive and still energetic enough to give commands put Jacker at ease. Although he was fuming with rage and desperately wanted to grind Jacques into minced meat, upon hearing Link’s command, he immediately commenced the assault on the puppet.

Anderson also charged forward before exclaiming, “Link is such a tenacious young man! To think that he can still remain conscious after such a serious injury!”

Previously, Anderson did not think highly of Link. This was not because of his suspicions of his magic, but due to Link’s tender age and frail physique. He felt that any brandish of the sword would scare the wits out of this young man.

He thus never understood why Princess Annie held Link in such high regard. Link was a genius Magician, but similarly, there were many other genius Magicians in the palace. As the princess, there was no reason to give Link this much support. But now, it all became clear to him.

He was ashamed of himself. If he were to be met with such circumstances, he would definitely have been defeated!

Also, after looking at the way Link responded to the crisis, he was convinced that he would even suffice as an opponent to Link in a battle.

Morpheus, on the other hand, was perplexed. “How can this be possible?”

To think that his ambush was foiled. Even though the opponent was physically damaged, he was still fully conscious.

And as long as a Magician was conscious, his battle prowess would not be affected.

“No wonder this Magician could defeat Andy and Felidia. He wasn’t just lucky.”

This was not the first time Morpheus met a valuable opponent, however, to be defeated by the same bunch of rookies twice in a day—that was a first.

Absorbed in his thoughts, he momentarily forgot that he was in the heat of battle.

His loss of concentration gave Jacker a chance to charge into the Elemental Puppet with full force. Boom! The puppet sauntered unsteadily backwards from the impact. Anderson immediately followed up with a heavy sword attack, successfully damaging the neck of the puppet and aggravating the previous injury by another two inches.

This swing of his blade also destroyed the rune formation of the Elemental Puppet!

The Elemental Puppet stopped in its tracks and light began spilling out of the cracks in its exterior. The granite on its body began to fall off, signaling that there was a problem with the rune formation that controlled its movement and maintained its form.

After a few violent spasms, the puppet’s arms hung lifelessly from its body and the black aura surrounding it completely dissipated. It was now merely an ordinary rock.

Morpheus’ Elemental Puppet was now destroyed!

But the disintegration of the puppet continued. This might be due to the heated battle which completely destroyed the integrity of the rocks itself, previously held together only by Morpheus’ Legendary power. All that was left in the end was a black crystal the size of a fist.

The black crystal was inconspicuous—other than Link, no one noticed its existence. They were all more concerned with Jacques’ betrayal. His sinister voice had also been completely cut off.

Lucy took advantage of Jacques’ foot injury and unleashed a flurry of nine slashes at Jacques’ heart. The Gale Sword was light and almost weightless, and on top of Lucy’s rage, the insane slashing speed was something Jacques couldn’t defend against. It was barely a second before his heart was thoroughly punctured.

After completing her mission, Lucy dashed towards Link and held him in her hands, “My lord, how are you feeling?”