Chapter 154: Why bother so much? (1/2)
Chapter 154: Why bother so much?
Within the span of a few short months, of Bob Ascher’s two sons one had mysteriously gone missing and the other was killed oin the streets. This was simply too great of a shock to him, particularly because Clark had been the son that he’d valued more and placed the most hope in. To have him be killed by others in Valen City made him go utterly crazy.
This night in Valen City was destined to be a chaotic time. All of the Gryphon Legion had been summoned and were conducting a carpet style search for all suspicious personnels. Because of their chief’s explosive rage, all the ordinary soldiers within the Legion all held equally poor tempers. Any unfamiliar faces or merchants would be beaten viciously if they gave the slightest hint of not cooperating.
Metal hooves galloped over the streets as citizens, sleeping soundly in the middle of the night, were rudely awakened. Even the symbol of the Gryphon Legion, a troop of gryphons, soared through the night skies of Valen City on patrol. Everyone was as if they were confronting a great enemy, and all thought that the Kasi Empire had invaded in the night.
The gryphons in the sky were black dots as their strange cries reverberated through people’s eardrums. They flew from the west side of the city to the south. Then flew from the south to the north. They would land and search with the soldiers on the ground whenever they saw something out of the ordinary.
“So these are gryphons. They’re truly big alright.” Han Shuo stood behind a large tree near Bob Ascher’s slave trading house and murmured to himself as he inspected the gryphons.
“That’s right, the gryphons are a very fierce flying species. A single gryphon by itself can rip apart ordinary magical creatures. The king values old Bob so much and doesn’t dare make a move even though he knows that he wants to rebel in large part because of this Gryphon Legion.” Emily huffed lightly and shivered a bit as she spoke.
The water that had accumulated on the streets had already frozen into thick sheets of ice in this harsh winter night. Icicles from the edge of the roofs, glinting with cold as the severe cold wind came howling over. As a mage, it made sense that Emily would find herself cold.
Sucking a breath in, Han Shuo’s right hand clasped Emily’s smooth, small hand as he circulated his magical yuan. Han Shuo’s right hand was like a small furnace as he brought warmth to Emily.
“You’re a necromancer and also have an uncommon martial arts technique, but why can you also use fire magic, and deploy it so adeptly? It’s like you can adjust the temperature according to your wishes. How are you doing it?” Emily’s charming eyes sparkled as she fixed them on Han Shuo, pouting as she admonished him.
“This is actually one of the techniques I’m training in, you don’t need to be that surprised.” Han Shuo shrugged his shoulders and responded honestly to Emily.
It was a pity that Emily was obviously not having any of Han Shuo’s explanations. She didn’t keep asking however, but just spoke with a smile, “Alright, alright. I’ll discover all your secrets one day. Um, your mysteriousness is like a poison to me. The more I want to know about you, the more mysterious that I find you are.”
“Heh, don’t be boy crazy. Let’s go, let’s go.” Han Shuo stretched out his hand with a smile and patted Emily’s round butt, urging her to move along.
The two hadn’t brought Chester along with them this time. When they approached the slave trading house where Lisa had been auctioned off last time, Han Shuo released a dark mist magic and surrounded the structure, enveloping it with darkness.
“Heh heh, your grasp of necromancy magic isn’t bad at all now.” Emily chuckled lowly. She deployed the archmage levitation spell and her body slowly flew through the air, landing on top of the five meter tall wall. She opened her mouth again, “I entangled the rope inside, you can climb over using it.”
“Why go to so much trouble!” Han Shuo smiled and suddenly leapt upwards, his speed much faster than Emily’s levitation spell as he suddenly found his footing next to Emily.
Emily’s body stiffened as she looked at Han Shuo like she’d seen a ghost in broad daylight. A strange light danced in her beautiful eyes as she threw herself into Han Shuo’s arms, using all the strength in her body to pummel Han Shuo’s chest. She yelled at him, seemingly angry and happy. “You villain! You reached the archmage realm a long time ago, but still kept lying to me. I’m going to beat you to death! You jerk, jerk!”
Han Shuo heard some noises traveling from the distance and didn’t dare remain at a high vantage point for fear of attracting attention. He suddenly grabbed Emily and flew down, hiding in a corner of the slave trading house, clasping her small hand afterwards, explaining with a wry smile, “I didn’t lie to you, this is a method that’s similar to the levitation spell and is one of the techniques that I’m training in. It has nothing to do with magic. Think carefully, did you sense any magic pulses from me earlier?”