Chapter 471: Taking in a Scourge (1/2)
GDK 471: Taking in a Scourge
“Then, do you know why the Cemetery of Death and the skeletal staff disappeared altogether?” With Gilges’s explanations, Han Shuo easily figured out the rest of the stories. Now the only thing that Han Shuo couldn’t understand was how the skeletal staff could be lost from the hands of Calamity Church.
“I haven’t a clue either. Ever since the encirclement and extirpation campaign against the ancient necromancers started, the Cemetery of Death disappeared along with them. Even later when the Calamity Church was founded, the Cemetery of Death had never once reappeared. But now, with you obtaining the skeletal staff, gaining the ability to freely enter and exit, after thousands of years, did the Cemetery of Death once more emerge!” Patriarch of dark dragons Gilges shook his head. He didn’t seem very clear about what happened behind the scenes.
Han Shuo then continued to inquire a certain matter about Calamity Church and Cemetery of Death. But this time, Gilges couldn’t seem to answer those questions either. That was all he knew.
“Oh right, do you all still want to stay here?” When Han Shuo could no longer get any more useful information from Gilges, he planned of leaving.
“We still need to discuss a few things. Furthermore, we want to bury our children’s bodies!” when this topic was raised, Gilges again appeared very sorrowful.
“Master, I also need to bury my father. From today onwards, as long as I, Gilbert, am alive, I vow to wipe the Shine of Ice off the face of the continent!” Gilbert said with a staunch look. He seemed to have taken the Shine of Ice as his arch nemesis.
Han Shuo creased his brows. He, on the contrary, was eager to leave as soon as possible. After all, there were still plenty of things to deal with in the world above ground. However, he couldn’t be sure if those from the Shine of Ice would be returning. If by any chance, they did come back and he wasn’t there, then the dark dragons would never be able to escape a tragedy.
After thinking for a moment, Han Shuo said, “Settle everything you need to here. After that, everyone leaves this place.”
Han Shuo summoned the earth elite zombie and a bunch of zombie warriors. After issuing a command to the earth elite zombie, Han Shuo said to Gilbert, “Let them help you. Start by burying your father’s corpse. I will wait here with you for a few days. Then, when it’s all over and done with, you will carry the cage and we shall all leave!”
“Thank you, master!” Gilbert replied.
Hence, Han Shuo temporarily stayed at this great canyon. With the instruction of Gilbert’s grandpa, Gilbert buried the dead bodies in accordance with the rites of the dark dragon race. The dark dragons in the cage then discussed the paths they wished to take in the future.
Han Shuo also remained there but kept some distance away from Gilbert and the others, assiduously researching the mysteries of the three necromancy boundaries that he obtained the last time. After Han Shuo successfully released the Boundary of Weakness, he easily picked up the knack of deploying the Boundary of Fear. In the short span of two days, he could proficiently release the Boundary of Fear.
The Boundary of Weakness and Boundary of Fear were virtually the same, therefore Han Shuo did need to spend much time to master the latter. But regarding the Boundary of Aging, he was rather perplexed. In the following three days, Han Shuo constantly bore into the method of releasing the Boundary of Aging. Although he attempted many times, not once could he form the Boundary of Aging.
After five days, with the assistance of earth elite zombie, all the dead dark dragons had been properly buried. In those five days, Gilbert finally brought order to his chaotic frame of mind. His grandfather Gilges also decided to leave temporarily, as to open up the cage and so that they would be safe if those of the Shrine of Ice were to return.
Perhaps it was because the dark dragons weighed as much as humans when they transformed into human form, or maybe it was the unique structure of the cage, but dark dragon Gilbert alone could carry that huge cage on his shoulder, totally disproportionate to his own size. Following behind Han Shuo, they went back to the first layer through the same path that they came from.
Before arriving at the first layer, Han Shuo suddenly felt some aura fluctuations of several weak presences from the entrance above them. This set Han Shuo on edge. However, those presences couldn’t possibly pose any threat to Han Shuo, so he wasn’t too worried.
When Han Shuo and dark dragon Gilbert walked out through the tunnel, he finally realized who was actually guarding the cave mouth.
The five mature, sophisticated-looking female dark elves that once had an orgy with Han Shuo brought a group of dark elves to wait at the exit. Standing gracefully among them, Shialan smiled as soon as she saw Han Shuo. In a most licentious tone, she exclaimed, “Hey! It really was you! What a rare occasion to have you here. Why didn’t you visit our tribe? Is it that you despise us dark elves?” Ever since Han Shuo killed Adele, the five became her successor as the new leaders of the dark elves. Initially, Han Shuo had maintained contact with the underground world. But later, after Trunks gained control of the Valley of Sunshine, Trunks’ men began to gradually trade certain things with the dark elves.