Chapter 594: Do you think of yourself as a god? (1/2)

GDK 594: Do you think of yourself as a god?

South Border City. Its border wall was ravaged and riddled with holes.

Smoke rose over a segment of the wall where a haggardly Firenze, military genius of the Empire, was directing the army-civilians to work. Sometimes he would even participate in the work directly, helping to move the massive rocks to repair the section of damaged wall.

Firenze, busying himself in the crowd, was no longer as neat and tidy as he looked back in those years. His hair was messy. His armor covered in a layer of grayish sand and lacking the usual gloss. If it wasn’t for Han Shuo’s extraordinary memory, it would have been very difficult to recognize him from the crowd and he be taken as some commoner who had passed his prime.

The hard battle had brought on greater and greater pressure on the populace of the Southern Border. As the protector of the Southern Border, Firenze had endured far greater pressure than the rest!

“Father! How come you have turned to this?!” a cry filled with sadness came from Fanny. She flew to Firenze’s side in the blink of an eye. Tears started to accumulate in the rims of her eyes. It was as though they would overflow at any moment.

“Fanny, what are you doing at southern border?’ Firenze was shocked in the best way possible to see his daughter. He shouted loudly in a smile and spread his arms to give Fanny a hug.

However, Firenze suddenly froze rigid in his tracks as if he remembered something, wiped away the surprised smile on his face, and said gravely, “What are you doing here? Didn’t I send you letters telling you not to come? It’s very dangerous here at the southern border. I don’t want you to take unnecessary risks!”

“You are barely holding up, what do you worry about me for?” Fanny angrily shouted in her small voice. The tears flooding the rims of her eyes could finally no longer be contained. Two long trails of tears streamed down her fair, delicate face as she said, “I know that you are concerned about me, but didn’t you know that your daughter is just as worried for her father?”

A trace of happiness and comfort flashed across Firenze’s eyes, but he had concealed the feelings well. He pointed at Fanny and raised his voice, “As the head of the Southern Border army, I must perform my duty even if I were to die fighting in this place. But you are different. You are one of the most outstanding magi of the empire and also the Dean of Necromancy at the Babylon Academy of Magic and Force, with the responsibility of teaching a lot of students. How could you come here to take unnecessary risks?”

“I came here as no one else but your daughter. I came to visit you because I’m worried about you, that’s all!” Fanny walked beside Firenze and in spite of Firenze’s resistance, she helped to tidy up his messy hair. Then, before he burst into rage, she softly said, “Besides, I didn’t come here alone.”

“Who did you come with?” Firenze stared blankly for a moment before turning his eyes to follow the direction of Fanny’s gaze. Suddenly, his ghostly face jolted and he started to rain curses, “You brat! It’s really you! There hasn’t been one single word of news about you for five years straight! Have you any idea just how difficult it’s been for my daughter to wait for you? Wretch, how did you promise me at that time? How could you treat those women that loved you with such…”

A torrent of curses gushed out from Firenze’s mouth. His fiery temper immediately went out of control as soon as he saw Han Shuo. There was no sign that the bawling would stop.

Han Shuo forced a smile. He felt both admiration and helplessness in the face of his father-in-law’s temperament. As his words were all facts, there was no way Han Shuo could find a single ground to refute. All he could do was let him vent the fury in his heart as much as he liked.

“!@?#?#$?!!…” string after string of explosive savagery fired from Firenze’s mouth. Its might was indeed terrifying. After a while, seeing that there was still no indication that the bombardment would stop, Han Shuo formed a sound-isolation field around him using his divine energy.

Han Shuo had a smile on his face as he repeatedly nodded. He seemed to be conscientiously listening to Firenze’s chiding and was exceptionally good in attitude.

“Brat! Don’t think that you are off the hook just because of your good attitude!” after a lengthy round of verbal abuse, Firenze finally had no strength left. He glared fiercely at Han Shuo and even made it clear that he wasn’t done with Han Shuo just yet.

Han Shuo, who had only smiled at Firenze despite being unable to hear his cursing, could sense from the fluctuation of Firenze’s soul that the immense pressure in his heart had successfully been vented through this round of verbal abuse. Although he appeared to be utterly exhausted from the bawling, Han Shuo knew that his mental state had indeed improved.

After Firenze was done venting, Han Shuo first gave a fairly sincere apology before he unruffledly said, “Let’s not talk about personal matters for the time being. I have come here to lend you a hand – to eliminate the threat of the Empire of Orcs!”

“What? Eliminate the threat of the Empire of Orcs? Have you become mentally-handicapped from being missing for too long?” After finally beginning to calm down, Firenze again started to jump up and down like ignited dynamite. His face reddened as he started to shout at Han Shuo and he looked at him as though looking at a lunatic.

“You heard me right!” Han Shuo said confidently, “As I’m here, the crisis faced by the Southern Border is as good as over.”

“Brat, you truly have gone mad. You think you are going up against one or two orcs? You think that merely with your powers alone, you could defeat an army of a few hundred thousands orcs? Do you think yourself a god?” Han Shuo’s words had almost driven Firenze mad. Han Shuo’s words were to him pure absurdity.