Chapter 242: Light and Darkness (2/2)
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The energy dealt over 300k damage in one go and completely emptied Cardin The Third’s HP. But for some reason, he was able to grip onto Xinran’s spear and laugh sinisterly, “My life is fueled by bottomless darkness! I am immortal thanks to it! Xinran, you are a denizen of hell yourself. Do you really think you have the power to kill me?”
Xinran cried out in shock, “You!?”
Suddenly, there was a flash of red light outside the palace hall, followed by the appearance of a female warrior. She was clad in golden armor from head to toe, and she was holding a sword with one hand. She slowly entered the hall and dropped to one knee. “How have you been, royal father?”
“What… you’re… Karinshan?! How is this possible?!!”
Cardin The Third shouted angrily, “I sealed your soul inside the tomb! How can you possibly be here?”
Karinshan raised her head and glared at him. “Cardilla, you bastard! How much longer are you planning to torture my father?”
Cardin The Third couldn’t stop himself from laughing sinisterly. “And why shouldn’t I torture your useless father as revenge, Princess Karinshan? You were the one who defeated Lord Pernilla, weren’t you? Hahaha, it excites me to think that the once mighty King of Floating Ice City is now as weak as a three-year-old child! At any rate, there’s no way you people can kill me! Just sit here while the Night Creatures plot their vengeance!”
Still holding onto Xinran’s spear, Cardin The Third suddenly raised his scepter and shouted, “I, Cardilla, offer a contract to the evil spirits slumbering in the depths of hell! With my life as the cost, heed my call and bring forth a forbidden spell of hell—Calamity Meteor!”
I cursed in my head. “This is bad! Is he planning to destroy the entire Floating Ice City?”
Cardin The Third laughed loudly. “Hahaha, the forbidden spell I cast with my life as the price is powerful enough to destroy the entire Floating Ice City! Once the barrier is gone, the Night Creatures will immediately attack Sky City and Wind City! This is the end of the alliance between humans and elves!”
“Damn you!”
Xinran coated her palm with a sheen of dark energy and slammed it into Cardin The Third’s neck. However, he still refused to die even though black blood was spilling out of his wound! Xinran was using the power of darkness, and it looked like Cardin The Third was surprisingly resistant toward it!
By now, the sky had turned blood-red in color. Then, countless burning meteors parted the clouds, raining destruction on the entire city!
BOOM!
A wall outside the palace and a group of guards rushing in from outside were crushed by a falling meteor. Even further away, more meteors were falling from the sky as if heralding the start of the apocalypse! The entire Floating Ice City was shaking under the massive spell!
Ding~!
System Announcement (Player Roaming Dragon Shout): What the fuck are you doing, Broken Halberd Sinks Into Sand? If you’re going to fail a quest, then fail it by yourself! Don’t drag the entire goddamn city with you! If the quest is beyond your level, you shouldn’t have accepted it in the first place, you trash!
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I was a bit dumbfounded by the shout. To be honest, I didn’t think that it would affect the other players of Floating Ice City until now.
Beiming Xue consoled me. “Big bro, just ignore that guy. He knows how to taunt, but he doesn’t know how to lift a hand to change his situation. You’re the one who’s working to save Floating Ice City…”
He Yi also nodded. “Mn. At the very least, we had done our best.”
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Suddenly, Princess Karinshan rose to her feet and shouted at me. “Quickly! Kill Cardilla with the Blade of Kings, or the entire city will turn into rubble!”
Shivering with realization, I quickly pulled out the Blade of Kings and raced toward Cardin The Third like an arrow. The blade was glowing with holy energy, so I was certain that the weapon could deal a fatal blow to a master of the dark arts like Cardilla!
Puchi!
The sword penetrated flesh as I slashed Cardilla’s wounded shoulder. The point of contact between the sword and flesh let out smoke, as if his flesh was burning!
“Argh…”
Cardilla screamed in pain. The blow was clearly effective, not to mention that the quest already specified that the Blade of Kings was necessary to kill the undead magus.
“Hah!”
Xinran launched a powerful kick straight at Cardilla’s chest and sent a cyanish shadow flying out of Cardin The Third’s body. It was none other than Cardilla’s soul energy. The evil undead magus was so proficient at the dark arts that he was able to live even without a body.
Thump!
Cardin The Third’s eyes turned murky as he dropped to his knees. When he looked up and saw Princess Karinshan, he summoned whatever strength he had left in his dying body and formed an ugly smile. “Karinshan, my daughter, is that you? I’m sorry I’ve made you suffer for such a long time…”
Karinshan dropped in front of her father and cried, “Royal father!”
Cardin The Third lifted his hand in hopes of touching his daughter’s face, but his wilted hand started turning to ash right in front of their eyes. Looking away from his dissolving arm, he stared at Karinshan one last time before saying, “I recognize you, my daughter. You are forever the pride of my life…”
After that, Cardin The Third’s body dissolved completely and turned into a small hill of yellow ash.
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“Aaahhhh…”
Karinshan cried like a baby as she knelt on the ground. She kept trying to hold onto the yellow ash that was once her father, but a powerful wind from outside was slowly but surely blowing it all away. No matter how she tried to cover the ashes with her own body, there was no stopping the cold wind from scattering the memory of Cardin The Third until all that was left was nothing.
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Behind her, the battle still wasn’t over!