Chapter Thirty-Seven: The Death Mage

  Pu Re was bewildered and said "Father, you're saying that's my grandfather? But I don't have the slightest memory of him, who is this grandfather?"

  "Alas, actually, it's not just you, even your mother doesn't know of his existence. Saying this, Pujie suddenly stopped."

  Pu Re was puzzled "What's wrong, Father, speak quickly."

  "......Let's go now and see him." Pujie suddenly stood up. "When you see your grandfather, you will understand why."

  "Now?" Prey was taken aback, looking out of the window, it had already turned pitch black.

  "Now, let's go, it's the best." Pu Ji put on his overcoat "Let's go, no need to prepare a car."

  With a belly full of questions, Prey followed closely behind Pujie Te, who seemed to have a lot on his mind and remained silent all the way, leaving Prey with no choice but to walk quietly as well.

  After walking for about half an hour, the two of them had arrived near the corner of the northern part of the city. It was late at night and this place was where there were the least number of people in the city, so almost no one saw the two of them.

  "This is...". Pu Lei was shocked, having been in the city for several days now, he naturally knew what this place was.

  A very old and dilapidated house, which was a church left over when the city was first built, but for some reason it was abandoned and never demolished, leaving it to this day.

  "Come on in." Pujie went ahead and walked in, Prey hurried to follow, in this strange place, he didn't want to get into any trouble.

  Pujie walked into the backyard, where several damaged stone statues were scattered about. He looked around and came to a severely damaged statue of a person with half its body buried in the ground. He stretched out his finger and pressed it forcefully on the right eye of the statue. The right eye sank in under the pressure.

  A rustling sound came, and Prey looked at the ground in surprise as a piece of turf lifted up, revealing a stone slab.

  Pujie walked over, stretched out his hand to feel around on the stone slab, and inserted his fingers into a recess. With a bit of effort, he pried up a small piece of stone, revealing an iron ring attached to an iron chain. Pujie grasped the iron ring and started pulling it up.

  Another burst of mechanical noise, and the stone slab began to lift up. Underneath it was a massive opening.

  Pu Lei was completely stunned, how could there be such a mechanism here? But why, who built it? And for what purpose?

  As he walked into the cave, a strong stench hit his nostrils, and Pu Lei instinctively covered his nose. However, this only added to his confusion: "It smells so bad, can people really live in such a place? No, Father said he was bringing me to see Grandfather... but how could Grandfather possibly be here? If I really do have a grandfather, why didn't Father bring him back home to live with us instead of letting him live in this kind of place?"

  The cave is still quite deep, after walking over a hundred steps, I vaguely see a thread of light, and after walking about fifty more steps, I finally reach the bottom. Estimating, I am at least 50 meters underground.

  "What are you doing here? Who is this little devil?" A very hoarse voice rang out, accompanied by a terrifying aura that made Prey's whole body cold.

  Puji Te took off his hat and said in a very respectful tone, "I have come to see you, Father."

  "Father?! So that means he's my grandfather?!" Prey hastily turned around, but the scene in front of him left him stunned on the spot.

  A person, no, not even a person anymore, appeared in front of Prey's eyes. This human shadow had almost lost its human shape, with only a few remnants of skin remaining on his body, which was covered in green pus. Most of the flesh had disappeared, leaving only white bones exposed outside. His face had also lost large patches of skin, revealing a white skull directly to the air. His eyes were gone, replaced by two faint yellow balls of fire that flickered. The only relatively normal part of him seemed to be his hands, with ten fingers as thin and long as chicken claws, the skin stuck directly to the bones, forming two terrifying paws.

  "How...how is it possible...he's...my grandfather!" Prey was completely out of his mind and could only utter such words.

  "Grandpa..." The monster's eyes flashed with a hint of fire "Is he... Lala's son?"

  "Yes, he is Lala's son, your grandson, Pre." Prue nodded in response.

  "La La..." His mother's name made Pre slightly more awake. "What is going on, Father? Tell me!"

  "The monster opened its mouth and said, 'On account of Lala's face, you can come in.' As soon as the words fell, the monster turned around and walked inside. Puji hurriedly followed up, and Pulei also didn't care about that much anymore, hastily walking forward."

  Following the monster for a while, they arrived at a relatively clean stone room. Several chairs and tables were randomly placed inside. The monster sat down on one of the chairs, and Purity wiped off the dust from another chair before sitting down as well. Prey had no choice but to sit down too.

  "What brings you here?" the monster said.

  "Let me introduce you first, this is Lala's father, that is your mother's father, Lak. " Pujit didn't respond to the monster's words, but instead introduced Pu Lei, "You saw it too, I think you should understand, no mistake, your grandfather is a necromancer."

  "Necromancer!" Although he had a slight idea, Prey was almost stunned by the news, Necromancer! This represented absolute power and fear!

  In the history of several massive destructions, one of them was caused by a crazy death mage. That madman summoned hundreds of millions of death troops in just a few years, intending to destroy the world. Later, under the joint efforts of the whole world, this undead war was barely resisted, but the huge destruction it brought made the entire world retreat for several years.

  It took Pu Re a while to come back to his senses "But, why did Grandpa..."

  The monster raised its hand and said, "Don't ask me about my past, it has nothing to do with you. Speak up, Pujit, what brings you here?"

  "I won't say much either, let's get straight to the point." Pujit added bluntly "This time I've come, is in hopes that you'll lend a hand to help me and Prey deal with someone."

  "Take on one person?" The monster opened its toothless mouth "Interesting, what kind of person can't even take you down? Not to mention others, just those two werewolves under your command, ordinary people probably can't resist them already."

  "The werewolf brothers' claws and teeth are already dead, and they died at the hands of the person I'm going to deal with. If I didn't estimate wrong, the opponent is at least a seventh-level strongman."

  "Seventh level!" The monster was clearly taken aback, which was quite normal. In this world, apart from the likes of Golden Gods and Blood Gods who were ninth-level experts, even eighth-level experts were almost impossible to find. Seventh-level experts, in a certain sense, were truly powerful. It could be said that 98% of sixth-level strongmen would spend their entire lives stuck at the sixth level, unable to reach the strength of the seventh level. And how many seventh-level strongmen had died regretfully at the gates of the eighth level? The difficulty of advancing each level was so great that it was easy to imagine just how powerful a seventh-level expert already was.

  "Level 7, huh... No wonder you came looking for me." The monster nodded silently, seemingly deep in thought.

  "This time, we must win, otherwise I and Prey will lose everything, so we can't afford to lose. However, the opponent's strength is far beyond our expectations. Apart from you, I don't think anyone else can defeat a level 7 strongman."

  The monster raised its head and looked at Prey "and Lala, it seems... This is probably the only thing that satisfies me, okay, for Lala's son, I'll help you this time."

  "Thank you..."

  Carrie had no idea she was about to face a formidable opponent, an opponent so terrifying that it was beyond estimation.

  "Hmm, for the time being, everything seems to be relatively calm." Two days had passed since the banquet, two quiet days without any incidents, allowing Bìlán and the others to breathe a sigh of relief.

  Taking this opportunity, Jia Luo also took good care of herself and completely cured the hidden injuries left by washing her marrow and creating meridians. Facing the upcoming battles, she had to maintain a good state, and she knew that the real battle was about to begin.

  These two days, the City Guard turmoil has been completely eliminated, and the citizens are surprisingly happy, and Azure has shown a good talent in politics, managing the entire city in an orderly manner. If this continues for a long time, I believe that the residents of the city will only support Azure.

  So, Puji Te didn't have much time to waste, after all, Bi Lan was a title bestowed by the king, and she had become a legitimate queen. The original arrangements not only didn't bring her trouble but also made her more popular among the people.

  The hearts of the townspeople are very simple, and as long as they can live a happy life, they will be satisfied. Knowing this well, Gallo doesn't worry about what's to come at all. As long as there aren't any more immediate troubles in town, he's certain that everything will work out with Houtarou and Ikaros around.

  Sitting cross-legged on the bed, feeling the calming sensation brought by Xiǎo Qī Hóu, initially only wandering in the first layer without any feeling. The vastness and profundity of Xiǎo Qī Hóu is indeed worthy of being the best of China's ancient martial arts. After entering the second layer, the breath flows throughout the body, bringing unparalleled comfort.

  "Hmm, with this power, I definitely won't lose to Iron Blood God in one move like last time." Garo was still very dissatisfied with the battle at that time.

  At this time, someone suddenly knocked on the door "Miss Gallo, the Azure City Lord invites you to the living room."

  "Got it." Galosh stretched his body and came to the living room.

  "It was you guys." Appearing in front of Galo were Houto and Ikaroto, the two of them. Houto looked robust and full of energy, his limbs strong, seemingly fully recovered already.

  "Yes, we can fight now, thank you, Miss Gallo."

  Ka Luo nodded "Really good, I also think that now people are in short supply, after you recover, the next situation will be much better. These few days, Mr. Hu Te, you take care of Bi Lan and the others first, I estimate that at the latest, one more day, Pu Ji Te will make a move."

  Hagara's estimate was not wrong, the current situation has completely exceeded Pujit's expectations. Originally, he still wanted to let the troubles in the city drag down Bihua and let them be busy with worries first before taking action. However, none of the arranged difficulties succeeded, but instead allowed Bihua's reputation in the city to greatly increase. If this continues, he will completely fall into a disadvantageous position. Therefore, fighting is no longer avoidable.