Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Initial Clash of Battle

  "Older sister Galo..." At night, when Galo was alone looking at the sky, Bikyu suddenly came over.

  Jia Luo lowered his head "What's wrong, little princess, aren't you resting well?"

  "Azure, gritting her teeth: 'Garro sister, I want to ask you something. Is it true that our final battle with the Earl of Purity is about to begin? We... really have to do this, don't we?'"

  "You're very perceptive, that's what I like about you. However, as a lord, you're being too merciful." He stretched out his index finger and pressed it against her blue lips, stopping the words she was about to say. "Mercy is right and necessary, I won't deny it. But your mercy, your kindness, should be used on the people you need to protect, those innocent and honest citizens. When facing enemies, you must summon courage and confidence to defeat them, so that your mercy can continue. Do you understand?"

  Tears had already filled those bright blue eyes on that lovely little face. "I know... But I really don't want to, don't want to see someone die..."

  He fell silent for a moment, then Garrow gently hugged Azure "Don't cry, kid. Although you're only 10 years old, you need to understand that this is your destiny. If you don't want to defy it, then you have to do your best."

  "Hmm..."

  Gently lay the already sleeping Azure on the bed, Gallo carefully closed the door and walked out.

  "Is she asleep?" was a faint blue, and I didn't know when she also came over.

  "Uh, she's already sleeping soundly, don't disturb her, let her get a good rest. I know she's been staying up late every day recently." Gallo turned around and pointed outside, meaning to not wake up Azure, go talk outside.

  Outside there was a lawn, and a pavilion was built. After the two sat down, Youlan spoke up, "Thank you very much, Galo. If it wasn't for you, Bi Lan and I wouldn't have made it."

  "Beryl is a good kid, and..." Gallo suddenly stopped. "She looks just like my sister..." This half sentence was only said in his heart.

  "I... am just an ordinary princess, from small to big, my father and mother have always doted on me, never suffered any grievances. After marriage, I was also taken care of by Puji, without helping him at all, until now, it's still the same, am I really useless?"

  "No, I didn't mean to deny it, nor is it something I can evaluate, because I have no idea about Mrs. Youlan's past, so I won't say anything."

  "Ah, yes, actually there's no need for evaluation at all. I'm very clear about it myself - I'm really useless."

  "..." Gallo shook his head and stood up. "Is one person's opinion that important, Lady Azure? I ask you, did your parents ever dislike you? Or, did your husband ever dislike you?"

  Yu Lan was stunned, and Jia Luo turned around and left. "They don't dislike you, on the contrary, they love and take care of you, because they think you should be taken care of, it's a very simple reason, isn't it."

  Without understanding the desolate heart, Gallo walked away and leaned against the wall, holding back tears that finally flowed down... At least you have parents to take care of you, someone to love you, Ice Moon and I are both orphans, if not, Ice Moon would never have died.

  After a while, Jia Luo finally calmed down, and suddenly, her expression changed "Hmm, someone's coming, who is it?"

  The visitor in the dead of night would never be a guest. Gallo gazed at them coldly, thinking to himself "1, 2, 3... 5 people? Is this Purity's attack?"

  The newcomers were indeed Pu's helpers, and the two leaders were Kōsu, the senior of Tsukikage and Pure.

  "Got it? This time, the goal is to confirm the opponent's strength and steal the City Lord's Order. We can't afford to make any mistakes." Kos looked at the three people behind him, all of whom were fully prepared, with the giant bear having an iron hook installed on its severed wrist to compensate for its shortcomings.

  The monkey and the venomous snake nodded, indicating they understood, but Wind Chaser completely ignored Kos' words. However, Kos had no way to counter this, as in terms of actual strength, Wind Chaser was indeed the strongest among them.

  "You guys go find something, I'll go meet that expert of theirs and see if he's really a seventh-level master." The Wind Chaser Knife Master flicked his sleeve and left.

  "What the devil! What's to be done now?" Iron Monkey cursed and asked.

  "Whatever, it's fine this way. Let him attract other people's attention, we'll go find things. If he gets killed, that'd be even better." Kos took out a map "This was left behind by the old man as preparation, take a look. These few buildings over here are just ordinary residences, this is the kitchen, and some guest rooms. Our target is here, the castle lord's office."

  "Alright, let's go."

  The four of them put away the map and left, with Galo emerging from the wall behind them. "The Lord's orders? It seems Purity has made a move after all. The Administrative Hall, huh? Well, there's a big gift waiting for you guys there anyway. As for me, I'll go take a look over there."

  Chasing Wind Blade walked alone in the mansion, unexpectedly, there wasn't a single guard inside, eerily quiet.

  "No, how could this be? The defense can't possibly be so lax. Could it be..." Pursuing Wind Knife flashed and leapt over a barrier, arriving at an empty space.

  "I've been waiting for you for a long time, but your speed isn't that fast." Suddenly, a voice came over, making Wind Chaser Knife jump in surprise. "Who is it!" With a flick of his hand, a long knife had already appeared in his hand.

  Appearing before the Wind Chaser Knife was a twenty-year-old youth, sitting on the ground with both hands grasping his sword. He seemed to have been waiting for a very long time, but from the faintly visible blue protective aura around him, it could be seen that this youth was absolutely a sixth-level strongman.

  "I am the Guardian of this place, Ikaroth. And you? Trespassing into the Lord's manor, what crime is that?!" The words had barely fallen when the Wind Chaser knife was already in hand. "Shut up, little devil, this can only be blamed on your poor choice of master."

  The name of Wind Chaser Knife is due to his knife method being as fast as a shooting star, and others have compared his knife to be able to tear the wind apart.

  And Yikalothe, who inherited the family's Gale Sword, had a sword that was like a violent storm, continuous and uninterrupted. It can be said that both of their moves were mainly fast-paced, but in contrast, one was chasing the wind, while the other was a fierce gale. In the end, it was unclear whether the pursuing wind could tear apart the fierce gale or if the fierce gale would sweep away the pursuing wind.

  On the other side, Kos and his three men had sneaked close to the office building. They looked around cautiously. Kos made a hand signal, and the three beasts nodded and dispersed to take action.

  Kos approached the gate alone, leaning against a tree. It was strange that there wasn't a single guard here, it was really hard to believe.

  "It's impossible! We were walking on the small path just now, and it was understandable that we didn't run into any guards. But now, how is it possible that the office is empty?! Have we been deceived?!"

  Ke's face changed, he hastily stretched out his hand to pull out a long tube, pulled out the fuse behind, took out the fire starter, and was about to ignite it.

  Suddenly, a sharp gust of wind blew over, Kos's hand shook, and the fire starter was knocked out of his hand.

  "What a guy!" Kos turned around hastily, only to see Gallo stretching out his finger from behind the wall, staring at him. "How come you want to leave as soon as you arrive? It's really too impolite, at least leave some memories."

  Cold sweat dripped from Kos's forehead, he had no confidence to confront the person in front of him. At this moment, he was constantly cursing the Wind Chaser "That idiot, how could he not even lure this guy away!"

  "Hit? No, it's absolutely impossible to defeat her, escape? Also not possible, in my situation I didn't even notice she was so close, this person's speed is absolutely faster than mine, only with the Three Beasts of Calamity together do I have a chance of survival." As soon as the thought dropped, Kos turned around and ran.

  "Escaped? How boring, but never mind, Mr. Hutter will surely like these activity sandbags."

  Ke Xiu rushed to the office at the fastest speed, and only by joining forces with the three beasts could they hope to escape, as for Wind Chaser, he didn't care whether it lived or died.

  From a distance, the silhouettes of the three people could be seen. Kos was overjoyed and shouted "Hey, let's hurry up, it's a trap..." Before he had even finished speaking, Kos suddenly came to an abrupt halt, his body completely frozen in place.

  The three beasts' expressions were extremely terrible, with big drops of sweat falling continuously, and even if they dripped into their eyes, they didn't move to wipe them away, because they knew that at this moment, they had been completely locked down by a certain aura.

  It wasn't just San Shou, even Kos, who arrived late, felt it, and at this moment, he was also locked in by the opponent's aura.

  The person who locked up the four people was a middle-aged man from the opposite side, with no weapon in his hand, but he sat on the ground very casually and completely blocked them.

  "Are you only four? Hmph, how boring. The strongest one was actually taken away by that kid. But never mind, at least you can make me feel comfortable now." As he spoke, the man slowly stood up, and with this simple action, a fiery red aura burst out, directly igniting the leaves on the ground.

  "Qi entity solidification! Heaven... heaven, seventh level... strong!" Kos was completely stunned, what's going on, could it be that the current seventh-level strongmen have become worthless?!

  "Alright, I can have some fun now. Then, I'll make Pujit regret not killing me, Hout."

  "Huett?" The four of course did not know the man, as Huett's dismissal had been before they came, and subsequently, Pujit also thought that Huett was no longer a threat, nor did he mention it.

  Unfortunately, this time he will have to pay the price for his mistake.

  "Ready, who's going to die first?" Hu Te didn't put the few people in front of him in his eyes at all. Just one sixth-level strongman and a few small roles without even any aura were enough for him to have a good exercise.

  The three beasts made their move first, they had been suppressed by the opponent's aura for too long, if they didn't take action now, they might not have another chance to do so.

  "Haha, welcome to your deaths!" Facing the three charging men, Hu Te smiled slightly and raised his right hand, meeting the giant bear's powerful fist with a crash. As for Tie Hou and Du She's attacks, he didn't worry about them at all, letting them hit him freely.