Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 2046 2018. Silent Assault
On the altar in the square, the Child of Ominous, whom Lann didn't recognize, continued to speak to his 'future subjects'.

"Now, I have repaid all my debts and obligations to the Golden Dynasty. The only person I care about now is my partner."

Even though he had already whispered affectionate words to the large hand that had emerged from its callus, the son of the ominous sign couldn't help but take another tug at that hand.

He seemed to be telling the whole truth: his mind was completely focused on Michaela right now.

“I will no longer provide any assistance to the Golden Dynasty,” he said, lowering his large hand and pointing to the crowd in the square. “The same goes for you!”

The gazes of the crowd in the square remained as fervent as ever, and they nodded repeatedly.

They seem to have realized that they have wasted too much of their energy and strength on the Golden Dynasty, and it would be much easier to just withdraw now.

But the son of the ominous sign's next words silenced the room once again.

"But this is still not the time to establish our dynasty, my pureblood knights."

Clearly, within this dynasty, built upon the belief in the power of the blood of the True Mother, the knights formed the [Pureblood Knights].

"We must remain hidden underground until I have spent a good night with Michaela, only then can we reveal ourselves to the world!"

"I will travel to Rodel to make a final break with the Golden Dynasty. Once everything is over, the long night will begin. During this night, you may do as you please, you may recruit new people, but..."

As he spoke, a menacing blood-red light emanated from the golden pupils hidden by the goat's horns, the son of calamity's eyes.

Lan En immediately calmly withdrew the half of his face that had been sticking out, and the velvet ball at the top of the stone pillar also immediately lay down, turning into a cat pancake.

"Nothing and no one is allowed to disturb Michaela and me, understand?"

The stench of blood in the air suddenly intensified, accompanied by the words of the son of the ominous sign.

A moment later, the pureblood knights in the square responded in unison: "Yes, sir!"
After he finished speaking, a sound of liquid surging first appeared from the shadow cast by his elaborate and gorgeous robes at his feet.

Then came the splattering blood.

The bright red blood only revealed its color when it flew out of the shadow of the robe, making it clear that it was blood.

The tall and ferocious figure of the son of the ominous sign sank into the blood, leaving only a pool of blood in its place.

The bloodstains, which were preserved by extra power without Torina's intervention, quickly disappeared from the gray floor tiles.

The pureblood knights didn't raise their heads until the bloodstains had completely disappeared.

Four or five pureblood knights scattered on the spot and walked towards the surrounding areas of the square, clearly taking up guard duty.

However, the remaining dozens of pureblood knights, hidden in the shadows beneath their robes, also emitted a commotion of churning blood!

Lan En, who was originally standing at the corner of a building in the distance, spying and observing, suddenly sensed a change in the surrounding space when his [Eagle Eye Vision] combined with [Spiritual Vision] was activated!
The smell of blood in my nose suddenly became stronger and closer!
The Witcher immediately turned around!
Right beside him, a pool of churning blood suddenly stained the stone floor!

Before Lan En could even lament his bad luck, a pureblood knight suddenly rose up from the pool of blood!

The two of them were face to face!

The pureblood knight's golden pupils suddenly contracted.

At that moment, Lan En clearly saw the muscles around his neck and mouth contracting beneath his skin, and when they relaxed, it would be the moment when shouts of warning echoed throughout the temple ruins.

But he no longer had the chance.

Lann's eyes could observe the movement of his muscles, and the Witcher's movements could follow his observations!
"Well!"

Before the pureblood knight's neck muscles could relax, both hands locked his throat and mouth!

The sound was muffled in the mouth and nose before it could be made!
With a 'click'!
The pureblood knight's neck was snapped horizontally by Lann, forming a distinct acute angle between his neck and shoulder.

But that wasn't enough; a light and swift shadow swooped down silently from above.

The two small swords looked like two fangs! They pierced straight into the exposed junction of the neck and collarbone, which had been forcibly pried open by Lan En!

Arcs of electricity crackled on the Thunder Cat Sword, while shards of blue-green sapphire magic scattered from the Silver Cat Sword.

The two elemental powers pierced the pureblood knight's chest cavity with the clean and decisive thrust of the velvet ball, causing his body to twitch nervously.

Without Lann saying a word, after successfully cooperating, the fluffy ball kicked off the pureblood knight's shoulders with its two hind paws, taking its two small swords with it.

Before the blood from his shattered heart and lungs could even gush out down the pureblood knight's neck, a flash of fire appeared on the witcher's left hand.

"Stab!"

With a soft crackling sound of protein denaturation due to heat, the brief burst of magical fire directly melted the opponent's wound, along with a large patch of surrounding skin.

The blood was locked inside.

Lan En grabbed the pureblood knight, who was already completely powerless, by the collar and gently placed him on the ground.

From the moment this pureblood knight began his duty and teleported to his current location, their series of actions produced only a slight 'sizzle' as flesh was scorched by flames; otherwise, all was silent.

Furthermore, Lan En's final action of sealing the wound with cursed fire was because he considered that these people were accustomed to using the power of blood and might be particularly sensitive to the smell of blood around them.

Otherwise, we wouldn't even need to do that.

Like everyone else in this world, the pureblood knight cannot die. However, his internal injuries have not been healed or treated, and he no longer has the strength to even move his eyeballs.

He could only limp on the ground as Lan En laid him down. The calico kitten, carrying two small, blood-stained swords, quietly approached: "Boss, what do we do now, meow?"

The kitten lowered its voice, while glancing around warily: "Such a big person, even though they didn't make a sound, they definitely couldn't hide it from meow!"

If it were the old plush ball, it would be proud of the perfect teamwork it had just executed with its leader without any prior discussion.

But now, Velvet Ball understands the concept that 'playing well doesn't guarantee achieving the set goal'.

Their main purpose this time was to carry out an infiltration operation. Although the process of dealing with this pureblood knight was quiet, it would still leave a lot of traces.

In its eyes, the target of this operation was already in grave danger.

On the contrary, Lan En seemed quite relaxed at this moment.

"What should we do?" He chuckled softly at the velvet ball. "Go back quietly right now and find Margarita and the others. Then, take Marlenia and head here."

"what?"

The kitten looked surprised.

"Just do it, velvet ball. This is probably the weakest point in the defenses of this area right now."

The son of the ominous sign, who called himself a king, said he was going to "make the final cut in the Golden Dynasty."

That guy doesn't look simple at all; he might be some powerful figure hiding in the shadows.

With him gone, the remaining pureblood knights are much easier to deal with. Marlenia will be very effective against such opponents.

Another version of events suggests that when they first came to find Michaela, Lann and his group were worried that if they angered the kidnappers, they would harm the hostage.

Now it seems that the son of the ominous sign, who is the leader, has an overwhelming love for Michaela.

This group of people were probably forced to the last moment, and they didn't dare to do anything to Michaela at all.

Then what is there to worry about?
Why don't we just send our Valkyrie in and wipe them all out as they run over?

However, all of this information was just heard by Lan En using the superb hearing of [Lehman's Ear].

The velvet ball didn't have ears; it was struggling to even look in that direction while perched atop the stone pillar. That's why it had thought their operation was on the verge of failure.

Lann didn't have time to explain what he had just heard to the velvet ball; he simply told it to do it.

The kitten, of course, trusted its leader. Although the course of action was very different from what was initially planned, it simply considered it a normal change.

So the velvet ball wiped the two small swords on the pureblood knight on the ground, and after sheathing them, it immediately darted back along the path it had come from.

Along the way, although the pureblood knights had already begun their patrols, the kittens were small to begin with, and their movements were silent, leaping and bounding at high places, so they didn't have much of an impact at all.

This is also why Lan En didn't follow and stayed where he was.

When they arrived, both Rongbuqiu and Lanen were unfamiliar with the place and knew absolutely nothing about it.

Therefore, every few steps, Lan En would activate Eagle Vision to scan his surroundings.

Returning along the same path now would be too smooth for the velvet ball.

Sure enough, before ten minutes had even passed, Lan En heard a commotion coming from afar.

"bass!"

A sharp screech filled the air, causing the witchers to instinctively shrink back and click their tongues in disbelief.

A slender blade of light suddenly appeared from below! Then this blade of light extended for an unknown distance!

It cuts straight up at an angle, cutting off the still relatively intact marble ceiling of the temple ruins located at the very top of the underground island!

After being cut open, the roof, which could not be evenly supported, immediately slid off the pillars and collapsed, breaking several pillars along with it as it fell down.

Hundreds of tons of stone crashed onto the ground with a thunderous roar.

A few minutes later, Lann, who was standing against the wall with his arms crossed, saw that the prosthetic knife had already sprang forward and was being held by the prosthetic arm.

And behind her, riding on a unicorn, came Margarita.

The sorceress stared at Malenia with astonishment, as if she were not looking at a human.

However, Marlenia didn't care at all.

Where is Michaela?

She walked straight up to Lann and asked, while the Witcher gave her a thumbs-up and pointed behind him.

A group of people walked into the large square where a group of people had gathered for a meeting just over ten minutes earlier.

The pureblood knight who should have been on duty in place was nowhere to be seen. He probably knew he couldn't be stopped and teleported away.

The cocoon containing Mikaela is just ahead.

(End of this chapter)