They don't want me to try anymore.

Stay here for me!

The latter cried out in pain; although he was not injured, his movement speed was indeed getting slower and slower.

But it was at this very moment.

The giant fungal beast's body swelled up like an inflated balloon, growing larger and larger, and then...

boom!

Holy crap, did this guy activate his backup hidden power source and then self-destruct?

Chapter Seventy-Three: Insects and Heroes

Faced with the pressure of the legendary legacy, the Primal Bacteria chose to abandon its huge and heavy body and self-destruct in order to escape more quickly. The violent shockwaves spread throughout a large part of Nyon.

The vast majority of people fainted as a result.

Some time later, a gray figure emerged from under a collapsed mud wall.

But it was Daniel.

He threw away the now-ineffective magic shield scroll, limped to his feet, and cautiously looked around.

All the cultists of the Empty Human Order were dead, and the corpses of the fungal beasts littered the ground. The citizens and guards of Nion huddled in their hiding places, and although they had not yet woken up, their chests heaved, indicating that they were all alive.

"...Is it all over?"

He looked at the city wall with a large hole not far away, but saw no trace of the giant fungal beast Jing, and breathed a sigh of relief.

But after a moment of silence, a flash of inspiration struck him, and he suddenly became excited.

His own brother, Baron Follett, had led an army into battle and was most likely dead by now!

His own nephew, Leo, had died even earlier!

Other distant relatives are not related by blood, so there's no need to mention them...

Wouldn't that make him the new baron without any problem?

Hahaha……

Good thing this disaster has come! Everything is mine now! It's all mine!

However, there is still one thing that is not perfect.

He grinned maliciously as he climbed over the pile of rubble left after the city wall collapsed and looked outside.

More than a hundred bandits lay on the uneven ground, not dead, but unconscious like the people in the city.

Yes, and there are these people too. Once I kill them, my coal mining business will be safe!

I need to find a weapon, but where can I find a knife...?

call!call!

Suddenly, a gust of wind swept in.

Daniel looked up and saw five black dots on the horizon growing larger and larger until they landed right in front of him—they were five winged beasts with eagle heads and lion bodies, carrying on their backs tall knights fully armed and wielding long-bladed axes!

This is……

The Griffin Riders Squadron of the Southern Highlands Legion!

"Are you Mr. Daniel?"

The captain of the knights removed his visor, saluted, and said, "We have received news that Nion is under attack by a large-scale cult..."

"Do you know the specific situation now?"

Daniel recognized the captain of the griffin riders as one of his distant cousins, whom he had met a few times at the ball in the past. He quickly smiled and explained:

"As you can see, thanks to the efforts of everyone in Nyon, the cultists' plot has been thwarted. However, some of their followers still remain here. Please do your part to help."

He pointed to the numerous bandits on the ground.

"They're bandits from Mount Abarania, cruelly and foolishly helping the monster attack the city, only to be abandoned in the end. Let's kill them together, otherwise, once they wake up and retreat back into the mountains, it'll be troublesome..."

The griffin riders looked at each other, somewhat hesitant.

One of the youngest, a green-haired boy, said, "Captain, these people are all unconscious. Shouldn't we just tie them up? Even if we're going to kill them, we should let the judge handle it..."

The captain shook his head. He glanced at the bandits' miscellaneous weapons, clearly stolen from the Imperial Army, and sneered:

“I trust Mr. Daniel’s character; he’s sure to be right. Here’s what we’ll do: Todd, Hans, you two go out into the city to find survivors and check if there are any other cultists. The rest of you will come with me and execute these bandits…”

Daniel nodded repeatedly, like a chick pecking at rice.

call!

"stop!"

Just as the griffin rider's axe was about to chop off the head of a bearded bandit, Richard rushed out!

He was on the front lines of the battle and suffered a significant backlash from the self-destruction of the fungal beast, which is why he woke up a little later.

"Who is Your Excellency?"

The knight captain paused his movements slightly.

Richard answered loudly:

“I am Richard Targaryen, Prince of Connaught, a student of Saint Goethe! These men, though bandits, just helped us defeat the Order of the Empty Ones; they are heroes who saved Nion!”

He then looked at Daniel and said, "This guy is lying to you!"

The Knights captain frowned slightly.

Now that he had someone backing him up, Daniel became arrogant again and said sternly, "Mr. Richard, you are insulting my reputation! And you haven't even explained yourself for colluding with the bandits!"

"Explanation? We saved Nyon, what else needs explaining?"

Richard pointed disdainfully: "On the contrary, you were hiding under the ruins before, and now you come here to slander your savior? Knights, are you going to listen to the nonsense of a deserter and murder a true hero!"

"you you……"

Daniel was speechless after being choked.

The knight captain raised an eyebrow and spoke:

“Targaryen… I’ve heard of you. You defeated the eldest daughter of House Dulles at St. Goth two months ago, haven’t you?”

"it's me."

"No wonder. It seems that your arrogance is innate."

The knight captain's eyes turned hostile, and he sneered, "Your Highness Targaryen, these people are bandits, and we are the Imperial Army. It's not up to a foreigner to interfere in the army's fight against bandits!"

After saying that, he raised his axe again!

broken!

This guy is probably either on good terms with Dulles, or he's an extremely fanatical imperialist.

Without time to think, Richard stepped forward, summoning an earth elemental to try and block the axe.

But that knight captain was also a Silver-ranked warrior, a standard warrior class, with unimaginable strength. With a gust of wind, he cleaved the earth elemental into a muddy mess with a single blow.

At the same moment, Daniel picked up his sword from the ground and stabbed another unconscious bandit.

In that instant, Richard had no choice but to draw his sword himself to parry the knight captain's axe, gambling that the other side wouldn't dare to actually hurt him.

But he was powerless to help Daniel for the time being.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Daniel's mocking smile, which was practically saying:

Look, I've won again! I know these bandits saved my life in a way, but so what? Die, all of you! Only when you're dead can I reap the greatest benefits!

Haha, after playing the hero, he was treated as a villain and died without even realizing it. This ironic reversal is so fascinating!

He was about to be beheaded the person who had risked his life to help him...

In an instant, anger filled Richard's chest.

Daniel, you despicable and shameless bastard, you deserve to die!

Intense emotions stirred up a torrent of magic, and at that very moment, in the distant realm of illusion, a dragon's roar spontaneously echoed Richard's inner voice!

Roar!

In an instant, a spacetime rift appeared out of thin air, and a huge black dragon head emerged from it!

At this moment, the black dragon cub was much larger than before, its injuries had healed, and its scales shimmered with a gem-like luster.

"what!"

"Stop him now!"

Amidst the gasps of the crowd, Big Black opened its gaping maw and, without any hesitation, bit into Daniel's body!

With a soft "plop," the dragon's tooth tore through flesh!

"You, how dare you? I am a baron... *gurgle gurgle*"

Daniel only managed to utter a few last words before his body was scattered and fell to the ground, lifeless.

"Damn it!"