Master Changsheng

Chapter 107, Section 105: Misunderstanding [Please Subscribe and Vote]

It's about half a day's journey to the outer city of Chaos City.

Hanks and his group gritted their teeth and ran as fast as they could.

Behind them was a fourth-tier, fourth-level magical beast known for its slow movement, high defense, and gentle nature—the Unicorn Lizard.

It is nearly 10 meters long and its whole body is covered with a thick layer of brownish-brown material, like armor.

It has strong, powerful limbs and sharp claws.

Its head is a triangular, slender skull like that of a large lizard, but on its forehead is a single horn, half a meter long, that gleams with a cold light.

The unicorn lizard is one of the few magical beasts that are close to humans in the seven desert kingdoms and beyond.

With its powerful strength and gentle nature, it has always been the top choice for humans to select guardian beasts for their forces.

Hanks and his team never expected this.

The unicorn lizard they encountered in the desert, known for its gentle nature, turned out to be a bloodthirsty monster!

The two sides exchanged a fleeting glance in an oasis, and Hanks and his group turned tail and ran.

The reason is simple: in the oasis, the area around the unicorn lizard is littered with corpses…

When Hanks saw it, the unicorn lizard was eating…

It was this one glance that made the unicorn lizard abandon its food and head straight for Hanks and his group.

Although its speed was very slow, it was already very fast for a group of people whose average strength was less than the second tier.

They gritted their teeth and ran desperately towards the outer city of Chaos City…

"Hold on! Once we reach the outer city of Chaos, we'll be saved!"

Hanks encouraged his companions as he ran.

At the same time, he cursed An Kai to the core in his mind...

"Damn Ankai, you little bastard, you actually have a conscience, not many of them!"

"They promised to protect me the whole time, but the assassin disappeared as soon as the Principality of Bucklin ended!"

Driven by greed and for the sake of the widow's future, Hanks decides to take a gamble and lead a team to the Seven Kingdoms.

He never placed his hopes for survival on the fifth-tier [Assassin] professional, Malken.

Putting himself in his shoes, if he only had one level 5 professional protecting him, he wouldn't send him out either. Such a powerful helper is best kept by one's side.

Therefore, Hanks believes he relied more on himself during the trip to the seven countries.

What attracted him was Ankai's promise of 10% tax revenue.

Even if he dies, he can leave something to Widow Wang; that's what truly moved Hanks.

Upon entering the Principality of Bucklin, Hanks and his party encountered trouble.

He intended to solve the problem himself, but someone secretly stepped in and helped him resolve it.

This stealthy and secretive attack style immediately made Hanks think of the fifth-tier [Assassin] Malken.

After resolving the problem, Hanks muttered, "Has this kid changed his personality? Not bad, though!"

Hanks was surprised that Ankai had actually sent a Tier 5 [Assassin] to protect him throughout the entire process, which gave him even more confidence in the Seven Kingdoms Trade...

As a result, Hanks realized the reality as soon as he arrived in the second country.

Encountering trouble again, they intended to rely on the fifth-tier [Assassin] Malken once more, but after waiting for a long time, even after someone in the team died, Malken still hadn't made a move...

At this moment, Hanks understood.

That little bastard Ankai has already recalled Malken.

There was no other way. I wanted to save my energy and get through this peacefully, but I was forced to use the connections I had made when I was a spy for the seven kingdoms and my own strength.

The task of opening up trade was accomplished with great difficulty.

Hanks' team was also reduced to less than one-tenth of its original strength.

Little did he know that the Principality of Bucklin was able to resolve its troubles because he happened to encounter Will Bucklin there.

Will-Buklin, who advanced to the fifth rank through blood sacrifice, became a true outcast in the town of the dead.

He disobeyed the Donglin Party's arrangements and walked amidst war and turmoil.

Wherever there is war, there is Will Bucklin.

Gradually, rumors began to circulate among the seven surrounding desert kingdoms that a skeleton who liked to mediate disputes frequently appeared during times of war.

Coincidentally, the Duchy of Bucklin was in turmoil, and Will Bucklin arrived there, where he encountered Hanks and his group who were in trouble.

Will Buklin recognized Hanks, recalling that he was one of Ankai's men.

In addition, he happened to overhear that Hanks and his men had come to restore trade to the outer city of Chaos City and to solve the problem of feeding the city's residents.

So Will Bucklin didn't hesitate to step in and help Hanks and his team out of their predicament.

Fearing that Hanks and his crew would misunderstand his appearance, Will Bucklin chose to remain hidden.

This also led to Hanks' misunderstanding of Ankai.

He was genuinely moved that Ankai had actually sent the fifth-tier assassin, Malken, to protect him for a part of the journey…

Little did Hanks know that Ankai's order to Malken was "send him out of the city and then return..."

After a bumpy journey, Hanks finally returned to the desert, thinking he could just lie back and collect money from now on.

Little did they know that they would encounter the biggest trouble of their trip in this desert!

The fourth-tier, fourth-level unicorn lizard is an unusually violent unicorn lizard, with a personality exactly like Ankai's.

If this place weren't so far from the outer city of Chaos City, Hanks would have thought it was Ankai's pet...

Roar!

As Hanks was lost in thought, the unicorn lizard behind him let out a roar.

Magical elements were condensing at the tip of the unicorn. As Hanks desperately ran away, he only glanced at it before shouting, "Get out of the way!"

As soon as he finished speaking, five-meter-long earth spikes suddenly emerged from the ground!

puff!puff!puff!

In the blink of an eye, it pierced through the three people who had no time to react.

At this point, Hanks' team has only eight players left.

He was part of a group of four with Reed, plus three first-tier, ninth-level professionals.

The reason why the Reed Quartet has been able to survive is partly due to Hanks' care, but also because the four of them have unconditionally trusted and supported each other to get to where they are today.

"A magical beast!"

Hanks let out a desperate scream.

Warcraft is also categorized into two types: those with magic and those without.

At lower levels, no changes are noticeable.

However, once you reach the level of the unicorn lizard, you possess magic power, which significantly enhances its combat strength!

Hanks panicked. He had been away for over a month and hadn't seen Widow Wang yet, nor had he had a chance to tell her the good news that she could make money just by lying down from now on...

"Is this really the end?"

At this moment, the horn on the forehead of the unicorn lizard behind them lit up again. Its body had stopped running, perhaps because it was getting annoyed at not being able to catch up with Hanks and the others...

Magical elements condensed, forming a dense, brownish-yellow magical aura within a three-meter radius around the unicorn lizard…

"It's over!"

Hanks was taken aback; he knew this was the unicorn lizard going all out…

Seeing this, Reed's group of four did not stop, gritting their teeth and refusing to look back at the unicorn lizard's condition.

The three men carried a wounded soldier together, their legs feeling like they were made of lead as they ran.

"Put me down!"

"shut your mouth!"

The soldier being carried had just let out a roar when Reed yelled back without even turning his head.

They knew they might die this time.

But when death is imminent, waiting for it is not their style.

They chose to fight back desperately in their final moments…

At that moment, the four seemed to be of one mind, with only one thought: "Run! Run as fast as you can!"

Unlike Reed's group of four, Hanks, upon learning that he could not escape...

He stopped.

He drew his cleaver, straightened his back, and stared at the unicorn lizard with a mocking expression in its eyes, coldly snorting, "Trash! What are you laughing at!"

He suddenly raised his cleaver high, ready to launch a final attack on the unicorn lizard…

Right at this moment!

Hanks suddenly stopped in his tracks!

It was all because a huge, dark brown blade... that must have been a wind blade, flashed past him in an instant!

In the blink of an eye, it cut into the unicorn lizard's body!

The unicorn lizard was stunned by the spell, and blood seeped from its outer armor...

The dark brown wind blades collided with its surface, producing a series of piercing sounds.

Just when the unicorn lizard thought it could block the attack, a series of sharp pains came from the surface of its body!

The unicorn lizard's last conscious thought was to look up at the sky and see one after another enormous, dark brown wind blades silently hurtling towards it...

puff!

The unicorn lizard was sliced ​​in two by a wind blade spell, and the following wind blade spell cut the halved unicorn lizard into even chunks of meat...

Scattered all over the ground...

Hanks let out a long sigh of relief and looked back.

Just then, they saw Ankai emerge from a hazy aura, and the ever-expressionless, yet subtly twitching, fifth-tier [Assassin] Malken…

"What are you daydreaming about? Pick up the magic core for me."

"How come you developed dementia after going out for a while?"

From a distance of over 50 meters, Ankai unceremoniously directed Hanks, who had just narrowly escaped death…

Hanks suddenly laughed: "Alright! The old wizard is right."

Ankai waved his hand slightly, signaling Hanks to hurry up and get to work.

Then, the [Freeze] spell materialized a chair, and she sat down comfortably.

Behind him, Malken's lips twitched, as if he had a thousand words he wanted to say.

"Could this be a Tier 1, Level 1?!"

At the same time, he was also a little puzzled. Just before An Kai made his move, he seemed to have sensed another fluctuation.

The fluctuation was so faint it was almost nonexistent…

Adding to the fact that Ankai had just said Hanks had dementia, he couldn't help but wonder to himself, "Could it be that I'm being too sensitive?"

The more he thought about it, the more likely it seemed. After all, this wasn't the first time Malken had experienced something like this; he encountered such things frequently.

Putting aside other things, in the outer city of Chaos City, sometimes more than three times a day, he could sense such subtle yet powerful fluctuations.

When he first sensed it, Malken even asked Ankai about it.

The two were quite nervous about this and studied it for a long time before finally confirming one thing: it was the aftereffects of Malken's murder.

He has killed too many people, and he will always mistakenly believe that others want to kill him too.

Otherwise, if Malken sensed this fluctuation more than ten times on the day he had the most, it couldn't be that a fifth-tier expert was deliberately teasing Malken, could it?

Shaking his head slightly, Malken thought to himself that he should find some time to ask His Highness how to deal with the aftereffects of his murder...

"Fourth tier, fourth level, how can he be so weak?"

At that moment, Malken heard Ankai complaining in front of him.

He opened his mouth several times, but didn't say anything.

"Is it a fourth-order, fourth-level weak?! You're just too freakish!"

...

Before long, Hanks, carrying a fourth-tier, fourth-level magic core, jogged over to Ankai's side.

First, Hanks saw Malken carrying a backpack, which made him pause for a moment...

"Damn it! He's really quick to learn this fake act from that kid Ankai!"

He muttered to himself, but wore a smile on his face.

Looking at Malken, Hanks said sincerely, "Thank you, sir, for your help in the Duchy of Bucklin!"

In saying this, Hanks was subtly hinting to Ankai that he already knew that Ankai had sent people to protect him only to the Duchy of Buklin.

Hanks's bluntness was also intended to enhance his reputation for this seven-nation trade alliance.

It means: Look, even without anyone's protection, I still managed to complete trade with seven countries. It wasn't easy for me!

But after he spoke, Malken's expression froze...

Why is the Principality of Buklin involved? He doesn't understand...

For the first time, the Ice Face underwent a change due to reasons other than Ankai's influence.

Although Malken was surprised, Ankai was a seasoned veteran.

Although he had doubts, he didn't show them. Instead, he nodded without hesitation and said, "Alright, you two have both contributed. I won't treat you unfairly."

"Let's go back to the city first. We can talk about it tomorrow."

After taking on all the responsibilities, Ankai stood up and walked towards the outer city of Chaos City. Behind him were a bewildered Malken and a survivor, Hanks…

The group walked through the scorching desert.

Hanks casually whispered, "Young master, what kind of magic was that just now?"

"Wind Blade Technique? What's wrong?"

Hanks remained silent. Although he wasn't a mage, he was familiar with the Wind Blade spell!

Sure enough, it's still the familiar Ankai...

Not a single word of truth came out of his mouth!

(End of this chapter)