Chapter 149 True Dragon: Secret Contact [VIP]
The sky over Seth City had not yet completely darkened, but a dark cloud inexplicably appeared on the horizon.
Looking at the place where the dark clouds rose, Xiao Yun felt a strange feeling in his heart. He turned around and told Samit, who was making the bed, "Samit, hurry to Lily's room! Protect her!"
"Something's going to happen?"
Samit was stunned.
Xiao Yun: "The real attack is coming."
"ah?"
Samit was stunned.
Then, he saw the dark clouds turn into long black stains and break into his field of vision, and a large group of people dressed in black riding horses rushed towards their residence like flying birds of prey!
The group of people who suddenly appeared numbered over a hundred, all of them strong men, with green cloths tied around their heads and their faces covered, leaving only their sharp eyes exposed.
“Ahhhh!”
Samit was terrified. He crawled over, grabbed his sword, and ran towards Lily's residence.
Outside the door, more screams and cries were heard.
"The Green Scarf Army! The Green Scarf Army is coming!"
"Run! Run! Run!"
"Help! Help!"
The people who were attacked were in a panic. The men hurriedly picked up their weapons, and other people either hid in their rooms trembling, or followed instructions to escape from the rooms and ran to the warehouses or basements to hide.
As the sky gradually darkened, the courtyard on the outskirts of Seth City, which was used to receive the magic caravan from Shangling Province, was filled with people running around like ants, and the air was filled with screams.
People were constantly pushed down by the crowd and fell to the ground, screaming for help.
"Save me! Save me! Someone save me!"
"Run! Run! Don't stop!"
However, the enemy's horses had already jumped over the wall and rushed into the courtyard, and the temporary barrier built by the magicians around the courtyard quickly collapsed under the well-trained attack of the Green Scarf Army.
Xiao Yun stood at the second-floor window and saw a heavy sword slashing towards a young boy who had unfortunately fallen down.
"stop!"
As the loud shout rang out, the thug who swung the sword at the young boy fell to the ground, his head turning into a pool of blood.
(who?)
Xiao Yun looked in the direction where the murderer fell and found that the senior magician Ge Wende, who had shown goodwill to him, was standing in the dark corner of the corridor with his student Carl.
Sensing Xiao Yun's gaze, the two men bowed their heads in salute to Xiao Yun.
(Looking at their respectful attitude... they seem to think I'm Him... But then again... their current behavior is a bit too...)
Recalling the ruthlessness and brutality shown by the magicians led by Carl in the previous attack, Xiao Yun suspected that their current cowardice was a trap set by the magicians to wipe out the rebels.
(Deliberately show weakness to attract their leader, then...)
Thinking of this, Xiao Yun stopped.
…
The sky was completely dark, and more rebel troops known as the Green Scarf Army rushed into the courtyard with the sound of horse hooves like drums, holding torches and surrounding the crowd that had nowhere to escape.
The women surrounded by the rebels cried helplessly, while the men kept cursing.
What will happen next? If it's a tragedy—
Xiao Yun subconsciously reached for the sword at his waist.
"—Stop! Don't hurt these people!"
A burly man, suspected to be the rebel leader, rode into the courtyard and shouted orders, "Take out those who work for the tyrant, lock the rest up in the stable, and let them go after daybreak!"
"Yes, sir!"
The members of the Green Scarf Army shouted in unison, and then used wooden sticks to divide the people they surrounded into two rows according to their gender, and checked them one by one.
"Don't move!"
"You all should behave yourself!"
"Don't touch here!"
"This is something my mother left me!"
“…”
The rebels' inspections were brutal and rough, and complaints were heard from time to time among the people who were forced to undergo the inspections.
The leader soon couldn't bear to watch any longer and rode forward -
Bang!
The whip hit the face of the subordinate who had molested the young woman in the name of inspection.
"ah--"
The subordinate covered his face and wailed.
"You feel the pain too?"
The leader harshly rebuked this subordinate whose eyes drooped and a murderous look lurked in his eyes.
The subordinate didn't dare to refute. He covered the wound on his face and knelt down to beg for mercy: "Master Johnny! I know I was wrong! Please forgive me!"
"If you do it again next time, I will punish you according to military regulations!"
The man called Johnny shouted.
"I won't dare to do that again! Never again!"
The soldiers begged again and again.
Johnny spurred his horse and looked around: "Remember this, everyone! The Green Scarf Army is a morally and disciplined force, not a bunch of rogues and bandits! Anyone who dares to tarnish the reputation of the Green Scarf Army will be dealt with according to military regulations!"
"Military discipline! Military discipline!"
Under the moonlight, all the members of the Green Scarf Army held torches and echoed in unison, and people were trembling with fear.
On the other side——
Because of Johnny's upright behavior, An, when he was thinking about what to do next, suddenly felt that something was wrong in the air.
Xiao Yun looked towards the courtyard where the fire was blazing: a strange dark mass was approaching which filled the courtyard.
Assassin?)
Xiao saw Gawende and Carl in the shadows, and they bowed their heads to him again.
(so--)
Xiao Yun glanced at Flora who was standing near his shoulder.
【……】
Flora reluctantly flew towards Johnny, who was already being targeted by the assassin.
…
The assassins with strange shapes and strange attack methods came quietly to a place only one meter away from Johnny.
Swish, swish, swish!
Launch an attack!
The slender weapon gleamed with a faint blue light under the moonlight, like a spike—
Bang!
The sharp blade transformed from Flor's wings knocked him away and pierced into the body of a soldier who was only half a step away from Johnny.
"ah!"
The soldier fell to the ground and stopped breathing!
"—Assassin! Assassin!"
"There's an assassin!"
"Everyone, hurry up and catch the assassin!"
"Catch the assassin!"
The Green Scarf Army, having regained their senses, shouted in unison.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the two black shadows of the "Assassin's Order" quickly retreated. Their slender figures, almost as thin as paper, instantly disappeared into the shadows of the crowd.
Then——
"...Ah! The torch! The torch is out!"
The torches that lit up the courtyard as bright as day suddenly went out.
In the darkness, the sounds of fierce battle rang out again, accompanied by the rough neighing of horses and the loud stamping of hooves.
(really……)
Xiao Yun sighed.
Even without watching, one knew that the battle would end with his magicians winning with overwhelming strength.
From the beginning to the end, the Green Turban Army was just a group of mice being played by a cat.
but--
(That Johnny... he shouldn't have died here...)
…
The battle ended quickly.
When the torches were lit again, the whole courtyard was filled with a strong smell of blood.
The black-cloaked magicians stood like the gods of death in the wailing sea of blood, their eyes, almost completely covered by the triangular shadows of their hoods, flashing with indifference.
"A bunch of stupid guys."
Senior mage Gowende, accompanied by Carl, walked through the courtyard, looking at the rebels covered in blood and mutilated limbs, and made a low comment.
"Teacher, what should we do with the prisoners?"
"Kill all of them except their leader!"
"yes."
Carl lowered his head and led the magicians to search for Johnny among the blood and body parts on the ground.
"Strange...where did this guy go..."
…
…
The moment the torches went out, Johnny fell off his horse because of a sneak attack from the enemy magician.
He struggled to get up, but was pinned down by his horse and unable to move. He was forced to listen and watch in despair in the dim darkness as his men were wantonly slaughtered by the tyrant's magicians, unable to do anything!
(hateful!)
(I'm going to kill them!)
(I, I—)
The weight of the horse suddenly disappeared, and Johnny's body was free again.
(Great! I can finally—)
Bang!
Johnny was hit hard in the abdomen and his consciousness returned to darkness.
…
"—Hey! Are you still alive?"
The arrogant voice of a man rang in his ears. Johnny tried to open his eyes to understand what was going on, but his eyelids were covered with blood. No matter how hard he tried,
"Their hands and feet are moving and they're breathing, which means they're still alive..."
“I…I…”
"Don't move! Since the master saved you, he won't let you die!"
“Help, help…help…”
Before he could finish his words, Johnny lost consciousness again due to the severe pain that spread throughout his body.
When he regained consciousness, the pain was even worse, but his physical condition had improved significantly.
He opened his eyes and found himself lying beside a fire in the wilderness in the dark night. As soon as he made a slight sound, someone immediately fed him water with something like a bamboo tube.
As the cool liquid flowed into his throat, Johnny felt alive again.
He breathed a sigh of relief and found that his hands, stomach and legs were all wrapped in bandages. Opposite the fire sat a mysterious black figure wrapped in a cloak.
"It was you...it was you who saved me..."
"Well, you're a lucky guy. Your companions were either killed or captured, but I saved you."
The black shadow spoke coldly. Although his voice was young, it was emotionless, as if it was squeezed out from the mouth of a mechanical puppet.
"You were crushed by the horse and suffered multiple fractures and dislocations throughout your body. Fortunately, your internal organs were not squeezed or ruptured. Take the medicine I gave you and you will be well soon."
“Uh…uh…”
Johnny tried to sit up.
"You should lie down and rest."
The arrogant voice from before sounded again. Johnny looked up and was surprised to find that the person speaking to him was actually a flower fairy the size of an adult's palm.
“You, you…”
"Stop arguing! Your master saved you out of kindness. You must cherish your life! Heal your wounds quickly."
Flora looked at Johnny unhappily, who obviously didn't understand the situation.
"But--"
"They are all dead or in jail."
Xiao Yun said lightly.
In order to prevent Johnny from discovering his true age and appearance and causing unnecessary trouble, he deliberately covered his face with a hood and imitated the tone of voice of the "Dark Night Mentor".
"It's safe here until dawn, so rest assured."
"Who are you? Why...why..."
Johnny asked, stuttering, using honorifics naturally.
——Although the other person's voice was emotionless, it contained a nobility that must be respected and treated politely.
"who I am?"
Xiao Yun smiled faintly: "Even if I tell you, you still won't know. You can call me the Bard Claude, or you can call me the Intermediate Mage Claude, or -"
"Or what?"
"'Loong Messenger'."
An idea suddenly flashed through Xiao Yun's mind, and he brought out the name he had heard from the undead.
[…Hey! Do you want me to be strangled to death by Master Yaris?]
Hearing this, the "Tower Master" who was coiled on Xiao Yun's arm twisted his body in dissatisfaction.
Johnny was startled and tried to stand up.
"True Dragon...True Dragon (loong)...True Dragon Messenger..."
"Do you know 'True Dragon Messenger'?"
Xiao Yun was a little surprised.
“I, I…”
Johnny struggled to kneel down before Xiao Yun: "We, our organization... our leader, our earliest leader is, is, is... ah!"
Johnny, who had multiple fractures all over his body, fell to the ground again due to severe pain.
Flora flew in front of him angrily and kicked him in the face: "Don't you understand? You are still alive and not in danger of death! But you have multiple fractures and dislocations all over your body. You can't move!"
“I-I’m sorry… I’m sorry…”
Johnny apologized profusely.
Flora continued to kick and hit hard.
"Is sorry any use? You're a loser! You wasted the master's medicine!"
“—Stop.”
Xiao Yun said, "His wound was opened by you."
"I'm sorry, Master!"
Flora quickly stopped and gave Johnny some water.
Johnny drank the slightly bitter water, and strength rose in his body again.
He rubbed his eyes hard and noticed that although the man by the campfire's face was completely covered by the shadow of the hood and his entire body was almost blending into the darkness, he gave people an unexpectedly bright feeling.
At this moment, he was holding a slightly reddish crystal pendant with his hands wearing black leather gloves. From his sitting posture and movements, it could be seen that he was a true aristocrat.
"...Um... 'True Dragon Messenger'...Are you really the 'True Dragon Messenger'?"
Johnny blurted out.
"I cannot prove my identity to you, because the 'True Dragon Messenger' group has theoretically been wiped out long ago."
Xiao Yun put the crystal amulet that Yaris made for him back on his chest and looked at Johnny, who was looking at him with curious and uneasy eyes.
"I'm more surprised that you know about the 'True Dragon Messenger' than the 'True Dragon Messenger'."
“I…I…”
Johnny lowered his head.
"Perhaps, it is precisely because you are one of the few people in this world who still knows about the 'True Dragon Messenger' that I was able to hear your cries and save you."
Xiao Yun added.
"So... everyone else has already..."
"I'm sorry, but I don't have the obligation to save everyone."
"Everyone..."
"The men who attacked the compound with you—if they're still alive—should now be tortured in the dungeons of Sais City, and you would have suffered the same fate. Unfortunately, the 'True Dragon' no longer exists, and there's nothing I can do about the current situation."
“…”
Johnny was shaking with pain.
"Drink the medicine and go to sleep. It's safe here. But I won't stay here for long. You will return to your other subordinates after dawn, right?"
"...Yes, you are quite right."
Johnny lowered his head in frustration, wrapped in the cloak beside him and slowly fell asleep, with waves of pain in his heart.
…
After Johnny fell asleep, Xiao Yun stood up and looked at two extremely slender black shadows as thin as pieces of paper standing in the dark not far from the fire.
"When did you come here?"
The black shadow didn't speak and his body didn't move.
"Okay, I almost forgot that you usually don't communicate verbally with anyone other than your companions when you're on a mission."
Xiao Yun sighed, took out the lapis lazuli bottle that Alans had given him as a gift when he sold rat poison, and threw it to the black shadow: "Tell Alans that I have come to the East Continent. I want to see him."
The black shadow still didn't speak, but bent his body and respectfully caught the lapis lazuli bottle thrown by Xiao Yun.
“This guy—”
Xiao Yun pointed at Johnny, who was sleeping beside the campfire and said, "Cancel the order to kill him. I'll pay for the cancellation."
"yes."
The black shadow made a unique, strange, hoarse and low sound, then merged into the darkness without looking back, disappearing without a trace.
“These guys…”
Xiao Yun was speechless.
Flora asked in confusion, "Why did Your Majesty redeem this human being, who has nothing to do with us, from the Assassin's Order? Is it because he knows about the True Dragon Messenger?"
"Since we have saved him, we must save him to the end."
"But--"
[You'd better not say anything, because he is in a bad mood now, and I am in an even worse mood! ]
The "Tower Master" suddenly made a sound.
“S-Sorry…”
Flora didn't dare to provoke the "Tower Master" and hid in the shadow of the saddle with her wings wrapped around her.
Xiao Yun sat down cross-legged, reached into his cloak, and brought out the "Tower Master" wrapped in his palm: "Why are you in a bad mood?"
【because--】
The "Tower Master" raised his head and stared at Xiao Yun with his empty right eye, which was burning with cold black flames.
He's here.
"he?"
【younger brother……】
A voice that sounded like a dream rang in his mind, and Xiao Yun almost shed tears.
"Brother, brother... Yaris... you... what are you doing..."
[Dreams are the twin brothers of death. In my dreams, I can communicate with you through the medium of the "Tower Master"...]
"Really?"
Xiao Yun raised his hand, wanting to touch the "Tower Master", but was worried that this action would be too intimate and offensive -
However, Yaris took the initiative to control the head of the "Tower Master" and carefully bit off Xiao Yun's left glove, then crawled into Xiao Yun's palm, wrapped his body from the little finger to the index finger, and put his head against the thumb.
Even though we're over a thousand kilometers apart, I can still clearly feel your body temperature through it... and the fervent love you feel for me... I'm so happy... that you're still wearing the ring I gave you...
"That's the ring you gave me. I'll keep every single thing you give me."
Xiao Yun smiled dotingly and rubbed the "Tower Master's" head with his thumb.
"This guy will be very angry when he gets the body back."
It doesn't dare.
Yaris chuckled.
Borrowing the body of the "Tower Master", he crawled around Xiao Yun's palms and fingers without any scruples, cheering excitedly.
[…When was the last time I felt so free? I'm always sick, with constant high fevers, body aches, and weakness in my limbs. I even have to rely on others for water.]
"I can……"
[It's okay, I'm used to it.]
Yaris raised his head and wrapped Xiao Yun's fingers with the slender and cold body of the "Tower Master".
【——Let’s hurry up.】
"Um?"
My body is currently in a state of "demonic slumber," but my perception of the outside world is not completely blocked, especially my hearing... Therefore, I can obtain information about the outside world through the stories of others, but He seems unaware of this. Of course, He may have guessed that I can hear sounds outside while I am asleep, but He could never have known that I would contact you through the 'Tower Master.'"
"After all, the 'Tower Master' only recently broke free from the constraints of the Sin Tower and recovered some of his strength by absorbing the Demon Prince."
Xiao Yun looked at Yaris lovingly as he used the body of the "Tower Master" to sense the outside world.
[Yes, although this kind of contact cannot be carried out every day, and each time cannot last too long...]
Yaris was immersed in the joy of reunion, and his tone became much lighter.
"It's okay, I'll be waiting for you anytime—"
[Me too... If I can contact you, I will definitely contact you.]
"elder brother……"
Let me first explain the general situation here.
"Um."
Shortly after I gave the crystal amulet to Ulysses, He appeared before me. He told me that He knew I was trying to bypass Him and plant a fatal weakness in the Demon Prince. He also knew that the Demon Prince wanted to be born prematurely to avoid being shackled by Him. He deliberately left the capital temporarily to allow the foolish Demon Prince to come into contact with me, using him to contaminate my body and destroy the gods' restrictions on me.
"...What a sinister scheme."
[Now, as He wished, the restrictions of the gods upon me have completely crumbled due to the corruption of the Demon Prince. However, the rule of Edmund and the Demon Prince is also about to fall. He will take me to the Eastern Continent. Once the new palace, known as the "Holy City," is completed, we can proceed to the most crucial step in our plan to become a god.]
“What is He going to do?”
[He didn't say. I suspect he's planning a large-scale blood sacrifice...]
"He is currently requesting that every city in the True Human Empire select a pair of young, unmarried boys and girls and send them to the Imperial Capital, under the pretext of selecting maids and attendants for the future Queen."
[It is indeed a blood sacrifice.]
Yalishi paused for a moment and continued.
After discovering I had entered a state of "demonic sleep," He forced Kyler and the others to board a carriage and accompany me across the Twilight Kingdom to the Eastern Continent, where I resided in the Grand Palace of the Imperial Capital. The residence He prepared for me was a floating palace surrounded by water, requiring only a boat to enter and exit. He feigned magnanimity, allowing Kyler and the others to continue caring for me, but in reality, He was testing whether I had fallen into a complete slumber and using them as hostages to hold me hostage... However, Kyler and the others were willing to die for me at any moment, and His plot was doomed to fail.
"Even so, I'm still worried about you...what if..."
[No eventuality can compare to your decision to abandon the war-torn Western Continent and chase after me to the Eastern Continent!]
Yaris's voice trembled slightly.
[Do you know that you have done something extremely stupid? ]
"This is not a stupid thing, it's what I should do. In my heart, you are more important than all the crowns in the world combined."
[You are also in my heart...]
"—So, Yaris, you have to wait for me! You must wait for me! I will arrive in the imperial capital soon, rescue you from the Grand Palace, and take you home."
[Of course, I will wait for you...]
The "Tower Master" under Yaris' control pressed his body against Xiao Yun's fingertips and made various intimate gestures.
[By the way, the "Tower Master" said you just saved a young leader of the Green Scarf Army.]
"That's what happened."
Xiao Yun pointed at Johnny who was sleeping by the campfire and said, "That's the guy."
According to information he accidentally revealed, the Green Scarf Army, formerly known as the Green Scarf Gang, was formed by the descendants of the royal families and nobles of the Central Plains who were annexed and killed by him. Over the past century, they have continuously absorbed those dissatisfied with him, gradually growing to their current size. Due to the complex backgrounds of their members, the Green Scarf Army has many internal conflicts, and the top leadership has split into three major factions, one of which secretly surrendered to him fifty years ago.
"you mean--"
[You guessed correctly. The Green Scarf Army's every move is now under His surveillance, yet they are completely unaware of it.]
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