Chapter 488, Section 487: Arrival
Mortis raised his hand and gently touched the wound on the side of his neck, the stinging pain from his fingertips making him grit his teeth inwardly.
Wisps of black mist swirled around the edges of the wound, constantly hindering its self-healing.
"Werewolf..." he muttered to himself, a hint of suppressed anger in his voice.
The crimson energy at his fingertips circulated rapidly, forming an exquisite blood armor on the surface of the wound, concealing the hideous claw marks.
Mortis didn't give the Sword Saint a second chance to get up. He raised his hand and pressed down, sending countless blood crystal spears crashing down.
After doing all that, Mortis turned to Vesalius, his tone so calm it was impossible to detect any emotion: "I'll leave the finishing touches to you."
Vesalius bowed deeply: "Yes, Your Majesty."
Although Mortis remained composed, once he merged into the blood curtain, the surging crimson sky receded into the distance at an astonishing speed, even faster than when he arrived.
Watching the receding blood curtain, Vesalius wondered if something had happened behind them.
After all, the emperor has already personally arrived at the battlefield. Logically speaking, even if he doesn't personally deal with the remaining defensive barriers of Sanshan City, he should at least go to Xenophon's side and finish the battle quickly.
His hasty departure suggests that something he was unaware of had occurred.
However, since His Majesty did not say so explicitly, he naturally could not ask any further questions.
After all, the unfavorable outcome of this battle forced the emperor to personally intervene to resolve the crisis, which was a dereliction of duty on his part as the commander-in-chief.
After the blood curtain receded from the sky, the first thing Vesalius did was search for the Sword Saint's corpse in the Blood Crystal Spear Forest.
This human's strongest combat power was even stronger than he had expected. If he hadn't played it safe, even with two lives left, the outcome would have been uncertain.
Or rather, the probability of my defeat is very high.
Even if he were to win by sheer luck, his own "blood of his closest relatives" would be completely depleted, making it a losing proposition for him personally.
In the midst of the hail of bullets, he found the Sword Saint's remains—a broken skeleton?!
He immediately summoned blood bats to guard the surroundings. Only after confirming that it was safe did he examine the bones. After repeated examinations, he finally confirmed that the skeletal structure was indeed that of the Sword Saint.
"Your Majesty's attack... has this effect of corroding flesh?"
In his memory, he had never seen the emperor display such an ability.
But on second thought, given His Majesty's suspicious nature, it's understandable that he would hold back some things from me.
After all, there is really no more reasonable explanation.
There were no fungal hyphae near the body.
Moreover, although he knew that the fungal carpet would decompose the corpse, and that normal decomposition would take two or three days, the prince naturally did not think in the direction of Puji.
Regardless, with the Sword Saint confirmed dead, Vesalius's last lingering concerns vanished.
Although some remnants of the human army retreated to the Three Mountains City and put up a stubborn resistance, with the death of the Sword Saint and the imminent annihilation of the werewolf warriors who stayed behind to cover the rear, the fall of this isolated city was only a matter of time.
Now all we need to do is wait for Xenophon to send good news. Even just repelling the human reinforcements would be enough to put the remaining troops trapped in the city, who have already played all their cards, into utter despair.
“Your Highness,” Ern, with his severed arm and blood-stained cloak, approached, the bleeding from the wound having stopped thanks to the blood curtain, “should we launch a direct attack on the city, or reinforce the blocking forces first?”
Vesalius scrutinized his loyal subordinate.
Although he failed to hold the rear camp, Ern's handling of the situation while he was "killed" was commendable.
This courage and ability are worth cultivating; the only thing lacking is strength, but that's not a difficult thing to achieve.
In comparison...
His gaze swept past Ern and landed on Brunus, who was pouring healing potions into himself in the distance, a mocking smile playing on his lips.
This human traitor was already being driven back by Xenophon before he even surrendered, and would have been routed long ago if the Sword Saint hadn't come to his aid.
They have the strength, but lack both courage and strategy...
Hmm... this description sounds familiar.
The image of Eleanor involuntarily flashed into Vesalius's mind...
At least Eleanor knows how to tame blood beasts, which makes her slightly better than this useless piece of trash.
However, if it weren't for this kind of guy, it wouldn't be so easy to turn him to his side.
He would naturally not break his promise, and Brunus's territory would be preserved.
But in a dog-eat-dog empire, there is a guy who has neither strength nor land, population and wealth.
Vesalius could almost foresee the ugly sight of this fellow struggling amidst the wolves' watchful eyes, which might add a bit of amusement to his life.
He looked at Ern: "I'll give you some men to go and take care of those in the rear camp first..."
boom--
The earth trembled violently, and dust rose from the distant western mountains.
The prince narrowed his crimson eyes, the unfinished command hanging on his lips.
...
A warehouse in the vampire camp.
The warehouse is stocked with the most basic, and most scarce, healing and magic potions.
Faced with the relentless harassment of the Puji Legion, Ern concentrated all of his remaining defensive forces on a few key warehouses, and this was one of them.
At this moment, Number One Chicken was leading a group of Mushroom Clan followers and the ordinary Puji given to him by the Mushroom Lord in a fierce battle with the defending army.
The other areas have already been destroyed; the most it can do with its forces is to break through this one more place.
But he always had a bad feeling.
According to the mushroom clan's senses, Number Two and the others are also nearby...
Sure enough, when they broke through the last line of defense, and even one of their underlings self-destructed, and finally rushed into the warehouse, they found Number Two Chick leisurely pouring magic potions onto the mushroom cap.
Not far away, a fat, burrowing creature was radiating a scorching heat, clearly having just completed an underground raid.
"Number Two!" Number One's mycelium tensed instantly. "How dare you steal my spoils?"
Number Two slowly put down the empty potion bottle and elegantly spread the blue potion that had not yet been fully absorbed on the mushroom cap: "Big Brother, what are you saying? Didn't we agree to rely on our own abilities? This warehouse was taken by a surprise attack that I carefully planned."
"You clearly took advantage of me holding back the main force to sneak in and steal the spoils!" Number One's tentacles slammed angrily against the ground.
Just then, the earth began to tremble.
Number One and Number Two stopped arguing and used their senses to explore their surroundings with a puzzled look.
Suddenly, Number Five turned and rushed towards the burrow, shouting through the fungal net as he ran, "Up in the sky!"
The Puji lifted their mushroom hats and saw a dark shadow fall like a meteorite.
The next moment, the potions, the medicine, and even the warehouse were all destroyed in the massive impact.
His skin was covered in spiderweb-like cracks, and he roared in a way that resembled that of a wild beast.
At that moment, she was like a burning fire, igniting and burning everything in her path to ashes.
In her hazy consciousness, she felt that she was very close to her destination.
But what is the purpose of going there?
She has forgotten, or perhaps she never knew.
She simply followed the guidance and headed towards Sanshan City.
(End of this chapter)
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