Synopsis and Starting Chapter Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Chapter 55
Chapter 56
Chapter 57
Chapter 58
Chapter 59
Chapter 60
Chapter 61
Chapter 62
Chapter 63
Chapter 64
Chapter 65
Chapter 66
Chapter 67
Chapter 68
Chapter 69
Chapter 70
Chapter 71
Chapter 72
Chapter 73
Chapter 74
Chapter 75
Chapter 76
Chapter 77
Chapter 78
Chapter 79
Chapter 80
Chapter 81
Chapter 82
Chapter 83 - Cry-Baby And Ugly-Faced Woman
Chapter 84 - The Situation Took A Turn For The Worst
Chapter 85 - The Blood Clan’S True Form (One)
Chapter 86 - Blood Clan'S True Form (Two)
Chapter 87 - Your Blood Is Quite Nutritious
Chapter 88 - Awakening (One)
Chapter 89 - Awakening (Two)
Chapter 90 - Awakening (Three)
Chapter 91 - Return
Chapter 92 - Sin Of Hell’S River
Chapter 93 - Don’T Do It, It’Ll Hurt
Chapter 94 - All The Blood In This World Belongs To Me
Chapter 95 - The Charm Of That Shield
Chapter 96 - I Definitely Will Not Let You Suffer
Chapter 97 - Our Inland Sea
Chapter 98 - Arracca Murkh
Chapter 99 - Uncertain Fate
Chapter 100 - Ramon (One)
Chapter 101 - Ramon (Two)
Chapter 102 - Eckstedt’S Welcoming Ceremony
Chapter 103 - Gamble (One)
Chapter 104 - Gamble (Two)
Chapter 105 - The Kingdom’S Wrath
Chapter 106 - The Failed Bet
Chapter 107 - Mystic Gun
Chapter 108 - Chapman Lampard
Chapter 109 - Remnants Of Magic
Chapter 110 - Paid Homage
Chapter 111 - Kaslan’S Tavern
Chapter 112
Chapter 113 - The Intersection Of Fate
Chapter 114 - The People In Hell (One)
Chapter 115 - The People In Hell (Two)
Chapter 116
Chapter 117 - Star Killer
Chapter 118 - The Unexpected Guests
Chapter 119 - A Marquis From Camus
Chapter 120 - Bait
Chapter 121 - Clue
Chapter 122 - Until Dawn Came (One)
Chapter 123 - Until Dawn Came (Two)
Chapter 124 - Queen Of The Sky
Chapter 125 - The Female Warrior
Chapter 126 - Heroic Spirit Palace
Chapter 127 - The Born King (One)
Chapter 128 - The Born King (Two)
Chapter 129 - A Duel
Chapter 130 - The King And His Archdukes
Chapter 131 - The Strange Swordsman
Chapter 132 - Who Are You?
Chapter 133 - Hunt And Chase
Chapter 134 - Little Rascal And Alex (One)
Chapter 135 - Little Rascal And Alex (Two)
Chapter 136 - Stabs
Chapter 137 - Kidnapping The Archduke?
Chapter 138 - Numb Hands
Chapter 139 - A Unique Welcome Banquet
Chapter 140 - The Red Witch
Chapter 141 - Reunion
Chapter 142 - Who’S There (One)
Chapter 143 - Who’S There (Two)
Chapter 144 - The Sword Of Baptism’S Death
Chapter 145 - The Wait
Chapter 146 - The Culprit
Chapter 147 - The Northland Road
Chapter 148
Chapter 149 - Not Even Worth Half A Penny!
Chapter 150 - The Beloved Former King, Nuven
Chapter 151 - Veteran
Chapter 152 - Shadow
Chapter 153 - Have A Drink
Chapter 154 - The Secret Of ‘Triumph’
Chapter 155 - A Bargaining Chip You Cannot Refuse
Chapter 156 - Horrifying
Chapter 157 - The Death Of Soria
Chapter 158 - Betrayal
Chapter 159 - The Fateful Night
Chapter 160 - The Invitation
Chapter 161 - The First Mystic Declaration
Chapter 162 - Letting Go Of A Suspicion
Chapter 163 - Monster And Monster
Chapter 164 - Chaos Begins
Chapter 165 - Just Speak
Chapter 166 - Surprise
Chapter 167 - Flee
Chapter 168 - The Tragic End Of Weaklings
Chapter 169 - Air And Blood
Chapter 170 - The Desperate Dash
Chapter 171 - The Outcome Of The Civil War
Chapter 172 - Elimination
Chapter 173 - The Blade Of Purification
Chapter 174 - The Truth About Elimination
Chapter 175 - Same Kind (One)
Chapter 176 - Same Kind (Two)
Chapter 177 - Sudden Entrance Into The Battlefield!
Chapter 178 - True Form
Chapter 179 - Silence And Darkness
Chapter 180 - Knocking On The Door
Chapter 181 - Phantom
Chapter 182 - A Gentle Kiss
Chapter 183 - The Cost Of Victory
Chapter 184 - The Paradoxical Assassin
Chapter 185 - Thunder Rumbles In Winter
Chapter 186 - End Of Arc: A Good Name
Chapter 187 - The Night Ends, The Day Breaks
Chapter 188 - It Is You
Chapter 189 - Symphony Of Blood (One)
Chapter 190 - Symphony Of Blood (Part Two)
Chapter 191 - Stop Meddling Into The Matters Of Elders
Chapter 192 - Six-Fifty
Chapter 193 - Choose Who You Want To Become
Chapter 194 - Ice-Cold
Chapter 195 - Spirit Of The Contract
Chapter 196 - The Manipulator (One)
Chapter 197 - The Manipulator (Two)
Chapter 198 - Price
Chapter 199
Chapter 200 - Encounter
Chapter 201 - The Prince’S End
Chapter 202 - Really Bad Luck (One)
Chapter 203 - Really Bad Luck (Two)
Chapter 204 - Understanding
Chapter 205 - Execute On The Spot
Chapter 206 - Guest From Barren Bone
Chapter 207 - The Prince’S Doubts
Chapter 208 - The Black Prophet From The Other Side
Chapter 209 - Code Name: Dragon’S Blood
Chapter 210 - The Importance Of Dragon’S Blood
Chapter 211 - A Gamble In The Dark (One)
Chapter 212 - A Gamble In The Dark (Two)
Chapter 213 - The Curse Of The Witch
Chapter 214 - The Scorching Blade
Chapter 215 - Stall
Chapter 216 - The Latecomer
Chapter 217 - A Very Big Problem
Chapter 218 - The Blade And The Wing
Chapter 219 - Trust And Loyalty
Chapter 220 - Nicholas’ Bargaining Chip
Chapter 221 - Shelter
Chapter 222 - A Critical Decision
Chapter 223 - Failure
Chapter 224 - Little Rascal’S ‘Consolation’
Chapter 225 - Save This Country
Chapter 226 - King Slayer
Chapter 227 - Creating Trouble For Ourselves
Chapter 228 - The Strongest Chess Piece (One)
Chapter 229 - The Strongest Chess Piece (Two)
Chapter 230 - The Strongest Chess Piece. (Three)
Chapter 231 - Lampard’S Plan
Chapter 232 - The Archduke’S Fight
Chapter 233 - It Has Been A Long Time
Chapter 234 - A Great Threat
Chapter 235 - Contention
Chapter 236 - The Inextinguishable Starlight
Chapter 237 - The Virtuous King
Chapter 238 - Centuries Of Strategic Planning (One)
Chapter 239 - Centuries Of Strategic Planning (Two)
Chapter 240 - Centuries Of Strategic Planning (Three)
Chapter 241 - Genuine Patrols
Chapter 242
Chapter 243 - Seize Control
Chapter 244 - Chad Vlad
Chapter 245 - Severing Souls With A Slash!
Chapter 246 - A Game Of Chess
Chapter 247 - A Chance Encounter
Chapter 248 - I Am Very Honored
Chapter 249 - When Swords Cross (One)
Chapter 250 - When Swords Cross (Two)
Chapter 251 - Arduous
Chapter 252 - I Am So Relieved
Chapter 253 - I Can Help You
Chapter 254 - The Black Knight’S Death
Chapter 255 - Changing Hands
Chapter 256 - Counter-Attack
Chapter 257 - Check
Chapter 258 - Checkmate
Chapter 259 - A Speculation
Chapter 260 - The Reason For Battle (One)
Chapter 261 - The Reason For Battle (Two)
Chapter 262 - Twist Of Fate
Chapter 263 - A Child Who’S Not Able To Drink Alcohol
Chapter 264 - You Northland Barbarians!
Chapter 265 - Two Minutes
Chapter 266 - What A Shame (One)
Chapter 267 - What A Shame (Two)
Chapter 268 - We Won
Chapter 269 - The Archduchess
Chapter 270 - The Blood-Stained Crown
Chapter 271 - The Day Before The Bitter Cold Winter
Chapter 272 - Yc
Chapter 273 - End Of Arc: The Destiny They Missed
Chapter 274 - The Quiet Prince
Chapter 275 - A Game Of Chess (One)
Chapter 276 - A Game Of Chess (Two)
Chapter 277 - First Lesson
Chapter 278 - The Truth Brothers
Chapter 279 - Traitors
Chapter 280 - Target
Chapter 281 - An Awkward Dinner
Chapter 282 - Upset
Chapter 283 - Riot
Chapter 284 - The Familiar Guest
Chapter 285 - The Honor And Humiliation Of The Great Dragon (One)
Chapter 286
Chapter 287 - The Mystery About Putray
Chapter 288 - The Dragon’S Blood Has Yet To Dry
Chapter 289 - Dragon Breaker (One)
Chapter 290 - Dragon Breaker (Two)
Chapter 291 - Meryl Hicks
Chapter 292 - The Boundaries Of Governance (One)
Chapter 293 - The Boundaries Of Governance (Two)
Chapter 294 - What Is Magic?
Chapter 295 - An Unforeseen Invitation
Chapter 296 - The Game In The Carriage
Chapter 297 - The Former King’S “Present”
Chapter 298 - The Prince’S Shackles
Chapter 299 - Friend And Foe
Chapter 300 - Victory And Defeat
Chapter 301 - A Duel
Chapter 302 - Not Too Bad?
Chapter 303 - Leave
Chapter 304 - A Storm Is Coming
Chapter 305 - The Creation Of The Two Empresses
Chapter 306 - Raven Of Death
Chapter 307 - Ian The Nuisance
Chapter 308 - Collusion
Chapter 309 - The Writers Of Legend (One)
Chapter 310 - The Writers Of Legend (Two)
Chapter 311 - The Day Of The State Affairs Hearing
Chapter 312 - The Hatred For Stealing His Sister
Chapter 313 - The Beginning
Chapter 314 - For Dragon Clouds City
Chapter 315 - The Archduchess And Her Vassals
Chapter 316 - Plan
Chapter 317 - A Romantic Story
Chapter 318 - Are All Of You Coming?
Chapter 319 - Not According To Plan
Chapter 320 - Releasing In “Installments”
Chapter 321 - The Price Of Saying “No”
Chapter 322 - The Moral Of The Story
Chapter 323 - Good Morning
Chapter 324 - Returning The Favor
Chapter 325 - Send Reinforcements
Chapter 326 - Five Archdukes
Chapter 327 - The Prince’S Whereabouts
Chapter 328 - Just Like Chapman Lampard
Chapter 329 - The Final Journey
Chapter 330 - Assassinating Lampard?
Chapter 331 - Bumping Into A Ghost
Chapter 332 - Headquarters
Chapter 333 - Smooth-Sailing
Chapter 334
Chapter 335 - The Confusion While Going Back Home
Chapter 336 - The Veteran On The Wheelchair
Chapter 337 - Double The Amount?
Chapter 338 - The Point Of Contact
Chapter 339 - His/Her Eyes
Chapter 340 - The Magical Therren
Chapter 341 - You Son Of A *Censored*
Chapter 342 - Which Will You Choose?
Chapter 343 - Exterminate Them All
Chapter 344 - Black Track
Chapter 345 - Join Us
Chapter 346 - Silver Shadow
Chapter 347 - You Will Fail In The End
Chapter 348 - You Fell Into The Trap, Eh?
Chapter 349 - The War Of The Deceased Souls
Chapter 350 - Never Lost
Chapter 351 - The Pulse Of The Ground
Chapter 352 - God Knows
Chapter 353 - The First Rule
Chapter 354 - Pursuers
Chapter 355 - The Hardest Fight
Chapter 356 - Unique Only To One
Chapter 357 - Just Die Here
Chapter 358 - The Three-Second Fight
Chapter 359 - Surpassed Kaslan
Chapter 360 - The Raven And The Snow Blade (One)
Chapter 361 - The Raven And The Snow Blade (Two)
Chapter 362 - The Black Raven’S Eyes
Chapter 363 - Who Does Your Loyalty Belong To?
Chapter 364 - Turning Against One Another
Chapter 365 - Saber Or Crossbow?
Chapter 366 - Prince In The Desert
Chapter 367 - Sellsword
Chapter 368 - Dante’S Greatsword
Chapter 369 - Desert Threat
Chapter 370 - There’S Someone
Chapter 371 - Barren Bone People
Chapter 372 - Bloody Thorn Lizard
Chapter 373 - Young Cub
Chapter 374 - Foreign Blood
Chapter 375 - Coming-Of-Age Ceremony
Chapter 376 - Flag
Chapter 377 - The Destructive Army
Chapter 378 - Freaks
Chapter 379 - Welcome To Constellation (One)
Chapter 380 - Welcome To Constellation (Two)
Chapter 381 - Ghost Prince
Chapter 382 - My Home (One)
Chapter 383 - My Home (Two)
Chapter 384 - Age Of Mercenaries
Chapter 385 - Confrontation And Stalemate
Chapter 386 - Prince Versus Prince
Chapter 387 - So Many Tricks
Chapter 388 - You Have To Laugh
Chapter 389 - Shackles Of Power
Chapter 390 - Perhaps I Have
Chapter 391 - Happily Ever After
Chapter 392 - Technical Skill
Chapter 393 - Intention
Chapter 394 - New Guest
Chapter 395 - Shadows And Swords
Chapter 396 - The Dark Side
Chapter 397 - Emergency Mission
Chapter 398 - Alliance Of Traitors
Chapter 399 - The Mole
Chapter 400 - As Bad As Can Be
Chapter 401 - Affectionate And United
Chapter 402 - F*Ck You
Chapter 403 - H.N. Jadestar
Chapter 404 - Stupid Idea
Chapter 405 - Sinner
Chapter 406 - The Intruders
Chapter 407 - Head Towards Omniscience
Chapter 408 - Black Prison
Chapter 409 - Behind The Iron Curtain
Chapter 410 - Hallucination
Chapter 411 - Seven
Chapter 412 - People Whom History Has Forgotten
Chapter 413 - The Mourning Of The Guards
Chapter 414 - Where Is He?
Chapter 415 - Fall Out
Chapter 416 - Disaster Sword’S Battle
Chapter 417 - The Knight Of Judgment
Chapter 418 - A Different World
Chapter 419 - The Queen’S Dowry
Chapter 420 - The Greatest King
Chapter 421 - Knew Clearly
Chapter 422 - Nameless
Chapter 423 - Awaken
Chapter 424 - Loyalty
Chapter 425 - Peer
Chapter 426 - He Was Probably Old
Chapter 427 - A Stalemate
Chapter 428 - Dusk
Chapter 429 - The Man At The Proximal World
Chapter 430 - The Second Declaration Among Mystics
Chapter 431 - The Anchor Point
Chapter 432 - Taurus Mill
Chapter 433 - Decision
Chapter 434 - Correcting The Mistake
Chapter 435 - Malicious Flower, Malicious Fruit
Chapter 436 - Moriah Returns
Chapter 437 - Old Self
Chapter 438 - The Prince Is Not Here
Chapter 439 - Scheme Between The Thief And Bandit
Chapter 440 - Seven To Three
Chapter 441 - Missing One
Chapter 442 - Quick Wit
Chapter 443 - Not Just You
Chapter 444 - Someone Needs An Answer
Chapter 445 - A Forbidden Name
Chapter 446 - Three Calamity Allies
Chapter 447 - Enemy Of The World
Chapter 448 - 1 Vs 8
Chapter 449 - Chaos Of Armies
Chapter 450 - Two Hands
Chapter 451 - Xx Films
Chapter 452 - Fratricide
Chapter 453 - It Was Not A Coincidence
Chapter 454 - More Than Half
Chapter 455 - I Hated Him
Chapter 456 - Nothing At All
Chapter 457 - The Person Who Supported Him
Chapter 458 - Where The Sun Does Not Shine (One)
Chapter 459 - Where The Sun Does Not Shine (Two)
Chapter 460 - Rebirth (One)
Chapter 461 - Rebirth (Two)
Chapter 462 - Rebirth (Three)
Chapter 463 - Rebirth (Four)
Chapter 464 - Rebirth (Five)
Chapter 465 - Truth Swords
Chapter 466 - Beheaded
Chapter 467 - Revealed In Flames
Chapter 468 - The Silent Demon
Chapter 469 - So Naïve That You Are Adorable
Chapter 470 - The Fate Twins
Chapter 471 - The True Essence Of The Power Of Eradication
Chapter 472 - Leaving The Prison
Chapter 473 - I Am Not A Devil, After All
Chapter 474 - Much… Higher
Chapter 475 - The Warden
Chapter 476 - Life, Safety And Freedom
Chapter 477 - Something Lighter
Chapter 478 - Get Me Something To Eat And Drink
Chapter 479 - Exclusive Possession
Chapter 480 - Kill Them
Chapter 481 - A Different Way Of Living
Chapter 482 - Get Yourself A Girlfriend
Chapter 483 - Make Me Even More… Excited
Chapter 484 - You Are Good-Looking
Chapter 485 - Too High
Chapter 486 - You Are Good-Looking
Chapter 487 - Too High
Chapter 488 - That Night
Chapter 489 - Usurp Power
Chapter 490 - Do Something
Chapter 491 - Power Comes From Violence (One)
Chapter 492 - Power Comes From Violence (Two)
Chapter 493 - The Third Party
Chapter 494 - Destiny Is Like A Poem
Chapter 495 - Raven Leader
Chapter 496 - Never
Chapter 497 - His Majesty’S Blessing
Chapter 498 - Black Lion
Chapter 499 - I Have Come In Peace
Chapter 500 - End Of Arc: Duke
Chapter 501 - Everything Will Be Better
Chapter 502 - Six Divisions And Seven Attendants
Chapter 503 - Divided Western Desert
Chapter 504 - Only One Day Left
Chapter 505 - Protection
Chapter 506 - This Is Just The Beginning
Chapter 507 - Hometown
Chapter 508 - A Small Spark
Chapter 509 - Anxious
Chapter 510 - Fifteen Minutes
Chapter 511 - King In The Mist
Chapter 512 - Crazy
Chapter 513 - A Small Favor
Chapter 514 - Like A Fleeting Cloud
Chapter 515 - Timetable
Chapter 516 - Coincidence?
Chapter 517 - Went To High School
Chapter 518 - Discovered?
Chapter 519 - Let’S Fight
Chapter 520 - Not Just The Power Of Eradication
Chapter 521 - World Class Battle Worthy Of Being Written In Historical Poems
Chapter 522 - Continuous Fights
Chapter 523 - Mutant
Chapter 524 - Self-Reliant
Chapter 525 - Lustful Woman
Chapter 526 - Knowledge Of People
Chapter 527 - Holiness Exorcism
Chapter 528 - Fight Between The Eldest And Youngest
Chapter 529 - Privacy
Chapter 530 - Alien Star
Chapter 531 - Guest
Chapter 532 - The Young Kingdom
Chapter 533 - Calm On Iron Spikes
Chapter 534 - Sorry To Keep You Waiting
Chapter 535 - Polaris
Chapter 536 - Times Have Changed
Chapter 537 - Pretty Boy
Chapter 538 - Magnificent Scene Of Hell
Chapter 539 - Side Story 7: Joint Council
Chapter 540 - Never Kneel
Chapter 541 - A Piece Of Cake
Chapter 542 - Merciless
Chapter 543 - That Gaze
Chapter 544 - Watchmen’S Code
Chapter 545 - The End Of It
Chapter 546 - To Not Perish As Foes (One)
Chapter 547 - To Not Perish As Foes (Two)
Chapter 548 - To Not Perish As Foes (Three)
Chapter 549 - To Duke Thales
Chapter 550 - What Rationality
Chapter 551 - Better
Chapter 552 - Sacrificing A Pawn (One)
Chapter 553 - Sacrificing A Pawn (Two)
Chapter 554 - Sacrificing A Pawn (Three)
Chapter 555 - Unfulfilled
Chapter 556 - Chess Player
Chapter 557 - Relieved
Chapter 558 - Punishment
Chapter 559 - Eight Arteries
Chapter 560 - Imperial Style
Chapter 561 - Cannot Escape The Sheath
Chapter 562 - Want Everything
Chapter 563 - Cause And Effect
Chapter 564 - Blazing Blood
Chapter 565 - Of Course—Not
Chapter 566 - Crown Jewel Of The Kingdom
Chapter 567 - Head Over Heels
Chapter 568 - As Truthful As Possible
Chapter 569 - Hand In Marriage
Chapter 570 - What Do I Need You For
Chapter 571 - Defects
Chapter 572 - Heart Of The Guards
Chapter 573 - You’Re A Real Dog
Chapter 574 - Antecessors
Chapter 575 - The Years Have Caught On To Me
Chapter 576 - Shooting Yourself In The Foot
Chapter 577 - Lie
Chapter 578 - The Wine Merchant
Chapter 579 - Damn The Prince
Chapter 580 - The Prince Likes Them
Categories Genre: Action, All, Drama, Fantasy, Mature, Ongoing, Psychological, Seinen, Tragedy Status: Ongoing Alternative names: Wang Guo Xue Mai, 王国血脉, ______
Total Chapters in book: 580
Estimated words: 2362673 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 11813(@200wpm)___ 9451(@250wpm)___ 7876(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 2362673 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 11813(@200wpm)___ 9451(@250wpm)___ 7876(@300wpm)
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Chapter 348: You Fell into the Trap, Eh?
Translator:
EndlessFantasy Translation
Editor:
EndlessFantasy Translation
At that moment, Cain Camur activated the endless, cursed black fog to envelope Silver Shadowman securely in it.
Everything in the cave was consumed by darkness. Only the mournful and tragic howling of thousands of deceased souls could be heard.
But, right at that moment…
*Sizzle…*
A strange noise suddenly came from the direction of Silver Shadowman and the general of the deceased souls. By the sound of it, it was as if cold water had been poured over soldering iron.
Thales, while he was retreating, was surprised to find that a twisted silver thread had appeared in the darkness—in which he could not even see his fingers when he stretched out his hand!
It was just like the lightning that sliced through the night sky, and it brought with it a weak light. Thales instinctively squinted his eyes.
No, it was not a silver thread. It was a beam of silver light that leaked from the direction where Silver Shadowman and the general of deceased souls were.
It lit up the corner where Thales was.
A voice that spoke in a relaxed manner echoed softly, “You are at the very least of warriors…” It was a voice that was not to be ignored.
The voice had hardly finished its words when the second, third, and forth silver threads appeared consecutively in the darkness. The silver threads overlapped with each other and formed the shape of a tree branch that lit up the black fog which flowed more and more rapidly outwards.
A thought came to Thales’ mind and hope appeared in him again.
“Why can’t we concentrate on the fight…?”
The pitch-black darkness that blinded Thales’ sight began to crack inch by inch as the silver light merged to form cracks.
“…And be done with the small talk?”
As the silver threads formed those strange shapes, the howls from the souls of the deceased immediately turned chaotic.
“Ahhh!!”
Thales was terrified to see a soul of the deceased, a foot away from him, cover its eyes to avoid the silver rays that leaked out from the black fog. It had stretched out its arms towards him and was just moments away from touching him.
The Empire general’s pained howls also traveled out of the strange sight that was the layers of silver light and black fog overlapping each other. “No, no, no…”
“Hahahahaha,” It was Silver Shadowman’s laughter. “I almost forgot that you lot have a bad memory.”
In the next instant, the silver threads that were getting more densely packed together suddenly shone with a bright light, like the sudden increase in the water current when streams flowed into a larger river.
It chased away the surrounding darkness.
If anyone watched from afar, this scene would look as if pitch-black worms had suddenly imploded due to the workings of the silver light.
The cave became well-lit again and it was even brighter than before. The silver threads merged into bright, silver light that could not be seen directly. It was so glaring that it began to hinder Thales’ sight. The young man subconsciously raised his palm to cover his eyes. The parts of his skin that the silver light shone on protested in the form of a prickling pain.
He was surprised to see between his fingers that in the silver light, when the mysterious black fog met with the silver radiance, it would rapidly evaporate and disappear as though it had met its match.
But it was also as if it had a life of its own, because it avoided the invasion of the silver light and fled outwards.
The souls of the deceased that were all over the rockwall changed directions and seeped further into the rock formation as they howled and shivered. A few souls of the deceased could not move at all in the dazzling silver light. Their struggles were in vain and, in the end, they turned into ash.
Thales was only starting to get used to such brightness, but was immediately surprised to see a familiar silhouette appear at the centermost point of the silver light. Like a legendary and unbeatable warrior, he walked with his head held high. He extended his right hand to suppress another black shadow; the latter continued to howl as he clung on to the hand that was pushing him down, struggling with great effort under the illumination of silver light.
It was Silver Shadowman.
Cain Camur was reduced to a pathetic human form as his neck was gripped by Silver Shadowman’s right hand while the black fog disappeared entirely under the influence of the silver light. The general was still shouting strenuously. “You… You will fail…”
The once ferocious-looking and arrogant general of the deceased souls, Cain Camur Linka, was like a misfit in this exact moment. He grabbed his opponent’s right hand while his imaginary limbs twisted in the air. It made the terrifying deceased soul appear somewhat pathetic.
“I am going to tear you apart… Northlander…”
Thales coughed. He was stunned to look at the captured general of the deceased souls. “Did you just say he was… strong, formidable, and hard to deal with… and that he could exchange blows with you?”
Silver Shadowman’s face trembled a little. He seemed to have sneered. He turned around and watched the deceased souls on the cave walls disappear until not a single soul was left.
Cain Camur was still holding on to his opponent’s right arm and continued to struggle in a frenzied but pointless manner while he yelled, “One day, Northlander… I want you to watch your nation be destroyed…”
Silver Shadowman clenched his left fist and raised it to his chest. Countless dazzling silver threads gathered on his fist. Thales was forced to lift his hand to cover his eyes.
“Indeed, it is mighty.” The next second, Silver Shadowman threw a punch which contained astonishing strength!
*Boom!*
The silver light planted a heavy blow on the general of the deceased souls’ withered face. That silver light grew even brighter. Thales was shocked and bewildered to find that the entire cave started to shake in a barely noticeable manner, and it even let out a low moan.
The next moment, the general of the deceased souls shrieked. Its imaginary body was thrown backwards violently when the punch landed on it, as if it was a body with real form.
“Northlander…”
As he was pushed by that blazing silver light, Cain Camur shouted in pain and his limbs flailed. It flew into the rockwall against its will and disappeared. Its curse lingered in the cave.
“We will… be back…”
Silver Shadowman blew on his fist, just like how a human would. He withdrew his fist which had easily sent the general flying. He turned around and said seriously, “I only mentioned it in relative terms.”
Thales watched the empty cave wall with a flabbergasted expression. He found himself speechless for a long time.
The light from Silver Shadowman began to grow dimmer until it reached a point where Thales could see his surroundings clearly.
Thales frowned immediately. He suddenly realised that Silver Shadowman no longer looked the same, it was unclear when this began.
Silver Shadowman’s body, which was built with silver light, was now equipped with a set of armor that was also built with silver light. He was dressed head to toe in armor, from the helmet to the pauldrons, from breastplate to plackart, from greaves to poleyns. It made him look even mightier and heroic.
Puzzled, Thales stared at the fully-equipped Silver Shadowman.
The young prince watched Silver Shadowman’s new appearance and asked a stupid question, “What is this?”
Silver Shadowman seemed to have only noticed what had happened. He was also a little surprised by his new look.
“Not bad. It sure looks real… Ahem, I mean, the embellishments are a little over the top, right…?”
His facial features twitched a little. He appeared to be evaluating himself excitedly.
The pauldrons stood on his shoulders, as tall as his brow. His rerebraces were fully covered in barbs. The armor lined his chest, stomach and waist smoothly, while his heavy boots were joined by poleyns. At this moment, Silver Shadowman looked like the legendary warrior in some bard’s poem; he was awe-inspiring, eye-catching, heroic, and gorgeous.
What was most striking was his helmet. The entire ferocious-looking helmet was made of silver light. It had complicated but repetitive patterns, and even had four exaggerated sharp horns on its sides.
As Silver Shadowman moved, the large, horned helmet that was made of silver light shook in a terrifying manner, moving about in such an exaggerated fashion that it looked as if it was about to fall off.
“Urk, forget about the helmet.” Silver Shadowman knocked on his horned and ferocious silver helmet. Glimmers of light spread out. His face behind the helmet twisted together, he appeared to be rather embarrassed.
“This is only to boost the morale. I have never worn it when I go onto the battlefield. It looks too silly, I mean, too frivolous…” Silver Shadowman began to gesticulate while he spoke. The range of his movements even became wider with each gesture.
“…and it even has four horns. You know, even my wife has only two. She might not have said it, but she must have not liked it…”
Thales blinked in a dumbfounded manner. He could sense Silver Shadowman’s excitement in his words, the type of excitement that screamed “I bought some new clothes”, and found it a little hard to accept that Silver Shadowman, who appeared imposing and serious just a moment ago, had turned into a chatterbox the next moment, all because of some random helmet.
Before Silver Shadowman finished speaking, the silver light on his body radiated a little as if it had a life of its own.
Silver Shadowman’s face continued to change. “Oh, right, and the shoulders. You know, whenever I turn my head, I risk getting a blow to my head…”
Immediately, the silver light that defeated the souls of the deceased flowed. Silver Shadowman’s large and terrifying horned helmet transformed into starry dots of silver light and disappeared into the air.
The overly tall pauldrons on his shoulders were lowered a little.
“Ahh, that is much better. Thank you.” Silver Shadowman, whose head was much lighter, sized himself up again. He nodded in satisfaction. “If only there was a mirror…”
The silver rays of light began to flow again.
Silver Shadowman appeared taken aback and lifted his hand hastily. “Oh, wait. I was just saying that, I don’t really want it. The divine power is not to be wasted like this…”
The silver rays of light that were about to turn into a mirror shone in the air for a while before dissipating.
Thales felt a little curious. ‘Who was he talking to?’
The silver rays of light flickered in the air, making the place alternate between brightness and darkness.
Silver Shadowman shook his head in panic, his facial features changed rapidly. “What? Why do we need a helmet? Ahem, naturally, you would look cooler with one… Ahem, I mean, it makes you more durable when you fight…”
“Right. You heard it wrong. One is surely ‘more durable’ with a helmet. I am always practical… Do not laugh. What is there to laugh about…?”
The silver rays circled around Silver Shadowman and sprinkled glimmers of light on him, as if it was talking to him. Silver Shadowman paused for a moment before pointing at the silver rays in front of him, feeling a little offended.
“You are still too young. You do not understand. A good mindset and good appearance are the fundamentals of one’s strength. For example, if I throw a punch and I want to fully bring out my power, I will have to fulfill the first criteria: To look cool enough.”
The silver rays flashed three times and gathered in the air to form the shape of a fist with its thumb pointed up. The thumb then moved downwards in Silver Shadowman’s direction.
Silver Shadowman got angry immediately. “It’s just an example. You are talking too much. Such a nag—”
‘What is going on?’ The baffled Thales watched the ‘argument’ between Silver Shadowman and the silver rays on Thales’ body. He was speechless and thought the world was a strange place.
Finally, the silver light armor on Silver Shadowman turned into stars and disappeared into the air.
Thales looked away from the humanized silver rays and directed his gaze at Silver Shadowman. He said softly, “Eckstedt…”
Silver Shadowman was stunned for a while when he heard the name. The relief he felt earlier was swept away.
“That soul of the deceased called you ‘Eckstedt’.” Thales’ eyes were fixed on Silver Shadowman. He asked in a probing manner, “Is… Is that your name?”
Silver Shadowman was silent for a few seconds.
“That is not important,” he said lightly.
Thales took a deep breath. “There aren’t many people in history who have the same name.”
The young man suppressed his excitement. He tried to calmly voice his assumptions, “And the man with this name is closely related to Northland and Dragon Clouds City. He is also the only person who knows what ‘Jadestar’ is.”
Silver Shadowman stood still. Thales bit his lip and his eyes were fixed on the silver-colored existence before him. He subconsciously used honorific terms when he said, “You are… Sir, you are—”
Silver Shadowman looked up and cut him off.
“Who am I?” But Silver Shadowman only shook his head. “As I have said before, this is not important. Even I often forget who I am… because it is all in the past.”
Thales’ words were stuck his throat. He could not help but feel surprised. “But—”
“Have you not noticed?” Silver Shadowman walked to stand in front of him, there was a profound look on his dark features. “Essentially, I am no different from those souls of the deceased. I am just another dead man, one of the thousands of ghosts in this place.”
Silver Shadowman’s voice resounded in his heart, deep and lifeless. Even the silver rays on his body became much dimmer. Thales watched him with confusion and puzzlement.
‘Another dead man…’ But Thales immediately shook his head. His eyes were filled with resolution. “No. I think you are different.”
Silver Shadowman was stunned.
“You, and that general. I can tell the difference between the both of you. They are forced into this situation, lost, confused, and filled with pain, hatred and viciousness. While you, you are conscious, rational, autonomous, and even…”
Thales gulped before he continued to say, “Even if you have been dead for many years, but…”
He paused when he thought of the terrifying souls of the deceased, their whispers and screams caused his head to ache. But later on, they caused him to sink into deep thought.
Thales looked up and said with certainty, “You’re the one who volunteered to watch over this dark and borderless Black Track, and to suppress these increasingly brutal deceased souls, right?
“It was you who has been suppressing this nonsensical curse, and who has stopped them from bringing a terrible outcome to the world, am I right?”
Silver Shadowman still did not say a word. His dark features became more and more tense.
“It has been so many years, but you took it upon yourself to be in this underground place where you see no day or night to guard Dragon Clouds City,” Thales said every word with astonishing respect and excitement. “You have done so in the past, and you will continue to do so in the future.”
Thales bit his lips and called out that name, “Eckstedt.”
Silver Shadowman suddenly looked up!
“You are wrong.” He rejected what Thales said in a cold tone.
Thales was astounded.
“The only difference between me and them is that I got lucky after I died. I received blessings and gifts from a mighty existence.” Silver Shadowman snorted coldly. “Even when I lost my physical form, I was still able to maintain who I was and a few important memories. I was spared from the misfortune of losing my mind. I can also retain my newest memories for a longer time—such as the day we met.”
Silver Shadowman stepped forward, he pressed his hand on Thales’ left shoulder.
“But I can still continue to forget and lose my memories. A few days later, you will disappear from my memories. I will never remember that you were here.”
Thales looked back at the dark and hollow circles where his eyes were supposed to be, and was instantly stunned when he recalled the other person’s extraordinary identity and Thales’ own current situation.
Silver Shadowman appeared to shake his head. “I have never been part of this world. I am, after all, different from you. I will disappear into the air in the end. That is all. There will be nothing more to my life.”
In that moment, the silver rays on Silver Shadowman began to brighten. He let go of Thales and glanced towards the other side.
As he was immersed in the complex emotions of finding out about the other person’s identity, Thales was stunned when he realised that their surroundings had grown dark again.
‘What’s going on?’
He noticed that the ominous black fog reappeared in the cave.
Numerous ghostly faces repeatedly appeared on the cave walls. The souls of the deceased were back.
Thales widened his eyes. ‘What? Did Silver Shadowman not get them…?’
Soon enough, at the spot with the densest black fog, the ever-ferocious and terrifying general of the Empire, Cain Camur Linka, who died many years ago, appeared in front of them for the second time.
“I have mentioned before, Northlander, the more powerful the curse gets, the more likely we will not be wiped out.”
It crawled stiffly out of the cave wall with its shivering limbs. Its aura grew more terrifying. It had no expression on its face and its eyes were dark. The language of the Ancient Empire sounded strange and eerie when it fell out of its lips again.
“You will fail in the end…”
Thales gulped unknowingly and smoothed the goosebumps on his back with his hand. He took one step towards Silver Shadowman’s back.
He said anxiously, “Did you not say that their formidable power was only in relative terms… That they would not defeat you?”
Silver Shadowman’s face twisted. He patted his head, the silver light above him trembled.
“You’re right. But you have to know, that was only…” Silver Shadowman shrugged. He turned his back towards the souls of the deceased that crawled out of the cave walls and said to Thales seriously, “Round one.”
Thales frowned. ‘Round one?’
At that exact moment, the silver rays on Silver Shadowman suddenly flashed!
These silver rays seemed to have a life of their own and formed a line above his head before forming a sentence in the common language, at a spot where Silver Shadowman could not see.
[That’s just an excuse]
…As if it was interpreting Silver Shadowman’s words.
Thales watched the silver words above Silver Shadowman’s head, stupefied. “What?”
Silver Shadowman appeared to have not noticed the silver words that betrayed him.
He crossed his arms over his chest tightly, as if he was not bothered by anything and he could not be moved. His dark features curved into the shape of a crescent moon, which made him look like he was smiling. “You know, it will not be fun if one wins any game too easily. That is why I prefer a ‘best of three’ match. Three rounds, you know? So it is never over with just the first round.”
The silver light above his head flashed and transformed into the next sentence. [He’s just being stubborn]
Thales watched the words above Silver Shadowman’s head. He then glanced over at Silver Shadowman, who had a look that said, “Don’t worry. Everything is under my control”. The corner of his lips twitched a little.
The young prince exhaled and smiled awkwardly. He tried not to look at the words above Silver Shadowman’s head. “Alright. We will have the second round then, like just now. If you try harder, it will be a best of three set.”
Silver Shadowman put down his arm.
“About that…” Silver Shadowman said in a seemingly serious manner, “Since this is a best two out of three set, I think it’s alright if we let our opponent win a few points…”
Thales narrowed his eyes. H looked at the silver words above Silver Shadowman’s head. [Bullsh*t]
Thales looked down with a doubtful expression. “Do you mean to say you cannot deal with them like before?”
Silver Shadowman shivered a little. But he then swung his hand and said, “No way!”
The silver words continued to appear. [You wish]
Silver Shadowman glanced at the souls of the deceased who were crawling towards them again. He still looked cold, but his tone had become much gentler. “But speaking of which, I did not hold back when I threw that punch just now, so it took a bit more energy from me, but to save you, I could not care much about those things…”
The silver words bounced agitatedly. This time, it even had beautifully written punctuation. [Body armor and helmet! To look cool! Look cool! Look cool!]
Thales watched with widened eyes as he looked up and down, feeling awkward as he tried to match Silver Shadowman’s words and the message in those silver words.
‘What’s going on?’
Silver Shadowman seemed to have noticed that something was off. He raised his head swiftly, but the silver light disappeared before that.
Since he did not notice anything, Silver Shadowman scratched his head, baffled. “So, uh… We need to temporarily reorganize ourselves, a bit.”
The silver words appeared above his head again. This time, it was in a much simpler language. [No strength, can’t win.]
“What?” Thales stared at Silver Shadowman in disbelief after he had come to understand something from the information this man and the light provided.
‘Is this person… actually just here to cause trouble?’
The cave became darker.
Cain Camur’s whispers traveled into their ears again. “Come, Northlander… Give up on resisting. Join us…”
The souls of the deceased on the walls started howling again and crawled towards them!
Thales tensed up. “Then what should we do now?”
Silver Shadowman turned to the general of the deceased souls and his tone became stern again. “We should be there soon.”
Thales frowned. “What?”
When they drew closer, the general of the deceased souls’s whispers turned to roars. “Come!”
Silver Shadowman lowered his head and stared at Thales. “Now, activate that supernatural power of yours and lure them.”
Thales shook his head, puzzled. “Super… what?”
This time, Silver Shadowman did not put on a mysterious air. He grabbed Thales shoulders and had silver light surge into Thales’ body while he said in a whisper, “Obviously, I’m talking about the Sin of Hell’s River!”
Thales was shocked. Before he could react to the situation, he felt an indescribable pain and chill erupt at the places where the silver light was!
“Argh…” He could not help but groan.
Under threat, his unique Power of Eradication was activated on its own, and it surged to his shoulder which was seized by Silver Shadowman.
Thales cried out in alarm in his heart.
Just as expected, at the moment the Sin of Hell’s River was activated, the souls of the deceased around them went mad. They would either howl shrilly, or move faster. Under the cover of the thick black fog, they crawled towards Thales!
The prince stared at the sight before him, then looked at Silver Shadowman in shock. “Are you crazy?”
“About that… Why, thank you, young Jadestar. You have a rare supernatural power.” The great person, who had died many years ago, had silver light illuminate his black features. In his voice was a chilling and ferocious tone. “You are a good bait. We can’t let it go to waste now, can we?”
At the same time, the silver light in Silver Shadowman’s body appeared again to form new words on his head.
[You fell into the trap, eh?]
During that instant, when Thales—who had lowered his guard around this person once he learned of his identity—listened to Silver Shadowman’s aloof words and read the words formed by the silver light, he immediately felt his heart freeze.
‘Oh no. No way.’
At this critical moment, he suddenly remembered what the general of the deceased souls told Silver Shadowman.
‘”…The power of the curse… exceeds your imagination… You are already struggling to retain your own sanity… You cannot persevere forever.”‘
Thales stared at Silver Shadowman’s ferocious features incredulously and saw him curl his lips upwards, completely unbothered.
‘If that’s the case, he’s already—’
Before he could finish his thought, the rotten abnormalities, with the general of the deceased souls as their leader, and whom had long since gone mad, moved their limbs and howled shrilly. They ignored the harm brought onto them by the silver light and pounced fiercely on Thales—basking in the Sin of Hell’s River—like a pack of bloodthirsty wolves whose eyes were fixed on their prey.
…And in their eyes, they only saw fresh blood.
Total Chapters in book: 580
Estimated words: 2362673 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 11813(@200wpm)___ 9451(@250wpm)___ 7876(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 2362673 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 11813(@200wpm)___ 9451(@250wpm)___ 7876(@300wpm)
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