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 360: The Raven and the Snow Blade (One)
Translator:
EndlessFantasy Translation
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Nicholas furrowed his eyebrows. “I don’t understand, White Blade Guards gave you everything…”
Monty shook his head and interrupted him, “Of course you don’t understand.”
“You are the person selected by Kaslan, the future commander that he hopes to cultivate, and the one who was to become the existence who could hold the war banner for the White Blade Guards in the future.”
His breathing became faster. He pushed his right hand firmly against the ground and dragged his hand across the surface. He looked at Nicholas, and his eyes were full of grief and injustice. “Soray Nicholas, you are the glorious, shining Snow Blade, how can you understand this saprophagous dirty raven like me?”
“Yes, White Blade Guards gave us everything, but Kaslan… he didn’t give us the freedom of choice.”
As he listened to Monty’s strange words, rage burned in Nicholas’ heart. “If you talk about him again——”
But Monty interrupted him unceremoniously!
“You knew nothing about Kaslan!”
The Raven of Death spat on the ground, and there was fury in his eyes. “Do you think that you have to help him protect his last reputation because you are his successor?
“Bullshi*t!”
Nicholas was furious and was about to speak, but Monty continued on, stopping the Star Killer from speaking.
“On the second day we officially joined the team…”
Monty suppressed his emotions and said faintly, “Kaslan suddenly said to me that he felt that I was very talented in scouting. After Lyken the Coward died, the guards were short of scouts. There was a secret mission during that night, and he asked me whether I would you like to try it?”
Nicholas’ cheeks moved slightly. He remembered this. He remembered the other people’s envious expressions and the jealousy filled words when Kaslan said this to Monty, as well as the uncontrollable excitement and exhilaration on Big Mouth’s face.
‘But…’
Nicholas looked at Monty’s gaze, filled with complicated emotions, and subconsciously closed his mouth.
“That night, there was no moon…”
The Raven of Death whispered. He spoke in a tone as if he was telling children a story from a long time ago. “Kaslan took me and some other senior guards with him. We covered our faces, and I went on to perform my first task after I joined the White Blade Guards.”
A light that caused Nicholas to shudder appeared in Monty’s eyes. “A merchant had in his hands something that caught the king’s interest. We were to search for this item in secret…”
Monty paused for a moment, then ended his sentence with an indifferent tone,
“…And kill his entire family.”
The sun was covered by a cloud, shadows were cast at the spot between the two people.
The shadows brought about a barely discernible chilliness.
“What?”
Nicholas became pale. “You?”
Monty’s shoulders shook, his facial features quivered. He laughed as he leaned against a rock,
“Ha ha ha.” His breathing was extremely inconsistent, and his speech rate was at times fast, but at other times, slow. He sounded like someone who had just been rescued from being drowned.
“In the middle of the night, with my face covered, I killed people and set things on fire, it’s hard to imagine, right? Especially for Nicholas the mighty leader. The White Blade Guards is a beautiful existence. Protecting others is your most sacred duty.”
Nicholas did not speak. He just stared at the ground blankly.
“The moon was very dark that night, and even the people’s blood we spilled was black. Faces could not be seen clearly.”
Monty sucked in a deep breath and shuddered slightly. His eyes quivered, “I was keeping a lookout. I didn’t do anything.
“But Kaslan, Dominic, and others… the well-respected seniors in White Blade Guards stood by the dead bodies and held their torches in their hands. With their numb eyes, uncovered by the mask, they left a special privilege for me to serve as the most unique ceremony for me to join their team. I was to kill the last living person.
“An old woman dying on her bed.”
Nicholas, who listened quietly, could only felt a chill in his heart.
“They settled the ‘difficult’ ones, the unarmed children and women, and left her for me. They probably thought that I am a newcomer and that I should start with something easy. I would slowly get used to it. She was dying soon anyway.”
Monty laughed drily and faintly.
“But Kaslan and the others did not know that the expression before I killed her was totally different from the one before my grandmother died.
“Of course, maybe I remembered it wrongly. After all, I killed so many… My memory towards my first kill is already very blurry.”
But Monty’s smile still faded away, and his eyes were calm. “But they did not know.
“They did not know.”
Nicholas did not speak. He just stared at the man, and as the person who was supposed to protect his fellow White Blade Guards, the Star Killer did not know how to respond to Monty’s words at that moment.
Monty took a deep breath and watched the clouds slowly float away. The light from the hot sun shone on the ground again, casting the duo in light.
“Just like that, Spiky, before the light from the Bright Moon Goddess and with the snow as your witness, all of you held your white blades high above your heads. You drank your wine, you drank your blood and swore an oath to become the White Blade Guards.”
The Raven of Death then said plainly,
“And I… I am in the deepest darkness. Before the torches burning with faint light, before my seniors’ profound gazes, I, too, lifted my blade high, drank blood serving as wine, and had a severed head serving as a witness… I became another kind of White Blade Guard, the kind that lives in the dark.
“I don’t even know if my hilt is the customary snow white hilt of the White Blade Guards.
“Because that night was too dark. I could not even see the color at all. I couldn’t even recognize the blood of the old woman’s neck, and I don’t know if the blade in my hand is a white blade,”
Nicholas sighed, “F*ck.”
“After a long time, I realized that the White Blade Guards of Dragon Clouds City has been doing this kind of work secretly, much earlier than we imagined. ‘Beyond the shiny and tough Snow Blades, there will always be someone who has to throw away their moral limits, dirty their hands, and do the filthy work.’ This was Kaslan’s original words.”
Monty panted a couple of times. The red in his eyes became more obvious.
“But they are old, a new generation was also needed for the ugly side of the White Blade Guards, and Kaslan needed fresh blood as well as a successor.
“I wasn’t going to become an elite scout and a sentinel at the frontlines, but to become a killer who is not afraid of tainting his hands with blood, a cold blade that would not be swayed by anything, a tool with no moral limits and no principles.”
The Raven of Death lifted his head up swiftly!
He stretched out his hands and hit his own chest softly.
“And Kaslan chose me from all those people.”
Monty gritted his teeth with a miserable and bleak expression,
“He chose me.”
The wind moaned.
The two seriously injured men were silent.
“From that day on, I put down the Snow Blade, put on my crossbow and put on a mask.” Monty glared at Nicholas with his half burnt face, clenched his teeth, and said, “I became an ominous black raven chasing death and carrion.”
Nicholas slumped into the ground, “Why, Big Mouth? Why didn’t you tell me these things?”
“Tell you?” The Raven of Death sucked in a sharp breath and laughed. His laughter was bleak.
“What can you do? Spiky?
“Do this work with me? Or beg Kaslan to let me go, and pretend that all these things that can’t be made known to the public did not happen before?”
Nicholas shut his eyes tightly.
On the other side, the unconscious Thales groaned in pain.
Monty smiled coldly. “You don’t know… This isn’t as simple as the work of the guards who were posted to the countryside. It’s not as simple as standing guard at the guard post every single day, sweeping the floor at the guardpost, accompanying the nobles out to hunt, and occasionally sending a letter or running errands.”
He struggled to furl up his right fist.
“Nuven was a very ambitious person, he did not just want to be a king in Dragon Clouds City. The Secret Room, which stood on neutral ground and had limited abilities, could not satisfy his expectations. What he needed was not spies, not guards, not even soldiers, but a blade, a vicious person manipulating others behind the scenes, a group of cruel mercenaries with no moral limits and who were absolutely loyal to him, who would fulfill his ambitions for him without any questions.
“Kaslan was one of them, and I am his successor.”
Nicholas was silent, and he kept thinking of Kaslan before his death.
He recalled the complex Iceberg, the stern Iceberg, the laughing Iceberg, the sorrowful Iceberg, and, the moment before his death, the relieved Iceberg.
He once wondered whether it was because he could not mature fast enough that caused him to be unable to share the burden on Kaslan’s shoulders.
Which led to that sort of tragedy happening in the end.
But he suddenly understood it today.
There was another person who shared Kaslan’s burden.
Monty looked at his own fist. “For more than twenty years, I went to places you can never imagine, met people you cannot dream of, did things you wouldn’t think of, and dyed my hands with blood of people you cannot picture.
“The killing is the most insignificant portion of the things I did.
“I remembered that after the battle in the deep valley, we were injured, and we were both drinking in the Alliance of Freedom’s military camp,” the Raven of Death said with a bitter smile. “You complained that you were bored of guarding the palace gates every single day, and you were envious of me because I could go out on missions all the time…”
Nicholas furrowed his eyebrow, “I…”
“But what do you even know…” Monty shook his head.
He looked bitter, and there was the ghost of a smile on his face. “While you were guarding the palace gates, bored out of your mind, training, and even traveling long distances to fight hard battles…
“Every day, every night, every minute, every second, I have to wear masks of different colors, don the same dark cloak, walk in the shadows, run in puddles of blood, kill, kidnap, deceive, loot, threaten, pry, snipe, poison, provoke, r*pe, torture, interrogate… I’ve done almost all the filthy work you can think of.
“As long as it was a task that would bring benefits, killing people was a common occurrence for me. I never faltered, be it young children or old people. In order to survive, lies were my habits. I could no longer tell who was my sword oath brothers or my family members.”
Monty’s face became tense. He clenched his right fist tightly.
“From Camus to Constellation, from Golden Passage to Thornland. I mixed into crowds to act as a spy. I worked as a scout for those at the frontlines. I became a bandit who killed others to snatch their goods. I became a criminal who performed heinous crimes. I became a killer who assassinated my targets from the distance. I became a scout who snuck into enemy camps. I became a spy who incited war. For King Nuven, I became whatever he wanted me to become. I did all the things I did to serve the one in power. After Kaslan retired, the things I had to do became worse.
“In fact, I have proven that I am the best tool because I was able to abandon my conscience and morality. In the years of calling myself a White Blade Guard and in my years of service, I have killed countless political opponents, created countless opportunities, and incited three wars. Nuven was very satisfied with me. He even handed me to Prince Soria, hoping that I would become the latter’s right arm when he is crowned in the future, and that I would become his royal assassin.”
Monty lowered his head, but lifted his gaze. He stared at Nicholas as he gasped for air like a man who was about to die from being hanged, and said,
“Do you understand now?
“You do not know Kaslan, Spiky. Because I am the one closest to him.”
Nicholas felt gloomy. He did not utter a word.
The Raven of Death slowly lifted his left palm and covered the left half of his face.
“Kaslan Lampard, the person you admired the most, King Nuven’s most trusted man, had two faces while he served the man in power.”
He showed a relaxed smile on the right half of his face. When he spoke, he had the usual tone of the brown-haired knight who spoke without filter and was rude as a ruffian, just like how he spoke many years ago.
“One of his faces allowed him to hold a white blade and protect the kingdom and Dragon Clouds City.”
Monty gently moved his left palm to cover the right half of his face, thereby exposing the left side of his face. His smile gradually disappeared. His gaze was cold and fierce. Along with his charred chin to his left, he looked incredibly ferocious.
“His other face was covered in blood. It spread darkness and shadows across the country.”
Nicholas looked at him in a daze and could not help but loosen his grip around the stone in his pocket.
He remembered the words that were engraved on the stone.
[Kaslen protacts Talia.]
Monty gently lowered his palm. There was no longer any expression on his face.
He looked cold and stiff, as if there was nothing about him that made him human.
“Under the big flag called ‘for Eckstedt’, Kaslan was caught between the two faces. He suffered for life and could not get himself out of this situation.”
Nicholas shuddered slightly.
Monty snorted coldly. “Maybe he did not want to repeat the tragedy, maybe he was fed up with everything, so he… hng… when he was passing down the legacy of the White Blade Guards, when he was training the latest batch of newcomers…”
He stared at his old friend before him.
“The Ground-Shaker Kaslan, the invincible Kaslan, he tore the contradiction himself. With his own hands, he ripped his duality apart… shedding blood everywhere.”
Nicholas stopped breathing for a moment.
The Raven of Death slowly stretched out his index finger and pointed at the Star Killer.
His eyes were focused on him, as if he was aiming at him before drawing his crossbow.
“He gave you the bright half.”
He looked serious and said, “Soray Nicholas, Star Killer, who built his career before the Broken Dragon Fortress.
“The leader of the White Blade Guards, the flag that never falls, the indestructible iron wall. You are the successor of his high hopes, like the alpha wolf leading the future of the White Blade Guards, and like a snow eagle’s wings protecting the Northland in the snow.”
The Star Killer did not speak.
A breeze blew against them again, and a thin cloud covered the sunlight. The land became dark, and the two people were cast under a shadow.
Monty retracted his finger, while it was furled halfway, he slowly turned his hand’s direction before he used his index finger to point at his own chest.
Although the corners of his mouth were curled upward, the emotions in his eyes were extremely complex and unfathomable,
“And he gave me the dark and filthy side.”
He smiled mischievously and whispered, “Nate Monty, the Raven of Death, cast in a boundless hell, struggling to survive in it.
“The unnamed killer, the beast in human skin, the cold-blooded blade, the scum with his hands drenched in blood, the ladder of power covering the throne like the shadow under a cloud, and the worms chasing after the rotten meat and the foul smell in the sewer.”
The smile on the Raven of Death’s face became broader.
“We are the two faces of the Ground Shaker Kaslan.
“We are the legacy and rebirth of that legendary existence.
“We inherited his glory…” Monty sucked in a deep breath of the burnt scent from the charred ground, as if he was tasting the freshest air.
“…and his endless sin.”
Nicholas had an anguished and complex expression. He could not speak for a long time.
Monty just looked at the sky with a smile, as if it that was his hometown.
“Ugh…”
Not far away, Thales groaned in pain while he was laying on the ground. It was as if he was going through unbearable torment.
Nicholas frowned at the prince.
At this moment, Monty suddenly moved his right hand!
*Puff!*
As that sound appeared, a black crossbow flew into the air. It was dragged by a very thin wire behind Monty. He dragged it over a low rock, and the crossbow flew into the hands of Raven of Death.
The Star Killer’s expression changed!
“Shit!”
The battle started again, the two men who recovered their strengths practically sprang into action at the same time!
Nicholas struggled up from the ground. With the saber in hand, he rushed towards Monty, even though he did so with a limp.
The Raven of Death gritted his teeth while sitting on the ground. He put his foot on the trigger of the crossbow, ignored the injury on his hand and drew the string with all his strength.
The Star Killer rushed to the area one meter away from Monty. But right at that moment, the Raven of Death tumbled on the ground with a leg serving as his axis, and he avoided Nicholas’ first attack laboriously and in a disheveled fashion!
He also kicked up a lot of dust. He narrowed his eyes due to the shock from Nicholas.
Monty’s expression was unpleasant, the roll had worsened his injury.
With a loud snap, he finished nocking the crossbow.
The Raven of Death calmly pulled his foot out of the trigger of the crossbow.
Nicholas tensed!
Sh*t!
The Star Killer did not hesitate. He activated whatever remained of his Power of Eradication, and roared while he pounced at the Raven of Death in the smoke!
Monty, on the other hand, laboriously lifted his crossbow and directed the long arrow at the Star Killer.
One was on the ground, and the other in the air. The two people at the end had ferocious expressions. They were only one meter apart. Their blades and arrows faced each other!
At the next moment.
*Clang!*
This was the sound of the blade striking the crossbow.
Nichlas stared at the enemy in front of him and breathed a sigh of relief. He finally hit Monty’s weapon before his opponent shot the arrow.
For some reason, the black crossbow did not break despite it facing the Rising Sun Saber, but no matter what, its trajectory had been diverted.
*Swoosh!*
This was the sound of the arrow leaving the bowstring.
An arrow flew past Nicholas’s face with a loud whistle, shooting towards a spot no one could see.
*Thunk!*
Nicholas knocked into the feeble Monty with a knee, causing him to cough up blood. Monty dropped back to the ground. His only weapon, his crossbow, flew out of his hand and landed far away.
“F*ck!”
The Star Killer roared in exasperation, then limped backwards and leaned against a rock before falling down.
“You just don’t give up, do you?!”
Monty, with his face covered with blood, tried to lifted his head and smile while he was on the ground.
Nicholas felt that something was not right after he saw his expression!
*Schick… Thunk!*
Without warning, Nicholas seemed to be shoved by an invisible arm, and the man crashed against the rock before he was pinned against it.
*Clang!*
A few clear sounds rose up. The Rising Sun Saber flew a few meters away, fell to the ground, and the reddish blade gradually cooled down.
“Ahh—”
The Star Killer let out a pained cry filled with grief.
He lowered his head in disbelief, and saw a slightly longer arrow than what Monty used before. It first shot through his left forearm, then through his left upper arm, and finally stopped at his left shoulder, firmly nailing the Star Killer to the rock wall!
‘What… What happened?’
The pain from his arm to his shoulder made him almost unable to move. Nicholas, drenched in cold sweat, stared at the arrow in shock, then looked at the smiling Monty, ‘Didn’t he miss the shot?
‘And didn’t I… Didn’t I avoid it?’
“Ah…” the Raven of Death spat out a mouthful of blood, trembled while he tried to get up, but in the end, fell again, “I forgot to introduce to you something.”
But Monty still let out a cold snort when he stared at Nicholas, who had shock and anger on his face while he was pinned to the rock by the arrow. He pointed at the unremarkable black crossbow in the distance.
The Star Killer’s expression changed when he shifted his gaze to the direction he pointed and saw the crossbow.
“This tattered thing never hits its target.” Monty’s face darkened. He spat on the ground while he stared at the crossbow laying on the ground. He seemed to regard it with extreme disdain. “But it has also never missed its prey. It exists to torture every single one of its master.”
Nicholas endured the severe pain in his body and was filled with extreme indignation. He cast a puzzled and confused look at the weapon.
“A legendary anti-mystic equipment.”
The Raven of Death said in slight dissatisfaction,
“The Crossbow of Time.”
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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