Chapter 569 - v3c341 (1/2)
v3c341
Glory(5)
“You think she can stop me?” William asked coldly.
Brendel laughed in his mind as he heard William use the p.r.o.noun ‘she’ instead of ‘he’ in the Kirrlutz tongue. He sure is a clueless fellow who can’t differentiate men with women. He looked up at William and he replied, “You can try~”
With that, Brendel raised his hand and one of the Grimoires disappeared from the battlefield.
He removed it.
And reshuffled all the cards from the Graveyard back into his deck.
In that same instance, Brendel once again unleashed Tempest, and the Nightmare Furnaces immediately shot a bolt of black lightning at William; however, William seemed to have been preparing for this moment, and snorted, “Petty tricks!” He flashed to the right, dodging the lightning storm and appeared next to Brendel with a sword on his neck.
“Brendel! Look out!” Orthylss warned.
Brendel’s heart chilled. The slash was so fast Orthylss’s voice barely ended, Brendel could feel the cold edge on his neck.
So fast!
William moved twice for his sword to reach Brendel’s neck, but it had surpa.s.sed the limit of a normal person’s perception. Everyone present, including Princess Gryphine behind Brendel, only saw the moment he pulled out the blade.
It was as if he had been standing there all along, like the blade was meant to cut down Brendel’s neck without any mistake.
“Ah!” Princess Gryphine’s face turned pale.
But to William’s pity, the head that was supposed to be chopped off did not exist. On the contrary, all he saw was the fading shadow of Brendel in front of him. And then, Brendel suddenly appeared behind him, Halran Gaia cutting down right at his shoulder.
Clang!
William did not glance back, but as if he knew Brendel was right behind him, he threw the longsword in his hand backward, parrying Brendel’s attack.
The two swords clashed and sparks splashed in all directions.
“This….Nine Luminaries Sword Art” Although he blocked the attack easily, his expression was morphed completely. Stunned faintly, He shouted, “How could you–!”
But before the words could even be heard, The ground below him began to rumble. William’s face changed once more. Antic.i.p.ating the danger, he hurriedly leapt upwards, only to see a sharp spear of rock breaking out from under his feet. As if following suit, countless spikes ‘clattered’ together to form a forest of sharp rocks underneath him. If William had not reacted in time, he would have been ripped to shreds.
“The Sword of Earth!”
Even without William shouting it out, everyone knew what they were looking at. Oberwei, Princess Gryphine, and even the cadets of the Royal Cavalry Academy, who mostly came from n.o.ble families, had more or less heard of the legend of the Sword of the Earth a long time ago.
As long as the Holy Sword remains connected to Gaia; as long as it is above the surface of the earth, it can unleash the endless power of Gaia…
That Holy Sword was Halran Gaia.
It was William’s turn to feel his heart freeze. Previously, he only knew that Brendel was a descendant of Sword Saint Darius, but never did he expect this frail man to contain that many secrets. Alliances with Nagas and Druids; overwhelming strength; summoning abilities. And now, even the Dragon’s Descendant and the Sword of Earth was on his side!
This man is only getting more troublesome to deal with. I have to get rid of him quickly!
But just as the thought flashed through his mind, he saw Brendel, who was not far away, hurried back as soon as he picked up the princess of Aouine. And of course, not forgetting to lift his head and snicker at William.
Are you mocking me?
f.u.c.k!
With the uneasiness in his mind, he looked down. Sure enough, he saw something glittering on the topmost rock spike– it was a crystal.
Bam!
With a loud bang, the entire ground in the forest shook, and a blinding light rose from the canopy of the black pine forest. Then a powerful shockwave split the upright pines in the blink of an eye, forming a huge deep pit in the middle of the fallen pine trees at the woodland of Anker Mountain’s foot.
From the smoldering smoke in the middle of the pit, William stood at the bottom of the pit. While he was not blown to death, he was not unscathed: his armor was scorched black and the golden-red cloak was also blown to bits. And he totally fitted the description of a beggar!
What puzzled him, though, was how Brendel predicted his own attacks.
Even Orthylss was bewildered.
Finally, she could not hold her doubt much longer and asked, “ You were not bad just now. Back then… when Her Majesty the Wind Empress fought the Flame King Gretel, she also used the Nine Luminaries Sword Art to evade his Flash Strike Sword Art. But how did you guess that he would attack from your left side?”
“Because he’s left-handed,” Brendel replied. While others were not familiar with William, how could he be? For Her Royal Highness’s, he had fought for her countless times against that b.a.s.t.a.r.d.
“You…you’re very cunning, Brendel.”
“It’s the teacher that taught me well.”
“I didn’t teach you that.”
“There is an old saying in Nine Phoenix: A master is only a guide, but the person’s cultivation depends on himself” Brendel smiled slightly.
“…….” Orthylss was speechless.
Although Brendel was bickering in a frisky manner with Orthlyss, he was still aware of William’s presence. In fact, right after the explosion, he then immediately put down her Royal Highness and pulled himself out of the ma.s.ses. “Mr. Brendel!” Princess Gryphine called out. And just as soon as she saw Brendel leaving, the Paladins’ deputy head soon caught up with him.
But this time, Morpheus was in his way.
Meanwhile, Brendel used Glory once more.
The Echelonius Weaver with the Nightmare Furnace’s cooldown was reset once more. Meanwhile, using Tempest and Glory twice got him another two Breaking Dawn Cards, as well as something that excited him even more–
Anrolda’s Divine Ring.
Here we go.
Brendel raised his head.