Chapter 324: Ashby’s Death, Sean’s Serious Injury
By rights, with Sean’s strength, coupled with the assistance of the surrounding 50, 000-strong army intercepting, hunting down those Perfect Realm elders who fled like bereaved dogs should not have taken this long. Yet, something seemed off about Sean’s condition today. His usually cold face was faintly flushed at this moment, veins throbbing at his neck, even the aura within his body had an inexplicable fluctuation. It was as if… he had been injured in the fight!
Seeing Sean approaching, Maclean Lyons and Gloydius and the others immediately went up to him. They naturally noticed something was wrong with Sean and worriedly asked, “General Mason, are you alright?”
“No problem,” Sean casually responded. He passed them by, heading straight for Ashby.
Watching Sean’s retreating figure for a moment, Maclean Lyons, Gloydius and the others looked at each other, all secretly letting out a sigh of relief. A sinister smile of a successful scheme crept up their faces simultaneously. It seemed that those Perfect Realm elders around Ashby didn’t die in vain. Indeed, they had caused a significant fluctuation in Sean’s condition.
With this, things should be much easier to handle!
Sean strode up to Ashby, looking down at him, and snorted, “How does it feel, Prince?”
“You’ve planned everything out. Did you ever think you would end up like this? Did you think your father would let a rebellious son like you take control of Fort South so easily? Did you think your father would be ignorant of your little schemes? Did you think you were the only one who had silently won over the tiger generals under Fergus Archer’s command in Fort South?”
“Hehe,” Sean laughed. He pulled out the two tokens of Lynx and Cheetah again, casually tossing them onto Ashby, and coldly said, “They were the ones truly loyal to you, keen on cooperating with you. And you, like a foolish pig, only wanted to kill them quickly. Wake up. The king let you die in Fort South, die at my hands, and gave you the merit of defending the country and borders. That was his final act of kindness. Also your last dignity as a son!”
With the situation having progressed this far, there was no need for further secrecy. Sean wanted to let Ashby know that it was King Ron who wanted his life, let him die miserably amidst anger and resentment.
Gloydius followed him. He pulled out two other tokens and also threw them on Ashby, saying, “These two are the real tokens of Lynx and Cheetah, just found on their bodies. Speaking of which, we have to thank you, Prince, for your plotting, which helped us eliminate these two traitors.”
Plotting? This word for Ashby was now a huge irony and humiliation. He thought he was very smart, thought he had made a wonderful chess move, but he didn’t know that all his plans were actually within King Ron’s plan. His so-called brilliant move was actually within King Ron’s chessboard.
King Ron was the real puppeteer, who controlled the entire world without leaving the palace. From the beginning to the end, he was just a pawn in King Ron’s hands. Now, his game was over. He had gone from being a pawn to a discarded piece, and his life had come to an end.
Father, how cruel you are! How cruel! So, when you said we would never meet again in this life, you meant for me to die!
After understanding all this, it was impossible for Ashby to harbor no resentment towards King Ron. However, in front of Sean, in front of Maclean Lyons, in front of Gloydius and the others, in front of these traitors who had deceived him, he did not show it. He gritted his teeth, coldly stared at Gloydius, and asked, “Are all three of you my father’s men?”
“I guess you could say that!”
Gloydius nodded and said, “We obeyed the Padishah’s order, played along with your plans, intentionally got close to you, agreed to work with you, hid by your side, and gained your trust!”
“Simply!”
“To understand your every move, and when the time is right, to eliminate you!”
In other words, from the moment Ashby secretly contacted Fergus Archer, the moment he first had rebellious thoughts, King Ron knew. And before him, King Ron had already prepared a strategy in Fort South!
Originally, King Ron’s target should have been Fergus Archer!
Surprisingly, Ashby colluded with Fergus Archer and directly crossed King Ron’s line of fire!
“So that’s how it is!”
“So that’s how it is!”
“So!”
“That’s how it is!!!”
At this moment, Ashby felt an indescribable sadness in his heart, a feeling more tragic than death. From the day he became the crown prince, from the day he took over the East Palace, he had set his next goal on the throne in the imperial city!
And now! The cruel reality was teaching him a bloody lesson. The efforts and struggles of these years were all a joke, his fate had been predetermined, yet he had always been kept in the dark, like a big fool thinking he was clever!
Isn’t this tragic?
Taking a deep breath, Ashby still somewhat unwillingly asked, “What benefits did my father give you? What made you so loyal to him?”
“To replace Fergus Archer?”
“The position of the Beast King of Fort South?”
“I’ve said before!”
“If you help me become the King of Fort South, the Lord of the Barbarians, I will definitely reuse you. One day, we will march north and conquer the entire world!”
“Could it be!”
“The conditions offered by my father are better than mine???”
Ashby couldn’t understand!
He really couldn’t understand how King Ron, with his core damaged, unable to leave the imperial city, unable to step out of the Hall of Throne, managed to strategize across the world, win people’s hearts?
And he! Despite his sincerity, ended up in a tragic situation of betrayal and isolation???
“You?”
In response to Ashby’s question, Gloydius snorted coldly and said, “You’re not worthy!”
“Fort South!”
“Is our barbarian’s Fort South!”
“The King of Fort South, the Lord of the Barbarians, must be one of our barbarians. A fool like you is not qualified!”
Fool! In just a few minutes, Ashby had been called a “fool” several times. Maclean Lyons called him a “fool”, Sean called him a “stupid pig”, and now, Gloydius called him a “fool” again!
Different names, but all contained the word “fool”!
However, in the current situation, Ashby didn’t bother to care about those anymore. “Foolish so be it,” he mocked himself, “You’re right, I am very foolish!”
“Foolish like a pig!”
“But!”
“Don’t think you’re very clever, don’t think that by killing me, you can control Fort South, and rise to power as you wish!”
“No one knows the man in the imperial city better than I do. Whether it’s me or you, we are all his chess pieces on the chessboard, no one can escape his manipulation!”
“I’m dead!”
“You won’t live long either!”
“So!”
“I’ll die first today, wait for you in the underworld, in the hell, wait to see your end!”
“Ha-ha!”
“Ha ha ha ha ha…”
After finishing speaking, Ashby suddenly laughed out loud like a madman. While laughing, he kept spewing blood from his mouth! It was quite tragic!
However, Sean would not pity him just because of his misery. On the contrary, this was the exact effect Sean wanted!
So, Sean declared sternly, “You know enough already. Now, go wait in the underworld!” After saying this, Sean stepped forward and thrust his Wolf’s Massacre into the ground next to Ashby. He then jerked it upwards, sending Ashby’s body flying into the air, soaring over ten meters high!
In the next moment, Sean, holding his Wolf’s Massacre, leapt into the air after him. He caught up with Ashby, in front of Maclean Lyons, Gloydius, and the 50, 000 strong army, as well as the barbarian army who had finished their battle. He raised his Wolf’s Massacre and brutally slashed at Ashby’s body.
In an instant, there were flashes of swords and a rain of blood!
“Ahh!”
“Ahhhhhhhhhh!!!”
Alongside Ashby’s horrific screams, his right foot was swiftly chopped into small chunks by Wolf’s Massacre and sprayed all around.
Then came his right leg, left foot, left leg, arms, and abdomen!
Sean chose not to kill Ashby with one strike, but instead, in almost a torturous manner, cut off slabs of his flesh and bone, one after another, ensuring Ashby would stay alive.
This hysterical pain was far more terrifying than death!
If anyone was to blame, it could only be that Ashby was King Ron’s son!!
After killing Ashby, Sean was prepared for the fact that King Ron’s next target would be him, and was ready to risk his life. But before that, he naturally prepared a grand gift for King Ron.
It took half a minute for Sean to end Ashby’s unbearable pain. The screams came to an abrupt halt, and his pale body slowly disappeared, leaving only a blood-splattered head floating in the air before falling.
Thud!
Ashby’s head landed where he had just lain, rolling a few meters like a red ball and stopping at the feet of Maclean Lyons and Gloydius!
His face, smeared with fresh blood, was filled with fear, regret, anger, and agony!
However, Maclean Lyons, Gloydius, and the others didn’t lower their heads to look at Ashby’s head, not even a glance. All their eyes were fixed on Sean, who was standing proudly in mid-air.
Their faces were solemn.
The reason was simple! With Ashby killed by Sean, their first task was accomplished. The next task was to capture Sean. Therefore, Sean’s current state was extremely crucial to them!
Practitioners of the Bright Realm are damn terrifying!
If Sean was unharmed and still at full combat strength, even if these Perfect Realm practitioners rushed him, they would likely be no match!Content is © 2024 NôvelDrama.Org.
Puff!
A moment later, something that they had been anticipating, and was a pleasant surprise, happened. Sean, who was in mid-air, suddenly spewed out a mouthful of blood. It seemed he had been severely injured, and his burly figure began to wobble.
He only held out for about ten seconds!
After ten seconds, Sean finally couldn’t hold on and fell from mid-air. With a thud, he knelt on one knee, his right hand tightly holding Wolf’s Massacre, using it as support, inserted it into the ground, just barely managing to keep himself from collapsing.
“General Mason!!!”
Seeing this, Maclean Lyons and Gloydius exchanged glances. They saw undisguised joy in each other’s eyes, but pretended to be frightened. They turned into two fleeting shadows and rushed towards Sean.
“General Mason!”
When he arrived at Sean’s side, Maclean Lyons asked, “How are you?”
“Are you okay?”
As he spoke, Maclean Lyons and Gloydius, one on his left and one on his right, supported Sean’s arm and helped him stand up.
“Just a minor injury!”
“I won’t die!”
Sean shook his head, sounding nonchalant.
However! The moment he lifted his head, Maclean Lyons and Gloydius distinctly saw that his face was showing obvious purplish black, extremely hideous, and the veins in his neck were bulging out like branches of thorns, dense and shocking to the eye!
Seeing this scene! Maclean Lyons and Gloydius had the same thought in their minds!
The time! Had come! It was now!!!
So! Just as Sean was about to steady himself and step away to pick up Ashby’s head, the next moment, a sudden change occurred!
Hum!
Hum!!!
Accompanied by two sudden sounds of breaking through the air, Maclean Lyons and Gloydius attacked simultaneously without warning, their fists imbued with robust dark energy, directly smashing towards Sean’s abdomen and chest!
Fast!
Too fast!!!
Close!
Too close!!!
Such speed, such proximity, even a Bright Realm practitioner like Sean couldn’t react in time, everything happened in milliseconds!
Boom!!!
The massive impact sounded like a thunderclap out of nowhere, shaking the air!
Behold! Under the joint attack of Maclean Lyons and Gloydius, Sean’s newly steadied body was immediately blasted flying backward. Before he even hit the ground, a mouthful of fresh blood was spewed out, like a blood arrow in mid-air, stretching more than a meter long! He was blasted nearly twenty meters away!
Sean immediately activated the slightly disordered bright energy in his core, just managing to soothe his internal organs that were in turmoil like a raging sea, so he wouldn’t continue to bleed!
Thud!
After landing, Sean rolled forward a few more meters, forcefully stuck Wolf’s Massacre into the ground, and managed to maintain the same posture as before, kneeling on one knee!
This time! Even kneeling on one knee, his body couldn’t help but sway slightly, like a candle in the wind or flowers on a wall, one light blow would extinguish it or topple it over!!!
Whoosh!
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh…
Having scored a hit, giving Sean no time or chance to catch his breath, the generals under Maclean Lyons, as well as the tribal elders around Gloydius, rushed towards Sean, surrounding him tightly in the center!
Then! Maclean Lyons’ triumphant laughter rang out: “Hahahaha…”
“General Mason!”
“King of the North!”
“How about that, didn’t expect this, did you?”
As he spoke! Maclean Lyons and Gloydius, too, walked towards Sean, saying as they walked: “Sorry, the secret order I received was not just to assist you in executing Ashby!”
“There’s another one!”
“That is, after you’ve fulfilled your wish and personally executed Ashby, to take you down and send you back to the capital for questioning!”
“As for your crime!”
“His Highness the Crown Prince, wise and brave, fought courageously against the enemy, went through great hardships, and finally quelled the chaos of Fort South. But you, colluding with the tribes of Fort South, plotted against the Crown Prince!”
“This crime!”
“Is tantamount to treason, deserving of ten thousand deaths!!!”