Chapter 428 - Dark BladeDark Blade
With his incredibly sensitive mental strength as a level-19 Archmage, Lin Li quickly detected the magical waves his men emitted.
The mages of the Tower of Dusk were hiding amongst the dense bushes then, and perhaps because they had just met with an attack, they seemed slightly sheepish. Those who were more heavily injured even needed the support of others as they could not stand at all. Gerian was unharmed save for the obvious charred marks on his gray robes and the sweaty dirt streaks on his round face. He was panting heavily while he cursed away at the damned adventurers.
Gavin, on the other hand, looked calm as he settled those who were injured before sending out about 10 Warlock’s Eyes to survey the surroundings. After this was done, he divided the remaining mages into two groups to take turns patrolling. He was a man of talent indeed. While he was not very powerful and lacked leadership abilities, he was very meticulous, and almost always made sure he did not leave any loopholes.
After making sure that he did not miss even a single loophole, Gavin sighed before he leaned against a tree tiredly…
“Gavin.” Just then, a familiar figure emerged from amongst the trees, with an unfamiliar old man following closely behind.
“You’re finally here, President Felic…” Gavin heaved a sigh of relief, and went to welcome him happily, at the same time wondering why that old man seemed to have an aura of danger…
Lin Li did not bother doing the introductions after he emerged from amongst the trees; he asked about the situation immediately. “How’s the situation?”
“How could you tell?” Even though Gavin saw through them, the Warrior did not bother refuting his claim, and even looked somewhat proud.
Well, the Dark Blade did have something to be proud of.
The Dark Blade was the most powerful bandit group in the whole Breezy Plains, and even in the whole Felan Kingdom for the last hundreds of years. The Syer Bandits were merely lowly thugs in comparison with the Dark Blade, and could have been exterminated by the Dark Blade if only the latter so wished. Even Vanskore would be considered mediocre in the Dark Blade.
It was said that the Dark Blade was headed by three Legendary powerhouses, just like the Glittergold Trade Union.
It was just that they were much more mysterious in comparison to the bosses of the Glittergold Trade Union as people had yet to see all three of them at once.
Actually, for the past hundred or so years, the Dark Blade had moved on from being just a bandit group. They had influence over the whole Breezy Plains, and had more than 10,000 members; hence, they never resorted to robbing.
However, that did not mean that they would have trouble getting money. It was quite the opposite for them, actually. At their level of influence, they did not have to resort to robbing; instead, their reputation alone was enough for businesses to offer them protection money and bribes. Even big names like the Glittergold Trade Union would work with them occasionally to prevent unnecessary trouble.
Of course, in exchange, the Dark Blade sent men to protect these businesses, and even to escort them sometimes so as to deter foolish bandits from eyeing their wealth.
Their annual earnings alone were more than what the Syer Bandits made in a decade. On top of that, they had ventured into different fields and almost every business. So vast was their wealth that perhaps even the Glittergold Trade Union would not dare belittle them.
Their abilities were even more astounding as they were the Malfa Family’s biggest enemy since they were situated in Aminya as well. All the conflicts that happened between them in the past few hundred years resulted in a deep feud between the two powerful forces.
However, even though the Malfa Family basically controlled Aminya, they still could not do anything about the Dark Blade. In fact, the Dark Blade had gained an upper hand for a period of time, and if not for Cheyenne suddenly breaking into the Legendary-realm, the Malfa Family would have became a myth a long time ago.
Gavin couldn’t help frowning as soon as he thought of the Dark Blade’s reputation, sighing as he thought that President Felic was simply too stubborn for being such a fine young man. He was young, after all, and did not know the virtue of holding back his anger. That was such a great opportunity for them to escape, but it seemed that would be nearly impossible now…
“Alright, enough of this nonsense. I will send you on your way so that I can finish my work for the day…” The Warrior seemed to have lost his patience as he waved at the men behind his back without turning back. “Finish them off. Remember to be quick, or else Young Master will be mad.”
“Why so impatient…” Lin Li shook his head in pity seeing the Warrior so impatient.
Despite his pity, the over 50 people behind the Warrior still came charging at them. One could definitely tell that they were a trained unit now as they were able to stand in a formation surrounding the mages of the Tower of Dusk even in such a confined space.
The Warrior wielding the huge sword started moving, and all they could see was red light. With the help of his Combat Energy, the level-17 Warrior moved at an astounding speed, and a scorching hot aura charged towards them along with a shining red light. It only took a fraction of a second for the red-hot sword to come flying down on Lin Li’s head…
“Oh no…!” Gavin’s heart sank as he watched the sword fall. He thought that President Felic was really in trouble this time. How could he forget the huge taboo for mages: going too close to a high-ranking Warrior’s weapon?! He was basically courting death!
Unfortunately, it was too late for him to remind Lin Li as Gavin watched the sword land….
However, he soon realized that there was no blood splattering where the sword landed, but only a crisp sound as blinding sparks flew. It was as if the sword landed on a sturdy block of steel instead of flesh.
“What!?” Gavin’s eyes were as round as saucers as he realized that there were four rapidly spinning Solar Spheres flying around the young president.
“My god, Elemental Shield! A level-19 Archmage Elemental Shield!”