Chapter 169
Chapter 169: Premeditated partnership
Han Shuo’s magical prowess had increased in recent times due to his advancement to the true demon realm, and his mental strength had also advanced by leaps and bounds due to the strengthening of his brain. He’d already fully grasped all the magics that a journeyman necromancer should know.
Having received all of Clarendon’s memories, Han Shuo’s understanding of necromancy magics had taken a giant leap forward. He’d received knowledge of many difficult to grasp concepts thanks to Clarendon’s decades of experience, so his magic was brought to new heights.
Han Shuo now felt that his mental strength was much greater than before, and since he’d fully grasped all of the journeyman magics, he planned on taking the next step forward. He’d made a promise to Fanny to officially be in a relationship with her when he reached adept status. This proved to be a great impetus for Han Shuo.
Since he had some free time now, Han Shuo remained within the secret room and made use of the time to meditate and to sort through Clarendon’s reflections.
As Han Shuo continued to practice the advanced magic, “Acid Bog”, Han Shuo felt that he was expending too much mental strength and temporarily halted his practice.
His eyes flicked around at this moment and rested on Belinda, who sat in a drug induced coma. A thought struck him as he walked over to Belinda’s side, placing a hand on her back and slowly circulated his magical yuan, extending one tendril into her body.
It was precisely because of the harsh reforging his body had undergone that Han Shuo was incredibly familiar with the construction of the human body. As the magical yuan flowed into Belinda’s body, Han Shuo concentrated and could feel the trail of the magical yuan as it traveled through her body.
As Han Shuo focused his attention in this matter, he quickly discovered that there was a numbing medicine within Belinda’s body. It was like an anaesthetic that could stimulate the nerves to make one spontaneously faint, making it difficult for them to be awoken.
When Han Shuo detected the effects of this medicine, he smoothed out his breathing and used a bit of magical yuan to slowly circulate through Belinda’s body. He used the power of the magical yuan to absorb this medicine and collect it into the palm of his hand.
“So you’re the one who killed Clarendon. You must be one of Bob Ascher’s men!” Belinda’s gaze focused on the white bone staff before shifting to Han Shuo a while later.
Shaking his head, Han Shuo responded. “I’m not of the Gryphon Legion. On the contrary, I actually have a bone to settle with them. If it hadn’t been for my help when Clarendon came to assassinate Clark, Clark might not have died, but Clarendon was killing whoever he saw. I happened to see him summon the three eyed demon god Ansidesi, and was forced to defend myself when he wanted to kill me.”
“You’re really not one of Bob Ascher’s men?” Belinda was very surprised when he heard Han Shuo’s words and urgently asked for confirmation.
“Of course, you’re now my prisoner and I have no reason to lie to you.” Han Shuo nodded his head in confirmation.
“You said just now that you also tried to kill Clark. This means you’re enemies with Bob Ascher?” Appearing a bit excited, Belinda’s soft voice charged with emotion as she asked urgently.
Nodding his head again, Han Shuo responded with a smile. “That’s right, to be more accurate, Clark died by my hands and not Clarendon’s. My goal in coming to Valen City this time is also to move against Bob Ascher.”
“That’s wonderful! Since our goals are the same, I don’t think we should be enemies with each other. The Gryphon Legion has enormous influence in Valen City. I think it’ll be easier for us to reach our goals if we work together.” Surprise appeared on Belinda’s face as she looked at Han Shuo with great interest.
“However, I killed Clarendon and your three mage swordsmen as well. What should we do about that?” Although Han Shuo had long since planned to do so, he was still rather surprised to hear Belinda voice these words so straightforwardly.
“Sacrifice is unavoidable in order to attain any goal. There’s no big deal in a couple people dying. I promise we can let everything be history as long as we cooperate against the Gryphon Legion!” Belinda spoke carelessly, not caring about the life and death of her men.
Han Shuo was a bit surprised by this cavalier attitude, but still chuckled when he saw that his goal had been met, “Since this is the case, that’s wonderful!”