Chapter 2273 - 848: Clever Old Age Striking King

"Hm?" The ’Old Age Striking King’ looked somewhat confused at the small building reduced to ashes, faintly visible amidst the ruins, revealing a sliver of golden light.

Then, she felt the Emerald Scripture in her hands tremble slightly... as if it was summoning that golden light.

The Female Priest’s face changed rapidly.

Without hesitation, she turned and ran.

That golden light was originally hesitant, but upon confirming that the person holding its main scripture immediately fled upon seeing it, it seemed to burst into furious anger and immediately chased after the Female Priest.

Though her agility stats were not low, her short legs couldn’t stretch farther, she could only make three steps into five.

Just as she was about to be caught, the ’Old Age Striking King’ suddenly brightened up... she finally dashed out of that dirty, muddy alleyway!

She even gritted her teeth and changed her clothes in broad daylight... breaking her normally reserved and elegant demeanor... even directly dismantling the equipment she took off into scraps.

As the golden light was about to reach her from behind, the ’Old Age Striking King’ shouted: "My dear~ counting on you!" and leapt into the air.

A giant Wolverine instantly appeared under her feet, with the Female Priest on its back, activating full-speed sprint mode.

Clearly, he had activated his ultimate move.

The golden light paused slightly, as if stunned.

Then, it seemed to be enraged to the point of madness, even burning its own Divine Power, also accelerating.

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Though no laughter echoed, Hill’s hall was filled with a joyful atmosphere.

Even the true owner of that Divine Artifact didn’t mind that a certain Female Priest didn’t want the Emerald Scripture to be complete in any way.

He watched it with quite a bit of joy.

As for another area, those upper-level managers of the Proud Sky Alliance who had the authority to access a certain live broadcast room were already laughing themselves to the ground.

Even if they couldn’t earn any connections with ’Snow Cloud Peak’, no one felt overwhelmed with urgency... anyone who actually makes Snow Old Dog truly suffer would only bring bigger surprises to their lifetime.

Failure naturally brings misfortune, but true success would only bring greater misfortune.

Moreover, from the current seemingly puzzled yet actually traceable situation, the success on the opposite side might just be exactly what a certain Old Dog wanted.

Besides, what’s the big deal if Old Dog suffers?

Could it possibly be more significant than witnessing the ’Old Age Striking King’s’ panicked fleeing?

Old Dog dying a hundred times wouldn’t be as important as this!

Being able to maintain enough sanity not to share this broadcast room outside shows the firm resolve of the Proud Sky Alliance’s management!

’Cunlü’ and ’Hard Wind’ really used all their strength to restrain themselves from pulling their own disciples into this broadcast room.

Though their disciples could definitely be trusted, but it’s about principles... they believe if one could be trusted, then others could be too.

Just like they believe they’re clever and capable, unable to be deceived by anyone... others would feel the same.

Who, before making mistakes, doesn’t believe they’re unrivaled in heaven and earth?

Eh, what a pity, the fun can only be enjoyed alone.

Let’s just hope some fool dares to screenshot and spread it... anyway, their couple would definitely not do such a thing.

Their little girl is still young, hasn’t spent much of the fortune they accumulated!

How could they let her endure the hardships of not having parental care in the future?

"The two women from Wenjian have already been expelled from the clan by the Young Master." ’Hard Wind,’ always smiling beside ’Cunlü,’ suddenly flipped open his tablet, "They’ve even notified their school’s student council."

The Wenjian World Youth Journey clan actually resembles more of a Student Alliance, so even though the Clan Leader has the authority to expel any clan member, the ’Young Master’ seldom takes direct action himself.

Whenever there’s something, he usually informs the school first, allowing them to handle it themselves... if the result is satisfactory, the ’Young Master’ even refrains from notifying the entire clan.

After all, he’s from an arts academy, there’s no need for him to mix himself into those formal academy conflicts... not adding trouble to himself has always been the ’Young Master’s’ principle.

Of course, their school isn’t without rivals... but the adversary, frankly speaking, is rather the place with the least errors or faults.

After all, the adversary would never give the ’Young Master’ a chance to exploit an issue.

Thus, in the Wenjian Clan, it has been very long since an incident where the Clan Leader acted directly has occurred.

And once the procedure of action has been completely overturned, it simply proves how serious the matter actually is.

College students take the word ’betrayal’ very seriously.

These two girls, of course, won’t have their real-life affected by the in-game matters... but being pointed at and lightly despised behind their back is undeniably difficult for those kids on campus to endure.

Of course, maybe they don’t care, after all, for wealthy young ladies, if they don’t wish to grasp their future personally, they actually don’t need to care too much about their college years.

Also, over time, these traces will disappear sooner or later... but there will always be someone who remembers.

Especially, the student council members who feel embarrassed because of them will definitely remember very clearly... What happens in their own school is one thing, but witnessing what happens at the neighboring school is another.

This indeed is the only retaliation Proud Sky Alliance can do from their side.

What more can they do?

After all, they are just students.

To achieve this level, it’s all because ’Young Master’ is truly a leader who doesn’t need to compromise on unnecessary matters.

"Hmm." Being as shrewd as ’Cunlü’, she naturally understands this, so she just nodded slightly.

However, the reason she appears so indifferent is that she’s been clenching her fists cheering for her good friend: "Elder, hey hey~ Run fast, run fast~ It’s right behind your head!"

tsk~ Is Elder’s Wolverine so fast?

I saw that golden light almost break the wind, yet it hasn’t caught up with her!"

"You’ve exposed your true feelings." ’Hard Wind’ gently reminded, "Even if pretending, you should act a little better.

Elder’s Wolverine’s acceleration skill is almost up."

"It’s okay~ Someone will always be itching to be at the forefront of her anger." ’Cunlü’ said without changing her expression, "Do you know what Rainfall is doing now?"

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The ’Rain Falling on Mortal Dust’ she is thinking about is struggling far more compared to her and another hiding in a mouse’s burrow.

As the well-known mage commander of Black Rose, his importance far surpasses that of ’Hard Wind’, who although is a commander, prefers to accompany his wife on escapades.

It’s not surprising that ’Hard Wind’ is nowhere to be found, as he is perpetually elusive... the enemies can’t find him, neither can allies.

But ’Rain Falling on Mortal Dust’, who can unify the entire alliance’s mages and most magic professions, absolutely cannot be let go.

Moreover, as one of the rare few serious people in Black Rose, ’Rain Falling on Mortal Dust’ has lots of friends... Because he’s always being sought after, he seldom hides away to play by himself.

Even if he is somewhat aware of Snow Cloud Peak’s plans, the unpredictable timing leaves ’Rain Falling on Mortal Dust’ right at the center of the crowd when the incident unfolds.

Therefore, the attack he suffered was hardly less severe than Snow Cloud Peak’s.

And, after the alchemical bomb went first, wiping out the knights around him, hundreds of swordsmen charged out to ambush the mages at the Magic Shield’s cooldown period.

Of course, most skills target Rainfall.

Then, because of ’Rain Falling on Mortal Dust’s’ amiable nature, many people tried to rush in to help him.

The enemies, having no scruples, but how can ’Rain Falling on Mortal Dust’ unleash grand spells indiscriminately?

’Rain Falling on Mortal Dust’ can only find ways to disengage from the battle.

Fortunately, although he lacks the multitude of buffs of ’Old Age Striking King,’ he, as the most famous magic profession in Black Rose, is also on good terms with Edna.

After all, as a scholar studying the correlations and counteractions between spells, it’s quite natural for ’Old Age Striking King’ to toss Edna over to him to learn some rather unorthodox combat methods.

So, his mana bar is long and thick... quick spell casting is a must-have talent.

And as a tactical commander being persistently targeted, his choice of another spell specialty is the quick disengage favored by priests.

Busy fleeing and deliberately drawing some people’s attention, ’Rain Falling on Mortal Dust’ truly has no time to see how pitiful ’Old Age Striking King’ looks struggling to escape as well.

If he knew, Rainfall would be much more relieved... Though he was also set up by so-called "friends," he can still cut ties, right?

"Old Age Striking King is indeed very clever." Shaer couldn’t help but comment after observing for a long time.

Seeing Hill at this moment also nods in agreement.

Indeed, ’Old Age Striking King’s’ goal is not really to discard the Emerald Scripture’s fragment.

But rather to let that thing burn itself for a while.

No matter what kind of filth, once it’s been scorched by the purifying flame as mighty as Light of Dawn, almost nothing remains.

Moreover, there’s another crucial point. A fragment once absorbed an unknown energy and controlled by evil forces for so long, who knows if any traps lie within?

However, after burning away all the divine power, the fragment losing its disruptive energy, even if there are any issues, ’Old Age Striking King’ can handle it.

She just now let Lansendel return to peak condition.

"If she weren’t so shrewd and capable, she wouldn’t be able to teach such a student as Edna." Lansendel said empathetically, "An elf’s teaching at most produces a Goddess of Magic like Coron’s style.

Definitely not the current one, even the AO has nothing to deal with.

Edna’s actions are truly compliant at every step, meeting every rule of the Weave, AO’s bottom line, but make him entirely uneasy, everything seems off.

Learning even with effort now, it’s hard to grasp."

"My Lord, your words make me sweat profusely." Josh suddenly spoke.