Chapter 266 - Frenzied Battle

In the Nightmare Forest, at a distance of 330 kilometers away from the Red Fire Kingdom!

A battle was taking place.

Diablo made use of an opportunity to toss out his spear. Hundreds of spears appeared in the sky and nailed a vampire to a tree.

In the next moment, the metal spears exploded into fragments as the fearful vampire was shredded into mincemeat.

Burned Cinder wielded his Dragon-slayer blade that was as hot as molten lava. When he swung the blade, trails of flames could be seen in the sky.

Trees collapsed to the ground. He had killed a vampire whose corpse was incinerated by the heatwave.

Burned Cinder was in a frenzy.

The surrounding trees were set on fire.

If he had not restrained his battle energy to diminish the flames, a forest fire would have broken out and would have antagonized the magical beasts.

What about Wells, who was carrying Bryan?

Wells was unable to run any further.

Wells was running around in circles with the two vampire pursuers. He wanted to prevent Bryan’s buttocks from further damage. But Bryan had been so seriously wounded that he started crying…

The battle was too intense, and the pursuers were very strong. Wells blamed himself for not having the energy to fight.

William and the Blood Devil engaged in combat again.

They traded blows in the brutal battle.

William was using the Sword of Hegni and Thunder Blade. One blade was short, while the other was long. One was draining blood, while the other was emitting lightning bolts. They were powerful weapons.

The weapon that Blood Devil wielded was a long narrow crimson blade. He was very fast with the blade. Whenever he slashed, blood would always gush out, and the wounds created by the blade would continuously bleed.

After both of them battled for ten minutes, the Blood Devil noticed a problem.

William was able to fend off his attacks, and his recovery was also robust. He was not a normal close-combat ranger.

The Blood Devil had landed several attacks on William. According to logic, William should have died many times. But he was still alert and standing. It seemed that his recovery rate was faster than a vampire…

“Hmm, that’s not right. How can his recovery rate be faster than mine?”

“Impossible. My recovery rate!” The Blood Devil was shocked. He realized that his blood recovery rate was rapidly decreasing.

Whenever he was cut by William’s sword, his recovery rate would become extremely sluggish. He did not feel anything in the beginning

But now, he was aware of it.

Of course, there were also other problems with that long black sword.

Sometimes, the sword would inflict grievous wounds while at times, the damage would be small…

Hmm! Most of the time, the damages were small. But occasionally, there would be critical damages. He was feeling the pain.

The damage rating of the Sword of Hegni was 1,300-3,800!

Unfortunately, William’s luck was only one, so he got the short end of the stick. An attack of 3,800 damage was a far-fetched dream for him.

Only when William landed a critical hit, would the damage be maximized.

The Blood Devil was a highly skilled bladesman, and he possessed strong battle awareness.

Even though William was a Legendary NPC, unless he could land a fatal blow, he could not kill the Blood Devil who was on par with him.

William’s Sword of Hegni had a special effect.

The Destructive Sword Energy could ignore most of the equipment’s defenses and destroy the durability of the equipment.

During the intense battle, the Blood Devil had been fighting very well. But then he discovered that his weapon was about to be destroyed.

Both of them swung their blades.

William infused half of his battle energy into the Sword of Hegni, and the Light of Dawn was activated.

Crack!

In this round, the Blood Devil’s sword broke into half. The black sword energy created a bloody wound on his chest.

Did the Blood Devil not know that his sword was going to break?

No!

He already felt it.

When the crimson sword broke, the Blood Devil advanced forward and stabbed the shortsword at William’s neck.

William dodged and grabbed the Blood Devil’s skull using his radiant left hand!

The right side of William’s heart had been penetrated.

But the vampire’s face collapsed. His chin was sent flying while the nose vanished. He had become a monster with two eyes.

“Ooo, ooo, ooo,” the Blood Devil howled in pain. His mouth had been destroyed, so his voice box could only buzz with noises!

But the Blood Devil was indignant. He glared at William with his two. Then, his body expanded, and Dragon wings extended out from his back.

Boom!

A deafening bellow filled William’s mind.

The Blood Devil used his blood magic again.

Pom, pom, pom!

Even though William had used his magic scrolls, his blood vessels ruptured while his nervous system was under attack. His thinking process slowed down.

At this moment, William lost tens of thousands of Health Points.

He was on the brink of death!

Even the inner armor’s blessing was ineffective.

Because it was used up.

William looked horrible as blood flowed out from his orifices. He looked like he was close to death.

But, when the Blood Devil charged at William.

William pointed his middle finger at the Blood Devil!

Pitter-patter!

A lightning bolt shot out and penetrated the Blood Devil’s chest. Even the trees behind him had been blown to smithereens.

The Blood Devil’s chest had a large gaping hole. His heart had also vanished.

The Blood Devil who had extended wings half-knelt on the ground. He was on his last breath.

William charged forward. Lightning descended continuously from the Heavens and landed on the Blood Devil’s head, causing critical damages.

Unfortunately, the Blood Devil teleported away and avoided William’s fatal blow.

The Blood Devil covered his chest while he froze in mid-air. He glanced at his dead comrades and wounded companions before glaring at William. Then he waved his hand and, with his eyes, signaled the remaining survivors to retreat.

The other vampires flapped their wings and fled.

It was the first time that the Blood Shadow Assassins encountered such powerful foes and sustained grievous wounds.

When William noticed that they had left, he almost sat on the ground. But he persevered and stood firm. He surveyed the environment and said in a low voice, “Let’s leave immediately. The Blood Devil is going to seek reinforcements. Nightmare Forest is their territory. They’ll look for the dark creatures. If we get surrounded by them, we’ll definitely

perish.”

“Benefactors…” Bryan looked at William and his companions. He wanted to request someone else to carry him, but he noticed the grievous wounds on William and his companions. They were much more serious than his injured butthole. He was too embarrassed to speak out.

William was not bothered by Bryan. He discreetly looked at the mission panel. Things were not optimistic.

(Prompt: You fended off the first assassination attempt of the secret order.)

(Prompt: If you’re in Nightmare Forest, the mastermind will continue to send assassins until all assassins are dead or you are dead.]

(Friendly Prompt: Leaving Nightmare Forest is the only way to survive.]

William scratched his head. They had been running in all directions, so they had lost their way. He flew up to the sky to determine the directions. He decided to head north!

Nightmare Forest was huge. It was not possible for the Devil’s Dens to be located there.

William hoped that the next batch of pursuers would slow down a bit and inflict less damage.

At the eastern boundary of Nightmare Forest, the dazed players followed the professionals of Emerald Grand Duchy out of the forest. But they were befuddled.

Where was William?

It was a bloody battle.

But William was nowhere to be seen.

Perhaps William was late in escaping from the battle and had been surrounded by the dark creatures.

“Gosh, is Prince William dead?”

“It’s possible. It has been a long time. Only we escaped. All the rest were trapped inside.”

Umekawa and his players were feeling unsettled. He frowned and said, “Don’t worry. Prince William is streetwise. He won’t die. Perhaps, they had taken a different escape route. Don’t spread rumors on the forum.”

Umekawa wanted to control the situation, but the players like to spread rumors. Within a short period of time, several posts had been created in the forum of the City of Dawn.

A few rumormongers and sensationalists said that William could have died in Nightmare Forest. He had been killed by numerous dark creatures while searching for the Blood Fruits.

There were arguments on the forum.

Very few players believed that William had perished. The battle was intense, but they had not discovered any traces of William.

Without any video evidence, the players were not convinced!

The professionals of Emerald Grand Duchy were not fools.

They could discern the conspiracy.

Did the dark creatures release them intentionally?

It was not logical because the professionals were unrelated to the dark creatures. What was the intention of the darkness soldiers?

They returned back to Nightmare Forest while some of them used magic transmission to send information back.

It was a conspiracy by the Lord of the Dark City. Once the information of Emerald Grand Duchy colluding with the dark creatures was leaked, there would be no way for Emerald Grand Duchy to exonerate themselves.

Even if other nations believed that it was a scheme hatched by the dark creatures.

Would they miss the opportunity to take a bite off Emerald Grand Duchy?

Would the death of the genius professionals not be in vain?

William and his companions started to run when they discovered the dark creatures searching in the forest.

They ran for 20 kilometers before they finally threw off the dark creatures.

William ordered Wells to distract Bryan.

Then William took out the Blood Fruits.

There were nine fruits!

Five were of Legendary quality

Four were of Epic quality.

(Blood Fruit]

[Quality: Legendary]

(Effect: Increase potential bloodline (NPC)]

(Effect: All attributes +20]

[Effect: Health points +1000)

[Effect: Random leveling of an endowment!]

(Friendly Prompt: Take the fruits or sell to NPCs at exorbitant prices.)

William narrowed his eyes and opened his mouth.

Crack!

Crack!

One of the fruits was quickly finished…

Hmm!

“What kind of taste is that? Isn’t it supposed to be sweet and sour? Why is there only a sweet taste?

“Shall I try another one?”

William looked at the envious gazes of Burned Cinder and Diablo and decided against it.