Chapter 338 A Lady Like Water

After entering a Bloodthirsty Frenzy, berserker Novgorod roared and charged wildly at Yang Ling, who remained motionless.

Ever since his unexpected encounter with Margaret during his training a decade ago, he has been hopelessly in love with the beautiful and alluring woman pirate. He willingly stayed on Dark Sand Island for the past ten years because of her, at the expense of the chance to advance in level by reporting back to the berserker tribe.

According to the tribe's rules, warriors received the chance to be promoted by the berserker elder and to obtain a higher-level Frenzy Mantra if they were to return, in time, to the tribe. However, Novgorod had remained determined and willingly stayed on the island for the beautiful Margaret.

He had never confided his feelings to anyone, and would either drink or kill endlessly to forget his troubles and pain. He didn't care that the others called him a murderer behind his back.

However, his suppressed feelings exploded when he saw Yang Ling, who had just arrived on Dark Sand Island, holding his beloved woman in his arms. He could not stand it anymore!

"Oh God, is this the strength of a berserker?"

"Oh no—We have a problem. Deputy leader Novgorod won't calm down if he doesn't see blood after entering his Frenzy!"

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Blood drained from the pirates' faces as Novgorod, who has entered a frenzy, planted his foot on the ground and charged towards the motionless Yang Ling like a Violent Earth Bear.

While all the others competed with one another to determine who was stronger, nobody had ever dared to challenge deputy leader Novgorod. After all, berserkers could become impulsive really easily and mindlessly kill everyone in their way once they entered a frenzy. Nobody wanted to be torn into shreds by a berserker.

"Quick, sir. Get away!" the female leader said as she tightly gripped her sharp twin blades. She was even more anxious than Yang Ling, who still wouldn't budge as Novgorod's eyes turned red and murderous.

She knew, better than anyone else, how scary Novgorod could be after entering a deep frenzy. Given how berserk he was now, it might be terrible if Yang Ling were to get entwined with him.

Could it be that she was left with no other option?

The female leader hesitated for a moment as she touched the poisoned arrow hidden in her sleeve. Novgorod was moving so fast that she couldn't have anyone stop him in time. The only solution now was probably to shoot him down with an arrow.

However, she couldn't bring herself to do it as she thought of all the battles that Novgorod had won all those years, all the times he risked his life to save hers, and the way he looked at her longingly!

"Agh… Go to hell!" In the woman leader's moment of hesitation, Novgorod increased his speed once again and charged toward Yang Ling, swinging a punch at his head with all his might.

Bloodthirsty and tyrannical eyes, lightning speed and a heavy blow…

Everyone fell silent, their eyes opened wide, as Novgorod moved as swiftly and fiercely as a sea lion towards Yang Ling, who seemed too shocked to dodge the attack.

The Skeleton Commander may have been very strong, but no one believed that his body would be able to endure Novgorod's blow. They imagined a smashed watermelon as they looked at Yang Ling's head and Novgorod's larger-than-a-punch-bowl fist.

"Huh, I told you. You wouldn't be a match for me even with another hundred years of training!" The female leader didn't ease her tension, but Yang Ling remained unruffled. He snorted, did a spin, and gave the ferocious Novgorod a side kick that sent him flying.

Novgorod's strength and speed had increased significantly after entering a frenzy. But while he would have been unbeatable to most people, he didn't pose any threat to Yang Ling.

Novgorod could etner a deep frenzy frenzy, but his attack would have half the strength of the Level-Surpassing Dark Dragon King. Even if Yang Ling were to stand motionless, his opponent wouldn't be able to break through his defense.

Ah…

Novgorod let out a cry and flew ten feet back, repeatedly smashing into over ten tables before coming to a stop and spitting out a mouthful of blood. A footprint was marked on his bare chest, and he was sweating from the pain. It seems as though he had broken at least three ribs.

A clean and swift blow! The crowd sucked in this breaths as they looked at the badly injured Novgorod and the nonchalant Yang Ling, who was sipping on the pine nut wine and was in his original position.

Novgorod had already acquired an immense amount of strength after entering a frenzy. No one had expected that Yang Ling would be even stronger than him!

If Novgorod was a ferocious sea lion, Yang Ling the Skeleton Commander was a great white shark from the deep sea, or even a legendary Crystal Dragon.

This was the real master of the world!

The pirates were utterly shocked at how discreet and unassuming Yang Ling was, especially the ones who had first found Yang Ling and the Corpse Wizard King when they landed on the island. They were secretly relieved that they had not acted recklessly, or they would be missing their heads by now.

The Sea Tribe, Margaret thought. He's definitely a great master of the Sea Tribe!

Heaving a sigh of relief, the woman leader further confirmed her suspicions of Yang Ling's status as a seafolk. The One-eyed Dragon would have taken down Wissen Castle if he had such a powerful personal guard. Yang Ling would have been able to shed blood across the Magical Beast Realm all by himself alone, let alone handle a group of ferocious pirates.

There could only be one explanation for a mysterious, powerful master posing as a Skeleton Commander, and that was a secret agreement between the Sea Tribe and the One-eyed Dragon, who must have sent an Absolute Expert to threaten and watch over them.

Of course, Yang Ling could possibly be carrying out some other secret mission on this trip, as well. However, that was no longer the concern of the woman leader. She needed to make use of this opportunity to build a good relationship with Yang Ling, the mysterious Seafolk Expert, in order to obtain more antidotes and even escape the magical claws of the One-eyed Dragon someday.

Rumor had it that the Sea Tribe not only taught One-eyed Dragon his poisoning skills, but also provided the materials needed to refine the antidote. She might even be able, in the future, to escape from the One-eyed Dragon's magical claws if she could befriend Yang Ling!

"This is impossible, impossible… I'm going to kill you!"

Everyone was utterly shocked when they witnessed Yang Ling's formidable strength. But Novgorod wouldn't resign himself to his defeat, even after being badly injured. After spitting out a few mouthfuls of blood, he used all his might to stand up and continued charging in a frenzy towards Yang Ling.

The result was as expected. He was sent flying back once more with a kick from Yang Ling!

"Impossible! I'm going to kill you!"

"That's not happening…"

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Even after being kicked back by Yang Ling time and time again, Novgorod continued charging forward relentlessly, shakily clambering his way over despite being covered in injuries and blood

He couldn't resign himself to defeat!

His heart dripped with blood as if a sharp knife was twisting in it as he thought of his beloved Margaret, who was about to lie in somebody else's arms. The image of Margaret a decade ago, running on the beach without a care in the world, came back to him time and time again.

The pirates, who would usually stir up a ruckus over every little thing, were now silent as they saw how the Novgorod gritted his teeth through his pain and charged toward Yang Ling over and over again. They understood that this simply was not a battle like any other.

Some of the smarter ones quickly figured out the situation as they looked at the alluring woman leader, thought of how Novgorod would always drink to drown his sorrows, and then took a look at the suave Yang Ling.

"Well, I like your character and admire your persistence. It's a pity that you are still not my match!" Yang Ling said, shaking his head. He left as Novgorod slowly clambered toward him.

"You are tired, Novgorod. Let's go. I'll take you back to rest!"

Female leader Margaret felt her eyes turning red as she saw how determined he was for her, even if she didn't have any feelings her Novgorod. She was greatly moved by his acts of devotion over the past several years. After apologising to Yang Ling, she summoned a few maids to help her with Novgorod.

Women are made of water!

Yang Ling shook his head and smiled as the woman leader helped Novgorod out herself, without a care for her status. He hadn't expected the woman pirate, who could kill without batting an eye and led more than a hundred strong men, to have a delicate side to her.

"Sir, you have to act while you can. Don't back out now and hinder our plan!" The Corpse Wizard King leaned over with his oily hands and smelly head as Yang Ling drank with his head down. "If you are giving up, let me have her instead. Look at her big and perky buttocks. Tsk, tsk…"

Most people would typically judge a woman first based on her facial features. However, the perverted Corpse Wizard King was different and would judge a woman, regardless of her looks, based on the size and quality of her buttocks!

He would only consider a woman with big and perky buttocks of a premium grade, as they would be able to resist his torture for a longer time!

"Hehe, Rodriguez. You can summon a few female skeletons to torture if you can't hold it in anymore, but nothing else!" Yang Ling said, shaking his head, as he held up a chicken thigh and stuffed it down the drooling Corpse Wizard King's throat.

Novgorod's feelings were not returned!

As devoted as he was, it was evident that he didn't understand women. If he hadn't been able to win her after chasing her for ten years, it was of no use, even if he were to chase her for another hundred or thousand years. The woman leader had only helped him personally in return because she was feeling touched at that moment.

With just a little more effort, the woman pirate would be just like a cooked duck, unable to fly out of Yang Ling's clutches no matter how hard she tried.

It might not be a bad idea to control a group of pirates via information and equipment and have them attack the other pirates!

As he sipped his rum and looked at the pirates around him who were staring at him with respect, he smiled, and thought of an idea to initiate a fight among the groups of pirates.