Chapter 379 - Saving an Old Friend, a Tragic Experience

“Vincent!”

When Avril saw Vincent charging toward the ancient Zerg and disregarding his own safety, she could not help but shout at him with worry.

However, Avril knew that she could not stop Vincent who had already made up his mind. She could only grit her teeth and turn around to lead the rest of them toward the depths of the mountain range.

“Everyone, leave quickly. Only if we leave as soon as possible can we create more space for Vincent to maneuver around!” shouted Avril. She could tell that everyone was hesitating to leave.

Everyone was originally worried for Vincent. However, after hearing Avril’s reminder, they could only turn around and leave quickly.

Vincent rushed in front of the Zerg.

The Zerg realized that his prey was fleeing into the depths of the mountain range. Thus, it became angrier and started pulling its claws that were embedded deeply in the ground.

At the same time, the Zerg had lost interest in the dying Dark Elf below it. It raised its other claw high and was prepared to kill him directly.

Vincent instantly transformed into a fire spirit. His speed soared, instantly turning into a fiery red afterimage. In the next second, he arrived under the body of the Zerg. He raised his hand to grab the Dark Elf’s shoulder. He rescued him and they escaped safely.

“Bang!”

The Zerg swung its claws through the air and pierced it into the ground. Its other claw that was stuck was instantly released.

The Zerg finally regained its freedom. It then turned around and raised its head. Its eight eyes stared at Vincent’s rapidly moving figure. The legs under its body moved quickly and chased after Vincent.

Vincent, who was escaping, suddenly heard movement from behind. He could not help but turn his head to look behind him.

After seeing that the Zerg was chasing after him relentlessly, Vincent raised his hand containing a ball of World Cleansing Fire. He clenched his five fingers tightly and dispersed the flames in his hand.

The dispersed flames seeped out from the gaps between Vincent’s fingers in all directions. It turned into fire lines and soon formed a ring of fire around the Zerg.

“Open!” shouted Vincent.

The fire lines behind him instantly turned into a raging fire. It formed a wall of fire that shot up into the sky with the Zerg in the middle. Vincent had successfully blocked the Zerg’s line of sight. At the same time, he also sealed the remnant scents of his body.

Following that, Vincent turned into a streak of fire and quickly disappeared into the forest.

The Zerg that was trapped within the circular wall of fire noticed that it had lost its target and food. It immediately let out a series of mournful roars. Under the stimulation of its intense anger, the Zerg’s ability once again evolved.

It opened its mouth that consisted of six sharp teeth, and suddenly spat out a jet of dark green liquid!

When the venom came into contact with the wall of fire, a series of sizzling sounds was heard. Vincent’s World Cleansing Fire and the venom canceled each other out, and the flames soon faded, forming an empty passage.

The Zerg immediately rushed out of the passage. Its eight eyes were continuously sweeping through the empty dense forest. It then went in the last direction that everyone fled to, based on its memory.

…

Avril led the group within the Tias Mountain Range. They ran for quite a distance before she stopped and said, “This place should be safe enough. Everyone should rest here for a while and wait for Vincent to come and meet us!”

Ebenezer’s face was filled with worry as he asked, “Then what should we do if Master doesn’t come?”

Avril said very resolutely, “If Vincent doesn’t make it, then we will turn back and avenge him!”

Ebenezer nodded. He understood what Avril meant. As long as Vincent could survive, he would be able to catch up with them. If he did not come for a long time, it would mean that he was dead. There was no third possibility!

This was Avril’s understanding of Vincent. She was also confident in him. In her opinion, although the Zerg was powerful, it could not do anything to Vincent!

At that moment, a flame lit up from the distance of the forest and was quickly approaching the group.

Ebenezer stood up and said excitedly, “That must be master! Although we did not have time to mark the path, Master is still able to find us!”

Avril said disapprovingly, “With Vincent’s speed, he would naturally be able to find our position after a few rounds in the forest. Do you think he caught up with us directly?”

Ebenezer sighed in surprise, “I didn’t think that master would take a detour. However, after thinking about it carefully, with Master’s speed, he would probably catch up to us before we even stopped. I did not expect Master to use such a primitive method to find us!”

Avril said softly, “Once you experience more battles, you will know that in times of danger, the most primitive method is often the most reliable and effective method. This is the experience that we have learned after countless battles. You must remember it well in the future!”

Ebenezer nodded and sighed helplessly in his heart. He had been taught by his master in the past. However, his master’s lover was teaching him again!

Before he could reply to Avril, the flames had already arrived in front of everyone. It then disappeared in an instant. Vincent soon emerged in front of everyone with a heavily injured Dark Elf in his arms.

He hurriedly said to everyone, “Hurry up and save him!”

Horace, who had always held a grudge against Dark Elves, was unwilling to care about the lives of other Dark Elves. This was even if he had already started negotiations with Dave. Plus, the other party was a High Priest so he really could not be bothered with him. Therefore, he only stayed by the side of his heavily injured disciple and did not make a move.

On the other hand, Dave, who had a righteous heart, naturally would not leave any elves to die. Avril and the others did not hold any grudges against the elves or the Dark Elves, so they all came to Vincent’s side to help.

However, when they took off the clothes and hat on the Dark Elf, they suddenly realized that half of his face was badly damaged. It did not look like a new injury. One of his eyes was wrapped with bandages; it looked like it had been crippled.

The remaining half of his face, however, made Vincent and the others feel like he looked somewhat familiar.

“It’s him!”

Dave was the first to recognize the Dark Elf in front of him. He hurriedly raised his head to look at Vincent. He was able to recognize the Dark Elf because of Vincent’s introduction.

After Dave’s reaction, Vincent realized that he might actually know the heavily injured Dark Elf in his arms. He quickly took a closer look and said in surprise, “It’s him!”

“Who is this?”

Ebenezer looked up at Vincent with a blank expression and then at Dave. Finally, he turned his gaze to Avril and Angelina.

Avril and Angelina felt that the Dark Elf in front of them looked familiar, but his face was badly damaged. It was hard to recognize him, so they could only raise their heads and ask Vincent.

“He is…?”

Vincent sighed, “Linus!”

Avril and Angelina could not help but widen their eyes. They lowered their heads and looked at the Dark Elf whose face was destroyed. He was badly injured and was unconscious. It was Linus, who had led his men to intercept them in Dark Yuan City. In the end, he had a life-and-death battle with his father, Conrad, in the valley outside the city. He had personally witnessed his father being killed in a sneak attack!

“I really didn’t expect him to be a high priest. But how did he get all these injuries?”

Angelina could not help but sigh in puzzlement after seeing the high priest robe that Linus was wearing.

This was because Linus’s body did not only have fresh wounds but there were also some new wounds that had just begun to heal. It seemed that his recent experience was rather rough.

Vincent said softly, “Let’s not bother about that for now. For the sake of old master Conrad, we can’t just leave him to die! Prepare some emergency medicine and quickly bandage him up!”

Everyone placed Linus on the flat grass. Angelina and Avril took out gauze and medicine to bandage his wounds. They asked Dave and Ebenezer to help Linus bandage his wounds as well.

Vincent took out the high-grade medicine that he had brought from the capital of Ultimate Evil and opened Linus’s mouth to feed him.

The effect of the medicine was very fast, and the healing effect was obvious. Linus’s brows trembled slightly, and he soon opened his eyes.

When Linus saw all the figures around him, he almost fainted again.

This was because he was not sure if he was already dead, or if he was hallucinating because of his serious injuries!

How could the alien race that he had been searching so hard for suddenly appear in front of him? Plus, they were all staring at him! This was too strange!

Ever since he saw the Elf King’s remains in Hell’s Rose, Linus had prepared his men to keep an eye on the final whereabouts of the remains. Moreover, in order to avoid falling into chaos at that time, Linus had deliberately led his subordinates to the outermost courtyard in the alley.

However, what Linus did not expect was that just as Dave was walking out of Hell’s Rose with the Elf King’s remains, a mysterious Dark Elf suddenly appeared and destroyed the entire alley in the blink of an eye.

At that time, Linus and his men were stationed at the courtyard at the far end of the valley. They did not receive a devastating blow at first, so Linus took the opportunity to ask his subordinates to quickly retreat.

However, as he and a few of his men were the last to leave the courtyard, most of them drowned in the endless black flames.

His subordinates who were trapped in the courtyard all died on the spot.

Linus was only in the inextinguishable black flames because he wanted to save the others. Only when he was severely burned, did City Lord Andre arrive. Linus was only able to survive because of City Lord Andre who extinguished all the flames in the valley.

Linus’s face was destroyed, and there were also some injuries on his body. After he recovered, he decided to leave Devil Flame City as soon as possible.

Linus led his men out of the city and was prepared to travel through the night.

However, an enormous spider suddenly rushed out of Devil Flame City at the same time that they were about to leave. The spider directly targeted Linus and his men as food.

Linus, who had just suffered a great calamity and a sudden change, had no choice but to order his subordinates to retreat and hide. He then led a few Dark Elves to lure away the crazy and powerful Zerg.

In the end, Linus was the only one left standing. He fought and retreated all the way, luring the Zerg into the dense forest. Just as Linus was powerless to resist, the Zerg tried to stab him but got stuck in the soil. The accident allowed him to survive by a fluke.

Those were Linus’s last memories. After that, he fell into a coma due to the injuries on his body.

When he opened his eyes again, the Zerg had disappeared. What appeared in front of him was the foreign races that had caused a ruckus in Dark Yuan City. Linus could not believe the situation before his eyes. What exactly was going on?

Vincent could not help but ask softly, “You’re awake?”

When Linus heard Vincent’s voice, he immediately confirmed that he was still alive. Moreover, there was a high possibility that he had been saved by these foreign races!

There was already enmity between the two sides, so Linus could not be bothered to answer Vincent’s question.

Vincent raised his head and said to everyone, “Everyone, disperse first. Pay more attention to the surrounding situation. Once we discover traces of the Zerg, we will immediately move. Everyone, make use of this period of time to recuperate and discuss what to do next. However, we cannot stay in this Tias Mountain Range any longer. No one knows how long before that Zerg will head here to cause trouble!”

Everyone nodded and dispersed, leaving only Vincent behind with Linus.

“Did you accidentally bump into the Zerg in the mountains, or did you lead it all the way here to the dense forest?” asked Vincent.

Linus remained silent. He was determined not to communicate with Vincent.

Vincent was not angry when he saw his reaction. He simply said, “This spider has the strength of a level 60 creature. It can be considered a monster that I unintentionally released. However, my original intention was to let the Zerg reappear in the world. I did not expect that it would bring so many disasters. I also overestimated the High Priest of Devil Flame City. You were lucky to be able to hold on until we saved you from the Zerg. That High Priest was eaten by the Zerg!”

After Linus heard that the terrifying insect had something to do with Vincent, he could not hold it in any longer and ask in a deep voice, “What exactly do you want to do? Do you want to destroy the Elf World?”

Vincent shook his head and said softly, “Of course not, those were accidents! Moreover, if what I did was to destroy the Elf world, then what about that Gajero that you believe in?”

Linus naturally knew Vincent’s identity and said coldly, “You didn’t forget to blaspheme the Great God Gajero even until now. You’re really crazy and deserve to die!”

Vincent could not help but shake his head. With a cold smile, he said, “I know that a fanatic like you, who would kill his own father for Gajero, would not admit the threat and harm that Gajero had caused to the Elf Race if there was no concrete evidence in front of you. But I’m already working hard to find evidence in this regard. I’ll definitely ask you to come and take a look when I find it!”

Linus glared at Vincent angrily and said seriously, “I didn’t kill my father. He was killed by the previous b*stard High Priest!”

Vincent saw that Linus seemed to be very serious and upset about Conrad’s death. They were no longer at loggerheads. This showed that he still had feelings for his father, which made Vincent feel glad for Conrad.

He then said, “I killed the High Priest because he killed your father! As for you, I was only keeping you alive to give Conrad face!”

After hearing what Vincent said, Linus snorted coldly in response and turned his head to ignore Vincent.

Vincent raised his head slightly and said softly, “When you faced Conrad in Dark Yuan City before, didn’t you notice that your emotions were getting more and more out of control? You were becoming more and more irritable? According to our guess, all of this is related to your belief in the Demon Race. The thick aura of the Demon Race can affect your minds, making you more brutal, cold-blooded, and thirsty for power. At the same time, it also creates a potential conflict between you and the ordinary elves!”

Linus was stunned. He turned to look at Vincent speechlessly. He would not have felt these changes that Vincent had mentioned in Dark Yuan City.

However, after arriving in Devil Flame City, Linus had secretly changed his belief. The demonic aura in his body became weaker and weaker, which made him more and more awake. At the same time, he was surprised to find that his companions were becoming more and more irritable. They would constantly vent the negative emotions in their hearts.

This made Linus feel uneasy because he was completely ignorant of the changes before. It was Vincent who had proposed such a concept to him. All the Dark Elves’ dark thoughts were actually born because of their belief in Gajero!

However, this was only Vincent’s side of the story. Even if Linus wanted to admit it in his heart, he had to fully question Vincent’s motives.

“What specific discoveries have you made?”

Linus suddenly opened his mouth and questioned Vincent about his recent discoveries.

Vincent shook his head and said, “Gajero wants to rule the elves, not exterminate the race. Therefore, he will definitely try his best to hide his true purpose and weave countless lies to deceive you, fanatical believers!”

“Fanaticism, I hope so!”

Linus raised his hand and gently touched his injured cheek and the gauze wrapped around his eyes. He sighed softly. Under the gauze that no one had ever seen, there was actually a fiery red eye!

At the same time, Linus could not help but sigh in his heart. The disaster in the alley could be considered a blessing in disguise. He had a good reason to cover his face!

The only thing that made Linus worried was what Vincent and the others were going to do to the Dark Elves. This had always made him feel very uneasy.

Linus, who was gradually recovering from his injuries, sat up and said coldly to Vincent, “What exactly are you going to do? The elves can settle their own matters regarding the elves. There’s no need for foreign races like you to worry!”

Vincent leaned back and laid down comfortably on the grass. He smiled and said to Linus, “Back when Gajero invaded the Elf World, he was also an outsider! Why do you still let him control the Elf World? Or are you elves born to bully the weak and fear the strong? Will the elves only regard the strong as their leaders?”