Chapter 365 - Asterios Vs. Minotaur Enchanter (2)

'Sh*t...' Arnold slammed his fist on the terrace wall, 'Fcking prem.a.t.u.r.e planning! Of course, it would be one of the possibilities.'

"Master, even if the Minotaur ended up evolving, we can easily dispatch it." Talos tried to calm his master down, "Considering the way the fight is going on, I'm willing to bet that Asterios is enough to handle the monster on his own."

But it wasn't that Arnold was worried about the minotaur. it was as Talos said, they could easily get rid of the monster. He was just disappointed with himself. He could've potentially jeopardised everyone's life for a foolish d.e.s.i.r.e. He wanted to bring China under his control but now his plans had been spoiled and thankfully he came back to his senses.

He longer intended to cause intentional dungeon breaks in the remaining territories anymore. Especially, after he learned the truth about dungeon breaks. Having Yu Zhung and Kang You on his side was enough for him. And if he let it slip that these two territories belonged to him, it should be enough for the rest of the emperors to not interfere in his territories. However, if they still decided to interfere in his business, Arnold wouldn't hold himself back from raining on their parade with his army.

But for now, it was enough. No more dungeon breaks, because the way Arnold saw it, they were lucky that only Minotaurs spawned from the dungeon and not some S ranked monster. If the dungeon was to spawn high-level monsters then there was a chance that he would end up evolving them far beyond their limits. And then no matter what his intentions were, Arnold wouldn't have been able to save innocents on his quest for unnecessary power and authority. 

'What the hell was I even thinking before causing all this...' Arnold sighed heavily before shifting his gaze towards Asterios and his ongoing battle, "Talos, be prepared to kill that nuisance of a minotaur, in case Asterios fails."

"..."

"What?"

"You did not say the word, Master." Talos corrected Arnold, "As per your previous command, we won't lift a finger against someone till you say that word."

"Oh right... I meant, be prepared to... ahem... gosh, why it is so weird to say? What was I even thinking back then?"

"You chose the word precisely for this purpose, Master." Talos nodded while Natasha sniggered from behind. After all, it was her idea to use that word in such a manner, "Yout wanted a word that was embarrassing to say out loud and that's why Natasha suggested an appropriate word for it. In a way, she did what you wanted her to."

"Oh come on! Is it too late to change it?" Arnold pleaded to his summons but well, they weren't going to listen to him. The word was already selected and there was no changing that now. However, Arnold was unaware that his summons were just messing up with him to lighten up the mood.

"I'm afraid it's way too late, master." Natasha smiled slyly while the summons waited for Arnold to say those glorious words.

"Fine! Fine!"

Arnold gave up and prepared himself to say those degenerate words. Thankfully, it was a temporary arrangement and after System-sama sorted everything out, he'll make sure to make his summons pay for what they were doing to him. Especially Natasha. But then again, she might end up enjoying it. But before that, he remembered something. The code word was to be used only when he was ordering his summons to kill a human, not a monster. 

"You fcking pieces of walking crap!" Arnold gave a sinister smile to his summons while bursting his knuckles, "You dare to mess with me?"

"M-Master... remember what you told us? No k-killing!" Natasha spread her wings and flew up in the air leaving the others to suffer through their Master's anger.

"Yeah. No killing. But I don't think Undead and Automatons counts as living beings, do they?"

RAWR!

Before Arnold could teach a lesson to his summons, he heard the minotaur enchanter's painful cry. He turned around to see that Asterios was smiling from ear to ear, while the minotaur w.h.i.n.ed in intolerable pain. Upon closer inspection, Arnold found out the reason for the minotaur's lament of pain and couldn't help but smile himself. Asterios had snapped the Enchanter's sturdy and beautiful horns in half with the help of his hammer. 

At first, it might not seem much, but a minotaur's horns were their most prized possession. Not only were the horn a symbol of pride, but they were also the symbol of their strength and machoness. Something that helped them to find a suitable and desirable mate. But they weren't important only because of a bunch of silly reasons. Their horns were stronger and sturdier than in comparison to other monsters. Thus, They were often used as weapons by them. Which meant it was a particularly difficult task to break them.

However, it was also a well known fact that, if someone managed to break a minotaur's horn, not only will it lose the will to fight but will also suffer an unbearable amount of pain. It was because that the horns also acted as the first layer of protection to their brain as well as the neural network.

Without the horns, their brain is exposed to the atmosphere which could inevitably lead to their demise. It was also the method that Arnold used to kill Asterios when he first fought with him all those years ago. This was the reason behind Asterios' and Arnold's smiles.

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Your summon <Asterios> has killed an Evolved being.

EXP: +50,000

<According to your contribution in the fight, You've earned some EXP.>

<You didn't contribute to the fight. A minimum amount of EXP will be awarded.>

<Only 5000 EXP (10% of the total EXP) has been awarded.>

<Current EXP in storage: 469,864,596>

<EXP required to level up: 1,500,000>

<You can use the EXP to level up your main class>

<Your subclasses have already been maxed out.>

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