Chapter 142: Someone to Rely On

Chapter 142: Someone to Rely On

Manda profusely sweated as he entered a passive situation. The Phantom’s Beard Vines held a strong advantage when it came to their composition and vast numbers. Against a [magic technique] of such rank, his sacred martial abilities were virtually hopeless.

Although the magic vines were enveloped by golden flames, this seemingly didn’t affect them. Manda, on the other hand, wasn’t that fortunate. His body had already been pricked several times by their thistles and thorns. In addition to the injury on his abdomen that was incessantly bleeding and getting worse by the minute, a spate of malaise and weakness was taking over him as well.

‘Even if it’s my fate to die... this mustn’t be the place. I’m the only one who knows that a great catastrophe is about to fall upon this city. Isn’t that so?’

“Why bother struggling? It’s better to resign yourself to fate. As a [Magic] attack, the Phantom Beard Vine is weak, but if you’re wounded by its venomous thorns, half of your life will already be gone.” Lan Yu sighed as he watched Manda continue his unsuccessful struggle to break free from the deadlock caused by the surrounding vines.

In the cave, despair and memories of Manda incessantly rushed forth, causing Lan Yu to fall into a slight daze. Immediately after, he came to his senses and shook his head.

In order to exterminate all demons, he mustn’t allow romance and sentiments to weigh over his heart... He had to continue seeing through everything he had started, even if he had to meet with the derision of the masses.

.........

‘Did I overestimate my abilities in the end?...’

Manda held onto his shivering arms as his consciousness gradually turned hazy. With his sacred flame sword standing upright onto the ground, his thoughts grew distant.

As his life flashed before his inner eyes, a shadow brushed past his consciousness.

“Being overly attached to your personal feelings will eventually prove detrimental to the greater course of things.” A knight, clad in dark-silvery armor and armed to the teeth, would say so with a stiff voice devoid of any emotion.

As it turned out, that knight had always understood his temperament very well — He had known that such a thing would inevitably happen one day.

Manda incessantly gasped with heavy, coarse breaths all while his eyes were fixed on Lan Yu — who was slightly lost in thought amidst the crowd of vines.

‘Although I don’t know whether there’s still time left for me to make amends now...’

[Mortal Soul Flames]

The temperature spiked upwards abruptly in a split second as golden flames gushed out from Manda’s sword blade like a fountain, creating a majestic aura. They circled around with him in their center and turned into a golden ring of raging flames, temporarily forcing the vines surrounding him back.

Making use of the opportunity that Lan Yu was currently immersed in his thoughts, Manda spread out a scroll and tossed it to the floor.

‘Transmission begins, as for the destination... Anywhere will do, I just hope it can bring me to someone I can entrust a heavy responsibility to.’

‘Speaking of which, this is the first time I’ve used a strange magic contraption like this. I just didn’t expect that day to actually be the day of my death.’

............

“Whoosh...” The formation stopped revolving.

The scene in front of Manda began to freeze in place.

Panting incessantly, he leaned on his sword with his brain feeling like a pot of muddled mush.

As someone who had undergone space-time transmission, the up- and down churning sensation he experienced wasn’t pleasant in the least.

However, compared to the shock dealt to his mind, the one to his body gave him much more of a headache...

Since he hadn’t been on guard and hadn’t worn any armor, being directly struck by a magic [technique] had cut his skin open.

If everything went as expected, this old life of his would probably come to an end very soon.

Was Manda afraid of death? A person that doesn’t fear death didn’t exist in this world. However, he didn’t have time to worry about this right now.

‘Even if I have to shout it out, I have to speak up about the great calamity that is about to hit this city and have everyone prepare... It would be great if the Sacred Martial Association was close by...’

To his disappointment,the place he got sent to was an abandoned building with its entrances sealed; A place nobody would visit at all.

The vicious poison quickly attacked his heart, causing his life to turn into a flickering candle in a storm.

‘Can I truly do nothing about it?...’

Just when he despaired, a series of orderly footsteps heavily hitting the ground resounded.

A faintly discernible silhouette approached him amidst the haziness.

Manda narrowed his eyes and expended a great amount of energy to make out who this was.

The silhouette gradually got closer.

A cross-shaped molybdenum helmet adorned with a pair of wings, an old fashioned cloth armor, a pair of leather boots, as well as a fang-shaped long sword in his grasp.

‘I-Is someone there??’

Manda blurry old eyes lit up. He felt as if he had spotted an oasis in the midst of a desert.

‘Even though he seems like a strange person, there’s no way I can just do nothing... Perhaps, he can relay my words.’

“Tut, tut, tut...” It was clear as day that the man with a metal helmet had noticed Manda, as his footsteps were obviously striding in his direction.

The chilly and stiff gaze emanating from the other’s helmet zoned Manda out, and gave him a nostalgic feeling of Deja Vu.