Coiling Dragon

by welyjesch

“Tarosse, Dylin?” Linley couldn’t help but think back to the things which had happened in the past.

  “All of them are together. Tarosse and Dylin, in particular, aren’t just Gods, they are divine beasts. They should be able to have the ability to somewhat protect themselves.” Linley looked towards the distant horizons. “Only, this Infernal Realm is too vast. I don’t know where they were transported to.”

  The Infernal Realm had five great continents, as well as the Starmist Sea and the Chaotic Sea.

  From the material plane, one could be transported anywhere and appear within any of those seven areas. Any two places had an extremely vast distance from each other. If they weren’t sent to the same continent, meeting would really be difficult.

  Bebe hurriedly shook his head and said, “Right. It isn’t so bad for Tarosse and the others in the Infernal Realm, but Olivier came alone. Him, a Demigod all by himself, most likely will have a bit of a tougher time than we did when we first came.”

  “Without having come to the Infernal Realm, who would have known that it was like this?” Linley laughed calmly. “However, it makes sense. Countless experts from material planes have been transported here over countless years, and the Infernal Realm itself has many races…it is only natural for there to be so many experts here.”

  Linley’s group felt very relaxed. After all, they now had a wealth of over a hundred million inkstones and had become Fiends. In the Infernal Realm, they would have no problems establishing themselves somewhere.

  Linley’s group naturally also had more confidence with regards to heading to the Indigo Prefecture.

  Within the twenty remaining days, Linley’s group quietly trained. Delia naturally focused on absorbing that Highgod spark. However, absorbing a Highgod spark would require dozens of years. In the blink of an eye…

  The twenty days had passed.

  This dawn, the cold, foggy dawn air still hovered about Royalwing City. In mid-air, the Violet Moon could still be seen. But of course, it was already past the ‘curfew’ time period. Linley’s group got up early and headed towards the gates of Royalwing City.

  “Royalwing City!” Bebe sighed emotionally while walking. “In the future, I probably won’t have a chance to come to Royalwing City again.”

  “Don’t overthink things.” Linley, seeing the emotional look on Bebe’s face, wanted to laugh. “Oh. The gates are up ahead.”

  “Uh, we’re here.” Bebe’s eyes lit up, and he immediately looked over. “Where’s the metallic lifeform? Why can’t I see it?” Bebe looked carefully in the air above the outside of the city, but couldn’t see any trace of a metallic castle.

  Linley felt a hint of puzzlement as well.

  Logically speaking, there should be a metallic lifeform outside.

  “Let’s head outside then discuss it.” Linley said. As they stepped past the gates, a white-robed silver-haired youth, upon seeing the Fiend medallions on their chests, immediately walked over and asked in a low voice, “Are you here for the escort mission to Bluemaple City of the Rainbow Prefecture?”

  “Right!” Linley’s group nodded.

  The silver-haired youth laughed and nodded. “Then please first go to the second floor of the restaurant next to the gates. The Fiends who are participating in this escort mission are all going there.”

  “Next to the gates?” Linley turned to look. “The restaurant at the south, or the one at the north.”

  “The one in the south. At the door, you’ll see someone like me, dressed in white. When you go, he will receive you.” The silver-haired youth said.

  Linley’s team was puzzled. The escort was supposed to gather together and head out at dawn, so why were they going to a restaurant?

  However, the restaurant was within Royalwing City, and violence was forbidden within Royalwing City. Linley’s group didn’t have to be afraid of taken advantage of or bullied. Naturally, they casually returned to Royalwing City again. At the same time, other Fiends who had accepted this mission were also guided to follow Linley and the others into the restaurant.

  “The three of you, please wait a moment.” The white-robed, blue-haired youth smiled at the entrance to the restaurant. He had seen his colleague outside the gates instruct these three to come over, so he knew the three were also here for the mission.

  Behind Linley’s group were two more Fiends.

  Linley glanced at them, and made his judgment. “All Gods.”

  “The five of you, please come with me.” The white-robed blue-haired youth immediately guided Linley’s group of five to the second floor of the restaurant. Right now, the halls of the restaurant on the second floor were bustling. There were forty or fifty people gathered here now.

  At the stairway to the second floor, there was a black-robed man standing there.

  “A Fiend Castle staffer?” Linley could immediately tell, because this person held within his hand a gemstone that was shining with a violet light.

  “The five of you, please permit me to make an inspection.” The man smiled.

  He immediately used that gemstone which emitted that violet light, placing it close to the chests of Linley and the others. That violet light, upon shining down on the Fiend medallion, immediately caused the Fiend medallion to display a serial number and star rank. The black-robed man was holding a book in his hands. At the top of it, he wrote down the serial number of the Fiends who were taking part in this mission.

  Only after completing each verification was the black-robed man certain of every person’s status.

  “The five of you, welcome.” The black-robed man smiled and nodded. Only now did he permit Linley’s group of five to enter the center of the second floor.

  A silver-haired old man who on his forehead had three long black horns arranged in a circular manner came walking over. With a smile, he said, “Welcome, the three of you. Our expedition will occur not at dawn today, but at sundown. Please enjoy a repast here first. We will pay for all your expenditures here.”

  “Sundown?”

  Although Linley’s team was puzzled, they didn’t mind.

  One or two days, to Deities, was nothing.

  Linley, Delia, and Bebe found a corner for themselves in the dining halls of the second floor, then sat down at the table and casually ordered some dishes.

  “Linley, I keep on having the feeling that this escort mission seems to be a bit unusual.” Delia said softly.

  Linley nodded slightly. “Right. Look. Although the vast majority of the Fiends here are Gods, there’s even around ten Highgods. Highgod Fiends are generally Four Star Fiends, or even more powerful. For them to have invited so many Fiends…the price isn’t going to be low.”

  The missions given out by the Fiend Castle didn’t have a randomly assigned remuneration; it was in accordance with a baseline which the Fiend Castle had come to.

  To invite a One Star Fiend or a Two Star Fiend, the price wouldn’t be too bad. But for Four Star Fiends or Five Star Fiends, the price would be astonishing.

  “Lord Learmonth [Li’er’meng’si]!”

  “Lord Learmonth, you came as well.” Suddenly, several voices rang out in the center of the restaurant.

  Linley’s group couldn’t help but turn to look as well. A skinny, callous looking youth with blue hair was walking up. Immediately, quite a few Fiends stood up to welcome him, especially the Highgods, more than half of whom stood to greet him.

  The callous youth named Learmonth entered, then swept the restaurant with his gaze, which finally fell upon three handsome siblings that looked very much alike. A hint of a smile appeared on his face. “Edwards [Ai’de’hua’si], you three brothers have taken on this mission as well? It seems I’ll have it easy, then.”

  The three laughed and stood up.

  “Mr. Learmonth, since you’ve taken on this mission as well, then this road will most likely have no more dangers for us.” One of the three exceedingly handsome brothers said.”

  Right now, the silver-haired elder with the three bl
ack horns began to chortle as he walked over. “Mr. Learmonth, Edwards and co., on this trip, we’ll be troubling you.” In the eyes of the silver-haired elder, there was no need to pay any attention to the other Fiends.

  Anyone who knew Learmonth or the Edwards brothers wouldn’t be angered by this.

  Learmonth was a mighty Six Star Fiend.

  The Edwards brothers were all Five Star Fiends!

  Generally speaking, the most powerful Fiends, the Seven Star Fiends, would be scattered everywhere in reclusion. Asking them to take on missions was very difficult. However, generally speaking, Six Star Fiends were already extremely powerful. When one of them joined a mission, there would virtually be no problems on a mission.

  “Who is this Lord Learmonth?” Not too far away from Linley, someone began discussing in a low voice.

  It seemed that it wasn’t just Linley who was puzzled.

  “Lord Learmonth is a Six Star Fiend, one of the ranked experts of our Royalwing City.”

  Linley’s team couldn’t help but feel startled.

  Last time, when they were heading to Moon Lake Castle, the strongest figure had been Loysius and the other two. Loysius was only a Five Star Fiend, but he was still able to kill the master of the Moon Lake Castle without giving him a chance to fight back at all. Five Star Fiends were already so powerful; what, then, of Six Star Fiends?

  In addition, a Six Star Fiend attending an escort mission? This caused Linley to feel astonished as well.

  The large group continued to eat delicacies until sundown. During this period of time, Linley’s group learned that there were nearly twenty Highgod-level Fiends who had accepted this mission, and nearly a hundred God-level Fiends.

  So many Fiends, and the leader was a Six Star Fiend.

  To have a Six Star Fiend take part in an escort mission of four billion kilometers…the remuneration would be astonishing. Tens of times or hundreds of times greater than that for a God-level Fiend.

  “This escort mission is definitely not ordinary.” Linley was rather nervous.

  At sundown. Outside Royalwing City.

  Linley’s group, under the guidance of the silver-haired elder, quietly entered a metallic lifeform en masse. Almost as soon as they entered the metallic lifeform, without even having a chance to decide where to sit, the metallic lifeform began to move.

  With a ‘swish’, the metallic lifeform disappeared into the horizons, leaving Royalwing City and heading towards Bluemaple City.

  Book 15, Priceless Treasure – Chapter 2, Extremely Heavy Casualties

  The metallic lifeform headed forward at high speed. However, the people within it couldn’t sense any turbulence at all. Right now, Linley’s group was all within the main hall of the metallic lifeform.

  “The layout is pretty good.” Linley looked around and sighed in approval.

  The metallic lifeform had transformed to a fairly large size. There was a main hall in the center, while behind the main hall there were rooms lining each side.

  The silver-haired elder with three black horns laughed and said, “Everyone, this is the main hall. The wine here is complimentary, and we’ve also invited some culinary experts. If you want to eat anything, you can instruct those two and they will have the chefs cook for you.” As he spoke, the silver-haired elder pointed towards two white-robed youths nearby.

  The Fiends present all smiled. These employers really were very considerate.

  “Behind the main hall are the living areas. There are a total of 130 rooms. You can choose whichever one you like, one room per person. If people want to stay together and have their rooms fuse, just give the instructions to my metallic lifeform directly.” The silver-haired elder smiled. “For example, you can say this; Camden [Kang’deng], merge these two rooms. ‘Camden’ is the name of my metallic lifeform.”

  The Fiends all nodded in satisfaction.

  Metallic lifeforms had intelligence. Naturally, they could change their insides easily.

  …………………

  “Camden, merge these two rooms together.” Linley said.

  Immediately, the two rooms in front of Linley suddenly changed. The two doors transformed into a single door, while the wall between the rooms disappeared as well, forming a single large room. The bed in the room instantly changed to a larger size as well.

  “Bebe, you can stay in the nearby room.” Linley turned and instructed.

  Linley suddenly found to his surprise that at this moment, Bebe was staring unblinkingly into the distance. Linley followed Bebe’s gaze. “Oh?” A youth dressed in a black warrior’s outfit and a adorable young girl with braids was in that direction. Bebe was staring at that girl.

  “Bebe, what is it?” Linley was somewhat surprised.

  Delia’s face had a hint of laughter on it. “Linley, could it be that Bebe has fallen for that girl?”

  Linley’s eyes rose upon hearing this. He took a close look at the adorable young lady. Her eyes were fairly large, and had a hint of a sly, playful look in them. The girl had noticed Bebe looking at her as well. She couldn’t help but stare back for a moment, and then give a little cute sniff. “Hmph!” And then she turned and said, “Big brother, that guy wearing a straw hat is so annoying.”

  The youngster turned over, smiling towards Bebe, Delia and Linley.

  And then, they entered their own room.

  “Bebe.” Linley called out. “She went in her room already. Why are you still standing there like an idiot?”

  Bebe stood blankly in that spot for a long moment, then suddenly turned to look at Linley. “Boss, that girl is way, way, way, way, way too cute…” This loud shout called quite a few distant Fiends to turn and look.

  Linley and Delia were shocked for a good long moment by Bebe’s shout.

  “Let’s go into the room then discuss it.” Linley immediately grabbed Bebe by the collar of his clothes and pulled him directly into the room.

  Bebe was so excited that his eyes were shining. “Boss, I’ve discovered something!”

  “Speak, what have you discovered?” Linley and Delia both laughed while looking at Bebe.

  “I’m absolutely certain!” Bebe balled his fists. “There really is such a thing as love at first sight!”

  Linley and Delia stared, stupefied.

  “When I saw her, wow…I felt my entire body grow warm. My mind went completely blank, like I suffered a soul-attack. I only woke up a long while later…and when I woke up, I understood!” Bebe was incomparably excited. “My purpose for being here in the Infernal Realm is…chasing her and getting her!” Bebe balled his fists, his eyes filled with resoluteness.

  Linley and Delia couldn’t help but begin to laugh.

  “What are you laughing at?” Bebe snorted. “Boss, think about it. How could there be such a coincidence that after so long in the Infernal Realm, I would meet her as soon as I took on an escort mission? This is…this is destiny!”

  Bebe arranged his straw hat and even slightly straightened his hair, saying in a bright voice, “I have decided that before we reach Bluemaple City, I will successfully chase that girl. Boss, you just wait and see!” And then, Bebe immediately walked out.

  “This Bebe…” Linley didn’t have any idea as to what to say.

  Delia laughed. “Linley, don’t worry. Just let him do as he pleases.”

  “What do I have to worry about?” Linley sighed. “Bebe has grown up with me. After all these years, he’s finally taken a liking to a girl. That’s a good thing. Only…frankly, Bebe was certain that he liked her after a single glance?”

  Linley still found it inconceivable.

  “Is ordinary logic applicable to Bebe?” Delia said.

  Actually, Linley was quite happy. Who Bebe liked was his own business. He himself couldn’t interfere, of course.

  Life in the metallic creature was very quiet. Although they ran into a few common bandit groups on the way, with so many Fiends standing there, the bandits immediately were terrified into scattering in all directi
ons. In the blink of an eye, six years passed.

  During these six years, Delia primarily focused on fusing with her Highgod spark, while Linley was training.

  As for Bebe, he chased that girl.

  And as a matter of fact, Bebe only needed three days before he and the girl were together. Both of them were sly, lively spirits, and when they were together, they were exceedingly happy. That big brother of the girl, seeing them like that, didn’t oppose it. After six years…Bebe and that ‘Nisse’ girl were already a couple.

  Everyone throughout the metallic creature knew that there was a pair of jokesters aboard.

  In a room within the metallic creature.

  Three Linley’s were seated meditatively on the ground, dressed in an earthen robe, a light green robe, and a sky-blue robe.

  Linley’s divine earth clone was pondering ‘Gravitational Space’. Although Linley was capable of using the ‘Supergravity Field’ technique, he was still feeling around at the edges of the ‘Gravitational Space’ mystery.

  Linley’s fastest improvement speed was seen in his divine wind clone.

  ‘Fast’, ‘Slow’, ‘Sound Waves’, ‘Music’. Linley’s level of understanding in these four profound mysteries was rising at a stable rate. In particular, the ‘Fast’ and ‘Slow’ aspects. According to Linley’s calculations, given his current speed, in a few decades, his complete fusion of these two profound mysteries might be completed.

  As for Linley’s original body, it was focusing on gaining insights into the ‘Elemental Laws of Fire’.

  With regards to elemental affinity, Linley had a high level of affinity for ‘earth’ and ‘wind’. His affinity for ‘fire’ came afterwards. As for the other elements, his affinity was exceedingly weak.

  To date, Linley had two divine clones. Naturally, Linley wouldn’t give up a chance to increase his strength yet again, and so his main body began to train in the Elemental Laws of Fire.

  “I still haven’t been able to grasp the basics of the Profound Mysteries of Gravitational Space. But I have for the Elemental Laws of Fire.” Linley laughed at himself. “But of course, I’ve only grasped the basics for the simplest ‘Essence of Fire’ profound mystery.” For all Laws, be it the Elemental Laws of Fire or the Elemental Laws of the Earth, the simplest profound mystery was that of the ‘Essence’; the ‘Essence of Fire’, the ‘Essence of the Earth’, etc.