"Uhhhhhh!!"
By the time he took the severed hand away, the bleeding had stopped.
"Wow, this is quite a man." Ivar nodded approvingly.
"You...don't ever...think of hurting...Prince Akkaya..."
The servant panted, tightly grasped the scimitar with his only remaining hand, and then rushed towards Ivar with a roar.
"Ahhhh!!!"
Ivar stared motionlessly at the servant rushing towards him. He just stood there silently, his dark green eyes staring absentmindedly at the servant's every move.
"Brave," Ivar muttered, "but stupid..."
Seeing the servant rushing to Ivar, and watching the servant's angry face as he raised his scimitar, Ivar calmly lowered his body, then slashed with a spinning blow -
"Ugh!"
Ivar ducked to avoid the servant's knife attack, and by ducking to the ground, he left two marks on the servant's thigh.
"Ah ah ah ah ah!!"
The servant fell to his knees with a scream. He gritted his teeth, dragged his badly injured legs, turned around and swung at Ivar with all his might.
"clang--"
Ivar caught the scimitar with great precision, and this became his last blow. The scimitar's arm became weak due to heavy blood loss, and he no longer had the strength to hold the scimitar in his hand.
With a "clang", the factor energy scimitar fell to the ground.
"Tsk tsk..it's so boring..."
Ivar slowly walked up to the servant, looked at his half-kneeling figure, and shook his head slightly.
"I thought you could give me some fun..." Ivar muttered. He sheathed his two swords at his waist and took out the sniper rifle again. "In the end, it's not even enough to warm up..."
"Kill me...dog of the Federation..." the servant roared in a hoarse voice, "Dust to dust...ash to ashes (Wilkin's language)..."
"Stop mourning your shabby ember master..." Ivar said, taking out a piece of cloth and wiping the mirror of the sniper rifle, "You...Akaya Aziz, Avada Aziz, Edward von Valantia, Aleph Stro, you are all just pawns..."
"Chess... chess piece..." The servant raised his head with great effort, looking at Ivar who was looking down at him. "What about you...? Sniper, what are you..."
"Are you stupid? Don't you Wilkins love to talk about me the most...?"
At that moment, Ivar's dark green eyes flashed, he looked down at the servant and whispered:
"I am your Lord of Ashes. Don't you recognize me?" (Wilkin)
After saying that, Ivar stuffed the long muzzle of the sniper rifle into the servant's mouth.
"Well, since you're so obsessed with this thing, I'll fulfill your wish."
"Wait..." The servant seemed to have thought of something at that moment, "Could it be that you..."
Before the attendant could continue, Ivar pulled the trigger and shot his head to pieces.
......
"From dust to dust, from ashes to ashes (Wilkin)..."
The golden spear stood before Aleph, shining with golden light.
Is this the end...?
Aleph's pupils widened and his mouth opened slightly. He wanted to say something, but nothing came out.
I'm sorry.. Edward, I failed you...
Aleph closed his eyes and straightened his neck.
"Hurry up and stop talking about your old Wilkins crap."
Prince Akkaya smiled gracefully after hearing this, and his red-gold eyes aimed at Aleph's neck.
"as you wish."
Aleph waited for death to come, but before the sharp blade of the red-gold spear pierced his throat, a gunshot was heard from a distance -
"Oh!"
Before Prince Akkaya could react, a large-caliber factor energy sniper bullet pierced through the air and hit his chest. The red factor shield exploded instantly, and Prince Akkaya's body was blown away and fell heavily to the ground...
"Ugh... Damn..." Prince Akkaya looked into the distance, where Ivar was holding a sniper rifle and aiming at him. "Useless thing, he can't even deal with a sniper."
Before Ivar fired the second shot, Prince Akkaya rolled in front of Aleph and pulled off the red dog tag from his neck.
"You have a chance to live, you lackey, but I have pronounced your sentence: you will die in the end."
Prince Akkaya whispered viciously in Aleph's ear, then pulled off his own dog tags and threw both of them into the lava river.
“Sizzle…Sizzle…”
The red dog tag was instantly swallowed by the hot magma. Then, a deafening roar came from the ground and the earth began to tremble.
"Here I come...Tower of Babel..."
A road made of pitch-black stones slowly rose from the bottom of the magma, breaking through the scorching river and appearing before Prince Akkaya.
Without further hesitation, Prince Akkaya stepped onto the dark road and ran towards the Tower of Babel at high speed.
"Don't... run... you... idiot..."
Aleph stretched out a trembling hand towards Prince Akkaya's receding back, and then his eyes went dark and he fell into a coma.
......
5) The Oathbreaker
"Are you leaving now? You're welcome to come back next time you pass by! The orange wine here is purchased from the manor..."
"Thank you, Auntie. I just don't know if I can get a discount in the future?"
"Hehehe...you young man...you only know how to take advantage of others. I'll just beat you up..."
"Okay, I'll definitely come back to take care of the business!"
After saying goodbye to the landlady, Pes walked out of the inn. While everyone else was still preparing in full swing, Pes stood alone by the door of the inn, staring at the icicles on the eaves in a daze. The snow was not heavy today, and the few snowflakes were like thin scraps of paper, floating in the air in the wind, but Pes knew that all this was just a warm-up before the snowstorm.
The blizzard is coming... When was the last time you experienced a blizzard on Wanren Mountain?
Pace carefully searched his memory for every snowstorm he had witnessed on Wanren Mountain, and the scene of escaping from the manor suddenly appeared in his eyes with great clarity.
There was a heavy snowstorm that day.
Unconsciously, a long time has passed... Pace sighed and pulled out the energy axe from his waist. In the cold air, Pace stroked the black axe blade and remembered the day his father gave him this axe.
He clearly remembers the day when he turned 14. At the banquet held in the banquet hall of Monarch Manor, Pace received countless birthday gifts. Almost all the gifts given to him by elders, brothers and sisters, and guests were gift boxes wrapped with gorgeous ribbons. He received so many gift boxes that they filled up the corners of the banquet hall.
Those gift boxes contained either luxurious clothes or new puppet toys. The more unusual ones might be rings inlaid with colorful stones, all of which were the favorite things of noble young masters and young ladies.
Pace received many gifts at that banquet, but only his father remained silent. He just sat quietly at the end of the banquet table, staring at Pace who was immersed in happiness, as if thinking about something.
After the banquet, Pace was called by his father to the icy lake where he often went fishing with Lianna. The air that day was as cold as it is now. Small snowflakes floated in the air and fell on his short black hair.
It was in such an atmosphere that had nothing in common with a birthday party that my father took out the Factor Energy Axe with a snow sculpture head carved on the back of the axe.
Pace still remembers what his father said that day:
“Don’t forget who you are. Even if you are dressed in fine clothes and drink fine wine, even if you can eat the best venison on Wanren Mountain every day, even if you live a life of luxury and are known as a noble, don’t forget who you are.”
"You have the blood of the ancestors flowing in your body, the pioneers of the Ten Thousand Mountains. They built villages with axes, lit up dark bunkers with torches, and built a solid foundation for Thebes."
"The Monarch family is different from the nobility in the secular world. We are noble, but our nobility is not in our surname, but in our character, a steel-like character forged in the ice and snow."
"If the Monark family wants to continue to stand on the snowy peak, you must not sink into worldly fame and fortune, which will wash away the spiritual energy that the snowy mountain brings to you."
"After you catch this axe, you will truly become my heir."
Pace will always remember the moment beside the frozen lake when he took the axe his father handed to him with high spirits, and his father’s last words:
"Remember, for the family (Thebite)."
Pace turned the axe skillfully, and the blue factor energy instantly appeared on the axe blade. A snowflake fell on it and immediately turned into white mist.
Pace had been waiting for this day for a long time. He had been busy making a living in a muddle-headed way, and gradually lost the character that his father had taught him countless times in the bleak business of the tavern. But that was all in the past. No matter what would happen in the future, he now had only one goal in mind.
Take back the mansion that has been in your family for generations.
"Brother, are you..are you ready?"
Pace looked behind him and saw Vance walking slowly towards him with a very distraught expression on his face.
"I've been waiting for you for a long time. We can leave anytime." Pace looked at Vance's empty face and felt very strange. "What's wrong? You look like you've lost your soul. This is not like you."
"Well... this is a long story..."
Vans looked hesitant and shy, totally lacking his usual efficiency.
"What are you doing..." Pace looked at Vans strangely, "Is there anything you can't say at this time?"
"Ah... Master Pace, let me tell you..."
The old butler walked out from behind Vance, touched his beard that was stained with snow, and his aging body trembled in the cold wind.
"Hey! Old man, don't tell my brother!" Vance blushed and wanted to stop the old butler, but was stopped by Pace.
"What happened?" Pace asked seriously.
The old butler looked at Vance's embarrassed look with a red face and smiled, then said to Pace:
"Mr. Vans just ran to Miss Perlis' room and tried to chat with her, but when Miss Perlis saw it was him, she closed the door without saying anything. It was a big blow to him..."
"Hey! Old man!" Vance wailed in despair.
"Hahahahaha, you're still obsessed with her. So is what she said about you stalking her in Lorton true?"
Pace laughed so hard that tears came out of his eyes as he patted Vans on the back.
"You're so lewd. You're even trying to flirt with those Federation people you mentioned so much. It seems like your 'period' has really come, hahahahaha!"
"Ahhhh!! Shut up!" Vans yelled in shame, and then pointed the finger at Pace, "You are laughing at me so loudly, I'm afraid it's because you have a relationship with her. Are you trying to cover it up?"
"Hey, stop talking nonsense, little brother," Pace became anxious as if he was poked by something when he heard this. "The little princess is so difficult to serve, who can have anything to do with her?"
"Look, look, she keeps calling me a little princess and says it's okay..."
"Hey! You..."
"Are we ready to go?"
A voice with a bit of indifference came from behind the crowd. Pace turned around and saw Perlis slowly walking towards the door of the inn. She was wrapped in a cloak, and her linen hood covered her long pure white hair.
The appearance of Perlis seemed to add a thin curtain to the air. Everyone instantly fell silent, staring at the pair of eyes that were covered with a layer of mist.
"ah.."
Pace looked at the indifferent Pearlis and recalled the quarrel in the backyard yesterday.
"Little Princess..."
"What's wrong? Do you need my help?"
Perlis walked up to Pace, who was a head taller than her, and looked up at him slightly with a dazed expression on her face.
"No, no... everything is ready..."
Pace lowered his head and pretended to think for a while. It seemed that this guy didn't take yesterday's quarrel to heart at all.
If their plan succeeds this time and Perlis realizes that she has been deceived, I wonder how she will react...
Pes stared at the indifferent face of Perlis. Perlis was completely unaware of the entanglements in Pes's heart. She just stared at him silently. She looked indifferent but inexplicably a little clumsy.
It must be said that Perlis was indeed very cute, with fair skin, a slender figure, and soft yet chiseled features on her pretty face. There was a little light hidden in the depths of her blood-red eyes, like two sparkling rubies, and she had long, smooth, beautiful pure white hair. Pace had only seen women with gray hair in the caravan from E-Tran, but had never seen pure white hair like Perlis.
It is no exaggeration to say that Perlis is probably the most beautiful girl Pace has ever seen in his life. Putting aside the objective feelings, even Pace's favorite sister, Lianna, pales in comparison to Perlis in appearance.
No wonder Vansh was so obsessed that he knocked on her door and tried to chat her up...
Wait, what on earth am I thinking about!
Pace shook his head, cleared his throat guiltily, and tried to look serious to Perlis:
"Let's review the plan again?"
"Well, whatever you like."
