Lord of the Magical Beasts

The bar was packed with people early in the night. Soldiers, troops and hunters gathered together to drink after a hard day’s work, bursting into laughter from time to time.

Boom…

Just as the crowd was indulging in their drinks, the door that blocked the heavy snow from the interior of the bar suddenly burst open, letting out a deafening thud. Following that, a warrior that had the getup of an adventurer stumbled into the bar, covered in blood. He fell fiercely onto the ground after just taking a few steps forward.

“Sir, Valenia Valley… The Church…” The warrior covered in blood spoke as he crawled with difficulty toward a tipsy horse-faced man. It looks like he was the loyal follower of the horse-faced man.

Lucasa?

Seeing the warrior covered in blood, the horse-faced man immediately sobered up after shaking his giddy head in disbelief. He pounced forward, “Lucasa, say, who injured you, I’ll lead the brothers over to kill him!”

“Sir, quick, the relic of the giant dragon is at the Valenia Valley, quick…”

The voice of the warrior covered in blood became weaker and weaker, but the horse-faced man quickly understood what was going on. He led a few muscular blokes out of the bar after carrying the injured warrior, fast as the wind.

The relic of the giant dragon?

The relic of the giant dragon was found in the Valenia Valley?

The crowd was shocked after their initial surprise, creating an uproar soon after. To think that the clue they had spent so much time finding to no avail was unintentionally made known to them in the bar.

“Tsk tsk, the relic of the giant dragon is in the Valenia Valley. Who knows if that’s true or false?”

“That’s right, I’ve already been to the Valenia Valley, why did I not find any suspicious areas?”

“Hehe, I am not too sure of the others, but there are indeed a large number of knights and Spellcasters from the Church gathered at the Valenia Valley over the past two days!”

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The crowd engaged in a discussion. They found more and more suspicious points after being hyped up by a few hunters, and became increasingly certain that the relic of the giant dragon was at the Valenia Valley.

A few people shouted in excitement after their elation, wanting everyone to know about this alarming piece of news; Some remained silent, tossing down a handful of crystal coins without counting them before leaving quickly; In fact, some even sent out a magical message on the spot, reporting this alarming piece of news to their superiors…

Just like that, the news of having found the relic of the giant dragon in the Valenia Valley became widespread. In just an hour’s time, the entire Wissen Town was in an uproar, with warriors and Spellcasters rushing everywhere.

The mysterious figures who stayed within the inn on an average day showed themselves, quickly leaving straight toward the Valenia Valley, surrounded by a horde of warriors and Spellcasters; The large troop teams called for an emergency gathering, bringing along their weapons and a portion of their rations before leaving, unwilling to take the back foot; Several adventurers and troops formed teams and rushed toward the Terras Forest, some even choosing to go alone…

Soon, the bar that is usually crowded, became empty. The cries of warhorses filled the air as teams of warriors moved out in batches, all of them quickly swarming toward the Terras Forest.

The excited people did not notice that the Wissen Castle was strangely quiet. A few dark figures were standing on the walls of the castle, silently observing the factions that were moving out. If the people who had been drinking in the bar would walk over to have a closer look, they would have seen that the horse-faced man and the blood-soaked warrior was standing respectfully behind Yang Ling.

Goode shook his head as he looked at the factions swarming toward the forest. He let out a gentle sigh, understanding that a number of people would definitely lose their lives there.

According to Yang Ling’s instructions, he had mobilized over a hundred elites who were adept in battle from the Aila Mountain Pass, Black Water City and the Taildon Valley. They formed a team of explorers, two hundred men strong, together with the elites in the Wissen Castle. Amongst them, the Fox Elder, Ox Chief and Medusa Leader, as well as Ashnamov and the rest, had rushed over overnight, personally leading their subordinates into battle.

Even though there were not many of them, with not enough members to even form a large troop team, their offensive and defensive capabilities were all alarming after being equipped with the newest armor and weapons from the military factory.

Other than the exploration team that would openly take action, Goode had also gathered a team of elites to act in secret. The team consisted of experienced hunters, as well as members of the intelligence group Parrot that had never shown their faces… Their mission was simple, and that was to mix within the troops and various factions to create chaos!

Furthermore, as per Yang Ling’s request, he had posted a notice at the Hunter Association and restricted the actions of the many hunters, faintly hinting at the dangers of this journey. The smarter hunters would naturally know to stay in the town and not take action, while the few that were daring enough to go observe the fanfare with the troops could only pray for good luck.

“Sir, the last batch of weapons has been shipped over from the military factory!” Just as Goode was shaking his head and sighing, the heavily armored Orlando walked quickly up to the castle walls and reported the newest developments to Yang Ling.

“Good, let’s go, let’s head down to take a look!”

Yang Ling let out a cold smile as he looked at the flow of traffic rushing toward the Terras Forest, their torches raised, speaking as he left with large strides. Orlando, Goode and the rest followed closely behind.

The military factory had rapidly went on the right track in this period of time, now that they had enough materials such as steel ores, Arrow Bamboos and Purple Sandalwood, as well as a substantial number of skilled Alchemists and steelsmiths. They have created batch after batch of quality weapons and armor. Under the guidance of Master Aaron, hailed as a Genius Alchemist, they have had major breakthroughs in many areas.

The dwarf Rumi had led his men in creating sharp weapons and armor with alarming defensive capabilities, while Alice had created a variety of lethal poisons. What was even more surprising was that there was finally a breakthrough in the gnomes’ magical spell formations. They had successfully created the first batch of magical weapons and magical armor.

“Sir, look, this is the heavy plate that you asked for. It can defend against the attacks of a knight’s longspear or heavy crossbows.” The Gnome Elder seized the opportunity to introduce his masterpiece as he saw Yang Ling moving quickly down the castle walls, “Even though its weight is far greater than an average armor, it does not have a great impact on the mobility of the warriors after we carved a wind element magical spell formation on the front and back of the plate!”

Carved a wind element magical spell formation on the front and back?

After instructing a Bullman warrior to put on the plate, Yang Ling grabbed a longspear and stabbed toward the warrior without uttering a word. The three-meter tall Bullman warrior was sent flying after a crisp ring was heard, but stood up without effort in the blink of an eye. There was a depression on the armor, but the Bullman was not injured.

“Not bad, all the warriors who are responsible for close combat are to switch to this armor!” Even though he had only used forty percent of his strength, Yang Ling nodded in satisfaction after seeing that the Bullman was uninjured.

“Sir, this is the heavy axe that we created. We added in a little Star Metal when we were creating it. It is sharp and sturdy. It brings along lightning element attacks after we drew a magical spell formation on it using the blood of the Lightning Bird!” The dwarf Rumi rushed out to introduce his masterpiece after seeing Yang Ling nod in satisfaction.

It brings along lightning element attacks?

After picking up the giant axe, Yang Ling swung it in an arc in the air, then sliced down toward a large tree with a trunk about the thickness of a pail. After an incandescent bolt of lightning flashed past, the large tree had been split into two, the area where it was chopped on burnt black.

Yang Ling once again nodded in satisfaction after instructing a Bullman warrior to demonstrate the power of the heavy axe. The custom-made heavy plates, the magical axes with extremely powerful offensive capabilities, coupled with their natural talents and abilities… This way, the Bullman warriors now possessed powerful offensive and defensive capabilities, turning them into bulldozers on the battlefield.

Elated, he continued to test the halberds made specifically for the Galapagos Tortoisemen, the scimitars made for the Medusa warriors, as well as the large steel poles made for the Ogres, getting more and more excited as he went along. With these custom-made magical weapons, the abilities of the warriors would definitely be much stronger than they were in the past. It would definitely surprise the enemies.

“Brother Yang, this is the Stiff Bottle-brush that I made. It can quickly stop the bleeding if you apply it on your wound; This is the newest version of the Corpse Rotting Water made using sulfur, snake venom and Dragon Bonegrass. Only a bit is enough to cause the skin and muscle to decompose at a rapid rate. It can even soften bone…”

Alice could not hold it in after seeing the dwarf Rumi and Gnome Elder display their masterpieces, unfolding the thick layer of tarp covering a few of the crates, revealing a large collection of cans and bottles. Yang Ling was elated while hearing her descriptions, while the Bullmen and forest elves at the side could not help but feel their skin crawl, all of them instinctively taking a few steps back. Even the Medusas who were experts at wielding poison were no exception.

“Oh, what’s in this crate?” After glancing over the weapons the military factory had sent over, Yang Ling saw a large crate covered with several waterproof tarps.

Seeing Yang Ling walking over quickly, Master Aaron and the Gnome Elder let out a proud smile. After looking at each other, Master Aaron said excitedly, “Sir, this… This is the Pear Blossom Crossbow that have been long lost in the continent. It can shoot out a hundred arrows made from Arrow Bamboos at once!”

Aaron was so excited that he nearly could not speak!

The Pear Blossom Crossbow was said to be a powerful weapon the allied forces of the Tailun Continent used to deal with the evil demons. It had an immense offensive power. It was rumored that thousands of years ago, a hundred brave knights have tossed away their spears and held their own against the surprise attacks of tens of thousands of evil demons on the Alpen Mountain using the Pear Blossom Crossbow, bringing the allied forces precious time to launch a counter attack.

As a top notch Alchemist, Aaron was full of awe at many of the historical weapons, often bemoaning the fact that the method for building various weapons have been lost. Amongst them was the famous Pear Blossom Crossbow.

He did not expect the Gnome tribe to have kept a portion of the blueprints for the Pear Blossom Crossbow. He managed to recreate it following the document, together with the help of the Gnome Elder! Even though its power was far from comparable to the one in the legends, it was already far more powerful than any crossbow in the continent. There would definitely be a commotion amongst the great human empires if news of this spread out.

At the start, he had had no choice but to stay due to his magical contract with Yang Ling. However, he was now staying on his own accord after seeing the wonderful items like the Magic Hunting Cards, gnomes’ magical spell formation and Pear Blossom Crossbow, as well as having an inexhaustible supply of materials for his experiments. In fact, Yang Ling would not be able to chase him away now even if he wanted to.