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Published at 3rd of March 2018 07:07:33 AM


Chapter 197

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Chapter 197: A Retarded Fan of The Female Marshal

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

 

After saying goodbye to the diocese, Ophra left the room, very graceful. Hao Ren searched his mind, and he now only remembered who this Marshal Ophra was.

Aside from the church which was influential but non-interfering, there were three other most powerful persons in The Kingdom of Holletta: the first was Mhoren, the incumbent king; the other two were his right hand men—Prince Hoffman, the chief public officer; and Marshal Ophra, also known as The Iron General was the best fighter in the kingdom.

That’s right. The young lady who had just left. She was the best fighter in the kingdom, theoretically.

Hao Ren had intel about the ruling class of the kingdom through various channels. He also knew about Marshal Ophra. But never had he thought that powerful figure was a woman, and two years his junior. When he heard ‘the best fighter in the kingdom’ he was expecting to see a herculean, eight-feet villain—just like Y’zaks, and better still with tattoos of octopus on his arms.

He was half stunned. Half a day had flown by before he came to his senses and accepted the fact that the one who had just left the room was one of the most powerful persons in the kingdom, the general of all the knights of the kingdom, and at the same time a not just young but also a beautiful lady. Apart from her military demeanour, there was no way people could tell she was the best fighter.

"Behave... she’s VIP." Lily stuck her tongue out in astonishment. She glanced at Becky then said, "Look like you’re quite admiring her."

Becky nodded her head like she was on vibration mode, even Hao Ren who was standing nearby could feel her pride.

Hao Ren had wanted to know more about Marshal Ophra. But it looked like this wasn’t the right time, the diocese of Gelton was being left in the cold. He looked at the thin and feeble old man who could go back to meet his creator anytime. "That’s all about our briefing..."

The old man slowly nodded. His voice was weaker than before. "Thank you. The intel was timely and critical. Tomorrow I’ll send an ascetic to check out the landslide you mentioned in the mountains. Meanwhile you might want to spend the night in town. I guess you guys’re tired."

Hao Ren nodded. But he had something else to say. "What about the rock monsters? Would they come into the town? As we had seen some monsters in the east of the trail. It seemed they were going to the steppe. You might want to look out for them."

"The knights of the church and of the kingdom would handle that." The diocese waved. He didn’t find the need to share information with them, after all these mercenaries had just arrived here. And Hao Ren knew that as well. So he kept all the questions to himself. Meanwhile something had crossed Vivian’s mind. "We’re going to The Beinz Blood Lade. We might need to get a pass from you."

"The sacred lake?" The diocese looked up at them, his face was full of wrinkles. "Ahh, you’re mercenaries, looking for the Orb of The Holy Synod. Are you sure you’re still going?"

Hao Ren suddenly tensed up. "Is there anything wrong? Is it locked down?"

"No. Not yet." The diocese shook his head. "But the situation near the sacred lake isn’t stable, many mercenaries have returned. After the incident this afternoon, nobody knows what would happen there. It’s not a good idea to go there now."

Something the diocese didn’t say, and found it inconvenient to mention: the missing of the orb occurred two months ago. But a lot had happened within the two months period. The situation near The Beinz Blood Lake had worsen, various unusual phenomena which arose had overwhelmed the knights from the church as well as the kingdom. The orb was now just one of the many problems. Searching for the orb was... simply not the priority.

As a pious believer he couldn’t say it out with his own mouth.

Nangong Wuyue stepped forward. "We know it’s risky. But we’ve got to go there anyhow—we’re searching for someone."

"Someone?" The diocese looked up.

"Let me explain..." Since it had come to this, Hao Ren might as well tell the diocese about the mysterious woman. "... that she is. She might’ve been here about two days ago."

"I’ve no idea who you’re talking about. But I could give your the pass." The diocese pulled out a form from a stack of documents on the table. He put down two official stamps on the pre-filled form and then said, "May The Goddess bless you and be with you."

They took the pass and left the diocese’ room. The serious man who led them here earlier was still standing outside, seemingly waiting for them. "I bring you lot to the knights station. You can rest there."

For over the past two months, mercenaries from all over the kingdom had flocked to the town. All hotels and homestays had been fully booked, many mercenaries had to stay at the two knights station.

Lily was always on her insanely happy-go-lucky mode. She wiggled around Hao Ren since coming out from the church. "The old man seems to be a nice guy. I thought diocese’s old-fashioned kind of person."

"Ahem..." Hao Ren gave out a dry cough. But it seemed the black-robe monk hadn’t responded. "It seems the women hasn’t come to Leyton at all."

"How could she go to the blood lake if not via Leyton?" Vivian looked at Becky.

"It’s possible." Becky couldn’t understand why they were so interested in the mysterious traveller which they hadn’t even met. But she still replied in all seriousness. "There’s a route from the danger zone directly go through the twisted woodland. It’s safer to enter the blood lake region through the official route and the church watchhouse outside the town. Most people take this route which has regular patrol and clean-up, and there’re arrays of alarm on both sides of the road. Other routes to the twisted woodland aren’t safe—you could be attacked by monster beasts.

"Let’s hope the best." Hao Ren sincerely said a prayer for the otherworldly visitor, but he wasn’t sure if he should pray in the name of Raven 12345. It was the biggest irony as a genuine ‘saint’ himself: the ordinary believers could pray with faith and in peace irrespective of whether God listen or not, at least they could do it without fear; but Hao Ren himself who always had conversation with God didn’t really enjoy being honest, he was even nervous with the sheer mention of the Goddess’ name because the Goddess wasn’t any more normal then the husky...

Y’zaks stayed silent during the whole time in the church. Perhaps he wasn’t comfortable with the atmosphere inside. He breathed a sigh of relief when he finally got outside. "Tell me... why would a marshal of a kingdom come to this place?"

The beautiful picture of Marshal Ophra kept appearing in Hao Ren’s mind. Attractive women always had the ability to impart a lasting impression in people’s mind, especially a woman like her who possessed so many incredible qualities. But Hao Ren was already a man of experienced, he didn’t have any wishful thinking toward Marshal Ophra. All he was thinking was he felt the positions and titles behind this woman looked at odd in her. "Perhaps she’s investigating the missing of the orb incident...it’s been a fuss. Anyway I’d not expected the marshal of the kingdom is a woman."

"I know you’re discriminating against women!" The admiration of Becky for Marshal Ophra was almost abnormal. She jumped to her feet. "What’s wrong with young woman? Are you having problem with age or gender? Let me tell ya, woman fighters are just as awesome, I’m a fine example of that. And who the hell tells you Marsha Ophra’s young? She’s at least a few hundred years old..."

"A few hundred years old?!" Hao Ren was stunned. "She’s not human?"

"Marshal Ophra’s the descendent of ancient seed." Becky stared at Hao Ren. "The Northern Empire must be damn ignorant to have such a weirdo like you."

"Ancient seed! Whoa... ancient seed." Hao Ren laughed slyly. "That’s fine. That’s fine. You’re her admirer!"

"Of course I’m." Becky’s eyes almost gleaming with green glow. "No female mercenary who doesn’t admire her. She’s a legendary woman fighter. It’s said that she was a hero who had successfully suppressed a few revolts at the border a few hundred years ago. Since she came into being she was the sword instructor the Royalty of Holleta. How awesome’s that, right?"

Hao Ren didn’t know a thing. He was just laughing slyly.

It was impossible to have communication with Becky under such situation.





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