Chapter 191- Trip to the East 10
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Updated : Sep 27th, 2025
BOOM!!
Tall pillars of snow and ice protruded towards the sky, glistening with a cold hue, and otherworldly presence as two figures were seen at the top of it, pulling back from the insurgence of ice and snow.
They landed about a meter away, with Raja pulling Malicia. "we're fighting that together, right?!" he asked as he spun his dadao in the air.
"Obviously!" She replied, slamming her hands together. "Advanced skill! Fall of the Serpentine!"
The ground shook as Raja charged forward towards a fog of snow, his eyes glistening with madness and his blade hungry for blood.
He charged in with great force, causing an updraft of the snow into the air, revealing Raph, who was prepared for his strike.
Their blades struck and an explosion of energy and power occurred, blowing Raja backwards. His smile widened into a grin as he pushed his body forward, swinging his sword through the air at the same time.
"You're rather amusing! What level are you? 100?"
BOOM!
Their swords clashed with an unprecedented force that caused a crater beneath them. Raja was stuck in the clash, but Raph easily maneuvered like a flowing dragon, sliding across the rough terrain of iced rocks.
He stretched his hand forward and grabbed Raja by his collar, pulling him towards himself, before slamming his head against him.
"Gah!" the sickening sound of bone crushing echoed as mood spewed from Raja's orifice. Read latest chapters at My Virtual Library Empire
Raph proceeded to swing him through the air, but the ground beneath him quaked, startling him for a moment.
His eyes gleaned through it, and his body moved out of the way immediately after recognizing the threat.
His sudden retreat gave Raja the freeway of escaping as ten giant serpents the size of a train, burst through the ground beneath them.
"Hah!! This is shitty" Raph said as he slid across the ground on landing, retreating from the charging serpents. They furiously snarled as they chased after him in crimson madness, but Raph remained a step ahead of them.
He dodged one that sprang towards him and suddenly twirled his body in the air, using the serpent's large body size as an anchor, dodging two more that slammed against the ground.
Bits of rocks and blood blew into the sky due to their impact, but Raph had no moment of rest.
As he landed, two more had surrounded him, cascading a deep darkness around him.
Raph was about to slam him at the other end when the giant serpents charged at him in unison, and surrounding him from all sides
"What a joke". He threw Raja away and past the incoming serpents and stumped his feet into the ground. 'Everything is Ice!'
"Absolute Zero!"
The rocky ground broke and shook, trembling under the sensation of ice as it crackled and spread like cancer, attaching itself to the serpents and spreading through them as they lounged at him.
Their bodies formed a cascade of darkness around Raph, as it was frozen in the air in the next few seconds before any of them could strike him.
"It must be because you haven't had the time to grow," Raph said as he strolled out of the darkness into the light while the ice statues dispersed into crystals of ice
"You're so weak, it's almost pitiable. Did you really think of attacking the Merchant Union of the Southeast with only this much?"
Standing far away from him was Malicia, whose snake came crawling towards her with Raja riding on it. They had put a safe distance between them and Raph, and their bodies remained on high alert.
"Everything was going as planned, but you showed up". Malicia said with a bitter tone in her voice. "We do not even know who you are".
"But from what it seems, you aren't affiliated with the Merchants or Mercenaries" Raja interjected while Malicia healed him. "What is it? What did they offer you? Join us, and we can give you more"
Raph stared at him for a moment, while his thoughts began to arrange in order. It was a surprising thought to him; in fact, it was the first time he heard his foes asking him to join them. 'Oh wow.....what is this feeling?' He wondered for a moment before shrugging it off. "I have business in the East, and I'm hitching a ride with them. You being here and attacking is only being a nuisance"
"Business in the east? In a time of war? Are you joining the Eastern frontiers?" Raja asked with a raised brow when Malicia suddenly smacked him in the back of the head. "Ouch....Hah....sorry, I wasn't supposed to say that" he muttered apologetically while Malicia stared at Raph.
"Eastern Frontiers, huh?" Raph repeated, as memories came flooding in. 'I don't know about now, but they contributed so much in the time of the Demonic War, but if it's now.....are they doing something else?' He thought as a sigh exuded from his lips.
"Look, I can't have you here, but I can turn a blind eye to this...you will go your way, and we go ours".
Raja and Malicia glanced at each other for a moment, before turning towards Raph. "Why?" She asked.
'She's not part of the Red Peacemakers now, but most likely the Eastern Frontiers". They were a group of Eastern elites, including mages, warriors, and knights, and their goals usually aligned with helping the minority.
"Are you....doing all this just to get some food?" He asked, his voice laced with curiosity.
Raja and Malicia stared at Raph in surprise, their eyes flickering with emotions.
It was then Raph's hypothesis concluded. 'Right on point'.
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