Chapter 123: Suddenly Hearing Bad News

Late that night, after completing his nightly training, Old Xie took a refreshing cold bath and then hugged his pillow, sleeping soundly on his expensive velvet bed. However, just as Old Xie was sleeping most soundly, his bedroom door was suddenly knocked heavily. At the same time, the voice of the Mage Tower steward Lilith came, “Young Master, the Master asks you to come out to receive guests!”

“Damn it!” Old Xie was already angry at being woken up. Hearing Lilith’s words, he almost spat blood and cursed directly, “Get lost! Does that Old Bastard think I’m a whore in a brothel? Receiving guests in the middle of the night? Damn, why doesn’t he go himself?”

Lilith was stunned by Old Xie’s fierce voice and didn’t speak for a while. And Old Xie’s loud voice traveled exceptionally far in the quiet night, so that the people in a living room not far from his bedroom heard it clearly. After all, the three people there, the Old Mage, Arthas, and the Clan Head of the Hercules Family, Akashic, were all power ful figures with sharp ears.

As guests, Akashic and Arthas tried their best to hold it in and didn’t laugh out loud, but their expressions showed it was very hard work. The Old Mage’s face turned red with anger. Although he was informal, being insulted by his junior like this, and in front of guests, he felt humiliated.

“Bastard!” The Old Mage, angry and embarrassed, couldn’t help but curse. Then he waved his sleeve fiercely. Immediately, a dragon made of lightning flew out. This lightning dragon, over ten meters long, seemed to know the way. It went out the door and headed straight for Old Xie’s bedroom along the corridor. It turned corners without destroying anything and didn’t take a single wrong step.

Soon it arrived outside Old Xie’s bedroom. Then it showed its ferocious side, directly smashing the door and pouncing fiercely on Old Xie’s bed.

Old Xie woke up the moment the door was broken. Years of combat habits made him subconsciously leap away from the bed. Immediately after, the lightning dragon turned his high-class bed into a pile of ashes. Clearly, the old guy was serious this time. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have caused such destruction. You know, Old Xie was sleeping on a top-class Noble bed, made of solid high-quality giant wood. It was very sturdy. Now it was shattered in one hit. This showed how terrifying the magic power of that lightning dragon was. If it had hit Old Xie, it would have definitely electrocuted him into a burnt chicken.

Seeing this, Old Xie was also furious. He thought, I can’t even sleep properly? Is there any law?

Thinking this, Old Xie angrily shouted, “Damn Old Bastard, do you want to fight?” Saying that, he grabbed his wooden staff and rushed angrily to find the Old Mage.

But when Old Xie entered the door, he was stunned. He didn’t expect that at around 2 AM, Arthas and Akashic would appear in the Castle. This was simply incredible.

The Old Mage then asked angrily, “Are you sure you want to fight me?”

“Oh!” Old Xie immediately fell silent. He then realized that his curse just now was indeed a bit too much. Being so disrespectful in front of outsiders, it was no wonder the Old Mage was angry enough to strike him with lightning. Plus, Old Xie knew he was no match for the Old Mage. Fighting would just mean getting beaten. He wasn’t stupid, so naturally he wouldn’t do that. So after humming twice, he quickly changed the subject, “Huh, strange, why is this Pretty Boy here in the middle of the night?”

Old Xie immediately called him a Pretty Boy, which really angered Arthas. But he was too embarrassed to bicker with Old Xie in front of others; that would be ungraceful. So he could only sulk.

Fortunately, the Old Mage couldn’t stand it and flicked his hand to give Old Xie a Lightning Strike. However, Old Xie, who was prepared, dodged it. It only burned a charred hole in the carpet, which made the Old Mage feel distressed. He couldn’t help but scold, “Can’t you have some manners? Look at you, do you have any Noble temperament at all?”

“If being a Noble means being such a sissy, then I’d rather not be a Noble!” Old Xie immediately said with a cheeky smile.

“You bastard!” The Old Mage was so angry he wanted to attack again.

But Akashic stopped him. He smiled bitterly, “Alright, alright, things are urgent now. Stop making trouble. Let’s talk business!”

“Hmph!” Only then did the Old Mage suppress his anger and retract his hand unwillingly.

Seeing this, Old Xie knew something was wrong. He hurriedly asked, “What exactly happened?”

“Constantine just sent a message back using magic, saying she met danger outside and is asking for help urgently!” Akashic said anxiously.

“Ah?” When Old Xie heard this, he immediately put away his playful look and asked hurriedly, “What exactly is going on?”

“It is like this!” Akashic then explained, “Constantine went to the City of Chaos this time to do business with the Black Dragon Society from the Demon Archipelago, but unexpectedly, the other side suddenly went back on their word after the deal. They ambushed Constantine and her group halfway, planning to rob both the people and the goods.” When Akashic said this, his face was full of righteous indignation, clearly furious to the extreme.

When Old Xie heard this, he immediately flew into a rage and said, “Are you an idiot? How could you let her go to a place like that?”

It turned out that Old Xie had long known the reputation of the City of Chaos. This city was built by the seaside, right next to the estuary of the Mapu River that cut across the continent, and the Mapu River was the boundary river between the Empire of Light and the Griffin Kingdom. Therefore, the location of the City of Chaos belonged neither to the Empire of Light nor to the Griffin Kingdom, but was a separate vacuum zone. This was also because the populations of the two countries were too sparse, so they were simply unable to control certain coastal areas, which eventually resulted in such a lawless place.

This city was originally the ruins left by a certain big city of the Elven Empire. More than a thousand years ago, it was still a lifeless stretch of ruins. But later, the pirates of the Demon Archipelago took a fancy to the convenient environment of this place and occupied it as their base. It could be used both for fencing stolen goods and for purchasing products from the continent. The people who came and went here were initially all criminals and fences, otherwise they would not have dealt with pirates. Later, the place gradually prospered and attracted many evil guys from the continent. Over time, such a chaotic city was formed.

Although this city was chaotic, for merchants, there was undoubtedly huge business opportunities here. Because this place was like a springboard connecting the Yilan Continent and the Demon Archipelago outside. The various unique products produced on the archipelago could only flow into the continent from here, and the supplies they lacked could only be obtained from here. So the commercial atmosphere here was very heavy, almost counting as the largest trade distribution center on the continent. All the big merchant guilds on the continent definitely had branches set up there.

However, after all, the City of Chaos was managed by pirate organizations, so the danger within it could be imagined. If things went wrong, perhaps both the person and the goods would be done for. Only the various powerful families had the qualifications to survive there. So for Constantine to go to a place like that, there was indeed a certain risk. Of course, the risk was not great. Because pirates were not idiots either, and they would not easily provoke the Hercules Family for no reason. After all, the powerful Elves stood behind them! Although the Elves’ reach could not extend to the Demon Island, as long as the pirates still wanted to mix on the continent, they had to be scrupled about the attitude of the Elves.

But clearly, something unexpected happened this time, so that the Black Dragon Society did not hesitate to offend the Elves to keep Constantine.

Hearing Old Xie’s complaint, Akashic wanted to cry but had no tears. He could only say with a bitter smile, “I actually did not want her to go personally, but don’t be fooled by her weak appearance, her inner temper is very stubborn. I could not persuade her!”

“Sigh!” Old Xie sighed hatefully, then asked hurriedly, “What is her situation now?”

“She is currently trapped on a seaside cliff more than 200 li east of the City of Chaos, relying on the terrain to hold on. But Constantine said that she can hold on for two days at most!” Akashic said anxiously, “Two days, how can I send people to the City of Chaos more than 3000 li away in such a short time! However, Constantine mentioned in the magic message asking for help that I should find you to figure out a way. I wonder if you can help me?”

When he said this, both Akashic and Arthas looked at Old Xie with nervous faces.

Old Xie immediately raised his chin and said proudly, “Of course there is no problem. I am a real man who stands tall, I will definitely not be as useless as a certain pretty boy!”

When Arthas heard this, his little face immediately turned green. He immediately retorted, “It is just providing a transportation, I don’t think it is such an amazing performance. A real warrior will show himself in the battle to save Constantine, not brag now!”

“Ha, so you are going too!” Old Xie heard this and immediately said with a smile, “Fine, last time we counted as a draw, I was very unconvinced. It just so happens there is such an opportunity this time, let us use those pirates as targets and see who is the useless pretty boy! How about it?”