Hail the King

“Who are you? Sh*t! Stop! I will fu*king kill you!”

After seeing that the food supplies were being burned, Prince Fairenton shouted angrily as burning rage appeared in his eyes.

In the desert, food was more precious than gold. It was accurate to say that the lifeline of the 60,000 soldiers of Jax was being destroyed by this evil mage who was shooting out fireballs recklessly; the prince was really mad.

However, Fei still didn’t fight the prince head on. As he dodged the attacks from this prince, he continued to set the food on fire.

The air was quite dry in the desert, and the food supplies in the storages were dry as well after they were kept there for three days. They were easily flammable; they would be ignited using regular fires let alone magic fires that were a lot hotter. Even though some of the mages on the side of Jax prepared to cast water-elemental spells, the power of these spells was weakened since there weren’t a lot of water magic elements in the area.

Fei laughed and started to run around in the storages.

Then, something unusual happened; fires would appear wherever Fei went. As if he was a devil that was walking in the night, even sand under his feet would burn vigorously.

This was the skill of the Sorceress Character – [Blaze]; this skill would leave a wall of fire in Fei footsteps, and all the enemies could be burned into ashes.

In the meantime, Fei also used the new skill [Hydra] that he just learned. After he pointed at a stack of food supplies with his wand, the ground opened, and a multi-headed beast that looked similar to snakes appeared. It was three meters tall, and it was made from pure fire magic elements.

This monster looked viciously, and its mouths would open and spit out fire regularly; these fires were enough to kill a One-Star Warrior.

The blowing wind helped the fires to burn even more.

Soon, the food supplies that were going to last the 60,000 soldiers of Jax for the next three days were all enveloped by the flames, and crackling noises sounded as some of the food like corn popped.

Fairenton’s superior intelligence was shown at this moment. After he forced himself to calm down, he thought about the situation and realized that although they lacked water, there were a lot of sands around; the sands could extinguish fires as well.

“Damn it! Stop looking for water! Use sand! Use the sand to put out the fire!…… Quickly! All mages! Use earth-elemental spells and move the sand onto the food!”

As Fairenton chased after Fei, he ordered the soldiers and mages anxiously.

After hearing the command, the soldiers and mages who were in a state of panic got a bit more organized and started to use the sand.

Under the work of tens of thousands of soldiers, the fires finally got controlled.

Fei laughed and quickly dashed out of the campsite of Jax. He didn’t go back and set more fire; it seemed like the food supplies that got saved could barely last 60,000 soldiers for a day, and his goal was achieved.

“Escape? Where are you going?” Prince Fairenton chased after Fei angrily, “I will kill you!” he shouted.

Both Fei and Fairenton were speedy, and they quickly disappeared into the night. The warriors of Jax wanted to chase after them to protect their prince, but they couldn’t catch up.

Fei didn’t head towards Dual-Flags City.

He chose to go deeper into the desert.

After he got to know this prince better tonight, he decided to lure this prince out to the desert and have a good talk.

……

The deeper one was into the desert, the colder it was.

Fei’s endurance wasn’t that great under Sorceress Mode, and he didn’t like to sprint under this mode. Since the Sorceresses in Diablo World couldn’t cast spells that could make them fly, Fei wasn’t that fast if he was compared to Prince Fairenton who was chasing after him like a madman.

As time passed by, Fairenton got closer and closer. The prince was being enveloped by his red Warrior Energy Flame, and he was at his peak state while he repeatedly shouted to empower himself.

Fei thought of something and quickly changed to [Assassin Mode]. Like a shadow, he instantly disappeared.

Boom!

A lot of force spilled to the surroundings as Fairenton landed onto a sand hill. With his guards up, he looked around and observed.

“Huh? Where did he go? Strange…… he was here a moment ago…… how did he disappear? I can’t even sense his aura. Does he know how to fly?” the haughty prince’s eyes looked all red as the moonlight shined on him, and the red Warrior Energy was spread out like waves.

With the strength of Eight-Star, a warrior was capable of using his or her Warrior Energy to sense the location of enemies close by. As long as the enemies weren’t a lot more powerful and didn’t have unique stealth techniques, their locations would be revealed.

However……

“I can’t sense anything, not even a trace…… It feels like he is turned into thin-air!”

Fairenton was shocked.

He detected the power of that fire-elemental mage in the campsite, and he knew that the mage was less powerful than him. “How can he avoid be detected by me now?” he thought.

“Hey, are you looking for me?”

A loud and clear voice sounded behind him.

The prince was shocked even more.

“Someone sneaked behind me, and I didn’t even notice?”

As a talented warrior, his instinct told him not to turn around immediately.

Like an arrow, he instantly dashed away for 20 meters. When he gained a safe distance, he readjusted his mentality and unleashed his Eight-Star Warrior Energy.

After his Warrior Energy cycled in more than 80 energy channels inside his body and created a tsunami-like noise, he turned around carefully.

It was fortunate that this enemy didn’t want to sneak-attack him.

Fairenton saw the person who spoke to him standing on a sand hill not too far away.

After he saw the face of this person, he was more surprised than angry; the rage that was burning inside of him instantly disappeared as if it was never there.

He lowered his guard as if he wasn’t worried about getting harmed by this person, and he asked after a moment of silence, “King Alexander of Chambord? Is it you? Did you send that mage to lure me here? Who is he?”

“He is one of my subordinates,” Fei who had switched to Barbarian Mode shrugged and laughed. Then, he asked with a strange tone, “Your Highness, it seems like you aren’t worried. Do you have the confidence to escape? Or you are sure that I won’t kill you?”

“You won’t kill me,” Fairenton replied with confidence; he even pulled back his Warrior Energy and calmed down. With a relieved expression, he continued, “You aren’t prepared to deal with the revenge of the Jax Empire once you kill me, at least not yet.”

“This reasoning…… is trash. The two empires have declared war against each other. We had been fighting all day; why would I be afraid of the revenge?” Fei said as he slowly walked down the sand hill and approached this prince.

“Zenit isn’t ready for the war yet,” Fairenton replied; he had already calmed down completely.

A smile appeared on his face as he continued, “Alexander, maybe we could talk a bit more.”

Then, he did something that even surprised Fei.

He took out a rug from his storage space that was made from the fur of a Sand Tiger and laid it on the ground. After he sat on it and used his Warrior Energy to block out the wind, he gestured at Fei and invited him to sit down.

“Huh? Weren’t you trying to kill me?” Fei laughed; he realized that this prince was an interesting character.

“I would slit the throat of anyone else, but I can’t do much against you. I can’t defeat you and kill you,” Fairenton shrugged and sighed.

“Perfect reasoning,” Fei laughed.

Fairenton pointed at the rug and continued, “This is a rare opportunity. Perhaps we can have a good talk. Jax isn’t ready for the war as well; both of us need more time…… Your Majesty, are you afraid of sitting down and talking to someone who is weaker than you?”

“Haha! I have to admit that your goading effort worked,” Fei laughed as he walked over and sat down two meters away from this prince. He rubbed the surface of this rug and somehow thought back to the famous tale of Aladdin and his magic carpet. He sighed, “Such a beautiful Sand Tiger Rug, it is as nice as a piece of well-fertilized land…… Your Highness, since both empires aren’t ready for war, why did both emperors declare war against each other? Could it be that their heads got kicked by a pig and aren’t thinking straight?”

Fairenton felt a little speechless; he didn’t expect this mighty king to talk about the two emperors in such a direct manner. After a moment of silence, he said, “In this world where killing and robbing are common practices, no war would give you enough time to prepare. Even though the Jax Empire had been preparing for this war for the last 26 years, the Spartax Empire and the Eindhoven Empire are more anxious than us; that was why the Martial Saints Battle in St. Petersburg happened. I heard that Martial Saint Krasic already died, so the war is certain.”