Chapter 1: I'm the King?
"Danger! Protect the King!"
Someone was screaming like a hen which had lost its eggs. Fei heard the noise. He forced open his sleepy eyes and focused on a bright object flying towards him. Fei's brain slowly identified the object as an arrow, which was hurdling towards him so fast that the air appeared to rip in front of it.
"Damn, what's going on? Which asshole is shooting at me?"
Fei was immediately scared awake, with all the hair on his body standing on its end.
However, the arrow hit him before he was able to react.
Beng ———-
The arrow clanged against his helmet.
The arrow had not penetrated but had shook the helmet, disorientating Fei. Fei felt his ears were ringing, the sky and the ground were spinning and stars were circling before his eyes. His body was knocked back, like a Barbie doll blown away by a shotgun.
"Ah.....Shit!"
He cried out in pain as he felt his body ragdoll through the air.
"Oh God! The king is wounded! Help!"
"Soldier! Catch the king!"
"Andy! Andy!! Why are you still standing there? Go get the priests and mages!"
"Hey! Those son of bitches down there are trying to overtake the castle again!" A soldier pointed at the army dressed in black that surrounded the castle.
"Shit! Shit! Someone tell me why they have siege ladders!"
"Archers Ready! .... Shoot!"
Fei heard the commands being shouted and the chaotic footsteps while he was still airborne. He was confused. The king? Mages? Priest? Archers? Siege? Where is this? Is this in the middle of a movie shoot? What the hell is going on?
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Immediately, he felt his body collide with the cold stone floor.
His butt made contact with the rock solid ground first before his helmeted head smashed into the wall.
There were more stars dancing before his eyes. As the noises was getting louder and louder around him, his mind was slowly blacking out again.
"What king? Why does it feel like they are talking about me?"
"Fuck! Who gives a shit about kings or queens! You guys better not let me know who shot that arrow, or I'm gonna fucking kill that guy!" Fei thought vaguely.
His head was almost punctured by an arrow when he had just woken up. He was so scared yet mad at the same time, so he couldn't help but swear in his mind.
Suddenly, the sensation of pain flooded his entire body. He collapsed on the floor, just like a dog that had eaten a ton of chocolate, choked a couple times and fainted.
...…
...…
Don't know in how long, Fei woke up for the second time. His head felt sluggish and he could only vaguely perceive his surroundings.
He felt like he was lying on a soft cloud, but as he tried to move, sharp pangs of pain and soreness declared his body's unwillingness to move. His head was still heavy as if someone had clobbered him with a stick. He couldn't open his eyes either. All he could gather was two female voices whispering around him.
"Angela, you're so silly. I wouldn't care so much about him if I were you. If he dies, you will easily own everything in the Chambord Kingdom and you don't even have to marry this royal idiot."
From the crisp voice and sweet giggles, Fei estimated that they were young girls around the age of 15.
"Watch what you are saying!"
Another gentle voice interrupted slight angrily. After a few seconds of pause as if she is adjusting her attitude, she continued. "Emma, my silly little sister, do you know what you are saying? Don't ever say such things….. After all, Alexander is my fiance!"
"Alexander? Who the heck is Alexander?" Fei thought. He had absolutely no idea of what was going on.
He smelled a little fragrance. The natural sweet body odor of women.
Fei tried hard to open his eyes, and as his heavy eyelids finally budged, he was surprised by what he saw.
He found himself inside what appeared to be a luxury medieval European palace, with magnificent decors, royal furniture and an lavender scent; as if he was in a dream.
He was shocked. He started observing his surroundings after he felt that he had control of his neck again.
Two perfectly postured females appeared in front of him.
The one that was farther away was a young girl dressed in a maid uniform, her blonde hair was simply styled into a pig tail. She pouted her mouth. Clearly, she was unhappy to see him awake.
"She must be the one who didn't care about the Alexander." Fei thought, "Although she is young, she is too cold blooded."
As his sight moved closer, he realized that he was lying on a dark red, gold gilded king sized bed. His head was resting on a soft velvet pillow. A beautiful girl was sitting on the side of the bed with worry written all over her face.
Her silky black hair was like dark cloud tied together with a purple string. Her skin was paler than snow and smoother than ice. The violet tunic skirt elevated her curves, making her appear like a goddess that most men would dream of seeing. She was just perfect
"kokokoko.." Fei coughed intentionally to get their attention.
"You are awake!?"The black haired beauty Angela bent over. Her expression quickly became one of surprise and happiness. "Alexander, how are you feeling? Are you still in pain? Priest Evan said that you have to rest properly…"
"I … em,,,,,, What happened?" Fei didn't know what to say. Right after he said it, he was shocked!
He discovered something unbelievable
Angela was using an ancient and weird sounding language. Although Fei was a student in the graduate program at a university that specialized in language, he never heard of this type of speech. However strangely, he doesn't just understand the language, he can speak it as well.
"Alexander, did you forget? When you were leading the soldiers protecting the kingdom, a sneaky enemy shot you with an arrow. Thank god you were wearing your helmet, or else you might have had to pay a larger price." Angela explained.
She gently placed her left hand on Fei's forehead. It wasn't hot. Surprise flashed through her eyes. " Great! Your body temperature is back to normal. Priest Evan said that as long as you don't have a fever, everything will be alright. Alexander, you are a brave king!"
"Me? Alexander? King?" Fei didn't know what was going on.
"That's right, our young and brave king of Chambord. It's all because of you! You appeared on the fortress walls just in time and boosted the morale of our soldiers so they could fend off another wave of attackers from the invading army!" Angela said with a smile on her face.
Fei felt strange. For some reason, he felt like the tonality of the girl was like a kindergarden teacher trying to comfort a crying kid.
"He is no brave king."
Emma, the blonde girl said with a tone of hostility "if it wasn't for General Bizzer's repeated request, Alexander will go up there voluntarily? I remember that he almost peed his pants when he was putting on his armor. Boosting morale? If seeing the king got shot off the defense wall like a moron the moment he got up there counts as boosting the morale, then I guess he did."
Although Fei didn't know if what Emma said was true or not, he didn't have time to figure that out.
His mind was messed up.
"What the hell. Didn't I got smashed by something on the head at the doorstep of my apartment? Then when I woke up, I'm at this Chambord Kingdom that I never heard about and I'm the king Alexander? And this beauty in front of me is my fiancé?
Fei gave himself a few tap on the forehead.
"Is this a prank? Or am I in a different universe?" Fei thought. "This doesn't seem like a prank. The beauty of Angela is out of this world, who would pay her to prank me? And that Emma is super cute too."
"Most importantly, I could understand and speak this strange ancient language that I never heard about…" Fei quickly analyzed his situation.
Chapter 2: The Idiot became a Mad Man
Angela held on tight to the edge of the bed, her mind anxiously racing as worry filled her widened eyes.
"Poor Alexander, I hope the fall didn't damage his brain. Although he wasn't very bright before, at least he could talk."
At the moment, a loud, arrogant echoed from beyond the doorway.
"Alexander! I heard that you were injured." A grimace flickered across the girls' faces as they turned towards the source of the sound. The voice drew the tone out as if to mockingly be concerned.
"Is everything alright?"
Fei looked up and noticed that a well-dressed, chubby man had barged through the doors to the palace bedroom. An icy laugh slipped between his crooked lips.
"Gill, what are you doing here?" Angela said coldly. Fei felt the tension between the shady, obese newcomer and the beauty beside him.
It was clear that they were not on good terms.
"Haha… Angela, my angel, whatever do you mean? I heard my dear friend Alexander got injured and was worried. What's wrong with me coming by to check up on him?"
The fat noble casually walked up and sat right on a side of the bed as if it was his own.
"Gill, what are you doing! How dare you to sit on the bed of the king!" Emma angrily exclaimed.
Gill shot a look at Emma. Lust and malice flashed through his eyes. He licked his thick, sausage-like lips and retorted. "Shut up, you low class slave. Don't say anything that you'll regret." He then leisurely turned around and glanced at Fei. The expression was not someone showing empathy for an injured friend, but more like the gloating of looking at an injured animal. Fei was looking at Gill at the same time.
He felt the scorn, malice and sarcasm in Gill's eyes; Gill was not hiding his feelings even a little bit.
Fei was confused. "Is this ugly meatball really Alexander's friend? His face has so many chins, yet he's brave enough to show that mess to even the king? Does he have a strong family background as well?
As Fei was thinking, Gill started to squish Fei's face with his oily hands as if it was a toy. The move was so natural that it seemed like Gill has done it thousands of times.
"Alexander, looks like you are fine, Haha. I have a few important guests this afternoon to host, so how about you come with me?" Gill was smiling, but the tone at which he said it was not like an invitation but a command.
He squished Fei's face a little bit more, and slapped it a little. Gill loved this feeling — treating the king like a pet.
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He then started thinking out loud, about how was it possible that someone like Alexander became the king. "He has a three year old's intelligence at the age of seventeen, yet why does the god love him so much that he gave him the throne?"
When Gill was enjoying himself, something unexpected happened.
"Slap!"
Gill covered up his left cheek with his hand. A vivid red hand mark had appeared on his cheek just like paint being flung onto an abstract painting. His expression was the textbook definition of shock.
Both Angela and Emma had felt uncomfortable when Gill appeared but the slap had shocked them as well. They couldn't believe what they saw.
Alexander had always acted meek and cowardly and thus he had always been picked on by Gill due to his unwillingness to fight back.
"He just smacked Gill's face! Did that actually just happen?" Although it was shocking, they were thrilled. They had tolerated Gill for a long time.
"How … how dare you!"
"Fag, if you touch me again with your disgusting hand, I'm gonna shove my foot up your ass!" Fei said.
Gill had made Fei very frustrated, and Fei was not a gentle person when dealing with people that make him upset.
Gill shoved a fat sausage finger at Fei and screamed. He was so mad that all the fat on his body was shaking as if he was a Parkinson inflicted pudding.
"How dare you slap me, you bastard!" Gill yelled again and again.
Fei didn't respond. He was trying to push his body up.
"How dare he yell at the palace?" Fei was perplexed. None of the king's guards showed up like they were supposed to. "Could he really be someone that important that a king can't punish?"
As Fei was thinking, Gill had made a mad decision. He pounced at Fei, seeming like he wanted revenge.
"Stop it!" Angela commanded, "Gill, you are just the son of a Minister, how dare you do such a thing!"
No matter what Angela was shouting, nothing affect Gill as he kept his eyes locked on Fei. Angela and Emma tried their best to protect Fei by pulling on Gill's robes.
However, there was no way the both of them were any match for Gill.
"Slap!"
Frustrated Gill slapped Emma across her face. The force send her back a couple yards. Her pretty face was swelling up on the cheek as tears filled her eyes.
Gill grabbed Angela by her wrist next and pulled her towards him. He lowered his head onto Angela's neck. He sniffed a couple time enjoyably and pervertedly said: "Beautiful Angela, this retarded Alexander is never going to be good enough for you. Look at him, he doesn't resemble anything of a king. He had made a mess of Chambord Kingdom after just inheriting the throne. Hehe, Angela; how about becoming my women."
He was holding tight onto Angela's wrist; the warm and smooth sensation of her body broke down the last bit of his reasoning. He forgot he was inside the king's palace and Angela was the future queen. In the momentum that came from his loss of sanity, he tried to kiss Angela's lips forcefully.
Suddenly.
"Peng!"
A metal helmet "kissed" his forehead instead. But with that amount of force, it was more like a smack of a hammer.
This attack was so sudden that Gill didn't even see it coming. Surprised at the blood gushing out of the wound, he screamed as he fell back and let go of Angela's wrist.
Angela once again witnessed something that she thought wouldn't happen in this life time and was speechless.
As Fei picked up the helmet off the ground, he sneered: "How dare you touch my woman, you fat motherfucker! How dare you touch the King! I'm gonna beat you until you become quadriplegic or, I swear to god, I'm not the King!"
He was feeling better as he swore, thinking to himself. "Man, I was scared by this fat tub of lard. I thought he was some important figure, but it turned out that he is just the son of a minister. I can fuck him up any day of the week!"
It was dead silent in the royal bedroom. They could hear the sound of a needle dropping onto the ground.
Although there were already many times Fei's actions had shocked both Angela and Emma, This time, they sensed that something was different. "It is not possible! How could it be?" They stared at Fei "It feels like the seventeen years old retard Alexander who listened to Gill all the time has … changed."
Gill was lying motionless on the floor. His mind was blank. He sensed that Alexander's personality has changed too much.
Fei's actions in Alexander's body had scared Gill due to how out of character it was. That blow from the helmet was full of power and felt as though Fei was actually trying to kill him.
After a couple seconds, he calmed down. He thought about why he came to the palace today and he decided to give it all he's got.
He lifted his left hand and a strange and mysterious spell rolled off of his tongue. A ball of fire was forming upon his hand and a burning sensation was filling the whole palace.
Gill forgot how he felt earlier and suddenly became a lot braver. He mocked at Fei: "You, the King? Ha. Except yourself, who do you think considers you as our king in the entire Chambord Kingdom? How dare you hit me? Alexander, prepare to feel the wrath of a prestige mage!"
Fei was still posing in a brave posture trying to impress Angela and Emma. But when he saw the fireball forming, his pupil contracted a little: " Ma..Mage? Holy shit this dumb fucker is a mage? Looks like he's got some skills. What should I do? Man I shouldn't have made that decision under impulse. If I knew this, I would have tried to talk him out of it rather than using force…"
Fei was trying to think of a solution to this hot mess.
He looked at the burning fireball on Gill's hand and the dented helmet in his hand and thought: "What the hell is this? If we are going to fight, at least give me a sword or some sort of weapon." He thought for a few seconds and started yelling, "Guards… Guards! Assassins! Someone is trying to assassinate me!"
"Haha, that's no use!"
Gill laughed as he flicked his hand and the red hot projectile flew toward Fei's face like a bullet.
Chapter 3: Don't ever do that
"AAAAHHHHHH!!!"
Angela screamed. As the flames grew in Gill's hand, she frantically looked for ways to stop him. However, it was all useless.
"Shit!" Fei couldn't do anything else but to try to block it with the helmet he was holding in his hand.
Boom! The fireball collided with the helmet, producing a burst of sparks and smoke. The helmet had turned red hot and splattered as it started to melt.
"Ssii........." Fei smelled burned flesh.
He rushed as he tried to get the melting metal helmet off of his hand. Although he acted as fast as he could, the layer of skin on his inner palm had burned off already.
The fireball appeared to have run out of energy, fizzing and finally became extinguished.
Fei didn't have time to relax as he immediately saw another fireball forming upon Gill's hand.
Judging from Gill's sweaty face, it was obvious that he was concentrating extremely hard to finish Fei off with this one.
This time, Fei had nothing to block it with.
"This is not fair!" Fei yelled "I challenge you to a wrestling match! Didn't your parents teach you that kids playing with fire will pee their pants!?"
"What??" Angela and Emma were shocked speechless. "Since was there such as saying?"
"Looks like Alexander is still an idiot." Both of them thought disappointedly.
However, what they didn't notice was that Fei had slowly moved to the other side of the bed and managed to pick up the cuirass that he wore on the walls. He hid it behind his back as he slowly inched his way back towards Gill.
"Just wait! Once you get in my reach, I will teach you a lesson in place of your parents!" Fei calculated the distance between them and was preparing to use some sneaky and dirty tactics to deal with Gill.
But —
"Pee your own motherfucking pants!"
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Gill was furious, he was not going to hold back his wrath of a "Prestigious mage". He made up his mind to punish the "retard king" for what he did.
"Hu—"
The second fireball was flung towards Fei.
Angela reacted fast. Although she so scared that her face paled, she made up her mind to save Fei by blocking the fireball with her body.
Seeing Angela suddenly appear in front of Fei, Gill went into shock and tried to retrieve his fireball. However, it was already too late.
Fei reacted immediately, "Shit!". Without thinking, Fei grabbed Angela's shoulder and pressed her against his chest as he turned his body around. He felt the heat scorch across his back.
"Shit! I'm gonna die!!"
At very moment,
"Pu– !"
A big hand appeared out of nowhere and grabbed the fireball. It gave it a light squeeze, completely indifferent to the extreme heat radiating off of it. Fei watched with wide eyes as the fireball that could melt a metal helmet collapsed like an ice cream in a hot summer day.
Hope was restored to Fei as he let go of Angela.
"A master!" He thought.
At the same time, the Gill's face froze. He stared at the man who appeared in the palace, his face turning paler than flour and his body starting to shake uncontrollably.
Like a mouse that saw a cat, Gill was so scared that his voice turned into a completely different tone: " Mr. Lam–lam–lampard, Why–y–y are you here? I–I–I–"
Gill started sweating like crazy as he tried to explain himself.
This "Mr. Lampard" didn't even look at Gill. He turned around and slightly bowed to Angela respectfully, and then looked at Fei coldly and said "Alexander, you majesty."
Fei took a detailed look at this "Master"
In front of him stood a handsome, 6 foot 5 Caucasian man. With hair so red and vivid, it looked like a mane of burning fire.
What stood out the most was the huge 5 foot long sword he was carrying on his back. It was as black as coal and looked to weigh about 200 pounds.
The thing that confused Fei was that although this "master" was strong, his face was a bit pale. Fei guessed that he may have been injured in the siege.
Fei also felt strange. Lampard saved him, but he wasn't very friendly towards him. Fei sensed a little bit of sad and hopelessness in his stares. Fei didn't know who he really was so he just noded in response.
"Mr. Lam–Lampard, can I go now?" Gill was extremely scared
Lampard didn't even look at him: "Go? Aren't you going to explain your offensive behaviour towards the king?"
"Ah, Explain? Well…you know… I was only joking. Yeah! joking! You know I had grown up with him, right? I just didn't control my magic properly. I'm only a novice mage, not even a star rank.."
Gill quickly found an excuse.
He was BSing so fluently that he almost believed in what he was saying.
As he was spewing out excuses, he saw sensed a cold stare as sharp as a blade on his neck from Lampard. He knew that this man could kill him as easily as an ant. He was scared to continue to say anything so he shut himself up and sheepishly smiled.
Lampard had a disgusted look on his face.
He closed his hand and everyone in the palace felt an invisible pressure.
But Lampard's face showed that he had thought of something. He hesitated a bit; then opened his palm again and the pressure was gone. "Get out of here! There's no next time!" Lampard said as if he was shooing away a fly.
"Ok ok ok.." Gill was relieved like a prisoner who received death penalty just got a pardon. He exhaled rapidly and bowed down to the tall man carrying the sword.
"Wait!"
As Gill was preparing to leave this place, Fei suddenly stopped him.
Gill looked at Lampard, but the old man didn't say a word. He had to stop and listen to what Fei had say.
Fei gave his widest smile as he got closer and closer to Gill.
He casually put his hand onto Gill's shoulder. Everyone thought the king was going to say something to comfort Gill because of his friendliness.
However-
He didn't say anything and started to slap Gill on the face like crazy. "Don't ever do that again! Don't ever fucking do that again!" He kept on yelling as he was slapping.
"Pia – Pia – Pia – Pia —"
The sound of the slaps almost formed a symphony.
Fei's action send Angela and Emma into a shock once more. The "cold" faced Lampard was surprised by this as well.
"Is this brutal and crazy man the king? Is this really the idiot king Alexander?
Poor Gill didn't know what to do. The appearance of Lampard had scared him into not using his abilities, and now he's afraid to even defend himself against Fei's assault.
Gill regretted what he did as Fei gets his revenge. "If I knew Alexander became this shameless after being shot by an arrow, I'd never have come here !" He cried in his mind.
Fei finally stopped as his hand became numb.
Gill thought his nightmare was over as he stopped sniveling like a bitch.
Who knew that Fei rubbed his hands and kicked Gill right in the nether regions? He screamed in pain. His body quickly reacted by mimicking a fried shrimp. He bent his back and started to desperately crawl out of the palace as if he was escaping hell.
He had finally learnt his lesson and didn't want to ever see this insane king ever again.
"You got lucky this time!" Fei yelled at Gill.
He was a simple man. He was not going to taking any sort of humiliation and act like nothing happen. He wanted revenge on the spot.
After releasing his anger on GIll, he felt much better.
As Fei turned around, He saw the shocked expressions on Angela, Emma and Lampard's face. They were staring at him as if he was some unknown monster.
"Shit! Did I over react?' Fei thought.
"Oh! My head is dizzy, I'm fainting!" He fell onto the floor.
Angela and Emma who still have the hand mark on her face got nervous, they thought the arrow injury was reoccurring again. They dragged him to the bed.
Lampard looked at Fei. He was suspicious of Fei's terrible acting but he didn't say anything. He asked Angela about Fei's arrow injury, comforted both Angela and Emma a little and left with a ton of questions on his mind.
"My Majesty, the enemies are still sieging, looks like your soldiers can't defend any longer." This is the last thing Lampard said before he left
Angela and Emma stood by him for a while. After seeing no sign of Fei waking up, Angela took Emma to the priest to get her face treated.
…
After only Fei was left in the palace, he calmed down and started to think about the whole situation.
Obviously he was in another universe.
Not only Angela and Emma, but that meatball-shaped magician's magic and that mysterious old master's powerful skills had proven it.
Fei was a poor graduate student. He grew up in an orphanage. He was in a hopeless situation because he had incurred a lot of debt for university but couldn't find a job to pay it off. After thinking about it, Fei concluded that becoming the king in another universe was not a bad thing.
"As a king, I probably can do anything I want!" He thought. He couldn't wait to use his powers.
He started to map his situation.
"Looks like on my way back to my apartment, I was hit by a bright disk of some sort. I'm probably died on the spot, but somehow my soul came to this universe and possessed the body of this Alexander."
From what has happened, Fei pieced together that this young king only had the intelligence of a 3 year old. He didn't know what had happened to the last king, but the throne was taken by this Alexander. Obviously, all the ministers were opposed to this young king.
Fei remembered getting shot by an arrow and then waking up in this bed.
"Probably by the time on the wall, my soul had just gained possession of this body. I'm not sure where the 'original' Alexander went, but I'm the new Alexander now!"
The original Alexander the king was really an idiot.
Fei possessed his body and for sure took over his memories as well. All he got was the basic information such as the language spoken in this kingdom and some simple hobbies that the previous tenant of this body had. Other than that, Fei had no idea how big this kingdom was and how everything else worked. He only knew Angela, his fiancé after he woke up in this world for the first time and he had no recollection of Gill and Lampard.
"Thank God this guy was dumb, from now on when I mimic him, no one can tell I'm someone different." Fei touched his chin and nodded.
But suddenly, he remembered something else. "Before Lampard left, he mentioned something about enemies sieging the castle and that the soldiers can't defend any longer!"
"Damn it!"
Fei almost jumped out of the bed. "Am I going to be a slave right after I became the king?"
The pressure of survival and reality scared Fei
"Maybe I should pack up and sneak out of here? Shit! How can I sneak out when the enemies have already surrounded the castle. Can "master" Lampard kill them? Wait, he is just one man, how can he face off an army? Plus, the enemies probably have "masters" too!"
Fei had no idea how he was going to get out of this situation.
When he was on earth, he was just a student. He had no talent in military nor in fighting. The best he could do was to handle a drunk dude at the bar. If you want him to lead an army, he didn't have enough strength to wear a full metal armour.
Fei was furious. "Why can't I just live my ordinary life on earth, I don't want to be the king anymore!"
At this moment —
"Collecting player's information .... 20%.... 50%.... 88%.... 100%. Game system installation initiated ... Scanning brain capacity ... requirement met ... install ...."
A mysterious, mechanical sounding voice appeared out of nowhere.
It scared Fei almost to the death
This voice appeared directly in his mind
"Shit, what is this? ghost?" He got no replies
"Install complete. Entering Diablo world in 3…2…1… enter!"
Like the characters in the TV series Stargate who travel through the stargate, Fei felt dizzy and a mysterious and strange wave went through his body.
[Rogue Encampment]
Fei stood like a zombie at ��Rogue Encampment]where the new players spawn in the game Diablo. His mind was blank.
He had been standing here for the last 5 minutes.
5 minutes ago, after the 3 second countdown in his mind by the voice; his vision blurred and he landed here.
This was a real Diablo world.
A perfect and lively world.
This was the conclusion Fei came to after the 5 minutes.
The sky was dark and the rain was pouring down. An unknown dark green bryophyte had grown all over the ground. Dark soil appeared further away. The camp was empty.
"Cluck, cluck, cluck" only a few hungry hens were seeking food in the rain.
A cold breeze blew through Fei and he shook in the cold.
The vivid sensation from every nerve in his body reminded him that this was real, this was a real world, not a stiff 2D computerized screen
Chapter 4: "Barbarian" Fei
"Why am I here? What happened?"
The recent events left confused Fei even more. The only thing he knew for sure was that he had magically appeared in this Diablo-esque world after that mysteriously cold voice read off some familiar loading screen lingo. Looking around, Fei saw that he had become a "Barbarian", which Fei recognized was one of the game characters.
The rusty hand axe appeared in his right hand and a battered, junk-like buckler in his left. It didn't take long for Fei to subconsciously understand his status in the game.
The next second, a high tech like screen popped up in front of him out of nowhere, just like those in Iron Man's mansion.
Gamer: Fei
Class: Barbarian
Level: 1
Experience: 0/5000
Strength: 30 Dexterity: 20
Intelligence: 10 Vitality: 20
Damage: 3-7 Accuracy: 102
Armor: 11 Endurance: 92
Health: 45 Resource (Fury): 10
Fire-Resistance: 0 Cold-Resistance: 0
Lightning-Resistance: 0 Poison-Resistance: 0
...
"These are my attributes in the game?"
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Fei saw his name on the top of the screen. "What the heck! I just became the king and now I'm in a game world? And a barbarian? NO! At least let me be classier like a wizard or a crusader."
At this moment, an armored man in blue rushed over.
"Greetings, stranger. I'm not surprised to see your kind here. Many adventurers have traveled this way since the recent troubles began. No doubt you've heard about the tragedy that befell the town of Tristram. Some say that Diablo, the Lord of Terror, walks the world again..."
The man just went on and on with his dialogue. Fei's jaw dropped.
As one of the original fans of Diablo, Fei could immediately see that this man was Warriv, a NPC (Non-playable character) from the[Rogue Encampment]by the way he dressed and his dialogue lines. Every time a new player spawns, this dude will run to the player with a big golden question mark over his head.
Fei observed him while listening to his lines.
Neither his movement nor his facial expression felt like an NPC. If Fei didn't recognize this man, he would have thought that Warriv was a real person. Even the heat that he exhaled while speaking turned into a white fog in this cold air. Fei even felt the moist sensation from it.
"I'm not sure if the NPCs in this world have any intelligence?"
After Warriv finished his long speech, Fei purposely asked a few questions.
"Hey, what's your mother's maiden name? What street did you grown up on?"
However, Warriv didn't bother answering him. He just walked away after he finished.
He still left Fei clueless.
After thinking for a while, Fei decided to go find another person – Priestess Akara.
From his gaming memory, if he remembered correctly, the first ever quest in Diablo's first map [Rogue Encampment]was from her, a high priestess from the sisterhood of the "Sightless Eye". On top of that, she was also the leader of the [Rogue Encampment]so Fei had to find her if he wants to know what was going on.
The streets were quiet and lifeless.
Fei passed through a few tents and fences and finally spotted priestess Akara's tent behind a wooden cage wagon. There were lots of weirdly shaped bottles and jars surrounding the tent. Fei was quite far away and could already smell the strange odours coming from them.
Akara, who was wearing a purple nun robe, was standing in front of the tent.
Fei walked over and a golden question mark appeared above Akara's head.
"I am Akara, High Priestess of the Sisterhood of the Sightless Eye. I welcome you, traveler ..." Akara started to introduce herself, the same as in the original game.
As expected, after the conversation, she gave Fei a quest.
"The Den of Evil", kill all the evil creatures in an evil cave at[Blood Moor] just outside of the [Rogue Encampment]. It's exactly as Fei remembered. A red button was projected on the left side of Fei's vision.
He pressed the button and a detailed description came up. It looked like there weren't any other choice so he accepted the quest.
Fei tried to organize his words to appear more sophisticated. "Honorable Akara, may I know more information about this place?"
He wanted to know if any of the NPCs had any intelligence and he hoped he could get some clues about why he appeared in this world.
"Young traveller, you have to complete your quest first before you can know more…"
Akara's answer surprised Fei.
This is not something that was scripted in the original game. That showed that in this world, NPCs had some freedom, and that they aren't some rigid pre-programmed code.
Fei wanted to ask more, but Akara turned around and went into her tent.
He tried to follow her but was blocked by a mysterious force and couldn't get within 1 meter of the entrance.
"Looks like I have to complete the quest first…"
After failing to get any answers from a couple other NPCs in the[Rogue Encampment], Fei walked out the gate that was guarded by a female rogue, and stepped into the dangerous[Blood Moor]where a ton of monsters were lurking around.
"Warning!! Gamer Fei, you have enter [Blood Moor]. Killing monsters will grant you unexpected surprises… But if you fail your quest, you will receive some mysterious penalties!" said a mysterious voice before laughing like a maniac.
Fei recognized it as the voice that appeared in his mind earlier. It went by so fast, that Fei only heard the first couple sentences. The laughter was filled with gloat; however, compared with the cold, machine like tone before, it's definitely more human like this time.
...
After three hours,
"Kacha!"
Fei chopped the twentieth [Quill Rat]with his axe. A white beam of light came down from the sky and embraced Fei.
"Level up!"
This is not the first time that it happened, and Fei was expecting it. It's very comfortable in the light, Fei felt like moaning. All the bleeding wounds from fighting the monsters closed and healed within three seconds.
After four or five second, the light disappeared.
Two dark red buttons appeared in front of Fei. The one on the left was labeled[New Attributes Points] and the one on the right read[New Skill Points]. These are the rewards each time after leveling up.
Fei first opened up the[New Attributes Points] menu.
Every time after leveling up, there will be five points for Fei to improve his physique. He distributed three points to [Strength] and two points to [Vitality]without thinking. Those were the primary attributes of a "Barbarian".
He then opened up [New Skill Points]and distributed the one point he got from leveling up to [Weapon Mastery]
Fei is now a level five "Barbarian". All the twenty five attribute points were distributed to [Strength and[Vitality]. Out of the five skill points, three were distributed to [Weapon Mastery]and two to the Warcry skill[Howl].
The reason he did it is because this is a real world.
As a player, Fei gets injured and wounded from fight the monsters. He doesn't just lose health, he felt one hundred percent of the pain as well.
What is worth mentioning is that everything in this world is real, even the monsters. They are not programs nor codes. Their screams, spewing blood and chopped up bodies were irritating Fei's nerves every second.
Chapter 5: Quest Completed
Fei had quickly acclimatized to the situation. He had gone from being so nauseated from the gore that he was throwing up after killing the first monster, to becoming cold and indifferent despite the carnage that was left in his wake. All the heated monster blood on Fei's body made him feel like he was enduring a test from hell. After only a couple hours, Fei had become used to this. He was almost turning into a cold-blooded killing machine.
This game existed literally for the purpose of killing.
It was so real.
Even the painfulness and soreness in his muscles.
Fei was not sure that if he died in this realistic game world, he would respawn just like how it was in the original game; but he didn't dare to try. There was too much at stake.
From the past three hours of killing, Fei had noticed that his knowledge about the original game weren't completely applicable in this world. He was trying his best to establish a rough understanding about the natural order of this world.
In this cruel, bloody world,[Strength] and[Vitality]were the most important attributes to a "Barbarian". A lot of[Strength]will allow your attacks to be stronger, and a lot of[Vitality]will not only allow you to be more durable during battle, but also give you enough endurance to run away from the blood seeking monsters.
The reason why Fei distributed skill points onto [Weapon Mastery]and warcry[Howl]is because: he had no idea how to handle and use weapons properly, he was just an ordinary student, so[Weapon Mastery]will allow him to use his hand axe more efficiently; and [Howl]can scare the monsters away when he gets surrounded.
Threats from monsters and the risk of dying forced Fei to considering survival way more than the future development of the character.
After distributing all the points, Fei opened up his [Character Status],
Gamer: Fei
Character: Barbarian
Level: 5
Experience: 14949/22680
Strength: 45 Dexterity: 20
Intelligence: 11 Vitality: 30
Damage: 10-27 Accuracy: 102
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Armor: 31 Endurance: 107
Health: 105 Resource (Fury): 16
Fire-Resistance: 0 Cold-Resistance: 0
Lightning-Resistance: 5 Poison-Resistance: 0
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This status was way more impressive than the one that Fei started with. It was almost as if you could say … that they were not on the same level.
Not all these improvements came from leveling though as Fei had a few special items.
He had gotten a few armors and weapons from killing monsters and he had already equipped them all. There was one [Tangerine's Helmet]that gave him +1 intelligence and + 5% Lightning-Resistance attributes.
After checking the[Character Status]menu, he opened up his[Item Slot].
In this world, Fei's item slot was a spatial ring that he wore on his finger. It had 40 blocks of storage space. Every block can store stuff such one [Minor Healing Potion]. However, items did scale in this world so axes or swords may take up four to eight blocks, depending on how big they were.
Fei's item slots were full.
He thought about what to do next and decided to go back to[Rogue Encampment]. He used a[Town Portal Scroll]that he had when he spawned in this world.
"Buzzzzzz…"
A three meter high, blue lighting oval appeared with a slight buzzing noise. Fei hesitated a little bit and stepped into it.
As Fei expected, he stepped into the [Rogue Encampment] when left the portal on the other side.
Suddenly, he felt nauseous. He felt as though he had just stepped off a particularly fast rollercoaster that involved a lot of twists and loops. Fei closed his eyes for a few seconds to get over the "portal sickness".
After sitting down and regaining his bearings, Fei looked around and found priestess Akara.
This high priestess was not only a source for quests, but also a crafty merchant. She sold staves, and potions for battle, as well as scrolls and keys. Fei wanted to prepare really well for his first quest "Den of Evil" so that he would not get himself killed by the monster in the evil cave. From what he could remember, there was a zombie boss called [Corpsefire]in there.
Although finding out what has brought him into this weird world was important, he at least needed to survive until he could find out.
Fei sold all the items such as gloves, broken wands and spears, the stuff he got from the monster but didn't need and got roughly 800 gold. Plus the gold he looted directly from the monsters, he had a total of 1,400 gold.
He put all the money into good use and bought some items from Akara.
A double axe with a damage rating of 6-15, and a suit of leather armour with a defense rating of 13. He equipped both of them and bought a couple bottles of [Minor Healing Potions], four [Town Portal Scrolls], and three [Identify scrolls]for identifying the weapons and armours that he will get from the monsters.
Fei felt a reassuring increase in his strength and power, originating from his new weapon and armour. He confidently returned to the portal that was created by him earlier.
"Buzzzzzz…."
After returning to the dangerous [Blood Moor]following the slight buzz, Fei found the[Den of Evil] on his map and headed that direction carefully. After looking at the situation within the cave, Fei thanked past Fei for his cautious preparations.
In this world, monsters in caves and dens seemed to be more aggressive and brutal than the ones on the moor. There were not only [Quill Rats],[Zombies],[Fallen Shaman]and [Vampire]who could cast fireballs, which were common monsters that Fei saw on the moor, but also this monster called[Gargantuan Beast]who looked like an ape. It had powerful attacks and thick skin for defense.
Fei started his wipe out mission in the den.
Since he was level 5; his damage and defense was high enough for him to breeze through the regular monsters.
Blood was spilling, monsters were screaming and Fei furiously hacked his way through the cave.
Fei had become the spitting image of a grim reaper, covered in blood as he cut through the swathes of monsters coming his way. His double axe split the monsters lengthwise like a samurai sword through hot butter. Even when there was a crowd of monsters, he would sprint to the center of them and use his skill [Howl] so that he could finish them off one by one after they were scared and running away.
He also saw a lot of ruined human corpses in the den.
Some were on the ground, some were chained onto the pillars, with intestines falling out and missing eyeballs. Even some female rogues were raped by these hideous monsters. With flies circling around these rotten corpses, the scenes were too horrifying for anyone to look at.
Fei's mind was filled with anger.
Although Fei knew that this scenario originated from a game, he couldn't help but to situate himself as a human of this world. With all the anger burning in his chest, he went into this mad mode where he smashed and crushed monsters like they were nothing.
Finally, after god knows how long, when the last monster in front of Fei had died screaming in its own blood, beams of golden light fell from the sky and shined up every corner of the den.
Shortly after, a familiar voice spoke in Fei's mind –
"Congratulations, gamer Fei. You have completed priestess Akara's quest and passed the first test of this Diablo world. Now you shall return to Rogue Encampment and receive your prizes from Akara…��
This voice cleared Fei's mind.
He breathed heavily and glanced at his surroundings. He was surprised to find out that all the monsters had been killed by him already. Even the boss of the den,[Corpsefire],was dead on the ground. A pile of gold coins and various items was lying around the mess that had become of its body.
"Did I go crazy?"
Fei thought about what had happened. He couldn't believe what he saw in the game world triggered his deep anger. However, it wasn't his fault; this world is too real. Anyone would feel the same way.
He stood there for a while and then started to clean up battle ground.
The gold coins didn't take any blocks in the [Item Slot]so he picked them up first. Then he started to pick up the more valuable items from [Corpsefire]. Two magic items had drawn Fei's attention. He drooled as the two items glowed in a soft blue light.
But…
"Shit! A [Grim Wand ]and a[Javelin ]??? Are you serious??? Why aren't there any barbarian items???"
After actually inspecting what those two items were, Fei was super disappointed. It was like seeing a lake in the middle of the desert when you are also dying of thirst, and realizing it was only a mirage after.
"Fuck my luck!"
There was nothing Fei could do about it. He picked two unidentified magic item and planned to sell them off to Akara for a good price.
After he picked everything up, he used a [Town Portal Scroll].
He was ready to go back to [Rogue Encampment]and claim his rewards from Akara. He also wanted to ask her about how and why he appeared in this game world.
This question was bothering him for a long time.
At this moment, the mysterious, cold voice spoke again!
"Warning! You have reached the maximum gaming time for today. Exiting countdown: 3 ... 2 ... 1. Exiting..."
Chapter 6: Unexpected Power
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Fei was startled.
'Max gaming time for today? What's that?"
He wasn't expecting something like this to happen just as he was just getting ready to go back to the[Rogue Encampment].
Fei's vision blurred the next second. The whole world started to twist and fade right in front of his eyes. Then complete darkness hit him.
...
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Fei reopened his eyes, and found himself in the king's palace again.
Magnificent decors, splendid furniture and the dark red, gold gilded king sized bed were the complete opposite of the dark, bloody feel of the Diablo world.
"What happened? Did I … just have a nightmare?" Fei was confused.
Fei was still lying on the bed. The only differenxce between pre-"nightmare" and post-"nightmare" was that he felt very hot and was dripping sweat; as if he just came out of a sauna room.
He pushed himself up the bed, and surprisingly found out that the dizziness he felt when he just woke up in this world disappeared, so were the pain from his head and chest injuries.
"How did… was that not a dream?"
Fei subconsciously felt that something special had happened to him, but he couldn't point out where. The whole palace was quiet. No one was around. Fei got out of the bed, and stretched a little.
'Zipp————–'
The sound of ripping cloth.
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Fei's white knight turtleneck shirt suddenly got teared open on many spots. If you looked at him at that moment, you would probably conclude that he was a homeless guy, judging from the ripped shirt, as well as his torn pants.
"Damn, what is this?"
Fei got a little scared.
All the stuff that happened to him made his nerves a little bit weaker. He felt as though he was close to having a mental breakdown.
He looked down and upon closer inspection, he realized that the clothes he was wearing was a little bit small for his size. When he was stretching, he easily tore open the uncomfortably small clothing.
"What's this pitiful quality? Who makes such clothes for a king?"
Wind breezed through the palace, and Fei felt the chill. He was almost naked.
"Crap, I have to find something to wear."
Fei glanced around the palace and found a wardrobe-like piece of furniture. He opened it up and found that there were many luxurious clothing in it. He picked out a fitting black knight shirt and pants. He put them on and walked toward the mirror.
The man in the mirror shocked Fei.
It was a man about 6 feet tall. His shoulder long black hair was bundled to the back of his head by a ruby hair ring. His handsome, manly face and ripped body could make any women fall for him.
"God damn! This handsome son of bitch in the mirror is me???"
Fei wouldn't believe it, it was unreal for him. After the dancing around sketchily in front of the mirror and seeing that the man in the mirror mirrored his movements, he finally accepted it.
"Hahaha, Man oh man oh man. Although that Alexander was a retard, but he's got quite a face! Haha, He is way more handsome than me"
Fei can't stop posing in front of the mirror, as if he had just discovered a new continent.
"From now on, I'm Alexander!" Fei said to himself happily.
After his new discovery, He walked towards the row of medieval full knight armours at the centre of the palace. He picked a suit of armour about his height, and pulled out the double handed sword that the armour was holding. He swung the sword forcefully, trying to get a feel of power and being a king.
But after he did that, his facial expression went weird.
"How is this so light? This isn't a plastic toy is it?"
A majestic 5 feet long double handed sword had to weigh at least thirty to forty pounds. But Fei felt like he was holding a feather, there was no weight to it at all. It was strange.
"Tink!"
Fei struck the full metal armour with the sword just to see if the sword was a toy or not.
But the unexpected happened –
The armour was one centimeter thick. The sword went through it easily, as if Fei was cutting through a piece of paper. The strike cut the armour in half, with the upper half of the armour shortly landing on the ground and making another "tink" sound.
"Holy shit!"
Although Fei didn't believe in god or ghosts, but there was no other way to explain what had happened.
"Why am I so strong now?"
Fei subconsciously swung the sword again, but he still didn't feel any weight.
The double handed sword was clearly a real weapon.
"This feeling…"
Fei closed his eye trying to remember the way he handled the sword. It felt the same as when he was a barbarian in the "dream", swinging the double handed axe at the monsters.
"Did I…"
Fei was shocked.
"Did I bring back the power of my barbarian character from the 'dream' into the real world?"
He couldn't get that thought out of his head and quickly went about to test this unlikely hypothesis. He put the sword back to the damaged armour, and looked at other weapons in the palace.
Something quickly caught Fei's eyes.
Further away at a corner of the palace was a huge, weirdly shaped double handed axe. The handle with the massive blade was at least five feet long, and looked to weigh about one hundred pounds. It stood by a black heavy armour. Its weight had put a dent in part of the tile floor.
A bizarre looking carving on the body of the axe made it look even more intimidating.
Fei rushed over there and picked it up. Suddenly, Fei felt the axe and him had become one, as if the axe was a part of his body.
He closed his eyes again and concentrated on the feeling.
"That's tight, this is the feeling of my level 3[Weapon Mastery]in the 'dream'. Especially with axes, because I was a barbarian."
The double handed axe was like a windmill in Fei's hands. All the axe techniques was performed by Fei at a master level, as if he had used axes for more than tens of years.
Fei felt that he can conclude that his hypothesis was proven completely.
He had actually acquired all the skills, strengths, damage and all the attributes of the level 5 barbarian in the "dream".
The new found power had given Fei a profound sense of security.
"So this is the feeling of power, I wonder what level this power belongs to in this magical world?"
As Fei was feeling amazing about the new found power, He suddenly remembered that "Master" Lampard said something about enemies still sieging the castle.
"Maybe I should go take a look." This thought grew stronger and stronger in Fei's mind.
"Maybe I could help with my power."
Fei decided to go. On the point of safety, He picked out the thickest, heaviest armour in the palace and put it on.
This armour had literally covered Fei from head to toe, with the only openings being the holes for Fei to see through.
Fei felt like he was wearing the first ever Iron Man suit from the movie [Iron Man I], the one that Robert Downey Jr. build in the Iraq.
This fifty pound armour would literally anchor Fei to the ground; but now, Fei felt like he was wearing a Nike brand, ultrathin, sweat resistant running gear.
Fei tapped the helmet with the axe.
"Tink! Tink! –"
Fei was satisfied to hear the sound. "Haha, no god damn arrows will get me now!"
"King Alexander! Roll out!"
Fei looked around as he left the palace quietly.
He was trying to show off in front of the guards, but who knew that there was no one guarding the king. The palace was just quite. As he kept walked, he saw two heavily wounded soldiers sleeping beside the palace's main gate.
It looked like these two tired soldiers just came from the front line of battle.
"Shit! My palace is only guarded by two wounded soldiers, the battle must be at its peak."
The battle cries were getting louder and louder as Fei got closer and closer to the main gate of the castle.
"There is no time to waste!" Fei thought as he started sprint even faster.
Chapter 7: Failing Defence line
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Chambord Castle.
Everyone's ears was filled with mournful screams and loud battle cries.
Both the attackers and the defenders were giving the battle everything they got. It was either you die or I die.
Waves of enemies who were wearing black, light armour was charging at the castle like a black tsunami. The three huge siege ladders were like war monsters; the barbs on the ladder hooked on to the edges of battlements, constantly sending more enemies to fight the defenders on the walls. The hooks made the siege ladders hard to get a rid of, and squads of around 30 enemies were fighting aggressively to protect the ladders.
As time went on, more and more enemies had gotten onto the walls of the castle.
It was not a good situation for Chambord Castle; there were ten times more enemies than the Chambord soldiers.
"Pierce? Pierce…where are you? You son of a bitch!" A huge six feet eight man who had black hair and was wearing a vest of chainmail turned back and yelled as he was slashing at an enemy. "Pierce!, pick some big guys and get rid of those fucking ladders. Quick!"
"Yes sir!"
Not too far away, white haired Pierce was soaked in blood. It was already hard to tell what was his and what was from the enemies he had slain. As he heard the command, he waved at a couple soldiers close to him "Come on guys, let's go! We have to kill those motherfuckers and smash those ladders!"
White haired Pierce was known in Chambord for his brutal strength.
As veins on his arms bulged, he started swinging his huge iron hammer that was the size of two basketballs. Like the legendary berserker, he cleared off enemies in his way as if they were flies. None of the enemies could stop him.
He was approaching the siege ladders fast, leaving behind him a road of death and blood. About twenty other soldiers followed him. They were committed on completing the mission.
The enemies that were defending the ladders had been alerted.
"Attention! Forward! Semi-Arc Formation!"
The leader on the enemy defense team yelled!
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"Kata, kata, kata, kata!"
The thirtyish enemies had formed a half circle beside the wall, and protected the three siege ladders in the half circle. With shark blades that were still dripping blood pointing outwards, they were like a metal Hedgehog, waiting for the attackers to make a mistake before capitalizing on it and finishing them off.
These enemies definitely had more training than the soldiers of Chambord.
Ten meters ...
Six meters ...
Three meters ....
One meter ...
The distance between the soldier led by Pierce and enemies was vanishing in seconds.
Finally ——-
"Hooo! Go to hell!"
Pierce suddenly yelled. He gave the hammer a full swing, as if it was a javelin, the hammer flew out of his hands and flew toward the enemy's formation.
That giant bloody hammer made a beautiful trajectory of death in the air, and crashed through the defensive formation with devastating force.
"Bash!"
It caused massive damage to the enemies. Spilled blood, broken blades and limbs flew all over the place.
The enemies definitely weren't expecting that type of maneuver. The flying hammer had made a bloody gap in the center of the formation.
By destroying the three siege ladders, the enemies will have no way to get into Chambord Castle for now. After killing all the enemies that got on the defence wall, the defenders could finally get time to rest in safety. If not, the castle will be sieged and all their friends and families will become war slaves, with no hope of freedom for generations.
After thinking about that, all the soldiers were motivated to defeat the enemies, their morale was so high that the blood in their bodies was almost burning.
They couldn't allow the enemies to siege the castle. Even if they die, they weren't going to back off.
"Charge!!"
"Charge!!!!!!!!"
The soldiers followed Pierce, furiously charged into the enemies.
Pierce rushed ahead, picked up the hammer that he had thrown out before any enemies could react, and started smashing away. His powerful swings forced off all the close enemies with the closest one not even having time to react before Pierce collapsed his head. None of them could stop him.
"Smash! Crush!"
"Bang!"
"Clank!"
Weapons, armour and bare knuckles were colliding.
Spurting blood, and detached limbs had painted the picture of hell.
"Boom!"
Pierce smashed the sword and the enemy in front of him off the castle. He looked up and the ladder was right in front of him. He swung the hammer once more to back off the approaching enemies.
"Dang! Dang! dang!"
He sprinted forward and smashed all the hooks off of one ladder.
"Fuck off!"
Pierce kicked the ladder with force. He heard a lot of screams. As the ladder fell down, the enemies who were still climbing all fell towards the ground like dumplings. They were crushed by the heavy ladder into bloody meat paste instantly.
"Nice!"
The black haired commander saw what Pierce had done and yelled.
"Pierce! Great job! Two more! Finish them all and I will buy you the best beer tonight! All you can drink!" He was dueling with a thin but tall enemy while he yelled. This enemy was very skilled. Even though he was a commander, they were combating for about ten seconds and none of them had an advantage.
"Haha! Brook, Bossman! The beer is on you tonight!"
Pierce replied excitedly. Although he was talking, he wasn't slow with his attacks. His hammer was fast as lightning; he did the same thing as he did to the first ladder
"Dang! Dang! Dang!"
He smashed all the hooks off of the second ladder. As he was about to kick it off of the wall,
Suddenly —–
"Die! Punk!"
A black shadow flew up the defence wall. The rapier this enemy was using went straight to pierce's head. He was trying to instantly kill Pierce.
There wasn't much time for Pierce to react. All he had time to do was to position his hammer so that his head was protected.
"Ding!Ding!Ding!"
These couple strikes all hit right in the center of the hammer and made some sparks.
An unstoppable force passed through the hammer and shocked Pierce.
Even though Pierce was born with an inhuman strength, he couldn't hold against it. The force pushed him back a four steps. It also broke a couple of his fingers and he almost couldn't hold on to the hammer any more.
"Shit! A master!" Pierce was surprised.
However, this enemy stopped attacking him. As this enemy raised up the rapier again, Pierce heard a ton of screams. The enemy was moving so fast that he turned into a black shadow again. The other soldiers who came with Pierce all fell on the ground. As he took a more detailed look, all of them had a hole in their heads. White, red liquids were flowing out, they were the brains.
"Bender! Bond! Tony! … My brothers!!!" Pierce cried
He couldn't take what he saw, almost fainting from shock.
His best friends who he was having fun with last night at the bar and he was trusting and loving a moment ago had been killed right in front of him. He felt like the sky had fallen down.
"Die! Demon!"
Pierce yelled. He forgot about the wounds on his body. He stared at this enemy, gave up all the attempts to defence and charged ahead. This enemy had left more nasty wounds on Pierce's body and Pierce couldn't even touch him. But Pierce didn't care, he just kept on swinging his hammer.
"Haha, that's no use!" This enemy laughed. He sounded like a crow.
The rapier was too fast and this enemy was too strong.
This enemy moved again, the rapier was aiming at Pierce's head again.
Pierce tilted his body as if he was trying to dodge the strike, but the rapier went through his right shoulder easily. This enemy smiled disdainfully, he was going to pull out the rapier and end Pierce's life.
But —
He was surprised to find out that he couldn't pull out the rapier no more ?!
Blood spurted out of Pierce's mouth.
But this white haired man started laughing.
Laughing happily!
This enemy didn't know what was going on, but he felt as though he had underestimated the enemy.
But there was no time for him to react.
Pierce grabbed the blade tightly with both hand; as if he didn't feel any pain,he left the rapier in his shoulder and slammed his body against this enemy. It took the rapier wielding man by surprise and he had to keep backing off.
It only took them 3 second to reach the tip of the defence wall.
If this enemy backed off any further, he would fall off this two hundred feet high wall. Even though he was powerful, but there was no way for him stay alive after fallen from such height.
"Fuck!"
This enemy was furious, but he had no option but to let go of his rapier.
Getting forced by a low life soldier to let go of his favorite weapon, this enemy was ashamed of himself. He was a prestigious one star warrior.
After he let go of the rapier, red flames started appearing around his body. Fists with the temperature that could melt iron landed on Pierce's back. He would eat this white haired man alive if he could.
"Pu… Hahaha. I won this round, you son of a bitch!"
Pierce puked a mouth full of blood, but he was laughing proudly.
Pierce let go of the rapier, and charged at the second siege ladder. Because he had broke the hooks on this ladder early, he slammed it off the wall with his left shoulder. All the enemies climbing on this ladder fell to the ground and got crushed into piles of meat paste as well.
"Shit! You low life slave! I swear I will kill everyone in this castle!
This enemy was raged. Now he knew that this man wasn't trying to push him off of the wall, the plan was to destroy the second siege ladder all along; and he was fooled!
He struck with the rapier at Pierce with all he got. Pierce had fainted from all the wounds and blood loss.
"Shit! Be careful!"
Brook, the commander yelled anxiously. There was nothing he could do, he was still in close combat with the other skillful enemy.
This siege battle had been taken almost the whole day. There were some powerful individuals on Chambord's side, but they had been focused on by the enemy commander. Even the three star warrior Lampard was tangled by an enemy star ranked warrior.
At this time, there was no one there that could save Pierce's life!
The rapier covered in flames was only one inch away from Pierce's neck!
Chapter 8: The Death
Everyone was expecting the death of Pierce, as no one was in a position to save his ass.
"Hey, dumb ass! Try and dodge my ultra-concealed weapon!"
A confident voice rang from the other side of the battlefield. However, even though the enraged rapier wielding man didn't hear it, he felt something was aimed at the back of his head. An object was flying at him fast.
He was surprised. He had to pull back the rapier and block whatever was flying at him.
" Pu!"
The "concealed weapon" was slashed in half, and red liquid splashed onto his head.
"What the fuck was that!?"
Due to his body's positioning, he had no indication of what the "concealed weapon" was. He swung his rapier to make a sphere shape protection zone and ducked to prevent any more of the red liquid from landing on him. After he regained his bearings, he look up and saw what the "concealed weapon" was. He immediately became more furious.
The "concealed weapon" was one of his own soldiers. Someone had grabbed and threw this poor guy at him and due to his carelessness, he didn't look and chopped that soldier in half.
"Haha, Are you scared now? Chicken!"
A gloating laughter had redrawn the attention of the rapier wielding man. He looked up and saw a man wearing a full heavy suit of armour with only openings on the armour for eye holes. In the light of the sunset, this man looked majestic like a god.
That man didn't waste any time, he started charging right away; the momentum from his body caused collisions so powerful that all of the enemies got knocked off the wall.
With the massive double handed axe in his hand, he was planning on taking this rapier warrior down.
"You are seeking your own death, idiot!" This enemy sneered as he saw that the new arrival was disadvantaging himself.
Full heavy armours were used by cavalry soldiers like knights, never regular foot infantry. It was dumb to wear a fifty pound armour for close ranged combat, since it would slow your attacks and weigh you down. In this enemy's mind, that man was just a dumb idiot.
"Go hangout with the grim reaper!"
The rapier warrior moved all the energy in his body onto his weapon. With flames appearing around the rapier again, he pierced towards the hulking armoured man charging at him.
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The strike was fast, as if it was lightning. The energy was overflowing from the rapier. This enemy had unleashed all his powers as a one star warrior. He was confident that he could kill this heavy armoured man with this strike.
On the other head, the fully armoured "iron man" was still charging with no signs of slowing down. Like a dumbass in other's eyes, he wasn't even in a proper charging position. When soldiers charge, they would bend their backs and keep their weight low. With his chest wide open and back straight, that man was literally running into the blade.
The enemy started laughing.
"Haha, there is no way you can make it out of here alive!"
But –
"Tink!" Sparks flashed.
The laughter suddenly stopped and the smile froze on the warrior's face.
The huge axe that man was dragging appeared in front of him from an impossible angle, and collided with the rapier right on the tip.
"Ho….How?"
This enemy was stunned.
"Striking the tip of my rapier with the axe when both of us were moving so fast? That could only be the technique of the god of war! Shit, this man was toying with me!"
This enemy immediately regretted his decision and tried to back off.
But it was too late!
"Boom!"
The rapier couldn't hold up to that amount of power and snapped into pieces. The force of the axe didn't stop there; the rapier wielding warrior's hand almost exploded. If anyone who didn't know what had happened, they wouldn't recognize the shape of the hand anymore. The momentum continued traveling upwards, and the veins in his right arm, that was holding the rapier, bulged and his skin ruptured.
The huge noise had disturbed everyone on the battle ground. All the fighter of Chambord and the enemies had stopped fighting for a second and glanced to look at what had happened.
"Holy crap! God! To chip a rapier from the tip, what kind of power was that? " Everyone thought.
But what was more surprising was yet to come –
The huge axe had turned into a shadow in that man's hand; it was moving so fast that no one's eyes could follow the movements of the axe. As the one who was in extreme danger, this ex-rapier wielding warrior has fallen into a position where he had never been at before. He was the only one on the battlefield that saw the axe coming for his waist. That man was trying to chop him in half with that horizontal strike!
"Shit!"
This enemy was devastated. He no longer had a weapon and had fallen into an enormous disadvantage all a sudden.
He tapped his feet onto the ground and jumped up trying to dodge that vicious attack. He shot up five feet high, almost like he was flying up.
But the axe seemed to bend the rules of physics. It didn't follow through the horizontal trajectory that this enemy had thought. Instead, it followed this enemy straight up into the air.
This enemy was in mid-air so there was nothing he could do to dodge or block this attack.
"Ci ——-!"
It sounded like the tearing of a piece of paper.
The axe had went through this enemy from the bottom of his crouch to the top of his head. Because it happened so fast, as if this enemy didn't had time to react to what had happened, he was still one piece when he landed on the ground.
After a brief moment,
This enemy tried to reach out his hand. His facial expression was just dead.
This small movement was like the call to the grim reaper,
Suddenly –
A tiny bloody seam appeared on his body.
He looked down on his body, not believing what was happening.
There wasn't time for his last wail. Blood started spurting out. The body was separated symmetrically from bottom up. The white intestines, chopped internal organs and the slimy brain fell all over the place.
This prestigious one star warrior, who was decimating the defenders of the castles less than 5 minutes ago, couldn't be more dead than that.
Chapter 9: The Enemies
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One strike!
Only one strike and a one star warrior was decimated! Both the Chambord soldiers and the enemy were shocked. They all looked at that man as if he was a dragon in the human form.
The sounds of weapons clashing and war cries resounding across the battlefield a few minutes ago had abruptly stopped. The battlefield was completely quiet. The Chambordian soldiers and the enemies looked at each other, quickly realized that they were still in battle and went right back to killing each other.
"Hahaha! It actually worked! I'm so clever! Hahaha." That man laughed ludicrously.
...
...
In an area near the Chambord Castle, half a mile away from the moat named "Zuli", a hundred black military tents were set up in a pattern that had completely blocked the only exit out of the castle.
This was the base of the enemy army.
The people of Chambord didn't know where these black armoured enemies came from. Three days ago, after the morning fog dispersed, a sentry was lucky enough to discover the fast approaching enemies. He quickly barred the castle's gate and had bought some time for the defense of Chambord.
There were about two thousand soldiers in the invading army.
After failing the sneak attack, they had camped beside the Zuli moat. The invaders had sieged the walls everyday, as well as spreading a ton of scouts to cut communications between Chambord and the rest of the world.
Today was the fourth day.
"This little castle has a complex terrain that could frustrate any invaders. If it wasn't for this dangerous moat and that firm defence wall, I would've already conquered this castle for father, and that Angela woman would've been my toy already…"
On the bank of the Zuli moat, a knight wearing a full suit of black armor with a silver mask grumbled.
The silver mask had a ferocious demon carving on it and only covered the top half of his face. He was on top of a pitch black war horse, which was itself tall and sturdy, emanating the image of a majestic beast. The horse also wore a ferocious suit of armour, with only its legs and eyes exposed. An enigmatic force surrounded him, like a magnetic field.
Behind him, nineteen other knights stood in silence.
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They were all black armoured and on black horses too. They also wore the same devil styled mask as well, but in black rather than silver. With the spiked armour on the horses, they looked like a platoon of devil knights from hell.
"This was actually unexpected! This kingdom is only a mere level six affiliate of a tiny level one empire, yet it has a moat with a fast current and a firm defence wall. It even has a three star warrior!" A black knight behind the silver masked knight said. He then dryly chuckled and reassured the silver masked knight, "Don't worry master! The defenders are at their breaking point and surely can only hold twenty more minutes. After that, this castle will fall for sure!"
"Eh... After we conquer this castle, let the soldiers loose; they can do anything they want. Except that Angela, there is no need for any others to survive." This cruel command was given so indifferently by this silver masked knight, as if he was just mentioning the weather. "Remember! Setting fire is prohibited! We need this castle."
"Yes! Master!" All nineteen black knights said in unison. They had already done this hundreds of times and it was no surprise to them.
The black knight who just spoke said: " Master, their king … "
"Just execute him! For the next three days, make all the females in the castle service the soldiers and kill them afterwards."
"We follow your commands!" All the knights were excited, they loved these kinds of orders.
"[Twenty] is almost finished, you men should get ready …" The silver masked knight waved at his subordinates: "When we gain control of and open the gate, all of you will rush in and finish off the enemies as soon as you can! I want to sit on the throne of their king in the shortest time possible…"
"Boom!"
He didn't even finish his sentence before a huge noise came from the battlefield.
It was as loud as thunder.
All the knights were star ranked warriors and, given their enhanced abilities, they saw clearly what had just happened on the defensive wall of Chambord.
The black knights behind the silver masked knight almost all lost it: "Oh god! This is … was [Twenty] just chopped in half by an enemy?! Fuck! Did they have a war god?"
These black knights stared at each other, the shock showing in their eyes.
They were all star ranked warriors that were skilled at fighting so they could see that the "iron man" that chopped [Twenty] in half was only using brute force. There was no traces of energy in his attack. That was a scary thought for these knights because [Twenty] was already a one star warrior!
"Master, allow me to chop the head off that bastard; to avenge [Twenty]!"
Some of the black knight was getting really nervous and impatient.
Although the twenty of them didn't have names, and were only designated numbers, for the past four or five years, they had been under the command of the silver masked knight together. They ate together and slept together, they were closer than any blood related brothers. However, no one expected that [Twenty] would die in this horrible way, especially in this seemingly easy siege.
This had stimulated their anger for revenge.
"Is he just born with inhuman strength?"
The silver masked knight smiled mysteriously. He waved back at the black knights and said: "Interesting, This man has intrigued me… pass on my order to stop the siege. Tell the soldiers to back off for now!"
"Master, this … "
"Are there any problems?" The silver masked man responded coldly.
"We follow your commands, master!"
"The information from our intelligence agency "Eagle" mentioned the king of this level six affiliated kingdom is a retard. Haha, change of commands! Just surround the castle for now, send someone to ask for the surrender of the castle. If they do, the king, ministers, Angela and that 'iron man" can survive, others still will be executed!"
The silver masked knight said, his smile betrayed the cunning thoughts he was entertaining.
"Yes, my master!"
The black knights turned around right away and had started executing the orders.
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"Come, take this brave soldier to the medic ward. Quickly!"
Of course, this 'iron man" was Fei.
Fei's axe was like the scythe of the grim reaper. It harvested the lives of all the enemy soldiers on the defensive walls near the ladders. None of the enemies could handle one single strike from Fei. After wiping out all of the enemies around Pierce, he turned and yelled. A couple soldiers hurried forward and carried the fainted Pierce off of the castle walls.
Chapter 10: I'm Invincible
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Fei saw the heroic scene where Pierce risked his own life to destroy the siege ladders so that the defenders would have a chance at driving the invaders off. He was deeply moved by Pierce's actions. Fortunately, at the last second, he was able to save Pierce's life by coming up with the "unorthodox" tactic of throwing a living person as a weapon.
"Hu–Hu–Hu ——–"
Wielding the massive double handed axe with a great amount of force, Fei crushed enemy warriors wherever he went.
"Great job! Sir Warrior. I'm the second commander of the king's guards. Who are you? I've never seen you before …", The black haired Brook yelled in surprise as he saw that Pierce had been saved. He was not in a good situation as well, still struggling with the fight with the skilled enemy from earlier.
The unexpected savior had broken the subtle balance on the battlefield. The hope of the Chambordian soldiers had finally came.
"Commander Brook? Haha, you will soon find out!"
Fei didn't want the soldiers to find out who he was yet.
He had gotten used to the killing, screaming, violence and blood in the Diablo world. There was no difference between the two for Fei. As he got on the battlefield, he went straight into it without any need for adaptation.
Moreover, the scenes in front of Fei had excited him.
Everyone had dreamt of becoming a superhero and going around saving the day; protecting the citizens of their countries when they were young. Now Fei was living his childhood dream. Although his axe was harvesting the lives of many people, he had no remorse.
Killing the others was the means for saving his own. It was as simple as that on the battlefield.
Fei backed off as he protected the soldiers to carry Pierce off of the defence wall, and then returned to the front line of battle.
The ordinary enemies were no match to the brutal strength and the sophisticated axe skills of a level 5 barbarian. The enemies screamed and cried as Fei approached the last siege ladder. His axe whizzed through the air, bloody light glistening off of the blade of the axe.
The last couple enemies who were protecting the ladder screamed as they were knocked off of the defence wall and smashed into the ground by a horizontal strike from Fei.
That strike was so powerful that it didn't even stop there.
"Slam!"
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As Fei followed through the strike, his axe bashed into the battlement of the defence wall.
Dusts and sparks flew everywhere.
The one foot (30 cm) thick battlement broke off and smashed into the enemies outside of the castle and bellowed up dust.
The siege ladder that was secured onto this battlement was dragged along side with it. The ladder flipped three hundred and sixty degrees in mid-air with enemies still clenching onto it and crashed into the Zuli moat hundreds of yards (meters) away.
"Such strength!"
Everyone on the battlefield was shocked again by Fei.
The morale of the soldiers of Chambord was boosted by the new "reinforcement". Their hope of winning increased dramatically. On the other hand, the enemies was scared to death by Fei. No one in their right mind wanted to face him.
But Fei didn't stop there. His next move had maximized the power and effect of individual heroism on the battlefield.
"The king's soldiers, rise up and battle! For our kingdom! For our fathers and mothers! For ours wives and children!"
After his successful attempt on destroying the siege ladder, he raised up his gigantic axe. With the soft glow of golden light from the sunset encompassing his armour, he roared like an invincible god.
Suddenly, an invisible, yet vehement force spread from Fei's roar. Like a tsunami, it brutally blew into the crowds of enemies.
As if they saw something horrifying, all the enemies within five yards (meters) of Fei threw their weapon on the ground and started screaming and sprinting away from Fei as fast as they could. Some of them were so scared that they jumped off of the two hundred feet (60 meters) wall.
Barbarian's warcry – [Howl]
This roar scared away most of the enemies that were standing close to Fei. The mysterious powers from the Diablo world had finally appeared in this world. Of course, only Fei knew what was going on.
Everyone else was stunned.
"What kind of power was that?!"
"God's"
It was completely quiet on the defence wall.
Under the light of sunset, everyone felt something uncontainable was about to burst out of the soldiers of Chambord.
Finally —
Someone subconsciously yelled after Fei: "Battle! For our kingdom and families!"
This little follow up was like a tiny spark into a pond of gasoline.
All a sudden, the blood in the defending soldiers of Chambord had ignited, burning like an unstoppable flame.
"Fight!!"
"Defend! For our homeland!"
"Attack!! Kill!! Battle!!!"
The chanting roars sent forth a truly spectacular force. Like the most unimaginable magic, it quickly spread around the battlefield.
Almost every soldier of Chambord started roaring.
Morale was skyrocketing!
A wounded soldier pulled out the barbed arrow from his shoulder. A farmer that got his left leg cut off crawled onto an enemy and bit his thigh. An elder that got his heart pierced by a sword stabbed his knife into the enemy's skull using his last strength and breath.
Fei's roar had empowered every defender of Chambord, giving them unprecedented strength.
The advantage quickly shifted onto the defenders.
After losing the siege ladders, no more back up for the enemy soldiers can get onto the defensive walls of Chambord. There was also no way out for the enemy soldiers. These warriors almost shat their pants. They screamed as they turned around and started running away from the blades of the defenders. Jumping off of the high wall didn't seem like a bad idea now…
At least jumping off of the wall gave them a slight chance on living,
If they had stayed on there, these suddenly "roided up" defenders wouldn't give them any chances. They would end up in a worse condition than just dying. – One of the invaders was literally bitten to death by a couple severely wounded soldiers.
That was warfare.
This new arrival must be a hero!
Star ranked, even moon ranked warriors and mages may be able to kill numerous enemies, but there were some people referred to by others as heroes. They could motivate everyone around them. Every action, words, and expressions in their eyes could bring hope and bravery to their followers.
Fei accidentally became the hero in the minds of the defenders of Chambord.
After the roar, Fei went back to the killing of enemies. Broken swords, broken spears and broken armour. Everywhere Fei moved to, enemies cried, were mutilated and died.
With invincible momentum, Fei approached the center of battle.
Chapter 11: The Loss
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Brook was struggling in the fight with the black armoured enemy. This other warrior looked very similar to the one star rapier wielding enemy that Fei killed. They both used the same fighting technique and weapon. The rapier was very fast when compared with brook's double handed sword.
"I will finish him, you go ahead and direct the soldiers to wipe out the remaining enemies on the defence wall." Fei yelled at Brook.
Fei stuck his axe in between the two, twisted his wrist and the axe collided with the tip of the rapier accurately. The intervention from Fei forced the enemy to back off a bit and re-evaluate his situation.
"Be careful warrior, this bastard is tricky to handle!"
As the second commander of the king's guards, Brook was one of the top few people that had authority and influence at Chambord Castle. But because of the heroic actions of this "Iron man" who had his face covered up by a helmet completely, he didn't hesitate to listen to his orders.
"That's weird, I swear that I saw this armour somewhere before…" Brook thought.
However, there wasn't any time to waste, so Brook turned away and started commanding the Chambordian soldiers.
Fei on the other hand was ready to battle this enemy.
"You're the one who killed [Twenty]?"
This enemy looked very solemn. He was concentrating and the energy in his body was circulating faster and faster. He was ready to unleash it at will.
He was nervous after previously seeing Fei's single strike that took out [Twenty as he was not any stronger than his comrade. He had to give it all he got to gain a slight chance of surviving under Fei's axe.
"I can't fight him with pure strength!"
This enemy came up with a plan in his mind.
His rapier suddenly shot out. The attacks were more aggressive and faster than when he was fighting Brook. Because he was thinner and smaller than Fei, as well as his weapon being lighter and sneakier, he was planning on using his faster movement and attack speed to tire Fei out and use a deadly strike when Fei shows a flaw in his defence.
Fei had soon found out this enemy's strategy.
"Hahaha…" His laughter was full of pity.
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This enemy was like a [Fallen Shaman]in the diablo world. It was a human like monster that held a blade in one hand and a torch in another. The [Fallen Shaman]was sly and cruel, both moving and attacking fast. When it was at a disadvantage, it would try everything to run from the fight.
After Fei leveled up to level 5, his solution for monsters like these was simple – one strike and done. This strategy was no use against Fei. Any tricks and strategies were like potato chips in front of absolute power; they would be crushed easily.
What was a barbarian? The god of close range combat.
Doesn't matter if it was strength or skill level on various weapons, barbarians will always be ranked number one in the diablo world. If a barbarian would be defeated so easily by such a strategy, Fei would have died in the diablo world thousands of times already.
"Clang!"
Again, only one strike from Fei had damaged the internal organs of this enemy and he had to back off while puking blood.
His rapier was shattered into pieces. Some pieces even plunged backed into his body because of the power of the collision.
"Back!"
This enemy was terrified. He wasn't even close to defeating Fei. After that first contact, he knew right away that this man's axe techniques were even scarier than his strength. He had no chance in winning this fight.
" T'chi -"
This enemy threw out a weird looking hook. A string was attached to it so it could be used as a swing. After it landed on and was secured onto one of the battlements, he jumped down the defensive wall and tried to swing away from the battle and from Fei. Almost like a "Spider man".
However –
"If you already came, then stay!"
Fei was not going give this enemy the chance to escape, he said as he kicked a double handed sword on the ground.
" Shiiing – "
The sword traced the path of the enemy, fast as lightning.
It pierced the enemy in the back mid-air and killed him instantly. The sword nailed his dead body to the ground under the defence wall.
"You're welcome!" Fei said to the dead body savagely.
As he was about to return to smashing all the remaining enemies –
"Moo !! Moo ——"
A few strange sounding horns came from the enemies' base far away and soon spread around the battlefield.
Enemies receded from the defensive wall around Chambord and returned to their base quickly, like a tide on the beach.
"The enemies retreated!!!"
The defenders of Chambord cheered in surprise as they saw what had happened.
In comparison to the defenders, after seeing the retreat of their own soldiers, the remaining enemies knew that the commander had given up on them already and their morale sunk. After defending for a short while, they all threw down their weapons and went on their knees and surrendered.
The soldiers of Chambord had quickly taken back control of the defence wall.
But two hundred yards(meters) away from the middle of the defence wall, the battle wasn't over.
The first commander of the king's guards, a three star warrior Frank Lampard was fighting to the death with an enemy swordsman named Landes. Both of their energies were clashing with each other. One red and one blue, the energies that leaked out of their battle had destroyed everything around them, including both the defenders and the attackers of Chambord, as well as the defence walls around them.
No one could even come closer than within ten yards (3 meters) of them.
Fei had smashed a couple more enemies who were still resisting on the way to the battle. He squinted at Landes as he was calculating how he could help Lampard in this fight.
The battles Fei engaged in had built his confidence, he was feeling invincible.
However –
Fei soon found out that this battle was way out of his expectation.
After he got closer to this fight, he felt a huge pressure. The red and blue energies that were leaking out of the battle had left many shocking marks on the defence wall. Fei's instinct told him that he was in an extremely dangerous place.
The experience from the numerous battles with the monsters in the diablo world had trained Fei's brain. He immediately knew that he was no match to either Lampard or the enemy swordsman. They both were at least twice as strong as him.
When Fei was thinking, someone in the battle had yelled –
"Hahaha! Master had commanded the retreat. I will let you guys live for one more night. After we conquer your castle, not a single one of you will survive!"
The Landes's energies started covering his body, it looked like he was covered in a huge burning flame. He forced away Lampard with a powerful strike and turned around and chopped a few of the closest Chambord soldiers in half. Then he jumped off of the defence wall laughing out loud while the soldiers cried in pain.
Fei couldn't take it anymore.
"Fuck! How dare you kill my soldiers to show off?!"
He used the same tactics and kicked out a weapon on the ground.
" T'chi -"
An iron spear flew towards Landes at a high speed, as if it was a huge arrow shot from a military crossbow.
"I will grant your wish!"
Swordsman Landes found out angrily that, other than the three star warrior Lampard, an ant like trash had dared to attack him.
He roared with his body spinning in mid-air and stepped onto the shooting iron spear. He jumped back towards the defence wall using the momentum from the spear, like a fluttering eagle.
"Die!!! [Exploding Sun Strike]!"
A stream of red energy, appearing as intense as erupting lava radiating deadly heat, was shot towards Fei.
"Be careful!"
Lampard warned Fei.
He was planning to save this 'Iron man", but the excessive fighting had triggered the indiscernible internal injury he had from ten years ago and caused him to puke a ton of blood and immobilized him.
Lampard was surprised by his condition, but there was nothing that he could do.
…
"Let's see how strong you really are!"
Although the enemy was twice as strong as Fei, but it had ignited his fighting spirit even more. The pride of a barbarian had affected Fei's personality subconsciously and he wasn't going to back off. His huge double handed axe turned into a cloud of black shadow in his hand and smashed into the [Exploding Sun Strike] with a massive amount of force.
"Boom!"
The collision spilled red energy all around and damaged the defensive wall even more.
Fei was forced back thirty, forty steps by the energy until he had finally got a hold of himself.
"Pu..."
Blood had rushed out of his mouth and dyed the heavy armour to the color of the blood. Fei felt dizzy and his body started wobbling.
The soldiers and defenders were shocked.
This collision of power had determined who as the stronger one.
The invincible metal warrior of Chambord... had lost.