Chapter 844 - 649 Really Unlucky

Soon, the outcome of the battle unfolded just as everyone had anticipated in their hearts before the eyes of all those who were keeping an eye on Long Yi—Long Yi won, but his victory was a strange one.

It is said that at the time, Long Yi encountered a small search squad, merely a dozen or so people. They engaged in battle bravely, and as everyone expected, they were no match for Long Yi. However, the reason they dared to fight was simple; behind them was a force of a thousand men.

This force, composed mainly of hundreds of soldiers and mostly mages, almost immediately arrived at the scene, yet oddly enough. Despite facing a thousand men against one, the Commander of the thousand still ordered a retreat. Just like that, Long Yi swaggered out of that old mage’s house, dragging the old mage himself out for a beating and killing him on the spot!

This time, not only the relatives and students of the old mage, but also the leader of that planet, were unhappy. The claim made by The Divine Auffa Empire initially was to locate Long Yi, to capture or even kill him. However, when faced with Long Yi, the soldiers of The Divine Auffa Empire who were supposed to undertake the attack mission retreated again! That poor old mage was yanked out of the ground directly by Long Yi. This was utter nonsense! If we had known you were so cowardly, wouldn’t we have sent our own troops? Why didn’t we? Wasn’t it because we trusted you, The Divine Auffa Empire? If you are so incompetent, why shouldn’t we swear allegiance to The Divine Auffa Empire?

However, the Emperor of The Divine Auffa Empire expressed a different opinion about this matter: This was not Long Yi’s fault. Moreover, this was Long Yi’s personal vendetta, and the target was also an individual. It was inappropriate for The Divine Auffa Empire to intervene.

Actually, the Emperor of The Divine Auffa Empire was very clear in his thoughts. Long Yi was an extremely powerful warrior and possessed multiple talents. Most importantly, he had deep conflicts with The Divine Auffa Empire. For such a warrior capable of killing mages from The Divine Auffa Empire, if he couldn’t be brought under their banner, at the very least, a facade of peace should be maintained.

The Divine Auffa Empire’s stance was naturally interpreted by the outside world as differentiating itself from The Divine Auffa Empire. The Emperor of The Divine Auffa Empire immediately executed the Commander who had fled the battle and announced that such an incident would never happen again. The idiotic Commander’s decision did not represent the stance of The Divine Auffa Empire.

At this time, Saint Garand was blending in with a group of soldiers. Here, nobody recognized him, nobody knew him. His former glory was long gone, but Saint Garand was grateful. At least he was still alive.

He begged and pleaded until he finally managed to find a death row inmate to take his place, and from then on, he was no longer Saint Garand; he was just an ordinary soldier. Moreover, he was a soldier in the troops encircling Long Yi. This time he was in a troops of three thousand, and the Commander of the troops was also a seasoned veteran. Saint Garand prayed while marching with the troops, praying Long Yi would never come to this planet, never! Then he prayed, Long Yi, you might as well go find that old immortal and finish him off. Don’t show up in front of our search squad again!

But at this moment, there was a commotion up ahead, followed immediately by the Commander’s order.

"The search squad has spotted Long Yi, holding their positions and closely monitoring. The main force advance at full speed, rush to support!"

Hearing the command, Saint Caran’s heart turned cold. This was ridiculous! Previously, you met us on the planet closest to the Stellar Realm Arena, why didn’t you just go to the next planet? Why come to this irrelevant one, the farthest from the Stellar Realm Arena! I’ve risked everything to arrange a spot for myself here, spending all my savings, and you bastard just pop up here!

To go or not to go? That wasn’t even a question, at this moment, if he turned and ran, he would definitely be beaten to death by the supervising officers, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and follow the main force as they advanced.

Soon, they arrived at a spacious hillside, Long Yi was standing at the gates of a grand manor. This was clearly the property of the old mage, and that old mage was inside. At this point, the relatives of the old mage were so frightened they could barely move their legs, but the appearance of the soldiers from The Divine Auffa Empire immediately gave these people a major boost of morale.

Saint Caran stood at the back. He was too far away to hear what was being said up front, but soon, an explosion signaled the start of the battle. Unlike those soldiers desperately trying to push to the front, Saint Caran obediently stayed in the back, casting magic continuously, but as for whether it hit Long Yi or not, he didn’t care; he just hoped not to be targeted by Long Yi.

Quickly, Saint Caran noticed that the number of people in front of him was dwindling, and the blood on Long Yi was increasing!

Damn it!

The cowardly Saint Caran turned and ran, bolting only a few steps before he stumbled into a ditch, where there was a concave cave, seemingly dug by children for hide and seek. Saint Caran crouched inside, listening to the constant vibrations from the ground, which felt like a death knell. It made him feel like he might die at any moment.

He didn’t know how much time had passed when the noise from outside ceased, Saint Caran didn’t dare to move; it started to rain outside, and still, Saint Caran didn’t dare to move; not until he heard the sound of The Divine Auffa Empire’s horns did he finally move his stiff body and crawl out.