Chapter 49: Chapter 49 I Admit I Have a Gambling Element
The blazing signal flare exploded in the sky, and in an instant, countless eyes turned towards the direction of the signal.
[Location: Dragonbone Prairie Border]
The adventurers of the large adventure guild "Jingtun" looked up.
A rotund man with a whale-like physique raised his head:
"The Royal Guard’s emergency rescue signal? Get the mage to fly up and take a look."
Soon, the mage descended from the sky:
"Guild leader, on the northern and southern border, the ’Pigeon’ team of Colossus seems to be fighting alongside the Royal Guard against a huge, emaciated clown and a group of undead."
"There are large numbers of undead climbing out of the ground on both sides. Should we retreat?"
The fat Jingtun guild leader laughed heartily: "Emaciated clown? You young folks haven’t heard of it; those aren’t undead, they’re the living dead created by the Mad King."
"Interesting, trying to make a ten-day bloodshed on our Ense’s land? You’re truly treating yourself like one of us."
A group of adventurers raised their heads and looked at the guild leader "Whale Shark."
Whale Shark scratched his ear and said, "I hear ’Colossus’ got its title from teaming up to kill the King of the Living Dead."
"What a coincidence, I also want a title. Do you think ’Whale Shark’ sounds good?"
Everyone shouted in unison, "It sounds good!"
Whale Shark grinned: "The guild likely had suspicions; otherwise, they wouldn’t have sent us here. Maybe we can even get paid by the patron after this!"
"Boys, fortune is upon us. Shall we go for it?!"
A ferocious grin gradually appeared on the faces of the adventurers.
"Go for it! Make them pay!"
The roar was deafening, a group of people resembling incarnations of greed,
Whale Shark laughed: "As expected of my good members; let’s first take out one side of the living dead, then claim the Clown King’s head."
...
[Location: Burning Smoke Mountain Range]
The scouts of the Royal Guard frowned as they looked into the distance at the signal flare. Taking a deep breath, they closed their eyes and reopened them, their pupils shrinking to a pinpoint.
Extraordinary skill - Eagle Eye, activated.
He quickly locked onto the distant boundary of the prairie fifteen kilometers away, vaguely seeing the silhouette of a massive entity.
"How odd, which guild’s brothers are standing up against the King of the Living Dead with just a few people?"
"Hmm? And why are there adventurers?"
He broke off his observation and hurried to the scout team’s leader: "Ah Sa, sir, towards the Dragonbone Prairie direction, the Royal Guard brothers are exchanging fire with the King of the Living Dead."
"Underneath the mountains, a bunch of living dead are also crawling out from a place we checked before."
Leader Ah Sa and the scout exchanged glances, then Ah Sa cursed:
"Fools, pass my orders: the scout team discovered signs of large-scale undead activities under the mountains a few hours ago. We are now engaging them."
"Have Scout Team One and the Forest Patrols encircle those under the mountain, using three-man groups to coordinate attacks, and clear the undead in the area."
"Everyone else, follow me from behind! Regardless of which of our guild’s brothers are fighting the King of the Living Dead, we scouts must lend a hand!"
Ah Sa’s face turned pale: "Luckily, the issue erupted early. If it happened after our search, Jino the boss would bury me in the dirt!"
...
[Location: Dragonbone Prairie Central Area]
"Sob sob, Lumi, you’re pulling too hard."
Little swan Olivia, running with a bucket at this moment, looked at the maid head with a darkened expression and shivered.
Lumi, donned in half-armor, had her originally black and white maid skirt transformed into an iron battle skirt, ready to charge forth as a combat maid.
"Your Highness, running away from home isn’t right. Even if you want to take a stroll, you need to inform your family."
Lumi stood before the group of Royal Knights on horseback.
Olivia was riding a draconic horse cultivated by the royalty, known for its agility, which even took the Royal Guards on horseback some time to catch up.
As for how Lumi got here...
A personal guard cautiously glanced at the footprints of the armors stamped on the grass.
"Catching up to our warhorses on foot? What monster! What unparalleled exemplar could this be from?"
Suddenly, a loud explosion echoed from the sky.
Little swan’s eyes lit up, shouting loudly:
"Lumi! Lumi! Look, it’s the Royal Guard’s signal flare. I knew there’d be trouble on the prairie. Hmph, looks like running away was the smart choice."
Lumi gave her family’s little swan a peculiar look, took a deep breath, and pushed down with her legs.
A sonic boom sounded as her figure disappeared from the ground, leaping up into the air a hundred meters.
Boom!
Upon landing, forming a large crater, Lumi, having ascertained the situation, fell into contemplation:
"Strange, turns out it’s Prince Louis?"
"That can’t be right; doesn’t His Highness have the Iron Guard and Dark Crows for protection? Normally, there wouldn’t be additional people allocated."
"But there’s combat going on in the east, northeast, and southeast; the entire Dragonbone Prairie is a hot mess."
"Even if Beatrice loves Lord Louis, she shouldn’t deploy so many forces; the Imperial Council would have opinions."
As her thoughts spun within seconds, the scout of this batch of Royal Guard had already grasped the situation:
"Her Highness Olivia, Lumi, it has been confirmed: in the east, the ones engaged are brothers doing reconnaissance on Burning Smoke Mountain Range."
"In the northeast, those fighting are led by the Jingtun Adventure Team."
"And on the southeast side, the attackers are monsters with two unfamiliar dragons."
Lumi was stunned: "Dragons?"
The scout replied, "Yes, two blue dragons, but they don’t look like the blue dragons of the chromatic line."
Olivia jumped and waved her hand, saying loudly, "I know, I know, those are Sapphire Dragons!"
At this point, there’s no need to hide anything further.
Olivia assumed the [Post-fact Zhuge Liang] mode, briefly sharing what she knew and her related guesses.
The little swan patted her flat chest, brimming with confidence:
"That’s why I decided to run away; at worst, you’d just bring me back."
"I admit there’s an element of gambling, but fortunately, I won the bet!"
"Exhilarating! Exhilarating!"
"This bout of foolery not only revealed a hidden problem I didn’t know in my past life but also uncovered the two dragons on Burning Smoke Mountain Range."
"Eh hey! Yes, yes, those dumbfounded gazes, I am Olivia, the sage of the Empire!"
Olivia delighted in the astonished and appreciative gazes of everyone around her.
Lumi’s face took on a different expression entirely.
"In that case, let’s put the Sapphire Dragons aside for now, all Royal Guard, hear my orders!"
Armors clanked, swords and blades named together.
"We are encountering an emergency situation. All Personal Guards, ready for level one combat, accelerate towards the signal flare and aid Prince Louis!"
And what was our Louis doing at this moment?
That’s right, he was running away!
Limuru’s body transformed into pudding, enveloping the three members of the Cat Cat Group and the head of Colossus, extending two small arms from the pudding-like soft body.
Like a slingshot.
Stretching!
Tightening!
Launching everyone forward!
Behind them, the manic Clown King surged forward with a ground-smoothing momentum, frantically crawling on the ground, plowing a trench through the turf with its wild charge.
"No one told me this guy was a level 17 challenge!"
"Why can other undead be dissolved, but this one isn’t taking any acid damage at all?"
"Limuru, save me save me save me save me..."
"Don’t come over here!"
This scene of it chasing and him escaping conveyed a comedic yet lacking-in-brain-cell beauty.
Until he saw the Royal Guard sprinting from afar, and the little swan in Lumi’s embrace—
Tears burst forth!