Chapter 39

Translator: Exodus Tales

Editor: Exodus Tales

BAM!!

The sarcophagus shook yet again. The undead creatures seemed to have sensed some kind of danger. They turned around rather than fighting with Fang Zheng and the others, keeping their eyes straight at the sarcophagus. Had the lich lord been here, perhaps these undead creatures would have still obeyed his orders but now that the lich lord had somehow disappeared, these undead creatures started acting according to their instincts. Obviously, the thing inside the sarcophagus seemed more threatening than Marth’s group.

“Master, what should we do?”

Fang Zheng reunited with other templars as well as the two great knights taking advantage of this opportunity. Be that as it may, they still had grave looks on their faces; there was no sign of relaxation just because the lich lord had left silently. Shidon furrowed his brow upon hearing Fang Zheng’s question but he kept his eyes on that sarcophagus. 

BOOM!!!

Right at this time, the sarcophagus in the magic circle jumped up suddenly. The chains bounding the sarcophagus finally could not bear and broke apart. The lid of the sarcophagus flew in the air with a band before falling heavily on the ground. At the same time, Fang Zheng felt a very peculiar aura emerge from it. Whereas Marth and Shidon’s expressions changed after sensing this aura.

“Sh*t!”

“It’s the Son of Chaos, run!”

But before the duo’s voice could even die out, the sarcophagus shook again. Fang Zheng immediately felt a weak wave pass by him, spreading throughout the cavern at once. But before he could react to anything, he saw Shidon by his side kneeling down on the ground with a thump, his forehead spotted with large beads of sweat, his teeth clenched. He had tightened his grip on the huge sword in his hand. At this moment, the brave paladin was like a weakened old man; he was having a difficult time to even move a bit.

Marth and the other templars weren’t faring any better. Two more severely injured templars even directly slumped to the ground, passed out. The undead creatures that had been besieging them seemed even more miserable than them. The undead giants crashed directly to the ground, stopped moving. Whereas the grim reaper that had shown such great power before and the flesh golem that had given a hard time to Fang Zheng fell apart with a scream, reverting back to broken bones and mutilated flesh and blood.

“Uh….what…the hell is going on?”

Fang Zheng, holding the Skybreaker, stood gawking at everything happening, totally shocked. He really had no idea what was going on at all? Why did everyone fall down suddenly? Are you enacting a wave?

“Be…be careful…Son…It…It’s the Son of Chaos…”

Just when Fang Zheng was considering whether he too should have done a wave. “I will do my best to perform with you.” Shidon next to him opened his mouth. Judging by his appearance, he, who was originally quite a strong warrior, seemed to be having a difficult time even speaking. He was clinging to his huge sword, trying very hard to stand up but his legs were as heavy as lead.

“That’s the most…terrifying existence from the Border of Twilight. The mortal enemy of the order… It can create a field that can exclude all the forces of the order…”

Is this why you’ve become like this in an instant? 

Realization dawned upon Fang Zheng just as he heard Shidon. He knew that almost everyone in this world basically used the power of the order. In a simple analogy, it would mean that all the skills in the world consumed MP but this Son of Chaos was no different than bringing a gadget similar to the magic jammer that sealed everyone’s MP directly… Wait, wait, wait, it can’t be!?

Fang Zheng’s expression changed slightly just as he thought of this. He hurriedly glanced at the status bar in front of his eyes. Immediately, Fang Zheng was surprised to find that all his skills had turned grey, unusable! It was true even for the activation of the soul stone’s ability! 

F***! No wonder that lich lord ran away! 

At this moment, Fang Zheng finally understood why the Duke of Bones turned tails and ran without saying a word. According to what he had learned from the church, whether it was magic or any other power, it belonged to the power of order. And these undead creatures created by Duke of Bones also relied on the undead magic formed by the power of the order to act. Compared to living beings, the undead were more vulnerable to the Son of Chaos because they could continue to exist in this world by relying on the power of order. Once the power of order was obliterated or sealed, it was over for them completely.

And it might have been true even for the Duke of Bones. Even though the opponent was one of the strongest members of the Council of Death, it was still an undead. It was very likely that the Son of Chaos’ jamming field would also have an effect on it. So, that’s why that old guy ran so quickly!

What a sh**ty day!

Gripping the Skybreaker, Fang Zheng’s scalp was also tingling right now. He had his eyes dead straight on the sarcophagus, not daring to take a single breath. And under Fang Zheng’s gaze, a tall black figure slowly stood up from the sarcophagus.

It was a knight.

Judging by its appearance, it seemed no different from ordinary humans. Well, a human that was two or three meters tall. It was covered in rusty armor from head to toe, only a bit of red glow could be seen from the gaps of the helmet. There was a sharp and huge blade in his hand. Having stood up slowly, it was staring all around silently.

“Master, what are its characteristics?”

Fang Zheng, gripping the Skybreaker, asked without looking back.

“For example, what skills does it have, what abilities does it have…”

“Nothing.”

“Huh? What do you mean by nothing?”

Fang Zheng was completely confused by Shidon’s answer. Isn’t this a boss? I haven’t heard of any boss that would not make a big move!

“Son… Sons of Chaos are monsters born in chaos…”

Now, Marth too gathered his breath and said in a low voice.

“And all the skills and magic are gifts of the order. They can’t learn to use this power at all. Nonetheless, they are still enemies that cannot be underestimated. These monsters of chaos rely just on their own bodies but that’s enough to bring a terrible threat to the enemy. Be careful, it is said that these monsters are powerful and very fast…”

“I see…huh?”

Fang Zheng nodded upon hearing this but then, he was startled for a moment.

Why does this scene before me feel so familiar?

A huge monster as the enemy; Soul Stone, unusable; skills, locked… F***, isn’t this Dark Souls?

So, let me see which one is harder, you or Gundyr?

[TLN: Lendex Gundyr: Dark Souls III boss famous for being ultra-hard.]

The corner of Fang Zheng’s lips rose involuntarily as he thought of this. Then, he reached out and drew a short sword from his waist.

In the next moment, Fang Zheng walked a few steps and made his way to the monster. He raised the Skybreaker tightly held in his right hand forward, pointing it at the Son of Chaos, and raised the left hand holding the short sword and placed it horizontally before his chest. And then, he finally nodded to the Son of Chaos before him.

“Huh!?”

Everyone was taken aback by Fang Zheng’s action. Marth turned to Shidon in surprise.

“Shidon, what’s he doing? And… why is he not affected by the chaos field?”

Sons of Chaos were very scary to the people of the world of order because the chaos field isolated their power of the order. This was equally true for paladins like Marth and Stone. Although they might have seemed like superman usually, filled with endless power, it was all due to the power of the star soul. They were like the skinny martial artists in the martial arts novels, they could send a tall and robust guy flying with just a slap not because they were physically very strong, but because of their superb internal strength.

And the templars in the chaos field were like martial artists who had lost their internal strength, basically useless.

“This kid is a bit special… Well, this posture, is it…”

Shidon gave vague answers to Marth’s queries. The Holy Spirit Body was top secret. He and Marth may have been good friends but this kind of thing could not be spoken of casually. However, Shidon’s eyes lit up after seeing Marth’s posture. Fang Zheng had discussed the world in his “dreams” with him many times before, so naturally, he knew of the group of warriors known as Abyss Watchers, known for combatting and ridding the world of the abyss in the dark souls. But in the end, these fighters were gradually eroded by the abyss and they became the enemies they hated.

At that time, Shidon was quite moved by the Abyss Watchers, which reminded him of the Legion of Order stationed at the Border of Twilight. They too were the same as the Abyss Watchers; they were fighting at the border of civilization to fight with chaos in order to protect order and civilization. But from time to time, some people would turn into monsters because they were consumed by the chaos. Shidon was one of them too, so when he heard about the undead team from Fang Zheng, he immediately thought of the Legion of Order.

And now…

“This posture…could it be…”

“ROAR!!”

Obviously, the Son of Chaos didn’t know what Fang Zheng was doing but because of its chaotic nature, it wouldn’t care about this. The Son of Chaos let out a furious roar before it raised the giant sword in its hand and jumped up, swinging its sword straight down on Fang Zheng!

Fang Zheng rolled to one side just as the Son of Chaos’ greatsword slashed down. Brushing past the whizzing down sword, he brandished the Skybreaker in his hand forward, slashing heavily at the Son of Chaos’ waist. Immediately, a reverberating metallic clan echoed in the cavern with sparks flying everywhere. The Son of Chaos shook only a bit before he swung the great sword in his hand in a semi-circle close to the ground. But Fang Zheng didn’t retreat, rather he rolled on the ground and closed-in on the Son of Chaos. Then, he raised the long sword in his hand and swung it at the Son of Chaos, again. But this time, the Son of Chaos promptly took a step back. At the same time, he pulled the great sword in his hand back and slashed it straight at Fang Zheng’s neck!

But Fang Zheng seemed to have eyes in the back of his head. Just as the Son of Chaos pulled his sword back, he also bent down as if he was being controlled by an invisible silk thread, letting the Son of Chaos’ sword pass over his head. Immediately, Fang Zheng moved forward once again; the Skybreaker in his hand erupted with a bright and dazzling holy glow!

SWISH!

Fang Zheng raised his right hand as the long sword in his hand drew an arc from top to bottom, leaving a horrid scar on the Son of Chaos’ chest. The Song of Chaos immediately became stiff. And before he could recover from it, Fang Zheng brought the raised sword down, sending the Son of Chaos’ body back. Immediately after, Fang Zheng jumped up and swung the sword in a circle with his body. The Skybreaker drew a crescent moon in the air that fell from the sky, cutting down directly on the Son of Chaos’ body!

At last, the Son of Chaos could not hold on under Fang Zheng’s three-pronged attack. His body flew back and slammed straight into the rock wall not far behind him with a thunderous boom like a stone thrown from a sling.

A cloud of dust immediately rose in the cavern.

Fang Zheng put down the long sword in his hand and let out a long sigh.

And behind him, Shidon and Marth’s eyes were almost ready to pop out at this moment.