Rise of the Legendary Emperor

Chapter 247: Fate?

"Who are you?" Shane and everyone was immediately startled looking at the youth walking towards them.

Knight let out an evil smile as he gave a burst of loud laughter. He then crossed his arms and stared at everyone on the scene, " This is a robbery! hand us all your...oh shit (cough) (cough)"

He quickly remembered that he accidentally spoke out the words he used to speak before robbing people in the divine continent and shut his mouth.

"What's going on here?"

He then asked directly looking at Shane and everyone turned their heads and looked at him, faces filled with confusion.

"I'm in a bit of a rush, so tell me what's going on here before I beat it out of you " He calmly said with a smile as the soldiers had a frightened look on their faces because only Shane had the ability to fight a peak level Grandmaster and by sensing the powerful aura coming from this young man, they knew he's not someone to be trifled with.

Of course, Knight heard everything and saw everything before coming. His interest in the matter was piqued when he heard about this book of ark. As far as he was concerned, it wouldn't be a normal book or they wouldn't have sent a group of great masters and a mid-level Grandmaster to catch a master-level girl like her.

If that book was so valuable to someone, he wanted to get his hands on it to see if he could use that book to Everlight's advantage. Besides, he kinda felt like this was a design of fate to meet them in this forest.

Shane's expression turned cold as he smiled at Knight, killing intent radiated out from his eyes.

"Lad, this has got nothing to do with you. If you are smart enough, get the fuck out of here!"

Shane's grab on Lia's neck tightened as he yelled at Knight.

At this point, another soldier stepped forward and glared at Knight, "Hey kid, where on earth do you come from? You dare to mess with us House of Morisse. Are you tired of living?"

Since they wouldn't be able to win a fight with him, they decided to use their house name to scare him away.

"Didn't I tell you I'm in a rush? Have it your way then"

He released his arms as bolts of lightning appeared all around him.

Zzzzzhhhh!

"I will kill her!"

Shane shouted at Knight. He decided to use the same tactic he used against the old man.

"Sorry guys, this is not going to be a long interesting fight"

Knight sneered and said to the soldiers in front of him and then,

Boom!

"AHH!"

Lia saw a bolt of lightning coming towards her and then, a hot liquid splashed on her.

"GENERAL SHANE!"

The remaining soldiers were shocked as well as their mouths opened wide in fear. The way they looked at him took a tremendous change. They shivered in fear and looked at him though they were looking at a strange beast!

The Old man was shaken as well. He gawked at Knight, his eyes were opened extremely wide.

"Now it's your turn"

The bolts of lightning violently danced around Knight.

Zzzzhhhhh!

At the very last moment, the soldiers regained their senses and started conjuring different spells in a bid to defend themselves but were still scared stiff.

Regardless of whatever spells or skills they cast, none of them couldn't touch the youth in front of them.

After their futile attempts to defend themselves were made apparent, they stared right at the purple bolt of lightning as it descended down upon their faces. At the next moment, everything turned black as they left the mortal world to meet General Shane in hell.

To a Sun realm cultivator, they were like ants

The Old man heaved a sigh of relief. No longer feeling like their lives were in mortal danger.

"Uncle Fin, we are saved!"

After the shock, it was a pleasant surprise as the girl said to the old man in delight.

"Yes."

The old man nodded his head weakly. However, there was a glint in his eyes, and no one knew what he was thinking about while he stared blankly at the scene before him as a thought flashed through his mind.

To have such a cultivation base without even reaching 30 years of age, he truly deserved the title of a heaven's pride expert.

If this person was given ten years, he would definitely reach the Heavenly realm and dominate the Elvelon Continent.

What was even more amazing was that this person was around the same age as the young mistress.

In addition, this person had an extremely good disposition, saw injustice, and was brave enough to help. He must be a cultivator with a chivalrous heart!

One's temperament, strength, and talent were all top-notch!

He knew that after using the secret spell, he didn't have a long time to live and after he died, he wanted Lia to be taken into the young man's care so he would be able to leave with peace of mind.

As he thought of this, traces of a smile appeared on the green-robed old man's ghastly pale face.

"Uncle Fin!"

Seeing the old man fall to the ground, the girl quickly rushed at him and sat beside her. She took the old man's head and placed it on her lap while the tears from her eyes showered his face as the old man looked at Knight.

After he killed General Shane and his lackeys the forest fell into silence once more.

"Thank you, young master, for saving us!"

He forced himself to clasp his hands together as he spoke.

"Old man, there's no need to thank me. It's just a small matter!"

Knight laughed and waved his hands nonchalantly.

"To young master, it is but a small matter, but to this old man and lady, it is a great favor "

The green-robed elder said this with a serious expression.

"I wonder, why are the two of you being chased by them and what is this book of ark I heard before?"

he laughed and did not bother to reply but changed the topic. He wanted to know more about this book of ark and their connection with the book.

"This "

The old man hesitated for a moment as if there were something complicated to say.

"Uncle Fin, we no longer have to keep the family's secret, everyone is gone "

At this time, the girl wiped away the tear and blood of Shane from her face "Young master, I am the heir to the House of Dante, Lia Dante."

"Okay?"

He had no idea who they were but hearing her tone, he realized that they might have been a big deal in this kingdom.

"The book of ark is nothing but a diary left by our ancestor,"

"Miss Dante"

The old man tried to stop her from spilling the secret but she didn't want to keep this stupid diary which was the sole reason for her family's massacre. She blamed the diary for all the deaths and the state of Uncle Fin.

"The diary contains the blueprints to build ships, ancient warships "

Knight raised his eyebrows and finally understood why the old man in the green robe was hesitating. As per what Ken said, the ancients were a mysterious, powerful race that lived here thousands of years ago and no one knew what happened to them or what made them go extinct. Also, they had the most powerful spells and weapons of mass destruction, so if what she had just said was true, even he would chase them to get the book.

"Is this a coincidence or fate?"

He couldn't help but question himself and think about the golden robed man who he met in a separate realm. Before Don died, they talked about building a powerful navel army using Ken's knowledge and he has now miraculously met a girl who has the blueprints of the ancient warships.

Such a treasure was undoubtedly moving, and it had attracted the attention of the rival families and that was why the old man had hesitated, not wanting to reveal anything about the book of the ark.

"So that's why they were chasing you"

Lia slightly nodded her head.

"If I heard you right, your family is gone, right? What are you going to do with a treasure like that? I killed them but they won't stop looking for you until they get their hands on the book and by the looks of it, he can't protect you for long"

There was no use in using the healing potion on the old man because Knight could sense his soul energy becoming weaker and weaker. The healing potion could only prolong his dead but even then, he wouldn't last more than eight months.

Even though he knew that Reghys would know how to save the old man, he didn't want to because of what happened to them when they tried to save Vivian.

If they didn't try to save her by getting the golden elixir, Don wouldn't have been infected with dark energy and he would have been alive now. 

"That's why I have to trouble you to save Miss Dante, young master. Please save her, it's this old man's only dying wish "

"Do you know how to build an ancient warship?"

He had a gut feeling that this girl in front of him was not just a pretty girl and her callous palms proved his point.

"Yes"