End of the Magic Era

Chapter 1412: Trickery

Lin Yun’s one short sentence had subdued the black serpent, who lay on the ground obediently as if he had met a senior.

Jophany became even paler. He looked at Geoconie, who had just relocated his broken bones, and was waiting for them to recover, with flames bursting out of his eyes.

What an idiot. Why didn’t I kill this stupid son? This skeleton king has definitely been trained by King Fogus himself. He’s even very close to the Dynson Clan. We’re screwed. We’re all going to get killed because of Geoconie…

Geoconie was still at a loss. He had been kicked away by his father the moment Lin Yun mentioned the King of the Undead. He had more than 20 broken bones, and was nearly killed by his father. Just as he rose back to his feet, his father appeared in front of him before he could say anything, and dragged him into the castle as if he were prey.

While Lin Yun and the black serpent were catching up, Jophany took Geoconie into a secret chamber in the castle, and stared at him gloomily.

“Tell me everything that has happened exactly as it is, idiot. If you want to get killed, that’s fine, but don’t involve me or our clan!”

After saying that, Jophany couldn’t hold back any longer. He quickly broke Geoconie’s bones that had just recovered.

Geoconie opened his mouth and screamed. He did not dare to argue. He could only scream.

When his screams were mostly over, Jophany finally slapped Geoconie in the face, breaking one of his fangs.

“Idiot, spill it out!”

Geoconie fell on the ground like a dead dog, with question marks all over his head. He didn’t know why his father beat him up instead of the stranger, even though he had delivered a message despite all the trouble.

However, seeing the fury in Jophany’s eyes, Geoconie didn’t dare to ask any longer. He obediently and truthfully explained what happened.

He told his father how he found Lin Yun, how Lin Yun annihilated his army easily, and how Lin Yun forced him to lead him here…

As he talked, Geoconie saw that real bloody flames were erupting from Jophany’s eyes. The flames quickly enshrouded Geoconie. Although they didn’t cause any physical damage, Geoconie seemed to be enduring excruciating pain. His eyes were almost popping out.

Jophany glared at Geoconie, who was screaming. He turned around and closed the gate.

“Idiot, for the disaster that you almost caused, you’ll be burnt in flames for 500 years!”

Jophany walked out, and saw that Lin Yun and the black serpent were still talking.

Lin Yun took out a tiny bit of the Golden Crown and the heart blood that Rikk offered. Rikk had only given him one drop of blood, but that was according to Rikk’s standard. He had developed the plant he needed, and the rest of the blood was no longer useful. He could give some of it to the black serpent to prove his identity.

According to Lin Yun’s standard, he was giving away 10 drops of heart blood, which was negligible compared to what he got before. However, feeling the aura in the heart blood, the black serpent was so excited that his scales were standing.

He knew that the heart blood belonged to a pure-blood member of the Dynson Clan. It could’ve only been given away voluntarily, and couldn’t have been stolen. The heart blood that was robbed didn’t carry such a powerful aura of blood. For black serpents, it was 10,000 times more valuable than a level-49 soul fire.

The black serpent lay on the ground, and opened his mouth, accepting Lin Yun’s gift respectfully. He swallowed the heart blood, which was a catalyst that could help him strengthen his bloodline. Without the catalyst, it would be useless no matter how hard he tried.

The heart blood and the tiny bit of Golden Crow was enough for the black serpent to rise by one level. For the descendants of the Dynson Clan, the bloodline was everything, and the level was just for reverence.

This black serpent was level-47, and when he met Rikk, the latter was only level-46, but in a real battle, the black serpent would’ve been killed by Rikk easily.

The scene that Jophany saw after he came out made his expression even more awful. As the black serpent’s friend, he certainly knew the Dynson Clan very well. After seeing the heart blood and the Golden Crown, he realized that Lin Yun was even closer to the Dynson Clan than Jophany was to the black serpent…

Having received the gift from Lin Yun, the black serpent lay down obediently, and waited like a lackey. When he looked at Jophany, he sent a lot of information.

Receiving all the information, Jophany almost couldn’t stop himself from turning around and killing Geoconie.

His old friend, whom he had known for thousands of years, just warned him that he shouldn’t have any inappropriate thoughts…

“Sir Buddy, are you here because King Fogus needs me?” Jophany asked obediently. He knew how insensitive undead creatures were about the passage of time. They had all the time in the world anyway. Why the rush?

Lin Yun turned around. Seeing how cautious Jophany was, he realized that he had already tricked Jophany. That old guy had existed countless years. Although he had spent most of his time in the Plane of the Undead, he certainly should be shrewd and experienced.

Besides the bloody scythe of death that was far beyond his level, Lin Yun also proved his identity by taking out Rikk’s heart blood. Jophany did not suspect him at all.

Nobody except the King of the Undead was capable of doing that, so Lin Yun had to be the King of the Undead’s most trusted skeleton king…

Both Jophany and the black serpent treated him with utmost respect…

Even if someone came to Lin Yun for trouble at this moment, the two of them would surely go out and defend him.

Lin Yun smiled inwardly. Things had been going pretty well. He had come up with the plan the moment he saw the black serpent. He pretended to be a senior, and offered some of Rikk’s blood casually, so Jophany would certainly be convinced whomever Lin Yun claimed himself to be…

“Sir Jophany, you must know that the Plane of the Undead has recently collided with a plane. King Fogus has fixed his eyes upon that plane. So, we must ensure that the Plane of the Undead swallows it.

“You were asked to set up a trap and lure the powerful human beings into the Kingdom of Nightmares. However, something happened. One of them is so strong that King Fogus doesn’t think the trap is good enough. We must enter the Kingdom of Nightmares to ensure our victory.

“Also, seven brave vampire ancestors never returned from the Kingdom of Nightmares. The only one who came back died. King Fogus wants to know what happened, so he sent me to the Kingdom of Nightmares.”

Lin Yun’s story actually had a lot of loopholes. The greatest one was that something unexpected had to have happened because none of the seven vampire ancestors returned from the Kingdom of Nightmares.

Vampire ancestors were the only creatures that could freely access the Kingdom of Nightmares. Any of the vampire ancestors there had a higher level than Lin Yun’s.

Would the King of the Undead send a level-47 skeleton king there under such circumstances?

What a joke.

But Jophany had already dropped all his suspicions. He didn’t dare to question the King of the Undead’s decision. It never occurred to him that Lin Yun was going to rescue the human beings.

Undead creatures and human beings were different. Human beings might defect, but undead creatures would never do that. They simply would never do that.

Jophany didn’t suspect Lin Yun. There was worry on his face.

There was a connection among vampire ancestors. He had detected the passing of two vampire ancestors in the last year. He immediately believed what Lin Yun said.

He could tell that the other seven vampire ancestors hadn’t died yet, but they weren’t in their best shape. Also, the connection wasn’t as clear as before. It all happened not a long time earlier.

Everything matched what Lin Yun said. His brother had told him earlier that they were summoned by the King of the Undead for a mission. He didn’t know the details of the mission.

Now that Lin Yun brought it up, Jophany couldn’t help but feel worried.

“Sir Buddy, let me go there. I’ve been to the Kingdom of Nightmares before. I think I should be safe as long as I stay in the periphery…”

All the seven vampire ancestors were stronger than him, but none had returned from the Kingdom of Nightmares yet, which meant that they didn’t just stay in the periphery of the Kingdom of Nightmares.

After the King of Nightmares died, his kingdom went out of control, and the laws became chaotic. His laws became the laws of that world. Nobody could change the laws, unless they were as strong as the King of Nightmares, and had a deep understanding of his laws…

Lin Yun glanced at Jophany. If he had been a real skeleton king, he would’ve asked Jophany to explore for him. Unfortunately, he was here to rescue Agalon and the others, and Jophany could only be used as a landmark.

If Jophany was lost in the Kingdom of Nightmares, then he would be screwed. One more landmark would be trapped there. It wouldn’t be so easy to find another vampire ancestor that could be tricked so easily…