Chapter 158 – Werewolf King Jonathan
Lei Yu pretended he didn’t know what was going on and shrugged. “Who knows… could it be that the battle boots were capable of seeking out its true owner?”
“No! Impossible, impossible!” The Pope was shaking his head as he refused to believe what he saw.
Bel started floating over. “It looks like this item doesn’t really belong to the Vatican!”
“Nonsense!” The Pope’s eyes were filled with bloods vessels and they looked like they were about to burst. He had tried many methods to obtain other holy objects but he never succeeded. He never thought today a holy object would appear before his eyes but was now it was taken by Lei Yu. How could he be willing to just let that happen?
Lei Yu and Bel both frowned at the same time. They could feel a murderous aura was condensing on the Pope’s body. They never expected the aura of resentment coming from his body would be this strong.
Was Lei Yu scared? No he wasn’t. Originally these boots did not belong to the Vatican. The founder of the Vatican wasn’t Kalchas and it wasn’t Telepha.s.sa either. Lei Yu didn’t have to continue pretending to look pleased with this sudden bestowment. Not to mention that, these boots originally belonged to Minotaur Linos. If Lei Yu really wanted it, the bull-head might even give him the full set. Lei Yu narrowed his eyes and coldly said: “Your holiness, it seems you intend to do something about this huh?”
“Take off those battle boots!” The Pope’s voice was emotionless. From his eyes one could see that nothing else mattered apart from the battle boots. His previous friendly pretense was completely thrown out the door. Bel was accurate before; people of the Vatican were hypocrites who pretended to be virtuous.
“What if I say no?” Lei Yu lightly moved backwards, getting ready for a sudden attack.
“Humph! How could I allow you to possess the Vatican’s holy objects?” The Pope’s body suddenly lunged forward. Lei Yu wasn’t frantic and casually dodged to the side.
The attacks made by the Pope were entirely supported by his own internal energy, they were completely different from Lei Yu. He and Bel were the same; they relied on their own body’s physical power and agility. Of course, their speed would be their biggest advantage. Initially, Lei Yu realized his own speed was not as fast as Bel’s, but he did have his own unique methods of attacking and now that he had the battle boots as well, now Lei Yu could display his advantage.
“Whoosh!” Lei Yu wasn’t going to tolerate the Pope’s attack. His body like a ghost, he rushed towards the Pope. Since he was borrowing the magical power of Ares’ boots, Lei Yu’s speed had reached an unimaginable level. Watching from the side, Bel’s mouth was agape in shock. Since he had always been proud of his own speed, he was now overawed by Lei Yu and his desire to possess the treasure increased even more. Lei Yu wasn’t the same as the Pope who had powerful magical attacks. But the internal energy inside Lei Yu had barely been used while the Pope and Bel fought with each other previously. With the addition of Lei Yu’s newly added battle boots, the gap in strength between the two had shrunk. After dodging several of the Pope’s attack, he relied on his powerful physique to quickly condense the forces of lightning within himself.
Suddenly, Lei Yu jumped into the air. Before the Pope could even react, Lei Yu was already behind him. With a shout, “Lunar Star’s First Form!”
Purple lightning was flickering on Lei Yu’s arm with little white dots mixed amidst it. His original lightning energy was now mixed with the power of the moon and stars!
One could only see Lei Yu’s eyes focused on the back of the Pope. Using his powerful right arm, Lei Yu swung his arm drawing a perfect arc and a powerful light in the shape of a semicircle rapidly shot out.
“Agghh!” Blood gradually spread out from a line on the back of the Pope’s white robe. Fresh blood was now gushing out from a large stained area on his clothes. Lei Yu’s attack wasn’t very powerful but the attack was the result of him using a generalized attack. Not to mention that he was merely using his fist to release the first form of the Lunar Star Martial technique, it couldn’t be compared to the sharpness of releasing it through a weapon. You couldn’t even compare it to Minotaur Linos when he was using it while holding onto the Ares axe.
How long has it been now? Based on the Pope’s n.o.ble status, when was he ever seriously injured by another person? Perhaps this could be considered being smacked awake by Lei Yu. While breathing heavily, “Your strength is indeed really strong!”
Seeing that the Pope had stopped his attacks, Lei Yu also stood still but not relaxing his vigilance at the slightest. The increase in speed the Ares boots had given to him had not reached its limit yet. If he did push the speed to the limit, it’s quite possible the Pope would be receiving over a thousand strikes by Lei Yu already. Lei Yu was able to feel the horrifying degree of speed the boots was capable of increasing.
“If your holiness didn’t fight against Prince Bel previously, maybe I would be the one who would be hurt instead?” Even though Lei Yu fought against the Pope, it wasn’t his intention and he only acted like that as his last resort. He still had thoughts of living in peace with the Pope. Even if two sides couldn’t be friends, at least they wouldn’t become enemies. This would definitely be better than living with a pair of predatory eyes on him at all times. “As for the holy object…” *Cough cough!* The Pope coughed hard a few times which showed that the injuries caused by Lei Yu were not light at all. It’s no wonder since Lei Yu’s current strength was at the mid-stage of [Detachment], he was already a one man tyrannical force. Not to mention that during the previous fight, Lei Yu used the first form of the Lunar Star Martial technique and only utilized half of its strength. With this attack alone, he was able to heavily injure the Pope. Needless to say, Lei Yu was capable to continuously using the first four forms; the damage that those would deal to the Pope would most likely be disastrous.
Lei Yu lightly exhaled. It looked like the Pope didn’t really want him as an enemy but his desire for the boots which technically didn’t belong to the Vatican was too strong. “I shouldn’t be staying the U.S. for too long, no longer than three years. For the next three years, I will hold onto this item temporarily. Once I leave the U.S., I will give it to you.”
“Really?!” The Pope suddenly stood up straight. It looked like his previous injuries weren’t serious. Lei Yu never expected that the dignified Pope who was admired by millions of people would be so concerned over external worldly possessions. This had made Lei Yu somewhat disappointed in him.
Lei Yu also really liked these cool looking boots but after all, they didn’t really belong to him. Even though the Vatican and Minotaur Linos were unrelated, Kalchas was still a prophet for the Vatican. Since more or less there was a slight connection based on that, giving it to the Pope shouldn’t be a bad thing.
“Rest a.s.sured, the boots are yours once I resolve some of my issues.”
One could clearly see the Pope’s mood was extremely happy even though blood was still constantly dripping down off his back. It looked like he didn’t care about his injuries at all since Lei Yu had made him a promise. To super experts, committing to a promise was an important thing.
The two of them were chatting with each and it looked like they were ignoring Bel. “Brilliant!” Bel was clapping his hands as he approached Lei Yu and the Pope. “You two somehow concluded the situation all by yourselves?” It’s just too brilliant… that means you guys aren’t putting our Dark Council in your eyes right?”
“It appears Prince Bel also wants a piece of this?” Lei Yu turned around with a smile on his face.
“Mr. Lei Yu, I’ve always treated you with the utmost respect. Your behavior really makes me confused. Since you’ve already attacked, why would you reach a consensus with the Pope who deserves death?” Asked Bel.
The Pope glowered angrily, “I deserve death? When did the Dark Council become so arrogant? You disgusting creature that hides in cold and wet places, what makes you qualified to discredit the followers of G.o.d?”
Bel coldly sneered: “Do you think you can still fight against me? You are seriously injured right now so killing you will be a piece of cake!” As a Senator of the Dark Council, Bel wanted to kill the Pope because he would gain great merit on the outstanding contribution.
“You…!” The Pope couldn’t help but cough out a mouthful of blood.
“What? Getting angry? Did you believe Mr. Lei Yu would help you fight against me?”
“Actually, I will!” Lei Yu nodded with a cold look on his face. If the Pope was to really die, the waves of calamity would be bound to start. This could turn out to be something that no one would be able to suppress. The rough estimate of Vatican followers were over ten million. If they all rose up to cause a disturbance, then the consequences would be inconceivable. Lei Yu would never allow this type of situation to occur.
Bel’s mind had actually blanked out as he exploded with anger. The speed he was so proud of was now inferior to Lei Yu’s, and now Lei Yu was a.s.sisting the Pope. He had to get the Ares boots no matter what! Bel suddenly attacked while Lei Yu was completely unprepared.
“Whoosh~!”
The blur of Bel’s figure still remained in his original spot but his body had already arrived in front of Lei Yu. All you could see was Bel’s hideous face glaring at the two. The Pope was no longer a concern to Bel; as long as he got rid of Lei Yu, the item would naturally belong to him.
“This is too funny!” How fast was Lei Yu’s reaction speed? Although his body couldn’t float in the air like the Pope, and it was impossible for him to have a pair of wings to fly like Bel, his ground techniques were solid and stable. Even if he was currently amidst a swamp, it still wouldn’t effect Lei Yu’s speed that much.
“You may be fast but I’m faster!” Lei Yu utilized his speed to the maximum and a golden light suddenly shot out from the Ares boots. Like a cannonball, Lei Yu’s body shot out to clash head on with Bel.
“Crack!”
“Ahhhh~!”
The scene was like two bullets striking each other in midair. Bel hissed in anger as his body abruptly bounced up into the air. He then howled towards a certain direction. At this time, Lei Yu’s senses clearly alerted him that during his steady probe of the surrounding area, there was someone dashing towards them at breakneck speeds. Lei Yu was shocked, “There’s actually another Sixth Order expert approaching us?!”
Since Bel was up in the air, Lei Yu could have jumped up in attempts to attack him but this would cause Lei Yu to be in a defenseless state. And the figure who was travelling at breakneck speed suddenly emerged from edge of the dark woods around the swamp lands. “Haha! I thought you could take care of everything so I didn’t expect that you would call me out to help you!”
“Stop your bulls.h.i.t and quickly transform!”
The person that just arrived had a muscular body with a head full of brown hair. He started chanting some strange spell and his large body started to become even larger. In mere seconds, his 1.8 meter tall body became a giant who was 3 meters tall. We can’t even call him a human anymore because the muscles on his body enlarged to a point where they ripped all his clothes off. Shreds of cloth started fluttering onto the ground while gray hair started extending out of his skin. The hair on his back became a lot longer than the rest of his body as his mouth and nose started stretching forward. Fangs with a flickering cold light was now exposed from his mouth. His hands and feet also underwent a big transformation – thick pads were formed on them while sharp claws started growing outwards.
“A Werewolf!” Lei Yu exclaimed in shock.
“No, not just a Werewolf.” The Pope in the back narrowed his eyes before continuing: “He is the same as Bel, a Senator of the Dark Council. He’s the leader of the Werewolf clan, Werewolf King Jonathan! Two people who usually don’t reveal themselves had actually appeared here today. It looks like their purpose of coming out here together was to make sure they gained the treasure they don’t know anything about!”
“Werewolf King? He’s the King of the Werewolves? No wonder he has the strength of a Sixth Order Warrior.”
“Cut the bulls.h.i.t!” Shouted Bel who was still flying in the air. “Aren’t you very strong? So let’s fight! Let me see what exactly do you Asians have to be so proud of yourselves!”