Chapter 281: Getting famous
Han Shuo was very busy over the next couple of days. He traveled through the majority of the Lancelot Empire through the teleportation matrixes. Within these few days, Han Shuo had killed three archmages, four swordmasters, and a great swordmaster all through challenges.
At the start, the challenges were rather smooth because Han Shuo’s age was extremely deceiving. His enemies would think that he was of no threat, and would furiously accept the challenge after being provoked by Han Shuo. Later on, after continuous successful challenges made Han Shuo’s name infamous, and when many powerful people linked together the ident.i.ty of the people who had been killed, they silently started to have their own ideas.
Towards the end, the last three powerhouses on the list suddenly disappeared. Even after the Dark Mantle conducted thorough searches, they were unable to obtain any intelligence. Whenever Han Shuo reached a city, all of the experts within city would become worried, regardless of whether they’d done anything that they should feel guilty about. All of them were afraid that Han Shuo would look for them, and so they all disappeared under the guise of travelling.
These people couldn’t help it as the people that died in Han Shuo’s hands in recent days were all heavyweights. If they did not accept Han Shuo’s challenge, then it would have a huge impact on their reputation. But once they accepted it, they might lose their lives. That’s why they had no other choice but to find an excuse and hide.
When a great swordmaster died in Han Shuo’s hands, the caused the notorious name of the young expert Bryan to reach its climax, causing the rest of the names on the list to disappear. That was why Han Shuo could only return to Ossen city for further instructions from Candide.
“Lord Candide, it’s not that I didn’t try my best. The three people in the end disappeared completely. It seems that I can only wait until you find them,” Han Shuo and Candide were in a room in a small room at the north of the city.
“You did very well. His Majesty has already heard about your work, there is temporarily no need to take care of those three guys. We have another troublesome matter on our hands. If you can complete this task, His Majesty will definitely help you and grant you a n.o.ble
t.i.tle,” Candide said with a low voice. He frowned and taking a sip from the cup of tea in his hands.
“Oh? What is it?” Han Shuo momentarily blanked then asked.
“Leah Cain of the Brut Merchant Alliance also has the power of a great swordmaster. This person is t.i.tled the Crazy Swordsman. He is extremely vicious and savage, but have great power. He’s currently in our Ossen city. In the recent few days, he’s challenged three great swordmaster in Ossen City and was extremely disrespectful after winning. This has caused His Majesty to greatly dislike him.”
“His Majesty means to have you challenge Leah Cain. If you can defeat Leah Cain, then His Majesty will ignore the Church of Light’s pressure and fully protect you and bestow upon you a n.o.ble t.i.tle. It’s just that Leah Cain’s strength is extraordinary, and possessed the strength of a great swordmaster more than ten years ago. According to the Dark Mantle’s news, this Leah Cain is very close with His Highness the first prince, Prince Charles. Due to your relations.h.i.+p with Lawrence, I’m afraid that you might lose your life if you are unable to beat him!” Candide looked truly worried about Han Shuo.
“Where is this Leah Cain right now?” Han Shuo was not afraid at all as he asked Candide with a smile.
“In the Garden House at the northern part of the city. The Garden House is the property of the first prince, Prince Charles. Other people doesn’t know this, but the Dark Mantle naturally does. It is also through him staying at this place that we guessed that he is related to the first prince. What, are you planning on challenging Leah Cain? Although they’re both in the great swordmaster realm, the difference in strength between one just entering it and one that has been in it for ten odd years is really large. Furthermore, Leah Cain is called the Crazy Swordsman, he will be extremely difficult to deal with!” Candide exclaimed.
“Don’t worry, I will deal with him!” Han Shuo finished the entire cup of tea in one gulp and directly stood up. Then he smiled, “To be honest, I kind of got addicted to the continuous challenges recently!”
In the recent few days, Han Shuo had continuously fought against several powerhouses, causing him to subtly feel like his strength was about to break through to the next level. The only way to quickly improve in the bloodl.u.s.t realm was through battle and slaughter. When he did so against master, his strength improved even more quickly.
In eight continuous battles, Han Shuo challenged archmages and swordmasters, all of them powerhouses who were rather famous. He challenged a great swordmaster at the very end. That person was very dangerous. It was only though that fight had Han Shuo felt like that he showed signs of a breakthrough.
By now, Han Shuo definitely wouldn’t use the little skeleton, earth elite zombie, or wood elite zombie. With his magical cultivation in the bloodl.u.s.t realm, he was able to face a great swordmaster head on. If he didn’t use the magical advantages he had, Han Shuo still had strength equivalent to a great swordmaster.
Leah Cain was possibly a bit stronger than a great swordmaster. Perhaps Han Shuo might run into some trouble, but if he used the little skeleton, the earth elite zombie, and the wood elite zombie, Han Shuo believed that he would absolutely succeed in killing Leah Cain, and so didn’t pay heed to Candide’s worries at all.
“Be careful, this guy is just very dangerous. He is famous for being hard to deal with in the Brut Merchant Alliance. Don’t relax your guard!” Seeing that Han Shuo was walking outside, Candide issued a reminder as he was still worried.
“Understood, I’ll be going then!” Han Shuo replied, then walked outside.
“Bryan!” Just after leaving the inn, he heard Emily’s voice ring out from a carriage at the corner of the street. Chester, dressed like a carriage driver, waved his hand towards Han Shuo.
The Dark Mantle’s information network was everywhere, adding onto the relations.h.i.+p between Emily and Candide, it was not hard if she wanted to find Han Shuo. Han Shuo also knew that Emily would come and find him. That why he hadn’t been surprised at all when he heard Emily’s voice.
Han Shuo looked around and suddenly saw a carriage parked afar. The knights at the entrance of the carriage were all familiar faces. The curtains of the carriage were lifted to reveal Lawrence’s face. Lawrence was looking at him with a face of excitement as if he had a lot to say.
Han Shuo first stepped towards Emily and said, “Wait a moment for me.”
With that, Han Shuo then quickly walked in front of Lawrence’s carriage and called out softly, “What are you doing here?”
“Hehe, I accidentally found Madam Emily’s carriage hurrying over here. I thought about it then followed, I didn’t think that I would actually find you,” Lawrence gave a soft, odd laugh as he said to Han Shuo.
Han Shuo understood that Lawrence might know about the relations.h.i.+p between him and Emily, so he merely rolled his eyes at Lawrence without saying anything. “Alright, what did you come to find me for?”
“Haha, I heard that you beat several experts in a row, and that you now have an enormous reputation. I didn’t think that you were no longer hiding yourself and had started to truly reveal your prowess. This is for the best! In the last few days, I went to the royal palace twice, His Majesty asked me some things about you, seeming to be very interested at you. This is a good sign!” Lawrence was clearly very happy as he spoke with a smile.
“Of course he is paying attention to me. His Majesty told me to challenge Leah Cain, so I’m thinking about killing him now.” Han Shuo said plainly.
The moment he said that, Lawrence felt shocked, then insanely happy as he said, “Leah Cain is on the side of the first prince, Prince Charles. I am certain about this through my own means. Bryan, are you confident in killing him?”
“What do you think?” Han Shuo looked towards Lawrence with a smile that was not quite like a smile, and replied with a question.
“Of course you do. You are very miraculous, I believe you! How about this, I’ll help you since you are going to challenge Leah Cain and spread this far and wide. As long as you can beat Leah Cain, your notorious name can be bleached. Hehe, since Leah Cain is someone of the Brut Alliance, there is probably no one in our nation who likes him!” Lawrence laughed evilly.
“Do as you’d like. If there’s nothing else, then I’ll find you after killing Leah Cain!” Han Shuo said.
“Nothing else, nothing else. Go and busy yourself with your own business!” Lawrence smiled strangely as he looked towards Emily’s direction.
From Lawrence’s expression and speech, Han Shuo understood that the former already knew about the relations.h.i.+p between himself and Emily. This was likely because he’d noticed Han Shuo and Emily hiding behind a fake mountain and getting intimate during his family’s banquet. He become even more certain about this after the events of Valen City.
However, with Han Shuo and Lawrence’s relations.h.i.+p right now, Han Shuo naturally believed that Lawrence would seal his mouth shut.There was nothing good about this for Lawrence at all if it came to light.
“Mhmm, I’ll be off then!” Han Shuo replied, then turned and walked towards Emily’s direction.
“Let’s go!” said Han Shuo after arriving at Chester’s location and entered Emily’s carriage.
“Mmm… Bryan, too miraculous. That pill was too miraculous!” Emily leapt into his embrace the moment Han Shuo entered the carriage, grabbing him tightly and voluntarily presenting her lips, in obvious emotional agitation.
Chester acted like normal, pretending that he hadn’t heard anything as he slowly drove the carriage down the street.
After Chester’s carriage left, Candide gazed at the direction the carriage left in out of the shadow of a corner. He muttered, “I was wondering why Emily would help him so much. So this is why. This brat’s courage for l.u.s.t is truly huge, he’s with Emily alright. G.o.d, what a playboy!”