Monarch of Evernight - Chapter 736

Chapter 736: 736

The Wolf King remained silent for a while . “If Zhang Buzhou wasn’t powerful, how could my father have died in his hands? How could I have fallen into such a state, bearing the burden of this humiliation every day?”

“Great Chief, lying low today is for your rise to power tomorrow . ” The werewolf elder repeated a word of ancient wisdom that had been passed down through the tribe .

The Wolf King replied, “I know . You go and deal with Gary’s case first . ”

The werewolf elder didn’t leave immediately . Apparently a bit hesitant, he said, “Great Chief, our movements in recent days have attracted the attention of those from the other side . They might come and sound us out . You must be cautious . ”

The Wolf King sneered, “No doubt, they have designs on my position . But Zhang Buzhou has always been merciless and only looks at profit . Since I took this position, the submitted taxes and resources have more than doubled . As long as we pay our duties, no one should even think about getting my seat . Besides, do they think they can do well in my position with their meager abilities? A group of idiots who can’t even govern their own area well… it’s the same whatever position they are in . ”

The werewolf elder felt relieved upon seeing the Wolf King so confident and duly went on his way down the mountain .

After the Xue Brothers left, Qianye’s life became peaceful once more . However, his contest against the mysterious sea entity didn’t go so well—he had only managed one victory a day for several days straight, causing the Black Grove to reach further and further toward the beach . Fortunately, the mist would stop at the river and not cross over no matter how much it surged and rolled .

Qianye reflected on the results and finally tipped the scales back in his favor, winning two rounds this night . Only then did he manage to breathe a sigh of relief .

Because he had been cultivating all this time, the unexchanged materials had piled up into a small mountain . He thought about it and realized that it was time to pay his taxes again . Additionally, there had been no movements after Iron Bear’s death, so he went to town to see how things were going .

Loading a small sack of golden threaded snails and two logs, Qianye boarded the old car and drove toward the small town .

With the continued expansion of the Black Grove, the road toward the small town was now mostly through the forest . After Xue Ding threw the blood-stained soil into the forest, the natives there completely vanished and never appeared again . Passing through the Black Grove was like traversing a land of death; it was devoid of all vitality .

The truck moved slowly, but it was stable, reliable, and never malfunctioned . After bumping along for an hour, Qianye finally left the forest and arrived in the periphery of the small town .

The moment he left the Black Forest, Qianye could smell the stench of blood in the air . Frowning, he sniffed the air and found that the blood was mostly from humans . There was a small number of other races mixed in, but there was almost no werewolf scent at all . The stench was fairly intense, meaning that at least dozens of people have died here .

Qianye jumped down from the truck and went over to the small town .

Everything looked normal from outside of the town apart from the fact that the guards were gone . Gazing inside, one could see that the streets were empty without so much as a human shadow . In the blink of an eye, this simple yet lively place had turned into a ghost town .

Qianye stopped after entering the small town . He touched the gates and found a layer of dark purple substance on his hands . He immediately knew that this was dried blood .

Looking down, there was a puddle of dark liquid not far from his feet . It looked like sewage but was, in fact, blood that had mixed in with the dirt .

Just as calm, Qianye walked deeper into the small town .

This was the main road leading into town, lined with stores left and right . Now, however, their doors were closed, and the atmosphere was suffused with deathly silence .

Qianye pushed open one of the doors and looked inside . There was no one there and the goods were in a mess—someone had apparently gone through everything . He broke into a deep frown as an intense rotten stench assaulted the senses .

“Bang!” At this moment, one of the nearby racks nearby burst open and a dark figure pounced over .

Qianye leaned backward and easily dodged the attack . This black wolf was much larger in build compared to its peers, clearly one of the wargs raised by werewolves . The creature hadn’t even reached its target when Qianye grabbed it by the waist and snapped its spine .

The warg rolled about, crying in agony . Qianye looked around the store indifferently and left after confirming there was nothing noteworthy here .

The warg’s pained howls echoed through town, eliciting numerous reactions . House windows shattered throughout the town as the wargs hiding in them appeared in quick succession . A number of them caught sight of Qianye and immediately charged over with great ferocity .

There were still bits of human flesh and clothes in their teeth, and the stench of human blood hung deeply around them . All of this filled Qianye with an instinctive loathing for these creatures .

Several of the pouncing wargs flew past Qianye, missing their target entirely . The moment they landed on the ground, their limbs flew off from their bodies in a gush of fresh blood . The creatures rolled about in pain, their howls filling the entire town .

The remaining wargs in the area were intimidated by the cries of their peers . They lowered their bodies with their tails between their legs and didn’t dare charge forth for the moment . However, they couldn’t sense any danger from Qianye, and this made them quite hesitant about their next course of action . They had no idea whether or not they should pounce forward and tear this human apart .

The animals might be hesitant, but Qianye had no intention of letting them go . Beams of sword intent flew out with each shake of East Peak, sending the pack into complete disarray . In the blink of an eye, all of the wargs had lost their limbs without exception .

“You’re courting death!” A furious roar rang out from the town center as a young werewolf charged out . Eyes bloodshot upon seeing the miserable wargs, he pounced at Qianye with great ferocity .

The latter sighed lightly, murmuring to himself, “There really aren’t a lot of werewolves as cute as William . ”

The young werewolf’s vision blurred . He fell limp in front of Qianye, overwhelmed by the pain coming from all over his body . Yet, he couldn’t feel his limbs at all, and only after looking down did he realize that his arms and legs had been cut off . He let out a long, mournful howl in his terror and pain .

Qianye picked up the young werewolf and walked on, arriving at the plaza in the blink of an eye .

The entire square had turned into a pool of blood . There were hundreds of wooden poles around the area, each running through a human whose blood flowed down the pillar and into the sanguineous pond .

The impaled victims were all residents of the small town, many of whom Qianye knew . There were a few unfamiliar faces, too, likely unfortunate peddlers and traders who happened to be here during the massacre .

It had been a good while since the mass murder, and most of the people on the stakes had perished . Only a few stronger ones were left hanging on their last breath, but most of their legs were a mess of flesh and blood . There were even some with only white bones remaining—even an idiot could see where the flesh had gone after seeing the pack of wargs .

Just as humans enjoyed the meat of fierce beasts, the flesh of humans with high origin power was a delicacy to these wargs .

Qianye tossed the limbless young werewolf into the pool of blood, eliciting yet another cry of misery from him .

The doors to what used to be Iron Bear’s residence flew open as numerous werewolves charged out in quick succession . The leader, a valiant middle-aged lycanthrope, let out a low growl and stared at Qianye with bloodshot eyes .

However, he soon realized that he couldn’t gauge Qianye’s strength at all . How could a human capable of cutting off a werewolf knight’s limbs have no origin power at all? At the thought of this, he quickly suppressed his fury and shouted, “Who are you? You actually dared to injure a knight under the Wolf King’s direct command . Do you not know who the master of this region is?”

Qianye did not reply to the question . “Are you the ones who killed the people here?”

The middle-aged werewolf replied, “The Wolf King’s son, Gary, died in this region . According to the rules, all humans living here will be buried together with him . ”

“Rules? Whose rules?”

“The Wolf King’s rules! What, do you want to oppose the Wolf King? Brat, you must be tired of living . I’ll give you a quick death if you chop off your arms and legs now . Otherwise, I’ll impale you to the wooden stakes and have the wargs chew at you for a couple of days before letting you die!”

"The Wolf King’s rule, is it?” Qianye’s words hadn’t even trailed off when the werewolves felt a sudden pressure descend upon them, almost as though there was a large rock pressing down upon them . The weakest among them couldn’t stand straight and fell kneeling onto the ground . The middle-aged werewolf was also stunned for a good while before he managed to circulate his power and recover his mobility .

By that time, however, Qianye had already flashed past him, around the plaza, and returned to where he was standing before .

The middle-aged werewolf felt a sudden pain in his chest, following which, a wave of weakness swept across his entire body . He looked down and found that East Peak had pierced through his chest at one point and shattered his heart . He simply couldn’t grasp Qianye’s movements, so much so that he didn’t even know when the blade had entered his body .

Qianye looked into his eyes and said word by word, “The Wolf King’s rules don't apply to my place . ”

The middle-aged werewolf said ferociously, “Just you wait, the Wolf King won’t ever let you go . It will be the end for you once his personal guard arrives . ”

Qianye sent the werewolf flying with a shake of his hand, landing him squarely on one of the sharp stakes . Werewolves had a fairly strong vitality and would remain alive several days even without an intact heart . This advantage, however, would now become the source of his suffering .

The other werewolves had long since collapsed . The middle-aged man himself was merely a third-rank viscount, so there was no way his subordinates could take even a single blow . Qianye especially left a survivor, from whom he learned about the entire matter in general .

The Wolf King had somehow found out about Gary’s death and, in his anger, had dispatched his personal guard to search this area . The people in town thus became the target of the Wolf King’s anger . It wasn’t just this settlement, though . There were two more such towns within a hundred kilometers that would fall to the same fate .

After killing all the residents of the town, the Wolf King’s guard left to continue their search for Gary’s remains . Naturally, there was only one outcome for the humans they encountered along the way .

This viscount remained to guard the town with a handful of subordinates and see if there were any fish that had escaped the net . What came in the end, though, was a man-eating shark .