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Skyfire Avenue - Chapter 726




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Chapter 726

Chapter 726: He’s Not Dead…

Lan Jue’s mind wandered back to the man he’d saved the Pharmacist from, and the golden sword he’d borne . That had to have been Ultus .

Did that mean the one who used Ultus against Occisus was the true master, Monarch? Just in human form . Somehow he wasn’t as… perfect as the Violet Prince and Princess .

“He’s not dead!” The Pharmacist soft voice startled Lan Jue .

He snapped his head her way . “Who?” He asked instinctively .

But a moment later his pupils contracted as the thought crossed his mind . “You… you mean that was your husband?”

The Pharmacist’s stunned eyes had regained some spirit, and leaked bitter tears as she nodded her head . “It was him… it was him! I would know him no matter what they’ve done . He’d not dead, that was him! Only he wielded Ultus like that . ”

The Pharmacist lifted her hand, and it was then Lan Jue spotted the wound . A rivulet of fresh blood dripped from her pale skin onto Zeus-1’s floor .

“Sis, are you alright? Why isn’t the wound healing?” Small injuries like the one on her hand should have healed quickly as a Paragon .

She shook her head . “No, don’t let it . This is my chance . ”

She stretched out her hand and revealed her palm to Lan Jue . What he saw was the cut, but it was strange . It looked like a rune, or a picture . A picture that was carved by a dozen precise slices .

Lan Jue fumbled for his nearby instruments and snapped a photo to record it . The Pharmacist was in a trance as he did . “He was your husband? Then why…”

She bitterly shook her head . “It was him, and it wasn’t . I had waited for my moment to strike . When I did, when all of me was pushed through the sword, that’s when it felt it clearest . I thought if I could just find Ultus it might have a piece of him left in it . I never thought I’d see him . ”

“Unless I’m mistaken the aliens must have sensed Ultus’ power when they captured him . But they can’t use it, they don’t have a human’s blood to call on the spirit of the weapon . So they kept your husband, and are using him to control the sword . I don’t know what it means exactly, but I’m right – my husband is still alive and under the monster’s control . But when I arrived there was a moment, when the two of us clashed, that he fought back . For just a second he was himself . A wisp of his consciousness shot out at me and I blocked the blow with my hand . I heard him . He said… ‘search . ’”

“Search?” Lan Jue was a smart man, it didn’t take him long to puzzle out the meaning . “The picture on your hand has something to do with the Banishing Strategy?”



The Pharmacist nodded . “I only just digested what I felt . Thank you, A-Jue . Without you I likely wouldn’t have survived . He stopped the alien from killing me but I was too weak to escape . ”


Lan Jue smiled sheepishly . “You know that was way too risky . You can’t just think of yourself, you have Jun’er to consider! That little girl can’t be denied her mother . ”

The Pharmacist’s head dropped . “I’m sorry . I was consumed with my loss, losing him was like losing my heart . At Least Jun’er still had you, and I believed you would take care of her . How could you be so foolish as to bring Jue Di along to save me? What if you…”

Lan Jue didn’t explain . He didn’t tell her he’d come by himself and Jue Di had chased after .

“It’s fine, it’s all in the past . We know your husband is safe and his mind is whole . We still have a chance . We can defeat these monsters to get him back . You don’t need to go rushing into danger anymore, right?”

“Yes . ” She answered with a resolute nod . She was drained, but her spirit was strong . Her eyes sparkled with fervent light to know her love still lived . She couldn’t have asked for better news . She had a reason to keep living .

“We’ll learn what we can from this rune when we return . It has to have something with our inheritance from Celestial Master Qian . When I find a lead, you me and Qianlin will go search for the Banishing Strategy . With the Strategy and by virtue of the Banishing Blades, we’ll get him back and destroy those damned aliens!”



If there was anything that could accomplish such a feat it was these swords . Lan Jue thought they were legends until he and Qianlin joined with them . Only once he felt the outstanding power they bore then he understood .

The Pharmacist turned her head and lightly kissed his face . “Thank you, brother . ” She rose to her feet and separated herself to another part of the ship, where she began to meditate .

Lan Jue felt a warmth pass through him . If he hadn’t had come the Pharmacist would be gone . He’d never have seen the smile of joy that touched her lips . The danger they’d faced was worth it .

He gathered his focus and steered Zeus-1 from the Shattered Starfields . Only once he left the Starfields and got in contact with Lan Qing and the Avenue would he know more about where the alien planets disappeared to .

All-out war had finally come . His only hope was that humanity didn’t suffer too greatly .

 

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Distant starlight danced on the surface of the Bastion ship . Terminator – flagship of the Northern military – hovered in the vast emptiness .

Terminator’s Admiral was a man named Brown . Admiral Brown wasn’t only the captain of this mighty ship, but also the right hand of the Northern armed forces . He was a truly powerful man in the world of fighters, second only to the Commander-in-Chief . That was the President .

Admiral Brown cast a longing glance at the circular side table next to his desk . Atop it sat a dozen of his most favorite spirits, some of the best ever made . Among them were prime examples of Chinese rice wine 1, old Scottish whisky, and others .

 

 

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