Chapter 407 - 337 Let’s Give the King a Big Surprise!_2
Chapter 407: Chapter 337 Let’s Give the King a Big Surprise!_2
“I’m planning to make a trip there. This war has been dragging on for far too long; I’m going to add fuel to the fire.”
Helen looked up at Lis, her lips sealed in silence.
“Do you want to see your father?”
Lis spoke indifferently, as if taking part in such a battle between kingdoms was no significant affair for him.
“He is not my father!”
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Helen clenched her teeth and declared resolutely.
For her, he was the originator of her mother’s and her own endless suffering in their earlier years. Remembering her mother’s resentful gaze and tightly clutching her dry, rough hands as she passed away, Helen doubted she could resist the urge to slash him with her sword upon seeing him again.
“The Boditch Kingdom is doomed to fall this time, and His Majesty the King will naturally follow suit. Don’t you think this is a good opportunity?”
Lis placed his wine glass, with a hint of crimson liquid left, on the ship’s rail and looked at Helen.
His intention was now crystal clear; it all depended on whether Helen was willing.
Lis still remembered, after Luminous Stone City had fallen following a protracted siege, the last resistances were completely eradicated, leaving the Boditch Kingdom utterly powerless against the Feis Kingdom.
Thereafter, the occupation and cleansing of Boditch Kingdom’s territory proceeded without major setbacks, and Feis Kingdom finally managed to devour this long-coveted piece of fat.
During the cleansing process of Boditch Kingdom, there would also be many side plots and tasks for players to experience.
One of the more famous ones was the task of tracking down the King of Boditch.
After Luminous Stone City fell, the king chose not to hold the line but escaped through a secret tunnel. He then dodged Feis Kingdom’s manhunt within the Boditch territory.
Due to his exceptional ability to flee, players jokingly referred to him as “Where is the king today?”
When the king was finally caught on the southern border and handed over to Feis Kingdom, marking the end of the task, players compiled a record of the elusive king’s tracks, including the secret tunnel he used to flee Luminous Stone City.
So as soon as Luminous Stone City fell to Feis Kingdom, Lis would just have to wait at the entrance of the tunnel with Helen, and they would be able to catch the king.
Lis glanced at Helen, who was lost in memories of the past, and shook his head.
The reason he wanted to take Helen to see His Majesty the King was for Helen’s own sake.
Engrossed in her training, Helen was so diligent that there was no need for Lis to spur her on; instead, he often had to remind her to rest.
But continuing like this was not good; Lis could see Helen was desperate for greater strength, driven more by the obsession in her heart.
That King of Boditch, John Bertic.
If they did not seek out this man now, he would soon lose his life, leaving Helen with potential regrets.
As Helen’s mentor, Lis felt he needed to take care of his apprentice’s psychological well-being.
“Then Teacher, I want to go!”
Helen looked at Lis with determination.
She did not know what she would say to the King of Boditch upon meeting him, but she felt it was necessary to see him, whether for her mother’s sake or her own.
“Good, then you’ll come with me.”
“Let’s go and give the king a big surprise!”
Lis patted Helen’s head and turned his eyes towards Ariel, who was knocked out by an impatient Evar.
Ah well, let this guy stay on the Hurricane and keep watch!
Lis insisted it wasn’t because Ariel’s incessant chatter was annoying; it was purely because talent should be used in the right place.
Evar, who had received a divine power inheritance, for some unknown reason, had an affinity with nature which reassured Lis.
What’s more important, Lis needed to keep Basel close at hand.
Now only Helen, with her Luck Aura, could control the guy with that particular stroke of luck, otherwise, Lis feared the Hurricane itself could be sunk by him!
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Thanks to the Hurricane’s incredible speed, Lis and company soon arrived at Danerluo Port.
As one of the Boditch Kingdom Coast’s largest ports, Danerluo Port naturally enjoyed unique advantages.
Located at the center of the eastern coast of the Boditch Kingdom, ships can catch the yearly monsoon from here, heading eastward and southward, saving significant time. Also, being an exceptional deepwater port with an ideal geographic location, Danerluo Port is situated to the east, with hills on either side to block the fierce summer storms, making it a favorite stop for numerous seafaring merchants.
Leveraging its port advantages, Danerluo Port developed rapidly; despite being just a port, the city’s size and prosperity rivaled the largest in the eastern part of the Boditch Kingdom, and so it didn’t belong to the lands of the Great Nobles but was under the direct control of the Boditch Royal Family.
Lis stood at the bow of the ship, gazing at the familiar port and city emerging in the distance, feeling somewhat nostalgic.
Unlike the gray port on Giant Horn Island, this was an absolute hub of traffic on the Pearl Sea, with countless merchant ships entering and leaving the harbor at all times. To better utilize the coastal space, they had specially employed Mages to build stone docks stretching into the sea. On top of the northern hill stood a towering lighthouse that directed merchant ships looking to harbor there.
The city on the west side of the port was no different, filled with an assemblage of merchants, a place where wealth converged couldn’t possibly be simple. Even under the corrupt officials of the Boditch Kingdom, it still thrived, to the point where it was hardly less prosperous than the Lower City District of Bright City.