The Water Elemental Ogre's eyes rolled back, its body shaking continuously. Its originally cyan-tinted skin turned crimson, and its exposed head even showed large areas of burns.
With the regenerative ability of a high-tier Ogre, such injuries were not fatal, and it would even be able to fully recover after some time.
Whoosh!
Lyle stepped off the tree trunk, his figure floating down from the air, landing precisely on the Water Elemental Ogre's head.
"Long is willing to submit." The Water Elemental Ogre spoke in panic and fear while its body twitched in pain.
"A smart choice."
Lyle let out a hoarse laugh and half-squatted on the opponent's head. He casually grabbed a handful of sand that had turned crimson under the influence of the fire element:
"Then what about you, 'Martial King' Go-Gin."
He opened his palm.
The crimson, scorching sand trickled down from between Lyle's fingers.
Go-Gin gritted his teeth, his pupils contracting as he endured the pain. Even his strong physique was burned by the high heat of the sand, yet the opponent holding it in his hand was completely unaffected.
"This man... who exactly is he!"
Go-Gin's fierce white eyes stared fixedly at the figure wrapped in the red magic robe:
"You, what do you... want to do?"
The burning pain permeating his entire body made Go-Gin's speech intermittent. Relying on his strong willpower, he supported himself so as not to beg for mercy like the Water Elemental Ogre.
"Don't you think the Abelion Hills are too chaotic." Lyle's words were very calm.
Go-Gin's eyes widened abruptly, looking at Lyle in disbelief. For a moment, it seemed as if the pain in his body had weakened quite a bit. He felt the opponent's undisguised ambition.
This was too crazy!
"You cannot do it!" Go-Gin said loudly.
Even though he had only been in the Abelion Hills for a few months.
He could already clearly feel the chaos and disorder of the entire hilly region. Hatred, blood, war, and strife were the main themes of this Abelion Hills region.
The hatred that had persisted for hundreds of years, or even longer, among the various tribes was long since like vines on a cliff, tangled and inseparable!
Even if a King were to appear in the future who could unite all the demi-human races and tribes, it would not be a human.
"No, no."
Lyle shook his head: "It seems you have misunderstood. I am not trying to rule this place... Oh, I've talked a bit too much nonsense with you."
Swish!
The red magic robe fluttered.
Lyle stood up and raised his arm from within his wide robe. In his palm, he held a peculiar black orb, from which dark energy radiated.
It turned into a mass of negative energy like black mist, shrouding Lyle in darkness and revealing an even more terrifying and death-like aura.
"Life? Or death?"
A cold, chilling voice rang out.
"This is negative energy..." Go-Gin was not without knowledge.
When he was in the Empire's coliseum, he liked to challenge various types of opponents, and Osk even found Undead for him to face as opponents.
Negative energy... Undead... the chaos of the hilly region...
"Why choose me?"
While enduring the pain, Go-Gin forced himself to calm down. He was not good at thinking, but he vaguely sensed some kind of conspiracy targeting the Abelion Hills.
Inexplicably.
Go-Gin's heart trembled.
He suddenly remembered rumors about the birth of Undead. It was said that in some unclean places, living beings who died unnatural deaths, especially those who died in war, had a high probability of being born as Undead.
Could the opponent's goal be...
"'Martial King' Go-Gin, appeared on the Empire's border eight years ago. At the invitation of Osk, the operator of the Imperial Capital's coliseum, you joined the coliseum to train."
"You shocked the entire Empire with your powerful strength and were known as the strongest among the successive Martial Kings, the Eighth Martial King."
Go-Gin could hear the faint mockery when the other party said the words "Martial King." He wanted to clench his fists, but under the binding of the sand, he couldn't make any movement.
"Last August, you left the Empire and entered the Abelion Hills."
Lyle paused here: "The only reason I chose you is because you have lived in human society for eight years, compared to these brainless guys."
"Communicating is much simpler and more convenient. This is also your only value, 'Martial King' Go-Gin."
As a Martial Artist possessing a noble warrior spirit.
Go-Gin had always viewed the title "Martial King" as an honor. If it were before, he would definitely have resisted to the death and never submitted.
But now.
"I choose life." Go-Gin's face showed a conflicted expression. Finally, he lowered his high-held head, but a strange look flashed in his eyes.
He needed to figure out what this human was trying to do.
If it was really as he thought, given the powerful strength the opponent displayed, he would probably need to unite with the powerhouses of the hilly region to deal with this human.
"Very good."
Seeing Go-Gin submit so easily, Lyle chuckled inwardly.
He understood Go-Gin's personality; even when facing the terrifying Bone King, he only submitted after being killed and resurrected. Yet now, he was showing submission so simply.
Lyle could naturally guess the opponent's thoughts.
In Go-Gin's eyes, he was probably an arrogant, ambitious guy right now.
"The basic character for the script has finally appeared."
Lyle jumped down from the Water Elemental Ogre's head and waved his arm.
Clatter—
The magic circle on the ground dissipated, and the quicksand wrapping the two of them disappeared along with it.
Go-Gin and the Water Elemental Ogre fell to the ground, panting heavily.
What he had said before was half true and half false, but in this script, Go-Gin was indeed an important character.
And the only reason was because Go-Gin knew him, or to be precise, knew the "Genius Alchemist" Tang.
"The righteous Genius Alchemist, with the assistance of the 'Martial King' Go-Gin, defeated the necromancer with the evil conspiracy."
"Hmm, the script is a bit cliché." Lyle nodded imperceptibly.
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