Kaiser of the New World (Ch 200+)

Fulfilling a wish (204)

In the midst of the destruction of the courtyard, Kai gritted his teeth and kicked against one of the falling rocks. Using that momentum, he clumsily kicked against two other rocks on his descent in order to land in a better position.

At the last moment, Kai activated Soul Flame and dumped all the additional stats into Constitution so he could tank the landing.

Landing with a loud thud, Kai squinted and ignored the urge to cough. He was completetly surrounded by dust, unable to see where Ezekial had landed.

Turns out, by some stroke of luck, the cavern which the Plague Harbinger had been chained inside was nearly directly under the courtyard, that's why Kai had been so pleased when he spotted Ezekial out there. It was also the reason why he had to stall for time, as he was more than certain that the beast would definitely choose the most direct route.

As Kai was standing up, he narrowly avoided a chunk of falling rock by rolling to the side. Then, he was nearly swept off his feet by a sharp aura coming from directly in front of him.

All the dust was sent away, and all the falling rocks were knocked off course by the shockwave of aura. Looking at where the shockwave originated from, Kai couldn't help but mutter a silent curse.

Ezekial was already on his feet, seven vibrant flames floating behind his back and his sword already in his dominant hand.

He locked eyes with Kai, and just as he was about to attack, he froze after hearing maniacal laughter above him.

While he had been falling, Kai had been a little surprised by the lack of rats on the ground of the cavern. There had been so many when he had been here a few minutes ago, so where had they all gone?

Kai question was instantly answered when looking up.

Thousands upon thousands of rats were scaling the walls of the cavern, climbing over each other in an effort to reach the top quicker, and all of them were being led by one four armed beast.

The Plague Harbinger had already escaped the cavern, standing on the roof of the castle. It's entire body trembled, making Kai think it was about to go into a frenzy or something, but it just started laughing.

It laughed, and laughed, and laughed, until it felt the falling snow start clinging to its fur.

Then, it cast one final glance at Ezekial before hopping away from the roof. As soon as it disappeared from his line of sight, Kai heard a feral voice shout:

"Cowardly King! Where are you!"

It seemed that the beast held more of a grudge against Castillian rather than Ezekial, making Kai a little confused.

Ezekial's eyes widened after he watched the beast run away to hunt down Castillian. Were they seriously going to go after the King?

Eyes darkening, Ezekial's grip on his sword tightened as the seven stat flames behind his back died out. Turning around, they crouched down and went to hop out of the cavern, only to feel an overwhelming sense of danger come from behind them, resorting in him having to turn around at the last second, deflecting a sword that had been aimed at their neck.

Kai bounced away, Esurient already in his hands. Muttering a silent curse that his attack had been unsuccessful, Kai felt a small grin make its way onto its face after steadying himself. After all, he had discovered one lovely bit of information about how this fight would go.

Esurient was on roughly the same scale as Ezekial's own sword.

"You!" Ezekial spat, his eyes burning with rage, nearly making Kai kneel over just from the sheer amount of bloodlust he was emitting.