Coiling Dragon Book 6 (Chp 8 onwards)

Book 6, The Road to Revenge - Chapter 19, The King of Killers

Cesar stared at Linley suspiciously. "What? Can it be that the little girl of the Leon clan isn't your fiancée?"

"Fiancée?" Linley mouthed the words.

Seeing Linley's reaction, Cesar seemed to understand something. Laughing, he said, "Haha, how amusing, how amusing! Master Linley, I must say, that little Miss Delia of the Leon clan has spent quite a lot of trouble on your half. She's spent a lot of time, a lot of effort, and also gold in order to buy that sculpture of yours, 'Awakening From the Dream'."

Linley stared questioningly at Cesar. "Mr. Cesar, can you perhaps tell me where you heard that Delia was my fiancée, and that we were going to get married?"

Cesar stroked his goatee. Delightedly, he said, "Mustn't say, mustn't say."

But in his mind, Cesar thought back to the contents of the letter which Delia had her servant deliver to him. He mused to himself, "For a girl to have the courage to act in such a way shows that her feelings towards Linley are genuine. Best I not say anything, lest I end up embarrassing that little girl, Delia."

Cesar knew that when a girl told him certain things, it would be rather morally wrong for him to spread it to others as well. He, Cesar...was a very principled man.

Linley buried his curiosity. After all, Cesar describing Delia as his fiancée was a small matter. This man in front of him was a six thousand year old freak. This was what mattered.

"Mr. Cesar, for you to be here with one of the medals of the Radiant Church, does that mean you have come to me on the business of the Radiant Church?" Linley intentionally tried to probe the reason the man had come.

Cesar sat down with a dramatic gesture, then shook his head. "The Radiant Church? Don't lump me in with those fellows from the Radiant Church."

"Then this medal?" Linley stared questioningly at Cesar.

Cesar casually said, "Oh. It's from back when I killed that Cardinal. I figured this medal would eventually come in handy, so I took it from his corpse. On occasion, I'd take it out and present it. I've got to say, it really has come in handy over the years."

"Killed a Cardinal, then casually swiped his medal?" Linley's heart trembled, and he couldn't help but feel cold.

This Cesar in front of him really was an extremely forceful person.

Doehring Cowart's voice rang out in Linley's mind again. "Linley, back when I was alive, Cesar had already entered the Saint-level. At that time, the Radiant Church wasn't too powerful. After five thousand years, Cesar is definitely at an extremely terrifying level of power. The Radiant Church wouldn't offend him just because he killed a Cardinal."

"After all...Cesar is a Saint-level assassination specialist. A Saint-level combatant such as him is far more dangerous than your ordinary Saint-level combatant. What's more, an assassination specialist, upon reaching the peak of the Saint-level, is even more dangerous."

After hearing Doehring Cowart's words, Linley began to understand.

In the past, when he was in the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts, he had encountered assassins as well. Linley knew very well that despite only being of the sixth rank as well, a specially trained assassin of the sixth rank could be far more dangerous than other combatants of the sixth rank.

Because assassins specialized in 'ambush' and in 'one-hit kills'. When they killed someone, they acted with no scruples or honor at all.

Most Saint-level combatants, on the other hand, cared greatly about their personal honor and reputation.