Coiling Dragon Book 6 (Chp 8 onwards)

Chapter 27, The Wine

Linley couldn't help but turn his head to the door.

Guillermo was there, dressed in a long, red robe, a smile on his face, his waist straight. His eyes, however, were very fierce and resolved. Under the escort of the two Vicars, Guillermo strode into the room.

"So Guillermo has already arrived. I hope Clayde will be a bit slower." Linley was filled with anticipation.

The only weakness in this plan of his was the possibility that Clayde and this magus of the ninth rank would come at the same time. After all, the Bloodrupture poison was of no use against a magus.

Linley immediately began to stand up. "Lord Guillermo."

"Linley, look at yourself. Your face is so pale. Sit, sit." Guillermo immediately took two quick steps forward to stop Linley from rising.

"Lord Guillermo, I'm fine. Although I suffered some internal injuries while training battle-qi, I can still walk and act normally. Only, it's a pity that for a period of time, I won't be able to train battle-qi any more." Linley said with a long sigh.

"At a time like this, you are still thinking of training battle-qi?" Guillermo said angrily. "External injuries are easy to heal, but internal ones are much more dangerous. If you don't heal them properly, it's possible that they'll cause harm to you for your entire life."

"Thank you, Lord Guillermo, for your concern."

In truth, Linley had a very good impression of Guillermo. He couldn't help but cast a glance to the entranceway. "I hope this Clayde will arrive a bit later."

Yesterday's blizzard had caused Fenlai City to become very cold, and there were very few people on the road from the palace. But right now, a hundred-man strong contingent of guards were currently protecting and escorting a lavish golden carriage out of the palace.

"Crunch. Crunch."

The wheels of the carriage crushed through the snow.

"Ransome [Lan'sai'mu], open the door." Clayde ordered.

The carriage was extremely spacious, and could easily fit five or six people very comfortably. This Ransome was one of Clayde's personal bodyguards, and he immediately said, "Yes, your Majesty." He quickly pulled open the curtain-door, letting in a blast of that frigid air.

But neither Ransome nor Clayde felt the cold in the slightest, despite the fact that Clayde was just wearing a jacket over some undergarments, while Ransome was wearing the traditional uniform of a palace servant.

"This Linley actually managed to damage his vitals due to over-training battle-qi. Jeeze." Clayde couldn't help but laugh while sighing.

Ransome said in a low voice, "That Lord Linley is still very young, yet he still has such accomplishments. No matter how talented a person is, one still needs to train hard. For a warrior to be able to injure himself internally due to over-training battle-qi shows to what extent he goes to when he trains."

The limits to a person's body's endurance might perhaps be very high.

But each time one tried to stimulate one's potential, one couldn't go too far. Although it was true that hard work was beneficial to a warrior in training, one couldn't go overboard either. The body wouldn't be able to handle it.

"Right. This Linley's future accomplishments will be unimaginable." Clayde nodded as well.

Seeing the look on Clayde's face, Ransome sighed secretly.

As Clayde's personal bodyguard, naturally he had a deep understanding of his master. With the forceful personality that Clayde had, it was very rare for Clayde to be so courteous to someone. But towards Linley, Clayde had never stopped being courteous for a single moment.