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Chapter 232: He's Not a Skeleton

The man that entered was accompanied with more than thirty cultivators of varying levels. They carried an arrogant air around them as if they believed they were better than the others. The room turned silent, with only the man's voice being heard. Ed didn't fail to notice the faces of Helena and the others turning ashen in an instant.

"You? You're the new sect master?! HAH!" The man pointed at Ed who was sitting on the throne. Ed looked at him with a non-interested look, all while resting on the golden armchairs. The man stared a little at the red and golden chair behind it as if eyeing it for himself, before continuing, "What a disappointment! This is a new low even for you, Sword sect. you should've conceded the sect to us, instead of going through such a humiliating process."

This time, the man looked at the remaining members of the Sword sect as he spoke. He was relentless, as he kept bashing the dignity of Sword sect in front of its members. But, his greatest mistake was failing to notice who the new master was.

"You chose to rely on such a young, man? No, he's no man. He's nothing but a child! Hiding behind monsters…Did you scam Sword sect into buying them for you? Pathetic! You probably wouldn't survive in the outside world for even a second!" the man seemed to be enjoying his time. Twirling around while pointing his fingers at people.

Unlike him, the cultivators that came with him were shaking. Their bodies turned cold due to the strangely dense amount of sweat they produced. Their eyes were unfocused, each time darting into a direction. They did their best to try and avoid the throne. They did their best to avoid the gaze of the one sitting atop the throne.

"I guess you bankrupt this sect to try and buy that damned skeleton, right? A mere skeleton that can speak, should be quite expensive. No wonder Sword sect was having financial trouble lately. You're the reason, I guess?!" the man started to jump to conclusion, creating scenarios that fulfilled his fantasy. Due to his current state of extreme arrogance, he failed to notice the killing intent directed at him.

"Still…Sword sect, I feel sorry for you," he said as he looked at the ceiling. "Had Alexander not been slain by a kid, this wouldn't have happened. There was no way he could have let us enter his sect without a fight. And yet, this time, we were welcomed, by a damned skeleton. What a joke."

Helena and the others bit hard on their teeth as the man reminded them about the death of Alexander. But, somehow, they found themselves looking at Ed, the very man who killed Alexander, hoping he could change something about their situation. His previous words, about the promise of taking care of this sect, played back in their minds. They didn't believe him before, but they wished to see how he would act now that was plunged into action.

"That damned skeleton was rather polite, how-" as the man was trying to talk, even more, he was interrupted. Ed had finally spoken.

"Elder Lich."

"Huh?" an annoyed look appeared on the man's face. He was not happy about being interrupted.

"He's not a 'damned skeleton'. Sieg is an Elder Lich." Ed explained to the uncultured man.

"So what? You bought him, what difference does it make? He's still nothing compared to us!"

"You see, that's not right." Ed stopped leaning on his hand as he intertwined his fingers together and leaned forward a little. His dark eyes seemed to pierce through the souls of those in front of him.

"Had it not been for my orders, none of you would be standing in front of me. As a matter of fact, if you had been even the tiniest bit of rude towards him, you would be nothing more than mere puppets, dancing to the tune of his commands."

"Hah! What a load of crap. If he could have done such a thing, then I'd say Sword sect invested correctly. But I can see him as nothing more than a mere servant, good for nothing except delivering news!"

"Pfft!"

"What's so FUNNY?!" The man howled, as he noticed the little Bella laughing at what he said.

"Don't shout at my little sister, I'll kill you. Also, you'll know soon enough, Sieg. Make an example out of one of them."

The cultivators in the room were perplexed. Ed seemed to be talking to Sieg, but they couldn't see him anywhere. Just then, a sense of anxiety filled the hearts of those present, as a cloaked figure appeared behind an unlucky, unsuspecting, unfortunate, cultivator.

"Your orders are my commands, your superness." Sieg undid his invisibility as he tapped the head of the cultivator with his finger. People had no time to question Sieg's new nickname for Ed, as the man he touched fell on the ground. He was dead. And, the next instant, the cultivator got back up as an undead.

The cultivators broke into a run. The funny thing was, they were running towards the throne. Their fear of the sudden development caused them to think irrationally. They didn't stop until they noticed a black wolf emerge out of Ed's shadow. The next instant, they all stopped. Their bodies couldn't move.

"What did you do?!" the man started to shake, so hard that the gold coins he had on him rattled.

"Which sect are you from?" Ed asked him.

"The Poison sect! And I'm an inner disciple!"

"…" Ed opened his eyes wide as he heard the answer. The man noticed this, and a smile emerged on his face.

"So, do you regret what you did?! The fact that you challenged the Poison se-" Before the man could continue his words, he felt an immense pressure. As if a whole planet was dropped on his shoulders.

"What a coincidence. I planned on visiting your sect after a month, but to think my plans would change so abruptly," Ed said as he started to walk towards the man. He was releasing so much KI, that he was crushing the man, who could only look at him with half an eye.

"The fact that you bullied this sect. The fact that you're from the Poison sect. The fact that you stood in front of me this day. Regret them deeply." The pressure being released from Ed intensified to an autonomous degree. The bones of the man were heard cracking, and his innards turned into much. He let out a groan before dying, turning into a splat on the ground.

"As for you, you regret your life choices. Mehen." Ed tapped the drowsy serpent on his shoulder as he spoke to the unmoving cultivators. Mehen turned into a gigantic serpent, though much smaller compared to his full size, he gobbled all the cultivators in one go.

"Ed! I found some guards on the verge of death and healed them!" Merry returned back to the room, fluttering her wings. The members of Sword finally understood why Ed asked them to move to this room, and why he asked Merry, Sieg, and Raikou to follow his orders. 'He knew everything…' all of them thought the same thing.

"Our job is still not done, the city is starving. For now, we will hunt!" Just as Ed finished speaking, his companions had formed a smile and disappeared from his side.


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Shigun Shigun

Hello everyone! Sorry for not updating this past couple of days. I had a cold and many projects to prepare, so I couldn't write at all. I'm better now, and I will try to publish as many chapters as I can this weekend!

Chapter 233: The Sect Has a New Master

Helena and the others didn't know what to do with their current state of emotions. Their ally? Their enemy? They couldn't decide. Helena, especially, was struggling about whether to trust Ed or not. Her father's death, the splattered body stuck on the ground or Ed's conviction. She didn't know what to trust in.

"Helena, right?" Ed called out to the young daughter of Alexander, who raised her head as fast as she could. "Do you have any siblings?" Ed asked her lightly.

"…Why would you want to know?" She became apprehensive as soon as Ed asked. The first thing she thought about was if Ed wanted to kill her, and her entire family.

"Because, out of all the people surrounding you, none of them feel like a family member to you. And, since I asked the guard to call all the important people of Sword sect, the fact that another family member isn't present can only mean two things. You're the only remaining family member of Alexander, or…the others are incapable of coming to meet me. If it's the latter, then I would like to see what's wrong with them."

The room turned silent after Ed finished speaking. Only the slithering of Mehen, the only one to remain behind out of Ed's monsters, was heard. Helena and the others gazed at Ed, unbelieving the fact that he saw right through their situation. From their relationships to their current situation. Ed knew all about it and had them lagging behind on information.

'If he were an enemy, would we stand a chance…?' Some of them couldn't help but think such a thing. From his martial might to his mental prowess. They were far behind him.

"So, what is it, miss Helena?" Ed asked again.

Helen remained silent for a while, contemplating about whether to tell him or not, but as she thought about it hard enough, she reached a conclusion.

"My mother and my older brother." She revealed her remaining family members, thinking how she could just kill Ed in case he tried to do something to them. Seemingly, she forgot how he managed to stop her without lifting a single finger before.

"What happened to them?"

"…" For some reason, Helena and the others turned silent. Ed didn't pester them and instead waited for them to talk on their own.

"My mother is fine…if anything she's only experienced shock. My brother, however, is incapacitated." Helena's voice cracked as she told Ed the situation of the two.

"I see. Then I suppose it's time someone did something about it. Take me to them." Ed waited for the surprised eight to start walking.

'System, un-summon Suika and Merry,' Ed contacted the system through his mind.

[The two of them are currently engaged in combat. I'll unsummon after they finish.]

'Okay.'

Ed, Emilia, Bella, and the eight members of Sword sect. The exotic group started walking through the sect grounds, catching the attention of the disciples.

"It's Miss Helena. She's okay!"

"What happened to that arrogant man?"

"More like, who's the one following after the Elders?"

The disciples started to murmur, their weakened voice picked up on strength as their curiosity filled them with power. However, not forgetting their duties, they went back to train.

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.

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After walking for a while, they reached a home, in the middle of the city. Ed was surprised to see that Alexander lived right in the middle of the city, next to his citizens. The reason why he was so sure about it was that the citizens they met on the way didn't react strangely to seeing Helena and the others. They were used to seeing them in the middle of the city every day since they lived next to them.

Helena twisted the doorknob, opening it without the need for a key. Right behind the door, two women stood there, with a katana hanging on their waists.

'Guards, I see…' Ed guessed how these two were stationed here to protect the mother and son pair.

The other seven people chose to stay behind, allowing only Helena to go inside with Ed and the two others.

"Who are you?" the lady on the left said.

"You can't go inside," the lady on the right said.

"Prove to us that you aren't an enemy!" both of them said in unison.

'…Did they train to be able to do this?' Ed thought to himself but soon noticed how similar the two ladies were. 'They're twins…' He wanted to facepalm himself due to his stupidity sometimes.

"This should be enough, right?" Ed said as he showed them the sect master insignia.

"…" The two ladies went silent, as they turned to face Helena. Their gaze asked her what to do in such a situation.

"He says he might be able to help. In case he does something, we'll attack him." They retracted their gaze after listening to Helena's suggestion.

Taking the stairs leading up, they reached a room on the second floor. The room seemed to be closed off tightly from the outside, as if afraid of something breaking out instead of in.

"If my guess is correct, your brother was poisoned, right?"

"Yes. Luckily, it wasn't the Poison sect's master, but instead only an Elder. However, thanks to my brother's fight, he managed to drive the Elder off," Helena explained as they stood outside of the door.

"And your mother, she's experienced shock due to the damage done to the sect and…the loss of her husband." Ed summarized again.

"Yes…"

"Emilia, Bella. I need you two to meet with Sieg and the others when they get back from their hunt. Tell those that remained outside to make a notice and invite the whole city to the sect. The disciples as well. Tell them to announce that the sect has a new master." Ed asked Emilia and Bella a favor as he crushed the cards of Suika and Merry who were un-summoned.

"Merry, go with Helena. She'll take you to her mother, who suffers from mental damage. That should be your specialty. Suika, we're going to cure a poisoned man."


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Shigun Shigun

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