Heroes' Prison

Chapter 597 - 572 My Eternal Beloved Carly

He spread his palm and took a careful look, only to discover a line of small characters etched onto the side of the handle, seemingly revealed only after the burning of the Legendary Equipment—

"You are my joy, my pain, my light of hope, my source of guilt. — My eternal beloved, Carly."

Upon seeing these small characters, Huang Yi’s heart skipped a beat.

The person who had inscribed these words had long since vanished in the vast river of time. Yet those characters remained etched onto this handle, traversing through history and time, until today when he happened upon them by chance.

Through this short line of text, Huang Yi could sense the agony that Emperor Somerett must have felt at that time. He and this woman named Carly must have shared a time of happiness, but later she left him. The phrase in the item description, "I was not yet a king, but you had become a queen," clearly signified that she abandoned him to become a princess. Tangled in love and hatred, Emperor Somerett ultimately chose a path of brutal slaughter, destroying the empire with his own hands to claim kingship, yet harboring a hint of regret for her in his overbearing heart, hence the line, "So I am sorry, but I had no choice but to overthrow, his realm."

This combination of love and hate, guilt and arrogance, must have tormented him day and night, it was unknown how much his grand stature had been savagely battered on the inside.

"Why is love so terrifying, and yet countless people recklessly throw themselves into it?" Huang Yi stroked the handle and muttered to himself.

...

Next, Huang Yi put away the handle and went to the Main Territory, where he found Little Dragon.

At that moment, the warm sunlight filtered through the gaps between leaves, casting speckled light upon the peaceful forest clearing, with occasional crisp chirps of birds heard.

Little Dragon was sprawled atop Little Wang, snoring deeply, with its small belly rising and falling subtly, sleeping utterly soundly.

Huang Yi smiled slightly, tiptoed over, and gently picked it up.

Little Dragon suddenly opened its groggy eyes, hazily glanced around, and seeing that it was Huang Yi who had come, a flicker of affection appeared in its eyes before it closed them again, comfortably lying in his arms and continuing to sleep, its little claws tightly gripping his collar as if to prevent him from leaving.

"Continue sleeping, I’m going to take you Level Grinding," said Huang Yi softly as he stroked its little head, glanced down at Little Wang who was still sound asleep, and quietly left.

Upon teleporting to the 128th floor of the Tower of Pantheons, Huang Yi drew the handle of the War Halberd, now restored to its power, and began familiarizing himself with the new weapon.

"Heavy Judgment!" Huang Yi launched an attack on the nearest monster, thrusting out his strongest attack skill in one motion!

His movement looked extremely odd because he was holding the War Halberd handle in hand, which didn’t protrude visibly, and since it was difficult for outsiders to see the gaseous Long Halberd, it appeared as though Huang Yi was pretending to attack the monster with his bare hands.

"Pfft!" The monster, still two meters away from Huang Yi, suddenly shuddered, a hole appeared in its abdomen, and it slowly collapsed.

It had been stabbed to death by the gaseous and invisible Long Halberd, but on the surface, it looked as if a hole had spontaneously appeared on its body, and then it was killed.

The War Halberd handle’s concealment was so effective it could produce miraculous results. Additionally, its Attack Power had surpassed that of the Ghost Axe, increasing the efficiency of his attacks, allowing for faster grinding. If one more component were added, the Attack Power would climb even further.

"End of the World!"

"Scorched Earth!"

"Storm of Thunder Clouds!"

"Judgment!"

Huang Yi rapidly employed his four major area attack skills, unreservedly grinding monsters, fully dedicated to leveling up Little Dragon.

...

Days passed, one after another.

To the diligent, time seemed to fly by, while to the idle, it dragged on.

In Huang Yi’s eyes, this period of time had flashed by in an instant.

Through these days of effort, Little Dragon had advanced to level 49, just about to reach the critical level of 50. As for Huang Yi, he had only ascended to level 130, currently still topping the World Rankings, but with only a 5-level gap left above Yang Yuheng in second place, who was rapidly closing in.

That morning, like usual, Huang Yi logged on and went to check the forums.

"Sharp Sword unsheathed! Unrivaled by any! Sharp Sword has finally stopped hiding his power and has created an unprecedented great record! He obtained three National Honor Points in a single day, bestowed the name Sword Emperor!"

Three National Honor Points within one day!

Huang Yi was suddenly surprised!

He hadn’t known about this; it seemed that it had happened after he had logged off to sleep last night. With the second annual festival approaching, all the experts were redoubling their efforts, achieving one record after another. Sharp Sword had always hidden his strength, not even holding a single National Honor Point, but now he couldn’t help but burst out, and in a brilliant move, he grabbed 3 National Honor Points!

However, these three Unique Achievements must have taken him a very long time to prepare, and just happened to come together to be achieved all at once. Otherwise, it wouldn’t have been possible for someone to complete three achievements from start to finish in one day—Sharp Sword must have put in a lot of effort behind the scenes.

Huang Yi continued to read on.

"T.N.T becomes the Guardian of Italy, changing the exclusive continent of Italy to the Roman Continent."

"Ganges Corps has successfully defeated the Master of War, becoming the 10th team capable of contending for the 100th Floor BOSS’s first kill!"

"Progress update on the competition for each team’s first kill!"

At this point, Huang Yi finally saw an important post and immediately clicked to read more.

"The hottest topic in the world right now is undoubtedly the race for the first kill on the 100th floor of the Tower of Pantheons. Currently, including the Ganges Corps who just defeated the Master of War, there are ten teams that have beaten him and are qualified to compete for the first kill of the next four BOSSes. Among them, the Heroes’ Guild under God of Slaughter is the furthest ahead, choosing the 4th BOSS and having reached 95% progress, uncontested by anyone. All teams wisely avoided the 4th BOSS and turned to compete for the first kill of the remaining three BOSSes, making the competition for those intensely fierce."

"Three teams are currently contending for the 2nd BOSS! Among them, Thunder God’s Sun Team is the furthest ahead with 70%, closely followed by the Pope’s Angel Legion, whose best progress was 59% achieved last night. The Mummy Legion trails behind with 46% progress."

"Three teams are also competing for the 3rd BOSS, with Heavenly Dao’s Heavenly Group leading the progress at 72%, Giant Bear Team and T.N.T’s Divine Nation are tied, each at 55%."

"The 5th BOSS is the hardest, and currently only two teams are competing for it! Yanhuang Legion is the furthest ahead with 55%, while Martial Way Guild under Miyamoto Musashi is lagging at 32%. Of course, if Miyamoto Musashi can obtain a Special Energy Stone, then Zhitian’s fusion with the corpse would mean that the first kill of the 5th BOSS is virtually assured. This is an uncertain factor now, and it’s still unclear who the ultimate first kill will go to."

...

After reading the post, Huang Yi felt much relieved; it seemed that no team had made any dramatic comebacks that day.

The first kill of the 4th BOSS was almost certainly going to the Heroes’ Guild; they had no competitors. Huang Yi hadn’t even participated in the training these past few days, simply letting Knight command the Heroes’ Guild. With their current strength, they could completely secure the 4th BOSS with some time.

Both the Sun Team and the Yanhuang Legion, which had the strategy from Huang Yi for defeating the Master of War, had saved a lot of time over others, and were now the furthest ahead with their respective BOSSes. Unless something unexpected happens, it shouldn’t be too difficult for them to secure their own first kills. By then, Huang Yi’s Epic Halberd would be able to assemble all four parts!

Next, Huang Yi entered The Second World, where today he would be able to level up Little Dragon to level 50! Afterwards, through Little Dragon, he’d be able to open the Dragon Skin Scroll obtained after creating the record for the 120th floor!

Upon logging in, Huang Yi appeared in the Main Territory; it was quiet around, with no one in sight.

"Woof woof!" The sound of barking faintly came from the distant woods, as if coming from Little Wang at play.

"Woof woof~" A childish voice followed suit; it was Little Dragon. It seemed unable to get rid of this habit, capable of both dragon roars and dog barks, probably a first in the vast history of the Dragon Clan.

"Little Dragon, come here!" Huang Yi called out towards the distant woods; the sound quickly spread in all directions.

Soon, the grass in the distance began to rustle, and two small figures could be seen rapidly making their way here, before long, they burst out—it was Little Wang and Little Dragon.

Both the little rascals were dirty, with Little Wang’s tail all wet and Little Dragon’s beautiful golden claws covered in mud, as they had apparently gone mudfish hunting again.

Little Wang, tongue lolling out, ran to Huang Yi’s front, placing his front paws on Huang Yi, wagging his tail back and forth. Little Dragon, on the other hand, turned into a shadow and leapt directly into Huang Yi’s arms, smearing the mud on his body all over Huang Yi.

Now at level 49, Little Dragon was still only so big and hadn’t shown a significant increase in strength, just a growth in attributes and quicker movement speed. Its power was mainly related to its developmental stage; during the Juvenile Phase, it was basically just a baby with no combat power.

"Yi ya yi ya!" Little Dragon rubbed its muddy little head affectionately against Huang Yi, making tender dragon sounds and patting its chubby belly with its paws, as if saying it was hungry.

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