Chapter 78: A Bloody Battle All The Way

  The poor Taoist saw that things were almost irretrievable, and he didn't feel like staying any longer, so he said to everyone: "I'd better go back now, it seems the king doesn't welcome me much?"

  "You go back by yourself, and don't bring my Azure Dragon Iron Cavalry with you. I certainly don't want you to take them to kill the King's tax officials?" Father said coldly.

  "Damn it! There are many royal and Ishihara family territories along this road, you want me to lead 200 people on the road? Are you asking me to die?" The poor monk said in anger.

  "Huh? How can I go back? You're my son, aren't you?" The father sneered and said: "As long as you follow the king's tax officer, you'll be absolutely safe!"

  "Hmph! In the end, it's all about speaking for the king. After all, we're family, aren't we? How could you not help me?" The poor monk said with grievance: "Besides, I'm the victim here!"

  "Our Long family has followed King Edward's clan for hundreds of years, always loyal and devoted. No matter what, he is the king and we are his subjects, can't the king let his subjects suffer a little? Besides, what have you suffered? You yourself said how much calamity you brought about, especially the last time, almost causing an entire field army to rebel, do you know how great a disaster that would bring to the country?" Father said sternly.

  How strange! He's now lecturing me with a loyal minister's demeanor, as if I were a treacherous subject? I'm deeply depressed and thinking with my head down, am I a treacherous subject? Past events keep flowing through my mind, and I've been constantly reflecting. I started having conflicts with the Ishihara family when I was three years old and killed their four sons, but that was self-defense! Moreover, they ganged up to bully the princess, couldn't I stop them? Later on, I fought countless times with those rascal nobles, and I still remember their ugly faces. Although I beat them harshly, I didn't have any psychological burden. Was it wrong for me to fight against bullies? As for the last time, I'm even more puzzled. Clearly, it was the Ishihara family's scoundrel who disabled my family's benefactor's son by extorting protection fees, and I just taught him a lesson! The subsequent events were also caused by their attempt to assassinate me, how can they blame everything on me? Obviously, I'm the victim, Senya almost died, and I was injured in the arm. Do I still have to take the blame for their rebellion?

  The poor Taoist got angrier and angrier, and finally burst out in rage! He shouted loudly: "That's not right!"

  They were all stunned, staring at me with wide eyes!

  "I may be young, but I know right from wrong and understand the principles of heaven. I know what should and shouldn't be done. Those corrupt nobles I beat up, who bully men and oppress women, and tyrannize the common people - I'm just teaching them a lesson. Who cares if they're princes or marquises? For years, I've been in countless fights, but has there ever been a time when I picked a fight on purpose? I dare to swear to the gods that everything I've done is justified and clear in my conscience. Even if I'm exiled for a thousand miles or beheaded, I won't regret it!"

  After finishing speaking, he didn't care about their reaction and directly returned to the courtyard, bringing Xianya and 200 Crazy Dragon Riders to set off on the road back to their territory in a hurry!

  The poor Taoist was extremely depressed in his heart, and when he left the city gate, he could no longer bear it. He got off the carriage and cast a fireball spell on the outer wall of the city gate, causing the stone to fly everywhere. The soldiers guarding the gate were all frightened, they knew my identity, but did not dare to sound the alarm, wanted to come forward to stop me, but was blocked by the mad warrior, had no choice but to close their eyes!

  After finishing his meal, he shouted loudly: "Refreshing!" and got on the car and left!

  On the city wall was left a line of words - Any tax official who dares to come out this gate will be killed!

  After I left, Grandpa and parents were stunned for a long time before they came back to their senses.

  "This kid wants to rebel? Dares to speak to me like this?" his father scolded.

  "I see you're about to rebel!" The mother grasped the father's ear and shouted: "Tell me, why should my son have to suffer at the hands of the king? In terms of bloodline, our Elf Royal Family is far more noble than his. In terms of power, I myself could destroy your entire country. Why should he be able to humiliate my son? Explain it clearly to me!"

  "Ouch! Ouch!" Father is now even more afraid of Mother and doesn't dare to provoke her anymore.

  "Good grief! It's all falling apart!" Grandfather said with a bitter smile to Mother.

  "Hmph! Go back and clean up your room!" Her mother let go of her hand with an unspoken warning.

  "What did I say wrong? Is he a troublemaker?" Father asked with grievance.

  "It's not necessarily so!" Grandfather said: "Xiao Wu got into trouble because he used too much force, not because he should or shouldn't have taken action. If it were me, I wouldn't be able to bear it either! Did you know that the son of the guard who died for you was beaten and crippled, and you remained unmoved?"

  "Of course I couldn't, at least I had to beat him up just as badly!" Father said.

  "Yes! Xiao Wu is still lighter than you, how can you say he's the one who caused trouble?" Mother said discontentedly: "You have to apologize to your son later!"

  "Ah! I'm his father!" The father said with a hint of grievance.

  Several people argued again, suddenly Mr. Wang hurriedly ran over and said: "It's not good! The young master has left, and he didn't even notify me before leaving!"

  "Get after that little scamp and bring him back here at once!" his mother exclaimed in anger.

  "But there's one more thing that's troublesome!" Mr. Wang said

  "The young master left a message on the city wall at the gate using fireballs when he departed!"

  "What character?" Grandfather hastily asked

  "Any tax officer who dares to come out of this door will die!" Mr. Wang said word by word.

  "Damn it! This bastard is defying the king!" Father angrily said: "I'll chase him back!"

  "No! It will be even more troublesome if he comes back, besides, it's impossible for him to come back with you!" Grandpa said.

  "I'll drag him back!" Father said in a disgruntled tone

  "Can you beat him?" Grandpa said disdainfully, "You must also know your son's tricks? He has a hundred ways to make you lose face and run back yourself!"

  "Hmm!" His father grumbled and said, "This kid has too many tricks up his sleeve! But what can we do now?"

  "You go back to Qinglong City, don't interfere with things here anymore. Tell the king that our dragon family will not participate in their affairs and will not send tax officials either. In short, we won't help each other." Grandfather smiled: "Letting the king lose a little bit of advantage also has its benefits, maybe he'll understand - famous generals need to be respected!"

  The king almost at the same time received the news, when he was furious and smashed everything in front of him. After learning about the attitude of the Dragon family, he sneered viciously: "I want to see if you can live back to your territory first!"

  Thus, my journey was extremely unpeaceful, with tens of thousands of thieves appearing on the territories of some heartless people, and ambushes were laid out on the roads I had to take. Fortunately, they only dared to fly the flag of thieves and did not dare to enter the cities, nor could they appear in neutral territories. With no worries about supplies and rest, I severely punished them. These fools were temporary guest stars from the private armies of nobles, neither as professional as career thieves nor with the combat effectiveness of regular troops, chaotic like a plate of scattered sand, their equipment was not bad but compared to my Dragon Knights it was far inferior, after all, I spent 1000 gold coins on each Dragon Knight!

  They had a radar system for all-around surveillance, and their ambush circle also had follow-up scouts. It was easy to be discovered. After clearing the scouts, they didn't know anything about my whereabouts, but I clearly knew all of their arrangements. In this situation, how could I let these fools off easily? I didn't want to be too excessive, so I just focused on launching a sneak attack on their command center. The tactic was very simple: first, take advantage of the night to get close, and then have the Dragon Knights who had been blessed with "Light's Praise" charge forward. Killing people wasn't my goal; my purpose was simply to take out all the leading nobles. With radar guiding them, not a single one of them could escape the Dragon Knights' charge. Most of the nobles would turn around and run when they saw the charging Dragon Knights, only to be hacked to death. A few were so scared that they fainted directly, and then were trampled into meat paste. In just one month, I fought 13 battles, defeated nearly 100,000 people, killed 3,000 enemies, including several hundred nobles of various sizes. As for myself, not a single person was injured. Even I couldn't believe it - they had experts by their side, so how did none of them manage to hurt me? Later on, after capturing a Golden-ranked warrior as a prisoner, I finally understood. He said: "That's 200 rows of Dragon Knights charging in formation! When they charge forward like that, it's impossible for individual experts to resist, and even if you want to sacrifice yourself to take out one person, it would be very difficult. There are only two warriors like me, and going up there would be useless - we'd definitely die. So why should I go? It's just for a bit of money; is it worth risking my life?" Haha, they all thought that way, which made me happy!

  These guys occasionally set up an ambush, using the commander as bait. They would later call it a regrettable and perfect plan. However, I never fall for their traps. Instead, I wait until they get impatient and withdraw, then I launch a surprise attack, taking out the commander quickly and cleanly before walking away calmly! With the repeated success of my beheading tactics, I couldn't help but laugh at the fact that the intercepting troops no longer dared to set up ambushes. They would simply surround the commander's location, sealing it off completely, and even deliberately choose a remote area far from the main road to camp out. It was as if they were afraid of me passing by! My journey had transformed from a desperate escape to a triumphant parade! How frustrating! I couldn't even find an opportunity to vent my anger by picking a fight with someone!

  The capital is now also exploding, with over a hundred young nobles holding funerals one after another. It's hard not to explode! The capital is filled with mourners, and the pastors who handle the funerals are making a fortune. After hearing the news, the king fell seriously ill and never mentioned collecting taxes from me again. The historian dubbed this month as the "Noble Bloodshed Month".

  I'll just write this for everyone to see, and then I'll be done soon. The virus on my computer is really strange - apart from deleting all the documents, it doesn't seem to have any other effect. The system has been restored, but what's the point? Why don't modern antivirus software have such severe viruses anymore?