Crimson Overlord

Chapter 40

”What the hell just happened?”

This question kept ringing inside his mind like a mantra as he could not comprehend what had just transpired. How could his spear disappear just like that? Because it was too fast? Definitely not, then there was only one explanation left; it was because of an attribute. Among the attributes, only one could enable an origin master to perform the same action as Orpheus. Spacial attribute.

Riggs’s brain buzzed at this possibility; no wonder sister Quinn was so interested in this boy.

Too focused on Orpheus, Riggs had temporarily forgotten about Marcus. The latter eyes had now turned bloodshot; he seemed to have taken a pill before forcibly sealing his injury with ice.

”Thousand ice arrows.” He muttered icily.

Thousand ice arrows were created instantly, their tips aimed at Orpheus.

”Kill!” Marcus mumbled before ordering the thousand ice arrows to pierce Orpheus.

Swoosh! Swoosh!!!!

Facing the incoming arrows, Orpheus was utterly calm. He put his spear before him and moved it at extreme speed; multiple images of spear appeared, hundred, two hundred, and so on.

BANG! Boom!

When those spears and the thousand ice arrows clashed, the wood shook, trees were destroyed, Orpheus was pushed back. Like a mad bull, Marcus shot through the residual explosion with his rapier moving weirdly.

Everything happened too fast; even though Orpheus was a genius, he would have difficulty dealing with his attack, thought Marcus and Riggs. He could not make it. They believed, but the next moment they were shocked yet again.

Orpheus tossed his spear into the sky; this gesture caused Marcus’s eyes to follow the spear; he was not the only one, though. Even that expert followed the silver spear movement.

Because he was playing pretend, Orpheus knew he must not show too much, so he opted for a pretty simple solution.

After tossing the spear into the sky, drawing others’ attentions, Marcus, in particular, made him pause in his action. Orpheus disappeared and reappeared before him, and his knee crashed into Marcus’s stomach. His pupils dilated at the same moment because of the intense pain.

”Gah?”

He was sent flying into the sky, his mouth fell open, and blood sprayed out.

At the same time, the silver spear fell back, reaching Orpheus’s hand; he aimed the spear at Marcus, who kept rising; he was about to launch the spear when a voice came from behind.

”Stop it, your bastard.” An angry and anxious shout echoed behind him.

Naturally, it was Riggs’s voice he could not let Orpheus do what he was about to do. While his attack might not necessarily kill Marcus, he would be bedridden for months, if not crippled, something he could not allow.

”Fireball”

Boom!

Orpheus dodged the fireball; he frowned because, in the next instant, he felt something whistling through the air, trying to use the sound produced by the explosion to catch him off guard. How unfortunate.

Clangs!

He blocked before immediately moving; he threw out the spear without any consideration.

A spear at least two meters in length was released like a lightning bolt.

In the woods, a brilliant silver meteor flashed by, shooting directly in Riggs’s direction. He had thought he would not get discovered.

Marcus, who was finally falling back towards the ground, saw this scene, suddenly opened his eyes wide and roared,

“Riggs, watch out!!!”

Tens of meters away in the woods, Riggs, as strong as Marcus, had no time to react. He could only helplessly watch that silver ray getting closer and closer.

The spear danced like a dragon. It was too fast; it seemed to have been enhanced by the wind attribute.

The silver spear came in a split second and pierced right through Riggs’ belly.

Blood splattered everywhere.

The silver spear moved as quickly as before with the Riggs’s body on it. Seeing this, Marcus’s eyes were bloodshot, and he fainted on the spot; the intense pain, the recoil of forcibly using a pill to increase his strength, and the current scene were too much; hence he fainted.

The spear that Orpheus had thrown out tens of meters away, flew in the air for nearly 25 more meters together with his friend who had lived with him all day long. Finally, his friend and the spear were nailed firmly to a thick tree.

The smaller part of the spear pierced through the tree, and it quivered violently.

The man who was nailed to the tree remained motionless, without any sign to show that he was still alive. Riggs didn’t understand how this could happen until the last moment.

BAM!

Finally, Marcus reached the ground, creating a small crater as his body slammed into the earth. His body twitched for a moment, but he didn’t wake up.

Orpheus’s face remained calm as he strode toward the nailed Riggs; he was about to retrieve his spear when suddenly his expression changed. He jumped back and crossed his arms.

Bang!

Crack!!!!

Orpheus was sent flying by a kick breaking seven trees before stopping. He vomited blood, lowered his head before glaring at the person that kicked him.

It was a woman with purple hair that shone dazzlingly like a beacon; she was not tall, 1.64 m (5.3ft). There was a dangerous air surrounding this woman. She appeared like lightning. Judging from her ears, longer than humans but shorter than Elves, she was a demon.

”You almost killed them.” The woman said in an icy tone.

But Orpheus said nothing; he wiped away the blood from his mouth before saying.

”He owes me 500 credits. Nice to meet you, teacher, and I hope you will send someone to fix my rooftop.” He vanished after saying those words.

Quinn frowned after seeing Orpheus leave. For some unknown reason, she felt like something was amiss. Although she restrained her strength in that kick, she felt like Orpheus deliberately let himself get kicked. As for why she didn’t know yet.

”Forget it. Let’s treat those two fools first.” Quinn said before removing the spear inside Riggs’s stomach; his body slid onto the ground, and he groaned. After feeding him a pill, she helped him stabilize his injury before moving to treat Marcus as well.

Just as she was doing this, the silver spear vibrated before disappearing.

”Oh? A spiritual weapon? This fellow is sure interesting.” Quinn mumbled.

She had not the only one that found Orpheus interesting; the hidden expert, the headmistress of the Heaven Star Academy, also found him interesting. No wonder the old man send him here.

”This generation will be interesting. I’m looking forward to this year’s competition.” The headmistress mumbled before vanishing. As for Orpheus having a spiritual weapon, a weapon capable of communicating with its master and can only be used by him, she was not surprised; the spear was too sharp to be an ordinary item.