Chapter 122: Thinking For You

In the bone-strewn Cemetery, tall, angular buildings were being erected. They all caught the Duke's attention. For the moment, he was busy looking around wildly and didn't make a move against Han Shuo.

However, when Emily rushed into the cemetery, her first task wasn't to take in the surroundings. Instead, she flew to Han Shuo and asked anxiously, "Are you all right?"

If it had been an ordinary person falling from such a height, he might have been injured, but Han Shuo was of course not injured at all. He shook his head at Emily and stood up with a darkened face, his gaze fixed on the Wind Archmage Duke in the distance.

Duke looked around in excitement and said happily as Erick, the senior swordsman, appeared beside him, "This is the cemetery of death, there's no doubt about it. Who would have thought we'd actually make it inside?"

"Master Duke, we didn't discover anything after such a long period of study, but the boundary to the cemetery of death opened when green light was emitted from that person. It's very strange!" Erick looked at Han Shuo from afar and said in a low voice to Duke.

Nodding, Duke said, "That's right. It looks like there's something strange about this person. That green light just now also gave me a familiar feeling, it seems to have come from the Eye of Darkness!"

Erick was astonished when he heard these words. "How is that possible?"

Grasping the Demonslayer Edge in his hands, Han Shuo recited an incantation and the small skeleton appeared, wielding a bone dagger and sporting seven wings. Three zombie warriors also appeared. They all held wooden clubs and blocked the path to Han Shuo and Emily along with the little skeleton.

"You were the one who opened the gate to the cemetery of death?" Emily breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that Han Shuo was unharmed. She then remembered what had just happened and asked Han Shuo with great confusion.

Nodding, Han Shuo said with a darkened face, "That's right. The Cemetery was opened by something on my body. Duke and Erick must die now. Help me take care of Duke and I'll explain after we kill them!"

Emily didn't ask any further questions after hearing Han Shuo speak like that, and she obediently picked up her magic staff and aimed it at the approaching Duke with a look full of killing intent.

"He's also a necromancer, it looks like this is going to be a bit of a tough fight!" Erick had exchanged blows with Han Shuo and could sense that Han Shuo's strength was not the slightest bit weaker than his own. When he saw that Han Shuo had even summoned zombie warriors, his brow furrowed as he spoke.

"Kill them first. We're going to unearth the secrets of the cemetery of Death!" Duke snorted lightly and floated over. Erick didn't say much more after pausing for a moment and following Duke over.

A series of incantations flowed leisurely from Emily's mouth. The magic staff in her hand suddenly shot out several strands of black air, which twisted and turned like snakes towards the approaching Duke. When the Duke saw the black air attacking him, his face became incomparably grave. A tornado suddenly formed in front of him, churning up all the white bones on the ground. It made its way into the black air, twisting them all into the tornado.

Coldly snorting, Emily said to Han Shuo, "Be careful" and flew towards the black air as well. She waved the magic staff in her hand and started a fierce battle with Duke in the air.

"We shouldn't stand around idly either." Han Shuo grinned and let out a long laugh. Then little skeleton led the three zombie warriors towards Erick. At the same time, Han Shuo kept an eye on the original demons behind Erick and Duke, watching their every gesture and movement.

"You think three zombies and a skeleton are enough to stop me?" Erick snorted in disdain as dark green combat aura flared from the longsword in his hand. His body was like a bulldozer, sending dirt and dust flying as he charged directly at Han Shuo.

Coldly laughing in his heart, Han Shuo used his mental power to manipulate the zombie warriors and the small skeleton that blocked the path in front of him. The little skeleton's normal speed was lightning fast, but now it was deliberately slowed down by Han Shuo so that it was as slow as the zombie warriors. As he rushed over, Erick's dark green combat aura formed a ball of light as it enveloped a zombie warrior.

The sound of exploding bones suddenly emanated from the zombie warrior's body. Under the effects of the dark green combat aura, the first zombie warrior's body was shattered. His wooden club also shattered into several pieces. Turning his body sideways with a scornful grin, Erick's agile body dodged the blows from the other two zombie warriors' wooden clubs and lunged forward with his longsword, slashing the neck of another zombie warrior. The zombie warrior staggered and looked like he was about to fall.

The small skeleton raised the bone dagger and pressed against the other zombie warrior, jerking the bone dagger in his hand and stabbing it at Erick. Erick could easily handle even the zombie warriors, so he paid absolutely no attention to the little skeleton's raised dagger and raised his sword impatiently to block the attack.

At that moment, the originally unusually slow bone dagger suddenly increased its striking speed more than tenfold. The previously stiff and slow little skeleton became so agile that it caused Erick's eyes to glaze over. Erick's longsword had just begun to rise, and he didn't have time to make his move before the bone dagger landed on its target.

Erick retreated in horror, but he was still a beat too slow. There was a piercing sound as a large chunk of flesh and blood flew out of his chest. As Erick screamed in pain, he also shouted in disbelief, "How is this possible?! What kind of skeleton warrior is this?"

It was a pity that the little skeleton had no reaction to Erick's astonished cries. When he'd landed one of his blows, he didn't let up and followed up immediately. He didn't wait for Erick to stabilise before he appeared in front of him. As Erick's combat aura gathered around his longsword, the seven bone spurs on the back of the small skeleton's spine simultaneously flared out and flew in a semi-circle, landing precisely on Erick's body.

The seven bone spurs pierced Erick's neck, forehead and heart. He didn't even have time to release the combat aura he had gathered before his body fell backwards. The frightened and terrified expression on his face didn't disappear even in death.

Duke and Emily had been fighting when they both noticed the disturbance on this side. When they saw that Erick had died a horrible death, they were both surprised. However, Duke's concern and Emily's joy followed closely on the heels of that surprise.

Emily had witnessed the little skeleton's wonders the last time, and even she, a dark archmage, had been powerless in the face of the little skeleton's pursuit. The little skeleton's agility and speed had made a strong impression on Emily. When she saw that the seven bone spurs on the little skeleton's back could even hurt someone, she had a deeper understanding of Han Shuo's mysteriousness.

Duke was already having trouble fending off attacks from Emily alone, he'd actually hoped that Erick would help him after taking care of Han Shuo. He hadn't thought that the experienced Erick would die so quickly. Han Shuo was still standing there, not having made a move. This caused Duke to panic for a moment.

"What, you want to run away? Do you think you can escape today?" After killing Erick, the original demon noticed Duke's eyes darting around. Han Shuo approached him with a shadow of a smile as he opened his mouth in mockery.

Duke's face suddenly turned frosty as his usually benevolent features twisted as he glared at Han Shuo, "You seek death!"

Many sharp shards of bone fragments on the ground suddenly shot towards Han Shuo as Duke waved his magic staff. The sound they made as they shot through the air was extremely deafening, and their momentum was quite terrifying. Seeing that Han Shuo was under attack, Emily was even more nervous than Han Shuo as she hastily cast a dark magic spell.

An inky black opening appeared out of nowhere before the sharp bone fragments reached Han Shuo. As the bone fragments arrived, they were all attracted to the black opening and completely sucked in.

After unleashing his attack, Duke didn't continue to attack, but instead flung his body outwards in an attempt to escape. It looked like he'd expected Emily to be worried about Han Shuo. That was why he had attacked Han Shuo, so that Emily would save him and then take the opportunity to escape.

However, it was easy to enter the Cemetery of death, but quite difficult to leave. After the Eye of Darkness had revealed itself, it had retreated back into Han Shuo's space ring. Without the Eye of Darkness, even he, a Wind Archmage, would not be able to open the boundary.

He crashed headfirst into the boundary, and a huge bang was heard. A ball of green light flared from the boundary as Duke was affected by its power. Unable to maintain his levitation spell, he fell out of the air. Several shards of bone pierced his calves, stomach and waist, causing instant injuries to his body.

"My condolences!" Han Shuo approached Duke with a cold smile as Emily and the little skeleton surrounded Duke. Han Shuo ripped the mask off his face and said, "Long time no see, benevolent Mr Duke!"

Duke, who cried out in pain, immediately spoke with fear when he saw Han Shuo reveal his true face. "Why is it you? I remember seeing you once at the Babylon Academy. Aren't you the necromancy student?"

Nodding, Han Shuo smiled sinisterly and said, "That's right, it's me." He then took out the Eye of Darkness and placed it on his palm, lighting it up. "The little messenger boy whose tracks you found last time, in the graveyard in the mountains behind the Academy, was also me. Heh heh, I was the one who got the Eye of Darkness that Dylan buried in the ground. You didn't think I wouldn't die, did you? The circle came full circle not too long after that!"

"So you were the one who got the Eye of Darkness! No wonder the gate to the cemetery of death was opened after that light came out of your body!" Duke said, suddenly enlightened.

Three more zombie warriors appeared, making a total of four zombie warriors and a small skeleton. They slowly approached Archmage Duke. Han Shuo raised his crossbow and took aim at Duke, Emily chanted a dark great spell, officially sealing Duke's fate as the little skeleton's seven bone spurs flew around in a dance.

As the seven bone spurs flew out, Duke quickly used Wind Blades to defend against them all, but the approaching four zombie warriors and the little skeleton made him feel quite uneasy.

As Han Shuo's crossbow fired, the bolt pierced through Duke's hastily dodging thigh and pinned him to the ground. Emily's dark magic had enveloped Duke even before Han Shuo had removed the Demonslayer's Edge. Thick smoke rose from Duke's body as he became another set of stark white bones in the cemetery of death.

The small skeleton approached Duke and removed the space ring from the white bones of his hand. It handed it to Han Shuo along with the pouch belonging to the senior swordsman, Erick.

Emily stared at the little skeleton with clear eyes and was stunned by the little skeleton's movements for quite a while. She finally couldn't hold it in any longer and asked Han Shuo with an extremely high level of curiosity, "Can you tell me what happened to that wondrous little skeleton?"

"Heh heh, nothing much. I refined it with a secret art. That's why its performance is so wondrous!" Han Shuo smiled as he rubbed the small skeleton's clean and smooth skullcap, accepting the spoils of battle offered to him.

Emily glared at Han Shuo and said angrily, "How many more things are you hiding from me? Why do you have the Eye of Darkness, and how come you're able to refine such an amazing skeleton warrior? You're just a small necromancer, yet you have unusual fighting techniques. What is going on here?"

Several things needed to be explained at that moment. Han Shuo explained to Emily everything that had happened in the Necromancy Major, including the discovery of the cemetery. However, he still didn't mention anything about refining the small skeleton and the magical yuan.

This conversation shocked Emily to the core. While she was thinking in silence, Han Shuo started to search through Duke and Erick's things.

But after rummaging around for a while, Han Shuo discovered that Erick was a damn poor guy. There was nothing of value in his bag. Duke should have had some interesting items with him, but he'd put a magical boundary inside his space ring and Han Shuo was completely unable to break it to get anything from inside.

After a while, Emily looked at Han Shuo with a serious face. "Does anyone else know that you've obtained the Eye of Darkness and that you can come and go from the cemetery of death, except for you and me?"

"No one else knows." Han Shuo looked at Emily and hesitated before asking, "What are you going to do?"

"In that case, we'll keep it a secret. Duke and Erick are dead anyway, and the agent that the Organisation sent after them is gone. No one else knows about this. Then, in the future, the Cemetery of death will still be your secret alone, the foundation for you to train your body to slowly control the Dark Forest". Emily looked deeply at Han Shuo as she spoke softly.

Staring stunned for a moment, Han Shuo smiled slightly and suddenly pulled Emily into his arms. He smiled, "You're my woman after all, I thought you'd want me to offer the secret of the Cemetery of Death to the Organisation!"

Emily rolled her eyes at Han Shuo and said, "Do you think I don't know what you're thinking? If you wanted to tell the Organisation about this secret, you would have done so a long time ago, why did you wait until now? I understand what the Cemetery means to you, and it seems very important to your future development. Since we're already like this, I would naturally think for you."

Han Shuo was truly touched when he heard Emily's words. Privately, he thought that women were really incomprehensible creatures. Once their bodies and hearts were captured, all their previous decisions would completely collapse. When she said those words, it meant that Emily had decided to side with Han Shuo between the Dark Mantle and herself. If Han Shuo had any conflicts with the Dark Mantle in the future, it looked like Emily would be willing to take a stand against the Dark Mantle for Han Shuo.

"Right, you said that your goal this time was to investigate where those weapons had gone. I used the forest trolls to steal that batch of resources this time, will that affect your mission?" Seeing that Emily was thinking for him, Han Shuo thought for a bit and suddenly remembered what Emily had mentioned last time, so he opened his mouth to ask her.

Emily smiled happily for a bit and looked at Han Shuo soulfully in the midst of his surprise. "You naughty boy, you're finally willing to think about my situation. How nice!"

Han Shuo was speechless as he thought back to earlier events and discovered that he had never really thought for Emily. He'd been thinking for himself from start to finish, and now he felt a little embarrassed by her words. He laughed a little awkwardly.

"Don't worry too much about it, I actually had a pretty good idea where those funds were going. I just wanted to catch him red-handed so he wouldn't have anything to say. Even though the resources were intercepted, many of the McGrady Guild's men managed to get out. I'm sure they'll find a way to ransom the siege weapons back from the forest trolls.

"If anyone wants to buy the siege weapons from the forest trolls, let them do it the usual way. You'll be doing me a great favour. When they've got all their things, they'll deliver them to my target anyway. I'll arrest him then and it won't affect the big picture." Emily looked at Han Shuo and said with a smile.

Nodding, Han Shuo said, "No problem, I'll go back to the empire and get some rations. After that, I'll return to the Dark Forest. I'll talk to the forest trolls, so it won't interfere with your mission at all."

"Oh right, you can't open Duke's space ring either. So why not give it to me? I'll figure out a way to break through the barrier and see what's inside."

"Okay, then take it." Han Shuo simply handed Duke's space ring to Emily and then suddenly remembered Yuna's beautiful space ring from their previous encounter when this thought struck him. Yuna was just an adept magician. Theoretically, the boundary she'd set up should be easily broken by Emily.

So he took out Yuna's space ring and gave it to Emily. "There is also a boundary in this space ring, but that person was only an adept magician. I think you should be able to break the barrier inside and see what's inside?"

Emily took the space ring without asking how Han Shuo got it, took a deep breath and focused her concentration.

The jade-green room ring suddenly lit up, then abruptly dimmed as a strong pulse of magic was felt. With a light exhale, a few items suddenly appeared in Emily's hand. They were some female personal items, a crystal card, a book on water magic, and some medicine to treat injuries.

Staring at Han Shuo strangely, Emily asked, "To think that you would be such a brutal person as to destroy a female flower. How did that woman die in your hands?"

Turning the items over after taking them from Emily, Han Shuo put the jade green space ring away when he realised there was nothing of value there. He smiled, "A wanton woman betrayed me. I was so angry that I killed her. That is quite normal."

"Pa! I don't believe you!" Emily said.

"Well, I still have two days before I have to report to the Organisation. I must hurry and leave the Cemetery of death. You already know my identity and origin, so we can leave this place temporarily. Whether you want to report to the Dark Mantle or the Academy first, I think it'll be easy for me to find you. We should part ways here." Han Shuo remembered that he had a lot of things to do and spoke to Emily.

"Alright, even though you're a dishonest brat, it is indeed easy for me to find you. I'll ask you one last question, between Bryan and this strange name Han Shuo, which one should I call you?" Emily asked.

"How about Han Shuo? That is the new name the person who passed on the martial arts technique created for me. Call me by that in the future!" Han Shuo thought for a moment and answered.

Nodding and saying nothing else, Han Shuo took Emily on a quick tour of the cemetery and the two of them left through the transport matrix amidst Emily's repeated exclamations of surprise.