Chapter 167: Capturing the Female Alchemist

"Be careful!" Emily shouted in warning as she saw Han Shuo charging forward.

The courtyard was the size of a basketball court. With Han Shuo's speed, he was in front of Belinda and the others almost as soon as Emily had finished speaking.

But as soon as Han Shuo moved, Fereeca and his brothers understood what he was after and surrounded Belinda in their midst. Protecting her on three sides, they kept all three pairs of eyes on him, their magic swords clutched tightly in their hands.

Han Shuo quietly chanted the spell for 'Dark Mist' as he charged forward. He immediately released the spell as he appeared next to the four, trapping them all within it.

"Damn it, he's a necromancer!" Fereeca cursed as the magical sword in his hand suddenly sent out brilliant flashes of lightning, illuminating the darkness around them.

Two zombie warriors and the dagger-wielding skeleton appeared in the dark mist. The three of them began to attack the three brothers simultaneously under Han Shuo's command.

Even with the light from the thunderbolt, the area covered by the dark fog was still not completely visible, especially since it was night. As the caster, Han Shuo circled the three brothers like a ghost hidden in the darkness, in no hurry to make his move.

The two zombie warriors were immediately hit with devastating attacks as they approached the three brothers. The one wielding the fire sword sent one of the zombie warrior's clubs flying with a fiery slash that instantly engulfed the zombie warrior in flames. The other was remarkably agile with his command of wind magic, and the speed of his whirling strokes was too fast to be witnessed.

More than ten blows landed on the other zombie warrior in the blink of an eye, rendering him incapable of fighting for a short time.

Two bone spears broke through the air at the same time, aimed at Fereeca. The little skeleton brandished the bone dagger and ran towards Fereeca as well.

Fereeca felt that the bone spears were more of a threat than the little skeleton. When he heard the bone spears whistle at him, he focused his attention on the source of the sound, flashing through the darkness like a bolt of lightning and taking them both down.

The little skeleton, who'd been moving as slowly as a normal skeleton warrior, suddenly picked up speed and stabbed Fereeca in the chest.

"Be careful!" Belinda, manipulating the golem from the side, noticed the abnormality and shouted a warning.

Fereeca was startled and didn't defend himself in time. He dodged immediately, but a large chunk of flesh was torn from his chest and he grimaced in pain.

The Demonslayer Edge's harsh howl suddenly became piercing, showing a heart-stopping red splendour in the darkness and moving quickly between Fereeca and his brothers.

Two soft sounds pierced the air, like a wooden stick breaking through paper.

The two who had just finished off the zombie warriors hadn't even had time to see what had happened before they felt a gust of wind in their chests. They lowered their heads to see a large, bloody hole in their chests and their blood spurting out like arrows.

They both fell to the ground with a thud shortly after looking down at their chests.

On the other side, Caspian noticed that the golem's movements had suddenly become a little stiff due to Belinda's distraction. He immediately waved his staff and once again commanded the branches to entangle the golem.

Beneath the tree, Emily took out her staff and shifted her gaze between the golem and Han Shuo, seemingly monitoring the danger in the area.

"Don't kill them, just capture them!" Emily saw that the Demonslayer Edge was howling louder and louder after feasting on the blood of the two mage swordsmen. She spoke up in remembrance as she saw the moving red streak getting closer and closer to Belinda.

If it hadn't been for Emily's reminder, the Demonslayer's Edge would have taken Belinda's life in the next second. Han Shuo immediately understood Emily's thoughts and called the Demonslayer Edge back to him, letting it sink back into the palm of his hand.

Having already dodged one of the little skeleton's bone dagger attacks, Fereeca's chest burned, but the pain was only temporary as the little skeleton's seven blood red bone spurs spun out and suddenly pinned him to the ground.

The seven blood-red bone spurs all glowed with an evil, red glow as the blood in Fereeca's body quickly flowed into the seven bone spurs. They had sucked Fereeca's body dry in a very short time. His body was like a piece of dried, aged flesh.

As the seven bone spurs drained Fereeca of his blood, the little skeleton seemed to enjoy it immensely, prancing around happily with the bone dagger in its hand, giving Belinda, who stood in the distance, a feeling of uncontrollable fear.

"Don't move." Belinda suddenly heard a harsh, cold voice behind her in the darkness, and then saw the bizarre weapon that had taken the lives of two of her men resting on her shoulder.

"Who are you to interfere in the affairs of the Church of Calamity?" Belinda didn't panic, her sapphire eyes gazing forward, she kept a gentle tone and spoke softly.

"Stop this nonsense and make the golem stop, or you'll die immediately." He'd already killed Clarendon, so his grudge against the Calamity Church was certain. Han Shuo was now completely free in his actions and wouldn't care about the threats of the Calamity Church.

The harsh tone and killing intent that flashed from the Demonslayer Edge made it clear to Belinda that Han Shuo wasn't joking. She grunted low and said, "You will regret provoking us."

As she spoke, Belinda somehow manipulated the golem, and the ferocious, stocky, four or five metre tall armoured golem suddenly disappeared into a strange magic scroll in her hands.

Pa! rang out as Han Shuo exerted a bit of force and struck the back of her head, causing Belinda's body to collapse and faint.

The little skeleton had retrieved the seven bone spurs after draining Fereeca. The dark mist slowly began to dissipate. Seeing that everything was under control, Han Shuo dismissed the little skeleton.

Taking a deep breath, Han Shuo picked up Belinda and carried her under his arms, walking out of the area and arriving next to Emily.

"Let's leave the rest to Elder Caspian."

Han Shuo lifted his head and looked at Caspian with a slight smile.

Since the golem had disappeared, Caspian naturally had no reservations and looked at Han Shuo with great surprise, "Who are you? How did you know my name was Caspian, have we met before?"

"Hehe, we have indeed met before, but we don't know each other very well. Mm, these people here are innocent and have only been caught by the scent. They're slowly waking up, even without your help. We need to take this person from the Calamity Church to interrogate them, so we'll be on our way." Han Shuo smiled as he looked up at Caspian.

"No, this woman is from the Calamity Church. If things aren't handled well today, you could be in big trouble. It's better if you hand her over to me, I'll deal with this matter properly." Caspian seemed a little reluctant to let Han Shuo take Belinda away. He stepped down from the tree and spoke to Han Shuo.

"Our Dark Mantle has already taken care of the matter of the Calamity Church. It's not your place to tell us what we can or cannot do. Emily suddenly gave Caspian a displeased look and spoke with a darkened face.

Caspian started when he heard those words and then spoke with an air of enlightenment, "So you're from the Dark Mantle. Then there's no problem. Take the woman, I'll guarantee the safety of everyone here."

"Then you have our thanks." Han Shuo picked up the three magic swords as he spoke and searched the bodies of Fereeca and his brothers.

"Let's go, stop searching, there's nothing there." Emily rolled her eyes at Han Shuo in a bad mood, seeming to laugh at Han Shuo's greed.

"Explain things to her when she wakes up so she doesn't suspect anything." Han Shuo pointed at Candice as he spoke and left with Emily, returning to the Dark Mantle stronghold.