Chapter 528: 467 The sun in the storm_2
"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!"
Woodworth, unable to even adjust his stance, was forced to keep retreating without a chance to counterattack. He was infuriated beyond measure, yet helpless, continuing to endure Reiger’s assaults.
Reiger’s attacks never managed to break through Woodworth’s defenses or cause him any harm, but the situation, where he couldn’t even fight back and was merely being pummeled, was utterly humiliating for Woodworth, who prided himself as the strongest warrior of the Fairy Country.
And when the person doing the beating was neither those contemptible Elf Knights nor the despised Lancelot, but a man comparable to livestock, the humiliation felt even more profound.
"I am Woodworth! The chieftain of the Tusk Clan! The heir of the Grand Duke’s title...!"
"How can I not compete with a mere human?"
"How can I...!?"
With his rage boiling over, Woodworth couldn’t help but roar out loud.
"Get away from me!"
A violent surge of Magic Power suddenly radiated from Woodworth, turning into a tangible heatwave that shook the surroundings.
This heat, capable of melting the ground and turning it as red as magma, couldn’t even make the Swordsman wrapped in flames take a single step back.
Reiger directly ignored the terrifying heat, charged into the hot air, and continued unleashing the Sword Breath of the Sun, slashing over and over at Woodworth.
"You are certainly not human!"
Woodworth roared out loud.
Joking aside, could a human possibly rush into such magma-like heat without any trouble?
Impossible! Absolutely not!
"You are definitely the Child of Prophecy!"
Upon hearing Woodworth’s roar, the real Child of Prophecy watching the scene felt incredibly conflicted.
"...Now, I really seem like a fraud."
Altoria could hardly describe her emotions at that moment.
Of course, the power displayed by Reiger also astonished Altoria.
"Facing the chieftain of the Tusk Clan of the Fairy Country and the man who once defeated the King of Morse, how can Reiger be dominating...?"
In such circumstances, not just Woodworth, even Altoria began to doubt if Reiger was truly human.
"Could he actually be the Child of Prophecy?"
Altoria even started to doubt herself, which showed just how exaggerated Reiger’s performance appeared to her.
At least, as far as Altoria knew, within the Fairy Country of Britain, there seemed to be no one who could overpower Woodworth in a one-on-one fight like this.
The Queen might be able to, that strongest Elf Knight might stand a chance as well, but neither of them had ever confronted Woodworth, so in many fairies’ eyes, Woodworth was already seen as the strongest being.
But Reiger being able to overpower what might be the strongest entity in the Fairy Country indicated the extent of his strength.
"If it’s him, maybe he really could defeat the Queen and save the Fairy Country..."
Altoria couldn’t help but feel this way.
In contrast, the fairies of the Tusk Clan, seeing Woodworth being overwhelmingly suppressed by Reiger, reacted with shock and anger all at once.
"Lord Woodworth is actually at a disadvantage...!?"
"This, this is impossible!"
"Humans can’t be this strong!"
"That guy is definitely not human!"
"He must be the Child of Prophecy!"
"My God! The prophecy of the Mirror Clan is actually true...!"
The fairies of the Tusk Clan began to falter and, like Woodworth, started to believe that Reiger was the legendary Child of Prophecy.
If he could defeat the Queen and be the savior, then suppressing someone like Woodworth might seem plausible too, right?
Thinking this way, without exception, all the fairies of the Tusk Clan firmly believed that Reiger was the Child of Prophecy.
"No! We must help Lord Woodworth!"
"But with that scale of battle, we simply cannot intervene!"
"We still must find a way! Do you want to just watch Lord Woodworth get defeated!?"
"Find a way! Hurry and think of something...!"
The fairies of the Tusk Clan plunged into chaos. They suddenly noticed Altoria’s presence.
Seeing the girl holding the mysterious Magic Wand, shivering on the side, the fairies of the Tusk Clan then remembered her identity.
"Is she the fairy brought by the Child of Prophecy?"
"That means, she’s an accomplice of the Child of Prophecy?"
"So she’s complicit then?"
The fairies of the Tusk Clan exchanged glances.
Immediately, a sinister light shone in their eyes.
Their thought was simple.
"Kill that woman!"
"If we kill her, the Child of Prophecy will surely lose his composure!"
"We need to create an opportunity for Lord Woodworth!"
"Exactly!"
Almost instantly, these fairies of the Tusk Clan reached a consensus.
They didn’t think there was anything inappropriate about it.
Given that fairy thinking is different from humans’, being highly self-centered and selfish, few fairies could act selflessly and consider others.
They simply do what they think of and do what they feel is right, regardless of whether it’s right or wrong; such is the mindset of fairies.
Especially when these fairies are from the notoriously simpleminded Tusk Clan, this tendency is even more pronounced.