Chapter 717 Refusing To Join
"Yes, that Emperor Weapon is a good match for Darren." All three men looked at each other and
nodded at the same time.
"No, I don''t agree. You should go now." With a resolute expression on his face, Lord Donald directly
rejected their suggestion without asking for Darren''s opinion.
"As I said, it is all up to Darren. Lord Donald, you don''t want to decide by yourself for Darren, do you?
Let him speak for himself," one of them said in a calm voice looking from Lord Donald to Darren.
"Darren, join the Cross Expeditionary Force, and you get one Emperor Weapon. What do you say?"
After several times of being asked, Darren didn''t reply. He was thinking about the matter and was
hesitant on how to respond.
"Don''t talk anymore. Only Darren is indeed able to wear the cursed armor, but once he puts it on, he
will be a killing machine without any emotions. Darren won''t agree even if I don''t say anything,"
Lord Donald said coldly. It was evident that he was vexed at the moment.
Only then did Darren understand and had a clear picture of what the cursed armor was like—and what
it was built for.
"I refuse to join," Darren verbalized atst.
After all, nobody in his right mind would agree to such an agreement. How could Darren agree to
exchange human feelings for an Emperor Weapon?
"Darren, don''t believe in what Lord Donald said. The Emperor Weapon is not a cursed armor, but an
armor made by an ancient emperor who cultivated de and sword. It is called the de and Sword
Armor. If an ordinary person wore it, there would be a certain probability that he would be controlled by
the Weapon Soul and be a killing machine. But you are different. Since you are cultivating the
de skill and sword skill at the same time, it is absolutely fine for you to wear it," said a member of the
three great ns.
"Shut up! How many geniuses has that thing ruined? Why don''t the elders of your ns destroy it?"
Lord Donald asked angrily. His voice was getting louder as the conversation lengthened.
There were at least one hundred peerless geniuses who had worn the de and Sword Armor.
Without exception, they all became emotionless and only intended to kill people. They all ended up
dying during the battles.
"There''s no need to persuade me anymore. It''s just an Emperor Weapon. I, Darren, will not risk my life
for it. What''s more, I don''t want to help you plunder the resources. Please leave now," Darren refused
again and drove them away. He hade to a final decision, and nothing would make him change his
mind.
"Great! Darren, your decision is absolutely correct. It''s just a weapon. It''s no big deal." d about
Darren''s rejection of such an indecent invitation, Theodore nodded and smiled.
"Huh! How dare you!" Contrariwise, the faces of the three men darkened when they heard Darren''s
refusal.
"No! How dare you!" Raising his voice, Lord Donald pounded the table and released his entire
oppressive force. With his face trembling, he said, "You have barged into my Sacred Pce without
permission, and you even dared to shout at us. Do you really think I''m just a puppet in a show?"
Feared from hearing the words from Lord Donald, the expressions of the three people changed again.
They did not doubt that if they stayed a little longer, Lord Donald would attack them, and they would be
digging their own graves.
"Let''s go!" A wise man knew when to retreat. After all, this was the Sacred Pce, and they dared not
go too far even some powerful people backed them up. Thus, they were left with no choice but to
leave.
After the three left, Darren and the others drank more wines and were soon ready to go.
"Darren, what''s your n? If you don''t have a ce to go, I suggest that you should enter the eighteen
cities to improve yourself. Of course, you can choose not to go on an expedition in the Aborigines
Worlds," Lord Donald suggested and offered Darren some alternatives.
"There''s no need to be in a hurry. If I really need to practice, I wille to you, My Lord. As for now, I
haven''t seen my kin in recent years. It''s been a long time since I went back to my hometown. Perhaps
going back home there to see my old friends would be a good idea," Darren retorted back. Though he
would love to stay, he felt obliged to visit his own n.
"Okay, feel free to go. But don''t forget to improve your strength as well as keep an eye on the people
from the three great ns, in case they mess up with you. If something terrible happens, try to inform
Auberon and let him help you," advised Lord Donald.
"Thank you, My Lord. I''ll do that if I get held up."
After Darren agreed, Lord Donald asked Auberon to give Darren a contact bead so he could reach out
to him quickly.
"Donald, I should go back to my n to see if there are anyone who knows me still alive," Theodore
said and nned to leave together with Darren.
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"Theodore, pleasee back as fast as you can after you return home. If possible, you can go to the
eighteen cities and lead an army there as soon as possible. With your help, fewer members of our
ns will die.
What''s more, if we were to take down that Aborigines World, your n might be able to be freed earlier
as well," Lord Donald said as he allowed Theodore to leave too.
"I see. I will be back as soon as possible, Donald," Theodore nodded and promised to be back as soon
as he could.
"Let''s leave together, Darren." Facing Darren this time, Theodore asked Darren to leave together with
him.
As Darren agreed, the two of them cupped their hands to Lord Donald and flew out of the pce in
swift, breakneck speed.
However, when they were out of the Sacred Pce, Darren and Theodore headed south, and their
flying speed was not very fast.
"Sir, what happened to the Dragon Blood n?" Still bothered by the n''s fate, Darren had wanted to
ask this question for a long time, but he could not do so because there were so many people in the
pce back then.
"Didn''t your elder brother Scott tell you?" hearing Darren''s inquiry, Theodore asked in surprise.
"No. I guess even he doesn''t know the reason in detail. I only heard from him that the Dragon Blood
n has been confined at the bottom of the sea in the far west."
Theodore kept silent for a moment. After pondering things on his head, he said, "Yes, my n has
been trapped in the deep sea, and very few people coulde out freely."
"But why, sir?" asked Darren further.
"It''s a long story. Simply speaking, the Dragon Blood n made a big mistake and needs to be
suppressed for one hundred thousand years. However, we deserve that."
After sighing for a moment, Theodore continued, "You know the forbidden areas that are suppressing
the first fiend ancestor, right?"
"Yes, I knew about that ce clearly," Darren replied shortly.
"Then it will be much easier for me to exin it to you. In fact, one of the first fiend ancestor''s body
parts had escaped from the forbidden area in the past. The worst thing about it is the fact that the
person who helped it to escape was the leader of our Dragon Blood n. That was tens of thousands
of years ago!"
"What?! The leader of the Dragon Blood n helped the fiend to escape?" Darren asked in a tone of
both surprise and doubt. He couldn''t believe the words that had juste out of Theodore''s mouth.
"Yes. At that time, not only the other leaders of that generation but also many talents of my n were
fooled by him and got involved in the fiasco of releasing the first fiend ancestor''s body part.
Fortunately, only one body part of the first fiend ancestor escaped. The scheme was soon discovered
by the other seven ns as soon as one body part escaped—good thing the ns were quick to
respond. The other seven ns also gathered all the powerful warriors, including some seniors in
seclusion. After months of battle, they finally suppressed the first fiend ancestor''s body part once
again," Theodore narrated.
After pausing for a while, he took a deep breath and continued, "Many powerful warriors of the Dragon
Blood n, as well as n leader, died in the battle. That old bastard that freed the body resulted in
too many martial arts masters of our n to die for his selfish interest. He deserved to die!
After that fight, ording to the rules, all members of our Dragon Blood n should be executed. But
other ns found out after investigation that it was all because the leader of our n who deceived so
many people. So, they decided to suppress the Dragon Blood n forever, unless there is a holy
emperor in our n."
With that, Theodore was relieved that he had told Darren the history of their n.
"But I don''t get it. Why did the n leader help release the fiend?" Darren asked further as he was still
confused.
"In fact, even I haven''t figured out the specific reason. I only heard from the predecessors that the n
leader was a crazy person. He released the first fiend ancestor to eat it up, so he himself would
be unbeatable. Unfortunately, he was wrong. The first fiend ancestor was much stronger than he
thought," Theodore exined with a downcast expression on his face.
"Yup, the fiend''s first ancestor is indeed very powerful. I remembered that an arm of him had escaped a
few years ago, and he had huge fighting power even if he had not yet fully recovered. If the halberd of
Hiram the Great hadn''t been triggered, our continent would have been destroyed." As he imagined the
incident on his mind, Darren''s heart beat fast at the thought of the situation back then.
"What? He escaped again?" asked Theodore in dire disbelief.
"Yes, let me show you the ce, sir. We will pass by that areater on," Darren volunteered.
"Okay! I will be d to set my foot on that ce." Theodore''s eyes grew with excitement.
In a matter of minutes, from their hastened flight, Darren and Theodorended on the dpidated
ground.
As both of them did a visual scurry of the ce, they noticed thatw enforcers guarded the ce
within five hundred kilometers. As Darren and Theodore looked from afar, the huge halberd was still
standing erect in the center—a clear symbol of hope.