Chapter 137: The Trolls' Laughter: The Gap in Power Levels

Facing the roaring and shouting of the trolls under his command.

On the troll Gu's demon-like face, a ferocious pair of bright yellow pupils appeared, but after merely glancing at Tang Zheng, he cast his gaze upon the Flame Archangel.

Compared to Tang Zheng, who was a human.

The Flame Archangel was clearly of more interest to the troll Gu.

"Lowly human, and that shiny thing, weak existences who have invaded my territory, you disturb the great ruler, Gu."

The troll Gu's tone carried annoyance and irritability as he spoke: "Bring them to me!"

The three ogres with the lowest status in the field immediately raised the giant wooden clubs in their hands and charged over while howling.

"I actually have something I'd like to discuss with you, but it seems that without a fight, normal communication is impossible." Tang Zheng waved his arm with an expressionless face.

Swish!

The Flame Archangel flapped its wings and met them head-on.

At the moment of imminent contact with the three ogres, the Flame Archangel flapped the wings on its back and quickly ascended.

This caused the three ogres' swinging motions to miss simultaneously; they looked up blankly at the Flame Archangel in the sky.

At this very moment!

The Flame Archangel descended rapidly, arriving above one ogre's head in a dive, and slashed down fiercely with the flame sword in its hand.

This ogre tilted its head back, unable to adjust its posture in time, and the burning blade slashed across its thick neck.

Pfft!

The head flew off, and a fountain of crimson blood erupted into the sky.

"Experience gained: 356"

Bang! Bang!

The other two ogres did not care at all about their companion's death; seeing the descending Flame Archangel, they roared and raised their thick wooden clubs, striking the Flame Archangel heavily.

The two heavy impacts pushed the Flame Archangel's body back a few steps, but there wasn't even a single trace of damage on its bright silver armor.

These three ogres looked slightly stronger than ordinary ogres, but compared to the Flame Archangel (21lv), which excelled in defense and had a higher level, they were far inferior.

In a few moments.

The two ogres were successively slain by the Flame Archangel.

A large amount of thick blood flowed continuously from the three ogre corpses, forming a pungent, bloody stench that merged into the already foul-smelling air.

"Experience gained: 362"

"Experience gained: 377"

【Experience bar: 2918/30000】

"Odorless."

Tang Zheng lifted his foot and walked forward, a flash of magical light appearing on his body.

This spell could clear his own scent and also incidentally isolate some of the odors wafting in from the outside.

"Although killing you can easily earn quite a bit of experience, I have never liked doing things like killing the goose that lays the golden eggs."

Tang Zheng flicked his wrist, and his right hand, hidden beneath his loose priest's robe, was already gripping an iron sword:

"Moreover, once you die, the Tobu Great Forest in this eastern region will lose your deterrence, and I fear a riot will occur."

"That is also a matter worth worrying about and considering."

"So..."

Tang Zheng walked beneath the Flame Archangel hovering in the sky and looked toward the group of trolls ahead in a seemingly consultative tone:

"Can you submit to me, everyone?"

The air went silent for an instant.

Even the trolls, who didn't seem to have very high intelligence, couldn't help but be stunned upon hearing these arrogant and haughty words from Tang Zheng.

"Yahahaha!"

"Hahaha, what is he saying?"

"Have lowly humans become this arrogant now?"

"I want to eat him, yahaha."

"..."

"Just because he killed a few weak ogres, he thinks he's something."

After a brief silence, the trolls burst into loud laughter.

This group of trolls clearly didn't care at all about the death of the three ogres; instead, in their eyes, the battle just now was more like a rare pastime in their boring jungle life.

The one laughing the loudest was naturally the troll Gu.

"This human is much more interesting than those low-class creatures I've caught before that only knew how to scream and wail."

The troll Gu lowered the giant sword in his hand, slammed it heavily onto the ground, and laughed with his arms crossed over his chest; immediately after, he let out a huge, angry roar:

"You idiotic low-class creature!!"

"To dare to say such things to the great ruler, Gu—just because you killed those three weak pieces of trash, you think you understand the gap between us!"

"Catch this arrogant low-class creature for me; I want to listen to his wails and then crush and eat him bit by bit."

The troll Gu roared loudly.

"Yahahaha!" A common troll in the back darted out immediately, opening its muscular, black-green arms and charging over with cruel excitement.

Bang! Bang!

The troll's stronger and larger body ran, and with every step it took, the ground kept shaking.

"Human, human, slaughter you!"

"And that shiny strange thing!"

This troll opened its mouth, drooling as it roared and shouted ferociously.

Even though its physique was larger, compared to the bloated ogres, the troll was actually more agile and a cut faster in speed.

After just a few large strides of charging.

This troll had already appeared before Tang Zheng, its massive figure pouncing directly at him. Facing this undisguised fighting style that relied purely on brute force.

Tang Zheng shifted his feet to the left, easily dodging the troll's pounce, and swung the iron sword in his right hand.

Pshhh!

The iron sword's blade sliced through the skin on the right side of the troll's chest; seemingly influenced by some power, the wound carved by the blade flipped outward on both sides.

Exposing a portion of the flesh inside, making the wound look somewhat gruesome.

"Weapon Extra Mastery" effect in play!

Bang!

The troll missed its pounce, unable to stop its forward momentum, and stumbled to the ground, rolling over.

Crack!

A string of blood beads slid down the blade, followed by dense cracks spreading across the sword body, which then shattered into numerous fragments and scattered all over the ground.

Tang Zheng looked at the broken sword hilt remaining in his hand, feeling slightly helpless: "It's a good thing I earned some money in the Imperial Capital, otherwise a 'Gold-rank' adventurer couldn't afford this kind of consumption."

In the back.

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The troll shook its head and stood back up from the ground; the torn, outward-flipped wound on its chest was recovering at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"That kind of simple injury is useless against us."

"Truly an arrogant guy!"

"The weapon actually shattered? Yahahaha!"

Such a scene, falling into the eyes of the other trolls, caused them to burst into laughter once again.

"Go to hell!!"

This troll looked at Tang Zheng, who had his back to it, its already fierce image becoming even more ferocious as it opened its arms and pounced again.

However!

After taking just two steps, a painful expression appeared on the troll's face, as if it had suffered some indescribable injury.

The next moment.

The troll stumbled and collapsed.

Thud!

Hearing the movement behind him, Tang Zheng took a step to the right, and the troll fell at Tang Zheng's feet in the direction of its body, kicking up a cloud of dust.

"Experience gained: 596"

He waved his arm to disperse the dust.

Tang Zheng lifted his foot and stepped on the head of the troll that had just died beside him: "Now we can talk, troll Gu."

Ahead.

The trolls who had been laughing all stopped, looking at Tang Zheng with expressions of disbelief and shock.

"What did you do? Despicable human!"

"Magic!"

The troll Gu also wore a look of surprise on his face and roared.

"It is the power of death." Another iron sword appeared in Tang Zheng's hand:

"Your regenerative abilities are indeed powerful, but they have no effect on me at all. As long as you are lightly scratched by me, even the tiniest wound—you will die!"

"This is not a question of who is stronger."

"It is a gap in power levels; if you can block it, you live, if you cannot, you die. It is a pity that you possess neither resistance to curses nor resistance to instant death."

"You don't even have the thick fur of that fat rat."

Tang Zheng swung the iron sword in his hand casually and shrugged his shoulders.

This is the power of the "Instant Death Curse" contained within the "Cursed Knight" after it has been raised to level 5.

Simple! Direct!

The group of ordinary trolls behind Troll Gu all retreated a step in fright, expressions of terror appearing on their faces.

"Go to hell, human!"

Troll Gu was not intimidated; instead, he pulled his heavy sword from the ground and charged toward Tang Zheng with a roar.

Tang Zheng exhaled a breath: "A fellow with a brain only the size of a walnut."

Hum—

A wave of magical power radiated from his body.

"Charm Species!"

An invisible mental force spread out, instantly enveloping the charging Troll Gu.

There was no power of resistance whatsoever.

Troll Gu's charging motion paused, and he stood in place with a somewhat vacant look in his eyes.

"You lot, go and gather every single ogre in this forest!"

Tang Zheng walked expressionlessly to the side of Troll Gu and spoke to the trolls standing at the entrance of the cave, who were somewhat panicked.

These trolls looked at each other, glared at Tang Zheng with hostility, yet were also somewhat fearful, and none of them made a move.

Seeing this.

Tang Zheng raised his hand and patted the Troll Gu beside him.

"Hurry up and do it!"

Troll Gu's eyes remained somewhat vacant, yet he still roared out the command.

That group of trolls looked at each other once more, finally moved, and one by one departed toward the outer edges of the forest gaps.

(End of chapter)