Chapter 652: The Commander-in-Chief Who Died with Remaining Grievances

'Bang'

Fox, who was originally admiring the moon on the tree branch, was startled by this loud noise.

What happened!

The panicked Fox looked down and saw the shattered Tent, the ground full of furniture wreckage, and Yasuda Naeko, who had rolled to the side and looked like he should be injured.

...

Seeing this scene, Fox fell into silence right then.

What's going on with this Yasuda Naeko?

Could it be that during the time he wasn't around, his craftsmanship had become rusty?

Hey, hey!

Fox grumbled in his heart.

Because he had previously cooperated with Yasuda Naeko under the name of Abandoned Harbor, after the Exorcists' ship had problems, he had to sign a new contract with the other party.

And the newly signed contract included such an item.

That was that when it was inconvenient for Fox to step forward, Yasuda Naeko would step forward to solve the problem.

The price paid for this was definitely not small either.

But now, the other party very obviously hadn't solved the problem, and had even been exposed; then there would be things to talk about later.

"Hmph! You want to assassinate me with such a paltry trick? What do you think I relied on to become one of the only few commanders-in-chief among hundreds of millions of Exorcists?"

Just as Fox was calculating in his heart, the commander-in-chief below sneered and walked towards the injured Yasuda Naeko.

The current commander-in-chief lacked his usual capable image.

Replacing it was a slightly sorry figure.

What might originally have been pajamas had now become strip-like objects hanging on his body.

From the wounds and fresh blood on the exposed skin, it could be seen that Yasuda Naeko had succeeded; it was just that he hadn't been able to kill him in one blow.

It was just that, somewhat deviating from what Fox had thought, the other party didn't run away after being assassinated, but directly resorted to force.

But thinking about it, it was true.

After all, he was an existence at the commander-in-chief level.

If his combat power wasn't good, it would be impossible to climb to a high position during the Exorcists' pioneering period.

After all, at that time, besides a small number of those with strength, the rest were just some speculators.

Seeing the commander-in-chief arrive in front of Yasuda Naeko, he sneered, reached out, grabbed the other party's neck, and directly lifted him up.

"Speak. Who sent you?"

"Hmph..."

At this moment, Yasuda Naeko was very uncomfortable.

No matter what, he hadn't expected that someone would actually stick a high-level protection stone on their body while sleeping.

Although his sneak attack just now had succeeded, because of this protection stone, the laser blade he condensed using magic failed to thoroughly pierce into the other party's heart.

Or else why would it be a 'high-level' protection stone worth two Gold Coins each? It could even defend under these circumstances.

Really, don't you fucking find it uncomfortable and jabbing.

Can you really fall asleep like this?

Yasuda Naeko's heart was full of doubts.

But now, let alone asking questions, even speaking was a bit difficult.

According to his own calculations, he now had at least full-body fractures.

So... what on earth is that guy Fox doing?

He should still be nearby, right? Hurry up and come save me!

He had only gone in for a few minutes in total; he didn't believe the other party would have left, and very likely was even still on that tree branch from just now.

After all, what that cowardly scum liked the most was watching a good show from a safe place.

Based on his understanding of him, he was absolutely still on the tree branch waiting to watch the scene of himself swaggering out after killing the other party.

It was just that this scene had now been altered by a stone.

Wait!

That guy couldn't be not coming out, waiting to watch him die, right?

Tsk! Don't tell me! There really is this possibility!

Thinking of this, Yasuda Naeko, whose consciousness was beginning to blur slightly, immediately bit his tongue, and then, amidst the pain, concentrated his spirit to forcibly pour magic into his finger, firing a sweeping laser shot in the direction he had just come from.

Shit!

Seeing this situation, Fox, who had indeed somewhat wanted to watch the show originally, also knew he couldn't hide anymore.

Cursing inwardly, he took out a Magic Disorder Device, quickly activated it, and threw it down.

Bang!

Boom!

Two sounds rang out at this moment.

One sound was the laser hitting the tree trunk, and the other sound was the explosion of the Magic Disorder Device.

Because what he used was his own stock, and not the things manufactured by the Exorcists' side, the power was still the original flavor like when they blew up doors in the past.

Which also meant the impact force remained the same.

Going down in one shot, the shockwave generated by the explosion directly blew away all the small things in the surroundings.

Leaving only large items and the parties involved: Yasuda Naeko, the commander-in-chief, and the two guards.

Of course.

Since it was an explosion, the people left naturally weren't much better off.

Yasuda Naeko and the commander-in-chief, who originally had injuries on their bodies, were even more directly blasted to lying on the ground.

Smack!

Fox appropriately jumped down at this time.

Because he used his body's strength to forcefully resist it, he wasn't affected by the magic disorder.

"Fox..."

Pfft!

When the commander-in-chief lying on the ground saw who the newly appeared person was, he had a face full of disbelief.

One must know that this guy was a talent he had promoted on the battlefield.

And promoted within recent months at that.

No matter from emotion or reason, whoever betrayed, it shouldn't be him.

As a result, he didn't expect that he would die just like that!

However, before he could sort out what was going on, or even have time to ask two more sentences, Fox came in front of the other party in a few steps, pulled out a short sword, and plunged it into the wound Yasuda Naeko had struck.

Staring with large eyeballs, the commander-in-chief lost his heartbeat on the spot, dying with remaining grievances.

"Sure enough, no matter how high the martial arts, one still fears the kitchen knife."

Having finished off the other party, Fox smiled easily.

After all, he had finally eliminated his serious hidden trouble with great difficulty; not smiling would be somewhat letting himself down.

This was also the reason why, under the circumstances of having two guards, he would directly step forward and deal with the commander-in-chief.

After all, the one here who posed a threat to him was the commander-in-chief.

As long as he was eliminated, no matter whose authority it was here, it wouldn't be higher than his own, which is to say, he had the final say.

So those guards and whatever fundamentally weren't important.

Didn't you see that these two didn't even dare to utter a single word of nonsense right now?

"Here."

Fox didn't bother with the two guards, but walked up and directly handed Yasuda Naeko a bottle of Healing Potion.

Yasuda Naeko accepted it with difficulty and sprinkled it on his body.

After all, it was full-body fractures plus external injuries.

Drinking it wouldn't have any effect.

"Haha, I truly lost face big time tonight. I have to rest properly."

Having recovered slightly, Yasuda Naeko sat on the ground laughing loudly like one surviving a disaster.

However, Fox at the side shook his head with a serious face.

"No, you can't rest right now."

"What's wrong?"

Yasuda Naeko was astonished.

"You still need to go and kill the brigade commanders of the surrounding brigades. This way I can swallow them up, and then completely occupy the entire Maple Leaf Mountain Forest."

"After taking down Maple Leaf Mountain Forest, with this land as income, we can then produce more Magic Disorder Devices to carry out expansion."