Chapter 187 - Night Banquet (Part 2)

Chapter 187: Chapter 176: Night Banquet (Part 2)As everyone knows, there’s never a shortage of brave warriors in front of the Demon King, and naturally, there won’t be a lack of messengers of justice before this dog creature. After the first warrior made a disheartened exit, the next challenger stepped forward. This was a Hunter who muttered a few words to open his Demon Beast space and released a huge, mighty tiger.

"Go, take down that evil dog!" Under his master’s command, the mighty tiger let out an earth-shattering roar and charged towards the dog creature.

Sensing the change behind it, the dog creature calmly turned around, showing its ferocious teeth. But the mighty tiger seemed to have spotted something terrifying. It stopped its charge in a panic, tucked its tail between its legs, and whimpered back to its master, completely lacking the mighty demeanor it had upon arrival.

"What’s wrong with you, Pabola tiger? Go on! Attack!" The Hunter warrior was seeing his Demon Beast act cowardly for the first time. One should know that the Pabola tiger, even when encountering a Demon Beast a level higher, would dare to provoke it. Its nature was absolutely wild. What happened? Why did it suddenly become so timid today?

"Hey, boss, that dog creature of yours seems to be of a strange breed?" Silver Wind asked curiously. Dog-type Demon Beasts were generally not of high grade, and it was his first time seeing a Pabola tiger frightened by the canine’s sharp teeth.

"I have no idea." Lu Hong shrugged and then directed his question to the attendant, "Are you going to give it to me or not?!"

The attendant shook his head desperately, "You’ve already had eighteen cups, you really can’t drink anymore."

"Only eighteen cups, it’s not like it’s your money, what are you being so stingy for!" Lu Hong complained, "Believe it or not, I’ll file a complaint!"

"Go ahead and complain. You only choose the good stuff to drink. This is juice squeezed from Snowy Region’s special snow pulp berries. According to the rules, each person is only supposed to get one cup," the attendant insisted, clinging to the freshly squeezed fruit juice in his hands.

"Fine, fine, such a miser."

While Lu Hong was speaking, the next challenger—no, no, the next few brave warriors—stood up together. Attacks of fire, earth spikes, and the power of Holy Light hit the dog creature at the same time, but they didn’t cause it any harm.

What kind of dog was this? Could it be a high-level Demon Beast?

Just when everyone was at a loss, an individual of higher standing finally made an entrance.

The Young Master Tianxing from the divine Tianxing family of the nearest plane made his entrance first. With a dignified appearance, he walked through as people made way for him, clearly someone from a powerful family that could not be offended.

The Young Master Tianxing approached the dog creature and looked down, with pity, at the girl beneath it whose appearance was gradually being ruined, "I don’t care who your owner is, but this is Her Majesty the Queen’s night banquet, and you cannot continue to wreak havoc here."

"Woof, woof! Get lost! Woof, woof!" The dog creature wasn’t sure why it felt such hostility towards this woman, but it had restrained its instincts enough. If not, it would have bitten the woman’s neck already.

"Hmph! Seeking death!" The Young Master Tianxing said no more; with a stomp of his foot, a fierce wind arose, assaulting the dog creature.

This opponent was somewhat formidable. The dog creature no longer maintained an unharmed defense and was flipped over by the attack. As it crashed heavily onto the ground, gasps and applause erupted from the crowd.

The Young Master Tianxing helped up the injured girl and handed her a Magic Potion, "This is a recovery potion produced in my hometown. Drink it and you will recover quickly."

"Thank you." The girl took the Magic Potion gratefully, tilted her head back, and drank it down; and indeed, the effect was surprisingly swift—the bleeding from her wounds stopped almost at once.

Having decided to make an impression, the Young Master Tianxing was not about to stop there. He turned to the dog creature and said solemnly, "You beast, for committing such evil, you cannot be allowed to live today!" As he spoke, he summoned two Wind Blades towards the dog creature, intent on a killing blow. S~eaʀᴄh the Nôvelƒire.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

"Woof, woof!" The dog creature was not so easily fooled. It had not dodged before because it hadn’t realized the full extent of this idiot’s strength, and had taken a big hit.

The dog creature’s agile form dodged back and forth easily, avoiding the other’s attacks, and then pounced fiercely towards him.

"Wind Shield, Tremor!" The Young Master Tianxing didn’t panic at all, the green barrier had already been prepared in secret, and the dog creature slammed into it. Rebounding from the elemental wind, it took a secret loss, flying backward a hundred meters, rolling three times before it came to a stop.

While seizing upon its weakness, the Young Master Tianxing quickly chanted a spell, as seven Wind Blades descended once more.

Just as the crowd was ready to cheer the Young Master Tianxing for slaying the beast, a long spear flew across, landing in front of the dog creature, summoning a layer of Holy Light to block the attack.

Finally, the owner had arrived. The Young Master Tianxing narrowed his eyes and called out, "You unleash a vicious dog, just who might you be, sir? You owe us all an explanation!"

Following the source from where the spear had been thrown, Silver Wind was still stuffing a large pig’s trotter into his mouth, "Um, that dog creature isn’t mine, it belongs to my boss," he said, pointing to Lu Hong, who was trying to steal fruit juice from the attendant.

"Hmph!" The attendant noticed Lu Hong’s sneaky movement and quickly hid the juice behind him, refusing to give Lu Hong another sip.

"Uh...," under the focused gaze of the crowd, Lu Hong felt he had to say something, "Anyway, the food here is really tasty, so everyone, eat and drink up, ha!"

Young Master Tianxing looked at Lu Hong’s unfamiliar face, his mind racing to figure out who could not be offended. After further confirmation, his confidence grew considerably, "Hmph! Sir, by allowing your dog to attack, what exactly do you mean by that? I demand an explanation!"

"There’s nothing much to it. It does what it wants to do, and I can’t control it." Lu Hong quickly dissociated himself from the dog, "Actually, I don’t even want to be its owner."

"Arf, Arf!" The beaten dog seemed a bit disheartened. It didn’t speak, and simply tucked its head and hid beside Lu Hong, pondering who knows what.

Lu Hong couldn’t care less and gave the dog a nudge, "Why did you attack that woman just now? Explain yourself."

"I also... Arf, Arf! Don’t know... Arf, Arf! Why... Arf, Arf! In any case... Arf, Arf! I just... Arf, Arf! Felt... Arf, Arf! That this... Arf, Arf! Woman... Arf, Arf! Was detestable... Arf, Arf! Deserved it! Arf, Arf!"

"You hear that, it doesn’t know either." Lu Hong continued, "Anyway, no one got killed, so let’s just let this go, shall we? Besides, I’ll offer a bottle of Magic Potion as compensation." Lu Hong took out a Magic Potion that he had pilfered from Nono’s inner court two days ago—it should be of decent quality. After all, it was all he had of any value to offer at the moment.

"Hmph! I do not accept!" The woman, having suffered an unwarranted calamity, naturally refused such an explanation.

"You hear her, she doesn’t accept," Young Master Tianxing spoke gravely, "No matter what, you must apologize to her! Otherwise, don’t blame me for being heartless!"

"Alright, alright, I apologize. Sorry, my mistake. I shouldn’t have let the dog attack." Lu Hong was still looking nonchalant, but it actually was their fault. Although he didn’t know why the dog suddenly went berserk, as the owner, it wasn’t shameful to clean up its mess.

Well... Okay then.

This was the first time Young Master Tianxing had seen someone with such a lack of spine. The calculations he was making in his mind instantly lost all relevance.

The matter seemed settled when suddenly someone recognized Lu Hong and called out, "Isn’t that Baron Yitian, personally titled by the Great Emperor? I’ve seen his portrait!"

"He’s Baron Yitian?"

"How could he be that kind of person?" Suddenly, there was a buzz of discussion.

Now Young Master Tianxing was happy again; it was time to establish his own authority!

Young Master Tianxing approached Lu Hong, sizing him up before speaking, "I didn’t expect the hero, rumored to have single-handedly turned the tide in the Battle of Yuanyuan, would be such a despicable assailant."

"Oh."

Lu Hong’s response nearly caused Young Master Tianxing to choke with anger. Could saying another word kill you? How am I supposed to respond to that?

"I’ve long heard of Baron Yitian’s extraordinary strength, and I’d like to learn from you." No big deal, don’t get angry. Young Master Tianxing calmed his emotions and changed the subject to keep pressing.

"Not available," Lu Hong waved his hand, "Consider it your win."

...Young Master Tianxing was speechless yet again.

Young Master Tianxing’s face darkened, "Baron Yitian, are you disrespecting me?"

"Not at all!" Lu Hong said, "I just didn’t eat enough at noon, and I’m still hungry. Let’s discuss further another time."

"But that’s not up to you!" Young Master Tianxing’s eyes shone with a green magic light, and the force of the wind element surged from within him, aiming straight for Lu Hong.

"Ha!" Lu Hong didn’t even lift a hand; his intimidating roar thundered like a clap of thunder, causing Young Master Tianxing to reel in dizziness. Before he could recover, he was kicked and sent flying, half-kneeling on the ground, clutching his stomach.

Lu Hong looked indifferently at the Young Master, "As I said, I’m not available."

"I’ll fight you!" Often impulsive, Young Master Tianxing did not consider why he had suddenly become dizzy but again mustered his magic power to attack Lu Hong.

Just then, the Queen’s voice reached them from afar, "Enough!"

Dressed to the nines, Nono’s presence astonished everyone—the Queen’s grace was undeniable.

"Hail to Her Majesty, the Queen!" Everyone quickly knelt on one knee, paying their respects to the Queen.

Only Lu Hong, with Silver Wind at his side, continued to eat voraciously from the table and even thought about snatching the juice from the kneeling attendant next to him.