Chapter 49

"What do you mean?" Asked Zuyuan as he noticed the uneasy expression on Ling Zhue's face. 

"The favor of battle wasn't good on the goblins' side. Even though our forces against the opposing missionaries were in a stalemate, thanks to both sides having equal power, the same couldn't be said to the goblins against the orcs." Answered Ling Zhue in frown. 

Two sides of the missionaries were destroying each other evenly. But it was different with the natives. The orcs had gained the upper hand against the hobgoblin warriors in terms of numerical numbers and power. Although there were a lot of goblin riders, they were being taken down by the female orcs with slingshots. 

However, in terms of wide scale magic to support and annihilate the opposing troops, there was no side with advantage as most of the shamans had similar spells. 

"What do you want me to do?" Asked Zuyuan without beating around the bush. Zuyuan knew that if Ling Zhue had decided to appear on his side now, it meant that he had something up his sleeve. 

"A while ago, I had received an order from one of the shamans on the goblins' side. It was like telepathy." Replied Ling Zhue while he glanced at Rimon who was dealing with the beastman as they spoke. 

Although Rimon couldn't keep up with the speed of the beastman, some missionaries on the side had helped him by sending off some buffs and magic attacks. 

Staring back at Zuyuan again, Ling Zhue continued, "The chief wants us to clear the orc shamans. The fastest missionary on our side would have to do it and a few others would join the vanguard, dealing with the orc warriors on the front." 

"Is it me?" Guessed Zuyuan immediately when he heard the word 'the fastest missionary'. 

Knowing what Zuyuan meant with his question, Ling Zhue shook his head and pointed his finger at himself, while chuckling at the same time, "Unfortunately, it was me, uncle." 

Smiling wryly in the next moment, Zuyuan let out a fake cough once and said, "Then, what do you need me to do?"

"Uncle, XB11, and Tom would have to support the goblins. I know that the absence of all four of us would tip the scale in this missionaries war. But if this is the order of the chief after he saw us fighting from afar, then we can't reject it." Replied Ling Zhue immediately. 

"Well, someone needs to keep playing with that guy. Not many missionaries are as fast as him." Answered Zuyuan while he turned his gaze at the beastman. 

"Don't worry, Rimon is a tough nut to crack, uncle." Laughed Ling Zhue as he said while grinning, "Shall we?" 

"Whew…" Letting out a sigh, Zuyuan guided the Qigong in his body as he used his ultimate speed once more. Right at that moment, both Ling Zhue and Zuyuan were gone in a flash as if they were never there. 

Keeping up with Ling Zhue's speed which had his body wrapped in lightning all over, Zuyuan asked in curiosity, "So, I was talking about an esper with telekinesis ability before. How's he?" 

Curling up the edge of his lips, Ling Zhue replied softly, "Not bad, but he couldn't react to me fast enough. So, I got some good equipment from it." 

"You got an equipment for killing him?" Asked Zuyuan in a surprised tone. 

"Uncle didn't know? Hee, there's so much that uncle needs to learn." Chuckled Ling Zhue at Zuyuan's reaction. 

'The system was really harsh huh. By giving out something like that, it wouldn't be a surprise if a bunch of missionaries killed some other random ones, simply seeing them as walking loot to plunder.' Thought Zuyuan while he was arriving right on the front of the formation one second later. 

Giving a telepathically message to XB11 to support him on the orcs against goblins battlefield, Zuyuan utilized his transparent doppelgangers at the same time. 

Treading into the battleground like a phantom, Zuyuan killed twenty orcs in just a mere five seconds after he had arrived. 

'Right, I forgot to ask who's the guy called Tom..' Meanwhile, when Zuyuan was dealing with three orc warriors simultaneously, a random thought passed on his mind. 

Ling Zhue had already gone towards the area where the shamans had gathered. Although the place was tightly guarded, however, Ling Zhue seemed to be prepared as when both of them parted silently, Ling Zhue's body became invisible out of nowhere. 

*BOOM!* 

Right after that, something flew at the right side of Zuyuan and smashed a few orcs into meat paste. Avoiding the unexpected impact from the object, Zuyuan leaped in the opposite direction and took a look at it. 

It was a man donned in silver armor. The armor looks more shiny than Zuyuan's golden armor in broad daylight. Holding a huge, great sword, the man waved his hand at Zuyuan while putting his sword at his shoulder in one hand. 

"Sorry brother, seems like I almost hit'cha! Gahaha!" The man clad in armor laughed, "Name's Tom by the way."

'Ah.. So this is Tom...' Thought Zuyuan while he saw the familiar armor from when they were fighting against Khadan. 

This man was the same person who had shouted 'Oraa' loudly while he charged at the beast fearlessly back then.

"Don't fret, just focus on the battle at hand." Zuyuan replied to the man, "And I'm Zuyuan. By the way."

The two men then stood back to back as they became wary of their surroundings filled with enemies, Zuyuan asking. "What sent you flying all the way here anyway?" 

"That." Tom replied, pointing with his sword towards a figure in the sky.

It was the silhouette of a man with red dragon-like wings that easily spanned for two meters, he had scales all over his body and his bare chest seemed as if he were wearing plate armor. Claws adorned in place of his fingers and a long spiked tail also added to his monstrous appearance.

The man wore what seemed to be leather pants, however the material was obviously not simple as it glistened in the daylight with a magic like hue. On his left hand, he wore a golden gauntlet that was shaped to fit his claws, as if made to fit him personally. 

Looking at the figure in the sky, Zuyuan smiled slightly and commented. 

"I guess we have a lot of capable missionaries."