The Epic Tale of Chaos vs Order

Chapter 260 : To the Blood Pagoda (II)

The two guards looked at each other when they saw Caimʼs military identification. Their behavior was typical of bullies, valiant against those they believe themselves superior but afraid of the ones with strength. Never would they dare to disrespect the Imperial Army, the strongest force in the entire empire under the command of the current Emperor of Humankind.

Resentment and rage appeared on the duoʼs faces, but in the end, they only sneered before moving away from Cainʼs path.

”We would never dare to obstruct a Major from the Imperial Lightning Fort during a mission, but I must warn you that the bridge is in repairs, and there could be problems with the force field keeping Wave Beasts away.”

Cain stared at the guard that spoke those words before focusing on the bridge. It was over five thousand meters long, with large pillars every one hundred meters generating a sky-blue veil that covered the road.

Since it was a straight path, with nothing obstructing his view, Cain could see all the way to the other end of the bridge. There were no problems with the pillars or the sky-blue veils, but he noticed someone stopping people on the other edge of the bridge.

There could be actual problems with the bridge, but the most likely answer was that someone with enough power sent orders to these disciples, ensuring they generated trouble for Cain.

It was likely that the sky-blue veil protecting the bridge would shut down once he was in the middle of it, leaving him exposed to the attack of the Wave Beasts living inside the sea of blood.

Cain only shook his head at such a foolish trap and simply walked forward.

The two guards smiled as they saw Cain walking to the bridge and were ready to send the signal when this one was in the middle of the road.

”¡Boom!”

However, those smiles froze when they heard a sonic boom and saw Cain vanish, only for this one to appear more than three hundred meters into the road in less than a second!

A bridge over five thousand meters was long, but someone moving at supersonic speed could cover it in less than twenty seconds!

One of the guards was able to overcome the shock and immediately used his A.I. Chip to communicate with someone.

”He is moving at supersonic speed!”

As soon as the guard sent that message, the sky-blue veil covering the bridge turned off, and not even a second later, the blood around the bridge grew restless.

Cain could feel several eyes on him, some belonging to extremely powerful people, but he kept moving forward and did not take his eyes away from the road. He had covered a third of the path when several figures emerged from the sea of blood and lunged toward him.

The Wave Beasts in this part of the sea of blood did not get to enjoy human flesh due to the sky-blue veil protecting the bridge and the wall of disciples on the shore, so they reacted like wild and hungry beasts when they saw Cain unprotected.

On the islandʼs side of the bridge was a tall young man with blonde hair and a red robe covering his body. Unlike that of the guards and the rest on the shore, his robe had the words Inner Disciple engraved on its back.

A nasty smile could be seen on his face when he saw the Wave Beasts lunging toward Cain, but the next second all the thrill in his heart was replaced by shock.

The first beast that reached Cain was a Wave Champion Beast with the form of a giant sharp. Its razor-sharp teeth were about to reach the young man when its body split in half!

Confusion appeared in the eyes of the blonde man on the island as he could not understand how Wave Champion Beast perished like that, and complete stupefaction assaulted him when he saw the rest of the Wave Champion Beasts lunging toward Cain suffer the same fate.

Cainʼs face showed nothing, and he kept moving forward, with every Wave Beast lunging toward him, splitting in half before touching his body.

Once Cain was less than five hundred meters away, the blonde man could see what was really happening.

”A sword, no. It is a machete!”

The one dividing the horde of Wave Champion Beasts lunging toward Cain from every direction was no other than Slaughter. He moved the machete so fast that those with weak cultivation could not follow it with their eyes.

A sense of fear and awe appeared in the heart of the blonde young man when he saw Cainʼs red eyes focusing on him. Before he could even move a muscle, he felt the reaperʼs scythe on his neck, paralyzing him with fear.

”¡Boom!”

Cainʼs speed and momentum were so fast that he generated a shock wave as he stopped right in front of the blonde youth, pushing the rest of the disciples away.

The blonde man was told to do all he could to stop Cain from moving forward into the island, and he was more than happy with that mission. Yet, when he saw those red eyes, his instincts screamed danger, and he did not dare to move a single muscle other than to get away from Cainʼs path.

Cain glanced at the blonde man before turning his eyes to the rest of the disciples. His eyes were cold and bursting with a red light full of killing intent.

Although he made it look easy, taking care of all those Wave Beasts took all of Cainʼs strength, and a single wrong step could have ended in his death. There was no way a typical Level 8 Wave Warrior could have survived that, and if they were willing to take his life, there was nothing wrong with him ending theirs.

ʼAlas, I must keep a cold mind. The one behind all this must be waiting for an excuse, but I will not give it to him.ʼ

”Hmph.”

Cain sneered before walking deeper into the island, making his way toward the Blood Pagoda. He kept his bloody machete in the open, ready to handle anything they could send him. That certainly made him look hostile, but he was not in the mood to be friendly right now.

As Cain got deeper into Blood Island, he began to analyze his surroundings, and the first thing he noticed was the thin red fog covering the island.

Just breathing the red fog made Cain feel energized, and he was sure that a prolonged exposition could affect your constitution and maybe even your genes, especially if you were exposed during your gestation.

The mystery about the special Lineage in everybody living near the sea of blood became a little clearer for Cain. Still, he really wanted to know the origin of the racial superiority mentality.

Humans indeed had a tendency to arrogant and narcissistic behavior, but the idea of racial superiority was disdained from the beginning of the empire when Adam guided people of all ethnicity and ideologies against the Dark Races. After that, the notion of believing yourself superior for a racial aspect had been considered extremely idiotic.

The fact they generated this racial identity behind a Lineage made things easier to understand, but still, for a large part of the population to hate those they never saw before, you needed indoctrination.

Cain glanced at the people and saw that almost everybody had a red robe indicating their position as disciples, and that around a third of them looked at him with some degree of contempt.

The rest of the disciples either ignored him or threw inquisitive gazes, curious about the presence of an outsider on the island. Still, none of them got near Cain, nor the other way around.

Cain considered it wiser to reach the Blood Pagoda and speak with the Blood Duke, learning about the situation on Blood Sea, before doing anything that could lead to more problems.

Luckily, it seemed that the direct clashes stopped after the bridge. The person behind it saw what he wanted to know or was afraid of generating a clash within the islandʼs boundaries.

Blood Island was not very large, so Cain did not take long to reach the Blood Pago. When he stood in front of the massive building, he was surprised by the density of the red fog around it.

It was an impressive sight, but he did not waste too much time, instead walking into the Blood Pagoda. As soon as he crossed the gates, a familiar face appeared.

Bloodless #1 looked at Cain and nodded before turning around and indicating for the young man to walk with him.

Cain walked with Bloodless #1 as he looked at the first level of the Blood Pagoda. Unlike the Titan Tower, where there was nothing but the teleportation matrix, Cain saw nearly a dozen people drinking and talking there.

There was one thing in common with all of the people here: they were Wave Kings and looked at him with hostility!