Chapter 396: 395, Target: [Shepherd Yorick], [Hall of Reincarnation] without Walnuts_1
Su Yu did have a slight understanding of Sylvanas.
Sylvanas was very similar to Xi Fan.
Xi Fan had once sacrificed the lives of the people of Forest City to obtain the [Frenzy Fragment] to increase his strength;
The way Sylvanas enhanced her abilities was by devouring and torturing souls, utilizing the power of deceased human souls to undergo a complete transformation of her strength.
Two hundred years ago, Lai Yin was just a duchy with a population of just a few hundred thousand. Sylvanas followed the emperor of Lai Yin on his conquests, eradicating all nations on their continent and expanding their country into a huge empire with a population of a hundred million.
In the wars, Sylvanas also devoured enough souls to allow her to ascend to legendary status.
But in the following 200 years, the Lai Yin Empire was relatively peaceful and recuperative. The emperor of Lai Yin could only offer her some death-row prisoners, so her jump in power was very limited, as she had been treading water for 200 years.
Now that the world of the game had burst into this world-wide war, the souls of the dead soldiers provided Sylvanas with excellent nourishment. Naturally, she volunteered to be one of the major hitters for the Lai Yin side in this war.
Since Su Yu knew what Sylvanas wanted, he naturally had a way to deal with her.
He lay on his back, ungracefully, on a large rock, taking out the [Purifying Holy Spring] that could dispel abnormal states and the [Master Level Healing Potion] from his bag and slowly began to drink.
Sylvanas did not stop Su Yu from taking his potions, but instead watched him coldly. She stood in place, unmoving, like a statue made of rock.
After drinking the potions, Su Yu’s condition improved slightly.
He sat up from the large rock and said lightly, “I know a man named [Soul Shepherd Yorick].”
Su Yu paused after reaching this point.
Sylvanas’ expression suddenly became tense: “Yorick… Do you know where he is?!”
“Yes, not only do I know where he is, I also know where the thousands of cursed high-quality souls in his hands are hidden. For you, the value of these high-quality souls should be much higher than the souls you would get from invading Goldfinch, right?” Su Yu said with a smile.
[Soul Shepherd Yorick] is a legendary character in the Wind Chime Empire, he is not an undead profession like Sylvanas who is a foe of the living, his true profession is a kind monk.
The reason why Yorick has so many souls is to help these souls attain liberation from their curses and bindings. From the perspective of the living, he is much noble than Sylvanas.
Naturally, Sylvanas knew about Yorick, and she had spent quite some time looking for him, with no success of course. She didn’t expect to get news of Yorick’s whereabouts from Su Yu!
Sylvanas thought for a long time and said hesitantly: “I’ve indeed coveted the souls in Yorick’s possession for a long time. But now it’s a special time, I have to consider it carefully.”
After all, Yorick is one of the key figures in charge of death in the Wind Chime Empire. It didn’t matter to her before, but now is a critical time for their empire to form an alliance with the Wind Chime Empire. If she makes a move on Yorick now, it would be a blatant “backstabbing of allies”!
Do they still want to fight this war if they “backstab their allies” now?
However, the souls in Yorick’s hands were incredibly tempting to her, and Sylvanas fell into a cycle of constant deliberation.
Seeing that Sylvanas was obviously moved, Su Yu bluntly upped his ante:
“Miss Sylvanas, if a single Yorick can’t influence your decision, I can offer you another location. The number of cursed high-quality souls in that place is many times more than what Yorick has! Interested?”
“Where are you talking about?” Sylvanas asked with a squint of her eyes.
“The [Hall of Reincarnation] in the Pandamen Empire.” Su Yu said seriously: “I know the location of the [Hall of Reunion], and the current head of the [Hall of Reincarnation], [Walnut], is no longer a legendary powerhouse. It’s now the best time to attack.”
[Walnut] was the little sprite girl who had turned Bright Star into [Cat Egg] during the Battle of Kaishi Town. To deal with Bright Star, her power had dropped to Tier Five. Only two years have passed since that battle, and such a short amount of time wouldn’t be enough for Walnut to recover to her legendary status.
Therefore, now was the best chance to strike the [Hall of Reincarnation] in retribution for Bright Star! And if they could include Sylvanas, this powerful hitter, the effect would surely be doubly effective!
This time, Sylvanas was taken aback completely. She stared at Su Yu fixedly, with what seemed to be flames dancing in her blood-red pupils: “You actually know where the [Hall of Reincarnation] is?!”
“I certainly do.” Su Yu said casually, taking a sip of the [Master Level Mana Potion], and continued his relaxed tone:
“After all, I am a scholar of prophecy. She could ask the Regent King of the Elf Race. I’m sure they’ve had a deep appreciation of this.”
Sylvanas nodded, believing eighty percent of what Su Yu said.
She had also heard about Su Yu’s miraculous prophetic operations after he went to the Elf Kingdom. One could say that he turned the tide all by himself, and he was a great benefactor of the elf race, and even the elf princess offered herself to him unreservedly.
“And most importantly,” Su Yu pulled out the [Hidden Dagger] badge from his bag and put it on his chest:
“With this badge on me, there’s no way you can catch me. Now you have only two choices. One is to work with me. The other is that I summon the person on the other side of the badge and you two can decide who’s the better fighter, and I’ll leave, dusting off my booty.”
Seeing the badge Su Yu pulled out, Sylvanas realized she couldn’t catch Su Yu.
She was still hesitant about Yorick, but as for the [Hall of Reincarnation], she was absolutely interested!
Moreover, as Su Yu stated, the head of the [Hall of Rebirth], Walnut, had not yet recovered to her peak strength. This might be her only chance to advance to the peak of legend in the next few decades!
“Okay, I agree to cooperate with you!” Sylvanas answered crisply, “However, this matter is of great importance, and I need to return to the country to explain to His Majesty the Emperor before I can make a formal decision.”
“Alright, I look forward to a formal collaboration between us.” Su Yu said seriously.
…
Once the conversation reached this stage, it was naturally no longer necessary for Sylvanas to be at odds with Su Yu.
She voluntarily withdrew the purple-black sealing chains around her and returned to the Lai Yin Empire as a cloud of black fog.
Su Yu sat on the large rock on top of the mountain and rested for a while, drinking some potions that healed his injuries.
After his injuries healed and all negative status effects were cleared, Su Yu stood up from the large rock, began to perform the [Teleportation Portal] spell, and set the spell’s target location in front of the Mage Tower in his territory.
The white light of teleportation tore through space, and a teleportation gate more than one person high appeared in front of Su Yu.
Su Yu took a deep breath and stepped into the teleportation gate.
After ten days, I’m back again!