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On the other side, Eddie was distressed by the loss of a Golden Knight for his family.

Golden Knights, when placed in the military, are of Centurion-level leadership.

The one who was killed was one of only three Golden Knights in their family, and unexpectedly, he was suddenly slain by Old Eda.

The loss was enormous!

He had originally thought that it would be easy to come out and pick off an escaping prince with a Golden Knight, four Silver Knights, and over a hundred family knights.

After all, he had made ample preparations for this operation. Not only did he spend a lot of money to invite Magic Guide Carol to assist, but he also had Cook, who was stronger than him, leading the charge. It should not have failed under any circumstances.

But now, not only had more than half of his knights been killed or injured, but even the Golden Knight Commander had been turned into a pulp by Old Eda. How could he explain this to his family upon his return?

As he was furious with rage, he suddenly saw a Giant Bear spitting a magic bullet at him. A strong sense of crisis snapped him out of his anger because his horse beneath him did not start running; there was no time to spur the horse to dodge, so he had to abandon his beloved mount and leap, narrowly avoiding the magic bullet from the Giant Bear.

Old Eda's calculations were quite good; once Eddie was killed, Magic Guide Carol certainly wouldn't engage in a fight to the death with him.

However, as the eldest son of the Lombard family, Eddie had undergone various forms of training from a young age and possessed considerable strength. Although not as talented as Cook, who could battle the Guard Commander Locke, he still had the fighting power of an Early Silver Knight.

Thus, his dodge was very neat and tidy. Unless Old Eda dared to give up the coach and charge over to forcefully kill him, it would be difficult to kill him from a distance with magic alone.

After all, the Giant Bear that Old Eda had transformed into was more proficient in close combat, and most of his magic was not of the long-range type.

Moreover, Magic Guide Carol was beside him. If Old Eda really dared to charge over, Carol would block him.

More importantly, without the protection of this Druid, the rest of the knights under his command could directly attack the coach and kill that damned Locke.

Old Eda did not charge over. Seeing that his magic bullet had only killed Eddie's warhorse and had not hurt Eddie, he merely sighed lightly and did not continue to attack him.

Now that he was severely injured, he knew he could not hold on for much longer. He needed to defeat the pursuers as much as possible before getting too tired and at least escape with Locke.

Thus, he attacked a few Silver Knights nearby.

For a druid of his level, only these few Silver Knights still posed some threat among the remaining knights; the others, though they had cultivated Fighting Energy, were merely at the Bronze Level, far inferior to his realm, making it difficult to severely injure him.

Even if his magic power was depleted, with just his powerful physical strength and a few swipes of his bear paws, he could kill ordinary knights.

In the following battle, Old Eda fought as if divinely assisted. The Silver Knights facing him, whether it was their horses suddenly getting startled or the knights' movements slowing down unexpectedly unable to keep up with his attack rhythm, were successively killed by him.

"It must be the great Forest Goddess who saw her faithful servant suffering and thus protected me in the shadows, allowing me to easily kill these Silver Knights."

Old Eda thought privately.

Otherwise, not to mention in his current severely injured state, even when completely unharmed, he wouldn't have been able to kill four high-level Silver Knights so easily.

Of course, what he didn't know was that it wasn't the god he worshiped that helped him; it was Qin Feng.

If not for Qin Feng having other plans and secretly helping him, this old fellow would not talk of winning; he might have even been worn to death here by those Silver Knights.

On the other side, Cook, who was leading the family warriors in attacking the coach guarded by none other than a few guards, also had a strange expression.

He slowed down his attack, fearing that the Druid who had suddenly become extremely powerful would turn around and come after him.

His strength was decent, but not necessarily stronger than the Knight Leader who had just been smashed into mush.

"Damn it, damn it!"

Seeing his knights fall one by one in battle, Eddie was nearly driven mad with rage.

"Magic Guide Carol, I paid a hefty sum for your assistance. Is this how you do things?"

Eddie's eyes, red with fury, stared at Carol's aged face a few steps away. If not for his inability to defeat him, Eddie would have strangled the old man.

At that moment, he seriously doubted whether the old man truly had a deep connection with the druid and was secretly aiding the druid against his own men.

Otherwise, how could his own forces suffer such heavy losses?

Ordinary knights were one thing, but the Golden and Silver Knights were not so easily defeated.

The expression on Magic Guide Carol's face also turned very ugly.

With his help, allowing the employer to suffer such heavy losses would greatly impact his reputation. Who among the nobility would dare hire him in the future?

"Young Master Eddie, don't be angry. I didn't expect Old Eda could go this far. From now on, I will do my utmost to kill him."

"Ha? Almost all of my men are dead, and you still advise me not to be angry?"

Eddie was nearly driven insane.

"Hmph!"

Carol, noticing Eddie's resentful demeanor, suddenly snorted coldly, becoming more defiant: "It's your men who are useless. Golden Knights, and those Silver Knights, who can't even withstand that little bit of time, can't defeat a nearly dying druid but instead got killed by a severely injured druid—it's their own incompetence.

Now, Young Master Eddie, are you going to blame their deaths on me?"

Upon hearing Magic Guide Carol's icy words and seeing the meaningful look in his eyes, Eddie instantly came to his senses.

The other party was a Magic Guide, and although he was a noble, it was best not to offend him lightly, as future troubles could be immense.

With that in mind, he quickly calmed himself and said, "Please, don't be offended, Magic Guide Carol. I was just overly emotional due to the heavy casualties of our family knights. I didn't mean to blame you.

However, our family has already suffered such heavy losses; we must achieve something. This time, you must help me kill Locke, so I can have an explanation when I return." Read new chapters at My Virtual Library Empire

Carol, noticing his moderated tone, no longer maintained such a tough attitude. After all, the other party's family was strong, and it was better not to offend them if possible.

He nodded, "Rest assured, since I've taken your gold coins, I naturally will help you accomplish this matter."

Saying this, he solemnly took out a magic scroll from his space ring.

It was a level ten magic scroll, one of the precious treasures left to him by his teacher.

He originally had no intention to use this precious scroll, but given the heavy losses of Eddie's forces, if he couldn't cleanly kill Old Eda, it would be rather unjustifiable. Thus, he reluctantly took out this powerful magic scroll, planning to annihilate Old Eda in one strike.

Unfortunately, this meant that even if Eddie doubled his payment, there wasn't much profit left after using the scroll.

As he slowly opened the magic scroll, a strong burst of magical fluctuation spread, startling Old Eda who was killing the knights, and even Golden Warrior Cook felt the immense threat.

Scared, he immediately dared not circle around the carriage anymore, leading his warriors in retreat and planning to stay out of the attack range of the magic scroll to avoid collateral damage.

Old Eda looked at Carol, who was unfolding a Magic Scroll, and suddenly sighed softly, his figure changing back to human form.

His body was covered with wounds, and blood kept flowing out, yet he didn't care and showed no intention of casting a spell to heal himself.

Because he had sensed how powerful the magic scroll Carol was preparing to use was.

Even at his prime, such powerful magic would have severely injured him, let alone now when he was already in a state of severe injury.

If Carol were casting the spell himself, since chanting a spell takes some time, he would still have a chance to escape with Locke. However, Carol was using a magic scroll, which could be activated immediately upon opening, leaving him no chance to even dodge, so he could only give up resisting and wait for death.

He turned to glance at the boy sitting in the carriage, silently sighing in his heart.

What a pity, he ultimately couldn't safeguard his safety.

But he had done his best; now that he was about to die here, he considered it fulfilling the kindness shown by the boy's mother years ago.

On the other hand, Carol looked at Old Eda with a cold sneer on his face.

Heh, you didn't expect me to use such a powerful magic scroll, did you?

Under this magic scroll, not only Old Eda, but also Locke behind him would be obliterated.

Just as everyone was looking at Carol, waiting for him to display his divine power and annihilate the druids and the guards gathered by the carriage, an accident occurred.

The moment Carol completely unfolded the magic scroll in his hand, his steed, for some reason, got frightened. It neighed towards the sky, reared up on its forelegs, and the strong force directly threw Carol, who was about to launch the scroll magic.

Caught off guard, the magic scroll flew out of Carol's hand; before it even hit the ground, it exploded into a massive burst of flames, obliterating everything within a thirty-foot radius including blasting a huge crater in the ground. The fierce blast swept through a large area around.

"..."

Old Eda, Locke, and others, who had been preparing to close their eyes and await death, all widened their eyes. Cook and others who had already moved far away also opened their mouths in disbelief.

What happened?

Wasn't Magic Guide Carol supposed to kill his opponents with a powerful magic scroll? Why did it end up killing him instead?

Not only did it kill him, but it also killed Eddie, who was not far from him. The tremendous power of the magic instantly blasted him to pieces, and then the flames burned him to ashes, leaving not even a trace of bone.

Under his helmet, Cook's cheeks twitched several times.

Eddie really was dogged by misfortune today; not only had his family's knights died one after another, but now he had been killed by the magic guide he had brought.

This misfortune was truly unparalleled.

In the woods, Qin Feng emerged from the ground, spit out the mud filling his mouth twice, and then began to calm the turbulent blood in his body.

Previously, he had used Earth Escape to burrow under Carol's steed. At the last moment before Carol was about to cast the spell, he had condensed the Ruyi Golden Light into two Golden Needles, then fiercely stabbed them into the horse's hoof from below, causing the horse to panic in pain. This led to the accidental explosion of the magic scroll.

He had not expected the magic scroll to be this powerful. Even though he had rapidly burrowed deeper, he was still somewhat affected by the blast that hit the ground, squeezing him harshly underground and causing his blood to boil while also filling his mouth with mud.

While spitting out the mud in his mouth angrily, Qin Feng glared fiercely at Old Eda outside; if it hadn't been for saving this old man, he wouldn't have suffered this misfortune.

Meanwhile, Old Eda stared at the still-burning flames ahead for a while, then snapped out of his daze when a leaf blown up by the explosion stuck to his face, bursting into hearty laughter: "Good, good, good, Eddie is dead, Carol is also dead, hehehe, Cook, you die here today as well."

He didn't even finish speaking, and the old man, disregarding his injuries, transformed into a giant bear once again and charged toward the direction where Cook was.

The guard leader beside the carriage was also ecstatic and bellowed, "You few stay behind and guard His Highness, I'll go and kill Cook with Old Eda."

Saying this, strong golden fighting energy surged from his body, and he followed closely behind the giant bear, rushing toward Cook and the others.

"Run."

Seeing this, Cook's face changed dramatically, and without another word, he turned and ran.

It was joking matter. He might not be a match for just one guard leader, let alone with a fierce druid added to the mix. Wouldn't staying mean seeking death?

Ultimately, Old Eda and the guard leader failed to catch up with Cook.

Because they dared not stray too far from the carriage for fear of the knights still nearby killing Locke on the carriage.

Furthermore, Old Eda was old and weakened, and after such a long battle and having sustained severe injuries, he could not hold on for much longer.

After confirming that Cook and his men had run far away and they were completely safe, Old Eda quickly reverted from his transformation and, gasping for breath, sat down to rest.

"Old Eda, how are your injuries?"

The guard leader asked somewhat worriedly.

"It's nothing."

Old Eda waved his hand. "It's mainly just exhaustion. Ah, I'm old, and my stamina is nowhere close to what it was when I was young."

After resting for a short while, he even stood up with a tremble, waved to stop the guards from assisting him, and softly recited a magic spell.

Soon, a burst of fresh green light appeared in his hands and he sprinkled it on himself.

Then, the wounds on his body began to heal, the bleeding stopped, and new flesh began to grow. It didn't take long for all his wounds to heal as if they were never there.

"Eh?"

Hiding in the woods, Qin Feng saw this and couldn't help revealing a look of surprise again.

It wasn't strange that Old Eda's wounds healed so quickly, as they were just superficial injuries without any deep or internal ones, and it was normal for them to be healed by a spell.

What made him curious was that he felt a vigorous vitality from Old Eda's magic.

This vitality seemed like Wood Qi, yet there was something different about it.

Qin Feng, resting his chin on his hand, watched Old Eda healing his own injuries with magic, thinking that there really was something valuable about this druid.

Hmm, he wondered whether this kind of magic could be integrated into his own "Azure Dragon Divine Technique" to potentially accelerate the recovery speed of his Azure Dragon Daoist Body.

Now, he had grown even more interested in Druidism.

Outside in the woods, Old Eda, having healed his own injuries, felt a greater consumption of his magic power, but the improvement in his physical injuries made him feel much more energized.

"You few come here."

Old Eda instructed the injured guards, "I'll use natural magic to treat your injuries."