All Chapters of The Ossuary King: Infinite Power: Chapter 151
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Chapter 151
The heavy war horns of the golden army echoed loudly across the mountain valley. BWOOOOOM! BWOOOOOM! But the attack did not come right away. Lord Julian Saint-Aurelius was playing a cruel game. He knew that First Elder Shen’s trap had failed. He knew the massive explosion in the Grand Hall meant his spies were dead. So, Julian decided to wait. He wanted the terrified disciples to look down the mountain and see his three thousand shining golden knights. He wanted them to panic. He wanted them to break themselves. Inside the Cloud-Soaring Sect, the panic was already spreading like a terrible sickness. The main courtyard was completely packed. Thousands of disciples, teachers, and guards stood together in the cold morning air. The beautiful white snow that Seraphina had created earlier was turning into dirty, muddy slush under their nervous boots. Everyone was talking at once. Some people were crying. Some were shouting angrily. "The Sect Master is crippled!" a teacher yelled, wav
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"I will not force anyone to bleed for this mountain," Seraphina announced. Her pale blue eyes were hard and completely fearless. "If you do not love this sect, if you do not want to defend the graves of your masters, then you do not belong here. The back gates are open. If you wish to run, run now."Teacher Vorn did not wait. "Come on!" he yelled. He turned and ran toward his house. It was a heartbreaking, terrible sight. Like water pouring out of a broken cup, the Cloud-Soaring Sect fractured completely in half. Hundreds of people turned their backs on their home. Then thousands. They ran to their rooms, packed small bags with food and clothes, and hurried toward the secret, narrow paths on the back side of the mountain. They cried as they left, but their fear was stronger than their loyalty. Seraphina stood perfectly still. She watched them leave. It broke her heart to see her family fall apart. But she kept her face completely cold and proud. She refused to show weakness. Luci
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The three spies threw down their heavy bags and charged forward. They raised their swords, channeling weak fire and wind magic into their blades. Lucien did not even raise his spear. He looked at the shadows cast by the trees on the ground. "Shadows," Lucien commanded softly. "Silence them."The dark patches of dirt beneath the spies' feet suddenly boiled. Three massive, soot-black shadow-knights exploded upward from the ground. They glowed with an eerie, beautiful purple light. Before the spies could even swing their swords, the shadow-knights moved with brutal, flawless speed. The first shadow-knight grabbed a spy’s sword arm, twisted it violently until the bone snapped, and slammed its heavy black shield directly into the man’s face. The spy dropped to the dirt, instantly knocked out. The second shadow-knight stepped behind the other spy, wrapped its thick, smoky arm around the man's throat, and squeezed. The spy choked, his eyes rolling back, and fell unconscious in two secon
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Lucien finally turned his head to look at her. The bright purple-black fire burned steadily in his eyes. "Then let us build a new roof," Lucien said softly. He jumped down from the high wall, landing softly in the dirt courtyard. "Show me the spirit-well. Show me the Array Core."Seraphina nodded. She led him quickly toward the very center of the Inner Court. They arrived at the large, beautiful stone well. This was the exact spot where Kai had tried to pour the poison weeks ago. The water inside the well was usually glowing with a bright, beautiful blue light. But now, the water looked grey, dull, and completely dead. The magical runes carved around the edge of the well were cracked and dark. "This is the heart of the mountain," Seraphina said sadly, kneeling next to the well. "The spirit-vein pushes mana up through this water to power the shields. But the Grave-Rot poison suffocated it. It will take years to heal naturally.""We do not have years," Lucien said. "We have minutes.
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A few weeks had passed since the terrible morning at the Mountain Gate. On that day, Lord Julian had aimed the massive Sun-Breaker Cannon at the Cloud-Soaring Sect. He fired a blast of pure, golden holy fire that was meant to vaporize the entire mountain. But the golden fire never reached the young disciples. It crashed into the new, swirling dark shield that Lucien had created. The dark shield acted like a massive, hungry black hole. It simply swallowed the golden fire, ate the magical energy, and grew even stronger. Lord Julian had watched in absolute horror. He realized his army could not break the dark magic by force. He could not march his knights through a shield that ate the sun. Frustrated, angry, and terrified of the unknown monster hiding on the mountain, Julian ordered his golden army to retreat. They packed up their tents and pulled back to the capital city. For three quiet weeks, the Cloud-Soaring Sect rested. Under the permanent, cool twilight of the dark magical sh
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"But," the Envoy continued, his voice dropping into a nasty whisper, "the sects that place at the very bottom... the sects that show weakness... will be punished. The Emperor does not tolerate useless trash in his perfect kingdom. The losing sects will have their sovereign status immediately revoked. Their lands will be confiscated. Their banners will be burned. And their surviving disciples will be forcibly absorbed into the leading clans as servants."The Envoy pointed his finger directly at Seraphina. "And I have been told," the Envoy smiled, "that Lord Julian Saint-Aurelius has already claimed the rights to absorb your specific sect. When you lose, your mountain belongs to him. And your students will become his personal slaves."The young disciples in the courtyard gasped in pure horror. Little Lin began to cry softly. Kai gripped his plain steel sword so tightly his knuckles turned white. It was a perfectly legal, perfectly evil trap. Julian could not break Lucien's dark magic
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"No," Seraphina said firmly, her pale blue eyes snapping open. "I will not let my students live like hunted rats.""Then what do we do, Sect Master?" Master Chen pleaded. "We have three hundred soft, weak, scared children. We are asking them to fight monsters."CLANG. A loud, heavy sound echoed through the silent room. Everyone jumped. They turned their heads toward the dark corner of the hall. Lucien stepped out of the shadows. He had just dropped his heavy, rusty iron sword onto the solid wooden table. The cheap metal blade was chipped and ugly. It looked like garbage compared to the beautiful, clean swords of the teachers. But Lucien did not look like a beggar anymore. He was not slouching. His broad shoulders were pulled back. His chest was proud. He looked at the old, terrified teachers with eyes so sharp and intense they felt like physical spears. "You are looking at this all wrong," Lucien said. His deep, calm voice filled the entire room, demanding absolute attention. "
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The mud was thick, brown, and freezing cold. It smelled like wet worms and old rain. At the very bottom of the Cloud-Soaring Mountain, three hundred young disciples stood in a large, flat dirt pit. Because of the dark, swirling magical shield covering the sky, the sun did not dry the dirt. It was a permanent, cold twilight. The teenagers shivered. They wore their clean, light blue and white training robes. They held beautiful wooden practice swords. They stood in neat, perfectly straight lines, waiting for their new Head Martial Instructor. Lucien walked out from the trees. He was not wearing his heavy iron boots today. He walked barefoot in the cold mud. He wore simple, dark pants and a grey shirt. He looked completely relaxed, but his dark eyes were sharp and focused. He walked to the front of the group. He looked at the shivering, clean teenagers. "You look like a row of pretty flowers," Lucien said. His deep voice carried easily over the large mud pit. "Flowers are nice to loo
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The disciples did not complain. They slowly stood up. They were incredibly sore, but as they looked at each other, they felt a new, strange sense of pride. They had fought dirty, and they had survived. Kai bowed deeply to Lucien, mud dripping from his nose. "Thank you, Instructor Mo Yan."Lucien nodded. The first part of his day was done. Now, he had a much harder student to teach. High above the mud pits, at the very peak of the Cloud-Soaring Mountain, the air was freezing. Because the new magical shield blocked the sun, thick snow covered the flat stone platform. The wind howled loudly, ripping through the sharp pine trees. Standing in the center of the snowy peak was Seraphina. She wore tight, practical white training clothes. Her clear, icy sword was in her hand. She was practicing her forms, moving gracefully through the falling snow. But her face was tight with frustration. Lucien walked up the stone stairs. His heavy iron boots crunched loudly on the fresh snow. "You are s
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Lucien did not dodge. He simply walked straight through it. He used the black wooden branch to carelessly slap the perfect ice spikes out of the air. Smash. Shatter. Crash. He broke her ultimate, beautiful attack as easily as walking through tall grass. He reached her. He grabbed her wrist, twisted it painfully, and pushed her hard in the chest. Seraphina fell into the snow again. She lost her grip on her sword. "Is this how you will fight Julian?!" Lucien roared, his voice echoing off the snowy peaks. "You are just a pretty statue! Julian will laugh at you! He will cut your head off and step on your frozen body! Your students will die screaming because you wanted to look perfect!"Seraphina lay in the snow. Her whole body hurt. Her lungs burned. Lucien’s words dug deep into her heart like poison daggers. He was using her deepest fears to push her past her breaking point. Julian will laugh. My students will die.Something inside Seraphina’s mind finally snapped. The rigid, perfe