Chapter Twenty-Nine: Come All You Want, I'll Kill You All!
Inside the royal palace.
The magical beast 'Frigid Snow Lion' tamed by Clyde was cared for by a dedicated team of over a dozen servants in the palace. Over time, the attendants looking after the Snow Lion had become able to guess its meaning from its roars.
"Where is the Snow Lion?" a man's high-pitched voice rang out, clad in the white uniform of a court attendant.
"My lord, the Snow Lion is sleeping right now," the attendant who served the Snow Lion replied respectfully.
"Hmph." The white-roared court attendant nodded with an arrogant air.
"Roar, roar~~!" Suddenly, a series of urgent roars erupted, sharper and more anxious than any before.
The attendant's face drained of color upon hearing them, and the white-roared attendant asked urgently, "What's wrong? What's wrong with the Snow Lion?"
The Snow Lion, roaring furiously and urgently, rushed over almost instantly.
"His Majesty, His Majesty is in danger!" the attendant cried out in terror. "Quickly! This happened ten years ago too. His Majesty must be in danger. Hurry, go protect His Majesty! My lord, where is His Majesty now?"
The white-roared attendant's expression also turned grave: "His Majesty... His Majesty has left the palace. Yes, he went to Lord Lin Lei's estate."
"Hurry, go protect His Majesty!" the attendant yelled.
At the same time, he leaped directly onto the Snow Lion's back. Having fed the beast daily, the Snow Lion held little animosity toward him and allowed him to ride. Just then, five figures swiftly approached—they were experts from within the palace.
"Snow Lion, His Majesty is in danger?" a golden-haired middle-aged man shouted at the beast.
The Snow Lion kept growling lowly, nodding its head.
"Hurry, to Lord Lin Lei's estate! His Majesty is there," another green-haired expert quickly said.
"Number Four, go find Lord Caesar at once!" the golden-haired man ordered.
Lord Caesar was the leader of their group and one of the top powerhouses in the Fenlei Kingdom. Only two level-nine fighters served the Fenlei Kingdom: one was Clyde himself, and the other was this Lord Caesar.
Because of his high status, Lord Caesar had no need to reside in the palace permanently.
"Yes, Second Brother. You all hurry to protect His Majesty; I'll go find Lord Caesar," the green-haired middle-aged man said and immediately sprinted away.
"Snow Lion, let's go."
The four remaining experts and the Snow Lion charged rapidly toward Lin Lei's estate.
Inside Lin Lei's estate.
At that moment, in the private courtyard where Lin Lei was recuperating and residing, there were only two corpses and the two men: Clyde and Lin Lei.
"No, how do you know my mother is dead? Didn't you give her to that other person? Even you don't dare offend him. I don't believe it. Someone of that status wouldn't abduct my mother just to kill her," Lin Lei refused to believe it.
His father was already dead; Lin Lei could not accept that his mother might be dead too.
Deep down, Lin Lei yearned for his family to be alive!
"Haha..." Clyde laughed, looking at Lin Lei with pity. "Lin Lei, let me be perfectly clear. That distinguished person—it wasn't him who asked me to abduct your mother. I took the initiative on my own and abducted her to give to him. Because I knew... he had a great need for a woman like your mother."
"And I also know very well that this distinguished person has taken many women like your mother in the past. Their end was without exception: all of them died." A touch of arrogant amusement flickered in Clyde's eyes.
Lin Lei swayed as if struck by lightning.
"Without exception?" Lin Lei stared at Clyde.
Clyde looked at Lin Lei with pity. "Lin Lei, you were supposed to have a brilliant future, but you chose this path yourself. Since you chose this road, your future was sealed."
"Haha, hahahaha..." Lin Lei suddenly burst into wild laughter, the muscles on his face twitching.
Lin Lei's eyes locked onto Clyde with lethal intensity. "Clyde, it's you! You're the one who killed my mother, and in the end, you caused my father's death too. If it weren't for you, I'd probably be living a happy life with my parents right now. It's you! Everything is because of you! You destroyed everything!"
Lin Lei extended one hand and drew a flat knife from beside him.
"What are you going to do?" Clyde's fierce eyes glared at Lin Lei.
"What am I going to do?" Lin Lei looked at the flat knife in his hand. "In the past, I always made stone sculptures. But today... I want to try my hand at 'flesh carving.'" Lin Lei's gaze actually took on a faint dark golden hue, as cold and ruthless as that Spiny Iron-Armored Dragon!
At that moment, Derinkoort inside the Coiling Dragon Ring remained silent.
Having watched Lin Lei grow up since childhood, Derinkoort knew him very well.
Lin Lei valued his family and brothers above all else. For them, he feared not even death. And now, the very culprit responsible for his parents' deaths stood before him. The Lin Lei of this moment could not possibly remain calm.
"Flesh carving?" Clyde was momentarily stunned.
Lin Lei's gaze was sharp as he scrutinized Clyde's entire body. "Don't worry. With such a sturdy body, I'm absolutely confident that after a thousand cuts, I can make you look like a woman before you die." Lin Lei's voice was frigid, his killing intent utterly undisguised.
"You..." Clyde's face turned completely cold. He snarled viciously, "Lin Lei, I will definitely kill you and let you reunite with your wretched father and mother!"
"Reunite?"
The thought of his father and mother intensified the killing intent in Lin Lei's heart.
"Feel the blade work of my flat knife," Lin Lei said, his face as if covered by a layer of frost. With a flick of his wrist, the flat knife slashed directly toward Clyde's waist and abdomen. But when the blade was about ten centimeters from Clyde's body, it met an inexplicable resistance.