Safeguarded the Borders for a Hundred Years, My Clan Was Burnt at the Stake - Chapter 23

Chapter 23: Once a Human Hero

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

High in the sky, Landel was holding onto Melissa’s waist and flying.

From the conversation just now, when Melissa heard the word “Hall,” she was very confused.

She then asked Landel, “This Hall you’re talking about, could it be that human hero from Tumala?”

Hearing this, Landel slowed down his flying speed.

“Yes, it’s none other than Langford Hall, who was once a human hero!”

After receiving this information, Melissa roughly understood why the entire eastern region had become like this.

“Can you tell me, why Lord Hall has become like this?”

Landel was stunned for a moment, then said, “If you want to know why, go and ask the Lord yourself!”

“If he can tell you himself, that would be the best!”

“But I don’t recommend you ask him that, because Teacher Hall’s personality has changed a lot since he was a human!”

After hearing Landel’s address, Melissa was even more shocked. The man who was holding her was actually Hall’s student!

“Since you can’t tell me about your teacher, can you tell me why you became a Dark Knight?”

This reason was very simple, so Landel immediately answered her, “Because I’m willing to.”

‘Willing? Why would there be people willing to become dark creatures?!’

While the two of them were talking, Landel had already brought Melissa to a very large cave entrance.

The cave was pitch-black and there was no light at all. Landel directly carried her on his shoulder and walked in.

“You really don’t care about women at all!”

Landel ignored her and walked straight to Hall’s throne.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, they soon stopped in a wide room.

Through the soul bone fire on the side, she could vaguely see a creature filled with a dangerous aura sitting in the east.

Hall looked up at Melissa in front of him and realized that she could not see him at all.

He immediately snapped his fingers, and flames lit up around him.

Landel then put her down, bowed, and left the room.

After sizing her up for a while, Hall said to Melissa, “You’re an interesting human.”

“There’s no fear in you when you see me.”

For Melissa, as long as she wasn’t dead, she had a chance. Since the target was herself, she had some conditions she could use to her advantage.

“I’m so sorry for bringing you here so suddenly.”

“Can you explain to me why you entered this territory through the defensive wall of the Langford Castle?”

Hearing the other party speaking in a human tone, Melissa could already confirm that the Supreme Lord of Darkness in front of her must have been a human before!

Thus, she decided to give it a try, “I just want to search for my family in Mehionnes.”

“I’ve confirmed their safety through Hilary.”

Hall was not surprised to hear that.

Her family’s safety was all worth the risk. After all, he had become like this because of his family.

After thinking about it, his attitude became more amiable.

“Is that so?”

Knowing the whole story, Hall decided not to beat around the bush with her. He said directly, “The reason I asked you to come here is because of your innate magical talent. You can directly transform into a creature of a different race!”

“But what you don’t know is that all the skeleton soldiers and zombies in the city are controlled by souls.”

“So, after you entered the city, you were exposed immediately.”

“If it weren’t for my orders, you would have become a corpse by now!”

Hearing Hall’s words, Melissa finally understood how much of a failure her disguise was. She had even thought that it was perfect previously.

She had no idea how undead soldiers worked.

“Is that so? That’s really sloppy of me!”

“Is there any chance of me surviving then?!”

Upon hearing this, Hall laughed. There was no more flesh on his throat, and he was simply relying on the breath of his soul to speak.

Therefore, the sound was as unpleasant as it could be.

Seeing Melissa kneeling on the ground with one foot, Hall stopped whispering, “I’m sorry! This might be the funniest thing I’ve heard in recent times.”

Seeing that the other party did not have the intention to kill her, Melissa decided to give it a try and ask about the other party’s identity.

“Before I die, you can fulfill a small request of mine!”

Hall reached out his bony hand and pinched his already fleshless chin. After thinking for a moment, he said to Melissa, “Alright. What do you want to ask? I’ll try my best to answer you.”

“Are you really the human hero, Grand Mage Hall?”

Hearing this, Hall was very surprised. He did not expect that someone would still remember him. He was a little touched.

“Hero? Hahahaha, no way!”

“I’m Langford Hall, the guardian of the border. After coming back, I found that my whole family had been burned to death in the territory!”He said self-deprecatingly.

“In this world, how could the family of a hero be burned to death by the government that he was serving!” The more he spoke, the angrier he got. Red and black flames were already burning within his eyes.

After hearing Hall’s words, Melissa could not help but curse in her heart, ‘the Fergus Empire really should be destroyed!’

‘to actually do such a thing, it’s no wonder the Grand Mage Hall would become like this!’

Having obtained her own answer, Melissa no longer had any regrets.

It was because she had greatly admired Hall that she had taken the initiative to lead her own team to the Fergus Empire to investigate when Queen Mavis mentioned this name.

After obtaining this answer, she slumped to the ground and muttered to herself, “I didn’t expect it to be like this. What a surprise!”

“I don’t have any more questions to ask. Please kill me quickly!”

“This is also another small desire!”

“Pain is what I fear most in my life, so please try not to torture me too much!”

Hearing this, Hall was unusually happy. It had been a long time since he had seen such a person who was so ready to die.

Everyone panicked in the face of death, but yet Melissa was so calm.

This made Hall feel a sense of love for talent.

After thinking for a moment, she asked Melissa, who was sitting on the ground, “Actually, you don’t have to die. Do you want to be my subordinate?”

“I like your character very much!”

“You can also say that I admire you very much!”

Hearing this, Melissa rejected Hall without hesitation.

“As a human, how can I be associated with the darkness? You’d better kill me!”

Hall scratched his head and explained to Melissa, “Even if I kill you now, I will still use your corpse to make a soldier!”

“Then you will have to die again!”

“Why don’t you just agree to the transformation? You can even reduce the pain that you will have to undergo!”

Hearing this, Melissa was stunned. Could this be true?

After some consideration, she still nodded and agreed to the transformation.. Since there was no other way, why not accept it?!