Chapter 101: The Sudden Event

A young lady, who had just woken up because of the smelling salts, looked curiously at Enzo.

Enzo smiled and stood on his toes. He nodded at the young lady and said, “When we were dealing with that big one, we met the fleet from the Five Great Archipelagos!”

Everyone was shocked. The huge City Hall became dead silent. Even Blackbeard did not know about this—Lin Qi had specifically told the captain of the Sea Windmill, Joe Arjang, and all the sailors to keep it a secret. This shocking news had to be announced by him or Enzo themselves in a public place.

Just as Lin Qi expected, the news shocked everyone. The young lady who had just woken up breathed heavily a few times, rolled her eyes, and fainted again. The young man who was holding her gave Enzo a ‘grateful’ look and put the smelling salts bottle under her nose again.

Under the shocked gazes of the crowd, Lin Qi said in a deep voice, “Yes, the Alien Race from the Five Great Archipelagos, those damned, hairy Barbarian guys. And what made us proud was, we did not meet their ordinary patrol fleet.”

Enzo rolled his eyes. He smashed his glass heavily on the floor and asked darkly, “Odin Holy Guards, what kind of thing were they? Aha, they called themselves Odin Holy Guards! In the Army Academy’s teaching, the Odin Holy Guards are the most elite, most terrifying, and most fanatical armed force in the Five Great Archipelagos. But what were they when we met them?”

Lin Qi puffed out his chest. He put his hands behind his back and smiled, winking at the stunned Blackbeard.

“Yes, I also found it strange. There were many of them, and they had five red Dragon Boats!”

Blackbeard gave a light cough. He said calmly, “Red Dragon Boats. If you two little ones aren’t exaggerating, then you really met the Odin Holy Guards. Damn it, how did you come back alive?”

Blackbeard’s eyes flickered. He did not think Lin Qi was lying, so had Lin Qi and the others really met the Odin Holy Guards? The problem was, if they met that fleet of religious madmen on the sea, how did they manage to escape alive? Those religious madmen would never leave any survivors!

Everyone in the City Hall thought at the same time about the big hole at the stern of the Sea Windmill. It had radiating cracks around it, as if it was injured by lightning. It was winter, and it was the season of hurricane snowstorms. Unless it was the Shamans from the Odin Temple, who were said to be able to communicate with all spirits and cause natural storms, even the mages from the Western Continent would find it hard to summon lightning in the North Sea’s hurricanes.

Using lightning power in the North Sea’s winter snowstorms was the privilege of the Odin Temple Shamans.

Lin Qi spread his hands and said with a calm expression, “So, all the Whaling Harpoons on the Sea Windmill were fired. We killed a Barbarian Berserker. After he went berserk, he should have had the strength of a Celestial Knight. Then, we also killed two Temple Warlocks!”

Lin Qi said these two sentences lightly, but they caused a huge uproar in the City Hall.

It was very possible to kill two Temple Warlocks with Whaling Harpoons. Everyone knew how weak the bodies of those Warlocks and mages were. When they weren’t using magic, a slightly strong twelve or thirteen-year-old boy could easily kill them with a stone.

But a Barbarian Berserker who could reach the level of a Celestial Knight after going berserk—this was a top elite among Barbarian Warriors. Along with the Ancestral Spirit Warriors among the Black Spirit Warriors and the Berserkers among the Beastfolk, they were the three most fearsome existences among Warriors.

With Lin Qi and Enzo’s little strength, and those sailors on the Sea Windmill, how could they kill a Berserker Barbarian Warrior?

Baron Milo shakily walked out from the crowd. He put his hands behind his back and stared sternly at Lin Qi, saying, “Mr. Lin Qi, I must remind you. If what you said is true, then without a doubt, you have achieved a great service for the Empire. This military merit might even earn you a medal.”

He coughed authoritatively, and Baron Milo said sharply, “But if you are just joking, I think we can forget about this matter immediately—because your father, the respectable Mr. Tegg, is a respectable person in Dun Er Ke. For his dignity and honor, we can forget about this matter right away!”

Lin Qi looked at Baron Milo without any guilt. He said in a deep voice, “In the name of the Gods, respected Baron Milo, in the name of the Gods, we killed a Barbarian Berserker and a Temple Warlock. Lieutenant Colonel Neville, the commander of the Dun Er Ke local garrison fleet’s patrol squadron, can testify. The brave and fearless Lieutenant Colonel Neville led his team to rescue us in time. He personally killed a… Stone Titan!”

Exclamations rose again. Everywhere, there were charming figures of young ladies fainting as they rolled their eyes.

No one paid attention to these young ladies who fainted at the wrong time. Everyone stared intently at Lin Qi. With Lieutenant Colonel Neville as a witness? Then, this matter would obviously be reported to the Imperial Military Ministry! In that case, it would be impossible to falsely claim military merits. The Military Department’s spies would surely investigate whether those Alien Races had lost so many elite forces in the sea near Dun Er Ke in the past two days.

If all of this was true, then what an astonishing military merit these two young men, Lin Qi and Enzo, had achieved!

Their future was limitless! Everyone looked at Enzo beside Lin Qi with complex expressions. Lin Qi obviously could not join the army, so with such rich military merit, Enzo’s future was boundless!

Clearing his throat lightly, Baron Milo said in a deep voice, “Why didn’t you report this to me when you returned to Dun Er Ke?”

Baron Milo felt a bit regretful. If Lin Qi had reported this to him earlier, maybe his son, Aaron, could have shared some of the credit?

Enzo looked calmly at Baron Milo. He said in a deep voice, “Well, at that time, everyone was cheering for the Unicorn Whale King. Wouldn’t talking about these bloody things dampen everyone’s mood?”

Thunderous applause immediately erupted in the City Hall. Everyone’s fondness for Enzo increased—what a simple, honest, and thoughtful young man. Despite achieving such military merit at a young age, he was steady enough not to boast about it immediately. What a reliable young man!

The nobles who happened to have beautiful young girls in their families who were about Enzo’s age began to have shining eyes.

Lin Qi looked with satisfaction at the various reactions of these different people. This was the effect he wanted, this was the effect he wanted.

Just as Lin Qi smiled smugly, a furious roar suddenly came from the entrance of the banquet hall.

“Damn yellow-skinned monkey, I challenge you to a duel!”