Becoming Their Guiding Spirit

# Chapter 85: Patriot: ”Alina, give me the bracelet. I will protect it!” ”The Emperor’s Blade...”

Lucas wasn’t from Ursus, so he didn’t know what the Emperor’s Blade truly signified.

Even without any information.

Just seeing the nearly panicked expressions on the faces of the Infected around him was enough to know how terrifying this person was.

From Lucas’s perspective.

The body of this humanoid monster, wrapped in a black greatcoat with a huge metal respirator on its head, was like a giant vortex. These black vortices enveloped the Emperor’s Blade’s entire body, constantly radiating outwards.

This power of fear continuously stirred the most primal, instinctual panic in all the Infected present.

”.....”

As the fear in the hearts of the surrounding Infected magnified infinitely.

Lucas’s spiritual body could see that countless black auras from the surroundings were being continuously absorbed into the Emperor’s Blade’s body. And, as he absorbed this power of fear, the Emperor’s Blade’s strength also grew noticeably stronger.

A trait that absorbs the power of fear to strengthen oneself?

”I advise you... to commit suicide immediately....”

A coarse voice came from the ’humanoid monster’s’ respirator. The voice was extremely unpleasant, as if filtered through metal pipes, sounding like it came from hell. Just hearing the voice was enough to make a child cry.

Fear...

It permeated the minds of many Infected.

They were not soldiers. The vast majority of them were ordinary villagers or city office workers before becoming Infected. Even after joining the Reunion Movement and undergoing some physical training, they were, to put it bluntly, still ordinary people.

Under the release of the Emperor’s Blade’s aura of fear, this group was the first to have their psychological defenses shattered. And in the eyes of the Emperor’s Blade, these ordinary people were simply an endless source of power. Fear... brings power...

”Don’t be afraid!”

Talulah, as the leader, shouted at the top of her lungs, her voice full of authority.

”So what if it’s an Emperor’s Blade! We have Mr. Patriot, we have the Shieldguards!! How can a mere Emperor’s Blade possibly stop Mr. Patriot’s spear!!”

It had to be said.

That shout was indeed effective.

The Shieldguards, who had been feeling somewhat fearful, all took a deep breath.

That’s right.

We have the Captain...

How could we be afraid of an Emperor’s Blade.

Although these words couldn’t completely dispel the fear of the ordinary Infected, they did manage to boost morale to some extent.

”Huuu...”

A deep breath escaped from the Emperor’s Blade’s mask.

”As the daughter of an Imperial Grand Duke, Talulah... you have betrayed the Empire, betrayed the Duke, betrayed the Emperor, and chosen to associate with the filthy and sinful Infected. This is a capital crime. However, as the Duke’s daughter, your status is enough to spare you from death. I will not kill you, but I will bring you back to the Empire to face judgment...”

The Emperor’s Blade’s voice wasn’t loud, but it spread throughout the entire Reunion Movement column.

Almost all the Infected heard the Emperor’s Blade’s voice.

”The... the daughter of a Grand Duke!!!”

”Talulah is the daughter of a Grand Duke!!!”

”We’ve been following the daughter of the very nobles who persecuted us!!”

One sentence stirred up a thousand waves.

The Infected, who were already in a state of panic within the Emperor’s Blade’s ’domain’, broke down once again.

This news was simply too shocking.

The Infected, who had suffered greatly at the hands of the nobility, hated them with a passion. They couldn’t believe... that they had been foolishly following the daughter of a duke.

Sowing discord?

A possibility popped into Lucas’s mind.

Just as he thought.

The Black Serpent didn’t want to kill Talulah; he probably just needed her body. Just like himself, the Black Serpent, as a spiritual entity, needed to borrow a very powerful body to exert its power. And Talulah’s body... her talent was among the most powerful Lucas had seen so far.

A mixture of Victoria’s Draco blood and Yan’s Dragon blood.

Talulah’s talent was almost unparalleled, even stronger than Ch’en’s.

Even...

If Talulah were allowed to continue growing, she might one day surpass the current Patriot...

No wonder the Black Serpent was so greedy for it.

Even he would be tempted.

Unfortunately for the serpent, he had the chance to create a perfect physical body that was most compatible with his own soul, so he didn’t need to ’borrow’ someone else’s like the Black Serpent.