This young master truly has the ambition of a hero.

However, Yzak's strange expression quickly froze on his face, then was replaced by confusion.

He opened his eyes, looked at the two strips of powder left on the table, reached out and dipped his finger in them, savoring the taste. Finally, he exclaimed in disbelief.

"Brother, this tastes wrong!"

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Author's note: My condition is slowly improving. I'll have another IV drip tomorrow, then I can just take oral medication. Everyone, please take care of yourselves!

Chapter 089: Highly Targeted

The instant Yzak shouted that something tasted wrong, a soldier behind Dick also set off a pre-prepared firecracker, sending an arrow soaring into the sky.

Upon seeing this, Hammuradi immediately realized that he had been tricked, and his gaze toward Dick was filled with both astonishment and anger.

He had long seen through Dick's cunning and shrewdness, and realized that Dick was secretly keeping many skilled men under his command, indicating that he harbored considerable ambitions. But this was not a bad thing for Hammuradi, because ambition makes one easier to win over.

After that, Dick offered to make drugs, saying he wanted to cooperate with the Dead Tree Gang to make big money together, which made Hammuradi feel that his grandson was the same kind of person as him.

And then he got fucking played!

In his rage, Hammuradi's bloodless, deathly face became extremely ferocious, and the skin at the corners of his eyes cracked, revealing wisps of black energy.

"You bastard! I'll tear you to pieces!"

Like a terrifying beast, Hammuradi's roar became distorted, as if multiple different voices overlapped. Horrible cracks appeared all over his body, and the leaking black energy quickly engulfed him, transforming him into some indescribable, bizarre entity.

Immediately afterwards, a blood-red vertical pupil suddenly opened in the middle of the distorted black mist, glared fiercely at Dick, and an invisible force directly grasped Dick's heart from a distance.

However, just as this force was about to crush Dick's heart, a divine power, not particularly strong but the purest, erupted in Dick's arms. This divine power was like the scorching midday sun shining on snowflakes, instantly dispelling the evil power without a trace. Even the black mist was countered and staggered back, transforming back into Hammuradi.

The old elf vomited a mouthful of black blood, his face filled with disbelief.

"you you……"

At that moment, a small, adorable dragon head emerged from Dick's collar—it was Lucoa in her Mini Dragon form. She had been hiding in Dick's arms, concealing her presence. If Black and White Lancer Artoria were the visible bodyguards, then she was the shadowy guard lurking in the shadows.

As it turned out, Lucoa did indeed play a crucial role at the critical moment.

Because he was wary of Hammuradi's methods, Dick had previously sent Lucoa with Tia on a secret trip back to the capital to search for files related to Hammuradi in the Royal Archives.

Normally, not just anyone can enter the archives, but gold coins are a universal key; a small bag of them can get the administrator to turn a blind eye.

Tia quickly found the information she needed.

Hammuradi's attack was one of his most powerful killing moves; he had once used this move to instantly kill a Saint-level expert from the front.

This attack is neither a physical attack nor a magical attack, but rather the power of some unknown evil god's artifact, capable of causing immediate death and almost impossible to defend against.

Because divine power is a higher level of energy than magic, only divine power can counter it.

Dick analyzed that once he flipped the table and made his move, Hammuradi would most likely use this move to kill him instantly, because Hammuradi had the Saint-level heroic spirits Black and White Gunner protecting him, and using conventional methods, he probably wouldn't be able to get close for a while.

But if he uses the power of the evil god, that would be exactly what Lucoa wants.

Although Lucoa, who was beside Dick, was an avatar separated from the main body and only had the strength of a Saint-level being in order to adapt to the laws of this world, the power system she used was pure divine power. Therefore, even though she was only at the Saint level, divine power was superior to magic power and had a suppressive effect on the dark power of evil gods.

Therefore, Lucoa easily interrupted Hammuradi's killing move, not only failing to harm Dick in the slightest, but also causing him to suffer a backlash, being injured to the point of vomiting blood.

Hammuradi had never seen Lukoya before and mistakenly thought it was a legendary "divine beast." He was a little annoyed, realizing he had underestimated the kid; he had actually held back a trick up his sleeve.

But he still didn't understand why this kid would hide his true strength so deeply, and why he would refuse the olive branch he offered and even plot against them. He had acted like a good boy by Duke Best's side for eighteen years, which clearly showed that he was very shrewd and ambitious.

If Dick knew what Hammuradi was thinking at that moment, he would have answered very sincerely.

"It's better to be a dog of the Empire than to hang out with a bunch of good-for-nothings like you!"

As soon as the signal was given, the private army, which had been lying in ambush nearly a kilometer away, immediately launched a full-scale attack and quickly surrounded the beachhead. In order to avoid being detected by Hammuradi, they had to hide at this distance.

But this signal wasn't just sent to the ground troops. Belfast and her squadron of ship girls had already outflanked the pirate fleet from the water and, taking advantage of the time Dick had bought them, had secretly carried out their little scheme.

Belfast had personally tested this before and found that entering the fog-covered area would cause one to lose their way and affect electronic devices. Royal Fortune and Golden Deer immediately thought, then why not just sneak through underwater!

Practice has proven that this trick is indeed effective. Both of the sailboat ship girls have diving abilities, and they hid below the surface of the fjord estuary beforehand. When the pirate fleet came, there were a total of seven large sailboats, and their bottoms were as clear as a little girl's underwear, which the two strange older sisters could see clearly.

Following the battle plan, the two secretly tied a thick rope they had prepared to the bottom of the pirate ship, and then handed the other end of the rope to Kashino and Sadayasu.

Although the two transport ship girls are not strong in combat, they possess superhuman strength that can shake the heavens and the earth!

As soon as Dick gave the signal, the two of them went full speed ahead and rushed toward the beach.

Before the seven sailboats could react, they were propelled into the air by an unimaginable force, causing the pirates on board to tumble and fall, with many unlucky ones falling directly into the sea.

The two ship girls charged headlong into the shore, dragging all seven sailboats to the nearshore waters where they ran aground. The key was to catch them off guard!

Meanwhile, at the trading site on the beach, Hammuradi was injured by the backlash, but he had not completely lost his fighting ability. Pirate leader Tiger also realized that he had been deceived, especially when he saw his warship being forcibly dragged ashore by two strange women, which stunned everyone. After regaining his senses, he immediately drew his swords and slashed at Dick.

The pirate captain was quite strong, probably at the level of a high-ranking warrior, but Black and White Gun didn't even give him a second glance and went straight for Hammuradi.

Dick emphasized that in this battle, no one should be allowed to escape, except his good grandfather.

As the saying goes, strike while the iron is hot, and not only Black and White Gunners, but even Lucoa has been targeted.

With the three of them on the scene, Dick suddenly seemed to have no guards around him, which gave Tiger an opportunity to capture the inconspicuous little governor alive.

But just as his hand was about to touch Dick, it was kicked away by a beautiful leg wearing a black knee-high boot.

"Don't touch the young master with your filthy hands!"

Along with the other ambushers, Joel, with his superhuman physical abilities, was the first to rush to the scene at full speed. The straight-line distance of a full kilometer, and it wasn't even on flat ground, was covered by Joel in an astonishing twenty-five seconds.

This speed can no longer be called running fast, it's flying low!

Tiger hadn't even seen where this hideous woman came from, but her kick nearly broke his wrist. The pirate captain was momentarily surprised, wondering if this woman's orc bloodline was stronger than his own.

"Yol, take this big guy alive."

Seeing that Joel arrived immediately, Dick took out his staff from his spatial bracelet and tapped it lightly on the gravel at his feet. Several pirates who were rushing towards him immediately sank down to their necks, while Tiger was left to be dealt with by Joel.

It's rare to find a punching bag that looks quite chubby; it'll be good to keep her entertained.

In comparison, Hammuradi and his Deadwood elves are more difficult to deal with.

It must be admitted that Hammuradi's subordinates were no pushovers either. Each of these elves was a formidable character skilled in both magic and martial arts. They tried to cover the wounded Hammuradi's retreat, but Black Spear, who had summoned his mount, charged and sent a large number of them flying!

Meanwhile, White Gunner and Lucoa pounced directly on Hammuradi.

Seeing this, the old elf lost the will to fight and tried to escape into the shadows, but before he could activate his skill, Lucoa interrupted him with a light clap of her hand, and then he was locked in a fierce battle with the white spear.

Hammuradi had never encountered such a passive predicament, not even when he fought against the god!

Chapter 090: The End and the Secret

Saint-level experts are difficult to deal with. Their strength is one aspect, but the key is that experts at this level all possess some unique skills that can save their lives in critical moments. Hammuradi, this old elf who has lived for 1,500 to 1,600 years, managed to escape from the clutches of a demigod, so his ability to escape is definitely top-tier.

Therefore, Dick did not take action until he was absolutely certain of success.

The turning point came from the intelligence that Tia brought back. During her trip back to the capital, she not only visited the Royal Archives, but also spent a lot of money to buy some top-secret information from intelligence dealers on the black market.

Incidentally, Tia spent a huge sum of eight thousand gold coins to buy this crucial intelligence, and this money... was given to her by Hammuradi (laughs).

Hammuradi was a well-established figure with high prestige in the underworld, but his reputation was also quite bad.

Countless people have been assassinated by him, including royalty, top experts, and several Saint-level masters of the same rank. This has resulted in a terrifyingly high bounty on Hammuradi's head. Many people specialize in studying his martial arts and various methods, collecting intelligence related to him, and then selling it to brave men lured by the hefty reward.

So in a sense, living too long may not be a good thing.

Dick devised a countermeasure against Hammuradi's killer move.

The technique Hammuradi just used was a curse-killing technique based on an artifact of an evil god. Theoretically, it could completely ignore any physical or magical defenses and directly crush the target's heart from a distance with the caster's evil intentions, achieving an instant kill.

This is Hammuradi's most prized move, and also the most difficult to defend against. If it's a sneak attack, he can even instantly kill a Saint-level expert of the same level.

Dick believed that with Black and White Gunners protecting him, Hammuradi was very likely to use this move against him, so he had Lucoa hide on his person beforehand. She happened to have learned some tricks for deflecting spells from a friend who was addicted to games.

As it turned out, the curse did indeed rebound successfully, but Hammuradi, as expected of a thousand-year-old saint, endured his own instant-kill curse without being instantly killed, only suffering serious injuries.

So, out of filial piety, Dick couldn't bear to see his grandfather suffer like that.

"Everyone, attack together! Don't let him get away!"

The heavily injured Hammuradi did try to escape, but he soon discovered that his Shadow Cloak had failed.

The strange woman with squinty eyes seemed to be a "saint," as she raised her hand and released a large number of dazzling orbs of holy light that filled the sky, not only illuminating the shadows on the ground but also causing his skin to crack and bleed from the sun.

Just then, another sharp killing intent came from behind Hammuradi. The old elf barely managed to dodge the blood-red scythe thanks to his reaction speed honed over a thousand years. However, his two subordinates who tried to cover him were not so lucky and were cut in half by the cold light.

Rita, who had been hiding, joined the battle, directly cutting off Hammuradi's retreat.

Dick stood calmly in place. He really wanted to make a move, but in order to supply the ship girl squad and the four main combat forces in the team to besiege Hammuradi, the final BOSS, the magic power accumulated in his body was being released outward like a flood.

At times like this, a high-level mage like him can't be of much help. Rather than showing off and wasting his magic power, he should just be a "portable power bank."

At that moment, Dick turned to look at Yzak. A group of experts were engaged in battle, and he, an ordinary Earthling, was being treated like air. Instead of running away, Yzak pulled out a dagger, intending to ambush the seemingly weak Dick from behind.

When Dick turned to look at him, the two were less than five meters apart. Seeing that his "stealth" had been exposed, the guy took a step forward and was about to rush up, but the next second he stopped and retreated.

Because he saw a shotgun appear out of thin air in Dick's hand.

"You...you're not a magician?"

"What? Magicians can't use guns?"

"..."

Faced with the dark muzzle of a gun, Ytzhak cowered completely, throwing away his dagger and kneeling down in front of Dick with both hands raised.

Meanwhile, Hammuradi's men were all dead. Four equally skilled fighters were besieging him, who was already seriously injured. For Hammuradi, this was the first time he had encountered such a desperate situation.

Knowing he couldn't hold out much longer, he struggled to defend himself while roaring and howling like a trapped beast.

"Why? Dick, Dick Best...why!?"

Faced with Hammuradi's vehement questioning, Dick merely responded with a cold laugh, refusing to answer.

Why? Dick also wanted to know why Hammuradi could take it for granted that just because he called him "good grandson," Dick would obediently acknowledge him as his grandfather.

As for the difficulties and unavoidable circumstances he mentioned, Dick only doubted them from beginning to end, and never truly believed them.

Under the siege of four experts, Hammuradi was forced to retreat. With just one careless move, he was seized by Bai Qiangdai, who pierced his shoulder with a spear and sent him flying. He plowed a deep trench a hundred meters long in the ground and finally crashed into the mountainside, creating an extremely exaggerated crater with huge cracks covering almost the entire rock face.

An ordinary person would have been reduced to a fine paste by now, but Hammuradi did not die. After vomiting a mouthful of black blood, he swayed and stood up again.

But Hammuradi, who seemed to be on the verge of collapse, suddenly let out a chilling, sinister laugh.

"Ha, ha, ahahaha... Very good! You, you all are very good. The biggest loss I, Hammuradi, have ever suffered in my life was actually at the hands of my own grandson... This is very good!"

Seeing that Hammuradi was still alive and even able to utter threats, Rita was about to go and finish him off when Lucoa grabbed her arm. The usually smiling dragon girl, for once, showed a serious expression, and even opened her eyes.

"Don't go over there, something's wrong with that guy!"

Lucoa was, after all, a dragon god. Although his clone did not possess the almost omnipotent divine power of his original body, at least his knowledge and experience were completely identical to those of his original body.

So she could tell at a glance that Hammuradi had made deals with some "bad things," but those bad deals were often the fairest; mortals could exchange their most precious possessions for unimaginable power.

Knowing he was doomed, Hammuradi decided to fight to the death.

However, at that moment, two powerful magical fluctuations, accompanied by countless lightning bolts, descended from the sky. The countless orange-yellow lightning bolts intertwined and formed a lightning cage the instant they hit the ground, enveloping Hammuradi, who was exuding an ominous aura.

Hammuradi staggered and fell to the ground, his eyes filled with astonishment.

"What...what have you done?"

“We made a shield for you, severing your connection with those evil gods.”

The one who answered Hammuradi was a spirited little old man, none other than Dick's mentor, the Archmage Granddor, and descending from the sky with him was his senior brother Behemoth.

When Tia went to the capital, she not only gathered intelligence, but also delivered a letter of appeal to Dick's teacher. However, neither of the old men were in the capital at the time.

Dick already had four Saint-level experts on his side, but being cautious by nature, he was still not entirely at ease, so he asked his mentor for help.

Dick didn't even trust his own father, the duke, but he trusted his mentor implicitly.

As for dealing with Hammuradi, Dick certainly wouldn't let the teacher who was being countered go up for a one-on-one fight, but a group attack would be fine.