Rise of the Blood Sovereign

Chapter 79  Ulon

"Oh no." One of the adventurers suddenly said as he dropped his weapon to the ground. The monster in front of them was giving off such a dangerous aura that those below the Bronze Core were barely able to even move in its presence.

The Bronze Knights fared a bit better, especially the ones that were at the top of the realm, but even they felt incredible pressure when facing the monster, even though it was now focusing on them at the very least.

The two Silver Knights and Silver Mage were taking the brunt of the aura of the bear and all three were sweating considerably thanks to the pressure. The two knights knew that they would be unable to take even one hit from the bear before being smashed to pieces, and then those pieces would get frozen by the blue flames it possessed.

The mage stared at the bear, her eyes flickering in fear as she clenched her two hands into fists.

Nobody spoke.

There was complete silence amongst the caravan as even the bear simply stared at them. n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Its rough breath echoed through the caravan as the monster stared at them as if they were ants. They all knew that the bear possessed the power to back up its behavior and the lack of any hostile intentions it showed to them.

There was no need for the bear to be hostile, after all, what kind of creatures would show hostility to mere insects that it could crush and devour at any moment?

It simply stared at them, perhaps thinking of how it would kill and then eat the bodies of the tens of humans in front of it.

The bear took a step forward, and the silver knights and mage took a step back, obviously showing that they had no intention to fight it since the difference in power was so large.

That action made the bear a bit pleased, it seemed, as it dropped its aura and took another step toward them, acting completely nonchalant about the whole thing.

It was only when the bear was about 20 meters from the caravan that it suddenly stopped and growled. Its fur suddenly spiked up as it stared with hostility at the caravan.

Now was when everyone could finally sense the full power of the bear's aura as even the Bronze Knights were unable to move from the spot. Lyle stared at the bear with worry as he knew that fighting such an opponent was impossible.

Perhaps he could do it before he lost his powers, but even then, he would have needed to strike when the bear was unaware in order to deal heavy damage with his strongest blow at the very beginning of the battle.

He contemplated transforming right away and leaving the area with Adam, but something made him stay.

It was the eyes of the silver knights and a couple of bronze knights that were present.

Although they had solemn expressions on their faces and it was clear that the pressure from the bear was not something they were taking lightly, Lyle was also able to notice that none of them seemed particularly afraid for their lives.

They were worried about the bear coming closer and attacking them, but there was no sense of dread on any of them, no looks of impending doom and them knowing that he would be the last moments of their lives.

Creak!

Suddenly the door of one of the three big carriages opened.

A man stepped out.

The silence that was currently present was deafening, and only his footsteps could be heard as even the bear had stopped making noise. The man walked slowly and confidently, not at all bothered or worried about the presence of such a powerful monster in front of him.

His long blonde hair swayed in the wind as his gold and black robe fluttered with it. The man passed next to the bronze and silver knights and nodded at them with a smile before coming to the very front of the caravan and staring at the bear.

The aura the bear was previously emanating and using to pressure the whole caravan was suddenly gone. The man was like a great wall that blocked the aura from affecting them in the slightest.

"S-sir, who is that?" Adam suddenly asked Lyle who was staring at the man in shock.

"Ulon Iskandar, the right-hand man of Iodel Song and his closest confidant, a high-grade Golden Knight whose strength was well known throughout the whole kingdom," Lyle spoke calmly as he looked at Ulon from behind.

"A Golden Knight, and a high-grade one?!" Adam said in shock as he stared at Ulon as well.

"Doesn't that mean that we are safe, the bear has only recently reached the Golden Core realm, against someone that is so far above it, it won't stand a chance, right?"

"That's correct, with sir Ulon present, there is absolutely no need to fear any enemy that might show up here, he alone is enough to deal with all of them."

'But, why is he here, what reason does he have to go to Orsvald, and why travel in such a manner, hidden from the public eye in a carriage of a caravan?' Lyle asked himself as he stared at the back of the man that was currently yawning and staring at the bear.

"I never expected to actually come across a Golden Core monster here, it seems the world is changing even faster than we all thought," Ulon said calmly as he stared at the bear. He lifted his arm, and a 2-meter-long sword suddenly appeared.

'That's probably a high-grade spatial ring that he has, god knows what kinds of things he has hidden inside of it.' Lyle thought as he stared at the ring that had flashed for a moment before Ulon had taken out the sword.

Lyle had a similar ring on him, although he believed that the archmage he had killed had a better one before, but had to get rid of it or lost it when he was ambushed by the archmages of the surrounding kingdoms and empires a long time ago.

Ulon simply stared at the bear that was now growling a lot more while taking steps back from the man. The bear could sense great danger coming from the man in front of it, and the only thing on its mind currently was to run away as fast as possible.

The prey he had thought was going to be a great snack turned out to have someone as fierce as the blonde man and it was now definitely not the time to strike.

The bear had fought for a long and was barely able to evolve and reach the Golden Core realm, which made it incredibly arrogant inside the forest as it was one of the most powerful beings inside of it even before reaching the Golden Core realm, not to mention now.

The bear forgot about the fear of humans it once had and how it would sometimes slaughter hundreds of powerful monsters at once, it was blinded by its new power and believed that nobody would be able to stand up to it anymore.

That was a mistake.

Ulon started walking toward the bear.

His footsteps were quite calm and he wasn't in a hurry, but before the bear or anyone else could realize it, Ulon had already crossed more than half of the distance between himself and the bear.

The monster widened its eyes to their fullest as it suddenly opened its mouth wide before launching blue flames at Ulon.

The flames covered the area and burned, for a little bit before they disappeared and only the frozen ground was left in front of the bear.

It started at the ground in confusion as it could not see the enemy that was right there mere moments ago. It suddenly screamed out in pain as its two front paws were cleanly cut off from its body and fell on the ground, forcing the bear to fall down as well.

It started at the ground in confusion as it could not see the enemy that was right there mere moments ago. It suddenly screamed out in pain as its two front paws were cleanly cut off from its body and fell on the ground, forcing the bear to fall down as well.

Ulon was right behind the bear, his sword lifted high above him.

"That's an interesting ability you have there, but unfortunately, you have just recently evolved and you're far too weak to be able to use its full potential."

"Had you waited for a couple of months before showing yourself, you might have proved to be an interesting opponent to battle against, but right now, you're merely a nuisance that needs to be disposed of."

Ulon suddenly moved, his body disappearing from the spot before he appeared right next to the bear. Before the giant monster was able to do anything, the giant sword slashed down and its head was clearly severed from the body.

A fountain of blood spurted out from the headless body as the head flew high up in the air. None of the blood landed on Ulon as if it was like an invisible barrier shielded him from it.

The man simply swung his sword down in order to wipe off the blood that was present on it before returning it to the spatial ring and moving back to the caravan.