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Published at 11th of April 2024 05:43:23 AM


Chapter 364: Joker

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Chapter 364: Joker

The marionette was much shorter than the others, and its limbs less stiff, clearly a living creature pretending to be a marionette.

Noticing Azure Dragon’s approach, it dodged to the side quickly.

Having predicted the move, however, Azure Dragon adjusted the angle of his punch, hitting it in the chest in half a second.

Bam!

Rendered into pieces, the marionette scattered in the air.

Clack, clack, clack.

All at once, the marionettes on the clearing disassembled into different parts and fell on the ground.

Is it done?

Azure Dragon was just about to sigh in relief when an alarm blared in his head.

Without him noticing, countless thin threads had been tied to his body, the other ends connected to the disassembled parts of the marionettes.

A trap!

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The thousands of wooden parts flew toward Azure Dragon, aiming at him with their sharp stakes. Azure Dragon had long hardened his muscles with his energy, making sure that the marionette parts weren’t going to hurt him.

However, more and more parts were drawn to him, and in the blink of an eye, he had turned into a giant ball of haphazard wood pieces.

The other half of the marionette parts reassembled anew and continued to dance and kill, keeping the other awakeners occupied.

“Elder Azure Dragon!”

Noticing Azure Dragon’s condition, Four Rainbow summoned another rain of arrows at the marionettes.

Seizing the time when the marionettes were on the ground, Four Rainbow conjured a greatsword of light and rushed toward the giant wooden ball.

“Hah!”

He raised the greatsword, its blade radiating energy.

The next second, he swung the sword to shoot out a light-element aura, destroying the wooden ball and freeing Azure Dragon.

Splat.

At some point, though, Joker had come up from behind and pierced through his heart, his hand protruding from his chest, all bloodied.

Four Rainbow shuddered violently. The greatsword he wielded scattered into light particles before vanishing.

“Joker...you...” Four Rainbow’s pupils dilated as he turned around, blood streaking down a corner of his mouth. He was shocked, enraged, and frustrated, but there was nothing he could do but to face death.

“I can’t let you stop the Marionette Burial, or I wouldn’t stand a chance.”

‘Joker’ pulled out his hand from Four Rainbow’s chest, reverting back into his true form—a frail, white-haired old man with a dark gaze.

At that moment, he felt no fear, but instead let out a long sigh of relief. I’ve fought to survive as long as I could, Sis. Finally, I can be reunited with you.

—Marionette Burial!

Yu used his most powerful skill.

Instantly, blue blinding light shot out from the center of the ball, the light devouring the entire clearing and even lighting up the sky.

A few seconds later, the ball that had trapped Yu and Joker turned into a giant marionette, lifeless.

It sat on the ground, hunched and head lowered. Its mouth was split into an amusing smile, while its eyes were sad. It was a clown.

Azure Dragon, having been trapped by marionette parts, sensed the restraint around him weakening. With a shout, he broke free, scattering wooden pieces everywhere.

The first thing he saw was Four Rainbow, already dead in a pool of blood.

“Four Rainbow!” Azure Dragon shouted in grief, his eyes blazing with rage.

He looked up at the giant marionette near him. It was a clown with its head lowered.

Azure Dragon quickly realized that it was no enemy, but a dead thing without vitality.

The other marionettes on the clearing had disassembled into parts until finally, with the energy drained, they turned back into pieces of flesh and bones.

The fight had come to an end, but no one cheered in triumph. All that could be heard were cries of pain and heartbreak. Then there was silence.

More companions had left them forever.

Azure Dragon fell silent. He had pieced together what happened.

The Joker before was a fake. The real Joker had never encountered a pride monster before. How could he possibly identify a pride monster by smell?

Things had been too hectic for Azure Dragon to think properly, and thus he fell into Yu’s trap.

The real Joker must have disguised himself as a marionette to approach Yu. Then he killed the monster at the price of his life.

Azure Dragon went up to Four Rainbow and picked up his body. Then he noticed a black wallet on the ground.

He picked it up. It wasn’t Four Rainbow’s.

He opened it to find a few bills and IDs. There was also a photo.

To check who the wallet belonged to, he took the photo out.

In the backdrop were the flowerbeds outside a hospital. The sky was blue and the clouds fluffy white. It was a sunny day.

A young man who looked like a college student was pushing a wheelchair, and sitting on the wheelchair was a sickly girl in a patient gown, her bald head covered by a sun hat. Her face was pale, and there was an oxygen tube in her nose, yet she was smiling, her eyes bright.

Azure Dragon flipped the photo around. In neat handwriting, someone had written,

I’ve been dragging you down this whole life, Brother, and I can only pay it back in my next life. When you are released, don’t blame yourself and don’t hate the world. Live. Live well.

Love always, your little sister.




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