Chapter 009: Ulbas

The arrow flew like a meteor—this strike, imbued with the spirit of a domain archer, was something Redcliffe could not withstand. In an instant, the elf arrow reached Redcliffe’s face. Just as it was about to pierce his forehead, Redcliffe suddenly stepped back strangely, taking several steps backward. Immediately afterward, a long sword appeared out of nowhere, tapping rapidly on Nayshu’s arrow. After a few taps, the arrow finally fell weakly to the ground. At that moment, the owner of the sword revealed themselves—also an elf! A Night Elf! Behind Redcliffe, there was a skilled Night Elf protecting him, and this Night Elf was strong enough to shoot down Nayshu’s arrow!
“A domain expert!” Du Fan exclaimed.
The Night Elf below was indeed a domain expert! Seeing this Night Elf, Du Fan felt secretly relieved. It seemed this Night Elf hadn’t attempted to assassinate their commander! If a domain expert like this had tried to assassinate someone, it would have been extremely dangerous!
Actually, Du Fan was overthinking it. The entire Night Elf race was small in number, and even fewer could master assassination skills! The underground world was not suitable for the elves to live in. The Night Elves barely survived there, where life energy was scarce, relying entirely on the abundant magic crystals in the underground world to sustain their cultivation. Training a competent assassin required a vast amount of magic crystals! Moreover, assassination required extensive preparation in advance. This top-tier Night Elf had only just arrived at Xiaohan Pass and didn’t have time to assassinate anyone from the northern army.
Seeing this expert, Moses and Allen couldn’t hold back any longer and wanted to jump down immediately.
“I’ll go instead!” Du Fan said quickly when he saw them about to jump.
“Third brother, the Green family still needs your decision-making. It’s too dangerous for you to go; I’ll go instead,” Allen said hurriedly upon hearing that Du Fan wanted to go himself.
“No, I’ll go. The Night Elves are good at hiding and launching surprise attacks. I’ve practiced the True Eye skill; I can see through their movements. So, I’ll go,” Du Fan said with a smile.
“Du Fan, let me go instead. Your second brother is right—you’re the backbone now and shouldn’t risk yourself easily,” Moses said.

“How about this, Brother Moses? Let’s go out together. If anything happens, take care of me,” Du Fan said with a smile.
“Okay,” Moses replied.
After the Night Elf knocked down Nayixiu’s long arrow with his sword, his wrist felt slightly numb!
As he was marveling at the strength of that arrow, two people descended from the sky and stood in front of him.
“Esteemed Night Elf, I’m not sure how to address you,” Du Fan said with a smile as he looked at the Night Elf.
“UrBass,” the Night Elf replied. Seeing these two suddenly appearing experts, he couldn’t tell at first whether they were enemies or friends.
Just Du Fan’s extremely pure expression and harmonious smile made one feel, deep in their heart, that this kind-hearted youth was like an old friend they had known for a long time.
Before he knew it, the Night Elf had already revealed his name.
Seeing UrBass’s stunned expression, Du Fan’s eyes sparkled.
“Lord UrBass, you really are Lord UrBass! Moses, we’ve finally met Lord UrBass!” Du Fan said excitedly.
Seeing Du Fan’s admiration for him, and then looking at Moses behind him—who clearly resembled an elf—UrBass instinctively concluded that these two were his own people. In UrBass’s mind, the territory of the elves was tens of thousands of miles away! Moreover, he had heard that some of his people were already helping the envoy, and that Moses must be one of those who arrived earlier.
Before Moses could speak, Du Fan suddenly stepped forward toward UrBass, murmuring, “Lord UrBass, I never thought I’d finally meet you today!”
Like an infatuated person, Du Fan walked straight toward UrBass, who remained stunned.
As a powerful figure among the Night Elves, UrBass was very famous. Facing someone he guessed to be an ally from the underground world who admired him so much, UrBass could understand it, but such extreme admiration seemed a bit exaggerated. As Du Fan got closer, UrBass suddenly realized that the one admiring him was a human.

Just as this supreme expert among the Night Elves grew slightly alert, Du Fan was already only half a meter away from Ulbas. As soon as this alertness arose, a deadly threat came from the other side! Looking again, Du Fan wore a sinister smile, holding a dagger in his hand, and swiftly thrust it at Ulbas’s chest. The oddly shaped dagger emitted a half-foot-long green glow, poised to pierce right through his heart!

A powerful energy burst from Ulbas’s body, forming a barrier of light over his chest that provided him with a slight chance to resist. Relying on this tiny sliver of time, Ulbas abruptly shifted to the right.

With a “whoosh,” the dagger passed right by Ulbas’s left shoulder, and an immediate sensation of muscle tearing surged through Du Fan. Putting away his Holy Light Staff, Du Fan inwardly sighed in regret.

“You! You actually launched a sneak attack!” Ulbas roared in extreme fury.

Bringing his Holy Light Staff to his mouth, he blew to clean the blood off it before Du Fan calmly said, “Ulbas, does it mean only your Night Elves are allowed to engage in assassinations and sneak attacks? Can’t others do the same? What kind of logic is that?”

“You!” Hearing Du Fan’s words, Ulbas was so enraged that he couldn’t speak for a moment.

“Besides, Mr. Ulbas, is this really a sneak attack? I was facing you directly, holding a knife, and stabbing you. It’s just that you reacted too slowly and got stabbed. Tell me, is this still considered a sneak attack? Was I hiding anything?” Du Fan spun his Holy Light Staff in his hand.

“You deceived me! You pretended to be one of my people, approached me when I was unprepared, and attacked me in secret!” Ulbas shouted.

“It seems I never said I was one of your people, did I?” Du Fan replied with a look of surprise.

Du Fan’s words weren’t much, but what Moses said next made Ulbas feel like he wanted to vomit blood!

“Du Fan, this Night Elf is too stupid. Why waste words on him? Just kill him!” Moses shouted loudly.

At that moment, a shrill voice rang out. “Ulbas, I told you you’re stupid, and you still don’t believe it. Well, now you know!” As he spoke, a man dressed in colorful clothes appeared.

“Hua Musi, if you dare call me stupid, be careful—I’ll make sure you can’t sleep at night!” Ulbas said angrily, staring at the man in the floral clothes.
“Ulbas, I was just joking with you. Look at you, why are you so angry?” Seeing Ulbas’s serious expression, Hua Musi quickly changed his tone.
“Hmph,” Ulbas snorted heavily.
Watching Ulbas’s reaction, Hua Musi’s lips twitched. “Ulbas, right now our opponents are just these two. Don’t argue with me—let’s finish them off quickly.”
As he spoke, Hua Musi moved swiftly, reaching out and grabbing Du Fan.
Seeing Hua Musi attack, Du Fan drew the Thunder Sword and swung at him.
But Hua Musi wasn’t afraid of the sword’s sharpness at all—he grabbed it right away!
Du Fan violently shook the Thunder Sword, causing a harsh screeching sound as it rubbed against Hua Musi’s palm. To Du Fan, it felt like the sword was grinding against iron!
Meanwhile, Ulbas was fighting against Moses!
In the sky, Nai Xiu controlled the Green Shuttle, continuously dropping explosives on the ground. The magic users from the Gavin Empire who had flown up there were no match for the experts inside the Green Shuttle.
Not even Nai Xiu had to intervene—three Holy-tier dual-element magic users emitted streams of black light from within the Green Shuttle. Soon, black light surrounded it, each beam claiming the life of a magic user in the air.
Soon, under the attacks of the three Holy-tier magic users’ deadly light, no one was left in the sky. Even those who survived no longer dared to fight the Green Shuttle.
The countless archers below were completely useless—the Green Shuttle flew over 200 meters high. By the time the archers shot arrows at that height, they had little power left. Even if they hit the Green Shuttle, those ordinary arrows couldn’t cause any damage to a device crafted by divine-level experts!
George and Allen, sitting on the Green Shuttle, continued to drop bombs on the crowd below along with Nai Xiu.

However, with George’s guidance, these explosive devices were designed to target only the members of the Imperial City Guard! In the Gavin Empire, there were two armies directly under Fischer and the royal family: one was the Imperial City Guard, and the other was the Imperial City Defense Force. Simply put, they were the Guard and the Defense Force! The duty of the Guard was to protect the imperial city, while the Defense Force was responsible for protecting the entire Gavin Empire. Logically, the Guard should be stronger than the Defense Force, but that wasn’t the case. As the guards of the imperial city, their role was to defend the capital, so they spent most of their time there. Moreover, they only fought during times of chaos in the capital. Thus, in terms of safety, the Guard was far superior to the Defense Force. Additionally, the Guard enjoyed better pay, better promotion opportunities. As a result, many noble families did everything possible to get their sons into the Guard. This led to the Guard having not only low combat skills but also many bad habits.