But…
There was no hint of joy on Hillman’s face. In fact, there was a hint of misery.
“Un… Uncle Hillman?” Linley began to frown. Staring at Uncle Hillman, he said, “Uncle Hillman, where is my father?”
Looking at Linley, Hillman forced out a smile. “Linley, you’ve brought back the warblade, ‘Slaughterer’? If your father knew, he definitely would be ecstatic. Definitely.”
“Where is my father?”
“Your father. He. He passed away three months ago,” Hillman took a deep breath, then finally, slowly said these words. As he did, his eyes turned moist.
Linley suddenly felt as though countless thunderbolts had gone off by his ears. His brain went blank.
“CLANG!”
The case in Linley’s hands fell heavily to the ground. The lid to the case flew open, revealing a giant warblade which emanated a killing aura and was tinted with a slight, bloody red color. That cold, killing aura and that bloody aura filled the entire hall in an instant.
“Dead?”
Linley stared disbelievingly at Hillman.
Hillman nodded slightly.
Suddenly, Linley laughed. “Haha, Uncle Hillman, you must be lying to me. Haha, I’ve brought back the warblade ‘Slaughterer’. Look, Uncle Hillman, I’ve brought back the warblade ‘Slaughterer’. How could my father be dead? He is going to view this warblade first.”
With one hand, Linley reached out and picked up the warblade ‘Slaughterer’. Instantly, that bloody aura filled even Hillman’s heart with trepidation.
“Uncle Hillman, look. I brought back the warblade ‘Slaughterer’. And I have to tell my father that I am now capable of transforming into a Dragonblood Warrior.” Scales began forming around Linley’s hands, and in a short while, Linley’s hands transformed into draconic claws.
Grabbing onto Hillman’s shoulders with his two draconic claws, Linley stared into Hillman’s eyes. “Uncle Hillman, look, I can already transform into a Dragonblood Warrior. I’ve brought the warblade ‘Slaughterer’ home to our clan. It’s true. Where is father? My father!”
“I am going to show the warblade ‘Slaughterer’ to him!”
“I haven’t yet had the chance to tell him that I can become a Dragonblood Warrior!”
Those draconic claws gripped Hillman by the shoulders, but the owner of those claws, Linley, stared beseechingly into Hillman’s eyes.
“Uncle Hillman, I’m begging you, tell me, where is my father?” Like a poor, lost orphan child, Linley stared at Hillman, his eyes begging. Like a drowning man clutching at a stalk of grass, Linley clutched at Hillman.
Hillman gently shook his head. “Linley, your father… is dead!”
Linley laughed. Laughed so desolately. “No… no way. I have to show him the warblade ‘Slaughterer’. I have to tell him that I can transform into a Dragonblood Warrior. And tonight, I’m going to drink wine with him.”
As he spoke, tears began to cover Linley’s face.
Staring at Linley, Hillman couldn’t help but lower his face, and then two rivers of tears began to flow down his own face.
“Impossible. Impossible!”
Gripping onto Hillman fiercely with his two claws, Linley stared a deathly stare at Hillman. His eyes even took on that same, icy, dark golden color of the Armored Razorback Wyrm. The entire hall was suddenly filled with a baleful aura that was even more terrifying than the one emitted by the warblade ‘Slaughterer’.
A low, hoarse growl emitted from Linley’s throat…
“Tell me… where is my father?”
For the rest of the Coiling Dragon Saga
Book 2 - Dragonblood
Book 3 - Baruch Rising
Book 4 - Gods of Yulan
Book 5 - The Infernal Plane
Book 6 - The Four Divine Beasts
Book 7 - The Planar Wars
Book 8 - Lord of the Mists
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