Talented Martial Hero
Chapter 1473 The Dream And The Frog At The Bottom Of The Well

The color drained from Todd's face in an instant and his eyes were laden with a deep surprise.

The man stood before him was tall and handsome. He wore black iron armor that fitted his form well and in his hand, he held a spear shining with divine light.

Darren shifted his gaze to the man, surprised to discover such a good looking young man in the midst of the gray mist.

"Todd, are you surprised to see me alive?" His voice was flat and devoid of emotion, a far cry from what it was when he had been shrouded by the gray mist.

"I never would've expected it, in my wildest dreams.” Todd's expression was complicated. It was hard to read and understand what he might have been thinking.

"Now, do you still wish to stop me?"

"I would not dare, captain. I only have one request. Please let Darren go. He is my relative,” Todd requested, bowing to the man.

"Hahaha..." the man burst into laughter. "Todd, my good friend, he is now the Territory Enfeoffing Emperor. If I killed him, the Chaotic Region would lose its nominal ruler and order will be restored. It is god's plan that we would meet again here, today. Now we can rebuild the Heavenly Eagle, take the world on and make our dream a reality.”

"Murray, my friend, that's impossible,” Todd said sadly, shaking his head with a bitter smile.

Darren had been standing aside, listening to them speak and had been struck dumb by what he heard.

As it turned out, Todd knew this man and even referred to him as friend.

"Humph! Have your forgotten your dream, and your fallen hot-blooded friends? God blessed me and let me survive so that I can make up for my regrets and right my mistakes. I knew you'd grown stronger a long time ago, and your strength is close to that of the major bandits and even comparable to what mine had once been. But do you know why I never came to you before?" asked the young man named Murray with a hint of rage and disgust in his voice.

"Captain, please let bygones be bygones. The Chaotic Region will never be a paradise. It will never be possible. Please, just give up on it," sighed Todd heavily with tears welling in his eyes. He seemed as though his energy was being drained from him and it hurt him to argue with Murray.

What a cruel time it was! And what a group of hot-blooded fools they were! But that was the past. Eventually, it ended in darkness and blood. Todd finally realized that their dreams were not right for this era, an era full of battles and darkness.

"You have betrayed our faith and our soul! I knew you would do this, and so when I returned to this world, I had no intentions of ever coming to you. You don't deserve to be a member of the Heavenly Eagle anymore."

Todd was silent. He could not find any words to say back.

His mind was racing, reliving the past, recalling the group they once were. How touching and pitiful it was.

"Sir, what the hell is going on? What is he talking about?"

Darren stepped up and asked of Todd.

Todd still said nothing, but Murray responded, "Darren, Patriarch Darren, don't you think your existence is a bit ridiculous, a bit out of order? How dare you, a mere warrior at the Celestial God Realm, take over the position of the Territory Enfeoffing Emperor? If it's not me, there are still many bandits who will kill you. Do you really think so highly of yourself, that you think what you have done is okay?

Then again, the so-called Chu Clan disappeared a long time ago; it is not easy finding someone like you, a descendant of that clan.”

Darren's face turned solemn and he replied coldly, "I don't care who you are and what you have done. But you have no right to judge me."

"You are too proud and arrogant to be able to see yourself clearly. You do not deserve to live,” Murray said disdainfully, casting an icy glance at Darren.

"How dare you, a puny warrior at the Celestial God Realm, come into this chaotic world and attempt to seize a place in it? You must be out of your mind if you think you're going to get away with that! You are no different than those mortals who stay home, dreaming of fortune all day long but do nothing for it. You do not deserve any of this."

"When someone makes possible, what everyone else thinks is impossible, only then can he become supreme,” Darren said wistfully, looking off into the distance.

"That's ridiculous! How foolish! I do not want to speak of such nonsense with you. In this world, strength rules all, not a tongue. Today I will show you what the supreme is.”

Boom!

The world seemed to shudder and the space beneath the ground seemed to suddenly fill with strong winds. The unparalleled pressure building shook the weak world and everything now seemed so fragile.

"I, Murray, the God of Spear, have returned!" he bellowed to the sky. His voice alone could tear a space and that was a terrifying fact to come to terms with.

It was only when the intense pressure swept around Todd that he came to senses. He opened his eyes and looked at Murray, whose figure then stood before him in a flash.

"Captain, you can't kill Darren. I can't let you,” Todd said firmly.

"So, you have chosen to oppose me?"

"No, I will not be your enemy. I'm just hoping you can find it in yourself to understand and let him go."

"Humph! And what if I refuse and insist on killing him?"

Todd's face twisted with a gloomy seriousness and said, "Captain, why do you wish to push me so hard? To test me like this? What good will killing Darren do you? Even if you kill him, the Five Kings still remain. To make it worse, they will get rid of the punishment of the law and have no restraints on them. The most dreadful wars will then break out and the Chaotic Region will bathe in blood.

Is that what you want to see? That is miles from our original dream, captain!"

"Todd, you are so foolish. Have you not figured it out, even after all these years? Real peace will not come until we have killed and eliminated all those who need be eliminated. Sacrifices need to be made.

The outbreak of war is the beautiful beginning of a new era,” asserted Murray eloquently. Since his return, his only goal had been to cause a war among the Five Kings!

He had worked with the bloodsucker race to open the entrances of the Five Dangerous Areas, so that the Five Kings would fight one another and likely bring about war.

But in the meantime, he had gotten a godsend; a weak Territory Enfeoffing Emperor had entered the region. It was all so much simpler now. Once he killed Darren, the Chaotic Region would unravel into absolute chaos.

"Ha-ha, I understand now. You're just some narrow minded fool, like a frog at the bottom of a well,” Darren sneered.

"What did you say? I've battled in the chaotic world for so many years. I've seen through everything! You have no right to judge me!" Murray roared, looking down on Darren pitifully, disgusted that he would dare utter such words.

"Did I misspeak?" Darren turned his back to Murray. "You are too narrow minded. From your conversation with Todd, it's clear you wanted to establish peace and stability, but for some reason you and your followers failed. It seems as though most of you were subdued and killed. You managed to survive and come back, your mission still running wild in your mind.”

"I don't need to listen to the dribble that slips out of your mouth!" Murray said scornfully.

"Don't be so quick to interrupt me. The world you see is too one-sided. The Chaotic Region, the land left by the Chu Clan; that is all you see. What about the rest of the Primitive Wilderness and the entire human race?

Even if you unify the Chaotic Region, what good does that do? You think a stable state will be established? That the paradise you dream of will magically appear? You're too naive! You forget we're human beings, the lowest and humblest race in the Primitive Wilderness.

Sooner or later, the other races will rush in with the intention of enslaving the human race. They will bully their way through and slaughter us at will. Will you be able to hold on to your paradise then? Will the human race still be safe? You're pathetic. The truly wise and courageous among us care about the human race and fight for its survival. How dare you try and tell me you're not just some frog at the bottom of a well?"