LWDC Chapter 160

Chapter 160: You Have To Do This

Ning Fei and Duan Yunhong abruptly straightened up.

Duan Yunhong was the first to jump up, rushing towards the door in a few strides. Ning Fei was about to say “Don’t open it,” but saw Duan Yunhong decisively lock it. Ning Fei closed his mouth and instead moved towards the window.

Duan Yunhong cautioned, “Don’t get too close to the window.”

Ning Fei raised his hand, signaling him to be quiet. He leaned against the wall, and pulled back the edge of the sheer curtain to peek outside.

“I don’t see anyone. They might be hiding in a blind spot.” Ning Fei didn’t have any vision-related skills, so he could only use the moonlight to observe, “But even if there’s someone, they probably can’t hide many…”

BOOM!!!

Another loud crash interrupted Ning Fei, as if even the teacups on the table had been jolted. But Ning Fei and Duan Yunhong didn’t panic in the slightest, calmly continuing their conversation, “Sounds like they’re using something to ram your front door. You’ve been exposed?”

Duan Yunhong was a nobleman; theoretically, even if the king sent people to arrest him, they would have to politely knock on the door, politely ask him to come out, and politely take him away. Now, there wasn’t even a knocking procedure, just a violent battering of the door. It seemed the newcomers weren’t planning to give him any face. The only reason Ning Fei could think of for this situation was that someone in the castle had finally seen through Ning Fei’s identity and reported Duan Yunhong and Ning Fei.

“It’s probably that coachman. I’ve seen his expression was off for days. I didn’t expect it to happen until today. He probably suspected something a long time ago, but the church added a tenfold reward, and that finally made up his mind.” Duan Yunhong’s voice was still tinged with displeasure because of the lingering heat, “Tsk, the timing really isn’t good. Are you leaving now? Oh, right, your wooden box is still in the master bedroom. Go get it before they break down the door?”

He asked this so casually, as if Ning Fei was just preparing for a simple business trip. Ning Fei looked at him, “What about you?”

“Me? Anyway, even if I ‘leave,’ I can come back.” Duan Yunhong watched Ning Fei approach, his eyes landing on his lips, which were a little moist and swollen, “Of course, if the top-tier wind mage is willing to take me away, I’ll trouble you to do it.”

“Or, should I stab you to death first and then leave?” Ning Fei stood in front of him, tilting his chin slightly to look at him, his hand caressing his chest, then slowly sliding down, “That way, I’ll have completed my murder KPI for the week.”

“…Sounds a little exciting.” Duan Yunhong pressed his hand against his abdomen, stopping Ning Fei’s hand from continuing downwards, a hidden undercurrent beneath his calm tone, “Then cast a light magic on me first, so I’ll feel a little better psychologically when you attack me.”

BOOM—!!!

BANG!!!

The sound of the impact rang out again, but this time it sounded different from the previous two, with two distinct sounds following each other closely. Ning Fei knew that the castle gate had been broken down.

They were currently in a room deep on the second floor. Even if the soldiers had to search through several halls and corridors before coming upstairs to search, it probably wouldn’t take long for them to reach here. Or they could just grab the servants and ask where Duan Yunhong and Ning Fei were. If they grabbed enough, someone would know.

Ning Fei scoffed and withdrew his hand from the man’s large palm, unlocking the door.

Then he opened the door, resolutely walked out, and turned right.

“You seem to be going the wrong way.” Duan Yunhong followed him out, his pace quick, but his demeanor and expression were as if he were taking a leisurely stroll, “The master bedroom is in the other direction. This way leads to the main gate.”

Ning Fei didn’t turn back, “I can go wherever I want. Don’t follow me.”

Duan Yunhong strode after him, the corners of his mouth unconsciously curving up, “Coincidentally, this is my home. I can go wherever I want too.”

*

Hundreds of soldiers surrounded and stormed into Baron Andrew’s castle, stunning everyone inside.

Even the guards and servants who came to ask were pushed away or subdued, and interrogated about where the baron and Ning Fei were. Most of the people in the castle didn’t know that the person the baron had brought back was the infamous “Devil Ning Fei.” They knew about the baron, but the lower-level servants didn’t know where Duan Yunhong was at the moment. So the soldiers rudely tossed them aside and searched everywhere with torches, the noise and destruction echoing through the castle, the atmosphere terrifying.

Until they came to a medium-sized living room, and the light of the torches shone upstairs, the figure behind the railing on the second floor startled the soldiers who entered first.

“Someone’s there! Who is that?!”

“Not a servant? Is that Ning Fei?”

“It’s him, it’s him! Archers? Archers!!!”

The soldiers rushed in aggressively, but instead of charging directly up to the second floor to attack Ning Fei, they huddled together like chicks trying to keep warm in winter, forming a shield wall at the far end of the hall, as far away from Ning Fei as possible, and raising their bows and arrows. With a command, arrows flew like raindrops!

Ning Fei lightly raised his wrist, wind blades erupted, and the arrows were cut down to the ground. Bang, bang, bang, the arrowheads stuck into the ground, the tables, the shields, and exquisite vases were shattered.

“Still using arrows?” Ning Fei stood on the second floor without moving, his tone mocking, “Not enough dying?”

The soldiers may not have heard him in the noise, or they may have already had a plan. In any case, they didn’t retreat, and the second wave of arrows flew up to the second floor. And this time there were also lit rockets, which, after being cut down by the wind blades, actually ignited the decorative flags.

Sparks fell on the carpets and wooden floors, and the smell of burning began to spread.

However, the soldiers didn’t care at all, or rather, their plan probably included arson. More and more rockets were raised, the arrowheads made of grease that wouldn’t easily extinguish.

Ning Fei narrowed his eyes slightly.

“Murder, arson… even the military does this in this country.” He smiled softly, but not in a pleasant tone, “The nobles send you to die, and instead of sending their names to the central square, you actually come to give your lives. You’re dumber than pigs and dogs.”

“Don’t listen to his bewitchment!” someone shouted from behind the soldiers, “Fire the arrows! Burn this devil to death!!!”

“Ha, burn me to death?” Ning Fei really laughed this time, “You keep calling me a devil. Have you ever heard of a devil being afraid of fire? On the contrary, you might end up dying in this fire. Isn’t this offering a sacrifice to me, the devil? You’re all sacrifices offered to me by the nobles!”

“Fire the arrows—!”

“Game over.”

With Ning Fei’s declaration, a blinding white light exploded! All the windows of the entire castle burst with intense light, radiating across the entire baronial manor!

A dizzying droning sound echoed in everyone’s minds. They couldn’t stand, kneeling down, and the weapons in their hands fell to the ground. They could only hear one voice, only remember the instructions issued by one voice.

That voice said, “Go back to the palace, go back to the church, tell them that Ning Fei and Baron Andrew have disappeared.

“Then, set fire to the palace and the church manor.

“All of it, burn it clean!”

*

The soldiers all left quickly, and two great fires soon rose in the capital, illuminating the night sky. But those are stories for later.

Inside the castle, Ning Fei used wind to forcefully extinguish the fire indoors. The sparks in the hall died out, and the entire living room went completely dark, with only the smell of burning still lingering in the air.

Footsteps came from behind. Ning Fei turned around and saw Duan Yunhong walking along the second-floor corridor with a lamp. Ning Fei said, “I suggest you don’t illuminate this place. The scene of the property damage probably isn’t very pretty.”

Between the arrow rain, the wind blades, and the fire, the hall was already a complete mess.

“Thanks to you, I’m calm now and can’t get too angry.” Duan Yunhong’s tone was indifferent as he walked to the railing. But instead of looking down with the lamp, he stared at Ning Fei, “I guessed you were going to use light magic, and I deliberately hid a distance away, but I didn’t expect to be deeply affected again.”

“I just used a magic that would roughly cover the entire manor. I don’t know how many were surrounding it outside, but wiping them out in one fell swoop would prevent accidents.” Ning Fei teased, “But there’s a bit of a side effect—the servants in your castle will now listen to me more than they listen to you.”

Duan Yunhong didn’t care about this small matter in the first place. Moreover, he was still under the influence of light magic, so naturally, he couldn’t be angry with Ning Fei’s actions. He simply asked, “Did you just let those soldiers go like that? Didn’t you give them any other orders?”

He had hidden far away at the time and didn’t hear exactly what Ning Fei had said. But based on his understanding of Ning Fei, he wouldn’t dismiss those soldiers so easily.

Ning Fei said, “I told them to set fire to the palace and the church.”

“…” Duan Yunhong was silent for two seconds before replying, “I’m glad you share the same views as me.”

Indeed, Duan Yunhong had proposed this first, and even the tone in which he said it was very similar. Ning Fei didn’t deny it, smiling, “Yeah, it does feel a little good to actually do it.”

Duan Yunhong looked at his smiling eyes, an uncontrollable joy welling up in his heart, and he couldn’t help but want to do something to make Ning Fei happy. He knew that this was also due to the enhancement of the light magic, but he followed this thought, asking, “Then shall we go and take a look later?”

“Look at what? Look at the fire? What’s so good about that? The whole city will know about it tomorrow.” Ning Fei said, “As for your place, now that this batch of soldiers has left, another batch will probably come to check the situation. They might even start burning, killing, and looting. Aren’t you going to pack up and run away? You saw with your own eyes how the church ransacked my house that day, right?”

“We can leave now too. I packed a box like yours as a precaution, with money and jewels.” Duan Yunhong said, “Do you still want me to use the bow and arrow? Bring that along if you want.”

“So prepared? Did you expect to be dragged down by me to the point of being homeless?” Ning Fei approached him, continuing before he could answer, “Since there’s nothing to pack, there’s a bit of time to do something else before leaving.”

“What?”

“This.” Ning Fei extended a fingertip, starting to poke at his chest, all the way down, “We just started, and those people interrupted us. This is neither here nor there, don’t you want to continue?”

“I wanted to just now, but I don’t want to now.” Duan Yunhong pinched his finger, “I was just washed by your light magic again. You know very well what it does.”

This sounded a bit annoyed. Duan Yunhong understood it in his mind, but he couldn’t reverse it in his heart. Especially when Ning Fei took the initiative to get close, the thought that arose in his heart was actually “desecration.” Duan Yunhong himself found it ridiculous and absurd, but this feeling couldn’t be changed just by wanting to. He could only confess his situation.

Of course, there was also a hint of accusing Ning Fei of “suffering the consequences of his own actions.”

Ning Fei didn’t fall for it. Hearing Duan Yunhong’s declaration of “peace of mind,” Ning Fei felt as if he had found a new toy, a new way to play, and mischievous thoughts emerged.

“Didn’t you say that you thought ‘blasphemy’ was good too?” Ning Fei found it funny watching Duan Yunhong try to retreat, maliciously getting even closer, “Now that I’m giving you the chance, why are you useless again?”

“The last time, the effects of the light magic had faded a lot, and I could accept it psychologically.” Duan Yunhong leaned back slightly, gripping the railing, “But the effects are too strong now, and I can’t get that thought going. You’re an expert in light magic, you should know my situation very well.”

—Tsk, I must find a way to resist light magic…

“It doesn’t matter. Your mind might not want it, but your body might. You know, some reactions are innate, uncontrollable by the brain.” Ning Fei smiled, reaching out and deliberately grabbing down, “As for whether you personally want it or not, can you still resist if I give you an order?”

He was too familiar with Duan Yunhong’s weakness. As he said, some physical reactions were not controlled by rational thought.

“…Do you have to do this?” Duan Yunhong felt that his memories, emotions, and personal feelings had been completely torn apart, and nothing matched up. He was completely confused. He grabbed Ning Fei’s shoulders, controlling his breathing rhythm, “I feel very twisted right now, I don’t know what the consequences will be…”

“Yes, I have to do this.” Ning Fei didn’t actually know what the aftereffects of doing this would be. He had never tried it like this before. But at this moment, he suddenly wanted to try it. Even if Duan Yunhong developed a strong aversion or even hatred for him as a result, Ning Fei would accept it.

—Didn’t you want to get close to me? Then bear the consequences of getting close to me.

Thinking this, he hugged the man’s neck and ordered, “Let’s go, let’s go to bed.”

Duan Yunhong finally hugged him back, responding with a sentence filled with endless forbearance, “Yes, sir.”

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Ning Fei was actually very twisted, he just looked like a normal person.