Way of the Knights

Chapter 787: An Obvious Trap

The Allfather chose to remain silent. He stood still and inspected the young man in front of him. 

Although Raven appeared like a man at the prime of his youth, the Allfather can still feel the overwhelming confidence surging from him. This young man isn’t simple at all. 

Even with Raven’s relaxed attitude, the Allfather felt wary. The fact that he could barely feel this young man’s aura made him really alarmed. 

He can tell that this young man is at least an Empyrean Knight. He can also tell that the young man knows that he’s against a Divine Knight. Yet the way he stood there, so confident and so relaxed, made the Allfather clearly confused. 

‘He should at least know that he’s outclassed. But what is this? Why don’t I fell any kind of wariness from this boy? Am I missing something here or he’s just really confident that he can prevent me from taking my main body? That should be impossible right?’ 

The Allfather might be all things but not an absolute idiot. He can tell that something was up. The fact that they decided to leave this young man here to guard the prison where his main body is, meant something. 

Raven doesn’t even have anyone with him. He was alone and facing against a Divine Knight, yet instead of feeling alarmed or nervous, he was relaxed and totally unbothered. Why is this so? 

‘Did they predict my goal of coming here?’ The Allfather muttered inwardly, ‘If they did, then why didn’t they do more preparations? They should’ve bolstered the defenses of the pagoda but they didn’t?’

‘No…maybe they did predict this all along. And maybe, even with that knowledge, they still decided to send this young man to stop me. If that’s the case, then this young man should indeed be formidable. I shouldn’t underestimate him.’

“Would you like to enjoy a warm cup of tea?”

The Allfather was woken up from his inner monologues by Raven’s sudden question. The Allfather stared at the boy. He saw him smiling while pouring a warm tea on a teacup placed on top of a small plate. 

His actions were elegant and gentle. The Allfather tried to sense any malicious intent from the young man’s actions but he couldn’t sense any. Its either the young man was extremely skilled in hiding them or his invitation was genuine. 

For this current scenario though, the Allfather refused to believe that the latter was the case. He’s inclined to believe his former guess. 

Raven seemed to guess what he was thinking, however instead of confronting him about it, he just smiled and said: 

“I’ve got some good tea, you’ll miss out if you refuse but…up to you I guess.” Raven shrugged. He truly didn’t care whether the Allfather accept his invitation or not. 

Instead, he just continued with what he was doing. Enjoying tea and reading a book. Although the Allfather already arrived, he wasn’t too worried. There’s simply no need to do so. 

Raven sat back down and opened the book he was reading. His attention left the Allfather and was plastered on the book. The Allfather was perplexed upon seeing this.

‘This boy…is his head working properly? Can’t he decipher the situation he’s is? How daring must one be to completely disregard a Divine Knight’s presence? Does he truly possess such confidence or he’s just stupid?’ 

The Allfather was really confused. Then again, he thought to himself:

‘Why am I thinking so hard about this? What’s the use of being so worried? My work here is simple. Get the main body back and leave. I don’t believe this young man can stop me!’

The Allfather’s face turned solemn, not bothering to read between the lines anymore, he started marching towards the Devil Emperor’s Pagoda. 

“…you’ve made a horrible choice, old man.” 

Before the Allfather could ask any questions. He saw numerous lights blooming around him. The Allfather’s senses blared screaming danger, yet it was already too late since he already took a bold step forward. 

A dome suddenly appeared on top of him. Numerous runes, sigils and inscriptions formed. Dazzling and emitting a mixture of golden and silver radiance. 

The Allfather felt horrified. He could feel his Divinity locked-up. Not only that, he also felt incredibly exposed. Its as if he was stripped out of his clothes, he felt naked. He felt as if his deepest and darkest secrets were exposed to the light of day. 

He can feel strength leaving his body. In addition to that, something’s interfering with his perception, making him unable to communicate with anyone, not even the main body. 

The Allfather felt all of his hairs standing on their ends. He was inwardly shocked, saying: ‘How could this be!? What is this!? How can a Divine Knight like me get so affected by a mere formation?’

That’s right. The Allfather is trapped inside a formation. Not only did he fail to sense its presence, he also had the impression that it would take eons for him to solve this riddle and free himself. How was this even possible?  action

“Another one, bites the dust…” The Allfather heard the young man’s familiar voice, nevertheless he couldn’t even see where this young man is anymore, his perception was neutralized inside this formation. 

“Who the hell are you!?” The Allfather demanded, shouting on top of his lungs as he looked around, trying to search for Raven. 

“Vendrick Valorheart, at your service. Call me Raven though.” The young man answered him. “My, and here I thought you’d pose a little more challenge for me. Can’t believe your this stupid to fall for such an obvious trap.” 

The Allfather was incensed. He could hear the pity and disappointment on Raven’s voice as he spoke. He could even imagine him shaking his head. 

“I demand you to release me!!”

“What the hell are you? Five years old? What makes you think that I’ll do that? I’m as stupid as you.” 

Raven’s ruthless remark caused the Allfather to grimace. Even he himself realized how stupid he sounded just now. 

Without saying anything to embarrass himself anymore, the Allfather summoned his strength and attack the formation from within. 

*Boom!*

His energy exploded and the formation shook a bit. The Allfather concentrated and felt dismayed when he saw that there wasn’t even a scratch on the place he attacked. Additionally, it didn’t end with just that. 

*Boom!!*

The Allfather was blown away by an unexpected rebound. His back slammed at the formation walls and he spat out a mouthful of blood. He glared at the formation and felt something click on his head. 

“You know…since you personally dealt with 33-layered Barrier Seal I created, I figured you would’ve learned your lesson by now.” Raven’s voice was filled with wonder, amusement and a small disappointment, “I guess my expectations are a bit much for you, huh?” 

The Allfather gnashed his teeth in anger. He felt incredibly humiliated by Raven’s words. 

Again! How could he let himself fall for such an embarrassing state? He should’ve known better indeed but being told about it by someone else was incredibly humiliating! 

‘He was the one who made those wretched barriers! He’s that shameless person! Argh!!’ 

The Allfather felt boundless hatred against Raven. 

Due to his personality as part of the Devil Emperor, he already feel a string aversion against formations, seals and alike. How could he not? He was imprisoned by those things for god knows how long already. 

Yet again and again, even though he should’ve already expected it, he still falls for it. At this point, the Devil Emperor’s hatred against formations have reached the peak. He abhorred them with all of his being. 

Only god knows how much he wanted to trample this formation and Raven’s face into pieces. However, he could only gnash his teeth in anger since doing that would prove his stupidity even more. 

“You left me with no choice.” The Allfather spat venomously. 

He then took a deep breath and forcefully ignited his blood. The moment he did, the Allfather looked even more wretched. His pupils turned red in fury, his fangs became sharper and longer. Additionally, a pair of horns emerged from his temples. 

The Allfather opened his mouth. Shortly after, a small black hole started swirling and releasing a powerful suction force that attempted to uproot the formation from its foundations. 

“Oh! Swallowing Laws! How rare.” 

Raven’s words nearly made the Allfather lose his control over the black hole. The fact that Raven could recognize the Swallowing Laws caused the Allfather to feel extremely alarmed. How can he not be? This art is something unique to the Abyssals and their retainers! How could a young man like this guy knew about it? 

“I wonder why your main body didn’t even think about using that in the first place. He had so many chances to do it, but he didn’t.” Raven’s tone was filled with curiosity. “Oh well, none of my concern. Its not like he could do it now even if I reminded him.”

“Going back to the topic…yeah, sorry buddy. That shit won’t work here.” 

Those words promptly made the Allfather lose his control over the technique.