Drawing Cards in the Middle Ages to Rise in Ranks-Chapter 591 - 365: Return

The calamity, like the end of the world, turned the entire hillside into a sea of fire.

By the time the flames gradually subsided, the entire volcano had completely turned black.

On the surface of Losa's body, the lava-formed dragon shell slowly cracked open, revealing the energy-transformed body inside, similar to Jeanne's "Holy Body." His figure was incredibly dim, divinity like a candle flickering in the wind.

"What a pity, you're still alive."

The man, almost turned into a chunk of charcoal, shattered the lava burying him. His body was covered with scorched skin and flesh, the entire wolf had swollen several circles due to the newly born flesh being roasted again, piling up as remains.

Facing Losa's somewhat unexpected teasing.

Bharat looked around a bit dazedly. Amidst a scorched land, he could only see volcanic ash fluttering down and the still slowly flowing hot lava. The dozen Yakxi family elites he brought with him were all lost.

Even he himself barely survived thanks to a life-saving treasure granted by the Wolf Lord.

"Who exactly are you? Why are you against us?"

Bharat looked at Losa's ethereal body, his gaze was very complex, filled with hatred, but more so with fear, grief, and disbelief.

"Huh..." 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

Losa chuckled lightly. The opponent came with bluster, fierce and aggressive, yet now seemed like a stray dog. One must say, Bharat not dying wasn't exactly an unsatisfying conclusion.

Losa's mockery stirred up Bharat's anger, he roared, "You are dying, what right do you have to show me such a smile?"

"Yes, I am dying."

Losa felt an unprecedented weakness.

As the Mountain God of this volcano, he had completely exhausted the volcano's source power, and he too was heading towards demise.

"This is the feeling of slowly moving towards death."

Losa slowly closed his eyes, he had a strong intuition that in the future, he would have the opportunity to participate in the Wolf Race's civil war.

Moreover, next time, the future of Apennines will be dominated by him personally.

"But I will come back."

Losa slowly raised a finger, pointing to Bharat's head, "Keep this thing safe for me, next time I come back, I'll pluck it off to play ball."

A gentle breeze swept by, Losa's body quickly became transparent, until it vanished.

On the entire mountain, lava began to solidify, temperatures slowly fell, and the erupting volcanic ash resembled paper money flying during a funeral procession, with quite a bit landing on Bharat's shoulder.

Seeing the formidable enemy fall, Bharat's heart felt no comfort.

Instead, a strong fear took hold, as though Losa's seemingly fantastical words might actually come true.

"Impossible, you're already dead!"

"Impossible!"

On the hillside, Bharat's voice, fierce yet cowardly, rang out.

"Do you think such means would scare me?"

…

When Losa reopened his eyes, before him was a silk canopy over a four-poster bed.

The room was empty, with a faint aroma wafting in the air.

Beside him, system prompts kept ringing.

You have gained recognition from Six-star Attendant Lavinia Di Bologna, do you wish to ask if she "is willing to follow you to the new world?"

You have gained recognition from Six-star Attendant Valentina di Saluzzo, do you wish to ask if she "is willing to follow you to the new world?"

You have gained recognition from Three-star Attendant Elmer Truval, do you wish to ask if she "is willing to follow you to the new world?"

Losa was a bit stunned, not expecting to even gain Valentina's recognition... Then again, it made sense, Valentina opposed the Yakxi Family and was quite a battle fanatic.

Since the task force wasn't completely wiped out and someone was left to report, presumably his achievement of single-handedly eliminating a dozen elite Centurions of the Yakxi Family and severely injuring another Wolf Lord's Guard has already spread.

Adding his street killing of Victor, it's not unlikely to gain Valentina's recognition.

But obtaining recognition doesn't necessarily mean Valentina would leave her family affairs and follow him.

Still, asking doesn't hurt.

Losa decided not to choose yet, planning to wait until he was fully awake to make a decision—his head was feeling a bit groggy now, and the experiences from the battle record were very enriching.

Especially the final moments of fully invoking Volcanic Divinity, transforming into the Mountain God, though not reflected in his panel attributes, he was sure his strength was about to see a rapid leap forward.

"You woke up."

The door opened.

Prajna entered slowly dressed in white like snow.

"How many days did I sleep?"

Receiving the answer of three days, Losa exhaled in relief, "Nothing major happened recently, right?"

"No."

She paused, adding, "If anything important had happened, Kurs would report it. But over these days I skimmed through the documents he reported, the progress of various Crusaders is very swift, probably in a few days, all that's left in Damietta Province are some tough spots still held by the enemy."

Losa nodded, as he had anticipated this earlier.

The heretic lords in various places of Damietta were originally of mediocre strength, also providing a portion of their forces to support Governor Iben. After Damietta fell and Governor Iben fled, they became leaderless.

Except for a few with strong armies capable of defending their castles, most had little will to resist, opting to flee with treasures or cooperate with the Crusaders, paying a hefty sum for peace from pillaging.

"In a few days, I'll need to convene a military meeting to accept the allegiance of these new lords."

Losa contemplated, getting up to stretch his weary body that hadn't moved for days.

Prajna asked, "Want something to eat?"

Losa shook his head, "Not much appetite, I've been lying in bed with little consumption."

No appetite because he had eaten his fill in the battle record world.

Cough—

A gentle cough sounded.

Chelina walked into the room.

"Sir, I sensed your revival..."

She looked at Losa's face cautiously, inquiring, "Did everything go well?"

Losa teased, "Seems like you're really looking forward to Valentina's arrival, being the first to come right after I woke."

Chelina nodded slightly embarrassed, "Tina is my closest friend in Saluzzo, since I fled Saluzzo, I haven't seen her."

Losa nodded slightly, "I got Valentina's recognition, but she might not accept my invitation, as you know, in this timeline, the Wolf Race Federation in Texas hasn't perished, it's a crucial moment, she might not leave her family."

Chelina displayed a contemplative expression, "True, with her personality, unless the situation remains as before..."

"Before?"

Losa curiously asked, "So, in your original timeline, what happened to the Saluzzo Family later?"

Chelina sighed, "The conservatives came to power, joined the Yakxi Family, gradually accepting their integration..."

As she spoke, a blue glow shot up from outside the city.

A strong magical brilliance lit up the entire sky blue.

"From that direction is..."

Chelina thought for a moment, then replied, "Reporting to Master, it's the camp of the Apennines mercenaries."