Chapter 37 - True Joy
Bonus chapter as thanks to Lehran‘s ko-fis~
The Asura Blade could pierce the dark-skinned demon with just a slight push.
The atmosphere in the room suddenly became tense.
A clang sounded not long after as the shortsword fell to the ground. The dark-skinned demon smilingly let go of Suo Fei. He exaggeratedly raised his hands, but his voice held no fear as he said, “It was just a joke. Why are you taking it so seriously? This is the upper layer of Benesse. I wouldn’t be able to hurt Suo Fei even if I was stronger. There is no need to be so nervous.”
When he said this, the implication was that ‘I can’t hurt Suo Fei. Do you think you can hurt me?’
In his words, the tense situation a moment ago was but a joke.
The reason why Suo Fei dared to pretend to be Grantlyn was that he knew that even if he ran into Grantlyn, Grantlyn still wouldn’t be able to do anything to him. On the contrary, he was able to sabotage Grantlyn’s joyous occasion. Seeing Grantlyn explode in anger filled him with exhilaration.
Sure enough, true joy is the happiness one feels in seeing their enemy suffering.
Suo Fei went past the dark-skinned demon and arrived at Samael’s side. He held Samael’s hand that was holding the sword. The terrifying bloodlust of the Asura Blade vanished and turned to a sharp dagger.
At this moment, Grantlyn was staring at Samael’s distinctive purple eyes. He was silent for a while before he spoke towards Suo Fei, “You’ve found a more dependable backer, huh? How come? Has Manzy, that boy, been kicked away by you?”
Suo Fei: F**k. Is this something that a father would say to his son? Are my ears damaged or is it that Grantlyn’s brain has gone crazy? He is a scum who had abandoned his wife and child. Why is he paying attention to me now?
Suo Fei stayed quiet for a while. In the end, he did not bother asking Grantlyn why he is doing these things. He didn’t want to keep on asking. He would only look like an idiot, asking in vain.
I’m not his son. We don’t have much of a relationship with each other. I also haven’t been pitted to death by Grantlyn. My life will eventually get better. Must I weepingly ask Grantlyn to raise me? What a joke.
Also, Grantlyn might not want Vixanne, but I do. I will surely rescue Vixanne and treat her with the respect that a mother deserves!
So to say, he had not the least bit of desire to bicker with Grantlyn at this moment. Instead, he regarded him as a stranger. All things considered, it was the right thing to do considering what he had obtained.
It was apparent that Grantlyn and the demon came to the upper layer for the Human race’s artifact that was in Gower’s possession. In fact, Suo Fei already knew about this item in the game.
This thing had fallen into his hands when he was helping Aryan in seizing Gowers’ home. The game system allowed him to receive the item, but he only put it away. As for what was its use? Sorry, he didn’t bother finding out the use of this rubbish even until the 10P feast was about to start.
It couldn’t be discarded nor destroyed, so he could only place the item in an inventory slot.
Now, however, Grantlyn’s arduous desire to obtain this artifact had sparked Suo Fei’s interest. If it was rubbish, why would anyone scramble for it? It’s not as if Grantlyn’s brain had truly gone crazy.
However, he wasn’t that optimistic considering the state they were in right now. Although nobody was able to do anything to anybody in Benesse City, no one could stay in Benesse City forever. It wouldn’t do them any good to offend Grantlyn here.
Grantlyn had a lot of helpers with him when he wreaked havoc in Valinor. Two fists can’t beat four hands, especially if those four hands are still in the shadows. If he offended them now, they would surely lay numerous traps for him. Hence, Suo Fei didn’t want to leave himself no room for retreat. By that, he meant that he wouldn’t take away the artifact.
However, letting a duck that is in his possession to easily fly away did not conform with his way of doing things. He had to ask for something that would appease his wounded feelings and, at the same time, piss Grantlyn off once again.
So… what should I do?
Suo Fei saw the Asura Blade from the corner of his eye, and he was immediately excited. He should take advantage of such a good opportunity to extort a lot from him. He couldn’t hurt Grantlyn physically and mentally, but making his pockets hurt seemed like a good choice.
Suo Fei cast his gaze upon Grantlyn. He wanted to curl his lips into an evil smile, but he had no experience in this kind of thing, so he barely managed to put on an unnatural smile, “Want me to return to the artifact? Sure, we can make a deal.”
Grantlyn’s eyes squinted. There was a fierce glint in his red eyes, and his voice was terrifying low, “Say it.”
Suo Fei had long been the best in the world when it comes to death stares. Therefore, he remained undisturbed no matter how dreadful Grantlyn’s expression was. Afraid? Afraid my a**!
Suo Fei visualised the materials that Eugene had listed out, and slowly uttered, “Dragonbone Jade, Red Bloodstone, Black Moon Refined Iron, Bright Alcor Grass, Phantom Ice Crystal, Blood Jade Bead, and Thunderwind Sand…”
As Suo Fei spat out names one after another, Grantlyn’s expression became colder and colder until he finally couldn’t bear it, “You, don’t take a mile after getting an inch!”
Suo Fei paid him no heed. On one hand, he was gloating on how clever he was. On the other hand, he thought that he could add another item onto the list of tenth-grade materials, “You can add a teleportation array that teleports to Valinor too.”
He looked at Grantlyn. Since he couldn’t do an evil smile, he could only imitate an iceberg and act as if he had facial paralysis. This was easy to do. He could do a pretty good imitation as long as he kept his mouth shut.
At this time, the dark-skinned demon smiled fleetingly, and spoke in an evil manner, “This is truly a lion with a big mouth, you ought to be ashamed.”
Suo Fei remained unmoved. A lion with a big mouth? He didn’t know what these five words meant, thus he wasn’t provoked by it.
Grantlyn stared long and hard at Suo Fei, and enunciated word by word, “What if I disagree?”
Suo Fei indifferently replied, “I wonder if the lives of the two of us are worth an artifact?” The implication was that all of them would die together with the artifact.
Those who are barefoot are not afraid of those who are wearing shoes. Officials are most afraid of encountering rogues.
Sofey was a Pureblood elf of noble descent. Although he was now a declined aristocrat, his family used to be prosperous. He had lived a happy and comfortable life since childhood, and had always observed proper etiquette. However, sociophobia-kun had been slowly parting away from Suo Fei, thus his boorish and unscrupulous temperament was akin to a butterfly emerging from its cocoon.
Grantlyn huffed, the veins on his forehead bulging out in anger. The dark-skinned stared at Suo Fei and said in a voice dripping with sarcasm, “Grantlyn, your son is getting more and more interesting.”
Grantlyn glared at the dark-skinned demon: “Shut up, Ned.”
The dark-skinned demon called Ned stuck his tongue out at Grantlyn. He kept quiet, but his face was not the least bit serious as he mirrored Suo Fei’s blinking eyes.
When Grantlyn had calmed down a little, he turned to Suo Fei and said, “Those are tenth-grade materials. I couldn’t possibly have…”
Suo Fei interrupted him before he could complete his sentence, “The Evans family had been one of the Great Families of the Elven Race for thousands of years. Don’t tell me that a family head is unable to take out such things.”
“Also, don’t say that you didn’t carry them with you. Almost everyone in Yalance has an interspatial bag. These things would surely be with you.”
Suo Fei then summed it up, “We could make a deal if you’re sincere. If not, then just forget about it.”
Grantlyn locked his gaze at Suo Fei for a long time. Then, he gnashed his teeth in anger as he spat out, “Deal.”
The deal was smoothly completed to Suo Fei’s delight. Grantlyn stored the artifact and shot a profound look at Samael. He suddenly paused when he was about to leave the room. Then, he turned to Suo Fei and said, “Son, here’s a piece of advice: Letting your emotions control you will only cause you to die a faster death.”
With that, he turned around and left.
This sentence boggled Suo Fei’s mind, but he also didn’t take it seriously. Grantlyn had been thoroughly defeated today. He must have left those harsh parting words to give himself a way out of his awkward situation. Since it seemed reasonable, he magnanimously accepted it.
Suo Fei held his pink interspatial bag on the way down from the upper layer of Benesse. Although it didn’t show on his face, he was so happy that his heart was letting out pink bubbles. He truly had a good harvest today. First, the cheating scum voluntarily sent himself for Suo Fei to cheat him. Then, he also managed to demand a lot of things from Grantlyn.
The most important thing was that he had managed to gather all the materials required to fully activate the Asura Blade. Samael’s strength could be tripled as long as he handed them to Eugene. At that time, I want to see if there’s still anyone in Yalance who would dare to mess with ultimate gong-kun.
Bow down, foolish mortals!
Cough… I must remain low-key. I’m now an elf. This kind of expression that is like a villain who had achieved his goals is too inappropriate for his appearance.
He was having crooked thoughts for quite some time when he suddenly thought of something. He quickly turned to Samael and asked, “What happened to the contract between you and that human?”
Suo Fei’s bright eyes looked at him with a worried expression, warming Samael’s heart as he assured, “There’s no harm, the contract hadn’t been established.”
“How come? I witnessed it myself.”
Samael explained, “My blood does not have a fixed composition. I can transform the blood of others into my own if I drink them. At the same time, my blood can be transformed into the blood that it has come into contact with.”
Suo Fei: ……Ultimate gong-kun, you are truly the beloved son of the game developers. You have such a big golden finger and it’s still alright! Well… This is a slash game, not an RPG. It seems like there wouldn’t be any obstructions even if he started out with maxed-out stats.
However, another thought came to his mind, “So, is the contract between you and the Asura Blade invalid?” It couldn’t be…
A glint flashed through Samael’s eyes as he said, “My heart’s blood cannot be transformed.”
Suo Fei understood. It seemed that when he was forming a blood contract with Asura Blade, he used blood from his heart. Then Suo Fei was stunned. This heart’s blood, could it be that he stabbed himself in the heart and used the blood that came out to form a contract with the Asura Blade?
F**k… Just thinking about it twists my heart in pain.
Suo Fei couldn’t help but shift his gaze towards Samael’s chest. He didn’t say anything, but his thoughts were written clearly in his eyes: It surely must have hurt.
Samael looked at him and suddenly pointed to where his heart was, “The wound here has healed, but it still left a scar. It would be best if you could help me get rid of it once we’ve returned.”
Suo Fei froze for a moment as his brain slowly processed his words. Is he suggesting that… that… I should kiss his chest?
Suo Fei’s somewhat slow brain quickly started fantasizing. A half-naked portrait of Samael slowly formed in his mind, and then he took a bite of his pure, white chest. O-oh my. Suo Fei quickly contained the perverted thoughts racing through his mind. Calm down, calm down. Friends can not be regarded as wives! The distance between two gongs is insurmountable!
Furthermore, Samael simply wanted him to heal him. Don’t. Think. Too. Much!
Samael kept his eyes locked on Suo Fei. He had been absent-minded ever since they arrived at the upper layer of Benesse. Something in his heart had been throbbing incessantly, especially when he pointed his sword at the back of the dark-skinned demon. He could even clearly hear his heart madly clamouring ‘kill him, kill him’. He was unable to contain this feeling that even the Asura Blade shook with excitement.
At that time, he clearly felt as if the protective barrier of Benesse City’s upper layer didn’t exist. If he wanted to, he could easily kill the demon.
He suppressed it by force, but it was only when Suo Fei held his hand that the devil in his heart completely submerged into slumber.
After succeeding in inculcating himself, Suo Fei turned his attention to another matter.
He took out the teleportation array that Grantlyn had given him from his interspatial bag. He stared at it for a while, before eventually tearing it to pieces.
He wasn’t stupid enough to use this teleportation array. He didn’t trust Grantlyn. Who knew if this thing would actually teleport him to Valinor? The reason why he wanted it was simply to test Grantlyn out. Sure enough, Grantlyn could still easily enter and leave Valinor. What did this mean?
Suo Fei didn’t have time to continue thinking about it as he had to rush to Benesse City’s lower layer to find a teleportation array. The lower layer was so huge that it wouldn’t be easy for them to find one.
As soon as Suo Fei stepped out of the lift, the dwarves Jonah and Evelyn came running towards them.
“Elf, elf, hurry.”
Suo Fei immediately asked, “What’s the matter?”
Jonah, who was gasping for breath after running, pulled Suo Fei down, leaned closer to his ear and whispered, “Evelyn and I found a stall selling random teleportation arrays. You need them, don’t you? This kind of teleportation array is the most convenient. It’s just that it was too expensive so Evelyn and I couldn’t buy it for you.
Suo Fei’s eyes lit up. Random teleportation array, that’s something that can only be found by chance! He hurriedly followed Jonah and was fortunate to arrive in time. Suo Fei then spent no less than ten thousand gold coins to buy one.
Although it pained him to pay so much, this item was truly valuable and reliable. One only needed to write out their destination and they would be teleported to that place. There’s no need to worry whether there’s something shady about the destination of the teleportation array.
Of course, there were certain teleportation restrictions. They couldn’t be teleported directly into Valinor, but they could be teleported to the border of Valinor, which was enough for Suo Fei.
Jonah and Evelyn had shopped to their heart’s content. Suo Fei was also in an exhilarated mood. Hence, their group finally decided to return to the Dwarven village.
Just like before, Jonah and Evelyn rode the Three-headed Hound and left first. Then, Samael and Suo Fei followed shortly thereafter. Although Jonah and Evelyn were the first to leave, Samael and Suo Fei still arrived before them.
Since they already knew the way, Samael and Suo Fei directly hurried towards Eugene’s house. However, they stared in shock at the scene that greeted their eyes after arriving at their destination.
Eugene’s house… was in ruins.
What the hell has happened here?