Chapter 501: The Island of Devil’s Maw (7)
“As they say, there was a reckless name, surname Mills, name Da, people call him David Mills…” The first sentence that Feng Bujue said… did not sound like normal human speech at all.
“What in the world…” Atobe grumbled, “So this is a story about a foreign person… And can’t you just call him David Mills, what’s with the surname Mills, name Da? Is that just to fill up the word count?”
Brother Jue continued with his story. “…He was a young police detective, he has a good wife, named Tracy. Ever since he was moved to a new district, Mills got acquainted with a new partner, called William Somerset. The name was in his sixties and had face as dark as coal. Oh, it was because he was African American…”
“Isn’t that redundancy… Do you expect an African American to make a white face?” Atobe grumbled.
“…That Somerset was very clever and appreciative of talent but he was going to retire in another 7 days. On one rainy day, Mills and him met up at a crime scene. One look, inside a simple room, a bloated body died sitting at the table, his face buried in spaghetti sauce. On the wall behind the fridge, the following was written—Gluttony.”
“Hey! What is this? This sounds so familiar!” Even though Uncle Worthless had the term ‘uncle’ in his name, he was only just over 30. Technically speaking, he was also an otaku, as someone with plenty of time, he had perused quite a collection of old films. So when Feng bujue reached this point, he had heard the similarity in it…
“The second day, a defence attorney was found in a horrible death inside his office. Blood splattered within a 5 feet radius, the ground had the word ‘greed’ on it…” Brother Jue continued. At this point, Ambitionist couldn’t help it another. “Are you going to recite the whole plot of Se7en using Ba Shan Pin’s style of writing?”
“Shush, the audience over there. No one asks for your opinion.” Feng Bujue stopped and warned Ambitionist with annoyance.
“That’s right! Pipe down! Go away if you don’t want to listen.” Leideson who hugged his knees in interest also turned back to glare at Ambitionist to show his protest.
“Ha ha…” Ambitionist laughed drily. “Fine, since you two are having such good times…”
…
…
In the next half an hour, with much exaggeration and great adaptation, Feng Bujue colourfully narrated Se7en in Ba Shan Pin’s style. When he was done, the system announced that he had finished the side quest. The quest tab became ‘Describe seven sins to satisfy Leideson’s hunger, current progress 7/7’ and had a tick next to it. At that moment, Pegasus and Leideson were assuming the same pose (like primary school students sitting down crossed legs during morning assembly) and looked at Brother Jue with anticipation. Even though the story had ended, the two of them appeared to have wanted more…
Ambitionist though was leaning next to a large tree and said in a shocked tone, “I somehow stayed to listen to all of it…” Actually earlier he wanted to go around to do some investigation but he was involuntarily drawn in by the narration and just like that he stayed until the end.
“Phew—Even though it’s not an original, but to be able to make it sound so interesting, that is a talent.” Uncle Worthless commented with a puff of smoke. Atobe added. “Since it requires nothing of us and the system did not deem us as afk-ing, we’ll just treat it as a time to rest…”
“Ah… I have not tasted sin for so long, I have almost forgotten how it tastes like… that was delicious.” Soon Leideson stood up and sighed. “That bit should be able to last me for 180 years.”
“Looks like… you have quite a boring life.” Feng Bujue narrowed his eyes to say.
“That’s true…” Leideson continue, “An inmate inside a prison, what entertainment can there be?”
Feng Bujue sharply captured the information from the man’s words. He added casually, “Oh… you’re also an inmate here?” He paused. “Then mind telling me this. Do you know someone called Sam Montier?”
“I am not obliged to answer you, human.” Leideson looked at Brother Jue. “On the Island of Devil’s Maw, everything is a trade.” He stood up and his tone suddenly became very icy. “I will abide by my promise…” He said as he handed the axe over to Atobe. “But you better not cross any lines…” A dangerous glint appeared in his eyes. “in case I change my mind.”
[Well… since we have already reached this point…] Feng Bujue thought and the next second, he turned to look at Ambitionist. Ambitionist caught it quickly. At that moment, they both knew the additional reward for ‘the belief in Weston’ was the final opportunity they could get information from Leideson. This NPC would not give any other useful information after that.
“F*ck… so this axe cannot be brought out from the scenario.” Atobe held the 1 metre long axe in his hand and read the item description.
Name: All trash-talking Tree Sprite Must Die
Type: Weapon
Quality: Excellent
Offense Point: ???
Element: None
Special Effect: Cause specific damage to ‘the mocking tree’. Cause normal damage to any other normal target.
Equip Requirement: Choose to believe in Idiente, cannot be traded after picking up
Whether it can be taken out of the scenario: No
Remark: This axe is also the creation of the legendary dwarf smith Orr All-Must-Die. One day, when he was passing through a forest, he ran into several mocking trees. Even though these naughty tree sprites do not have any actual offensive skills, they are extremely vicious and have such hardy bark. Even divine weapon could only cause minor damage to them. That day, after Mr. Orr was humiliated for a whole day, he channelled that anger into feverish work. He used two days to smite this weapon that specifically deal with mocking trees. Then… he used the barks from the mocking trees to create the legendary item whose name was feared everywhere—’Mean Armor’, but that was a story for another time.
“Fine, then what about our reward?” Feng Bujue asked Leideson.
“here, this is for you.” Leideson said as he extended his thumb and pressed lightly on Brother Jue’s shoulder. Instantly, a strange magic imprint appeared on the latter’s shoulder.
“And you.” Leideson turned around to walk towards Uncle Worthless and placed a different magic imprint on his shoulder.
“When you need to use it, just place your hand on your shoulder.” Leideson explained.
“Erm… aren’t you going to explain how this work and their effect?” Feng Bujue asked.
“You’ll see soon enough,” Leideson replied.
“Well, thanks for nothing…” Feng Bujue grumbled as he walked towards Atobe, “Hey, Atobe, let me glance at the item description (after the new update, the function where one could inspect the teammate’s equipment had been added. As long as they stand close enough, this could be done without the item passing hands)
“Then… I can ask you a question now, right?” Ambitionist walked to Leideson and asked seriously.
“Yes, as I promised.” Leideson answered. “Disciple of Weston, I will tell you ‘an information that you need to know’.” He paused for two seconds, “As the follower of the God of Wisdom, you should know what you need to ask, right?”
“Hmm…” Ambitionist hesitated for a moment as he turned to look at his teammates. Uncle Worthless was silent, gods know what he was thinking under that sunglasses; Pegasus’ thick brow had only one expression, Ambitionist didn’t think he’d get anything useful from the guy; Feng Bujue was focused on studying atobe’s equipment, so it looked like he didn’t plan to contribute to this issue; Atobe only shrugged as he looked back at Ambitionist as if saying. [it doesn’t matter to me…]
“Then…” Seeing his teammates had no interest in his business, he followed his own intention. “Please tell me… the quickest way for us to get to the Shrine of Faith that is within our capability.”
[Hmph… The name brilliant strategist is not fake…] Hearing that Feng Bujue thought. [he didn’t ask for the location but for the ‘quickest way to get there’ and even added the condition that ‘the travelling method must be within our capability’. Impressive… Without the aid of Bell of Jin Gang, he has made a very clever choice.]
If Brother Jue was the one to ask this question, he would phrase it the same way. Even though he had considered… to use this opportunity to ask question like ‘what is the way to leave Island of Devil’s Maw’ but considering the actual condition (mainly the time limitation), obviously clearing the main quest took precedence for now.