Editor: Kitty
Duan Li did not believe Feng YuLan’s answers of ‘I’m very good; I’m fine’ completely even though he did not find any injuries or anything wrong with Feng YuLan.
Ah Lan’s complexion was good. After showing a muddled expression, he smiled slightly, and his cheeks were tinted with red. He looked very happy when Duan Li was able to return to his side. He even reached out his hand to hug Duan Li’s arm and rubbed his body against Duan Li.
His ‘rubbing’ motion was full of sex appeal. Ah Lan pulled the mask off from Duan Li’s head, threw it on the ground, then hooked Duan Li’s neck with one hand, and stuffed one hand into his clothes.
Something was not right.
Duan Li squinted at Ah Lan. His little magician had always been shy. Usually, he had to tease him for a long time before receiving Ah Lan’s shy response. It was hard for Feng YuLan to take the ‘initiative,’ so when he acted contrary to how he usually would, Duan Li felt even more strange.
However, even if Feng YuLan’s behavior had become more bizarre, the tofu that should be eaten still had to be eaten when Ah Lan sent himself to his door. Duan Li reached out his hand, pulled Ah Lan into his embrace, bowed his head slightly, opened his mouth, and gently bit his earlobe, and he sucked his earlobe to tease him. Following that, he said vaguely:
“Ah Lan, did you activate my carry-on secret chamber just now?”
Feng YuLan felt his ears had gotten itchy, so his neck shrunk as he answered, “Ah, no.”
“You really didn’t?”
“Of course not.” Feng YuLan’s eyes flickered with an inexplicable light. He leaned into Duan Li’s embrace and pulled out his left hand to show Duan Li the ring he was wearing on his finger. Then, he smiled towards Duan Li and said, “Look, isn’t the ring in good condition? Or do you want to go into the secret chamber…… to carry out a more stringent check?”
When Ah Lan said these words, the darkness in his eyes was very deep and would not fade away. His grimoire floated by his side and flipped wildly as if it wanted to express something, but neither of them had the heart to pay attention to a book.
Duan Li was silent for a while, and after looking at Ah Lan for a long time, he finally replied, “Forget it; we don’t have the time for that now.”
Following that, Duan Li opened his mouth again: “I have to take you with me to Specter, alright? I’ll be moving at a very fast speed. It may make you uncomfortable. Just bear it.”
Duan Li realized that it was dangerous to leave Ah Lan alone, but in fact, he didn’t want to take him to the center of the battle because the god had a very strange power. Duan Li was not sure whether he could completely suppress him. Duan Li did not want to see the enemy attack their weak point when they were not paying attention. The enemy might seize or injure Ah Lan as well.
Because he didn’t want Ah Lan to be hurt, Duan Li had left him alone and given him his carry-on secret chamber so that he could hide himself when facing a crisis, but Duan Li’s decision had made him very uneasy. He did see what kind of people were around Ah Lan just now! Duan Li’s speed was unparalleled in the world, but when he arrived, that person had already disappeared.
The little magician standing in front of Duan Li looked at him blankly and mentioned that he was not aware of such a thing happening.
F*ck his mother for not being aware of such a thing happening! Duan Li had a gloomy expression now. He changed his mask and put it on his face. He picked up Feng YuLan and turned around to meet with Specter. He knew that there was something fishy about it. There was no reason for Ah Lan to lie to him. The only possibility was that one of the enemies had a skill similar to forcing him to ‘forget,’ and likely, the enemy could manipulate people’s minds.
This was the toughest type of enemy. Although Duan Li had never met him, his former leader, Xing Yan, once told him frankly that there were people in the secret chamber who had such skills that could control others, even them.
Although they were very few in number, they all had one thing in common—they were extremely vulnerable and unfit in battle. If one could protect one’s mind from their confusion and counterattack, they could easily be knocked down.
According to Xing Yan, Duan Li was very suitable for counterattacking because his speed was very fast, which means his ability to cope with changes was also very fast and the speed of his reflexes should match his body’s speed. Therefore, when they encountered such enemies, Duan Li should take the initiative to accept the responsibility of counterattacking.
“It’s time to counterattack.”
Duan Li returned to the battlefield with Ah Lan in his arms. At this time, Luo Jian and the stalker had joined the team. Although one of them was not very competent, most of the people here had no time to care about this.
“It’d be better if we defeat him sooner.” Luo Jian took the lead in opening his mouth. He looked at the god floating in the midair and said, “When the enemy team arrives, they may make one of two choices. The first is to watch the fire safely from the other side of the river, wait for us to fight to our deaths, and reap the benefits; the second is to participate in the battle and turn it into a three-way battle.”
Specter frowned and stared at the god floating in the air. It seemed that this fellow was playing with them. Sometimes, he would attack them fiercely, and sometimes, he would stay far away and treat his undead monsters as cannon fodder. They did not know what he was up to.
“I’m afraid this situation is not easy to deal with.” Specter expressed their difficult position, then looked at Duan Li and said, “You really can’t unlock the fifth segment and cut him down in a flash?”
“I really don’t want to be the fish on the chopping board after that.” Duan Li raised his eyebrows discontentedly. If he unlocked the fifth segment, he would be unable to move for an hour, and the repercussions of this were extremely hard for him to bear. Unless he was in a critical situation, he would never take such a risk.
“Then that’s terrible,” Specter said irascibly, “If it weren’t for the fear that we would be crushed into meat patties, I would blow up the whole tomb vault.”
When the two men were talking, they suddenly paused and turned to the stalker standing beside Luo Jian at the same time.
The stalker only placed his attention on Luo Jian’s body and didn’t stop staring at him. Luo Jian had yet to quite adapt to his bold and unrestrained line of sight. He blushed slightly and lowered his head, but his little hand was still placed in Xing Yan’s palm. The picture they formed looked very harmonious.
“What do you say about letting him restrain the god? In this way, we can also take time to deal with the enemy team. We can kill the enemy first and ask the god where the exit is.” Specter touched his chin as if he had some strategies in his mind. His eyes scanned the stalker up and down several times.
“I’m not sure if he can follow our instructions.” Duan Li thought that this is a good strategy, but would the stalker follow the players’ commands? This was obviously out of the question.
“I don’t think it’s out of the question.” Specter turned his line of sight to where Luo Jian and the stalker were holding hands, frowned, and said, “Ah Jian, although I don’t accept the kind of relationship you have with him… cough, but when we can make use of it, we should because making good use of everything is something we have to do to survive.”
Luo Jian had been listening to the team members’ conversation carefully. In fact, he also understood what they were saying very well. He turned to look at Xing Yan and could only smile bitterly at Specter and company: “Truth to be told, I don’t know if he will heed me.”
After Luo Jian said this, the stalker suddenly let go of him and began to prove with actions that he would obey Luo Jian’s orders…… Yes, he suddenly stepped out and stood in front of the god, but as he did this, he seemed very worried as he turned back to look at his little Luo Jian.
“I’ll protect them. Don’t worry, captain,” Duan Li sighed and said to Xing Yan. This sentence was heard by Xing Yan, who turned his head and looked at Duan Li. Duan Li did not know that the real Xing Yan was dead. The stalker in front of him was just wearing Xing Yan’s skin and carried Xing Yan’s name, but the dark soul that it contained was someone who was a complete stranger to him.
However, this stalker named Xing Yan did inherit the original’s memory which affected his personality and feelings, so he was very relieved to hear that from Duan Li. He nodded to him to show that he understood, and after that, he turned to face the god, who also gazed at the stalker.
“I can feel that you and I possess the same type of power,” the god said to the stalker, “Your body carries the same marks. You should not be my enemy. Get out of my face!”
Unfortunately, stalkers were not qualified stalkers. Most of the time, they would want to destroy almost everything, and Xing Yan had inherited this destructive desire. Suddenly, a short knife appeared in his hand, and his body seemed to rise into the air at that moment like magic as he disappeared with a flash. One second ago, he had stood on the ground, and in the next second he appeared in the air in front of the god and lifted his weapon.
“The power of that stalker… What is it?” Specter saw this sight and was shocked. In his opinion, this kind of speed was so fast that it was similar to teleportation. This should be something that only Duan Li was capable of.
“That’s my former captain. As I said before, he is the only person I admire, the team captain of Ghost Shadow. Do you know why Ghost Shadow is called that? That is his ability. He is a killer and an assassin. That knife gives him the power of ‘space.’ He can freely shuttle through the spaces he creates, disappear from somewhere, and appear in another space instantly. Even a shadow of him will not be seen when he arrives and leaves.”
“So that’s why!” Specter had a serious expression as he began to mock: “Why was the team not called ‘Shadowless’ instead?”
What he said made Duan Li stunned, and under the mask, his face stiffened as if he could not think of a retort. He said regretfully, “This… maybe it’s better to ask him yourself.”
At the side, Luo Jian was obsessed as he gazed at his stalker, but he felt regretful that he didn’t use the weapon’s power at all when the knife had been in his hand for a while.
The several people were individually immersed in their feelings. Only Ah Lan, who was standing beside Duan Li, seemed to be different from the others. He had not said a word just now, and the expression on his face was still calm. Even though Duan Li still held his hand tightly, at that moment, Duan Li almost ignored his existence.
Ah Lan’s mind was in chaos now…… Oh, it was not accurate to say his mind is in chaos. To be exact, his subconscious was very clear, and he even knew and remembered everything, including the boy with the red umbrella. But his apparent consciousness was chaotic as if something was controlling it, influencing him to display a behaviour far from normal.
Inwardly, in his heart, he kept shouting and trying to break away from its shackles! He needed to tell them the truth and tell his teammates everything!
So momentarily, Feng YuLan seemed to be able to break away from the shackles. However, when he wanted to open his mouth, his mouth remained tightly closed. His team members were still discussing in front of him, and the stalker began to fight fiercely. He could not just stand here and do nothing!
Wake up! Feng YuLan!
“What do you want to say?” At this very moment, Ah Lan suddenly heard a voice in his ear. He turned around and saw the boy with a big red umbrella standing beside him. Yes, he was standing beside him! To Feng YuLan’s left was Duan Li, and to his right was the boy. Obviously, this should be very conspicuous; after all, the child was holding such a bright umbrella, but his team members acted as if they did not see the child and collectively ignored his existence.
Why? Why did this happen?
“They can’t see me.” The child raised his head up, looked at him, and seemingly smiled: “I am always easily ignored by others. No matter what kind of dazzling clothes I’m dressed in or how conspicuous this umbrella is, they will always easily neglect my existence.”
Feng YuLan’s eyes were fixed on him, but his mouth remained closed, and he was unable to speak.
“Don’t be afraid. Your current state will not last for a long time. Once you leave this secret chamber, you will return to normal, but after that happens, you will also forget me. In addition, once I control a person, I can’t control him again.”
The boy spun his umbrella as he stood in the center of where Luo Jian and company were. This strange sight appeared extremely terrifying. It felt as if you could see him but your friends could not, and you could not tell anyone that there was a devil-like child among them!
T/N: Thank you so much Kitty Witty for the kofis! Really appreciate it!
Together with tomorrow’s update, an extra kofi chapter will be released. Thank you guys so much for your support!
(PS: And sorry for the late update today; I was busy all day and only had time to upload the chapter after I’m back at night.)