Chapter 206: Chapter 180: Four Pillars God Sect!_2
Ash suddenly had a bizarre thought but shook his head to suppress the sudden chuunibyou impulse and said, “Even if it really is a slave-hunting team, that would at least ensure our safety, and the identity of a slave would help us quickly understand this world. We can always become runaway slaves, after all, we’re escapees from prison. When it comes to running away, we’re professionals.”
Igula looked at Ash with some surprise and didn’t speak for a while, making Ash feel uncomfortable: “What’s wrong?”
“In prison, I had a faint feeling,” Igula said. “I don’t know if it’s ignorance that breeds fearlessness or if it’s the blind confidence cultivated from leading a dark cult, but it seems you have never feared the malice of fate.”
“After all, it wasn’t easy for us to escape from the Kingdom of Blood Moon, only to be caught again. Even I can’t help but want to swear at the world, while you’re like a fish with only a seven-second memory, immediately starting to think ‘how to make use of this identity as a slave.'”
“Do you have any ace up your sleeve that you’re so confident about?”
Ace? Does the Black and White Witch I just drew count?
Ash scratched his head: “Isn’t that just a normal psychological quality? Like when you’re about to leave work for home and your boss suddenly gives you a new task, demanding it be done by morning, after cursing inside don’t you just have to order takeout and honestly work overtime?”
Harvey said, “I think most people wouldn’t equate working overtime with being captured by a slave-hunting team… Continue.”
Ash and Igula caught what Harvey threw them—Snow White brand moon candy.
“When we get off the vehicle, it’s when we are at our weakest and when they are at their most relaxed,” Harvey calmly said. “This thing can forcibly excite your spirit, overcome the fatigue of sleeplessness, and even hasten the recovery of magic power.”
“After leaving the Kingdom of Blood Moon, you won’t have a place to buy moon candy,” Igula said. “Physical addiction to sugar can be curbed with a Technique Spirit, but I’ve never heard of anyone being able to quit a psychological addiction to it. In Shattered Lake Prison, too many condemned criminals exhausted their own contributions just to buy moon candy.”
“There should be similar drugs in this country.” Harvey patted the padded wall. “The more advanced the country is, the more popular the drugs are that fill the void. All races have a self-destructive tendency, and when survival is no longer a pressure, they seek activities that are more dangerous but also more pleasurable.”
“The strange conclusions of a necromancer,” Igula put it away. “I’ll take it, I won’t eat it, but I will cooperate with you.”
“Same here,” Ash said, also uninterested in challenging his resistance to poison, but after contemplating, he still put it in his bag—it could be considered for the substitute to try and see the substitute’s reaction.
Thinking of the substitute first when having something tasty, truly worthy of me.jpg
After a long journey, at 6 p.m. Kingdom of Blood Moon time, Igula finally felt the carriage stop. The three weary individuals exchanged glances, knowing the first major challenge was about to come. Harvey silently ate a moon candy, and his vitality was instantly revitalized.
The carriage opened its side door, “Come out, the three of you.”
It was then that Ash suddenly realized he could understand the language of this country, although with a strange accent, somewhat between Cantonese and Mandarin, but if he listened carefully, he could still understand.
Even the same language could have different accents in different cities, so it was normal for them to have an accent. But they had crossed over to another country, yet the basic language was still common?
Stepping out of the carriage, what came into view was a sky partially covered by a setting sun and partially by a starry sky, as well as a place that looked like an abandoned industrial park—an image hard to find in the Kingdom of Blood Moon, where the Blood Moon was always eager to declare its presence before the sun had even set.
As they expected, the vehicle that transported them was quite advanced, silvery white all over. Despite still having four wheels, the tires incredibly lacked the enlarged friction patterns that prevent skidding; it seemed that any sudden stop could cause a drift for tens of meters. It was impossible to imagine how it was driven; it looked like a concept car that only existed in fantasies.
This was a nation with significantly advanced mage technology, at least more advanced than the Kingdom of Blood Moon.
Upon seeing this vehicle which could represent the crystallization of industrial production, the three of them came to this conclusion simultaneously.
“These three are the people from the exotic realm you need, you can check with the Gospel Book.”
Standing in front of Ash were two rather ordinary people: a naive-looking young housekeeper and a stunningly beautiful, green-eyed girl with purple hair.
The latter held an elegant orange velour folding fan and wore a purple coat; upon seeing her, Ash immediately thought of a description often seen in juicy gossip news: She stole the spotlight!
Ash subconsciously glanced at Igula—the girl’s beauty was almost on par with Igula!
And because Ash was more familiar with Igula, the saying ‘the grass is greener on the other side’ applied, so the unfamiliar girl’s attractiveness scored extra points in Ash’s mind, decisively outshining Igula.
From Ash’s point of view, these two were far from ordinary. But compared to another group of people, they indeed seemed quite unremarkable—six black-robed figures sinisterly staring at Ash and his companions.
“It’s confirmed, they are from the exotic realm,” the leader of the black-robed figures nodded. “We mustn’t delay; proceed with the transaction.”
The middle-aged housekeeper stepped forward with three keys resembling controllers, and the black-robed figures also produced a box. Harvey lowered his eyelids, as if readying himself for some action.
But until the transaction was over, none of the three of them acted rashly.
Because the purple-coated girl was smiling by their side the whole time.
Ash’s ‘beast instinct’ was triggered; it was clear that this girl in purple was more of a beast than Ash, making his subconscious start to fear.
The housekeeper handed the box to the girl in purple, she opened it to take out an octahedral amethyst with an internal light source that radiated a warm and friendly glow, making the girl in purple even more dazzling and raising her beauty level to the point where it trounced Igula.
“The transaction is complete.” The girl in purple and the young housekeeper stepped aside, “Then, these three are now in the care of the Four Pillars God Sect.”
The Four Pillars God Sect?
The Four Pillars God Sect!
Harvey and Igula instantly turned to glare at Ash, who was also dumbfounded—he did hear the word Four Pillars God Sect in his drowsy state before passing out, but the speaker had a heavy accent, and he was groggy, so he thought he had misheard.
Before Ash could react, the black-robed figures unleashed dozens of chains from their sleeves to bind the three of them tightly and stuffed them into prepared body bags, tossing them into their vehicle.
He turned to the girl in purple and said, “Then we will return to start the ritual, and we look forward to further cooperation with the Funeral Service Office.”
The girl in purple nodded slightly: “Ranked ninth on the Azura Task List, the Funeral Service Office is always ready for your commission.”