20demayo Chapter 125: Undercurrent (Grayscale picture of Ke’er included~)
Chapter 125: Undercurrent (Grayscale picture of Ke’er included~)
Chapter 125: Undercurrent (Grayscale picture of Ke’er included~)
“This little punk has quite the cocky personality.” Spat the bearded man.
“Since that’s the case, this humble self will cut to the chase.” Ji Bai sized up the medium-statured man for a few moments before continuing.
“I presume it has already come to your ears that there are goblins within the underground sewer.”
“We’ve heard someone mention it before, but were unable to ascertain it.” Seeing that Ji Bai was planning to give a recount of the incident, the attitude of the medium-statured man instantly turned abnormally strict and serious as he shot a glance at the bearded man spectating them with crossed arms.
“Ugh, seriously... There isn’t any stool around here, what a pain in the ass.” Despite how the bearded man grumbled, he still took out a notebook together with a coal pen and meticulously began to write down Ji Bai’s words.
“So, is sire saying that the presence of goblins in the Border Town’s sewers is a fact?” The medium-statured man slightly knitted his brows.
“Yes, there’s even a considerable number of them.”
“Can you go further in detail?”
“Have you ever seen an ant’s nest before, sire?”
“...” The man fell silent.
As creatures that lived off plundering others, goblins could be found in a wide range of habitats, with caves in the wilderness and abandoned buildings being the most common.
As beings that inhabit the cities, humans had no impression or concept towards such cruel and cunning creatures. That was because goblins were a species that lived too far away from them, making it virtually impossible to encounter them in the wild.
For goblins to appear in the cities’ sewers, and even more so in disastrous numbers, was something extremely extraordinary.
“...Was that what caused the sacrifice of a fellow comrade?” Despite harboring numerous doubts about this incident that seemed like a tale from the Arabian Nights, the man restrained his curiosity and continued to carry out the job he was assigned to.
“No.” Ji Bai shook his head.
“Then what was it?”
“Not just goblins, there were trolls too.”
“Holy sh*t!” The bearded man uncontrollably cussed, as he looked at Ji Bai with a gaze full of disbelief.
“You three were able to return even when you had to face all this!? How did you even survive?”
“Watch your words, Ol’ Gan. These crude words of yours are not only rude but also disrespectful to the dead.” An irrefutable sense of authority radiated from the man’s words.
“Oh...”
“I must apologize. He’s a straightforward person and has always been pretty blunt with his words. I ask for your forgiveness.” Apologized the medium-statured man to Ji Bai.
“Boss, do you really believe the information that brat gave us? Rather, it’d be more appropriate to say that he is doing his utmost to hide something... After all, the origins of this man are far too suspicious. The brass has asked us to pay a bit more attention to that.” The bearded man narrowed his bean-sized eyes.
“Whether we believe it or not, this is all the information he provided us. Or, should I say, he was willing to provide.” The medium-statured man took out a cigarette from his pockets and mumbled. As a flame flashed on his fingertip, he lit the tip of the cigarette and deeply inhaled.
“Let’s go. We’ve still got things to do.”
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After going through that brief interlude, Ji Bai was no longer in a rush to get his armor repaired. All he wanted to do now was to sit on his sofa and rest for a while. It wouldn’t be too late for him to get there after that.
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It was a dark environment. The uneven walls on all sides, including the ceiling and floor, were completely covered with a layer of meat, making the place resemble the viscera of a massive monster.
Deep within the heart of the place, spell formations of all sizes were deeply engraved on the surface of the walls and floor. Flickering with purplish-black radiance, they swivelled about slowly, like cogs with their own respective function.
When compared with magic arrays, the shape of these spell formations seemed abnormally deformed, with their appearance being worlds apart from the norm.
A topless man was meditating on top of the largest spell formation. Smaller formations were carved into his arms and chest. Resembling tiny eyes, they incessantly swiveled about and flickered between light and darkness.
Gradually, the small formations on the man’s body began to synchronize with those on the meat-covered walls around him, with the strange purplish-black light radiating out from them becoming increasingly brighter.
“I see Lord Lan is truly becoming more and more adept with the days passing.” A hoarse voice that carried a slight trace of amusement slowly radiated outwards.
Lan Yu, who was the one sitting in the middle of the spell formation, slightly opened his eyes upon hearing the voice.
An old man clad in black robes with a bizarre octopus totem adorning his back entered the room. With cow-horned helmets on their heads, two fully armed knights clad in pitch-black scale armor were at his side, following behind him.
“For the ever-busy godfather to take time from his busy schedule to come here, I presume it isn’t to merely pay this humble self a visit?” Lan Yu stretched his muscles as he put on the gown that had been tossed aside.
“Hahaha... Does that mean that I can’t meet Lord Lan if there’s nothing of importance?” The black-robed elder laughed hoarsely.
“In order to remain undetected, I believe that such an action is unnecessary.” Lan Yu frowned slightly.
“Why these overly formal words, Lord Lan Yu? We’re all a family that shares glory and misfortune among us. Unless... Section Head Lan still wishes to continue being a small obscure branch head?” The elder impolitely walked to the center of the spell formation and sat on the floor beside Lan Yu.
“I say, Section Head Lan Yu, the incident where the trolls attacked the city a few days ago... You’re the mastermind that lent a hand behind the scenes, right? Haha, there’s no need to refute it, for we’re all on the same side. Don’t you think that we should be frank with each other and not let any wariness come between us?” The black-robed elder revealed his aged appearance, including his right eyeball that was covered by a series of terrifying blood-colored lines.
“...So, is his eminence the godfather here to mock me?”
“Hahaha, I wouldn’t go as far as to say that... As I’ve already said, we’re all a family...”
Within the meat-covered walls, in a place no one would uncover, a series of magic runes were moving irregularly.
“Recording magic, completed.” Specks of moving lights flashed by and slightly illuminated the light-blue hair fringe.
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Author’s note: (A lot of readers have said that Ji Bai’s character has collapsed...(>_
...Also, I didn’t exactly run out of things to write so that I was forced to add the goblin slayer part into the novel. That sewer transition plot was necessary (>__