Chapter 37: Farewell · Rest
Su Xiao looked at the five members of the protagonist team ahead. Having waited too long, he had dozed off for a bit.
"Kingsley thinks highly of you. Even when he was stuck in the mud, he still made that bet with me. There aren’t many people I acknowledge. Over all these years, only Kingsley. I don’t understand why he sees potential in you worthless remnants."
Su Xiao’s tone carried no fluctuation. After this was over, he decided to give Baha a beating. What kind of dialogue was this? It felt awkward to read.
"Even a lion uses its full strength against a rabbit. After this…"
Su Xiao narrowed his eyes. The lines Baha wrote were too awkward. Getting strung up and thrashed wouldn’t be unjust. Inside the alternate space, Baha started panicking—this was its own bright idea.
"…"
Su Xiao stopped talking, simply staring at the five ahead.
"I’m not interested in you. Within ten seconds, disappear from my sight, and take this thing with you."
He pointed his thumb at the No. 5 glass column behind him. After a brush with life and death, the five were completely bewildered and didn’t move at first. Aichi was the first to react. He made a wide arc, lifted the glass column from the inner side of the hall, and carried it.
Nainai kept her head down, deep in thought. She seemed to have made some kind of decision. She rushed toward Su Xiao, raising both hands in surrender, even discarding the weapon at her waist.
"Wait—"
The mature woman, Manli, barely got the word out before Nainai was hoisted up by Realm Severing Thread, hanging upside down half a meter in front of Su Xiao. She had thought she could at least struggle for a second or two, but she was instantly taken down.
Facing Su Xiao upside down, Nainai had made her decision: since she couldn’t win or outsmart him, she would join him. She decided to genuinely become a mole. That way, she could probably save her four companions.
With a bang, blood energy surged. Nainai was sent flying, slamming into the wall above the corridor, then landing with a thud.
"The gap in strength is too obvious. We can’t act rashly."
Nainai looked up, sniffed her bloody nose, and gave a thumbs-up.
"That’s a load of crap."
"Urgh~"
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"Did you get water in your brain again?"
Aichi punched Nainai on the head, grabbed her by one leg, and ran off.
Soon, the hall fell silent. Su Xiao yawned and decided to doze off again. At midnight, Kingsley would set out, and then he would use [Ancient Will] to trigger the talent breakthrough mission.
A few minutes later, just as Su Xiao was getting drowsy, a fluctuation came from ahead. A retrospection phenomenon occurred. Nainai’s phantom rapidly rewound, eventually returning to the moment she was hoisted up.
A glimmer of awareness appeared in the phantom’s eyes. This was her development of her own ability—using retrospection to shift the location of her consciousness. This phantom of Nainai was now controlled by the real Nainai, who had already left the research institute.
"Lord Legion Commander, I’m alive. See, I can still move."
The upside-down Nainai spun in place.
"…"
"Lord Legion Commander, you didn’t kill us because you want to use us for something, right? I bet my meeting with Aichi and the others was all arranged by you. You must know me well—know I’m from the slums and pay closer attention to details. I’ve probably been on your radar. If one of us has to die, it’ll be me first. So I want to work for you. Let me be your hound."
Nainai grinned, showing her teeth. Just then, Bubu Wang stepped out of stealth, and Baha flew out of the alternate space. They both felt that Nainai’s mention of "hound" seemed to refer to them—one eagle, one dog. It matched.
"What can you do for me?"
"A lot."
"Like helping us keep an eye on Aichi and the others?"
Baha prompted. Nainai’s smile faded.
"I’m the daughter of a prostitute from the slums. Lucky to be born and raised by an old lady who dealt in organ trading. I’ve kept myself clean so far, but in many people’s eyes, I’m just slum trash. Aichi and the others are worth me risking my life for. I won’t betray them."
Nainai’s tone was firm. Even if she was defecting, she wouldn’t cross that line. People with no limits don’t live long.
"Then what use are you to us?"
Baha flew up, ready to find Nainai’s real body.
"I can help you keep an eye on Kingsley."
When Nainai said this, she knew she was done for, but it was the best plan she could think of.
"Knowing Aichi and the white-haired guy, they’ll definitely go to Kingsley. Definitely."
Nainai didn’t continue. She knew some things had to stay buried forever.
Baha looked Nainai up and down. Her courage left him speechless.
"Deal."
"How strange. I’d do something like this for others. Friendship is a terrifying thing."
Nainai’s phantom faded, and her voice dissipated into the air.
A few seconds after Nainai vanished, a hidden door on the innermost wall of the hall rose, and Kingsley stepped out.
"It was indeed Nainai who stepped up. Now that she’s defected to you, she won’t be suspicious of the others anymore. Daoer Mu’s potential can be unleashed. After cultivating that pawn for so long, it’ll have to be spent on the Taiyatu Continent this time."
Kingsley’s tone carried a hint of regret.
"Mm."
"I’m off now. Nainai is still waiting to monitor me."
"If Aichi and the white-haired kid die, retrieve the Fate Blood for me."
"I’ll do my best."
Kingsley walked out of the hall. In truth, what seemed like Nainai’s spur-of-the-moment decision was actually a pre-planned move. This time, the protagonist team would taste the grief of losing a companion, turning that sorrow into motivation.
Aichi and the white-haired kid were still useful, tasked with nurturing the Fate Blood. Nainai had been set up completely, sold and still counting the money. She became the protagonist team’s "sedative." With the clever Nainai around, the team wouldn’t be suspicious anymore.
At one in the morning, Su Xiao, still in the hall, received a message from his intelligence personnel. Kingsley had left, accompanied by three steel warships and Eclipse Organization’s Rings 16 to 1—all Kingsley’s trusted men.
With the best route provided by the Alliance Council, it would take at most three days to reach the Taiyatu Continent.
Su Xiao took a pendant from his storage space—[Ancient Will]. He used it as a tool. With a crack, the pendant shattered in his hand, and strands of thread sank into his right hand.
[You have used Ancient Will (Holy Spirit Rank).]
[You have activated the Limit Breakthrough Mission. Please choose the talent ability to break through: Soul Devourer / Blood Beast / Element King.]
[You have chosen talent ability: Element King.]
[Based on the Hunter’s own talent traits, a suitable world for the talent breakthrough will be matched.]
[Matching complete. As this talent was activated after the Hunter consumed the liquid of dangerous object S-002, this mission will proceed within the current world.]
[You have accepted the talent mission: Farewell · Rest.]
[Talent Mission: Farewell · Rest (This mission has only one phase)]
Difficulty Level: Lv.??? (As you are a Law Destroyer, mission difficulty is Lv.78).
Mission Brief: Kill the Silver Moon Wolf that has absorbed Abyss Force. This Silver Moon Wolf died many years ago, but due to absorbing Abyss Force, it continues to exist in a dead body. As a former ally and a Law Destroyer, it is your duty to bring this Silver Moon Wolf its final rest. This is the last farewell. It once guarded the natural elemental balance of this world for a thousand years.
Mission Info: The Silver Moon Wolf is located in the Extreme Southern Cold Lands.
Mission Time Limit: 6 natural days.
Mission Reward: Talent ability Element King breaks through its limit.
Mission Penalty: Randomly seal three existing talent abilities for 5 world progressions.
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