Chapter 368 Kombia’s Secret (2/2)

She started to shiver.

Chen Xiaolian gave her a glance and he suddenly asked in a hushed tone, “Do you know what a ‘quest’ is?”

“Eh?”

Seeing the blank expression on Una’s face, Chen Xiaolian felt somewhat disappointed.

“Your father is already dead,” Chen Xiaolian said coolly. “Did you know that?”

There was shock on Una’s face as she replied, “No… that is impossible! He… before Kabuka fell, he had already brought his personal guards together with him as he left.”

“I am not lying to you.” Chen Xiaolian smiled and continued, “It’s that warehouse within the city, right? I had gone to the military warehouse; he died before my very eyes. I was there when he breathed his last.”

Una’s face became distorted and she asked, “You… killed him?”

“Something like that.” Chen Xiaolian thought about it – although Bai Qi was the one who killed Zayad, saying that he was the one to kill Zayad was not exactly wrong either.

Una suddenly released an animal like cry. With both hands clutching her head, she began sobbing.

The corners of Chen Xiaolian’s mouth curled into a sneer and he waited quietly as she sobbed for a moment before coldly saying something unexpected, “Stop putting on a show. Seriously… your acting is terrible, you know that? You are clearly not that sad, why pretend like you are? Your crying is too fake, you know?”

Una was stunned.

With one hand on the steering wheel, Chen Xiaolian extended his other hand into his chest and pulled out a pack of cigarettes. After lighting up a cigarette, he took a drag and deliberately puffed the smoke toward Una’s face.

“Matters are getting more complicated and also more interesting.” Chen Xiaolian sneered before continuing, “I was not the only one who wanted to kill your father.”

Chen Xiaolian puffed again and said slowly, “There is a group of people… no, maybe there is more than just one group. At any rate, your father had become an assassination target.

“From what I know, there is no way that those people would take action for just some tens of million dollars. They must surely have an even bigger target.

“I also know of something interesting. Interestingly, after your father died… you, have become the new target.

“This is very interesting. I had killed your brother, Zayad Jr., but he was not a target. Instead, you are.

“I am very curious… when you were working under your father, what kind of role did you play?

“A mere custodian of some properties worth tens of million US dollars? No, I believe there’s far more to it.”

After saying that, Chen Xiaolian cast a stare at Una and said, “I am more curious about one thing though. You see, I realized an interesting detail about you.”

“What detail?”

“The way you reacted to me, that look of shock and fear does not appear genuine.” Chen Xiaolian smiled faintly and continued, “I am not being conceited here. However, there is a very big difference between someone like me and an ordinary human. You had witnessed my prowess, my ability to casually deal with your guards and also my ‘pet’. Yet, even though you had seemed highly shocked then, that expression of yours had a certain difference compared to the expressions of others.”

“I… I don’t understand what you are saying.”

“Don’t understand?” Chen Xiaolian smiled and continued, “The expressions of shock on the others, like that female, Lin Leyan was one that could be described as ‘Oh my God, to think that there could be someone like this’. But yours was more to ‘Ah! It’s another one of those guys!’ Although both types of emotions are also expressions of shock, there are still differences between them.”

After saying that, Chen Xiaolian turned his head to look Una in the eyes. “I am very confident in this feeling of mine. Before this… you have met some other people with abilities like mine, right?”

Una fell silent.

Finally… after struggling for a moment, the woman finally spoke up.

“Kombia… have something that’s even more valuable.”

“What is it?”

“Mine, a type of mine.”

…

On the riverbank…

Most of the corpses on the ground were in pieces; torn arms and limbs were strewn all over the place.

The scene was simply a battlefield of the Shuras!

A lean looking figure who wore a robe was standing in the middle of it all. He wore a steeple-crowned hat on his head and had a black feather inserted into the tip of his hat.

His pair of eyes shone as he looked around. The corners of his mouth were pursed as a hint of a cold smile appeared on his face.

He stepped forward and his boots made its way across the corpses of the rebel soldiers. At the same time, he extended his hand to gently pinch his nose.

There was someone else not far from him. That person was crouched down on the ground, searching for something.

The one who was crouched down finally picked up a finger and shoved that bloody item into his mouth. After sucking on it for a while, an expression of joy appeared on his face and he gave a light sigh. “Time of death is not too long ago. The taste of blood is still very fresh.”

The lean figure halted five steps behind that crouched figure and knitted his eyebrows. Then, he directed a look of disgust at the crouching figure and said, “You are a really nauseating fellow.”

The crouching figure harrumphed and raised his head to check his surroundings. “Most of the dead here were killed by fangs and claws of some wild beast. Very simplistic and crude. Care freely soaking themselves in blood, I like this way of killing. Clearly, we’ve encountered one of our own… these people are definitely of the same type as us. They are either the type that can transform or the type that rears wild beasts as pets.”

“The same as us.” The lean figure sighed. “If there is an intervention by someone who is the same as us, things would get troublesome. Has the target fallen into that party’s hands?”

“How am I supposed to know,” answered the crouching figure who got up. “But since we did not get any system prompt, it would seem that quest target no. 2 is still alive. We should still have a chance.”