Chapter 171: Star Emperors apperance (1/2)

”What I believe in, what I know, and what I can guess are not the things that you will ever be privy to know,” Markus said in an annoyed voice. He crossed his arms on top of his chest before squinting his eyes and looking deeply into the high interrogator's eyes.

”I guess I don't have any other choice then,” Jacob said, backing out a few steps and reaching to one of the pockets hidden underneath his robes.

Once he was done searching through his stuff, he pulled out a small, wide, and thin crystal emanating with a faint, red glow.

”This is the incompetency token. Each of the interrogators only has three of those given to them for their entire career,” Jacob introduced the item that most of the people around would have trouble recognizing.

'Away for him to push back any and all responsibility?' Markus thought, trying to read the situation before the other party would actually make their move.

”I already used one of them back in the days. But let me first explain what will happen if I do snap it in half,” Jacob added with a sour smile. Unless the face he was making was nothing but an act, it seemed that his soul was boiling in a mix of powerlessness and wish for vengeance for the humiliation he received today. ”Once I snap it, a signal will be sent to my superior, informing him that there is something going on that I cannot handle on my own,” Jacob explained as his sour smile only deepened.

”And who that direct superior might be?” Markus asked ironically, pushing his head to the side as he did. ”Your mother? Your lover?” He added a few guesses to infuriate the man even further.

”No,” Jacob replied calmly, shaking his head in denial. ”It's the Star Emperor himself,” he added a moment later.

'Huh?' Markus froze. His eyes were glued to Jacob's face. He looked towards his hand holding the potentially dangerous item.

And it was trembling.

'Is he bluffing?' Markus asked himself, trying to see through the man's ruse. If this was all but an act filled with lies, then he would lose face and a lot of time by agreeing to negotiate. But if the man was actually honest, then Markus would likely end up against a local powerhouse.

A powerhouse that Markus was completely ignorant about.

'If we look at it like that, there is a fifty-fifty chance that he is telling the truth and fifty-fifty chance that this star emperor or something is stronger than me,' Markus thought. Even though he was a scholar, he didn't mind making a bitch out of the probabilistic math in a situation like this.

”In other words, there are three to one chances that you are fucked against me being fucked,” Markus said out loud, not giving even a shred of fuck over the fact that the man would have no idea how Markus arrived at such a conclusion.

”Try me, bitch,” Jacob replied as some tones of madness exploded in his eyes. His fingers visibly tensed as if he was already attempting to break the stone.

For a moment, Markus remained silent. For a moment, he watched the man in front of him as intensely as if he suddenly turned into a woman perfectly in the middle of Markus' striking zone.

In other words, for the briefest of moments, Markus saw Yelna instead of this man.

”Okay, let's top this dick-measuring contest,” Markus suddenly said as he raised his hands to the sky. ”My wife would kill me if I dared to fight with that pussy emperor or something on my own. And between that ruler of yours and my wife….” Markus bit his lips after he said, clearly having some problems with voicing his ideas out. ”Well, let's say that I have yet to grow the balls big enough to ever oppose any of her wishes,” he added, confusing Jacob to no end.

'Why the fuck is he talking about his wife now?' he thought, looking with an intense stare at the man ahead of him. Then, a slight glint appeared in his vision for a moment. A reflection of the sun blocked his view for just a fraction of a second.

”Hello, dear,” Markus said, turning his head to the side.

And for some reason, there was another person there.

”What?!” Jacob muttered as the needles of panic once again started to sink into his soul. 'Where did she came from?' he thought, startled by the sudden appearance of a girl.

She was pretty short, roughly one and a half heads shorter than her alleged husband. Her posture didn't give out any feeling of danger or might. There was no aura around her whatsoever, proving that she had no cultivation at all.

'With all of that, she shouldn't be a threat… But why does her mere presence makes me shudder?' Jacob thought, startled by the weird situation.

Clink!