Chapter 36 (1/2)
Translator: Sigma Editor: Sigma
Although the hypnosis spell had been removed and Ryan was not bound, he did not intend to escape or resist at the moment. He slumped to the ground without saying a word.
He knew the other’s strengths. The giant Gerrard was in front of him. Even if Gerrard were not there, he might not have been able to defeat Master Satan alone— provided that he was in a good condition.
Now as the bones on his shoulders had mostly been broken, he was seriously wounded. Had he not just drunk healing potions, he might have died from the pains without any being able to resist at all.
At this stage, he could only resign to his fate without any illusion.
“Ryan, why were you plotting against us?” Gerrard shouted with a loud voice. His roar resounded in the forest like a gust of wind.
“I was dying, so in order to please the Darkened Moon and be qualified to go to his Holy Kingdom, I designed such a hoax with which I could please His Majesty by deceiving you,” Ryan said frankly. “But I failed. His Majesty abandoned me and now I am done. For me, life is meaningless. The gate of purgatory has been open to me. The only thing left to worry about is when I fall into it.”
Hearing these words, thieves suddenly turned angry and glared at him. If not for the awe of Gerrard, perhaps they would all have arisen to attack him, cutting off the old man in a chaotic way.
The God of Thieves and the God of Conspiracy had a bad relationship because both of them had the overlapping holy mission of “hallucination,” so they could be described as deadly enemies. For thieves who believed in the God of Thieves, Ryan who believed in the God of Conspiracy was not only an enemy but also a despicable traitor.
In the world of some martial novels, people like Ryan would certainly be attacked fiercely!
Ryan did not care about these murderous eyes. Anyway, he had no way to go. What was it that he could be scared of if the only result was death?
“Ha-ha,” Sui Xiong’s laughter sounded in the air. “The God of Conspiracy did not abandon you. On the contrary, your actions greatly pleased Him.”
“What?!” Ryan’s eyes turned bright, and he hurried to look towards the small transparent jellyfish that popped up in the air. “But why did His Majesty not respond to my prayer?”
“Because his response was intercepted by me,” Sui Xiong said with a smile. “His envoy was also stopped by me. By the way, the envoy called “Four-faced Monster” under the command of the God of Conspiracy looked very strange, but tasted unexpectedly good. His flesh was fresh and delicious. It’s memorable!”
Ryan suddenly startled and realized the identity of Sui Xiong. With his face suddenly turning pale, he lamentingly fell silent and was unable to say anything.
He had thought that he was exceptionally wise and arranged the whole thing properly because he succeeded in deceiving and maneuvering against a huge giant, a small mage, plus a rookie god. But it turned out that what went wrong was not his strategy, but who he was plotting against.
The god behind the Giant Gerrard was by no means a rookie, but clearly a hidden superman! Even the envoy of His Majesty the God of Conspiracy was eaten by him, so it was impossible to imagine how powerful he was!
Ryan thought, What terrible fortune I had! How dare I plot against this powerful god! Maybe I have done too many evils, so that the Goddess of Fate has bound me with her threads invisible to mortal people, with another end tied to purgatory…
After a complete desperation, he instead turned calm. With a pair of deadly eyes, he calmly looked into the eyes of Sui Xiong and said, “Your Majesty, pardon me for not knowing your name. But it does not matter, please feel free to punish me in any way as you like.”
Seeing this hopeless and sorrowful expression, Sui Xiong could not help but be a bit disappointed. Who he wanted to punish was the old thief master that was crafty like a fox, not this good-for-nothing that was different from a dead man only because he could breathe.
The transparent jellyfish circled around Ryan for a few laps. After a while of careful analysis, an idea suddenly occurred to Sui Xiong.
“Since you volunteered to be punished, then do not blame me for giving you any excessive punishment!” He sneered. Using the power of his soul to transform his transparent body into a big rough palm with a glittering pattern of the Chinese character “ten thousand,” he patted Ryan’s forehead.
“Never too late to mend your ways!” Sui Xiong shouted loudly.
He silently contemplated all kinds of sincerity, goodness, beauty, and scenes of prosperity and development, of unrelenting success, of joy and encouragement… These countless ideas merged into a golden light and were seemingly transferred into Ryan’s head through the strength of the pat, but in fact, suddenly broke into his soul and body.
Ryan screamed and twitched. The pain of the soul being wounded was far more fatal than that of the flesh. Even if he already felt hopeless, he could not stand this pain. He suddenly wanted to die, even being tortured in purgatory after death was better than being tormented now.
Thieves around him, looking at the miserable appearance of their leader, were startled. No sound was heard except a rustling sound. A few thieves who were not very courageous were so scared that they wet themselves, giving off an unbearable foul smell.
Fortunately, they carried a lot of supplies for this treasure hunt, so they found several pairs of clean trousers for the cowards who threw the dirty trousers far away. Then Satan cast a magic that summoned a gust of strong wind that blew away the foul smell, relieving everyone’s nose.
It was strange; just for a while, the previously yelling Ryan calmed down. His eyes showed that he was at a loss. No one knew what he was thinking, but he just stared at the sky.
“Ryan, have you realized your mistake?” Sui Xiong’s avatar changed back into a floating jellyfish and asked loudly.
Ryan was awakened by this loud cry and sat up again. After a long silence, he suddenly burst into tears.