Chapter 763 - Is That So? (1/2)

Chapter 763 Is That So?

This little ball of light was the fragile soul of the young mother. No consciousness, no intelligence, just a mass of energy with a fear for her daughter’s safety.

Even if Roland didn’t touch her, she would be completely gone in an hour or two.

After all, there was no paradise for souls to exist in this world, and no soul would be destined to last.

Perhaps there was, but Roland didn’t find it.

So Roland didn’t have any psychological burden in sucking her into his soul.

This young mother’s soul was too tiny compared to Roland’s, and as soon as it entered Roland’s head, it was dissolved into countless pieces by his huge soul.

Many thought fragments unfolded in Roland’s consciousness.

Most of the memories he saw were recent.

After all, memories were all the more clear the more recent they were.

Searching through all the memories, Roland soon found images of the young mother after her accident.

In her soul’s vision, a ball of light similar in appearance to her own existed right next to her.

But this ball of light was much larger and brighter than she was. She had an instinct to get closer.

But then two figures suddenly appeared, one white and one gold, both emitting an intense light, and it was impossible to see what they looked like.

One of them, the white one, even reached out and smacked the little ball of light to the side.

Then they took the large ball of light with them and disappeared after flying into a strange light gate.

After reading this memory, Roland opened his eyes. His body shook slightly.

A bodyguard next to him came up and asked in a whisper, “Boss, is everything all right?”

It was a custom within the system to address leaders as “boss” when they were outside, and when they were conducting some confidential missions or when they were out and about and needed to keep their identities secret, they would go along with the general trend of addressing leaders as “boss” to distinguish between subordinates and superiors.

It was more confidential this way, after all, the whole world used the word.

It was more confidential than something like Director Huang or Chief Huang. Roland waved his hand and said thank you before pedaling home with his bike, while the two bodyguards followed him.

His parents were naturally happy to see him back.

But they had also heard about Betta; after all, Betta had visited with the other friends over the years, and the old couple knew him.

The old couple was also saddened to know that Betta had died so tragically. Roland helped arrange the two bodyguards to sleep in the guest room. He then went back to his room.

As he lay in bed, he kept thinking about where that spatial door led, and whether Betta’s soul had been sent away.

Is Betta alive somewhere else?

Such a jumble of things went round and round in his mind that after two hours he drifted off to sleep.

After a night’s sleep, Roland followed the car to the crematorium according to the phone number given by Schuck.

Although burial was no longer allowed in the south of the country, a temporary funeral hall was set up and a funeral master was invited to recite the sutra.

Many people came to the funeral hall. The dead young mother’s side also sent a few representatives over; after all, Betta had died to save the little girl. Otherwise, he would have escaped. Those oddly dressed, neither Taoist nor monk, funeral masters began to jump and dance while blowing suona and knocking wooden fish. Also, they sang the traditional rituals of the parting of the dead and the living.

After nearly three hours or so of the ceremony, Betta’s father’s hair had gone almost all white overnight and his mother was still unconscious in the hospital.

All their friends and relatives knew that the family was lost.

The old couple would be as good as dead.

The tragedy of a family bereaved of its only child wasn’t something that outsiders could even imagine.

The F6 friends were all here, and looking at the funeral photo of Betta in the funeral hall, Husseret and Raffel who were more emotional cried out on the spot.

Roland also felt a lump in his throat and a tight feeling in his chest.

After staying at home for two more days, Roland then returned to the base.

Now that Andonara felt secure enough, Roland’s disappearance for a short time was no longer a problem for her.

Roland had thought that this was the end of the matter with Betta, but he hadn’t expected that things would be so troublesome.

He hid in the floating city to experiment with magic.

The master builders gave priority to building his lab.

After not even half a month of quiet, Schuck pinged him in the guild chat.

Schuck: “Roland, there’s trouble in Wetland City, go over and help stabilize the situation. I’ll be right behind you. Li Lin and the others have already rushed over.”

Once Roland saw this, he knew that something was probably wrong.

He immediately fired up the floating city and spent a little more than half a day flying to the wetlands.

At this time, the mayor’s residence was a mess. Most of the staff were hiding away while two groups were facing off in the city hall. Roland soon found that on one side was Li Lin and the others, while on the other side was a small group formed by several famous livestreamers, led by Charles, the chairman of Cornucopia.

Li Lin pointed at Charles’s nose and shouted, “This is Betta’s territory, what is Cornucopia doing running in here? I repeat, get out.”

“With Betta dead, then naturally Wetland City is ownerless. What’s wrong with those who are capable of taking over?” Charles smiled, then looked at the livestreamers and said, “Those of you who are watching the livestream, isn’t that right? This Wetland City, it’s true that Betta built it first, but it’s the result of all of us players working together to make it as prosperous as it is now.”

“That’s no reason why Cornucopia can become the ruler. When did it become an unscrupulous organization like Cornucopia’s turn?”

“There is no such thing as unscrupulous business, there are only rules,” Charles said indifferently. “Whether or not we Cornucopia are qualified aside, are you qualified? Where were you all when we were building Wetland City, on the belly of a woman or fooling around in some brothel?”

Li Lin and the others’ faces turned ashen.

It was no secret now that the priestesses of the Church of Love could help players level up.

Being the first to discover this secret, they naturally took advantage of it.

Now there weren’t enough priestesses in the Church of Love to go around… There were too many male players. The livestream was full of snickering.

Although many netizens yearned for nude parties, in most cases, especially in public situations, this was still scorned.

Looking at Li Lin and the others who could not say anything, Charles, who had already taken the moral high ground, said with a smile, “So, Wetland City is everyone’s city, and it is right that everyone should decide who the next mayor is.”

“I don’t think so.”

Roland walked up.

Seeing Roland, Charles didn’t show any special expression, but rather, Roland’s appearance was completely expected.

The fact that F6 was very united was well known to all guild chairmen.

“Oh, the number one elite in the entire server is here. Do you think that you should be the mayor of this Wetland City?”

Charles was taunting and provoking.

Several livestreamers even made sarcastic remarks.

“As the number one elite in the entire server, it’s normal to be a little greedy.”

“Nothing wrong with taking your brother’s heritage.” “I heard that there are two beautiful maids hidden in Betta’s room. I guess Roland will also put them all together too. Doesn’t he like married women the most, haha.”