Chapter 147: An unexpected ally (1/2)
”Zhong Kui, do you know this copycat of Artemis?” Hermes asked the demon hunter.
'That doesn't make any sense, Hermes...' Alex puzzlingly observed the scene.
A man was drawing out his bowstring and was clearly ready to send an arrow flying their way.
Suddenly, Zhong Kui exclaimed, ”Hou Yi, you can see me, that means you finally-
”Don't remind me, Zhong Kui!” An arrow flew towards Alex and the demon hunter.
However, a heavy spear parried the arrow.
The force from the arrow pushed Alex back a few steps and threw him off his feet into a backflip.
'That was strong!' Alex remarked internally.
Zhong Kui waved his hand and frantically exclaimed, ”Hey, hey there, stop that, I have helped you so much in the past, and the reward I receive is an arrow flying towards this weak body of mine?”
Hou Yi harrumphed and replied, ”Our karmic debts can be spoken of later.”
”Now then, why are you with criminals? They both match the descriptions issued by the imperial court,” Hou Yi commented as Alex returned to his original appearance to fully utilize Prometheus.
”We'll only talk if you put down that bow,” Zhong Kui harrumphed back even though he didn't exactly have the higher ground here.
”I'll stay on alert,” Hou Yi put down his arrow but crouched next to it.
Zhong Kui cleared his throat and said, ”The reason I'm with these two is....
”.....”
”.....”
The demon hunter stopped speaking as if he wanted to build up a cliffhanger.
”That imperial court member was an atrocious ghost king-
”Don't mix up the sacred court with rural superstition! You blasphemer!” Another arrow made its way for the demon hunter.
Alex parried the arrow once again, but his arms were numb from the overwhelming force of the attacks.
”What do you mean, rural superstition? Yan Wang, our very own King, knows of their existence!”
”Yan Wang was never right in the mind anyway! Hmph!”
”Is that why you begged him to chase you out of the Underworld every time you died?” Zhong Kui sneered.
Hou Yi gritted his teeth and stated, ”I need evidence, or I am going to eliminate these two right now.”
Alex gulped.
They didn't have any evidence.
Unexpectedly, Zhong Kui rashly replied, ”The evidence is all around you!”
A strange silence befell the group.
Hermes, Alex, and Hou Yi all felt confused at the scary man's words.
Zhong Kui detected the awkward atmosphere and softly said, ”The floods of the Yangtze and Yellow River have likely been caused by a ghost king....”
”Preposterous! The higher concentration of yin qi around here is simply a result of the casualties and grim state of the local residents and animals!” Hou Yi stubbornly refuted.
However, Alex was the one who interjected this time.
”Z-Zhong Kui actually has a point.”
”Don't you think the yin qi around here could act as a cloak to the hideout of a possible ghost king?”
”R-r-right!” Zhong Kui backed up his statement.