Another Trip to the North Pole - Another Trip to the North Pole (2/2)
It was clear that as professional demon hunters, Liu Sheng and Zhao Xi were taciturn folks. In face of the big help, Hao Ren had given them, the two did not go around showering him in thanks, and went straight to pledging their aid.
If based on a normal plot flow, Hao Ren as the leader of his house would probably rise up, with his hands held in the Chinese greeting posture, and spouting platitudes like “We shall meet again”, or “It is an honor to help,” or “We shall once again draw swords together…” or something to that effect, but going by Hao Ren’s style, things would always go the other way. Before Liu Sheng could even finish saying his farewells Hao Ren cut him off mid-sentence. “Ah, don’t fret, don’t fret. Leave after you have a meal. The salted eggs Vivian had made earlier is ready, you’ve got to give it a try…”
And thus Liu Sheng and Zhao Xi bade their farewells after stuffing their face full of salted eggs…
After the demon hunters had left, Lily immediately darted to Hao Ren’s side. “Mr. Landlord, Mr. Landlord! I heard Rollie said that you were playing with a sword? Why did you call me for something this fun?”
“Why do you need to get involved in everything?” Hao Ren pushed the dumb husky who was almost at licking distance away with all his might. “We were conducting serious business last night. What’s the fun in that?”
Lily wagged her tail expectantly. “Something like that, something like that! Say, you managed to actually speak with the Godslayer’s spirit? What’s it like?”
“Go talk to it yourself.”
As Hao Ren said that he pulled the Godslayer out, and after establishing a mental link, the Godslayer activated its cogitative module and greeted the rest. “Hello everyone, I’m the Godslayer, my other name is the Echo Wall, and my nickname is Smallsword, you guys can call me McStabby too…”
Hao Ren had only intended to let the sword greet everyone, but he never thought the latter would start blurting out a whole lot of weird names. That sent Hao Ren into a confusion. “Hey, wait a minute. Who thought you all that?”
The Godslayer said with an ever honest tone, “The MDT? That Data Terminal.”
“…MDBrick! Some explanation is in order!”
The MDT darted out from god knows which corner of the house. “Uh, calm down pardner. I was just testing if a mental link between my AI and the Godslayer would activate its cogitative abilities since I am also an intelligent being…”
Hao Ren gritted his teeth. “So what’re the results?”
“Quite a success I might say. Look how fast he’s learned!”
Hao Ren immediately grabbed the MDT and threw it into Lil Pea’s fish tank. “Do your worst!”
At that very moment, Lily’s attention was fully fixated on the Godslayer. The husky was surprised by the Godslayer’s personality. “You’re the Godslayer? You sound so honest, I thought you were some evil monstrosity.”
Hao Ren shrugged. “The fault lies with the person, not the weapon. Its just a sword, how evil can it be?”
“That’s right. Just that reason.” Vivian nodded.
“So now you’ve met the sword, we need to talk about something else,” Hao Ren said as he kept the sword again. “I need to make a trip to the demon hunter’s HQ again.”