Chapter 192 (2/2)

Before Hao Ren had time to respond, Lily came roaring behind him. “We are the Dogs Have Gotten All the Good Names Mercenary Group! I’m the deputy, Lily! The leader is Hao… ughgughghughgh…”

Hao Ren used all his strength to restrain Lily from talking, but failed to stop her from blurting out that awful name. An incredulous look appeared on Kastein’s face and he could only laugh drily. “That’s a rather fancy name…”

Hao Ren was cursing inside. How could the name not be fancy? Thank goodness this was not an MMORPG, where your guild ID would be tagged to your name. Or else, you would be PK-ed¹ by your own guild members if they had to bring that guild tag out with them!

After saying their farewells, Kastein led his company down the moutain while Hao Ren and his gang continued on. Becky approached him to ask a question, her voice sounding concerned. “You sure you don’t want to take a detour?”

“No, it’ll just cost us time.” Hao Ren nodded. “Sides, our combat strength isn’t anything to scoff at. You’ve seen it yourself, we have the full set of paladins, warriors, priests, mages and thieves. All classes accounted for. Not a problem.”

“…Right… I actually wanted to say this…” Becky could not hide her scepticism as she took a sweeping glance at them. “You’re still going on that wizard schtick after all of this?”

Lily had not retracted her Frostfire Claws when Becky spoke, and the werehusky just squatted before she started to dig into the ground. “I usually just use these to dig holes, you know?”

Becky was of course, too intelligent to fall for that. Just look at Hao Ren’s party: He was a shield-wielding tank, taunting everyone and their ancestors. Lily was your typical, sneaky rogue. Y’zaks was a full-fledged berserker with all skill points put into STR². Wuyue could not even as much as cast an offensive water spell. At the very most, Vivian was the only one who went about throwing lightning bolts and frost chakrams. Then again, the vampire also had to rely on her brute strength to take down the enemy. With such raw display of brute strength, they still tried to hide behind the facade of being wizards, who were studying the art of teleportation. Truth be told, even Hao Ren did not buy their story.

Lily finally realised that Becky was clearly not buying her excuse, and sheepishly retracted her claws. She quickly ran behind Hao Ren after she concealed her ears. “Mr. Landlord, say something convincing!”

“…”

Becky simply raised an eyebrow.

“To be honest, our situation is rather unique and we don’t exactly fall into any fixed classes.” Hao Ren sighed. “Just believe me when I say this, we are not the bad guys. It’s not that I want to keep you in the dark… I don’t even know how to begin explaining this to you. You can take this as the last time cooperating with us, and just forget about us once we’re done.”

Becky did have some reservations. Her life experience taught her that people who knew too much often ended up with a blade in their back. Even when she was working, she tried to avoid knowing anything that she did not need to know. The group in front of her clearly fit the bill of such insidious covens, but Hao Ren’s words had somewhat allayed her fears.

“Well… I’ll be damned if I don’t do something that’s worth the music box you gave me.” Becky gave out a hearty laugh and went forward. “I won’t poke my nose into your business. Who doesn’t have secrets anyway?”

Hao Ren felt a little sorry for the lass. That MP5 and battery powered charger only cost him 600 Yuan…

Translator’s Thoughts

Seraphica Seraphica

¹PK or “player killl” is used most often in online games such as MMORPGs;

²STR is a gaming term referring to strength.