Chapter 295 – Devouring the Water God’s Mystery Codex (2/2)

”West has always attached great importance to relationships and righteousness. If the codex wasn't on you, he wouldn't have left you to your own devices and led those bastards to run in circles.”

”Heh, you seem to know him very well.” Fatty raised an eyebrow at Aliya.

”Of course. Despite opposing each other like fire and water as we do now, we used to be friends for some time,” Aliya said after some silence.

”Can you tell me the reason behind the grudge between you two?” Fatty asked curiously.

”In the beginning, we…”

”Aliya, stop wasting time on him, or else there's no share of the codex for us when those guys return!” Baleen Whale Drakon urged.

”Heheh.” Aliya only shook her head when she got cut off by Baleen Whale Drakon. ”Just give us the codex. You're a rogue, it's useless to you.”

”Hmmm, I can go to a city lord manor and exchange it for heaps of money.” Fatty's eyes swirled craftily.

”Money? Lad, I can give you as much money as you want.” Baleen Whale Drakon opened its mouth wide and spat out a bunch of stuff like legendary luminous pearls, as well as various weapons, armor, and other equipment. Tempting and threatening Fatty at the same time, it shouted, ”These things are very valuable to you humans too, enough to exchange for the value of the codex. I'm telling you, we two are being nice enough. If it were to be someone else, they'd certainly kill you then search your corpse!”

”Oh? But from what I can see, you two want to kill me as well.” Fatty grinned and was noncommittal to Baleen Whale Drakon.

”That's right, we wouldn't have wasted on all this nonsense if we could just kill you without worry,” Aliya admitted outright. ”Not to mention that the codex might not drop after you die, the respawn point here is guarded by the underlings of the East Ocean Dragon King, so we'll have no more chance with the codex after you respawn. That's why you can state whatever condition you want, and we'll agree as long as it's within our capabilities.”

”Respawn point? There's a respawn point here?” Fatty was stunned. He suddenly recalled Iron Chain Town. If the respawn point of this area is also forced, then things are seriously going to be ”fun”…

”What do you think?” Aliya was sardonic. ”West can scheme all he wants but he must have missed this point, didn’t he? If you refuse to submit the codex, those Yao fellows will slay you to level 0 even if we don't. For a useless book, is it worth it?”

”Who says it's useless?” A voice suddenly echoed in Fatty's head. Surprisingly, Wu Junxiao's mark of consciousness was out again. ”Keep stalling them. After I devour this Water God's Mystery Codex, the water portion of the Elemental Skill Book will basically be restored.”

”Only one portion?” Fatty asked in his head.

”This codex only contains a breath of the Water God. One portion is already good enough. Moreover, after the codex is merged into the Elemental Skill Book, you can use the spells recorded on it as you please. We've struck it big!”

Finishing his words, Wu Junxiao's mark didn't make any more sound, apparently having gone off to devour the codex.

”How about it? Have you made your decision?” asked Aliya after a while. She had thought that Fatty was considering their proposal when she saw him fall silent.

”What else can you offer me?” Fatty glanced at the pile of luxurious stuff that Baleen Whale Drakon spat out. ”Don't try to fool me. Those things can't compare with the Water God's Mystery Codex.”

Exchanging glances with Aliya, Baleen Whale Drakon groaned, ”Fine. Have a look at this equipment, then.”

Its big mouth opened up again and spat out a piece of equipment, a magic robe that resembled a Dao attire. It was embroidered with a black-and-white Yin Yang diagram as well as some symbols that Fatty didn't understand.

”A guy who claimed to be a Yin Yang Master of Sun Dynasty dropped this robe. He snuck in from the other side and was heavily injured by those Yao fellows before barely managing to escape the barrier. So, I dealt the finishing blow. I have a skill that can devour everything from weapons and armor to just pure energy, yet I couldn't devour this robe alone. It's obviously a piece of great equipment. What do you think?”

The magic robe floated towards Fatty, who then caught it.

He didn't check the robe immediately. Instead, his eyes gleamed with some thoughts at something that Baleen Whale Drakon just casually mentioned.

Sun Dynasty! It’s that island country!

If it's possible to smuggle people into the Sun Island through this place, doesn't that mean we don't need to farm border passes anymore? Fatty recalled the three vampires from the EU region. If there's a team of several hundred people to illegally sneak to that Sun Island… Fatty's thoughts had gone through twists and turns while his face betrayed nothing of it.

”What do you think? This magic robe is good, isn't it?” asked Baleen Whale Drakon anxiously upon seeing Fatty so unresponsive. It feared that the other monsters would return soon. Any high-rank Yao among them could easily beat it up.

”Not bad, not bad. However…” Fatty turned the robe left and right, back and forth in his hands, as if dissatisfied with it for some reason.

“Alright.” Wu Junxiao’s joyous voice rang out in Fatty’s head, in delighted contrast to Aliya’s abruptly distorted face.

“Not good! Something’s happened to my codex!”