Chapter 42 Part2 (2/2)
But then I noticed another few hundreds townspeople on the other side of the crowd running toward us I s
”My, old coins?”
”…” ”O-Of course we do!” ”Yeah, that's right! Money's overnor!”
A few of the louder The governor, hearing their words, widened his eyes
”Fools, have you forgotten about your own lord?! I was the one to have fed you, to have given you places to live, and you good-for-nothings don't even have the decency to pay the taxes!”
”The fuck you saying?!” ”Shut the fuck up, duotten at all how you kept raising the oes to your pockets, right?!”
The governor here really wasn't very popular at all, was he With the new influx of people, the crowd only got bolder and bolder They rained down coovernor's face was turning into an unhealthy red He pulled out and swung his sword
”Enough! Cut dohoever stands in ed at the citizens, I threw out a large, thick cloud of mist
”Wh?! Where the hell did this mist come from?!”
”I can't see shi+t! Where's the rabbit?!”
”Wasn't she just here-”
”I-I… aaaAAAAAAGGHHH!!”
After I attacked a few of the their weapons in terror More andeach other
The cold mist could kill all of the this tie s tih the chaos and headed toward the mansion Suddenly, someone blocked overnor cahtless of him… I supposed it was no wonder No , in the end, he was nothingtown
I stopped HisI was surrendering He approached
”Yes… that's right… I got you no-aaakgh!”
Inside the overnor abruptly fell on his face
For abehind the governor, his sword slick with blood He looked at me with a eerie smile on his face
”You're supposed to be ht?”
”…”
I had no idea what he was talking about Well, I supposed it was about time, anyway I had already destroyed the watcher drones I found, but if I dragged this on any further, the corporation ht just throw some more monster avatars ing I gently raised my palm and blasted off a wave of icy wind It sed hiht the mass of people were
I left the smokescreen there, outside theon
Inside thejust a feho ran up to attackon my way
The mansion was quite spacious, about a baseball field's size Still, there was no need forwas
It was inside the mansion's courtyard There were no locks Anyone could have come here if they wanted to
”…”
It was a tree over a dozen meters tall But its bark was stripped off, its trunk was stabbed by stakes of metal, and its leaves were all plucked clean There orkers standing nearby to harvest any newly grown leaves They turned into ice statues in an instant
It hurts, right? I know People used to do this sort of things to me all the time, too
It's okay I'm here You'll be free fro's roots, slowly freezing it The branches, long-since withered, fell to the ground and turned into dust Then the Sapling itself followed suit, scattering into the wind
Ihts and air conditioners inside the mansion shut off one after another Confusion spread out fro Well, they would soon find out that the real chaos was only just beginning
The Sapling network connection was the last to go Before it did, I hitched a ride to go to the birthplace of the new Sapling The destination was deep inside a forest, forbidding trees barring the way of any intruders Hidden areenery was a s
This was quite far away from human territories, so I didn't think it's be discovered Still, just in case, I and Blobsy gathered so As we did, a sic stone appeared fro and fleard me It disappeared inside me
Eh…? What was this?
[Shedy] [Race: Bunny Girl] [Lesser Archdeuide of ic Points: 14200/15600] 3600↑ [Total Combat Power: 15700/17100] 3900↑ [Unique Skill: <causality alteration=””> <cyber-manipulation> <materialization>] [Racial Skill: <fear> <mist form=””>] [Simple Identification] [Human Form (Wonderful)] [Subspace Inventory]
…I just leveled up
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