289 Advance to Act Tough King! (2/2)

Big bags usually come with special characters—the kinds of reward that don't come easily!

But just then, right at the moment when Xu Que was eagerly anticipating opening the big bag, he heard suspicious gasps come from behind him.

”Hey, Takumi Fujiwara! What are you up to now?”

Two figures appeared at the edge of the crowd. It was the two swordsmen who had entered the Sword Catacomb after him. They had heard the commotion here from the moment they had entered the lava cave, so they had rushed over to find out what was going on.

In the end, all they had found was Xu Que playing innocent and hiding himself in the arms of a swordswoman. They both immediately raised their eyebrows at the sight.

What a shameful way to conduct oneself!

One of them sneered and shook his head. ”I thought that you were just a shameless bastard, but I was wrong. You're a shameless and lecherous bastard!”

The other young swordsman who wielded two ancient swords looked indifferent and stayed silent. But like his companion, he found Xu Que's behavior simply disgraceful.

Xu Que was immediately upset when he saw their reactions.

Goddammit, he cursed silently. Not only are these bastards completely ungrateful to me even after I returned their swords to them, but now they're jealous of me as well?

I've earned my right to be held against the soft bosoms of these swordswomen, what rights do they have to be jealous of me? Besides, it's not like I'm the one who rushed into their arms and pressed my head against their breasts! Don't you see that they themselves were the ones who chose to pull me close and hold me tight?

And wouldn't you believe it, but it was their breasts that had started pulling me in first!

...…

Xu Que raised his arm and pointed his finger at the two swordsmen and proclaimed loudly, ”you… both of you! Stay away from me! You've both just robbed me of my storage ring, what else do you want of me?”

His voice rang loud and clear and everyone in the crowd could clearly hear each and every word he had said!

It was as if the whole crowd had been struck by lightning. Everyone went eerily silent and their eyes turned immediately to the two swordsmen.

The young man wielding two ancient swords looked nonchalant and didn't seem to pay any heed to Xu Que's words.

The other swordsman had come from a big noble family, so everyone in the crowd knew him well. He paid even less attention to Xu Que's outburst.

”Takumi Fujiwara,” he said with a smirk, ”stop pretending to be the innocent man that you're not. Do you think that they'll believe you? Even if it's true that I stole your storage ring, they'll never do anything to me, they are after all—ah! What the hell? Why did you hit me?”

With the prospect of being accepted by Lord Sword Spirit at stake, no one else could care less about the high-ranking nobility or the petty interests within any sects or factions.

The whole crowd suddenly swarmed towards the noble swordsman and pinned him down to the ground and started to hit him.

”You petty thief! How dare you steal Fujiwara's storage ring!”

”How disgraceful! What right do you have to take Fujiwara's possessions!”

”This bastard deserves to be killed! How could he rob a man as innocent and honest like Fujiwara!”

”Damn it, have a taste of my Broken Leg Kick!”

Pow! ”That's my special move, Peach-Stealing Monkey!”

”Here! Try my Grape-Picking God!”

...….

”Ow! Ah! Aaargh!”

The sounds of tragic screams could be heard ringing across the Sword Catacomb!

The two swordsmen had been completely surrounded by the angry mob and they had no chance to fight back at all.

Meanwhile, ringing notifications popped up in Xu Que's mind.

Within a short span of time he'd earned close to 2000 Acting Tough Points, almost enough to cover the 5000 points that he had spent buying the 'purifying water' earlier!

Just as the whole crowd descended into utter chaos, Xu Que quietly cast a spell and sneaked away from the crowd without anyone noticing.

He really wanted to find a nice quiet place to open the Big Act Tough King Bag and see what was inside, before continuing on his journey as the formal, official Act Tough King!

After all…

He still had a long way to go… and so much more acting tough to do!

This path of acting tough that he was walking down seemed never-ending!