Chapter 15 - Protagonist: Do not leave my line of sight. (2/2)
Dan examined the clothes closely. Tactfully he said: “I don’t lack for clothes.”
“You cannot destroy it.”
“What?” Dan’s interest was piqued. He asked: “You don’t mind if I experiment with it?”
The black-robed person didn’t speak, which Dan took as tacit consent.
Dan let go of the strange-looking clothes. Before it hit the ground, it started to burn until it had turned into a handful of ashes. He stared at the ashes. He had not expected this to happen. When he was about to speak, he heard a raw and cold voice say: “When the moons are at their zenith, you will see it again.”
“You mean it will be restored? At midnight?”
The black robed moved as the person nodded.
Dan’s interest was greatly aroused but he was too cunning to let it show. Somewhat embarrassed he said: “It’s a long time until midnight. Of course, I don’t doubt you but we simply cannot prove the item’s effectiveness yet and I only run a small business …”
The black-robed person was silent but his very tranquility was ominous, making Dan feel as though he shouldn’t try to trick this person. He cough: “I will stay here until midnight. If it is as your excellency has said, I will offer you the item you want with both hands.”
The black-robed person still did not speak but Dan could see his hesitation. Dan is an experienced trader so he immediately suggested: “If your excellency trusts me, you can go to do other things, I will always be here. You can verify it with the people around here -”
“Tomorrow, outside the city.” Again the black-robed person interrupted Dan. “Bring the item.”
Then the black-robed person simply turned and walked away without another word. Dan stared at his back. What a strange customer! He stretched out a hand, an invisible force gathered up the dust on the ground, and then the dust fell gently into the hands of the demon in green.
Let him see a miracle.
Du Ze had not thought that he would obtain the “High-level Demon,” “Strange Customer,” and other achievements and titles in Halphas City. He hurried back since his headphones’ batteries were almost out of charge. As for the deal with Dan, according to “Mixed Blood,” although Dan is mysterious, he is quite reliable and helped the protagonist solve many problems.
When Du Ze was just about to return to the hiding place, he suddenly felt creepy, as though some unknown thing that he couldn’t escape was staring at him..
– This was the first time he saw the blood contract beast.
A human form made of blood-red runes was falling in front of him, weightless. Its featureless face was made of runes but Du Ze could feel that it was saying: I found you.
Du Ze’s eyes were confused, he didn’t see how it happened, but suddenly, the blood-red human form vanished and Xiu was standing not far away from him. Xiu’s face was white and he was staring at Du Ze.
“Where did you go …?”
Although the headphones let him down once again, Du Ze was still able to understand the general idea. Du Ze would not have thought that Xiu would look for him after he woke up, even using the blood contract to find him. Does this not mean that he finally has a place in the protagonist’s heart?
Because his headphones are not working, Du Ze can only wave his hands that were carrying the food, indicating that he just went to buy supplies.
Xiu seemed upset, froze, then asked “…?”
Du Ze guessed that Xiu was asking where the food came from but without the assistance of his hearing aid, he cannot open his mouth. He knows that he should explain himself because the gnome is sensitive and curious. To put it another way, gnomes are always suspicious. But Du Ze just can’t seem to open his mouth, his voice was stuck in his throat.
– Ah Ze,1 he is an idiot, always giggling and saying things that make other people laugh themselves to death.
While waiting for Du Ze’s explanation, Xiu found he could not stay on his feet. He had woken up, discovered that Du Ze was gone, and forced himself to get up and look for his possession.
… Intolerable.
The white shirt became red because Xiu’s wound was bleeding again. Du Ze was frightened, ran to the gnome, and held him, afraid that he would fall. When he grabbed Xiu, the gnome looked up at Du Ze, his amber eyes abnormally bright.
“Don’t! …”
Du Ze tried to listen but all he heard was the beginning – “Don’t.” The gnome’s appearance was too pitiful and his eyes were wet. He was like a sick child whining to an adult, wanting to be spoiled, so that sentence should be “Don’t leave me?”
OMG! Too adorable!
Therefore, some naturally cute man nodded firmly. Then, for fear that the other person did not see it clearly the first time, he nodded again.
Later on, the silly, cute reader will remember this time and want to beat his chest and stamp his feet. Xiu started to control his movements from this time, and it got out of hand. What kind of idiot actually saw the aggressive stance as spoiled, and added two meow points with his head?!
Du Ze, with his family’s “soft, cute” protagonist, went back to their hiding place.
When they had been gone a long time, the air shimmered and a figure appeared. Dan, patting his head with the book in his hand, looked in the direction where the two had left and smiled mysteriously.
“Oh, what did I see? A blood contract, a human, and … a gnome?”
contract beast
Image: The contract beast made of blood runes finds Du Ze.
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1 crystal coin = 1000 gold coins
1 gold coins = 10 silver coins = 1000 copper coins (Yuan)
Warrior Ranks: Swordsman -> Grand Swordsman -> Sword Master -> Grand Sword Master -> Sword Saint -> War God (three grades per class)
Mage Ranks: Magic Apprentice → Magician → Magic Specialist → Master Magician → Mage God (each class is divided into three grades)
Human classes: Common people -> Warrior -> Squire -> Knight -> Baron -> Viscount -> Count -> Marquis -> Duke
Magic/combat level: level 1-9, forbidden curse/ forbidden technique
Spirit beast grade: 1-9, God Beast
– “Mixed Blood” collection
The author has something to say:
Protagonist: Do not leave my line of sight.
Reader: I … I just want to go to the toilet.
Author (outside three squat2 toilets): How long do I have to wait?3