Chapter 144 - CATCHING UP WITH AH JIN (2/2)
”The whole mystery of the door revolved around the famous kingdom I just mentioned. You see, every four years, they held a party in some other kingdom where one of their princes could picked a wife. But it turned out that all those girls didn't end up as their wife but some kind of sacrifice instead. And the 'princes' who looked for a wife were actually just the same person. He was a wizard who wanted to resurrect some demon king. And he used the souls of the women he picked as food for the demon king.”
The men in black who attacked the prince-wizard were actually relatives and friends of those women. They caught onto the wizard's scheme and had been planning to find a way to kill him. That's why when they heard that a 'prince' from Crystal Kingdom would appear again, they didn't hesitate to crash the party.
”But that year, at least the year in the door, the wizard needed to gather more souls. Because the demon king was about to wake up and he needed a large number of souls to feed him. So, he brought his pet monsters with him and decided to massacre all the people who attended the party.”
He still had goosebumps thinking about those tentacle monsters.
”It seems to be a very interesting door.” Definitely much interesting than the blue door, Luo Yan thought. ”It looks like you and Sister Yuqi managed to clear it perfectly. But why did it take you until midnight?”
Luo Jin's face was suddenly filled with black lines because of his brother's question. Because he remembered again what happened. ”We were trapped.”
But, of course, it was not that simple.
When that annoying Alucard appeared, he and Su Yuqi decided to act like NPCs so the guy wouldn't know they're players and annoyed them to join their team. It wasn't that hard since both their avatars in the door was so far-off from their in-game avatars. Once he discovered that they were NPCs, he totally lost interest.
And when the ground they were currently standing on suddenly opened, the bastard used him and Su Yuqi as human ladders to prevent himself from falling. It's because Luo Jin managed to grasp the edge of the opened floor and caught Su Yuqi's hand using his other hand, preventing them to fall. But then that bastard, Alucard, clutched Su Yuqi's foot on time before he could completely fall. Then, as he mentioned earlier, he used them as human ladders. Making the both of them fall into some underground dungeon.
It took hours for Luo Jin and Su Yuqi to get out of there, avoiding traps, not to mention some low level monsters that somehow found their way there. Once they managed to get out, the two of them couldn't almost recognize themselves. They were both filthy, their clothes in tatters, and their bodies full of scratches.
Luo Jin swore, he'd definitely pay that Alucard back for what he did.
”Then what kind of rewards did you get?” Luo Yan asked.
He decided not to ask his younger brother about the process of him and Su Yuqi being trapped. Because based on Luo Jin's expression just now, he probably wouldn't tell him anyway. And he really didn't have the heart to tease it out of him. Considering he looked like he just wanted to murder someone.
”A gem that could be embedded on a weapon to increase its attack power.”
Luo Jin didn't mention the skill he got as an extra reward. [Chaotic Tears]. A stupid passive skill that would confuse any hostile party that was near him once they saw him crying. And not just any crying, the one that involved tears and snot.
There's no way in hell he would ever use that skill.
”That's a good item,” Luo Yan commented. ”Maybe it's time we should look for a Blacksmith to craft our weapons.”
Luo Jin just shrugged as a silent agreement and picked his mug of soy milk.
”Are you ready for your exam tomorrow?” he asked, changing the subject.
”Of course I am. Can Ah Jin tell me about your school?”
And the two brothers proceeded on talking about Guizu Academy.