Chapter 999: I Beg of You (1/2)

It didn't take her long to believe him, however, for she felt the darkness energy within her rumble a little out of control when she approached him. Initially, she had thought it was because she was getting a little too agitated from not seeing him for a long time. Even so, she was still willing to give him a light hug.

Naturally, she didn't get too intimate with him, knowing that it was not his actual body. The way she saw it, the avatar was merely a puppet he was operating, a fact which unnerved her somewhat.

Meanwhile, Han Shuo was deathly afraid that the chaotic energies within him would inadvertently harm her. He didn't even dare to move when she hugged him. Donna, feeling his nervousness, let go after a while and talked about other matters regarding the City of Shadows and Profound Continent. As he listened intently, his eyes brightened before he whispered, ”Your father is here.”

Blushing slightly, she hastily said, ”Then hide!”

Han Shuo didn't get up and smiled. ”Why should I? It's no harm letting me meet him, right?”

Blushing even more, she stomped angrily. ”Fine. I'm not afraid.”

Soon, Felder came to the door. Seeing the barrier before him, he asked, ”Why did you erect a barrier? I need to talk to you about something.”

Donna removed the barrier and let him in. Still blushing, she said, ”Bryan's here.”

Felder didn't seem the least bit surprised unlike what she expected. He said as he approached them, ”I knew he was here. I didn't think he'd find you so quickly. I was planning to have a talk with you about him.”

Even Han Shuo was surprised that Felder knew of his presence and sat straight warily. ”Did you hear about my arrival from the City of Shadows?”

Felder shook his head and took a seat. ”The God of Darkness informed me about it directly.”

All of a sudden, Donna looked outside before hastily shutting the door. She pulled on her father's arms and anxiously asked, ”What do we do?”

Han Shuo had embarked on slaughter in the Dominion of Darkness more than ten years ago, so it wasn't surprising that everyone including Donna thought he was on the god's bad side. She was both worried about Han Shuo and her family.

”Donna, what are you worried about?” Han Shuo said, ”The fact that I dared to come means I'm confident I'll be able to leave easily. Don't worry.”

”It's different. Nobody is able to stand up against the God of Darkness's might. You were only able to leave the last time because the City of Gorging Clouds was at the very border of the Dominion of Darkness. But this is Hushveil City and my father even got a mental message from the God of Darkness himself. What do we do?” She didn't let her guard down one bit even though Han Shuo was completely relaxed.

As her actual power was quite weak, she couldn't truly understand the might of a Quintessence Overgod. Just like how Han Shuo could detect any and everything within the Fringe, the God of Darkness could also make sure anyone weaker than him wouldn't be able to leave his dominion no matter what. Han Shuo was only able to escape the last time not because he left in the nick of time, but because the God of Darkness was going easy on him. However, Donna was too weak to truly understand the dynamics at play here.

”Don't worry, I'll be fine,” he comforted once more, before turning back to Felder. ”The God of Darkness didn't ask you to deal with me, right? What message does he have for me?” He sounded casual even though he was speaking to Donna's father. At his level of power, social norms and hierarchies no longer held a firm binding on him.

”You knew that the God of Darkness wasn't out there to get you?” Felder seemed a little surprised about it.

”I came to the Dominion of Darkness by invitation from the three of them, after all,” he said with a chuckle, ”Not to mention, if he wanted to come get me, he wouldn't bother informing you about it first.”

While Felder was a late-stage highgod now, he posed not the slightest threat to Han Shuo at all, who could kill him with utter ease if he wanted to. The God of Darkness, having witnessed Han Shuo's power a decade ago, wouldn't bother sending Felder to take him out if that was his intention.