Chapter 42 Bold claims and plans (1/2)

The only thing that Lord Gallius could do was to stare at Alex with disbelief as Alex and Alina looked at Lord Ergo intently.

Lord Ergo, who was under their stares, could only tilt his/her head as he/she said,

”What the hell is going on here?”

Lord Ergo's voice sounded the same as usual, although someone like Lord Gallius could detect a hint of murderous intent lingering in his/her voice.

”….”

Alex, who was the focus of this simple question, only let out a smile as he said,

”Oh, I am just here to say hello. Is there anything wrong with that?”

”Nothing is wrong with that, young one.” Lord Ergo replied, with him/her slowly approaching Alex.

Alex tried not to walk backward, but it was quite obvious that he was a little peachy as Lord Ergo approached him.

”However, I do not like your attitude.” Lord Ergo breathed out as literal mist came out of his/her mask. ”I think you should die already.”

Lord Gallius, the girl beside Lord Ergo, the afro guy, and Alina all jumped out of the way as they tried to avoid the mist.

As for Alex, he was a step too late as the mist had a little contact with his skin.

”Ugh!” Alex exclaimed as the part of his skin that was hit by the mist began to turn red and full of blisters.

Lord Gallius winced when he saw what was happening. Lord Gallius had no idea on what Lord Ergo's power was, but he knew that this mist was one of Lord Ergo's method of executing anyone who annoys him.

Seeing it used on Alex will not be a pretty sight for him.

”Tsk, if you could have just closed your mouth, then we could have been friends.” Lord Gallius thought to himself as he imagined Alex dying in front of him. ”Well, at least with your death now, I will still have a chance to woo Alina.”

As Lord Gallius thought of this, he casted a discreet glance in Alina's direction, as he tried to gauge how sad Alina was looking right now.

But to Lord Gallius' surprise, he saw that in terms of body language, Alina seemed to be unfazed with what was happening to Alex.

”How could this be?” Lord Gallius thought to himself as he looked at Alina intently. ”Even I could see that Alina and Alex has some feelings for each other… But then why is Alina not worried for Alex at all? Does she actually have no feelings for him? Or maybe…”

Lord Gallius perked up as an unbelievable notion crossed on his mind.

”Maybe they are planning something right now!”

The more that Lord Gallius thought about it, the more sure he became.

However, instead of being happy and impressed, Lord Gallius became irritated and angry as he realized what they were doing.

”Hmph, you two are risking everything right now!” Lord Gallius thought sourly as he decided to sink himself further into the background. ”Well, if you two fail, I will make sure that I will not be implicated with it!”

At that point, Lord Gallius decided to leave the room, as he knew that the next set of events would not be pretty.

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”Tell me, why should I not be killing you right now?” Lord Ergo said as more mist came out of his mask. ”I heard good things about you, so I do not want to just see you dead. Although technically speaking, you will still end up dead on my hands.”

”Hahaha…” Even though Alex look pained because of the mist, he still managed to wear a cocky smile on his face as he sent a grin towards Lord Ergo.

”Even if you want to kill me, you actually dare not to, since you need my help.” Alex replied as he shook off the mist clinging to him.

”You have a big problem right now, and I think that your only hope is me, right?”

”…..”

”…..”

”Don't try to test my patience, young one.” Lord Ergo replied as his/her cloak billowed around him. ”You are rambling the words of an insane person. Perhaps I should end you now to relieve your mind from your agony.”

”Oh really?”Even at the face of a threat, Alex seemed to not be perturbed as he continued smiling at Lord Ergo.

”If you really want me dead, then with your power, you should have done so by now.” Alex replied as stood up more confidently than before.

”When you arrived 15 minutes earlier, you have all the time available to kill me… But instead of doing that, you did not use your ability to attack me… Hell, you even allowed me to stay here!”

”And in case you could not see it, I am particularly close with Alina, who is your so-called 'property'.”Alex said with his voice sounding out like he is mocking Lord Ergo.

”I heard that you do not like others playing with your properties…. If that was really the case, I really should have been dead by now. But just like what I said earlier, here I am still alive and kicking.”