4 The First Victim (2/2)
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”If you exterminate all the wolves, the rabbits will overpopulate and drive us all to starvation by eating our crops!”
”...”
”You realize that you've just doomed this entire village to ecological disaster? By removing an apex predator, you just offset the fragile balance that we had worked so hard to cultivate! Are you an absolute buffoon?”
”...”
Fang stared at the cultivator with an incredulous expression. The cultivator stared at him with an equally gaping mouth.
”I...um.. I didn't... I meant to...THEY WERE WOLVES!!!” he cried.
”So what? Just because they are wolves doesn't mean you get to kill them! Yeesh!” Fang sighed.
Whipping out a token, he pressed the center.
”Hello guard hotline, how may we help?” a dry voice sounded on the other side of the talisman.
”Hi, I'd like to report a gross violation of Environmental Protection Agency's violations by what seems to be a rogue cultivator who has just wiped out an entire wolf population in the nearby forest...mhm..yes...yes...of course...yes he is here...he is a tall and quirky man with very odd features...yes...no I don't know if he has insurance...”
After several minutes, Fang finally hung up. Sighing, he gazed at the cultivator with pitiful eyes. The cultivator stared back, dumbfounded.
”Sorry buddy. The EPA's on their way here to imprison you for violating their standards. They should be here in five minutes,” Fang remarked.
Shaking his head, the cultivator came to. Growling menacingly, he advanced for Fang.
”You little bastard...how dare you...! Enough...once I kill you, there will be no witnesses. Everything will be fine for a just and fair protagonist like me,” he growled.
Fang smiled. Sighing, he placed his palms together. Energy burst out of his body in massive shockwaves. Thrusting his hand forward, he grabbed something soft and pulled it back.
”AGHHHHHHHH!” Liu Xiong screamed.
Forcibly pulling back, Fang ripped his cultivation system out of his body. Smiling greedily, Fang quickly consumed the entire system. Belching, he patted his stomach. In front of him, Liu Xiong stood with a stupefied expression of being in a massive amount of pain. He was petrified.
Hooves thudded on the ground and soldiers quickly arrived to the scene. They carried long silver spears and they surrounded the duo.
”Sir, please step back and leave the civilian and put your hands behind your back,” the captain called.
Fang smiled and turned around. As he was leaving, he saw Liu Xiong being clapped in heavy chains out of the corner of his eye. Shaking his head, he left the cave.
”Sheesh...it seems like a cultivator is nothing without their system huh?” he remarked.
Slowly walking forward, he gradually digested the stolen cultivation system within his body with an evil grin on his innocent face. Stealing and then devouring systems was a wonderfully satisfying hobby.