326 I Demand a Competition for the Pos (2/2)

Speaking to this, seeing the look of resentment and anger in Aya’s eyes, Wang Lu then explained, ”Apart from the difference in ability, just by looking from the personality perspective alone, between the two of us, who do you think is more suitable to be a king?”

Aya frowned, seemingly finding Wang Lu’s question somewhat difficult to understand. ”Why would you ask such a stupid question?”

”... Aya, your ego is too high. In fact, it is your so-called personality that decided that you are doomed to not be a qualified monarch, because…”

”Shut up, you noisy bastard.”

Just as Wang Lu was ready to earnestly teach Aya on how to be successful in ruling, Golden King’s voice faintly rang from the vast darkness.

”Golden King?” Aya also promptly put down that topic and began to seriously treat the master of this treasure house. ”Is that you?”

”Of course it’s him. Otherwise, how could we cross over a long distance to Taobao City overnight? Now that the Holy Light Religion and the Eastern City States are in fierce battles, the city has been put under the martial law, so we can’t enter the normal way. However, we have a backdoor that was specially opened by the master of the treasure house.” Wang Lu explained, ”Having nine hundred and ninety-nine blood rose can make us perfectly pass through the fifth level and be gifted with high reward. But if we collect more, we can gain an extra reward, and this extra reward is the thing that enabled us to quickly get here from miles away.”

Golden King grunted, ”In just a few short months, you guys were able to collect one thousand and five hundred blood roses, you, these bastards, are surprisingly competent.” Golden King, in his usual mocking tone, actually gave them a rare positive evaluation. ”But the real challenge begins now, so there’s no time for you to discuss the ridiculous path of a king. There’s no need for a bunch of lowly bastards to expect that you would be able to reach the realm of a king. Do what you have to do, bastards, don’t let me down.”

With that, Golden King’s voice faded away. Apparently, he could not appear in front of the people for a long time.

”Well then, time is limited, so I’ll explain our current situation.” After Golden King has left them, Wang Lu clapped his hands to attract the attention of others. ”Thanks to Golden King in opening up the backdoor, we have completed the obstruction created by the other party and qualified to pass through the level five. However, as long as we are still being deliberately targeted by the administrator, we would be trapped to die sooner or later. Golden King could not possibly open the back door for us each time. Therefore, from now on, we are going to proceed with the counterattack. We can’t just passively wait for the attack from the other side.”

”So, what are we going to do exactly?” Aya asked.

”Very simple, we will start when we receive the reward. In accordance with the principle of equivalent exchange, since the other party has set an impossible to complete condition, it is necessary for him to prepare such a generous reward that is impossible to be realized.”

”Administrator! The nine hundred and ninety-nine roses have been collected. Now, it’s time for us to redeem our reward!”

Wang Lu roared and broke off his previously set illusion—fortunately, the illusion could only be seen from the outside, otherwise, Aya would surely raise a ruckus.

After breaking the illusion, the administrator’s voice rang in the depths of darkness.

”It’s you? How could it be!”

That previously-always-calm voice could not suppress his feeling of shock. A moment later, a blurred face vaguely appeared on the black mist.

”So it turns out it’s you guys!”

After a close observation, the administrator finally recognized the identity of Wang Lu and the others.

”Those who made waves in Brettonia are actually you guys, how did you leave the King’s Treasure House? Even if there’s a space-class prop, if you want to get out of the shackles of the space of this artifact… Don’t tell me you guys were helped by that dead man?”

The administrator, after all, has been in control of the treasure house for eighty years, so he was very familiar with it. Thus, he could quickly deduce the truth. However, after knowing the truth, he was actually consumed by an enormous fear.

If it’s that ghostly shadow, then… no, I have to calm down first. Things might not turn out bad.

The administrator calmed himself down and then lightly said, ”You said you want to redeem the reward? Of course, congratulations, according to the rules of the treasure house, I can even reward you with the divine tool, aren’t you Nine Regions people here to find a divine tool? Then…”

Wang Lu interrupted him with a laugh, ”Have you ever heard of a fable from Nine Regions? There was once a farmer who by chance met an immortal. This immortal has a golden touch, anything that it touches turn into gold. The immortal then asked the farmer what he wanted. However, the farmer neither wanted a mountain of treasures nor immortality. He just wanted the ability to turn things into gold just by touching them. By the same token, I don’t need you to bring tools or treasures, or even immortal divine tool. I just want a fair competition—I want to compete with you for the position of administrator.”

The administrator was greatly shaken as he angrily said, ”What a joke! In your dreams! Greedy bastards, you will get nothing!”

”Really?” Wang Lu said with a smile, ”If you have the ability, then don’t give us anything and drive us out of the treasure house. Can you do that? I have gathered all of the required nine hundred and ninety-nine blood roses. If you have the ability, just disregard the rules of the treasure house and take away my reward, can you do that? Show me!”

The administrator went into silence. What Wang Lu just said, he indeed couldn’t do it… he couldn’t even take out a divine tool to reward Wang Lu at this time.

He was the administrator, but he did not get the full access to the treasure house. In regard to divine tool, he was completely powerless. Therefore, at this time, he simply couldn’t back down.

”Can’t do it? According to the rules, when you give a task but you can’t deliver the reward, then what? That’s a dereliction of duty! As the Golden King’s administrator, you can’t even perform this basic responsibility, on what grounds do you still hold the position of the administrator! If you don’t step down at this time, then when?”

”Enough!” The administrator roared, ”You want a fair competition? Fine, I’ll give you a competition!”

With that, the dark space was lit up by the light in the sky, and the previously-sprinkled-by-Wang-Lu rain of roses was led by this light to form a without-end shining straightforward path.

”This is the way to the administrator, if you have the guts then come!”