Chapter 16: Man Proposes, God Disposes
“No!”
Tyr muttered to himself, watching Zack’s increasingly fearful expression. His heart sank continuously, and Dragon Slayer beside him furrowed his brow in the same manner. They hadn’t expected that despite all their efforts, it would all end up in vain.
“No!”
Tyr shook his head slightly, unable to believe that the outcome could be like this! Why, how is this possible! According to his calculations based on the status of the heart, they should still have been able to hide for another ten minutes, or even longer in this position.
But why did this monster appear so early!
Zack gradually shed tears, they were tears of hope for life and resentment towards his terrifying ordeal!
Tyr felt as if his heart had been firmly grasped, and in the next moment, the character on the screen changed. The terrifying creature, Pandora, took the Shadowstone from Zack’s hand into its own ‘hand’, and when it saw Tyr’s face, its head tilted slightly, revealing a puzzled and confused expression.
“Human… human, human, human, human beings? Human beings? Human beings, human beings?”
A series of ear-piercing voices emanated from the Shadowstone, reaching Tyr’s ears, seemingly mocking his self-proclaimed cleverness. The face, covered in mucus and maggots, showed no sign of joy or sorrow.
Yet Tyr remained unmoved, his expression turning extremely grim.
“Don’t touch him.”
“Move move move him?” Pandora seemed to understand the meaning behind Tyr’s words, but it took a few seconds to register before the next moment it split its mouth wide open, a sight that could make an ordinary person faint in fear.
“Okay okay okay okay okay, let’s eat!”
“No, no no!! Damn it!!”
The next moment, Zack’s unwilling voice echoed throughout the entire cave, followed by blood splattering across the entire screen of the Shadowstone.
Boom!
The rockslide caused a massive commotion, prompting Pandora to cease the slaughter of Zack. It picked up the magic shadow stone again and emitted a voice resembling that of a human toward Tyr on the screen.
“You, you you you you you, where are you?”
“No need to rush.” Tyr’s face darkened like water. Zack was dead, and all his efforts had gone to waste. He had clearly promised to repay this favor, but now he had broken his word.
This made him feel heart-wrenching pain for the first time!
“I will find you! No matter where you go, unless you’re dead! I will kill you with my own hands!”
“Heh, hehehehe, human, human, human, human, human, human, human, human, human, human! Eat, eat, eat, eat!”
Tyr casually turned off the Shadowstone and leaned his head back.
Mr. Zack.
I’m sorry.
I broke my promise. I remember everything you did for me, buying me the Lingfeng Sword and guiding me through the local customs, but I can’t repay you for any of it.
Helpless.
So powerless.
“Damn it!”
Dragon Slayer looked at Tyr’s clenched hands and couldn’t help but shake his head and sigh. After all, they were not gods. Their power could only go so far. Zack’s death, aside from Pandora’s high intelligence, was also largely due to luck.
Humans have overcome the limitations of lifespan, yet they can never predict if they will die in the next moment.
Although Tyr could calculate the best possibilities.
But he could never arrive at the only path.
When Sasha and the others broke into the cave, Pandora had already escaped through a hidden passage, leaving behind only a gradually cooling corpse where Zack had been.
Most importantly, Zack’s Shadowstone was missing. Obviously, it had been taken by Pandora. What did it want with it? Was it going to use the Shadowstone to communicate with Tyr?
Tyr chuckled at his own thoughts, shaking his head. He instructed Sasha and the others to evacuate the remaining surviving mercenaries, then thanked Tiska over the Shadowstone.
Tiska could hear the disappointment in Tyr’s voice. Without much further ado, they exchanged a few casual greetings before ending the call.
Tyr set down the Shadowstone, closing his eyes as he leaned back against the soft chair.
Feeling so tired.
He felt like he was falling apart all over.
If Zack had been saved, perhaps this fatigue wouldn’t matter at all. But his death left Tyr feeling like all his efforts had been in vain.
Although Zack’s death made Tyr feel resentful, surprisingly, there was not much sadness.
Was he too indifferent? Despite being able to do so much for Zack, he felt no sadness at all after his death.
“Ah~”
So, Mr. Zack, I’ll let Pandora’s death repay this favor.
Wait for me, in the near future, I will definitely place its body in front of your grave!
This is the first promise I, Tyr, have ever made! A promise I will absolutely not break!!
“Yuehai, are you there?”
Claude’s voice came from outside the door, and Yuehai snapped out of her despondent mood, sighing quietly. She replied crisply towards the door.
“I’m here, Master Claude. Just give me a moment, I’ll open the door right away.”
“Okay.”
Yuehai sighed again. Zack’s death really left her feeling discouraged.
Luckily, she had cleaned up the vomit on the floor earlier. Otherwise, Yuehai would have been scrambling to tidy up if Claude knocked on the door at this moment.
After tidying up her appearance a bit, Yuehai strode to the door and opened it, revealing Claude’s handsome face immediately in front of her. There was also the fragrance of Xuelian on him, which was to be expected; Yuehai could already imagine Xuelian accompanying Claude.
“Yuehai, Miss Damiyala said you weren’t feeling well and needed to rest in your room for a while. Are you feeling better now?”
“Yeah, much better. Master Claude, please come in and have a seat.”
“Okay.”
Yuehai led Claude into the room. Even though it was a room on a private train, it was extremely luxurious. Moreover, thanks to advanced magical technologies like anti-vibration spells, there was no sense of movement even when lying in bed.
Claude sat in the chair while Yuehai poured him a cup of hot coffee.
“Master, you’ve worked hard. By the way, where is Princess Xuelian?”
“I sent her back to rest. After all, people tend to get drowsy around noon, and it’s not good for her to wander around aimlessly.”
Casually, Claude remarked, and Yuehai raised an eyebrow slightly. She thought that the young master seemed to have something on his mind. Could it be some concern or worry?
Little did Yuehai know that the concern was about her.
Claude looked at Yuehai sitting back on the bed, feeling a surge of courage within him as he spoke with determination.
“Yuehai!”
“Yes, Master? What is it?”
“Actually, uh… Actually, during the Duke’s birthday banquet, it was Princess Xuelian who immobilized you and Lord 123.”
“What!” Yuehai was shocked. She never imagined that it was Princess Xuelian who had schemed against her at the Duke’s birthday banquet. And to think that this princess had been living under the same roof as her for nearly three months!
She had considered that it might be someone with a grudge against Tyr or someone jealous of her, but she never imagined that Princess Xuelian, who was so highly regarded, would resort to such petty actions.
The key issue is that while this may be a prank for Xuelian, it’s become a real nuisance for Tyr and Yuehai. Reporters are showing up everywhere, asking all sorts of bizarre questions, like what Yuehai’s lips tasted like at that moment, whether her chest is soft, or if she feels her actual weight. They’re even asking Tyr how he plans to deal with Yuehai’s fan club in the future.
If it hadn’t been for the hotel’s strict rules against unauthorized entry into others’ rooms, Tyr would have been driven mad by these reporters long ago.
The key was that during that time, Tyr felt like he was being watched, as if by the vengeful eyes of a patricide enemy. Even fools would recognize it as the influence of the so-called Yuehai goddess fan club.
Speaking of Yuehai, that’s you, being beaten up by your own fan club. The satisfaction from that must be something most people wouldn’t understand.
Claude anticipated Yuehai’s surprised expression, so he remained calm as he said, “I think if this continues, she will do even more extreme things to you.”
“Why?” Yuehai couldn’t understand. Xuelian has harbored hostile intentions toward her since the Magic Girl Competition. If it weren’t for the fact that the other party was the imperial princess, she would have questioned her long ago. Why would she be so accommodating?
Claude furrowed his brows slightly, and after a long silence in response to Yuehai’s question, he finally spoke: “Because she doesn’t want to see us together.”
“What are we like when we’re together?”
Yuehai was even more puzzled. What’s the problem with that? Everyone is just human; what’s there to be concerned about…
Ah.
Yuehai seemed to realize something.
Not everyone was a man.
For some unknown reason, Yuehai was a woman now, and she had to admit that she was quite beautiful.
How would you feel if you were a fiancée, watching your fiancé spend all his time with a beautiful woman?
Through this change in perspective, Yuehai finally realized the reason for the resentment from His Highness.
That’s it.
Jealousy!
That’s right! Because as the Yuehai, she herself is indeed too beautiful, Princess Xuelian originally wanted to perform well in front of her fiancé Lord Claude, but her own limelight was stolen. Anyone would feel jealous and resentful about this.
That’s right, absolutely.
However, Yuehai is unaware that this sky-high thinking process has distorted a simple matter beyond recognition.
If Claude knew her thoughts, I wonder what expression he would have.
