Chapter 100

Chapter 101: Sister, Charge! Kill Every Magibeast!

With his mouth twitching, Li Hai Sheng opened his Light-Brain and transferred 3,000,000 to Qian Qi. [I am not getting scammed,] he told himself. [I am buying my life. That is all.]

The System flew to his side, did who-knows-what, then flashed a reminder: [Qian Qi, this guy was probably sent by Chen Tong to kill you. His newest contact on the Light-Brain is Chen Tong. One hour ago, Chen Tong transferred 10,200,000 to him.]

“What!” Qian Qi shouted. The System thought she was shocked about the hit job, but she swore instead: “10,200,000! Wow! That thief told me he only had 3,000,000!”

System: [???]

It had warned her for free, knowing she would want to squeeze more money. Still, her money-grubbing face made it want to spit.

Qian Qi had planned to leave Li Hai Sheng to his fate, but the news of his savings changed her mind. She said with grave concern: “This Dungeon is full of danger. Stay close to me, and I will protect you. Two people together have a better chance to live.”

Her words hit Li Hai Sheng right in his sweet spot. His mission was to find out what Qian Qi wanted and then kill her. Now that they were inside a Hell Dungeon, he had a new task: kill the Dungeon boss to open the exit. If he could land the final blow after she wore the boss down, he would get the Dungeon reward and finish off an exhausted Qian Qi. [No matter how I look at it, that is a great deal.]

“Alright,” he said at once.

“Great!” Seeing him take the bait, Qian Qi spun on her heel, fired up with energy, and said: “No time to waste. Let’s find the Dungeon boss before dark!”

They headed deeper into the canyon forest. Sheer walls blocked the sun, leaving the floor in heavy gloom. Thankfully, Qian Qi had a flashlight, so the path was not impossible.

Li Hai Sheng followed, eyeing her thin arms and legs, and asked, testing the waters: “Girl, are you a Flight class Awakener?”

Qian Qi narrowed her eyes and grinned in the dim light: “Yep. What, jealous?”

“Not really,” he said, mouth twitching. “I am just curious why you came into this Dungeon. And it is such a coincidence that Flight is the only way to stay alive here. Do you know something?”

She sighed and said, “It is a long story.” With a weighty, sad tone, like she was about to tell a tragic saga, she stared into a crack of darkness between the cliffs and said, “Twenty years ago, my old grandpa, who hated taking baths, told me on his deathbed that if anyone asked me this question, I must never answer.”

Li Hai Sheng: [??? I swear.]

Grinding his molars, he said through his teeth: “Come on, do not be stingy. We are partners now. If I know more about this Dungeon, we have a better chance to live.”

Qian Qi looked like she had been moved. She turned her head and, without being obvious, glanced at his Light-Brain: “My old grandpa also said, if the other person insists on knowing, that is fine. 200,000.”

Li Hai Sheng paused, then understood she was asking for money. [Chen Tong was right. She is greedy. She wants cash for everything.]

He refused to pay. He had been in the adult world for decades; he was not going to get tricked by a girl who had not even really stepped into society. Her entering this Dungeon had to be a coincidence.

He switched topics: “So what are you here to do?”

“Find a windfall, then kill the boss,” Qian Qi said honestly.

“Oh? This Dungeon looks like a bare canyon. We have walked for so long and have not seen a single Magiplant or Magibeast. How do you get a windfall?”

His eyes flashed. He believed “windfall” meant she had found something valuable, just like Chen Tong guessed.

Qian Qi gave his Light-Brain a casual glance. “Nothing special. I am waiting for the windfall to fall down on its own.”

Li Hai Sheng: [??? Why does that feel like she is calling me the windfall?]

“Then do you know where the Dungeon boss is?” he asked, going for something useful.

“Of course not. This is my first time here too.” Qian Qi suddenly stopped. From both sides of the dark canyon, shapes padded into the open. She darted behind Li Hai Sheng and cried, “So if we meet Magibeasts, you have to protect me!”

Li Hai Sheng: [??? What? Weren’t you going to protect me?]

The thought barely formed when he saw a giant wolf-like Magibeast two meters tall. In the darkness, pairs of eerie green eyes glowed behind it, staring at them with hungry greed.

Qian Qi cupped her hands and shouted: “Big Sister, go! Sister, you can do it! Sister, charge! Kill every Magibeast!”

“Shut up!” Li Hai Sheng snapped, face turning green, because behind the lead wolf were more than a dozen of its kind.

“Damn it. I hope it is only them.” Pack Magibeasts, like wolves, often moved in groups, split up to hunt, or rushed over at a cry for help. If there were more, he would be in trouble once he ran out of strength.

“You go lure a few away, and then I-” He turned to give Qian Qi orders and found empty air.

[Where did she go?]

“Big Sister, do your best! I will be waiting up here for you!” Qian Qi lay on the System panel, hovering above, and cheered down at him.

Li Hai Sheng: [!!! #$%*@#$%*!]

[You jerk! If you can fly, why not carry me away with you!]

He ran out of curse words. He watched Qian Qi fly to a safe spot in the distance and wave her arms in wild support. He had only the pack of giant Magibeasts in front of him. He swallowed hard.

[Fine. After we kill the Dungeon boss, I will make sure Qian Qi dies a miserable death.]

His eyes hardened. He pulled a telescoping D grade long blade from a pocket in the Defense Armor and charged the wolves.

Seeing their prey attack first, the head wolf threw back its head and howled. The dozen frost wolves behind it sprang over their leader and leaped straight at Li Hai Sheng.