Chapter 981: Trade With the Goddess (1/2)

Rustle rustle rustle...

The three heavyweight NPCs of our group—Sophie, Xinran and Karinshan—shuffled out of the house behind us. They were followed by commanders of Sky City and Xinran’s new subordinate, the Headless Knight, Bloody Finger. Since I had taken Bloody Finger’s Purple Ying Sword for myself, the man was now wielding a different, similarly awesome-looking sword. He also seemed to retain some of his former abilities. His left arm was covered in bloody runes that gave him immense strength. In a sense, he was exactly the man he used to be except that his undying loyalty had now been transferred to Xinran.

I was proud of Xinran, to be honest. I never imagined that my NPC sister would one day be powerful enough to recruit even one of the nine Purgatory Sovereigns as her subordinate. Who knows, maybe one day she would be able to defeat the Purgatory Ruler himself and recruit him to her cause as well. I couldn’t wait to wreck bosses, find loot and snatch territories all over the place with Lin Na and Bloody Finger in my party...

”What are you thinking?” He Yi patted me on the shoulder and woke me from my dreams.

”Er, it’s nothing…”

I hurriedly wiped the saliva from my mouth and said, ”It looks like the instanced maps won’t update until the next maintenance, so for now I think we’re pretty much done.”

”Mn.” He Yi nodded in agreement. ”Yeah, it says here that all the instances in Sky City will open at 7 am tomorrow. A lot of players have logged out of the game to stock up on supplies already. I even heard someone saying that they’d be spamming instances for three days straight and finish all 7 S Rank instances during this time…”

I shuddered. ”Holy shit, who’s the overlord who thinks they’re good enough to finish all 7 S Rank instances in three days?”

He Yi answered, ”Gui Guzi, actually…”

”That idiot…” I shook my head before continuing, ”Anyway, he’s right about one thing at least. We should definitely sleep earlier tonight. Let’s spend the rest of the day gathering resources for Duplicate Mount.”

”Mn.”

……

”Big bro…” Xinran walked up to my side and called out to me smilingly. “You did well to stall Sophie. If she had killed Princess Karinshan, there’s a high chance the royal family of Sky City would be lost once and for all. She is the only legal heir to the throne right now.”

I shot Karinshan a glance before saying, ”Legal? Didn’t she kill the previous king and claim his throne by force?”

Xinran: ”...”

Karinshan shot me a look. ”We’re close, but I’m still going to kick your a.s.s if you piss me off too much… Jokes aside, thank you for everything you’ve done, young warrior.”

I nodded. ”You’re welcome. It is every adventurer’s responsibility to protect their city.”

Bloody Finger shivered from head to toe. ”You!”

I ignored him and asked Xinran a question, ”Xinran, it’s great you revived Bloody Finger to help you, but where is his head?”

Xinran shot me a dumbfounded look. ”Why are you asking me? You’re the one who took it for your quest!”

I made an expression of realization and looked at Karinshan again. The princess shrugged a little before replying, ”We burned it to appease the lost souls.”

Bloody Finger shivered again.

It was at this moment Sophie let out a mighty shout before saying loudly, ”Undead of the snowy region, heed my order! You will march to the forest valley outside White Rose Fortress where our new territory will be founded! On the way, you will not attack any living or retaliate if you’re hit! If engaged by a human army, run away! From now on, the undead will fight for honor and glory! Defend the order of the continent, and I, Sophie, will grant you the honor you deserve!”

It was awesome to have the second-strongest Purgatory Sovereign and super boss of Heavenblessed on our side.

Suddenly, an idea crossed my mind as I looked at Sophie. ”Yo sis, you’re one of the most influential people in the Purgatory, right? Can I discuss something with ya?”

Sophie’s mouth twitched. ”Who the hell’s your sis? Hmph! You may be Xinran’s older brother, but I… Ah, forget it. Just say what you want already!”

”What?!”

Sophie’s eyes bulged as she pointed a finger at my nose. ”You want my brave, undying soldiers to work for a shameless adventurer like you? No way, absolutely not! I will never allow my loyal soldiers to be enslaved by you!”

I hurriedly pulled Xinran’s hand and motioned for her to speak.

My amity with Xinran was sky-high, so she immediately obliged and shot Sophie a smile. ”Sophie, we’re all in an alliance here, so there’s no need to be selfish, is there? Your troops will be fighting the legion of the dead either way, so it doesn’t matter where they’re doing their job, right?”

”I—you—Xinran—”

Sophie glared at me. ”Hmph! If it wasn’t for Xinran, I would send you to the Purgatory right now! You dote on him too much, Xinran. I swear, he’ll use you to exploit Princess Karinshan next…”