The biting cold wind felt like a razor-sharp blade.
The noisy crowd slowly fell silent, waiting for the City Lord on the big screen to speak.
Long, long...
Some ordinary people who had come here simply could not stand the cold, especially those thinly dressed slave gladiators. In the bone-chilling wind, some of them were already shivering uncontrollably.
This City Lord, Tengo, was doing it deliberately.
Ye Qiyan did not feel it much. With 320 stamina, even if the temperature dropped another twofold, it would not faze him.
Besides, he had already known last night about today’s weather. He had gone back to the Subspace platform and brought Nefeti onto him.
“Li Xiaosheng, I just realized you only brought one person today?”
Magnus was clearly the restless type. While others kept quiet, he leaned close to Ye Qiyan and asked in a low voice.
“Mm... she’s—”
Before he could finish, on the light screen, the ruler of Miranda City, Agula Tengo, opened his eyes and let out a hearty laugh.
“Ha ha ha ha ha!”
The laughter was piercing. Even through the audio from the screen, some ordinary people instinctively covered their ears and fell to the ground.
“Everyone! The annual Hunting Military Gathering is about to begin! Rookie division, intermediate division, advanced division, whoever survives to the end will be granted the Hero title by me. Those without a Train will be given one, and those with a Train will have theirs merged with mine, becoming nobles under the banner of Eternal Heaven!”
People erupted in cheers.
The nobles of the Miranda world were the Conductors whose trains merged with Tengo’s.
The presidents of the six major guilds were like this, as were nobles who controlled various trades.
Many Conductors who came from elsewhere entered here to obtain a noble title, to join Tengo’s faction, and to enjoy the honor and prestige that identity brought in this world.
“However!”
Tengo shifted his tone, grinning. A blood-soaked figure, face obscured, was hung upside down by ropes atop a mountain of blades.
A basin of ice water was splashed onto the person’s face, revealing a pale, youthful visage.
When Ye Qiyan clearly saw that face, his brow tightened.
“Achuan?”
Yes, it was Achuan.
The young man covered in wounds and clearly subjected to inhuman abuse was the Emperor’s Order’s Ghost Spirit Card holder, the shy boy Achuan.
“Ha ha ha ha ha! Do you know this person? You don’t, but among you, there must be someone who does!”
“Members of the Emperor’s Order! I know you’re watching! This is one of your members! The holder of the Ghost Spirit Cards! How foolish, how young, how talented, yet because you joined them, you’ve come to such an end!”
“But this fate is not only his! Fate, Divination, Demon... You who dare set foot in my Miranda City! I will smash you into mincemeat one by one!”
“Now listen to me! Look closely at these bounty notices! Anyone who finds clues related to them will be made a noble of Miranda City! If you report them immediately upon discovery, I will provide materials to promote you three ranks!”
“If anyone can detain them, even kill them! Look at these bounty notices! The Train Coins on them are enough for you to become a high-level Conductor!”
“Everyone wake up! This Hunting Military Gathering is not only to hunt monsters! It’s also to hunt... the Emperor’s Order!”
Silence, then... cheers!
With the first loud roar, fanatic fervor spread contagiously among everyone.
Even Magnus at Ye Qiyan’s side made an excited noise, raising a hand with a smiling face and loudly shouting Tengo’s name.
Ye Qiyan casually scanned the surroundings. He could see a new status had appeared on his status panel.
Invalid status: Bloodline Frenzy!
Bloodline again, that name.
Like the previous Bloodline Frenzy that affected people’s perception of life, it was secretly influencing people’s minds.
But that wasn’t the main point.
The important question was, how had Achuan been captured by Tengo?
He brought up the light screen and sent a question mark toward Zhu Xingshu.
“?”
Soon, Zhu Xingshu replied.
“Brother Ye, did you see Achuan being captured~ Don’t worry, that guy Tengo won’t kill Achuan. When a Ghost Spirit Card holder dies, they will burst out extremely powerful combat strength, so—”
“You did it.”
“No! Really not! Although my head’s a mess and I like taking everyone to slightly dangerous places, I would never deliberately betray everyone like that!”
Zhu Xingshu sat kneeling by a brand-new Astrological Platform, the Rivers of Stars flowing in her eyes.
Twelve Fate Cards spun into a ring behind her, and in the main position, the Astrolabe shimmered with gorgeous light, weaving fate threads only she could see.
“It was Laine. I only told everyone, one by one, that Laine had betrayed them. The others were fine, but Achuan didn’t understand why Laine betrayed them and insisted on getting an explanation. The two of them had an ally pact, so they found Laine quickly and fought him, and in the end could not win.”
That was a very reasonable explanation.
But...
Ye Qiyan did not believe it.
“You should know there's a Demon Card called Bewitchment.”
Silence.
Zhu Xingshu looked up at the sky.
“...I listen to the Whispers of Fate. I also knew what choices he would make after I told Achuan. This was fate, and yet not fate. Ye Qiyan, I did not lie.”
“And... this might not be a bad thing.”
Watching Achuan swinging upside down on the big screen, Ye Qiyan let out a small laugh.
“You only admitted that useful bit at the end, so this was your plan? Make Achuan into an insider even he doesn’t know about?”
Zhu Xingshu’s lips curved slightly, and the Astrolabe’s light grew even brighter.
“Hehe~ Because this is what Brother Ye once said~ Good fates can be followed, bad fates should be resisted, but for those that are neither good nor bad~ of course you use them~.
Also, Brother Ye, if you happen to run into Laine, remember to tell me~ Ah, and if you can kill him~~”
The conversation ended and Ye Qiyan withdrew his gaze.
The screen still showed Achuan hanging upside down.
The agitation stimulated people’s desires.
Laine...
If he could run into that guy, it would be great.
Ye Qiyan was very curious to know, after having once been killed by Death, who was stronger now, Laine or him?
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