novelraw Chapter 162 The Overlord Provokes the Dominator?
Chapter 162 The Overlord Provokes the Dominator?
Chapter 162 The Overlord Provokes the Dominator?
The gourmet's gaze toward Xia Fa was filled with an indescribable sense of oppression, as if the heavens and earth were shaking and the palace was about to collapse.
Although Xia Fa was very flustered, he tried his best to remain calm and not give himself away.
If all else fails, he'll get up and use the "Starlight" from his "Starlight Body" to disintegrate his body into starlight before escaping. He doesn't believe the Gourmet can cook him in that state.
No, it seems like it can still be baked.
After all, the capabilities of these entities are more akin to "rules" than simple attacks.
But Xia Fa decided to remain unchanged for now, even though the gourmet looked like he was about to make a move at any moment.
Suddenly, all the pressure disappeared, and the world became calm, like a gentle breeze rustling through the grass and the lake rippling with clear waves.
The gourmet took a step back, his elegant smile returning, but this time it was far from wooden; instead, it was incredibly lively. He bowed to Xia Fa, or rather, to the glutton, with his hand on his chest.
"Thank you for your patronage and review, sir. We look forward to seeing you again."
The food critic turned around, pushed his cart, and slowly walked towards the gate.
But after taking only two steps, the entity, along with its cart, slowly faded and disappeared.
Everyone, to be precise, all the cloth bag people breathed a sigh of relief.
The food critic—finally gone!
This terrifying and extremely mysterious entity is gone. Although the entity of Lord Gluttony remains, it is well known that Lord Gluttony is friendly to humans and demi-humans! The Bag Man is also a demi-human!
As long as you don't disturb his meal, it's fine!
Immediately, on the more than 300-meter-long pear wood dining chair, an elderly man with a white beard carrying a huge platinum bag winked at a beautiful young girl next to him who was also carrying a bag.
The beautiful girl with the platinum bag, who was also carrying a platinum bag, immediately understood and, lifting her skirt, ran to Xia Fa's side.
"Your Excellency, Glutton, let me serve you your meal!"
The girl with the cloth bag spoke hesitantly, not out of fear, but out of excitement and nervousness.
The arrival of the gourmet actually dampened everyone's initial joy at seeing the glutton.
But now, all the bag people present, especially the descendants of the Bronze Bag King, remembered the various legends about the entity Lord Glutton!
Lord Glutton, you are friendly to humans and demi-humans, and your strength ranks among the top three of all entities—equivalent to having the power to wipe out a planet with a flick of your wrist. What does this mean?
This means that any nobles he visits will be associated with his reputation, and from then on, few will dare to offend him!
You should know that a local minor nobleman in the Augustus capital of the August Kingdom, an unknown family named Rieliro, became the governor of Riverwind City and now the sheriff of the southern district of Augustus capital, all because Lord Glutton had a meal there!
I heard that the day Little Riley was promoted to sheriff of the South District coincided with the day Lord Glutton wiped out the army of decaying poisonous insects on Dark Star. The day after the news spread, even a local minor nobleman from Augustus City was in such a state, let alone the family of their Bronze Bag King.
The girl carrying the platinum-colored bag, though quite nervous, was surprisingly skilled and agile in cutting up ingredients like steak and lamb leg.
This was actually because she had been a foodie since she was a child, but Xia Fa didn't know that; she just ate with great relish.
He first ate the demigod-quality tuna belly, then comfortably waited for the girl to put the various cut dishes onto his plate.
The Cloth Bag Dynasty is separated from the Augu Kingdom by only one ocean, which is not far for extraordinary individuals.
Therefore, Xia Fa had long heard about the simplest and most effective way to distinguish these bag people.
In the Cloth Bag Dynasty, the most honorable were the Cloth Bag People who carried cloth bags woven with diamond threads.
These bag-carrying figures are the royal family of the Bag Dynasty, and also its founders.
Next are the bag-carrying figures, one carrying a platinum-colored bag and the other a gold-colored bag; they are royalty of the Bag Dynasty.
Among them, the person with the platinum-colored bag is in charge of the economy, while the person with the gold-colored bag is in charge of the military.
As for other metallic colors of cloth bags, such as silver, titanium, and bronze, they also basically represent the aristocratic status of the cloth bag maker.
On the contrary, those brightly colored cloth bags indicate that the person carrying the bag is a commoner.
The cloth bag that the people of the Cloth Bag People carry from birth is said to be equivalent to a large black bag, and it also has many other wonderful uses.
Judging from the large amount of gold, jewels, and other valuables that fell out of the bag after the noblewoman died, it's clear that the bag could indeed hold far more than its apparent size.
And now, the girl with the platinum-colored cloth bag on her back is clearly a member of the Budai Tu ethnic group.
Having a member of the royal family serving him meals—Xia Fa chuckled inwardly, since, in terms of rank alone, his status as a viscount was far from sufficient.
Seeing that His Excellency the Glutton had begun to eat, many of the nobles in their sacks soon followed suit and began to eat with knives and forks.
For them, being able to sit at the same table and dine with a glutton like you is an unparalleled honor! It's something they can brag about later!
In particular, today, Your Excellency the Glutton even toyed with and drove away the Gourmet!
Many astute people realized long before the gourmet left why the glutton had specifically emphasized using sheep's appendix to stir-fry sheep intestines and eggs.
This is a demonstration, showing humans and demi-humans a second way to deal with gourmets besides refusing to eat!
Appendicitis is common in humans and clowns, but it is rarely encountered by giants.
As for the Blade People, their digestive systems, capable of digesting iron and stone, mean they never encounter any inflammation.
Appendectomy is a surgical procedure with a very high mortality rate in the general public, as it involves the risk of bacterial infection in the abdominal cavity, and few doctors are willing to perform it.
However, for those who have signed the "Surgeon" contract, the "Healing Hand" advanced contract, or the Water contract, this surgery is nothing special.
Therefore, many nobles of the Cloth Bag Clan have had their appendixes removed and specifically sought out extraordinary individuals from the Cloth Bag Clan.
Now, everyone realizes that the next time they encounter a gourmet, they can order a plate of stir-fried lamb intestines with eggs, just like Mr. Glutton.
It's made with lamb's appendix!
Of course, despite thinking this way, most people in Budai still genuinely believe that if they encounter a gourmet, it's best to refuse their request to order.
Only a Glutton, being a physical being, is stronger than a Gourmet, which allows him to play like this. It's hard to guarantee that nothing bad will happen when humans and demi-humans play like this.
As for whether Lord Gluttony has an appendix or not—the body shouldn't have an appendix, right?
Xia Fa enjoyed his meal immensely. As the meal was about to end, an old man carrying a platinum bag brought out a plate of extraordinary dried fish and a large gold tablet, which at first glance looked to be worth more than 100,000 gold pounds.
Xia Fa didn't feel embarrassed this time, after all, he had forced the gourmet to retreat. Although it wouldn't have mattered much if he hadn't. He glanced at the extraordinary dried fish, which looked like ribbonfish, but was golden, as if it were cast in gold.
He recognized this extraordinary fish as the "Golden Ribbonfish," a mutated form of the ribbonfish that could only be caught in the deep sea.
It's slightly inferior to the Gem Shark, but much higher quality than fish like the Golden-lined Silver Cod.
Xia Fa took the plate and stood up amidst the watchful eyes of the cloth bag people.
The air suddenly became turbulent, as if countless electric currents surged through it in an instant, and his extremely blurry figure vanished abruptly.
The group of cloth bag people immediately looked at the newspaper figurine hanging from the roof, which was locked in a hollowed-out gold-threaded cloth bag.
This news is so exciting that it must be shared as quickly as possible!
Kingdom of Augu, Rum City, Daniel Street.
In the bedroom, Xia Fa suddenly appeared from her seat, holding the plate in her hand.
This random meal-hunting trip, which started out of nowhere, had a somewhat convoluted process, but fortunately, the result was pretty good.
Not only did he receive a plate of "golden ribbonfish"—an extraordinary dried fish—but he also received 100,000 gold pounds!
"Did the food critic come specifically for me, or did he just happen to appear somewhere?"
Xia Fa casually put 100,000 gold pounds and extraordinary dried fish into his black bag, and immediately began to think about this problem.
It's strange that the gourmet wasn't there for him, but he just happened to appear at lunchtime when the nobles were having lunch. It was obvious that no one would buy his food.
On the other hand, gourmets appear in such random places that more than one person has encountered one while eating.
"Never mind, I came back after he left anyway, so he probably wasn't watching me—"
Xia Fa shook his head vigorously to clear his mind of these distracting thoughts and decided not to dwell on the matter any longer.
As for whether he would be targeted for eating the gourmet's stir-fried lamb intestines and eggs, Xia Fa wasn't afraid.
Because back in the palace of the Cloth Bag Dynasty, he had already mobilized the burning sensation in every cell of his body to completely digest that plate of stir-fried sheep intestines and eggs.
The burning sensation could even melt bee eggs, and since the Poison Patriarch Veronica's ranking in the physical world is similar to that of a gourmet, she should also be able to completely digest that plate of scrambled eggs with sheep intestines without leaving any hidden dangers.
Thinking of the stir-fried lamb intestines with eggs, Xia Fa, who was already full, couldn't help but salivate again.
I have to say, that stir-fried lamb intestines with eggs was absolutely delicious; it was simply the most delicious food he had ever eaten!
A gourmet, a gourmet—in this respect alone, this person certainly lives up to his name.
After resting for a while in a chair, Xia Fa took out the golden gemstone with a brass compass inside.
He wasn't planning to train today. Firstly, the soreness from yesterday's training hadn't completely subsided, and secondly, each training session almost always depleted his physical strength and superhuman power.
With the plan to kill Pompeii that night, Chaphat decided it was best to conserve his energy.
Although Pompeii was only a demigod, human demigods are not the same as demigods of supernatural beings.
Demigod-level supernatural beings, apart from their extraordinary talents, can only fight with their physical strength, and many of them don't seem to have very high intelligence.
But human demigods first and foremost possess the ability of seven secret contracts, even the ability to fuse secret contracts, as well as various secret treasures, sealed objects, and other strange and difficult-to-defend items and methods.
In a sense, human demigods are far more powerful than demigods of supernatural beings.
Therefore, Xia Fa was not going to let his guard down. In the afternoon, he would go to the Extraordinary Market to buy some useful secret treasures or sealing items as backup measures.
As the saying goes, even a lion uses its full strength to hunt a rabbit. He, at the eagle level, crossed three ranks and one tier to kill the demigod Pompeii.
They certainly didn't want to loosen the reins.
Without much thought, Xia Fa held the golden gem in one hand, closed his eyes, and performed a simple dream divination.
The so-called dream occupancy is to directly enter the dream world and use it to communicate with the Astral Realm in order to obtain the information needed for the occupancy.
This method of claiming possession is usually applicable in relatively safe environments and when the items or objects claimed are not of a high level. Since no extraordinary items need to be prepared, it is extremely convenient and quick.
Just a few minutes later, Xia Fa opened his eyes, which were already full of surprise.
This is a secret treasure called the "Easy Omen Stone".
Although it is called the Simple Divination Stone, it does not mean that this treasure can only be used for simple divinations such as dream divination.
Because this "simplified" means that it can greatly simplify the occupation process for the occupier!
Xia Fa did not hesitate. He had already closed the doors and windows. At this moment, he took out a large handful of iron powder and sprinkled it all over the bedroom.
Then, with a wave of his hand, five star-silver pillars, engraved with countless magical circuits and mechanical circuits, appeared.
This was created by him using the secret abilities of his Silver Throne after he stole Daponz's "Mechanical Occupation Method" to claim the location of Pompeii.
This silver pillar can obviously be used multiple times, and Xia Fa can also repair it. After using it last time, he naturally did not throw it away, but put it into his black bag.
And this time...
Xia Fa held the simple divination stone in his left hand and placed his right hand on the star silver pillar.
With a flash of light, the Star Silver Pillar disappeared. He opened his palm and saw that the Star Silver Pillar had appeared inside the Simple Divination Stone!
To be precise, it went from being over three meters tall to only three millimeters tall, and appeared quietly standing next to the brass compass inside the gemstone!
Following that, Xia Fa used the same trick again, taking the other four star silver pillars into the golden gem.
With a brass compass in the center and five silver pillars surrounding it, this gemstone clearly contained a divination ritual of the level of a ritual array.
Xia Fa then flipped his palm over, and with a clattering sound, he poured out all the yellow crystals from the table, piling them up almost like a small mountain on the mahogany table.
He still held the simple divination stone in his left hand, and swept his right hand across the yellow crystal on the table. All the yellow crystals were immediately collected and piled on the brass compass.
"call-..
Xia Fa let out a long sigh of relief, knowing that this would make divination easier in the future.
In particular, the strongest occupation technique he currently possesses is the mechanical occupation technique, but this mechanical occupation technique is very troublesome to use. It requires finding a hidden space that is large enough, and then there is the need to erect a star silver pillar and sprinkle yellow crystal powder—it is very inconvenient.
But now, with this simple divination stone, he only needs to mobilize the strange current at the spine and inject it into this simple divination stone to directly activate the mechanical divination method within it, which is as convenient as it gets.
Xia Fa not only claimed the name and function of this treasure, but also subtly claimed its origin.
He saw a blurry, indistinct image.
In the Protoss Realm, a subspecies of the Traveling Slime, only the size of a fist, was wandering peacefully when a crack suddenly appeared in the Protoss Realm, from which a Simple Divination Stone floated out.
The subspecies of the Traveling Slime, although also a Mystic, only possesses the instincts of a Traveling Slime. Upon seeing anything or any living creature, it wants to devour it, and thus swallows it whole.
Then, it continued to wander quietly in the Protoss Realm.
Until one day, actually this morning, it was suddenly transported to the "Traveling Slime's Bizarre Adventure" game table by a Celestial Spirit Gate that opened abruptly.
"So, in reality, during a battle in the real world, a rift leading to the Protoss Realm was accidentally created, and the treasure fell in and was devoured by a subspecies of traveling slime?"
"Then, it was transmitted over by the power that the true god [Silver Universe] had set up in advance—"
Xia Fa suddenly felt that this game seemed more interesting. Why was that?
Could this be the source of the so-called ability to uncover a supreme-level secret contract?
A being of the Overlord or even God level was killed, which resulted in the formation of a Overlord-level secret contract. It then fell into the Protoss Realm, was devoured by a subspecies of traveling slime, and was then teleported to the table.
Anyway, this game has been around for over three hundred years and no one has ever revealed a top-level secret contract. After calming down, Xia Fa took out the sealing artifact in the shape of a horse-slaying sword. Of course, without the secret unlocking, it was still in the form of a shark-tooth folding sword.
Inside the hollow cavity of the folding knife's back, the steel ball lay listlessly, as if the sealed artifact had no spirit when there was no battle.
However, after Xia Fa took it out, the steel ball still floated up and pressed against Xia Fa's tiger's mouth through the back of the knife, as a sign of intimacy.
Xia Fa smiled slightly, gently stroked the back of the knife twice, then gripped the tiger-tooth folding knife with his left hand and the simple divination stone with his right, and began to divination.
After a long while, he opened his eyes, but his eyes were somewhat blank.
"It didn't even come up with a result?"
This time, he used a mechanical divination method, and added a wisp of strange current from the spine. Even the simple divination stone itself has the ability to enhance the divination effect, after all, it is a secret treasure worth more than 100,000 gold pounds.
But to my surprise, what appeared this time was a hazy, foggy scene with no information whatsoever.
"Does this mean I have to wait until I become a Wolf-level transcendent, or even a higher rank, before I can divine the next ability of the Horse-Slaying Blade?"
Xia Fa sighed softly and casually tucked the tiger-tooth folding knife into his waistband.
He was not prepared to take Pompeii's place, because Pompeii clearly possessed a secret treasure or seal given to him by the mysterious ruler to prevent him from taking it.
In this situation, occupying the territory too many times might alert Pompeii and backfire.
In any case, judging from the last divination, Pompey had been infiltrating the Augustus family for quite some time, which is why Cardan scolded him so casually and treated him like an old servant.
Xiafa even suspected that Pompeii usually hid in the Augustus family's palace as a servant, only coming out when it was time to act.
In other words, since Pompeii was unaware that he had been targeted and that his hiding place had been discovered, Shaphat was not afraid that Pompeii would suddenly escape tonight.
"It's time to head to the Extraordinary Market." With 2.15 million gold coins in his pocket, Xia Fa decided to go to the fat boss of the Secret Trading Shop to find some powerful secret treasures or sealed items for any eventuality that night.
The coast of Rum City was as lively as ever. The longer the Fog Carnival lasted, the more people came, and the more strange and unique demi-humans Shafa saw.
For example, there are creatures with six arms, conjoined twins, and creatures with a skull lower body but a human upper body.
All sorts of demi-humans, of all shapes and sizes, were clearly from the Light Starfield, having traveled a long way to participate in this Fog Carnival. Speaking of which, the Fog Carnival, which is held once every five years, is about to end in just three days. Xia Fa is a little reluctant to leave, as he quite likes this lively atmosphere.
As they walked and looked around, Xia Fa arrived at the familiar bay and boarded a ship bound for the Extraordinary Market.
The boatman looked rather cold and didn't speak, nor did he bow and scrape like the other boatmen. Xia Fa ignored him and began to think to himself.
Currently, although I have mastered the secret ability of "time concealment" from the Gate of Stars, I am still lacking in some aspects.
Because time hiding can only hide items in time gaps, but it cannot affect the flow of time.
But in battles involving angels, time can even be reversed. Shafa had clearly seen that the Black Abyss Worm, an angel, almost killed Prince Justinian by using the time-reversal technique.
Although this reversal of time was not a true reversal of time, because the injuries inflicted on him by Prince Justinian were clearly far from healed, he was able to take advantage of the situation.
However, this does involve methods related to the flow of time.
Therefore, this time, Xia Fa felt that he also needed to buy a secret treasure that could affect the flow of time. It didn't matter whether it was a one-time use item or not. The main thing was to be prepared that Pompeii also had one, so that he could use it to counteract it.
As for the other treasures with different functions, Xia Fa decided to take it one step at a time and see what the fat boss had.
Just as he was thinking this, suddenly, a huge shadow enveloped the entire small boat, and Xia Fa was slightly taken aback.
He looked up and saw an incredibly unbelievable scene.
It was a giant ship, a real giant ship, a full kilometer long and a hundred meters high. On its dark brown deck, huge cannons protruded, pointed directly at him and his small boat.
boom!
Gunshots rang out, and blood splattered everywhere.
But it didn't come from Xiafa, but from the boatman next to Xiafa.
The boatman stared in disbelief, clutching his chest, and collapsed. In his last moments, he looked at Xia Fa and managed to utter a few words:
"It's Greenbeard! Run, guest!"