novelraw Chapter 68: Just like that?!
Chapter 68: Just like that?!
Chu Miao and Tian Hua arrived at the Cafe. Tian Hua had bought a new pair of glasses, but she did not need them to see that the table where she and Xiao Shen had been at was now taken up by a lovey dovey couple. "Hmm. Xiao Shen-ge isn’t really here."
"Oh..." Chu Miao furrowed her brows. "That’s a bummer."
Then, suddenly, her head jerked up like a hare that had seen a wolf.
All the while, she had been tracing Xiao Shen’s aura through that strand of hair in her possession, and it had not been reacting to the surrounding area because the aura was too weak.
However, for it to suddenly pick up Xiao Shen’s aura once more, it meant that he was somewhere in the surrounding area!
"Hmm? What’s the matter?" Tian Hua raised a brow and tilted her head slightly.
"Xiao Shen is around here!" Chu Miao said cheerfully. She took Tian Hua’s hand and dragged her off over to the forest. "Come on~"
"Wait, Ah!" Tian Hua yelped from the sudden pull. Speaking of which, why the f*ck was she so strong?! The pull made Tian Hua’s small hand feel as though her wrist had been pulled out!
"How are you sure Xiao Shen-ge is in the foooorrrreeest~" She protested as Chu Miao pulled her along.
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Meanwhile, Xiao Shen still kept up his overbearing aura as he sneered. "Humph. What do you want the mana stone for? Speak and only then would I consider trading it."
"This little Zhou Lan wishes to concoct an advancement potion..." Zhou Lan decided to trick this mysterious Senior Arcanist into thinking that he and Zhao Xixi were a level lower than they really were.
So that, in the scenario that the mysterious Senior Arcanist decided to attack, he would end up underestimating them and use less power than he would have used if he knew that they were both Second Level True Arcanist rank Warlocks.
This would definitely give them a means of escaping!
"Advancement potion..." Xiao Shen nodded his head. Unlike Cultivators, it seemed like Witches used a potions based system like that of an online novel that had been very popular on qidian a few years ago.
He folded his hands. "What do you wish to trade for it with?"
"What does Senior Arcanist want to trade for?" Zhou Lan asked with a forced smile.
It was better to complete the trade and acquire the high quality mana stone first. As for coming back and retrieving the stuff that they had traded with, they would have to successfully advance first and gather helpers.
What do I want...
Xiao Shen frowned slightly. At the same time, the bullet chat exploded with messages.
[Ask for hard cold cash!]
[Anchor should ask for the woman’s hand in marriage]
[Anchor, ask for magical techniques!]
[Anchor should ask them to leave!]
[Anchor, ask for a cool sword!]
[These two are obviously Arcanists, what would they be doing with swords?]
[Yeah, ask for a spell book, Anchor!]
[Yeah, a spell book!]
[A spell book! +2]
[A spell book! +3]
[A spell book! +4]
[Anchor, ask for their options!]
[Yeah, if Anchor does not know what to ask, just ask them to bring the things they have brought!]
[Good idea!]
[Ask for the woman, Anchor!]
[Look at them boobs, Anchor! That god tier chest!]
[Humph!]
«[### has gifted you +1 lightning bolt!]»
"Bring out the things you have brought for the trade, then." Xiao Shen was still speaking, when a bright golden lightning bolt struck down from the sky, landing squarely on Zhao Xixi.
"Ack!" Her skin was instantly blackened and her hairs all stood on end.
A protective barrier had been hastily created from her mana, and it had only barely managed to stop the bulk of the lightning strike. The remaining energy hit her at point blank range, but, thanks to her body constitution as a Second Level True Arcanist rank Warlock, she was only slightly injured.
Zhou Lan narrowed his eyes and instantly dashed at Xiao Shen at a speed so swift that it seemed as though he was teleporting. "Haa!"
A fireball appeared in his hand and he pressed it on Xiao Shen’s back as it exploded.
BOOM!
The fireball had been planted before he could even react, and it exploded into a whirlwind of flames.
WHOOSH!
The flames surged up into the skies and vanished in a few second, leaving behind a scorched corpse.
"....." Zhou Lan.
"....." Zhao Xixi.
The both of them were completely speechless!
"Is he... dead?" Zhao Xixi coughed out a puff of black smoke.
"Just like that?!" Zhou Lan.
In the hands of the scorched corpse was a shining black rock that seemed to be inlaid with sapphire colored stones.
This was precisely the high quality mana stone that they had felt earlier!
Zhou Lan pursed his lips and walked over to the corpse. After he was sure that the dead body would not suddenly spring up and attack him, he picked up the mana stone. "Haha, we got it in the end!"
"To think that he died from a single Exploding Flamesphere." Zhao Xixi said.
At the same time, Tian Hua and Chu Miao suddenly popped out from the bushes.
Chu Miao froze upon seeing the scene in front of her, while Tian Hua had her pupils constrict into pin-pricks.
Had there just been a murder here?
Chu Miao looked at Zhou Lan’s hand and felt the aura of the mana stone.
Indeed, it had the same aura as the one that had been on Xiao Shen!
Putting two and two together told this First Level Lay Arcanist rank Witch that they had stolen it from Xiao Shen!
"Stop, thieves! What have you done with Fellow Arcanist Xiao Shen?!"
Tian Hua was at a loss at what was going on in Chu Miao’s head.
In such a situation, should they not be running away to try and call the police?!
A murder had just happened here and the chance of being silenced was very high!
"Oh. The helpers are here." Zhao Xixi smiled.
Her hands were itching to murder someone!
"A First Level Lay Arcanist and a mortal child? That guy was really weak!" Zhou Lan shook his head. "Zhao Xixi, they’re all yours."
Chu Miao’s knees buckled when she saw the cruel expression on Zhao Xixi’s face as she came towards them.
"Aha, how about you just tell me where Fellow Arcanist Xiao Shen is and I’ll be on my way! There’s no need for conflict!"