Text Game: It All Began when a Cat-eared Girl Took Me In-Chapter 185 - 160 - A legal animal-ear Lolita is so bland~ Death of the Rat King?_2
"Fxxk! Damn text, what crap!"
Wei’er frowned, "What dog are you talking about?"
"...Didn’t say anything."
[Ding! Wei’er’s Anger Value +19]
Wei’er turned her head away.
This guy actually called her a dog.
He might as well have called her Cat Cat.
"Hello."
Suddenly, a somewhat deep voice sounded from outside.
The dynamic armor’s right eye lit up.
Luo Xi also looked up.
It was a man in his forties with a somewhat melancholic air about him, surveying the dynamic armor, seemingly with great emotion, "Mr. Alte, so it was you who received Spark."
Luo Xi: "!"
How did this man know?
Luo Xi immediately became vigilant.
Damn text, how much time is left?
[Note: There are eleven minutes left until midnight today.]
There was still enough time.
However, the man didn’t take any other action; he simply looked nostalgically at Spark for a moment and then returned to his spot.
Spark flew down from Luo Xi’s shoulder, somewhat confusedly asking, "Why does Spark feel he’s somewhat familiar?"
"..."
Luo Xi did not answer.
This man, perhaps he was Spark’s previous owner?
The dynamic armor, passed down through generations of willpower, had brought forth a new soul in his hands.
This world is indeed quite marvelous.
Afterward, Luo Xi watched the night sky battle for a few more minutes.
All he could say was that high-tier Transcendents were really too powerful; this kind of battle was simply incomprehensible.
Bang!—
In the sky, an object suddenly fell to the ground, creating a deep crater that seemed bottomless, even shaking Luo Xi and Wei’er inside the dynamic armor.
Luo Xi also instinctively hugged the girl close.
"Nos, this is the consequence of opposing me!"
Amidst the mad laughter, another figure fell from the sky, plunging into the pit as if the chase was not yet over.
At that moment, Hill’s eyes lit up.
Finally, he had found his opportunity!
The boy, seemingly from nowhere, suddenly produced a sharp dagger and without hesitation, plunged it into his chest.
In an instant, the world seemed to plunge into silence.
The brilliant radiance of the Winter Divine Tree dimmed all at once, and the sprinkling of starlight that fell gently to the ground lost its luster.
The silver barrier that protected the Winter Inner City’s guardians extinguished simultaneously.
"!"
Almost instantly, Luo Xi noticed something was wrong with Hill and hurriedly shouted, "Cat Cat, take me down! You keep hiding here!"
Seeing Luo Xi was in a hurry, Wei’er gave him a strong push.
Luo Xi tumbled out of the dynamic armor, falling to the ground.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh—
The howling wind gusted past Luo Xi’s ears.
The world in front of him became dark; the light once emitted by the Winter Divine Tree had completely vanished, and the massive tree, over a hundred meters tall, appeared as if it had died.
A golden thread descended from the profound night sky, landing on the top of the Winter Divine Tree.
The guards who had been stationed around all knelt down to the ground towards the Winter Divine Tree.
"Hill, what have you done?!"
Luo Xi paid no heed to the anomaly occurring there; he turned around and immediately saw the dagger Hill had pressed against his chest, from where blood gushed out ceaselessly.
With a pale face and a smile, Hill extended his hand toward Luo Xi: "Sorry for using you guys, but thanks to you, my foster father... he fully trusted me, let down his guard, and my plan is finally complete."
"This is your plan?!"
"During the two days when the blizzard froze the whole city, I thought about killing my foster father, but I found I couldn’t bring myself to harm him, just like I would lose my memories whenever I remembered anything related to him."
Hill said with a smile, "So, this is my way. I am the current custodian of the Winter Divine Tree. Once I’m on the brink of death, the power of the Divine Tree will undergo a drastic change, leading to my foster father losing his capability to avoid the punishment of the Eternal World Tree when borrowing my strength."
"And I, during those two days when no one could act, used the power of the Divine Tree to copy the structure of the original prison—that one you stayed in—across many different locations around the Winter Divine Tree. Setting traps everywhere, I thought there would be a battle one day, and when they fell into my traps upon breaking into the prison, that would be the moment to use this move. How impressive am I?"
The boy’s proud expression was like that of a child who couldn’t stop showing off his favorite toy to others.
Luo Xi grabbed Hill’s hand, "Stop talking, let me see if there’s a healing scroll..."
He took out a scroll given by Shopkeeper Lena from his bag and tore it open, placing it on the boy’s chest.
Hill’s clothes were already soaked with blood, which had formed into cold crystals.
This kid really did a number on himself; did he stab right towards his heart?
As the warm light was released, Hill’s complexion gradually returned to normal.
"Thank you."
Hill stood up, pressing Luo Xi’s hand, and pointed at the pit with a smile, "Now, please enjoy the judgment of the Eternal World Tree Noah upon those who have desecrated It!"
It was as if the world stood still.
It was deep into the night, yet a brilliant golden light fell from the heavens, carrying supreme might and dazzling brilliance that almost blinded Luo Xi.
Two mad howls erupted from the pit, but they were as powerless as the cries of a dying beast.
All those kneeling on the ground pressed their heads even lower to the earth.
Hill looked curiously at Luo Xi.
Why didn’t this guy show any reaction?
After ten seconds.
The howls stopped.
Blue light shone in Hill’s eyes.
He raised his hand, and in an instant, two entwined and unrecognizable objects appeared at Luo Xi’s feet.
Then, the boy tilted his head and collapsed onto Luo Xi’s body, seemingly having passed out.
Luo Xi took a deep breath.
He kicked the two objects with his foot.
Rat King Noss.
Hill’s foster father.
Both were dead, their bodies continuously disintegrating.
Luo Xi bent down, picked up the eye-catching light blue magic staff on the rat king’s corpse, and suddenly felt as though he was dreaming.
Ding! You have obtained the Lost Yuan Qi: Echo of Azure.
That nearly invincible Rat King Noss, was he really dead just like that?
Luo Xi stood over the rat king’s body for a long time, conducting a thorough examination on the filthy old rat.
The rat king’s head had already vanished.
Surely he couldn’t come back to life, right? 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮
It’s not like this guy was also a Traveler from another world, right?
The other, Hill’s foster father, had completely disappeared without a trace, leaving only a set of tattered clothes on the ground.
Luo Xi, brushing against the biting cold wind, laid Hill down and covered him with his own clothes. The light of the Winter Divine Tree gradually brightened up again, with a silver radiance enveloping the entire city anew.
The kneeling guards stood up one by one.
With both men dead, there was no need for Luo Xi to rewind. Rewinding might not even lead to a better result. After all, this was the outcome the boy, Hill, had gambled his life for, and Luo Xi had done nothing.
At this moment, the time just passed midnight.
