Trapped as an NPC in a Dating Sim-Chapter 91: Cheeky Junior!
But when Soren arrived at the club, ’Trade Circle,’ and saw those blue lines extending from the golem to Owen, he finally understood that obscure effect.
Of course, those blue lines weren’t that prominent.
Rather, they were so thin they looked like strands of spiderweb, occasionally catching the light.
For normal eyes, it would be impossible to notice them at all. But for Soren, that wasn’t difficult.
Surprisingly, this feature of his artifact allowed him to pinpoint Owen’s position, even though he was clearly hiding with a very high-ranking concealment artifact.
"Serves you right for being too greedy. Now, let’s give you a present before I leave."
Soren suddenly mumbled, thinking that Owen might be regretting his decision now.
But he wasn’t done yet, as he still needed to get rid of the Queen behind him after all.
Although the Passive Spirit of Zephyr was incredible, his mana was getting consumed rapidly. The skill effect might disappear after some time.
At that time, he might need to face QueenBee at level 50, who was completely enraged.
And considering how he snatched most of the Golden Nectar, he doubted Owen would come for help that easily.
’At least that guy will let me suffer a bit,’ Soren was sure of that.
So, rather than being passive, Soren instead chose to distract the monster behind.
And just so luckily, he had a perfect target in front.
*BZZZT!*
As the Queen’s rage peaked, the sonic attacks grew devastating, shockwaves tearing through everything around them in pure chaos.
And that wasn’t all.
A massive venomous stinger took shape in the air, formed from countless individual stingers layering over one another, all converging on Soren’s figure.
The dread surrounding them multiplied by folds as if the BumbleBees poured everything they had into annihilating this thief where he stood.
*Swish!*
Yet Soren once again showed no reaction and instead controlled the Crimson Lash, the long whip driving its pointed end into the massive hive once again.
"S-Soren?"
To be honest, he was so blatant that it looked like he was taunting the Queen.
And in fact, he was indeed doing so, as Aurelia saw him directly carving a huge chunk of their entire nest with the curvy end of his chain, not caring about the devastating aura almost befalling from above.
"Soren... don’t. L-Leave, the Q-Queen is attacking."
Aurelia was so shocked by his blatant disrespect that she anxiously yelled, afraid that he would be punched through.
They already got the honey.
Did he still need to take risks like this?
’Had he gone crazy?’
"Haha... don’t worry. I was just playing around a bit."
Fortunately, it seemed not, as Soren showed an embarrassed smile at Aurelia.
Then, true to his words, he grabbed her waist tightly before directly disappearing from his place as swiftly as the wind, leaving a long trail, before the attack even landed.
Only, this time, he was dragging a huge hexagonal cone of the nest, dripping with honey, behind him.
To be honest, he looked so comical that both twin sisters gawked at his rapidly moving figure in confusion, chased by the furious Queen Bee.
"What is he doing?"
Elise couldn’t help but ask, dumbfounded by what she was seeing.
The monster that they couldn’t even defend against was being toyed with so casually by Soren right in front of them.
Not only that, he seemed to be taunting it ruthlessly, as even she felt what Soren was doing was extremely disrespectful.
In fact, not only them, even Owen was totally confused, until he saw Soren advancing rapidly toward him.
At first, he thought it was just a coincidence, but when he saw Soren smiling slyly in his direction, a bad feeling couldn’t help but arise within his heart.
’Can he see me? How is that possible?’
He was using a B-rank concealment artifact, Absolute Stealth.
Even a monster above his level wouldn’t be able to notice his presence unless something happened.
Then why...
Owen was momentarily confused when he saw Soren appear right in front of him in almost a blink, moving even faster than before, catching him off guard.
Then, without waiting a moment, he unexpectedly hurled his chains, flinging the honey-dripping comb straight toward him while shouting loudly,
"Senior, this honey and the bee behind me are your part of the deal. Please deal with it as you see fit. We’ll meet later in the club."
With a wide grin, Soren shot off once more at an even greater speed than before, vanishing like the wind.
Aurelia was held securely in his arms as he dashed straight into the forest, leaving everything behind him in an instant.
He moved so fast that before Owen could even realize what had happened, his concealment was already broken by the comb hurled in his direction.
Clearly, Soren knew that his artifact would lose its effect the moment it was attacked.
"...."
"..."
"..."
For a moment, brief silence ensued on the battlefield, broken by the roaring Bumblebee Queen in complete fury.
’Damn, bastard!’
If Owen still didn’t realize what had just happened, he might as well go and drown in a spoonful of water.
*BZZZT!*
Unfortunately, poor him didn’t even have the time to curse this junior who dared to pit him like this, as the Queen Bee was already focusing on him.
Soren had perfectly transferred the aggro to him before swiftly disappearing.
Although Owen was a level 90 hunter and didn’t really have to care about a false level 50 monster, he also knew that those venomous stings hurt a lot.
He didn’t want to get stung by it if possible.
In the end, like a responsible senior, he had to focus on the Queen Bee ahead, rolling one of his rings on his finger.
’Soren Kingswell... cheeky junior. I’ll remember this.’
But still, his heart was full of complaints, as not only had he lost so much Golden Nectar, he had even been played like this by a junior he didn’t even pay attention to before.
If word got out, Owen would have nowhere to show his face.
He was so ashamed.
