Chapter 2: New Century (Epilogue)
A tug-of-war ensued.
The cloth bag tore, and a crystal treasure chest the size of a plate rolled out.
The crystal treasure chest emitted a dazzling glow even in the dim Underground black market. It was inlaid with Seven-color gradient shells, and it was clear that something good was inside.
(Player Name) (M) cast an Appraisal technique.
[Sea God’s Tear] Divine artifact, a beautiful blue crystal containing the Sea God’s Divine Power. (This item is of no use to you, but King of Winter (Xi Wei) might be very happy if you give it to him.)
King of Winter (Xi Wei) would be happy?!
(Player Name) (M)’s eyes lit up.
He had once disdained his favorability with King of Winter (Xi Wei). He regretted it deeply only after losing it. There was no greater pain in the world. If heaven gave him another chance, he would definitely cultivate his favorability with King of Winter (Xi Wei) well. If there had to be a cap on this favorability, he hoped it would be eternal.
Now, an opportunity had presented itself!
(Player Name) (M) shuffled towards the two Goblins.
“Boss, I’ll take this treasure chest. I’m so thin, I can run fast, and it’ll be safer with me.”
“Nonsense, what’s the use of running fast? You’ll be killed with a single sword. Give it to me, I still have alchemy puppets!”
“Boss, you just lied to me! Didn’t you say you didn’t have any alchemy puppets left!?”
Each goblin had its own valid point.
The two Goblins started arguing, and their conflict escalated. They even started fighting under the table, fighting till the heavens and earth were dark, lost in their own world, not even reacting when (Player Name) (M) approached them.
“Hello, hello?” (Player Name) (M) waved his hand.
“Let go!” Gulu Gold Coin bit Gulu Silver Coin’s ear.
“Give me the treasure chest!” Gulu Silver Coin squeezed Gulu Gold Coin’s…
The two Goblins were still fighting.
“Ahem,” (Player Name) (M) cleared his throat. He then remembered that he had forgotten to turn on his translator. So, he turned on his translator and spoke in standard announcer-voice Goblin language:
“Stop fighting! You can’t kill anyone by fighting like this. How about I perform a magic trick for you?”
The sudden use of the Goblin language indeed attracted the brothers’ attention.
They looked at the mysterious person with a human-like physique in astonishment, not understanding why the mysterious person knew Goblin language. Even they, Goblins themselves, found Goblin language crude and unbearable. Why would anyone be willing to learn it?
Since he learned Goblin language, he must be an ally.
It was like a beggar collecting garbage suddenly discovering a well-dressed person also collecting garbage. That sense of familiarity would immediately arise!
Since he was an ally, why run away?
“May I ask, uh, friend of unknown race, what do you mean by magic trick?” Gulu Gold Coin asked, confused.
“Magic trick means the Mage’s trick. Boss, you don’t even know this? This is a powerful Mage!” Gulu Silver Coin felt like he had seen through everything. He thought he was much smarter than his boss!
If they could latch onto this Mage, they would definitely be able to leave the Underground black market smoothly!
“Uh,” (Player Name) (M) scratched his head and chuckled, “You’re right, a magic trick is the Mage’s trick. Now, please don’t open your eyes. I will show you a scene you have never seen before.”
He smiled mysteriously. Coupled with his entire body hidden in a black cloak, a gust of cold wind blew, and the cloak fluttered in the wind, making him appear even more like an expert.
The Goblin brothers looked at the mysterious person in front of them, stunned, not knowing what kind of trick the other party was up to. However, there seemed to be no hostility, and he even spoke Goblin language. For now, they would just see what he wanted to do.
With that thought, the two Goblin brothers stared blankly at (Player Name) (M), unmoving.
“Mommy, mommy, coax~” (Player Name) (M) chanted, taking out a randomly picked branch from his backpack and using it as a staff. He raised his hand and pointed at the treasure chest.
“Little flying stick, milk no~”
“Swish—!”
It seemed like nothing happened, but at the same time, something did happen.
Gulu Gold Coin and Gulu Silver Coin looked at each other.
Right in front of them, the Goblin duo.
The treasure chest was gone…
The mysterious person didn’t have a Space Ring at all.
And they didn’t feel any spatial fluctuations.
This was a magic trick?
It had made their hard-earned treasure chest, which they had transported to the black market after losing so many Goblin fighters and enduring so many hardships, disappear?
Who could stand this!?
Gulu Gold Coin could already imagine the scene where the members of the Beastmen Royal Court, whom they had stood up, would lead an army to attack their tribe.
All his relatives and friends would be impaled on a skewer by ferocious Orcs and roasted as kebabs!
“Hurry up and make the treasure chest reappear!”
Gulu Gold Coin shrieked.
He released the two alchemy puppets he had kept for self-defense.
He had lied to Gulu Silver Coin earlier.
He had two remaining alchemy puppets, not one.
However, he immediately saw Gulu Silver Coin, who had claimed to have no alchemy puppets, also release an alchemy puppet.
Gulu Gold Coin: “…”
Gulu Silver Coin: “…”
The two Goblins exchanged a glance, and could see deep contempt in each other’s eyes. Fortunately, they now had a common enemy, otherwise, they would have started bickering again.
Seeing the alchemy puppets, (Player Name) (M)’s expression changed.
He had originally intended to toy with the two Goblins out of amusement.
He never expected to kick an iron board like this.
These alchemy puppets looked like large spiders made of rock, about the size of a round table. Instead of poisonous fangs in their terrifying mouths, an oily cannon barrel extended out.
Magic elements gathered towards the muzzle.
The cannon barrel turned red and hot, emitting a purple eerie glow, exuding killing intent.
He definitely couldn’t defeat an alchemy puppet with an average level of fifty-five.
He had originally planned to pick up some more things in the chaos, but that was no longer possible. He couldn’t hand over the Sea God’s Tear he had obtained, and even if he did, these two Goblins, who were driven mad, would definitely not let him go.
But it didn’t matter.
The Temporary Resurrection Crystal would come into play.
“Don’t get agitated, my friends. Since I can make the treasure chest disappear, I can also make it reappear~” (Player Name) (M) said with a gentle smile, even though the cannon barrel of the alchemy puppet was already pointed at his head.
Gulu Gold Coin snorted, “You better be able to make it reappear!”
“Of course, the next scene will be witnessing a miracle.”
With that, (Player Name) (M) took out a dagger from his backpack and slit his own throat in front of the two Goblins.
Gulu Gold Coin: “???”
Gulu Silver Coin: “…”
“Hurry up and search his package, I don’t believe such a large treasure chest can just disappear!”
Gulu Gold Coin scrambled to the corpse, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t strip the clothes and equipment off the corpse.
Furthermore, the corpse actually turned into a stream of blue ions and gradually disappeared.
Even the bloodstains completely vanished.
Only a small pebble was left in its place.
If there were players in the Goblin race here, they would wisely tell the two Goblins that this was “death drop.”
Unfortunately, (Player Name) (M)’s backpack was filled with twenty to thirty thousand small pebbles.
When he died and dropped items.
The probability of dropping a pebble was 99.9%.
