The basement fell into silence.
Gu Xin was deep in thought.
The deep purple Void rift flickered in and out of existence, its eerie glimmer casting reflections that made the young man’s silhouette look bizarre and ethereal.
Gu Xin didn’t speak, and neither Asma nor Ula dared to open their mouths.
The sheer intimidation radiating from the muscular, burly Macho Goblin was simply too overwhelming, not to mention the monstrous compound eyes reflecting within the purple Void behind Gu Xin.
*This boy is absolutely an incredibly evil human!*
Asma now only hated himself for being so blind.
How could he have been deceived by that pure, innocent aura and actually brought him back to their base?
*Dammit!*
Another two minutes passed, and beads of sweat had already formed on Asma’s forehead.
“S-Sir?”
Asma called out tentatively.
“Hm?” Interrupted from his thoughts, Gu Xin looked at Asma with displeasure.
“According to our agreement…”
Asma reminded him cautiously.
He had already decided that the moment he left this place, he would immediately flee Yin City!
This place was simply too dangerous.
“What’s the rush?
I haven’t finished asking my questions,” Gu Xin said, his tone perfectly calm.
Asma fell silent.
“Third question.
There have been recent incidents of demi-humans attacking citizens in Yin City.
Was that your doing?”
Gu Xin asked again.
“Th-This has nothing to do with us, Sir!
Those are demi-humans; we are genuine humans.” Asma was shocked.
He had also been following the news.
Rumor had it that the victims’ internal organs had been eaten clean.
Did the two of them look like that kind of evil scum?
“Hard to say.” Gu Xin shot him a sidelong glance.
“Sir, even you can’t just revoke our humanity like that,” Asma said, his mouth twitching as he hurriedly explained.
“Although we perform sacrifices, we don’t destroy the physical bodies of the offerings.
If the sacrifice isn’t a pure virgin or an untainted youth, our Lord wouldn’t like it anyway.”
“So the perpetrator really is a demi-human?”
“Such a cruel and bloodthirsty act like devouring internal organs is highly likely the work of a demi-human.
They are barbaric, stubborn, and prefer raw meat.
However…
it could also be an evil cult.”
Asma voiced his speculation uncertainly.
“I see.”
Gu Xin took a sip of his cola and nodded.
“Then, the final question.”
“Please ask.”
“Did you kill Togawa Sakiko’s father?”
“Is that what she told you?
A bitch is a bitch.
Sir, please do not believe her.
Both she and her father are liars full of deceit.”
Asma let out a cold sneer.
“?” Gu Xin raised an eyebrow.
“Her father was originally one of our congregation, but he betrayed us and revealed our whereabouts to the Impure Ones.”
Asma gritted his teeth.
If it hadn’t been for that traitor, how could they have suffered such heavy losses that only he and Ula were left?
Even thinking about it now made Asma want to tear that guy apart alive.
“Alright, understood.” Gu Xin nodded in comprehension.
“Not bad, you’ve been very cooperative.
I’ve asked everything I wanted to ask.”
“Then, Sir, you…”
“So, you two can be on your way now.”
Gu Xin smiled quite genially.
“Wait!
Sir, that’s not what you said before!” Asma’s expression changed drastically as he hurriedly spoke up.
“I said I would show mercy.” Gu Xin tilted his head.
“Therefore, I will keep my promise and send you to meet your Pale Lord.”
“You revere Him so deeply, so you must really want to be by His side, right?
So I’m granting your wish.”
“After all, I’m the most kind-hearted person there is.”
The corners of Gu Xin’s mouth slowly curled up into a highly compassionate, merciful smile.
“No!
Don’t do this!
You can’t fucking do this!”
“How can you go back on your word like this?!
The Lord will punish you, you—”
Asma’s mental defenses completely shattered.
“So noisy.
You two evil cultists should just obediently die.
Baron Nashor.”
*Roar!*
A low, deep roar echoed from the Void, and deep purple Void magic bore down heavily.
Asma and Ula instantly felt it become difficult to breathe.
Their eyes widened to the point of tearing, turning completely bloodshot as their veins bulged.
Baron Nashor’s magical pressure was simply too terrifying for them, who were merely at the Second Tier.
In just a few seconds, the Void magic dissipated.
The two cultists, unable to put up any struggle, were forcefully crushed to death by Baron Nashor’s magical pressure.
Both of them bled from their seven orifices, their eyes glaring wide in agonizing, hideous fury, dying with lingering grievances.
“Looks like I’ll have to switch to a gentler method next time.
Fortunately, they still retained most of their structural integrity.”
Seeing this, Gu Xin frowned slightly.
After observing carefully, he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
He had been terrified that Baron Nashor would crush their corpses.
As for being scared?
It was impossible for him to be scared.
As an outstanding Card Crafter, Gu Xin was most accustomed to handling all sorts of biological corpses.
“Bro, clean this up, and wipe the blood off their faces while you’re at it.”
Gu Xin stretched lazily and gave an order to the Macho Goblin.
“Ge!”
The Macho Goblin gave a standard salute and then immediately sprang into action without stopping.
It first dragged the two corpses to the side, then fetched a bucket of clean water and skillfully cleaned up the blood on the floor.
Then, using a rag, it gently wiped the heads of Asma and Ula.
The most important thing was…
“How the fuck are you getting turned on by this?
You degenerate freak.”
Gu Xin really couldn’t hold back his exasperation.
This Macho Goblin was truly a piece of work.
It was ridiculous.
He had made more than one card in the [Goblin] series, so why was the Macho Goblin the only one so insatiable?
It was honestly too exaggerated.
The Macho Goblin gave a sheepish smile and continued its cleaning work.
“It’s already ten-thirty.
It’s getting late, but…”
Gu Xin glanced at the time.
After all that tossing about, it was already 10:30 PM.
However, having just acquired two human corpses, Gu Xin was currently itching to give it a try.
“I’ll try it once.
Just once!”
Gu Xin licked his lips, his gaze turning toward the long material cabinet on the wall.
“Mr.
Asma, my good friend, please bless me!”
Gu Xin had the Macho Goblin place Ula’s corpse into the freezer, and then mercilessly tossed his so-called “good friend” Asma into the alchemy furnace.
“[Cultist] + [Corpse Dog] + [Dark Element].
There shouldn’t be any problems.”
Gu Xin pondered for a moment, and after confirming there were no issues, he threw the remaining two materials in as well.
“No, this is a humanoid card.
Let’s add an equipment item.”
Gu Xin threw a pair of gauntlets into the furnace.
[Spiked Gauntlets]—he had looted these from Asma’s body.
From this, it was evident that he might have been a Brawler class professional.
Well, even though he had absolutely no room to show it off.
[Cultist] + [Corpse Dog] + [Dark Element] + [Spiked Gauntlets].
With the four materials in place, Gu Xin slowly closed his eyes.
Magic power surged forth, continuously pouring into the furnace.
*Come on, my first humanoid card.
Will it succeed?*
*No, it must succeed.*
*Alchemy furnace, activate!*