Disguising as the City Lordâs daughter and heading into the Wraith realm, what an exciting prospect that is.
Not to mention an abundance of rewards.
This is a deal that I canât refuse!
âThen, to make one last thing clear, I wonât really be getting married to some wraith?â Crow continued sending his voice.
Gu Qing Shan shrugged: âOf course, that personâ- erm, the City Lordâs daughter said that your disguising technique can be dispelled any time you wish; I trust that after it had been undone, no wraith would still want to marry youâ
Both of them fell silent.
Crow reached his hand to stroke his face and said with concern: âIf a female wraith were to take a liking to me...â
âHm, that will be a huge issueâ Gu Qing Shan agreed.
âAll in all, this is a very dangerous matter, we need to go see her and discuss this more carefullyâ Gu Qing Shan continued.
âHm, letâs goâ Crow replied.
At this point, the men from before brought their women back towards them.
âI just remembered, although youâve lost all your powers, you have definitely accumulated quite a bit of wealth over the yearsâ one of them commented.
Crow replied: âThatâs right, Iâm very richâ
âYou can simply retire and live out the rest of your life in Void Cityâ another one of them added.
âThatâs trueâ Crow also agreed.
The men exchanged glances, slowly grinning.
A gust of wind blew through the air.
All of them suddenly became headless bodies.
The woman screamed in panic and fled back into the bar.
Crow looked at the corpses on the ground, then at Gu Qing Shan.
âIâm moved, but killing them would just lower our statusâ Crow said.
âI just happened to check the wanted list earlier, they were slave traffickersâ Gu Qing Shan replied.
âIn this apocalyptic era, manpower and physical labor are still required everywhere, their existence in Void City was also thanks to the tacit agreement of the bigshots yâknowâ Crow told him.
âCrow, Iâve never liked to kill, unless thereâs a proper reasonâ Gu Qing Shan replied.
Crow paused, then said with a solemn tone: âDragon King, youâre now a Titled class Hitman, it should cost a lot to make you act even a single time, these small fries arenât even worth you moving a pinky fingerâ
âAll meetings are predestined; a missed opportunity is a regretful occasionâ Gu Qing Shan answered.
He took out his Hitman medal and spoke a few words.
Very quickly, a man and a woman flew in from afar, both staff members of the Hitman Guild.
One of them was the girl who acted as Gu Qing Shanâs receptionist, Qin.
âYour grace, Dragon King. How may we help you?â she smiled and said.
Gu Qing Shan pointed at the ground and said: âI just got promoted to Titled Hitman today, so turn these slave traffickers in for their bounty and get a round of drinks for everyone, my treatâ
The two staff membersâ eyes practically glowed as they heard that.
The male staff member said: âDragon King sir, you truly areâ-â
âGenerousâ Qin praised.
While they were smiling, they took care of the scene swiftly and professionally.
Crow shook his head and sighed: âThose guys definitely still have companions whoâll come to you looking for trouble...â
Gu Qing Shan was surprised: âEven after getting beat up, youâre still making predictions for them?â
Crow snapped out it up and quickly changed his words, following up on his previous statements: âBut some of them truly are pathetically weakâ
A moment later, some of the girls who fled earlier led a group of people out from the bar.
âIt was them!â
The woman called Lize pointed at Crow and Gu Qing Shan.
Everyone turned towards them.
Gu Qing Shan turned to Qin and asked: âItâs a lot of trouble to check using my medal, can you take a look and see for me which one of them is on the wanted list?â
Qin glanced over them and replied: âTheyâre part of the same gang, so theyâre all on the wanted list, just that no one had ever killed themâââ their existence had received tacit understanding from the bigshotsâ
Gu Qing Shan grinned.
âSeems like thereâs still a bit of money to be madeâ he muttered.
âOyâââ
The leader on the other side only managed to utter a single word before his head vanished.
A light breeze.
Every slave trafficker on the wanted list had turned into headless bodies.
An autumn water-like clear blue steel sword hovered in mid-air, drawing a graceful arc, seemingly unsatisfied.
âA Titled Hitman killing slave traffickers, thatâs like using a cleaver to chop a flyâ Crow shook his head again.
âYour dinner tonight will be on me as wellâ Gu Qing Shan told Qin.
âUnderstood, that should be enough as wellâ Qin smiled and replied.
She took a close look at this evil creature again.
ââ-this is a very impressive Archfiend.
When he first joined the Guild, I was afraid that evil creatures who liked to deceive people would cause chaos in the Guild.
But in the end, not only did he save me once, but he had also become promoted to Titled Hitman at an unbelievable speed.
Heâs renowned across the void.
I wonder... if my species allows marriage with evil creatures.
Iâll check it right away when I return.
Qin silently thought.
Crow suddenly made another statement: âAh, I forgot earlier but they do have a boss, heâs quite strong thoughâ
Gu Qing Shan stared at him.
Crow was a bit embarrassed: âSorry, when the premonition comes, I canât stop itâ
A thunderous shout resounded from inside the bar:
ă WHO WAS IT THAT KILLED MY MEN!? ă
The door slammed open again as a man whose body was full of tattoos came out.
Just as he stood facing Gu Qing Shan and Crow, his chest was pierced through by a thin, razor-sharp rapier.
ă Ah... ăthe man only managed to cough a few times before he fell and died.
Qin looked at the corpse and reported: âCaptain of the Golden Slavers, they mostly sell women and children from the various races, frequently providing high-quality slaves for many bigshots, so they were allowed to remain in Void Cityâ
Crow pulled his rapier back and asked: âThis guy is worth quite a bit then, how should we deal with him?â
Gu Qing Shan pondered: âOther than those who support slavery, are there any forces in Void City that aid the weak?â
Crow replied: âThat would be the Splendor Saint Churchââ- those angels of the church might be braindead, but theyâre at least trustworthy then it comes to aiding the weak and bulliedâ
Gu Qing Shan then: âQin, donate this guyâs bounty to the Splendor Saint Church, tell them that itâs specifically for the sake of their relief effortsâ
âUnderstood, Dragon King sirâ Qin replied.
âââ-Wait!â
Crow turned around.
Lize trembled as she looked at him, muttering: âYouââ didnât you already lose your powers?â
Crow paused a bit, frowning: âThatâs right, I did lose my powersâ
âThen how did you kill them? Were you lying to me before?â Lize questioned.
âI... was just jokingâ
âUooo... uooo..., I donât care, you emotional fraud!â
Lize ran over and fell into Crowâs embrace.
Out of habit, Crow hugged her.
âOur relationship is already broken off, even if you get my body, you wonât gain my heartâ Crow sighed.
âI donât care, I still love youâ Lize insisted.
Crow looked at Gu Qing Shan, troubled.
Gu Qing Shan could kill without issues, but he really didnât know how to resolve this matter either.
Suddenly, a solemn male voice declared:
âBy the name of the Holy Father, I hereby express gratitude to his grace Dragon Kingâs donation, and also make the following judgement towards his grace Crowâs marriage: You two are unsuitableâ
As everyone turned towards the voice, they saw a handsome and graceful man standing at the road intersection.
A shining halo that gave off gentle light hovered above his head.