Chapter 144

Chapter 144

Under the gaze of the two people, Leif took a deep breath and said heavily: "... Just like you think, in order to survive."

He clenched his fists and spoke in a low voice: "The people in this town...will select a sacrifice every three months in exchange for the peace of the entire town."

Orion looked at Leif warily: "So, you are one of them?"

Leif smiled bitterly. "I... Actually, the adults in the town would never tell the underage residents about this. I discovered it by accident. I will never forget the horrific scene of the living sacrifice... I really didn't want to admit it. I even hesitated for a long time and wanted to pretend that I didn't know, but I had no choice."

The flaxen-haired boy lowered his head in pain: "I really didn't know anything before, but I was also one of the vested interests... I couldn't turn a blind eye."

Su Xingyuan tilted his head slightly: "So what do you want to do?"

There was still no emotion in his voice. "If you ask me, what happened to you and the people in your town has nothing to do with me."

Leif took a deep breath and said, "I know this matter has nothing to do with you."

"But you have arrived here now, haven't you? Our ancestors have lived here for a long time. Here, we have the protection of our ancestors and can be temporarily free from the invasion of wind and snow. If you leave this town, you will definitely die in the overwhelming extreme cold hell."

"But if you stay here..."

He raised his head, pursed his lips, and asked with a firm and soul-searching look in his eyes: "Can you really feel at ease and enjoy the peace brought by the lives of the people in this town?"

Orion's pupils shone at this question.

But this tremor only lasted for a moment. He had some morals, but not much. He soon realized why he couldn't feel at ease. So what if he felt at ease? It's the Hunter Era now, only the strong can have the final say, okay?

Especially since the natives here don't seem to have any powerful abilities. Orion thinks he is a good guy among hunters, unlike some hunters who would be so happy to see such ordinary natives.

After all, in the real world they might be subject to moral condemnation and legal sanctions, but in the dungeon, there are no rules to restrain them. When the portal is closed, their evil deeds can be directly buried.

If some wanted criminals had not confessed their crimes after being arrested, and if some honest hunters had not entered the portal and were hated by the natives, I'm afraid no one would have known about the good things they did until now.

Orion thought so, but whether he dared to actually express "I just won't cooperate" was another matter.

Not to mention that this door is still unclear, Orion doesn't dare to make any choice easily. Just look at the black-haired boy next to him at this moment... It will make him much more cautious in his words and actions.

Su Xingyuan had a precedent of chopping off a sack of wanted criminals' heads in one day. God knows what the moral standards were for his actions.

When there is danger, the safest place is around Su Xingyuan. When there is no danger, Su Xingyuan is obviously the danger.

So, in the end, both of them turned their eyes to the black-haired boy who had not spoken a word.

The black-haired boy tilted his head slightly and asked with a half-smile: "Again, what do you want me to do?"

He spread his hands and sighed, "I'm really sorry. I'm usually very cautious and don't want to agree to unclear requests without thinking. Otherwise, what will I do if I get on board?"

He smiled and said, "I can't kill you all."

At this moment, Leif's hair suddenly stood on end.

He almost couldn't control his reaction, revealing an expression that shouldn't belong to an ordinary hot-blooded teenager, thus revealing something in front of Su Xingyuan. He could only try to make his expression reasonable: "...This is indeed something that needs to be taken into consideration. It's my fault for not explaining things clearly."

——This guy Su Xingyuan definitely did it on purpose!

Leif gritted his teeth in his heart.

However, the more Su Xingyuan tried, the more it showed that he had not figured out the true purpose of the existence of this door.

"You are all very powerful, I just hope you can do me a small favor." Leif said, "Because of the sacrifice, the monsters outside usually don't come to the town. They will only appear near the town on the day of the sacrifice. I hope you can help me save the people who are used as sacrifices and kill the monster!"

Orion thought of the bodies of other hunters he had seen while wandering in the snowfield. He felt nauseous and frowned, "If we are no match for that monster, then that means..."

Halfway through his speech, he realized that if the monster was the boss in this door, and if he couldn't kill it, then he would not be able to get out of this portal.

Orion swallowed and looked towards Su Xingyuan quietly.

As expected, no matter when or how powerful the enemy was, this top-level S-class hunter did not seem to be afraid. Instead, he happily agreed to the request:

"I thought you wanted me to massacre the whole village. Why didn't you say so earlier?"

Orion: “…”

Orion: “……???”

Wait, what did you just assume? ?

Even Leif looked confused for a moment: "Massacre, massacre the whole village?"

Judging from your expression and tone, have you really seriously considered whether you agree to massacre the whole village? !

Can this guy really be the savior? !

Su Xingyuan blinked and showed an innocent expression under the gazes of the two people whose faces were almost distorted.

"You..." Leif picked up his character with difficulty, "Why would you think so...? Could it be...!"

The flaxen-haired boy took a step back and looked at Su Xingyuan with a little fear.

At this moment, he suddenly realized something.

What Su Xingyuan had said before, “I can’t kill all of you,” might have been deliberately mixed with malice, or even a hint of murderous intent.

Su Xingyuan's purpose was not to see whether Leif would have any stress reaction to this sentence. His purpose was just to observe whether Leif would naturally reveal the fear of being targeted that ordinary people would have!

After realizing this, Leif's pupils shrank slightly.

So...he deliberately disguised his emotions, but ended up exposing his own unnaturalness!

This guy...!

Leif suddenly raised his head, ready for an instant attack. If he saw even the slightest hint of mockery or scrutiny in Su Xingyuan's eyes, he would suddenly attack.

Even though he doesn't have all of his strength now, it is still more than enough to kill Su Xingyuan completely.

At the end of the day, humans are humans, and even if he kills the Sixth Demon King, it only proves that he is opportunistic and cannot change anything else.

However, when Leif looked up and looked directly into Su Xingyuan's eyes, he only saw in the other person's eyes... a look of joy like that of an elementary school student who had discovered that his prank had succeeded.

Leif: “…”

Leif: “…………”

Seeing Leif's behavior, Su Xingyuan immediately stopped watching and asked with concern, "What's wrong with you? Why did your face suddenly turn blue and red?"

Leif forced a smile: "Maybe you're too humorous. It makes me sweat a little."

Su Xingyuan said firmly: "You have a fever, don't talk nonsense."

Leif: “…”

He couldn't bear it any longer, so he wanted to send Su Xingyuan to hell right now—

The black-haired boy suddenly moved closer, lowered his eyes slightly as if he was feeling something seriously, and placed the back of his hand on Leif's forehead. His extremely long and thick eyelashes trembled slightly due to the breeze. It was as if in an instant he had transformed from an extremely annoying guy, who was even ignored by others for his good looks, into the popular, quiet and steady Sr. Bai Yueguang.

This really shocked Leif, who had once lived in the human world.

But after the perfect opportunity just passed, it seemed a bit wrong to suddenly attack again. Leif was in a dilemma. He was getting angrier and angrier when he took a step back, but he couldn't move forward.

"It's a little hot." The black-haired boy was not affected at all. He just touched it lightly and then withdrew his hand, muttering to himself: "Is it a fever after all?"

Leif: "...Thank you. But I don't have a fever. It may be because we live in such a cold place. The body temperature of our people is generally higher. It doesn't matter."

Su Xingyuan smiled and said, "Then I feel relieved."

"However, you'd better rest early," Su Xingyuan glanced at the sky, "otherwise you will be so weak when facing the enemy, you will be slapped to death, right?"

Leif gritted his teeth, "...You're right. I should go rest."

"By the way, thank you again for agreeing to help me. I will make breakfast tomorrow!"

"good evening!"

Su Xingyuan also waved.

"good evening."

The door closed with a "click", separating the two parties.

After turning around, Leif's expression changed instantly. The sunshine that belongs to teenagers disappeared, replaced by gloomy and calculating.

...Fortunately, Su Xingyuan should be the kind of person with a somewhat awkward personality. He just gives people the feeling that he deserves a beating. This is a problem of inertia and will not change with the change of the object. Based on the actual situation, he should not doubt himself.

Those vague temptations should have been overcome.

So far, everything has been going smoothly.

Leif knew very well that it was very difficult to occupy an important position in a person's heart, and it was very common to suffer setbacks in the early stages. But fortunately, what he had the most now was time.

In fact, the entire portal was under his control. In order to make the portal form in advance and even to a higher level, Leif put in a lot of effort. Although this led to the dispersion of his power, it also allowed Leif to write the script he wanted at will.

After reviewing today's performance, Leif concluded that Su Xingyuan was indeed soft-hearted towards young, strong and sunny children. He began to make other arrangements with full confidence.

The other side of the room door.

Although Su Xingyuan was not so untalented in acting that he turned his head and changed his expression when the two sides were competing in acting, he still had some manners. At least after the door was closed, the smile on his face changed instantly.

Orion got goosebumps after seeing this and was completely puzzled.

He really couldn't understand it. The two smiles looked the same, but why did the first one give people a sincere and gentle feeling, while the second one looked so sinister?

It can’t be that Su Xing is inherently sinister...right?

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