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Chapter 148, Section 147: The Battle Ends Completely, The Ownership of the Divine Wine

Gu Yuan provided treatment.

About 500 meters away.

Influenced by the commotion in the labyrinthine street, the two members of the Soma clan turned around and looked at the spot where the lightning had struck.

"The dark faction?"

"I don't know, but this commotion is quite loud—oh well, this place is a bit eerie, let's get the divine wine and leave quickly."

As he spoke, he weighed the porcelain bottle in his hand and prepared to walk back the way he came.

Just the moment you take a step, *snap*!

A small, blood-stained hand suddenly reached out from below and grabbed his ankle tightly!

Looking down, they saw the little girl whose face was bruised and swollen from the beating they had taken the divine wine from, struggling to crawl over and using all her will to prevent them from leaving.

He was clearly on the verge of death, and he was only eight years old when he cried out!

He kicked her hard, "Idiot, how could you possibly fight against us adults with a body like that!"

"Hurry up and let go, don't force me—"

"Oh dear, calm down, Archer. It would be terrible if we hurt her."

The young members are their steady source of income, and they can't afford to break them all at once.

"I know, Langdon, but this brat is just too annoying. It's just a drop of Divine Wine, and he's wasted so much of our time."

A man named Archer said, "Sometimes I really envy those elders in the clan who could use the divine wine to lure others and their families into depravity; that's what you call profit."

He spat, "And her? An orphan, she has no way to make a profit. How can I not be angry?"

Ultimately, it's that insatiable greed at play. Langdon seems to know this, but he's clearly more "content" with the status quo.

Compared to those exploited members who had no hope of ever getting ahead, he, as an exploiter, already felt incredibly lucky.

"Yes, I understand, but calm down first, let me have a proper talk with her."

Langdon patted Archer on the shoulder, gesturing for him to step back.

Archer scoffed.

After he turned around, Langdon slowly squatted down and stared at Lily, whose eyes were swollen and barely open.

"You should be awake, ghost?"

A cold, hypocritical smile curled at the corner of his mouth. "Just as I said, we don't want to take your life."

The heart says, "As long as you obediently hand over a drop of divine wine every now and then, even half a drop will do."

"Compared to those who have lost their families, your experience is already quite good."

Lily's body trembled slightly, as if endless humiliation was about to tear her young chest apart.

Wonderful? What a joke! This endless, relentless plundering and beatings is nothing short of hell!

Langdon smiled, as if he could see through her silent cries, but he didn't care at all.

"I have conveyed my message; the choice is yours."

"You wouldn't want to be 'visited' by us every few days, would you?"

As he spoke, he stood up, looking down at her. Lily's pitiful appearance did not evoke the slightest pity in him.

However, just in case, he took out a bottle of the lowest grade of healing potion from his pocket, uncorked it, and casually poured it on her.

The surface scratches began to fade rapidly.

"If some busybody sees this, it'll be troublesome if they report it to the higher-ups."

He muttered to himself.

Although plundering was commonplace among the lower classes of the clans, it could never be done openly.

After doing all this, he turned around and left without the slightest hesitation.

As she turned around, Lily struggled to lift her head, squeezing out a faint, almost imperceptible sound from her throat.

"Don't—go—"

Langdon seemed not to hear, and even quickened his pace.

However, they hadn't gone far when Archer's impatient voice suddenly came from afar:

"Hey Langdon, I'm lost. Do you have a map?"

"Damn it, how do I get out of this godforsaken place—"

Langdon frowned, preparing to respond to Archer's call, when suddenly the tone changed, filled with astonishment and a sudden surge of fear.

"Who are you-"

"What—what do you want to do?"

"what!"

The screams abruptly stopped, as if an invisible hand had suddenly choked their throats.

"!!"

Langdon stood rooted to the spot, as if the blood in his body had been frozen.

What happened?

Archer was instantly defeated?

Enemy? Monster?

Or is it—the so-called dark faction?

Fear was like ice water poured over his head, making his limbs cold.

He turned stiffly, his instincts urging him to escape as quickly as possible!

Despite his ability to bully the lowest-ranking members, his own strength is actually only around level D, at Iv1.

That's it.

But—divine wine!

That porcelain bottle contains a divine wine that can save him months of hard work!

Even a single drop, or even just half a drop, would be enough to make him take the risk!

Greed gnawed at his heart, fiercely battling against his survival instinct.

Ultimately, the desire for the divine wine overwhelmed everything else.

He suppressed the suffocating fear that was emanating from him and waited for a long and agonizing few minutes. After estimating that whoever was there must have left by now, he held his breath, suppressed his breathing to the lowest level, and like a frightened mouse, he clung to the wall and cautiously groped his way toward the source of the sound.

He hoped the other party hadn't noticed the porcelain bottle containing the divine wine—the embodiment of all his ambitions.

Meanwhile, inside the dilapidated yet somewhat tidy rooms of the slum.

Gu Yuan frowned as he looked at Archer's lifeless corpse at his feet and the Soma Familia emblem on his chest.

"Troublesome," he muttered coldly, without a trace of pity in his eyes.

However, since we have chosen to take action, we must eliminate all traces and leave no witnesses.

He deftly dragged the body into the deeper shadows of the room, ensuring it couldn't be seen directly from the doorway.

He turned around and continued treatment for a short while.

Footsteps sounded behind me again.

Langdon cautiously peeked into the room, expecting to see only Archer—

However, what came into view was Gu Yuan staring at him coldly!

What made his heart stop even more was that in front of Gu Yuan lay two women covered with white sheets, with only their blood-stained feet sticking out.

The part above his head was not clearly visible due to the dim light, but even so, Langdon's mind went blank and his blood instantly turned cold!

"Sorry to bother you!"

This isn't some ordinary conflict; this is a murder and body disposal scene! Archer must have stumbled upon someone's secret!

Out! No wonder it's a slum!

He wanted to escape, but his body was completely stiffened by extreme fear and wouldn't obey his commands.

"Tsk." Gu Yuan clicked his tongue lightly, his killing intent already made up.

He picked up an ordinary pebble with ease and flicked it with his fingertips!

laugh!

The sharp, piercing sound of something cutting through the air easily pierced Langdon's brow.

boom!

It fell straight backward.

Gu Yuan stood up expressionlessly, dragged the second corpse into the room, and threw it together with the first one.

exactly at this time

"Ugh—"

A faint groan came from behind him.

The white sheet covering Alexandra stirred, and she slowly woke up.

The blurry vision gradually focused and finally landed on Gu Yuan.

On the dilapidated, muddy streets.

"Whoosh—whoosh—"

Heavy breathing echoed in the deathly silent alleyway.

Despite the excruciating pain that felt like her bones were about to break, Lily mustered her last bit of strength and leaned against the cold wall to barely stand up.

She stared at the direction where Archer and Langdon had disappeared one after the other, and where screams had come from, her small face filled with fear and hesitation.

Reason told her she had to get away as soon as possible.

However, the lingering desire from her past drinking of the divine wine gripped her heart like an invisible, cold hand!

So thirsty—I really want to drink—No—I can't go—

Danger--

Conflicting thoughts tore at her fragile mind like a storm.

Ultimately, that instinctive, primal desire, powerful enough to destroy any will, completely overwhelmed that pitiful bit of reason.

Even many battle-hardened, determined adult adventurers could not resist the temptation of the divine wine and willingly succumbed to its allure.

Moreover, she is a child whose mind is not yet mature and who has personally experienced the taste of its "blessing".

tread-

She finally took a trembling but unusually firm step.

at the same time.

in the room.

Alexie's consciousness gradually rose from the abyss of darkness, and the excruciating pain all over her body made her gasp.

But what was more intense than the pain was the disorientation of surviving the ordeal, and the immense joy and grievance upon seeing the person in front of him clearly.

"You've finally arrived!"

Her gaze swept quickly across the room, and she saw Iska beside her, whose breathing was weak but steady. A huge sense of relief instantly broke down her defenses.

"Thanks!"

Ignoring her own injuries, she rushed over and hugged Gu Yuan tightly.

Gu Yuan felt the embrace, paused for a moment, and gently patted her back.

"Um."

This can be considered a consolation and an answer.

Then, as if sensing something, he looked over Alexandra's shoulder and outwards, as if he could see through the wall and into the dark alleyway.

His deep eyes narrowed slightly.

Is anyone else there?

is one

Child?