A Psychiatrist's Bizarre Game Journey / Dream of the Mist

"呲"

The sword pierced Zhou Ke'er's abdomen without any resistance, and blood bloomed like a flower on her dark red dress.

"Your Grace, are you getting too old? The sword has already thrust at you, but it hasn't penetrated. Should I lend you a hand?"

Zhou Ke'er still wore a mocking smile. After seeing Duke Timius's pupils shrink slightly, she took another step forward, holding the sword blade, and pierced her own body through it. "You see, now it's not you who has hurt me, but me who has captured you—if this were on the escape route of the Duchy of Dragon, you would already be dead."

As he spoke, he leaned forward slightly, close to Timius's ear, and whispered, "Don't threaten others with injury; it has no deterrent effect whatsoever. If you're going to do something, go all the way—if the blade is pointed at my head, I won't dare to take a step forward."

He then reached out and firmly grasped Duke Timius's hand holding the sword. "Do you need me to teach you how to use a sword, Your Grace?"

Timius narrowed his eyes, decisively released his grip on the sword, and took a few steps back.

Zhou Ke'er couldn't help but laugh out loud: "What? Are you afraid that I'll use this sword against you? I didn't back down even when the sword was pointed at me."

As he spoke, he reached out and pulled the sword out of his body, then casually tossed it to the ground.

Lord Nosako, who was waiting quietly to the side, said nothing, but a faint green glow appeared in his hand, as if he wanted to treat Zhou Ke'er's wounds.

Duke Timius opened his mouth as if to speak, but Zhou Ke'er guessed that he was probably going to say something about not letting Nosa treat her, so he preemptively waved his hand, "No need to treat me—if this wound is still there, doesn't that mean Your Excellency would attack your trading partner without a second thought? I think that's enough to give me leverage in the negotiations, isn't it?"

The bloodstains on Zhou Ke'er's waist spread out, but her face still wore a captivating smile like a poppy, making people unable to resist being bewitched and captivated by her.

Although he couldn't see the system panel and didn't know how much health he had left, such a minor injury was nothing to Zhou Ke'er. On the surface, he refused Nosa's healing magic, but in reality, he had already secretly used evil magic to repair the inside of the wound. As long as the organs were repaired as soon as possible, some flesh and blood injuries were nothing.

Duke Timius couldn't help but applaud. "Very good. You've successfully earned yourself the right to negotiate. Now let's talk about the so-called compensation."

It was obvious that Duke Timius had backed down.

However, Zhou Ke'er was not one to back down easily. He retorted aggressively, "The right to negotiate is not something I won; it's something I should have had—I simply tore off your inexplicably high and mighty mask—this is a fair transaction, not a reward from you. I think it should be like this."

The reason Zhou Ke'er dared to be so brave...

That's because the two people next to him are no match for him at all, so there's no need to be afraid that they can pose a threat of death. It's different when he's with Xi Ang and his group. Those people are either about the same strength as him or stronger than him, so he naturally holds back a bit—Zhou Ke'er is always bullying the weak and fearing the strong.

Zhou Ke'er initially thought this guy would be incredibly high-class, but it turns out his own strength isn't even a quarter of Xi Ang's. How dare he threaten others so casually?

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653. Can it be hidden?

However, Duke Timius did not become more angry because of Zhou Ke'er's relentless pressure. Instead, he calmed down and began to discuss the benefits with Zhou Ke'er.

It was agreed that during this period, Zhou Ke'er would stay here as a guest of the Timius family—this was actually a kind of disguised house arrest with surveillance attached. However, Zhou Ke'er was not afraid of this, and since he needed to find a place to stay anyway, he readily agreed to the terms.

Just as Zhou Ke'er was talking with Duke Timius, he suddenly sensed a sinister presence flash by in the distance. Although it was extremely faint and posed no threat to him, the question was, how could a sinister presence appear here?

Zhou Ke'er subconsciously looked in that direction, which was the place where he had first arrived at Timius's mansion—the banquet hall.

This is bad. In such a densely populated place, especially since the population consists of upper-class people and nobles, if the evil spreads, it will spread from one person to ten, and from ten to a hundred, and the evil will directly control the capital from top to bottom.

"What's wrong? What happened?"

Duke Timius frowned slightly, looking at Zhou Ke'er who suddenly seemed like a frightened bird, and couldn't help but ask.

"Are any of the people attending this banquet from the Duchy of Dragon? Or has anyone been in contact with refugees who fled from the Duchy of Dragon?"

Zhou Ke'er immediately turned around and asked Timius with a serious expression.

That's something Zhou Ke'er can't accept. He had originally planned to use this place as his base for developing his power in a sneaky way. If another wave of strange occurrences were to happen, it would be very troublesome.

"I don't know either..."

Duke Timius seemed to realize something, and frowned deeply: "Wait, you mean..."

Zhou Ke'er stood up abruptly and nodded emphatically, saying, "There is an evil aura—the kind of evil energy I just told you about. This energy spreads and pollutes faster than you can imagine. If we can't prevent or stop it in time... then I think you will have to abandon the capital and flee like me, forced to leave your country."

At the same time, faint screams could be heard coming from the direction of the banquet hall.

Zhou Ke'er couldn't help but frown. How could this have happened so quickly?! And when he first arrived at the banquet hall, he clearly hadn't sensed any eerie aura, yet now it had suddenly erupted in such a short time...

Thinking of this, Zhou Ke'er immediately turned around and gestured for Nuosha to quickly take him back to the banquet hall to check the situation.

Duke Timius's face darkened instantly upon hearing this. Leaning on his sword cane, he followed Zhou Ke'er straight toward the banquet hall, saying, "I want to see which fellow caused this trouble!"

"You can just take a look—or better yet, don't look at it at all. I still need you as my backer in this capital. If you turn into a monster before I even get a chance to rely on you, then all my sword strikes will have been for nothing."

Zhou Ke'er rolled her eyes and quickened her pace.

Soon, the three arrived at the banquet hall.

The scene was a mess, but the crowd was relatively orderly. There was no chaotic escape or stampede. They all formed a large circle and squeezed to one side, leaving a huge open space in the middle.

In the open space, the injured Lannister was seen kneeling on the ground, gritting his teeth and covering his wound with his right hand. His brother, who had just made things difficult for him in the banquet hall, was holding the rapier that had originally hung on the wall as decoration, standing in front of him, confronting a strange-looking fellow who barely retained his human form.

Zhou Ke'er's right eye suddenly revealed its double pupil, and she saw that a faint malevolent aura was spreading from the monster's body. It had already begun to entangle the thin sword in the man's hand. If they were to remain locked in a stalemate for a while, the malevolent aura would probably achieve its goal of deceiving everyone.

Zhou Ke'er instantly teleported in front of the monster. Before it could react, she grabbed its collar, pulled it down sharply, and then slammed her knee down, causing the monster's already disfigured face to make forceful contact with Zhou Ke'er's knee.

"Don't stretch your hand too far. Do you think no one can tell what you're up to?"

Zhou Ke'er's words, full of threat and warning, rang out softly.

In fact, if this evil spirit had infected the eldest son of the Timius family as well, it would have been more advantageous for Zhou Ke'er—that way, he could have made Duke Timius ask for his help, and thus have some control over him.

However, Zhou Ke'er has other considerations for doing this now.

The others around were startled when they saw Zhou Ke'er suddenly appear on the field, and some even exclaimed in surprise.

Fortunately, they realized that Zhou Ke'er was there to deal with the monster, and they all started whispering among themselves.

"tsk"

Zhou Ke'er frowned slightly. This long dress that dragged on the ground was really in the way, making it hard to lift her legs.