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Chapter 26: Choice

"No, it's too dangerous!" Freya didn't hesitate this time and frowned in denial, "You believe the words of the Demon God. If He really wants to know, why doesn't He send His apostles to challenge Him?"

"His apostles can't defeat him." Ye Xiao shrugged, "I probably understand the reason."

"How could He only have as many people as you said?"

"It's hard to say." Ye Xiao suddenly thought of the girl in the box, thinking that she seemed to be inexplicably lonely. Of course, it could be his illusion. "No risk, no gain. This risk is worth taking."

The Institute of Industrial Design is hidden too deeply, and this may be the only clue.

"I told you not to do that! Something might happen!" Freya's voice was a little excited.

"Why, you care about me?"

"Who cares about you! I..." Freya stamped her feet anxiously. She didn't know why she was so excited. "I just think we shouldn't make a decision so hastily!"

"Then what do you say we should do?"

Freya grabbed the edge of her hood with both hands and paced back and forth, "I..."

"You can't do anything about it, right?" Ye Xiao put his hands on his hips helplessly. If there were other options, who would want to take the risk? He couldn't let Ella come in person to fight the beast.

Even if something really happened to him, rationally speaking, Ella's current condition would not allow her to come out to save him.

They are all his clones, so naturally they will not have any romantic feelings for each other, and will definitely make the choice that benefits the most - if he dies accidentally, Ella can at most rest for a while and then get another one; but if Ella goes on the field, even if she brings the support of the Templar troops to save people without exposing her evil god abilities, Ella will be regarded as an obvious threat by both the Institute of Technology and the Demon God Mammon in the future.

What's more, there is a strange dream god hiding in the imperial city. Going forward to deal with so many forces at the same time may only make the situation worse.

To put it bluntly, it is because the current strength cannot crush everything... I don't know how the Blasphemous Saint Maiden dealt with these guys in the previous life.

"I... our current situation is not that urgent." Freya thought for a long time and barely came up with an excuse, "If we investigate other clues later, there may be other ways."

"Theoretically, it's fine." Ye Xiao nodded. "But knowing that there is an unknown conspiracy brewing, and we have seen the way to dig out its information, but we choose to wait - this is not a decision you would make... By the time you really realize the urgency of the situation, will it be too late?"

In fact, from the perspective of an adventurer, Ye Xiao could completely stay out of it. At worst, he could ask Li Cheng to take the guild away from this turbulent imperial city.

But from Ella's perspective, these are all potential threats to her development in the Imperial City, and turning a blind eye and pretending they don't exist is not an appropriate way to deal with them.

"What do you know!... There's nothing I can do..." Freya didn't know why the guy in front of her insisted on taking this risk. He clearly didn't look like a selfless person.

"Oh, don't be so unconfident of me." Ye Xiao smiled, easing the gradually tense atmosphere. "It's not like you haven't seen my swordsmanship before. That thing can be broken with just one strike of my sword."

"That being said, you're going to face far more than just the lion-tailed scorpion. And the last time I saw you chopped with the knife, you drank a strengthening potion. This time, let alone potions, you can't even bring any equipment!" Freya's eyesight was unexpectedly sharp. Ye Xiao didn't expect that she would notice this.

As if she had made up her mind, Freya bit her lip and said, "No, if you must go, then I will go with you."

"No, what are you going to do...? As a mage, you are going to fight with the Alchemical Lion-Tail Scorpion?" Ye Xiao was confused.

"I'll help you watch from the backstage. If you're seriously injured, I'll cast healing holy light."

"Are you stupid? You are a member of the Holy Temple and you showed up alone in that place. The demon warlocks and dark believers present will rush over and kill us."

"They don't dare." Freya took off her hood, revealing her blonde hair and green eyes. "I... I am Freya, the former candidate saint of the Holy Temple of Loren. My current position is the priest of the branch temple of the Holy Temple. I will tell you my name. If they dare to touch me again, it will be equivalent to declaring war on the Holy Temple!"

"You..." Ye Xiao had never expected Freya to sign up under such circumstances. "...To be honest, I'm just a little adventurer. Is it necessary?"

"You have no right to control me!" Freya said angrily.

"Alright, Lady Saint." Ye Xiao smiled bitterly. Things had come to this point, and even if he felt that Freya might be a burden, he would have to bring her with him tomorrow.

It is somewhat ironic that Ella herself rationally considered giving up standing up for him, but another candidate saint who had nothing to do with her was willing to take huge risks to help him.

……

The next day, Ye Xiao and Freya met again on Einstein Avenue.

Ye Xiao was still thinking about how to sneak into the inner door of Paradise Square with Freya, who was wearing a blue cloak, but he saw a sneaky guy wearing a black robe approaching from a nearby street, "Sir, the master asked me to wait for you here."

Ye Xiao recognized the hoarse voice immediately, "Tuta?"

Hehe, that's right." Tuta bowed, "Thanks to you, sir, the master directly promoted me to the chief priest."

It would be fine to get promoted directly after the boss died, but Ye Xiao was speechless. The Demon God's management style was quite casual.

"Please follow me. By the way, this is..." Tuta looked at Freya who was covered tightly beside Ye Xiao and asked cautiously.

"My assistant." Ye Xiao made up a random excuse. "They didn't say you were not allowed to bring an assistant, right?"

"There is only one challenger representing the manager, but there is no limit on assistants." Tuta nodded, "But you will also be assigned a servant."

"It's okay, one more is one more." Ye Xiao said casually, taking Freya with him and followed Tuta into the gambling house nearby.

The smell of hookah and the noisy voices here seem to never disappear, and the sounds of mahjong and dice colliding are endless.

Ye Xiao followed Tuta up the stairs and walked through many twists and turns until they reached the depths of the building, where the pungent smoke slowly dissipated.

Climbing a spiral staircase, Ye Xiao came to the familiar entrance of the box, only to see a maid in a black and white halter dress who seemed to have been waiting there for a long time. When she saw the person coming, she gently pushed open the door covered with magic circles.

"Invite the three of you."

The maid's pleasant voice was not as loud and clear as those of other servants Ye Xiao had seen before. Instead, it was lazy and soft, and inexplicably comfortable to listen to.

Her clean and tidy long skirt was simple but slim-fitting, and her long pink and white hair set off her fair face, which made Ye Xiao involuntarily take a few more glances - even though Ye Xiao was used to seeing beautiful girls, he found that this maid was surprisingly beautiful.

However, Ye Xiao didn't get to see it too carefully, because Freya next to him quietly pushed him from the back and pushed him into the door.

Inside the door, a man in a white suit and a mask stood beside the observation deck with his hands behind his back and asked in a childish voice, "Who is this person next to you?"

"Hey, why isn't your master here?" Ye Xiao didn't answer the man's question, but looked around, but didn't see the masked greedy witch.

"You can't see the master whenever you want." The man snorted coldly, "Since you are here, I will assume that you agree to the deal."

"Tsk, I always feel a little embarrassed talking to you." Ye Xiao sighed.

“You…” The man in the suit wanted to curse back, but when he thought of the terrifying swordsmanship Ye Xiao displayed last night, he was a little scared, “…I am only responsible for informing you of the message left by your master, ‘After defeating the lion-tailed scorpion, you can accept the invitation from the Institute of Craftsmanship without worry.’”

"He has so much confidence in me." Ye Xiao scratched his head embarrassedly, "I'm not sure if I can beat that guy."

"I've already delivered your message. I won't send you off." The man waved his hand.

"Well, you made me come up here just to hear these words. You are worthy of being a god. You should have some sense of ritual." Ye Xiao turned and left the box.

"Oh, by the way," the man in the suit suddenly said, "the maid at the door is the servant assigned to you by the master. You should take her with you."

"Huh? There is such a good thing." Ye Xiao walked out the door and saw the pink-haired maid smiling at him, and he smiled back politely.

Chapter 27: Everyone Has Their Own Benefits

The competition system of the Colosseum was somewhat different from what Ye Xiao had expected. He thought he would challenge the Lion-tailed Scorpion right away, but he didn't expect that there would be a not-so-long competition.

As the finale event, the Lion-tailed Scorpion cannot be fought from day to night. It only participates in the battle during a specific period of time at night.

In order to meet the requirements for challenging the Lion-Tailed Scorpion, in addition to having a manager, Ye Xiao's challenger points must also reach 32 points or more before he is allowed to sign up for this final battle.

Challenger points for all contestants will be refreshed to zero points every day, but different challengers will be awarded different hidden points by the officials based on their previous performance.

The difference in hidden points between the two sides in each challenge cannot exceed twelve, so the maximum points that can be obtained in one challenge is twelve. As a first-time applicant, Ye Xiao has to defeat at least three opponents in one day to reach thirty-two points starting from zero points.

Originally, it would take some effort to select specific opponents, but fortunately, Tuta had already arranged them for him, and each opponent happened to be the maximum value he could challenge with his current points.

Speaking of Tuta, Ye Xiao didn't understand why this guy was always busy in the lounge, and even served him tea and water. He thought he was his attendant.

Seeing how skillful the other party was, Ye Xiao began to doubt whether the demon god's priests really had this kind of work to do.

On the contrary, Ye Xiao's "assistant" and the maid, one wrapped in a dark blue robe sat in the corner like a wooden man, while the other sat beside him, raising her little hand from time to time to admire her nails.

Seeing Tuta grunting and fetching him a towel, Ye Xiao felt a little sorry for him, "Thank you for your hard work, brother."

After saying that, he saw that the lazy pink-haired maid actually yawned, and his scalp tingled - who hired this vase on earth? Is the human resources department here really doing its job properly?

"It's your turn next, sir. You have to get ready," Tuta said respectfully. "Also, um, what title do you plan to apply for as your challenger? ... The adults here have chosen one for you, but I'm a little worried..."

"It doesn't matter what the name is, it's just a formality," Ye Xiao stood up and stretched his wrists, "I'll trouble you to look after these two for a while."

"Of course." Tuta nodded.

He said this, but after Ye Xiao left for a while, Tuta hurriedly closed the door of the lounge and left as if escaping.

The room fell into silence.

As a sponsored challenger, Ye Xiao has his own personal lounge, which provides a good view of the ring.

However, even though the two shirtless barbarians were fighting on the ring with blood and flesh flying everywhere and the audience was cheering loudly, the two people sitting on the chairs in the lounge seemed to pay no attention at all.

"Miss Assistant, I see you sitting there motionless. Are you here to help Mr. Ye as an assistant?" The pink-haired maid asked lazily after taking a sip of the tea poured by Tuta.

Her voice was as soft as the white clouds floating in the sky in the afternoon.

"It seems like the maid didn't do anything, right? She's called a maid, but it turns out she's not doing the work of a servant at all." Freya said coldly. She had always felt that there was something wrong with this guy since just now, but it was just an instinctive aversion to him. Without a solid reason, she couldn't tell Ye Xiao anything.

"Someone else is doing it anyway, so I'll just slack off a bit." The maid didn't take it seriously and started admiring her pale pink nails again. "What about you? Are you slacking off too?"

"I don't know your background, but don't think you can get away with it." Freya frowned.

"Hey, Miss Assistant is really brave to speak so arrogantly in someone else's territory." The maid covered her mouth and chuckled, "But I know your origins, Miss Freya. You are the candidate saint of the Loren Cathedral. Why do you serve as an assistant to an unknown adventurer?"

Freya was startled for a moment, but she found that when she was not facing Ye Xiao, she could still control her emotions well. This was the stability and calmness brought by having been in a high position in the temple for a long time.

Therefore, she remained calm and said in a cold voice, "Oh, you are indeed the running dog of the devil."

"That's not a nice thing to say. Didn't the temple teach you basic manners?" the maid said lightly.

Freya was about to retort, but suddenly found that she couldn't open her mouth.

She subconsciously wanted to raise her hand to check, but her limbs felt as if they were filled with lead and she could not move at all.

The only part of her body that could move seemed to be her eyes. As her gaze moved downward, she saw with horror that the body beneath her robe was gradually melting, slowly forming a pool of gold that flowed along her clothes and dripped onto the floor.

Illusion? Spell? ?

Without any warning, his body was dissolved into gold! ?

Freya's brain raced, but she couldn't find any solution. Not to mention casting a holy light spell, she couldn't even move a finger.

Her vision became blurry, and the sounds from the outside world became increasingly distant and hazy. The pink-haired maid in her field of vision was still smiling, and her playful eyes seemed to be able to see her consciousness sinking into darkness.

But the next second, Freya felt like she woke up from a nightmare.

She gasped for breath, her vision returned to normal, the boiling voices outside the room continued, and her limbs seemed to have regained control.

She quickly raised her hand in front of her eyes. Her body was still intact, but there was a circle of light gold on her cuffs. She rubbed it carefully and found that it was actually a layer of silky gold.

"Since we are still working together with Mr. Ye, I'll just treat this as a little gift to scare you." The maid said lazily with her eyes narrowed slightly, her pale golden pupils reflecting the shock on Freya's face, "But there won't be a next time."

Freya swallowed, she was quite confident in her magic level, but facing this guy, she didn't even have a chance to fight back.

"What... do you want to do?"

Even though Freya was slow-witted, she realized the other party's identity at this time.

But she didn't understand, what was so attractive about Ye Xiao that was worth the other party to investigate in person.

"You tell me first, and I'll tell you."

"...I will protect him."

"puff."

"What's so funny?" Freya gritted her teeth.

"Nothing," the maid rested her head on the back of the chair, a few strands of her pink and white hair falling down like branches full of cherry blossoms, "It's just a pity that our goals are exactly the opposite."

"What do you mean?"

"I'm taking him to hell."

The maid had a smile on her face and her voice was still soft and lazy.

……

Inside the iron fence surrounding the arena, Ye Xiao went through a series of checks before finally entering the waiting area wearing only a thin shirt.

Drug tests, weapons checks, space prop checks, magic engraving checks... it's as outrageous as participating in the Olympics.

It's not that you can't drink potions or get weapons here, but everything requires the challenger to exchange it with his own points.

Chapter 28: Continuous Battles

Like Thompson the night before, the potion injected into his arm that caused his arm to mutate into metal was what he exchanged for with his points.

But Ye Xiao had zero points, so he could only put on a piece of clothing and go on stage.