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The guard who was knocked to the ground by Liu climbed up in a panic, staring at Charles with sharp eyes.

Haruhime screamed "Ah" and shrank behind Charles, clutching his clothes tightly with her little hands, trembling all over.

"Don't be afraid." Charles gently stroked the fox's furry head and felt for its ears.

He stared at Ted jokingly: "It seems that your people are not very loyal."

The guards looked stern, completely different from the embarrassed look of them falling to the ground wailing. They looked as if it was a matter of course.

Are you kidding? That’s just a little bit of salary per month. Why would you risk your life for that?

In order to keep the job, you can just fight casually. At the critical moment, just fall to the ground and pretend to be dead, and let others fight. How unprofitable it would be if you really get killed?

But it's different now.

"5000w is enough for me to live a comfortable life without worries!"

"It's not just a little devil and a goddess, brothers, don't fight with me!"

"5000! It's mine!"

The guards approached step by step, greed written all over their faces.

Astraea pulled at the corner of Charles's clothes and said in fear, "Charles, what should I do? Please save me."

Xia Er rolled her eyes: Aren’t you, the goddess, the strongest one here?

"Are you polite?"

Astraea smiled slyly with her eyes curved: "I am a goddess who is powerless. Isn't it the duty of my family to protect the gods?"

"I am not your family member either, am I?"

Ciel sighed, but still stood in front of Astraea. He stared at the group of guards surrounding him and slowly extended his hand:

"Gentlemen, listen to me."

"What do you want to say?" a guard asked vigilantly.

However, Charles still had a strange monster in his hand, so they were not too optimistic.

"Ahem." Charles cleared his throat and said calmly, "You just want money, right? Go kill that dwarf (Ted), and I'll give each of you double the money!"

"hiss------"

Double that’s one hundred million!

"Why should we trust you? Do you have money?"

Charles sneered: "I won the game with 9 million chips. If this casino goes bankrupt, shouldn't all the Faris be paid to me?"

The guards looked at each other: What should we do? What he said makes so much sense!

Charles fanned the flames: "Besides, that guy only promised to give 5000 million to the one who caught the goddess. So with so many of you, who will the 5000 million be given to?"

"How about you two fight first? I'll give Astraea to the strongest one? Anyway, I'm not a member of Astraea's family."

"..." The guards' eyes began to become unfriendly, but more of them turned to stare at Ted.

Ted: "No...why are you looking at me?!"

Chapter 285: A lecherous fox? No! A real fox!

"Master Ted..."

The guards turned their knives around and moved closer to their former employer.

"You, what do you want to do? I am Joker's man, aren't you afraid of revenge from the secret faction?"

The guards had grim expressions:

"Sorry, that gentleman gave us too much! And no one is competing with us for it."

"Besides, if we kill Goddess Astraea, we will definitely be wanted by the city. We are just working for you, and we don't want to hide around the world."

Ted was panicking. It's not that their clan was without strong people, but those people had been fighting against the "Swift Wind" with all their might, and now they were lying dead on the ground.

Facing the guards who had turned against him, Ted's face turned grim: "You... don't forget, Joker is still here. Even if you kill me, no one can leave if they can't beat Joker!"

"Not to mention getting money from my casino! He's just teasing you, you idiots."

The guards looked at each other in bewilderment upon hearing this.

That's right.

They glanced at the battlefield of Gale.

Obviously, Joker was unilaterally torturing [Gas] and didn't look like he could win.

Ted sneered: "If you don't want to die, just follow my instructions and control the goddess. We can easily subdue [Gas]. I will give you the same reward then!"

"Isn't it just 100 million? I can afford it."

"One hundred million per person," Charles emphasized.

"Yes! One hundred million per person! Not two hundred million!" Ted's face was gloomy.

Isn't it just a pie in the sky? Who can't do that?

Charles sneered: "There are twenty people here, 200 million each, can you afford it?"

Charles estimated that the casino had a maximum of 50 billion in cash reserves. After all, it was just a black market, and its money-making ability was far inferior to that of the "Golden Holy Land".

Sometimes, if the pancake is melted too much, it will have the opposite effect.

As expected, the guards hesitated.

Who the hell is telling the truth?

But then he thought, if he didn't help Ted, and Joker won, they would be the ones to be punished. On the contrary, if he pretended to fight, if the Astraea clan won, they would not do anything to them.

After analyzing the pros and cons, they made up their minds and roared loudly:

"Die! Astraea!"

"Go! Kill her for Farley!"

The voice was loud, but the speed of moving forward was very slow.

Some people even stood still, tripped over the corpses on the ground and fell to the ground, blending in with the wounded.

Chun Ji was so scared that she was shaking and buried her head in Charles' back, not daring to look outside. Now only Charles' back could give her a sense of security.

Ciel sighed.

He looked at Astraea and said, "Aren't you going to take action? Liu probably can't beat that "joker"."

"No, Hecate is here. This is a private fight between clans." Astraea clarified her position.

"Tsk, this is troublesome." Charles looked at the situation and said, "The outcome still depends on Joker and Liang..."

Astraea said expectantly, "Ciel-kun will surely be able to think of a way to save everyone, right? I believe in you~~ Mr. Hero."

"Don't call me a hero."

"There's nothing I can do." Ciel sighed, turned around and squatted, looking straight into Haruhime's eyes:

"Hey, Haruhime. Do you want to help everyone and become a hero?"

"Eh? My little girl?" Haruhime looked at Charles fearfully.

"Just tell me, are you willing or not?"

Chun Ji did not hesitate: "I do!"

"Good! Brave boy."

Ciel smiled and rubbed the little fox's head, looking up at Astraea: "Please give this child a favor. Goddess."

"Hmm?" Astraea looked complicated.

She thought that Ciel would reveal his strength and turn the tide, so that she could confront Liu and make good use of this opportunity to warm up their relationship, but she didn't expect that he had other methods.

“Is this child special?”

"She is the key to salvation!" Charles sighed and reluctantly pushed Chunji into the goddess' arms.

"Gu——" Chun Ji was instantly enveloped by the safety air cushion full of maternal love, and a feeling of happiness spread throughout her body.

Guhei~~…It’s the smell of mother~~~

Her mother died during childbirth when she was very young. It can be said that she had never experienced this feeling before and was lost in it for a moment.

Ciel didn't notice the little fox's blushing expression and emphasized:

"You got it easy. Remember, if you want to win, do as I say!"

As he spoke, he stepped forward, pulled out the whip wrapped around his hand, swung it hard, grabbed a guard's neck, and with a powerful knee strike, instantly defeated an opponent.

A melee breaks out.

Astraea, who was protected by Ciel, had a twinkling look in her eyes. She rubbed the little fox's head and whispered softly, "The key to salvation...?"

Astraea squatted down and gently took Haruhime's hand: "Hey, your name is Haruhime, right?"

"Hi~~~"

"Will you be my family, my child?"

"My little girl...is willing. Mother Astraea." Chun Ji crashed into Astraea's arms again, with happiness on her face.

Astraea seemed to sense that Haruhime's mind was as blank as a sheet of paper.

Compared to Alishe, who also joined the family at a young age, Haruhime, a young lady from a secluded place, may be much younger in spirit than she appears.

After getting Haruhime's consent, Astraea chuckled, picked up a weapon, gently cut her finger, and the divine blood fell on Haruhime's back, and the light of grace appeared.

When Astraea saw the magic activated on Haruhime's back, her pupils trembled violently.

"This... is truly an incredible talent."

Astraea looked at Charles with a complicated expression: "Did Jester tell you this too?"

Charles took the time to look back, his face full of regret, annoyance, and sigh.

Astraea rolled her eyes. Why are you pretending?

Noticing Haruhime's immature worldview and outlook on life, Astraea guessed that Ciel had wanted her to take over Haruhime from the beginning.

This kind of child is too immature and is not suitable to stay with Charles. He doesn't have extra time to raise the cub, so... I become a nanny?

"Is this also part of your plan?"

Ciel looked at me with a look that said, "What are you talking about? I don't understand."

Now is not the time to worry about these things.

Astraea taught Haruhime the magic chant word by word.

The brave little fox clenched his little hands and babbled...

"Grow bigger... With its power and actions, you will gain countless treasures and countless wishes."

"Grow bigger... Swallow this body of divine food and grant it the golden light of the gods."

"Get bigger..."

Golden light burst out from Haruhime's small body, condensed into a ring of light in the air, and finally enveloped the beaten Ryu.

Liu only felt a sudden surge of power in his body. He turned his head to avoid the blow of the iron rod, and then a fierce upper kick hit Joker's chin.

"What?!" The overwhelming strength brought by the level upgrade easily knocked Joker away.

The moment his body floated in the air, Joker only felt a flash of cold light before his eyes.

The two-stage cassock slash that followed tore off Joker's mask, leaving an eight-centimeter wound on his chest, spurting out blood.

"Gu, cough, cough————" Joker struggled to cover his chest and retreated in embarrassment.

Liu's eyes were sharp, and he pointed the knife at Joker's nose with a complicated expression: "You... are not Joker at all! Who are you?!"

"What... are you talking about? Don't think you can talk nonsense just because you beat me. Who else could I be but Joker?!" Under Joker's mask was a slightly weathered face, about 40 years old, with hideous scars on the upper half of his face.

"What evidence do you have to prove that I'm not a joker?"