NOVGO.NET Chapter 394: Step Aside, Newbie!
Chapter 394: Step Aside, Newbie!
“T-the Royal Seer’s coming!”
“About damn time!” Jack nodded, satisfied.
That remark was enough to send the entire crowd into a frenzy. “Courting death!” “Madman!” “What an idiot!”
The guards were already clenching their weapons. Some even seemed ready to jump off the ramparts to hack him to pieces for his arrogance.
But before they could make a move, the Royal Seer arrived. He looked majestic with a star-adorned long magician scholar robe and stopped right before Jack.
“You’re back! Great, did you succeed?!”
“Woo!” (Scoff! Duh! Master’s the best!)
One didn’t need to understand Lycan to see how smug that little wolf was! More importantly, how was the duo so relaxed in the presence of the Seer?! Yet, he didn’t seem to mind either.
“Good, Good! Hurry, let’s go in. We have a lot to discuss!”
Many gasped as the Royal Seer wrapped his arm around the man’s shoulder and enthusiastically brought him into the City as if family?! Who the heck was this guy?!
Just before crossing the gates, Jack winked at the people who had called him a fool, some of them already bowing to this awesome big shot!
But as soon as they entered, Jack turned serious; something was wrong! The air was too heavy, and the Mana far too wild…
“What changed?” He gravely asked.
“?!?”
The Seer jerked in shock: what sharp senses! Indeed, things had gone from bad to worse, and they’d have even less time to act! Sighing, he explained:
“Terrorist Attack! The Trial’s been sabotaged while you were gone, and it’s about to blow up! I was getting worried sick, but thank the Heavenly Emperor, you’re back! We can—”
But that’s when he paused, the nearby Jack looking incredibly lifeless, despair overflowing from him. Seeing this, the poor Seer couldn’t help but feel tense…
“T-That you DID get everything we need, right?!”
“Does that matter anymore?! Those fuckers ruined my waterside resort plan! Do you know how costly it is to run a faction?!” Jack cried his soul out.
“….”
Many would have coughed blood hearing this. Costly? Bullshit! Jack had exploited his “people” from day one…and they had even thanked him for it! Still, it sure felt bad.
“Where’s the bastard?”
“T-That, in the Timber Prison!”
“Good, no great! Moon Moon, let’s go! Prison, then Trial, and we’ll be back by supper if we’re fast enough!” On that note, the duo left like a hurricane amidst happy “woos!”
That was it?! Weren’t they taking this all a little too lightly? Also, how did they know exactly where the prison was? Weren’t they outsiders?! The poor Seer could only hurriedly follow.
Back outside, Jack and wolf quickly made their way to the sturdiest and shittiest place in Timber City, if the whorehouse was excluded, of course.
At the gates…
“Halt! No one is allowed insi—”
“Good thing I ain’t no one! I’m Jack!”
Where had this fool come from?! This place was heavily restricted and controlled by the military! But just as a stern guard was about to give Jack an earful, his friend silence him!
That’s when they shared looks…
’Bro, what the hell are you doing?!’
’LOOK! See that guy trailing behind him?’
’What about…. THE Royal Seer?! DAFUQ?!’
Then ensued a very quick and silent argument. ’See? He’s a bigshot!’ ’Yeah, but what about protocol?’ ’Protocol your head! That’s what you’ll lose if you anger him!’ ’G-Gulp!’
Finally deciding to live, the guards turned toward Jack all smiles.
“Right this way, Sir! Please follow me!”
It soon became clear that they wouldn’t mess with him unless Jack started releasing prisoners, and it didn’t take them long to reach a cell that smelled of blood and urine.
There HE was, the guy who had sabotaged the Trial Tower!
Bloodied all over, his skin ruptured from a thorn whip, a puddle of dubious liquids underneath him, and an earnest torturer trying his best to break the man to learn of his motives!
“C’mon, just talk already! Let go of the burden of your sins and—”
But no matter what he tried, the target seemed far too gone. Eyes empty, motionless, more a husk of flesh than a living creature. This came with so many damn problems:
Physical torture? No reaction.
Mental torture? Nope.
Soul Torture? ….
Torturing a piece of wood would have been more effective! Still, one had to commend the guy for trying. Still, Jack didn’t have all day. As soon as he arrived…
“Move out, Newbie!” Jack didn’t care about the man’s feelings.
The man wanted to rebuke, but was instnatly shut down by his friends. ’He’s a bigshot, just let him try!’ they urgently mouthed as Jack got to work.
Kneeling next to the target, he quickly sent his Demonic Energy inside him. And that’s when he felt it. There was a magical mark he was VERY familiar with!
“Sigh, Mental Domination Magic…”
He had seen this so many times as the Light Herald.
Now, the only question was how strong it was. The current him would only be able to deal with small tricks at best. Heading deeper in, he crossed his fingers..
[Found Remnant of Unknown Energy!]
[New Quest: Find a Cure to the Unkown Energy!]
[Epic Quest! You are free to share the quest! Rewards will—]
Before the quest assignment could even stop chiming, Jack was already grinning as he chuckled. “Whoever did this was a bloody amateur!”
He drove his demonic energy to encircle the Mental Domination Mana. And as he did, the thing stirred. What was that? Food?! Without waiting, it went on the offensive!
It invaded its new foolish host, akin to a poison that—
What the hell?! Whoever had cast this spell had never accounted for an aberration like Jack to exist! Poison? What poison? To him, this was a tonic at best…
“Hehe, welcome to your nightmare, Little strand of will!”
Chuckling evilly, he simply used his spirit to extinguish it. He did so even more easily than breathing, something only possible because of how foolishly aggressive it had been!
A second later, the victim was slowly regaining consciousness…
Terror, pain, then relief washed on the man’s face in succession. Being a prisoner in his own body, then an actual prisoner, would definitely give him PTSD! But it was over, right?!
He gazed at his savior with eternal gratitude.
And just as he was erupting in tears…
“I have good and bad news!”
“GASP?!”
“Good news: you’re not brainwashed anymore.”
“Bad news: you owe me a shitload of gold!”
That was it?! his savior even had a sense of humor: nothing could be worse than what he had just lived through! Or so he foolishly thought anyway, Jack exclaiming again:
“Anyway, we’ll etch the details out later. In the meantime, we got a world to save!” Jack and wolf departed, leaving completely stunned NPCs in their wake.
Torturer, torturee, and prison guards…
“Who the fuck was that?!” (X4)
Said “hero” had already forgotten all about them. At this moment, he was already facing an inferno-spewing Trial Tower no fear to be found whatsoever.
“Let’s go, shall we?”
“Woooo!”