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2.64% Gate of Revelation / Chapter 20: I Cannot Do It

บท 20: I Cannot Do It

Chen Xiaolian turned over his body as he lied on the ground; the intense pain on his leg caused him to be unable to stand up. He first glanced around to search for Han Bi. After seeing Han Bi standing together with Sara and Takashimoto Shizuka and Soo Soo being safely held on by Du Ya and Pattern Man respectively… he felt his heart easing up.

Han Bi directed a complicated gaze at Chen Xiaolian. He hesitated and chose not to move over.

They were in a stone chamber. Although the place was dark, there were some fragments of pearl like items affixed upon the ceiling. They emitted a faint light.

The stone chamber was not big and another stone door lied to the side.

“Everyone is still alive, right?” Newton sat on the ground, brushing off the dust on his body.

“We are all alive,” Sara moved over and helped Newton up. “But it truly was dangerous. We were nearly buried alive. The kid’s plan was too dangerous.”

“But it was a success. The danger was caused by someone doing something they should not have done! That caused an error to occur in the timing of explosions.”

Newton’s face suddenly turned dark. He abruptly walked before Damon; he raised his hand and slapped Damon in the face!

Pa!

A deep and clear sound rang out!

The slap caused Damon to stumble backwards. In anger, he raised his gigantic sword.

“What, are you thinking of slashing me to death?” Newton remained immobile and simply looked at Damon coldly.

Damon’s complexion turned red; he wheezed as he breathed heavily. Finally, he gritted his teeth and released the sword.

“The reason I beat you is because you disobeyed my orders. In addition, you did something you should not have done!” Newton violently lashed out. “I assigned you to provide cover for Xiaolian while he sets up the explosives. When you saw him being attacked by the Stealth Hound Demon, why did you run away? If not for me saving him, he would have no time to press the detonation button! He was able to thanks to my help! Even so, an error had occurred in the timing of explosions! The direction of the collapse spread beyond my estimation and all of us were nearly buried alive!”

After saying that, Newton suddenly delivered a kick towards Damon’s stomach. The kick threw Damon aside, a mouthful of blood spraying out from his mouth.

“I need an explanation!” Newton did not simply let this matter slide.

“He is an eyesore to me; I just want to kill him,” Damon forcefully wiped his mouth. “In addition, I suspect his origins! This guy could potentially be an ‘Awakened!”

Awakened?

Hearing this strange term, Chen Xiaolian’s mind was filled with doubts. However, it was clear that to the members of the Wind Slasher Guild, the term Awakened was not a welcomed name. In addition, the other team members too eyed Chen Xiaolian with eagle like gazes!

Newton’s face turned severe, he restrained his fury. “You… do you have evidence?”

“None, so far I have only been suspecting,” Damon coldly replied. “But I have reasons to be suspicious.”

“State your reasons,” Newton spoke in a hoarse voice.

“Back then, for the sake of saving a little girl who is a NPC he ended up getting wounded. This level of concern, is it not suspicious?” Damon sneered. “Also, his suggestion to use explosions to trigger the collapse, the idea is certainly good… however, I believe that the reason he suggested it was to stop us from using the two NPCs as bait. That is why he suggested the plan – he only wanted to protect the two NPCs.”

“This is not enough to confirm it,” Newton replied with indifference. “It is only your speculation.”

“Hmph, Newton, you yourself should be clear on whether my words are logical or not,” Damon sneered.

Beside them, Pattern Man, Sara and Du Ya had strange looks on their faces. Pattern Man slowly said. “Newton, I feel that the things Damon said are indeed suspicious. Who would let themselves get hurt to save a little girl who is a NPC?”

Newton grunted, he turned around and stared at Chen Xiaolian who was on the ground. “Xiaolian, I will give you a fair chance to defend yourself. Why did you want to save the little girl?”

“…” Chen Xiaolian thought about it, and then sighed before smiling bitterly. “If I say… it is because I am a lolicon, would you believe me?”

… …

Naturally, no one believed those words.

“Just kill him. Since he is unable to defend himself, better to unjustly kill than to not kill. Besides, he is just a newbie,” The one who spoke out was Du Ya who sneered at Chen Xiaolian.

Newton’s face remained still, his expression solemn, not speaking up at all.

“Actually, there is another reason to suspect him,” Damon slowly said after pondering. “From the very first time we brought him into our camp, I have had this suspicion. When Sara was introducing our team, she told him that our team is the Wind Slasher Guild. This guy did not show any reaction at all. Heng! Even though our Wind Slasher Guild is not a top-level team, we could still be considered famous. For a newbie to be able to enter Wind Slasher Guild, even if they are only the temporary members, they should show some reaction, right? However, after hearing our guild’s name, he did not even bat an eyelid. Moreover… when Sara revealed that you are called Newton, this guy also remained calm, as though the name he heard was Dick or Paul.[1]

“Hmph! For a newbie, would these actions not cause any suspicion?”

Chen Xiaolian’s mind was stunned!

He finally realized where his initial flaws were!

He ended up exposing himself after all!

Clearly, by observing the Wind Slasher Guild’s actions within this instance dungeon and the attitude shown by the other players, one would be able to make a conclusion: Within their world, this Wind Slasher Guild had some amount of status and fame.

As for him… a minor newbie, to suddenly be able to join a team with such a status, his expression then was simply too indifferent.

When you are aware that a big celebrity with thunderous reputation is standing right before you, you would definitely reveal some traces of surprise.

“But… his level of strength is too poor,” Sara could not resist. “Could there be such a weak Awakened?”

“Perhaps he is a newbie Awakened,” Damon replied coldly. “I agree with Du Ya, better to unjustly kill than to not kill. Even if this is an unjust kill, he is but a newbie.”

Newton finally opened his mouth.

He looked at his team members. “Do you all agree? Kill him?”

None of them replied. But the meaning behind this action was clearly that of a silent agreement.

“I just want to remind everyone something… earlier, Damon intentionally brought harm to him. However, he still turned back to press the detonation button! If not for that, our plan would have failed! All of us may have ended up being buried alive!”

“From this point of view, this kid could be considered our saviour.”

Newton said in a slow and sombre tone.

“Newton,” Sara suddenly gave a light smile. “You keep speaking out for this kid time and again… do you really value this newbie so much? But if he is an Awakened… when we return how do we explain this to the Guild Leader?”

“I have no need to explain myself to anyone,” Newton scoffed.

“… or perhaps, you still have lingering emotions? We all know about how you once fell in love with an Awakened. Thus… could it be that you are still holding on to the ridiculous mind-set, which shows compassion to those Awakened folks?”

Sara’s words had seemingly pierced Newton’s sensitive spot.

Newton’s complexion turned red, he growled like an angry leopard and rushed forward. With one hand, he gripped Sara’s neck, lifting her high into the air before heavily slamming her onto the wall!

Bang!

Sara screamed sharply in pain. “You, you have gone mad! Newton!”

She moved her hands about as she struggled with all her might, but Newton’s hands was as tough as steel.

At long last, Newton slowly regained his senses and loosened his grip. Sara then fell to the ground and coughed continuously.

“… I had indeed fallen in love with an Awakened! However, I had personally killed that person in the end! Remember, if someone dares mention that incident again… I will kill that someone!”

Newton ruthlessly spoke out, a murderous aura billowing off him!

He abruptly moved to Chen Xiaolian’s side and looked at Chen Xiaolian in a commanding manner.

“I really do value you. You have a clever mind, reaction, courage, all of them are good! Even though your current strength is somewhat weak, strength can be enhanced while state of mind cannot. Because of that, I think highly of you. I had even decided, after this quest is complete, I will definitely recruit you into our guild and make you an official team member. In addition, I will be giving you some opportunities and nurture you properly so that you can become a core member of our team.”

Newton’s voice showed not a shred of emotion as he coldly continued. “However, their suspicions are justified. As the Team Leader of this team, I cannot show favouritism. Even more so, I cannot tolerate having an Awakened entering our ranks! If you are an Awakened, then even though I think highly of you, I will definitely kill you!”

“Still, in order to be fair, I will give you a chance to prove yourself!”

Newton suddenly pulled out a gun and threw it before Chen Xiaolian.

He walked away and pulled Soo Soo over, ignoring the little girl’s sobbing. He then threw her towards Chen Xiaolian’s side.

Newton looked at his own team members. “Your biggest suspicion towards him is because of his attitude towards NPCs, right?”

Du Ya and Pattern Man nodded.

“Very well!” Newton lowered his head to look at Chen Xiaolian. “Xiaolian, there is a gun before you. Pick it up and kill this NPC, then I will believe that you are not an Awakened!”

“…”

Chen Xiaolian was startled!

He looked at the gun placed before him…

Soo Soo’s cries turned increasingly loud, the little girl tightly gripped onto Chen Xiaolian’s clothes while her body leaned onto his figure.

Finally, Chen Xiaolian let out a sigh.

He stopped looking at the gun. Instead, he raised his head to look at Newton and gave a bitter smile.

“Well, I cannot do it.”


บท 21: Nest

The silence at this moment was such that if a pin were to drop on the ground, everyone would be able to hear it.

Every Wind Slasher Guild member was coldly looking at Chen Xiaolian. The edges of Sara’s mouth revealed traces of cruelty as she sneered. As for Damon, a murderous expression was on his face.

Newton’s gaze gradually revealed a deep sense of disappointment.

“So, you really are an Awakened …”

Chen Xiaolian’s expression remained calm. He pulled the sobbing Soo Soo to his side and gently patted her hair. After that, Chen Xiaolian raised his head to look at Newton. “Truth be told, I do not even understand what you are talking about.”

Newton’s eyes turned completely cold.

“Just kill him.”

The Pattern Man who had been the least talkative gripped his scimitar and was about to head towards Chen Xiaolian.

“Wait.”

Newton extended his hand to restrain the Pattern Man’s wrist.

“Newton, it can’t be that you are still thinking of letting him go? Have you gone mad?” Damon violently snapped.

Newton looked at him before slowly replying. “Before we came in, there was an identity scan. Regardless of whether he is an Awakened or not, he has already entered this instance and had his identity scanned. That means he has already been incorporated into this instance dungeon’s system. Amongst the three conditions within this instance dungeon, do you still remember what the last one was?”

Damon gritted his teeth while remaining silent. Sara and Du Ya turned to look at one another but remained silent as well.

Pattern Man hesitated for a moment before disrupting the silence. “Prohibition of personal feuds between players, not allowed to kill other players, once a violation occurs, it will cause the system to dispense punishment.”

“That is right, regardless of whether or not he is an Awakened, he had already been scanned by the instance dungeon the moment he entered. Thus, he has been incorporated into the system and that means he is protected by the system’s rules. By personally killing him, one would suffer punishment… those of you who do not mind being punished by the system may act, I will not stop you.”

After Newton said those words, no one chose to act.

Sara suddenly laughed out in a tasteless tone. “In that case, all we need to do is not to personally kill him. Bring him along. When we meet monsters along the way, we will just throw him out.”

Newton looked at Sara and nodded silently.

Damon grinned widely and sneered at Chen Xiaolian. He moved to Chen Xiaolian’s side, observing the one twisted ankle and the blood on his head and face. Laughing fiercely, he suddenly raised his leg and kicked Chen Xiaolian’s shoulder!

Chen Xiaolian was directly kicked away and he ended up slamming onto the wall. As he fell, the pain caused his sight to go dark momentarily. He could clearly hear the bones on his shoulders issuing sounds of splintering!

“Depleting his fighting strength alone is not enough as insurance,” Sara smiled with squinted eyes as she moved before Chen Xiaolian.

As Chen Xiaolian was feeling puzzled, a system interface prompt suddenly appeared for him.

“This kid’s item box is empty,” Sara shook her head.

She then bent down to pick up the cross-shaped holy sword in Chen Xiaolian’s hand and threw it towards Newton. Newton looked at it before keeping it back into the system.

“Let us move, do not waste any more time,” Newton coldly said. “Completing the quest first is more important.”

He then assigned the tasks, Soo Soo and the Japanese flight attendant would be left to Sara and Du Ya respectively. As for Chen Xiaolian… Damon had seemingly wanted to volunteer when suddenly, Han Bi who had been remaining silent opened his mouth. “I will keep an eye on him.”

Observing the team members gaze directed towards him, Han Bi spoke out in a sincere tone. “I am a newbie so I cannot contribute much in terms of battle potential. Later on, we may encounter even more dangers. It would be best if your strengths are focused on the battles. As for matters like this, just leave it to me.”

No one suspected his reasoning and Newton nodded.

Han Bi moved forward and pulled Chen Xiaolian up in a seemingly rough manner. Chen Xiaolian coughed out a mouthful of blood and saw a trace of insinuation within Han Bi’s eyes.

Damon walked towards one side and forcibly pushed open the other stone gate.

Just as the gate was pushed open, a surge of cold, sinister air rushed inside. The other side was filled with darkness, devoid of any traces of light.

Damon extended his body forward and looked around before turning back and said. “There is a road.”

There was indeed a road, but the terrain there was very steep.

The stone gate led to what appeared to be an underground stone precipice. A flight of stairs extended down in the shape of a spiral.

The width of the stairs was extremely narrow, allowing a maximum of only two person to walk side by side. To one side lied the mountain walls while the other was the darkness of the cliff… due to the lack of lighting, it was not possible for them to observe what was lying below.

Even though they had applied the Firefly Frog’s secretion onto their bodies, the faint radiance was only barely able to provide illumination for them. This time, Newton had Damon move together with him as vanguard. Damon did not oppose the command and moved forward with his gigantic sword held in his hand.

Du Ya and the rest were in the middle position.

Han Bi was propping Chen Xiaolian with one hand as he secretly helped to support a big part of his weight. Chen Xiaolian had to forcibly hop forward with one leg. Silently, they fell to the rear position of the team. Due to the road being narrow and the fact that there was no way back plus the serious injuries that Chen Xiaolian had suffered, no one paid any attention to it.

Only Soo Soo’s sobbing sounds could be heard. She even called out “Xiaolian oppa” a few times, but after being slapped by Sara the little girl was too frightened to continue crying.

The trip down the long staircase took them close to one hour. The pain that Chen Xiaolian had to endure had caused his entire body to almost collapse. Cold sweat had soaked his underclothes and his breathing became increasingly ragged.

The lower down they descended, the more violent the incoming wind. The lower cliffs also brought with it the humming sounds of the wind as the knife like cold wind blew upon their faces.

“Why is this place so cold? My skin has almost been blown dry.”

Sara muttered in discontent.

“Enough nonsense, be on high alert,” Newton shouted back. “Do not put all your faith on the radar. Since there was a Stealth Hound Demon, it is likely that we will end up bumping into other stealth type monsters. Sara! Keep your eyes open and be vigilant!”

Sara gave a “heng”. She could not help herself as she complained once more. “This instance dungeon is really getting on my nerves.”

Although she complained about it, she still opened her eyes wide and monitored the surrounding area – as an archer, her vision was the best amongst them all.

After a while, Damon abruptly shouted out from the front. “Halt! There is something!”

Before the stone stairs, something black was lying to the side of the stairs. Damon and Newton moved forward. Using the faint fluorescence from their body, they were able to view the outline of this thing. After which, their faces turned ugly.

It was a… giant spider!

Or more accurately, it was the body of a dead spider.

It was shaped like a small dog, with claws as sharp as a sickle. Although it could no longer move, anyone who saw it would feel their mind turning numb. Its head however, appeared to have been partially bitten off by something.

Newton inspected the spider for a bit; and then, his face suddenly changed!

Beside the spider’s corpse was a pool of viscous liquid, clearly having flowed out after its head was bitten off. The viscous liquid had yet to dry up, meaning that the time it was killed was not too long ago!

The Wind Slasher Guild members raised up their weapons as they carefully inspected their surroundings, their forward speed reduced.

After roughly a quarter of an hour, they finally reached the end of the stone staircase.

They were currently within a dark cove. However, the air here was not only cold, it also carried with it the traces of something strange, a slightly sweet scent – this scent was not pleasant to the nose, rather it caused those who smelled it to feel nauseated to the point of wanting to puke.

Damon was walking in the lead. Suddenly, his foot felt something soft. “Puchi”, it was as though he had stepped on something.

He quickly lifted his leg and looked down. “What the Hell is this?”

Upon the ground, the one thing that he had stepped on… it has an oval shape… with the appearance of an egg.

“This is…”

“There are a lot of them here!”

“Quick, look at the corner! There are more hanging on the side of the walls!”

Du Ya and Sara shouted out simultaneously.

It was at this point that the faint radiance allowed everyone to clearly see… within this cove that was not too big in size, its walls, corners, were all filled with piles upon piles of… eggs!

Pale white translucent eggs, covered by a creamy white viscous liquid, each of them the size of a coconut. They were all densely piled up together, who knows just how many there were!


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