Chapter 334 – Based On Wha

Lin Xiao fell silent for a moment and responded. Before Caesar could question him, everyone else in the room started making cynical remarks.

“Tsk, if you don’t want to join you don’t want to join, it can’t be helped that you’re a coward that’s afraid of death.”

“Right, it’s not like anyone’s forcing him to join, it’s just a brat, even if he goes, he’ll just get in the way.”

“Abra, Caesar, you guys needn’t waste any more time. Let’s wait one more day, if we can’t find anyone else, then it’s not a big deal even if there’s two people less.”

“That’s right! We’re enough to finish off those damn demons!”

The crowd started to make a commotion. Abra stayed silent and didn’t say anything, but it didn’t refect well on Caesar, he wanted to call out Lin Xiao, but he couldn’t find anything to say, so he just endured with a flushed face.

“ShenDai Ying, you’re also an investigator, right?” Caesar didn’t back down and turned to someone else for help.

“Un, yes….” ShenDai Ying weakly nodded.

“Do you want to join us? You’re very strong and your sword skills are even better than mine… if we have you, our chances of winning will increase drastically!”

“Hm, that…”

ShenDai Ying smiled and looked at Caesar, then at Lin Xiao. She thought for a moment and shifted backwards by a step and stood behind Lin Xiao, like she was trying to show where she stood.

“Sorry Caesar, I’m on Lin Xiao’s team this time.”

“What does that have to do with anything?”

“He’s my team leader… so I have to listen to him, hehe.”

ShenDai Ying smiled, even though she was saying something infuriating for Caesar, her charming temperament made it difficult for anyone to rebuke her.

Damn, when did that woman go to Lin Xiao’s side? Isn’t she my fiancee? Secretly forming a team with Lin Xiao was one thing, but why was she listening to everything he said?

That thought flashed by in Caesar’s mind, but he didn’t have time to complain. Since ShenDai Ying was listening to Lin Xiao, then all he had to do was persuade Lin Xiao.

“Lin Xiao, why? Why are you refusing? Are you afraid? No, I don’t believe you’re that kind of person! We once stood together and you’ve never let me down!”

“Uh, Caesar, what you just said… sounds kinda gay.” Lin Xiao scratched his head and revealed a rarely seen expression.

For Lin Xiao, it didn’t matter how other people slandered him, they were all strangers that he would probably never meet again anyways. But he couldn’t take Caesar’s expectations and requests.

He didn’t know why this handsome guy had so much trust in him, and it was hard to refuse his earnest gaze, it felt like if he said no then he would immediately cry for him.

Caesar treated him as a comrade-in-arms, as a brother. He also admired Caesar as a person and treated him as a good friend. Although he often made his friends into scapegoats… cough cough, anyways, Lin Xiao was willing to put in some work if he could help Caesar.

But it couldn’t be helped, he couldn’t accept this time.

To others, this may just be a matter of normal demonic beasts blocking the way, but Lin Xiao knew that it was definitely not this simple.

The investigators were gathering and headed for Gotham Kingdom and the demonic beasts blocked the path at such a crucial time, this was definitely no mere coincidence!

Not mentioning whether this had anything to do with the Enlightened society or not, but since high-level demons appeared then they may be someone that Elena knows and he could possibly find out more about the rebellion through them, so Lin Xiao had to carefully investigate!

He already confirmed this with Elena through their eyes, she also had the same thoughts as him.

Since they needed to investigate, then that means they needed ample time. If he joined them, even if they were able to drive them away, they would never find out the truth.

So, he couldn’t join Caesar and had to act alone. Not just that, he also had to think of a way to delay them, otherwise they might alert the demons and ruin everything!

But how would he delay them from setting out?

Not to even mention a few days, he realized that he had to give Caesar a satisfactory answer right now…

Just as Lin Xiao fell silent and the atmosphere in the room became more and more stiff, a sudden timid voice broken the silence.

“Um, I heard arguing from outside earlier… is something wrong?”

“Hm?”

Lin Xiao looked back and saw that it was Yao Zi pulling her foolish little brother along.

Lin Xiao’s eyes sparkled when he saw them and finally thought of a way!

Caesar’s problem was that he was missing two people, since Lin Xiao didn’t want to join, then he just had to find two substitutes!

“Hehe, Yao Zi, Xiao Tian, you two came right on time, come here!”

“Eh? Us?”

Yao Zi stopped and didn’t understand what he meant, but still obediently dragged her brother over.

When Xiao Tian saw his smile, he unconsciously trembled and quietly asked.

“Brother Xiao, what kind of wicked idea did you come up with this time?”

“Tsk, you really don’t know how to say the right words, but this is for your own good.”

“For our good?”

“That’s right, didn’t you always want to be in the limelight and be a hero, now that opportunity is here!”

“Really?”

Xian Tian’s eyes sparkled when he heard that as he repeatedly nodded and stood next to his sister ready to listen for that opportunity.

“Cough… let me introduce you guys.” Lin Xiao cleared his throat and pointed to Yao Zi and Lin Tian, “This is Yao Zi and her little brother Lin Tian, they’re also investigators and they’re willing to join you guys.”

“Yao Zi, Lin Tian?”

Abra didn’t understand what was going on and he looked around at the other people in the room and got a similarly blank look.

Similar to Lin Xiao, these two were also around Lin Xiao’s age, but they looked even more immature and looked extremely normal compared to Caesar’s maturity or Lin Xiao’s laziness.

“Uh, Abra, I think we need some sort of minimum requirements.”

“That’s right, we need some test or something, we cant just take everyone that comes.”

Before Abra could say anything, the others started making a commotion.

First it was a coward and now it was some inexperienced brats, even if they were lacking people, they couldn’t take just anybody!

“Hehe, I understand, you’re looking down on them because of their age, but these two are the champion of this year’s academy tournament!”

“Champions?”

Abra blinked and was a bit surprised.

They definitely weren’t normal if they could win the academy tournament, even if it was just luck they still must have some skill.

But… it still wasn’t enough.

“So what? That’s a competition for kids, it’s different from a real fight!”

“That’s right, only someone like Caesar has the courage to deal with demonic beasts. If we bring you, you’ll probably just piss your pants!”

Unfortunately, Lin Xiao’s words weren’t enough, other than Abra and Caesar actually considering whether to bring them or not, everyone else expressed a strong disdain for them and didn’t want to take in two brats.

“Cough… everyone I understand your feelings.” Lin Xiao coughed and waved his hands to get everyone to settle down, “This time’s S rank mission concerns everyone’s safety here so I can understand all your concerns, but… I can guarantee that these two will definitely bring you victory!”

“Hmph, stinking brat, what are you basing that on?” A man in the corner aggressively called out.

No wonder he was angry, everyone was discussing plans when all of a sudden a brat who doesn’t know his place came out of nowhere. First it was being cowardly and not joining, then he dragged in two brats that looked even weaker than he was and shamelessly boasted that those two could help them win.

Wasn’t he looking down on them too much? Did he think those demons were made out of paper and they’ll win just because he said so?

If it wasn’t for the fact that Lin Xiao was Caesar’s friend, they would have already kicked him out a long time ago.

“Hehe, based on what?”

Lin Xiao scanned his gaze across the room, finally landing his eyes on Yao Zi. He stuck out a finger and pointed at her while announcing .

“Based on… the fact that she has the wizard’s bloodline!”

“…”

“…”

The room instantly fell silent and only those words echoed next to their ears.

Wizard’s bloodline… that familiar yet unfamiliar word.

Familiar because everyone has heard of the legends, unfamiliar because no one has ever seen one in real life, they just thought it was a story.

And now, the legend was right in front of them… this timid girl, Yao Zi, had the wizard’s bloodline?