N♡vεlB¡n: Unleashing Imagination, One Read at a Time.
Chapter 1233 - It Considered Them As A Snack
"No! I’m telling the truth! Why won’t you all believe me? I accidentally heard the experts whispering about it!" That youth looked aggrieved before his eyes teared up as he ran away.
’Uh... What a s.e.n.s.i.t.i.v.e fellow... Was he born here too?’ Davis’s brows twitched as he felt like he had made a child cry.
Maybe they hadn’t been allowed to get out of this place until they reached a certain cultivation base or something that made them similar to mortals who relied on feelings and emotions a bit much. Nevertheless, it didn’t matter as it seemed like people were searching for him, perhaps for spreading confusion and disorder in this area.
Davis made his way to the place where Nero Alstreim stayed and saw him engaging in a solemn conversation with the Grand Elder-level Experts who had come out of the underground cave. Now he understood that they hadn’t exited seclusion to attend his welcome party but to know about the cause of this disturbance and to possibly investigate it.
He heard that they were keeping an eye on the surrounding with full concentration while Ancestor Ezekiel Alstreim had already gone to the other side to check the matter. As for how they knew about it, it seems like there were people on the Infernal Lightning Palace’s City who were like spies but not really, as they just did not agree with the Infernal Lightning Palace’s method of ruling. They seemed to have informed them of the situation just half an hour ago.
’Mhmm... So these sympathizers... They waited this long to send information to the Alstreim Family’s side...?’ Davis mused before he saw them disband to take positions to defend this place.
’Haha... There’s no need to be this constricted... It’s not like I’m going to kill you all...’ He couldn’t help but inwardly laugh as he walked towards Nero Alstreim.
The man noticed him before his solemn expression changed as he shot him a teasing smile, "Find anything?"
Davis stopped in front of Nero Alstreim and blinked, "Well, exploring was fun..."
"Haha, brat!" Nero Alstreim couldn’t help but laugh, "Admit defeat like a man!"
Davis smiled, "There’s no need to make the situation seem like it’s normal, and also, there’s no need to look after me as I can take care of myself..."
"So you know..." Nero Alstreim visibly sighed, "If only the children here were as half as brave as you or my Niera. Every one of them, even the fairly strong ones at the sixth stage, is panicking like this is the end of the world, saying that it is finally time for the people living here to die has arrived..."
"I see... The situation is that bad..." Davis uttered as if sympathizing.
"Might be bad..." Nero Alstreim corrected before he narrowed his eyes, "Say, are you a dependable man?"
"Depends on the people I’m dealing with..." Davis arrogantly answered as his lips curved.
"I see..." Nero Alstreim looked towards the exit, a contemplative expression appearing on his face before his lips moved.
All the people with a low cultivation base became relaxed, imagining that they aren’t a target anymore, but then, their expressions began to warp into worry, thinking that the people who protected them all this time weren’t safe!
"Grandpa, are you sure that this is not a trap set up by them?" Nero Alstreim narrowed his eyes.
Ezekiel Alstreim shook his head, "Although I didn’t enter due to the restriction placed upon the city by that mysterious magical beast, I did witness the aftermath the city had suffered from afar with my own eyes. It seemed all of the people there alive believed that the magical beast is the ruler of this sealed space."
"Furthermore, although all their spatial rings and stashes had been taken away, not all of their corpses had been taken away. From what I had seen, only the corpses of High-Level Law Sea Stage Experts above had been taken away by that magical beast."
"Maybe it considered them as a snack..." Nero Alstreim laughed.
Ezekiel Alstreim smilingly shrugged, "I couldn’t help but feel the same way. After all, if no one escaped, that certainly means that mysterious magical beast is at the ninth stage! If it came here to attack, I don’t know if I will be able to defend, but I will die trying to protect you all!"
"Ancestor..."
The Eighth Stage Experts who were present began to tear up as they felt emotional, and even the people who were apparently safe from the magical beast appeared the same. They didn’t feel suspicious of his statement nor doubt it as that was what he did for them from the time they were saved by him from the tyrannical rule of the Infernal Lightning Palace.
"Don’t become happy so soon. It’s just that I haven’t found a damn way back home. Otherwise, who would die for you all!? You idiots!" Ezekiel Alstreim raised his head and roared in laughter, "Ahahaha!"
Davis looked around and saw that everyone had smiles on their faces as they laughed together along with Ezekiel Alstreim. They weren’t offended at all and even seemed to have become bright and relaxed as they had a good laugh, contrary to the dull atmosphere he had first seen when he came here.
’So when there’s danger, now we’re getting the will to live, are we?’ Davis mused that humans can’t stand boredom.
He shook his head, wanting to return back to the underground cave rather than waste his time here, but at this moment, Ezekiel Alstreim’s eyes lit up as his gaze fell on Davis.
"Oh! I almost forgot that we had a new family member here to welcome today. The people who were in charge of the feast seemed to have already made a sumptuous feast without fail, so we will feast to celebrate Davis Alstreim’s presence in the family, although it seems that... his timing couldn’t be any worse!"
"Hahaha!"
The crowd burst out further in laughter along with Ezekiel Alstreim while Davis had an amused expression on his face. Now he was being used as a scapegoat to make the atmosphere even more joyful and relaxed.
Nero Alstreim also laughed as he patted Davis’s shoulders.
"Brighten up, kid... It might be your last feast, so..." He looked around and bellowed, "So eat up, everyone!!!"
Instantly, a burst of aroma entered their nostrils while people seemed to be coming in with huge plates from another direction!