Chapter 1796: A Job Well Done

Chapter 1796: A Job Well Done



With all my might, I pierced in half the Cactus Man, his Aura of Red Energies immediately breaking and exploding within his own body, making him dramatically blow up into pieces.

BOOOM!

The explosion was too sudden though, covering me on all his cactus juice and pulp, and... bones?! So they even have bones, weirdly enough.

"Huh, goddamn."

I noticed that there were a lot of people down there glancing at me, so I quickly decided to shapeshift into a near invisible slime and dropped into the ground.

SPLAT!

I splattered on an alleyway and then quickly made my way back to Larry's store, finding the other two strengthened bandits already defeated, beheaded by Benladann and Miranda's axe.

Larry was still shocked, grabbing the Starlight Stone tightly with his slimy hands, gasping for air as he saw the bloodshed.

"Hahh... Hahh... Y-You killed them... Ahh... I-I... I can barely breath..."

I slowly walked back to him, as he panicked once he saw me go back to my original form from a slime, I guess that's a bit surprising.

"Y-You're a shapeshifter too, Drake?!"

"Ah, yeah. Sorry about that, but it was either you or them, Larry. We did what we had to do..." "Oh, no... It's... fine."

Larry sighed in relief, as Miranda quickly cleansed everything with a mass of black mold that left everything pristine and clean in seconds. She also snacked on the bandits.

"It's fine, I'm fine..."

Larry slowly sat down on his seat, sighing.

"I-I guess it's only fair I tell you what happened there..." he muttered.

As he said that, I noticed new notifications.

[Congratulations! You have progressed through the {Special Trial Storyline Quest}: [Explore the City of Lost Souls: El Perdido]!]

[Explore the Central Plaza and Visit 5 Shops or Restaurants]: [1/5]

[Talk to the Locals and Learn About Their Problems and Solve Them]: [0/3] (Larry's Side Quest Unlocked)

[Catch Any Evildoer and Apprehend Them]: [5/10]

What if there's a rumor of someone capable of creating endless water?

It is bound to bring disasters upon us, disrupting our progress on the trial.

"If water is what they want you can also just call me!" suddenly, I heard the voice of Aegir echoing inside of my head.

She was resting in the ring that possessed her Orb Fragment but could summon herself at any moment if she wanted.

But for now, it was better if she remained where she was.

"I could bring them a whole flood if they want! Maybe creating a giant lake will help them?"

she wondered.

"Leave it at that for now, but maybe later, we need to learn more about this world first," I said. "Also we're on a hurry, so don't suggest things that'll take days to do."

"Days?! I can do this in less than an hour!" she said.

"Even almost an hour is too long, so no!" I told her again.

After that, she started berating me telepathically, but I ignored her for now.

"So who are these thugs?" I asked. "You knew them, Larry?"

"Kinda, they come to ask for the debt and they ask me for advances in money," he said. "I think I've paid the debt once or twice! But they always keep saying there's many interests, so perhaps how much money do I owe them now..."

"They're obviously lying..." said Benladann. "I bet this is their modus operandi, they get people on a huge debt, people they know can earn money like shop owners, and then continuously extract their money while lying about huge interests. No matter how many times they pay the whole debt, they'll keep saying you owe them some interests. And even when you die, they'll move to your kids."

"I-Is that so?!" Larry panicked. "Just what have I gotten myself into?!"

"Well! We can go deal with those thugs anyways. I think I know where they are now..."

Miranda suddenly said, smiling.

I think she probably ate their brains and got their memories, learning where they live and so

on.

That sure is convenient, although a bit wicked, I love her for that.

"Wait, you can?!"

Larry could hardly believe it