Chapter 336: Overlord

Chapter 336: Overlord

“Wan Sisi, I’m here to visit you.”

Gao Yang picked himself up and smiled. “Many things have happened since you left. Ah, I avenged you, by the way. Well, not properly. There are more immediate troubles I have to deal with at the moment, so your revenge will have to wait a little longer...”

Gao Yang realized his hypocrisy at that moment.

For Wan Sisi, Mad Red’s death would be a proper closure. Would she really care about the destruction of the Godbearer Cult?

At the end of the day, Gao Yang simply needed an excuse. An excuse to not forgive, to keep being angry, to get stronger and stronger still until he met the ending fate drafted for him.

He smiled self-deprecatingly, saying in a hoarse voice, “I’m sorry, Wan Sisi. If I had been a little more careful and a little stronger, you wouldn’t have died.”

“You told me that if not for me, you wouldn’t be who you were.”

“Now I understand a little. If not for you, I won’t be who I am today, either. Life is strange, but also cruel.”

“I don’t know how much I still have to lose, and I don’t know when I’ll become someone’s loss.”

“As long as I live in this world, though, I’ll never, ever forget about you.”

He stood up and took a long hard look at the girl in the photo before turning to leave.

A few minutes later, Gao Yang found the tomb of the last friend he was visiting—it was also the newest tomb, Ghost Horse’s.

To his surprise, a frail-looking figure was already sitting before the tomb.

He had long black hair and was dressed in a white t-shirt and a pair of jeans. His slightly pale face was beautiful to the point of appearing androgynous, and his heterochromatic eyes were deep and quiet.

As soon as Gao Yang recognized him, Dragon noticed Gao Yang’s approach as well.

Still staring at the tomb before him with his profile to Gao Yang, Dragon said in a gentle voice with a hint of exhaustion, “Here you are, Dark Horse.”

“What a coincidence, Mr. Dragon.” Gao Yang pretended to be distant with him.

“There’s no one else around. You don’t have to keep your guard up.”

Gao Yang sighed in relief. He trusted Dragon’s powerful Talent.

He placed the white chrysanthemums on the tomb and tapped on the tombstone before sitting down beside Dragon, speaking in a respectful tone. “Captain.”

“How did the trip to Naldives go?” Dragon asked faintly.

Gao Yang couldn’t tell if he was actually concerned about him or simply asking for intel.

“Good.” Gao Yang paused. “Captain, should I brief you on Naldives?”

“Qilin has told me and Surnamed Li. Of course, he must have kept things from us, but I don’t need you to fill in the blanks.”

Gao Yang hesitated, but still decided to ask the question in the end. “Do you know about Alcoholic too?”

Dragon chuckled. “Have you forgotten? I’ve lived to this day by hibernating. If we’re going to get technical, I’ve lived long enough to be your grandfather.”

Gao Yang was silent.

Dragon continued, “How did you think Alcoholic survived the White Disaster that doomed all of the Elusive Sect?”

Gao Yang’s eyes widened. “Did you save her, Captain?”

Dragon lowered his head and sighed. “The Twelve Zodiac Signs paid heavily too.”

“What is the White Disaster?”

Does that mean Dragon’s Talent is the top Miracle-type Talent?

Dragon continued, “The owners of the top Talents of the twelve Rune Types could tell if someone has a Talent of the same type through physical contact.”

“Do you remember me going up to you and asking if you’re alright after executing Ghost Horse in the Mouse Room?”

Gao Yang paused, surprised. “But you didn’t touch me then.”

Dragon smiled. “No, I touched your shoulder. I simply didn’t let you notice.”

Gao Yang realized, it must be his Talent’s doing.

“So you knew about Lucky then?”

Dragon nodded.

Gao Yang thought for a moment. “But how did you know for sure that it’s Lucky, rather than any other Miracle-type Talent?”

“Like I said, I believe Talents are one single entity, an energy.” Dragon turned to Gao Yang. “I didn’t base that on nothing.”

“Talents are connected between the head and the tail. I’m the head, and you the tail. Or I’m the tail, and you head. Talents are one complete circle.”

He extended a hand. “Here.”

Gao Yang hesitated, but he couldn’t come up with a reason to reject Dragon, nor would he be able to.

He took Dragon’s hand.

He sensed it then. A strange energy rushed into him, but at the same time, part of his energy seemed to have been taken by Dragon.

It was a strange feeling.

Three seconds later, Dragon let go.

“You have touched the Miracle Rune Circuit, Gao Yang.”

“Thank you. Now both of us have the seed of the Miracle Rune Circuit in us. It’ll depend on us whether the speed will sprout.”

“Serial number 1, Overlord, the top Miracle-type Talent.” Dragon held Gao Yang’s gaze, his heterochromatic eyes glinting. “You’re the first one to learn of my Talent. Consider that my reward to you for completing the mission.”

Gao Yang was so shocked that he couldn’t speak.

Complete the mission!

So that was the true objective of Operation: the Moon is Beautiful!

Ghost Horse’s task was merely part of it.

The even more hidden goal was for Gao Yang to acquire the seed of the Miracle Rune Circuit for Dragon.

Dragon knew that Qilin was wary of him, that Qilin must have suspected him of having the top Miracle-type Talent. Therefore, Qilin would never allow Dragon to get hold of the Rune Circuit, or even come into contact with it.

However, Qilin didn’t foresee that Dragon could gain the seed of energy of the Miracle Rune Circuit from Gao Yang as a medium.

Of course, it wasn’t a foolproof plan. In fact, there was a large element of chance to it.

If anything had gone wrong on Gao Yang’s end, Dragon wouldn’t have gotten what he wanted. However, Gao Yang managed to survive the Rune Cave against all odds and made great contributions, allowing him to come into contact with the Miracle Rune Circuit.

Dragon had told Gao Yang that he was the only one who could complete the mission.

That wasn’t encouragement, but a simple statement of facts.