Chapter 258: Strange Sandgold Appears—Huang Quan

Stelle: "Damn, you actually think I'll blow up?"

Stelle: "You're dreaming!"

Stelle: "I can't even make myself explode—let alone you?"

March 7th: "Nice idea, but it's theoretically impossible."

Miss Sushang: "That's just an excuse Sandgold deliberately made up, isn't it?"

Miss Sushang: "If I hadn't seen his past experiences, I'd believe he'd do it."

Miss Sushang: "But now..."

Xiangling: "He's a good man with boundaries—he'd never do what he claims."

Hu Tao: "If it were that Oswald guy instead, he'd totally pull it off!"

The Truth Physician: "Just drop the 'would'!"

The Truth Physician: "If the plan works, he'll do it without hesitation."

The Truth Physician: "In fact, this lie Sandgold invented is almost certainly what Oswald would do after arriving in Penacony!"

Miss Sushang: "If that's true, shouldn't Penacony be grateful Sandgold came instead?"

Welt: "In a way, yes."

Welt: "Oswald, head of Market Expansion—clearly a far more troublesome figure than Sandgold."

Botiao: "Hah, lucky for him that bastard didn't show up."

Botiao: "Otherwise I'd have fallen head over heels for him!"

Paimon: "Botiao Mr. always goes on about falling in love... it's so weird to watch."

Silver Wolf: "Tch, that's what happens when synesthetic beacons get tampered with."

Silver Wolf: "Why don't you just pay someone to fix it?"

Botiao: "Meow! I don't have time for that!"

Botiao: "Besides, I'm used to it."

Botiao: "Who cares? As long as I know what it means."

Silver Wolf: "Ha, if you're happy, that's all that matters."

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【Bluffing won't work on us.】

【If you could really do it, you had plenty of chances before.】

Huang Quan clearly doesn't believe Sandgold's excuse.

【Are you betting on me?】

【Fine, then I'll bet with you.】

【I bet I'll win overwhelmingly—proving the Harmony Oath is a complete farce with an unprecedented explosion.】

Sandgold embraced his nature,

and challenged Huang Quan to a wager.

【... You can't do it.】

Huang Quan shook his head.

【I can absolutely do it—it's just another gamble.】

【I came from the deserts of Czernobog, where for sixty copper coins, people branded me, shackled me, hanged me, and buried me in sand...】

【But the sun couldn't kill me—the shifting sands carried me straight into the arms of the Academy and the Company.】

【Remember, I didn't just win once by accident—I've never lost.】

【Let me share a proverb with you: Sleep is a rehearsal for death.】

【Why do we sleep? Because we're not ready to face death.】

【Each night's dream is no different from death—just as you and I, now, harbor death in our hearts, hiding in slumber.】

【And death... will come at our murmurs.】

【Friends, the game has begun.】

【You cannot refuse—】

【—no reason, no room left.】

【The dice have been cast—friends, are you ready to reveal your cards?】

The spotlight on stage suddenly dimmed,

but only for a moment,

then flared back to life.

And Sandgold's colossal figure,

began to truly manifest!

【The Builder's inferior stone...】

【HAHAHA, worthless!】

Everyone immediately drew weapons and faced off against Sandgold,

but he mocked the Builder's Lance in Stelle's hand.

Miss Sushang: "Here it comes!!"

Miss Sushang: "Sandgold's long-awaited performance!"

Miss Sushang: "Finally, the real show begins!"

Hu Tao: "Whoa, he's gotten so huge!!"

Hu Tao: "Such overwhelming presence!"

Xiangling: "If I didn't know this was a performance, I'd swear he's a Supreme Jidafan Sect villain!"

Huāhuǒ: "Oh, not bad, little Kong Que—you're truly cut out to be an actor~"

Truth Doctor: "Hmph, still can't shake that flashy demeanor."

Stelle: "I understand the logic!"

Stelle: "But how dare you call my Flame Spear inferior stone from the City Builders?!"

Stelle: "Do you think I won't smash you right now?! (angry. jpg)"

Sandgold: "Ha, just setting the mood, friend, don't take it personally."

Sandgold: "I'm holding the villain's script right now."

Sandgold: "Naturally, I have to be more flamboyant."

Sandgold: "Doesn't this make your righteousness shine even brighter?"

March 7th: "Uh… you've grown so much now, you've stolen all the spotlight."

March 7th: "How can we possibly stand out anymore?!"

Silver Wolf: "Don't rush—greatness never lasts more than three seconds."

Silver Wolf: "He'll be in trouble soon."

Amber: "I saw Young Lady Huang Quan already gripping her blade!"

Eula: "It looks like Sandgold might get slashed soon!"

Sangbo: "Good, good, good—what an electrifying performance! This is how it should be!"