Chapter 90: Revenge

That person walked straight toward the second floor as soon as they entered the door, their pace neither hurried nor slow, as if every step landed on the rhythm of Lao Neil's heartbeat.

A jolt went through Lao Neil's heart; he had already guessed the identity of the person who had come, and just at this moment, a low, cold voice reached his ears—

"Come!"

Lao Neil dared not delay and hurriedly called Susan from the back kitchen to attend to the guests, then went up to the second floor with a thumping sound; seeing Mage Kenni had returned, Lao Neil understood that he must have already killed Xia Duo.

In a cheerful mood, his steps became a bit lighter.

Xia Duo heard the footsteps behind him gradually quickening and casually pushed open an empty room; just a few seconds after he entered, Lao Neil followed him in and asked impatiently:

"My lord, that matter—"

However, before he could finish his sentence, he felt a chill on the back of his right hand, and then his entire body became numb, causing him to fall to the ground with a thud.

Lao Neil was terrified, thinking Mage Kenni had cast some strange Magic again, and wanted to beg for mercy, but he found that even his tongue had become somewhat stiff.

"My—lord—, do—not—kill—me—, I—beg—you—"

Fearing he would anger the Mage, Lao Neil dared not shout aloud, only squeezing a low plea for mercy from his throat; Xia Duo watched Lao Neil's performance quietly, controlling the Dagger to make another cut on Lao Neil's other hand.

Although his body was paralyzed, his basic Perception remained; feeling another chill on his left hand, Lao Neil's heart also turned cold, as he did not understand why Mage Kenni would treat him like this after returning from a trip!

Could it be that Mage Kenni no longer wanted to know the location of the Elf Ruins? Or did the ambush on Xia Duo fail again?

For a moment, thoughts flew wildly through Lao Neil's mind; he knew he was in big trouble now!

Gradually, Lao Neil stopped begging for mercy, as if he had resigned himself to his fate; after Xia Duo dealt another blow, he stepped forward and kicked him, flipping Lao Neil over.

Afterward, Xia Duo closed the door unhurriedly and lit the oil lamp. By the light of the lamp, Lao Neil, lying on the floor, finally saw the face under the hood of "Mage Kenni."

It was him!

At this moment, no words could describe Lao Neil's thoughts; his mind was a blank slate, and he could never have imagined that even with Mage Kenni acting personally, Xia Duo would escape disaster once again and even come knocking at his door!

"It seems you still remember me!" Xia Duo said flatly, "Have you decided how you want to die?"

Lao Neil felt despair in his heart, but the instinct for survival still drove him to beg Xia Duo for mercy, "Please spare my life! I will definitely repay you!"

Following that, Lao Neil promised Xia Duo monetary compensation and even said that if Xia Duo had any needs, he could find him at any time.

But Xia Duo remained unmoved; when the Undead attacked, he had been prepared to kill Lao Neil immediately, only to be delayed by the standby notice from above.

And upon seeing the pajamas inside the Necromancer's Dimensional Bag, the anger and hatred in his heart had reached their limit; he would rather waste two 【Summon Mount】 Scrolls than not return overnight to deal with this matter.

If one only considered rational choices, returning the next day, or even returning after the mission ended, would have been better than now, but how could a person be purely rational!

"Where are those slippers of mine?"

Seeing that Xia Duo finally spoke, a glimmer of hope ignited in Lao Neil, "The shoes are in my room; I have never worn them even once, really, I swear to the Lord of Radiance!"

"Heh!"

Xia Duo actually did not quite believe these words; after all, without the witness of someone in a Divine Office, an oath would not truly be fulfilled, though swearing by the Lord of Radiance was trustworthy in the vast majority of cases.

But right now, to save his life, the Reality of this oath was greatly discounted; Xia Duo had already seen enough of Lao Neil's integrity.

"What did you use to Command the Mage to kill me?"

Regarding this, Xia Duo was still quite interested; he was naturally very tempted by things that could move an Official Mage, and if he could obtain them, perhaps he wouldn't have to worry about Gold Coins for a long time to come.

"Tell me, what could you, a commoner, possibly have that could move an Official Mage?"

Asked this question, Lao Neil stopped speaking; the glimmer of hope that had just ignited was extinguished again, for he knew that whether he revealed the secret of the Elf Ruins or not, Xia Duo would not let him go.

As for using other things to muddle through, the only thing he could think of was that Elf Friendship Necklace, but unfortunately, it had long since been taken away by Mage Kenni.

Seeing Lao Neil remain silent, Xia Duo suddenly felt a bit bored; the pleasure of revenge became somewhat insipid after being mixed with extra factors, so Xia Duo sighed, took out his Hand Crossbow, and killed Lao Neil with a single bolt.

Let him take his so-called secret to hell!

After killing Lao Neil, Xia Duo extinguished the oil lamp and sat in the room for a while, detaching the hatred from his mind; he could finally understand what "the emptiness after revenge" meant.

Fortunately, revenge was not his entire life, not even a significant part of it; it could only be called a small diversion, a small interlude, and Xia Duo quickly composed himself and stood up.

……

The room Lao Neil mentioned earlier was not his bedroom downstairs, but a special storage room on the second floor, which, through a unique architectural design, created a room that people would subconsciously overlook.

Xia Duo had lived on the second floor for more than half a year and had once seen Lao Neil enter that room with his own eyes; after fishing the key out from Lao Neil, Xia Duo went straight to the door of this special storage room.

This storage room was nowhere else but right next to the small room where Xia Duo had lived for half a year; after trying two keys, Xia Duo opened the door with the third one.

There were not many furnishings inside, only two shelves, one on the left and one on the right, which could be seen at a glance; Xia Duo's slippers were placed on the middle of the third shelf on the left, and the Pikachu on the shoe surface was discharging electricity right at Xia Duo!

Besides these slippers, the shelves held silverware, a Statue, ornaments, an Account Book, Gold Coins, and even a few small bottles containing unknown liquids.

Xia Duo did not know the value of these things well, but there were two Elf-style silk scarves among them that made him take a few extra looks; during the Midsummer Festival, Xia Duo had seen similar silk scarves at a stall of the Lion and Fire Circus, and they cost 200 Gold Coins each.

It had shocked him at the time, but now, seeing similar scarves again, there was no longer that shock in his heart.

This time, besides taking back his slippers, Xia Duo stuffed everything else he could carry onto his person; fortunately, his strength had increased because of that magical dream, otherwise, he might not have been able to carry much!

"Time to go!"

Carrying his spoils, Xia Duo did not go down the stairs to use the front door, but instead took the path he had once used to escape this place—jumping out the window of the small room next door.

Reliving his past experience could be considered a perfect full stop to this small interlude.

"Mage Xia Duo, did everything go smoothly?"

In the darkness, Aiwa's voice came out.

"Everything went smoothly!"