Chapter 1682
There is no friendship or alliance without reason in the world. At least in Su Xiao's view, the alliance relationship between the Law-Exterminators and the Demon Tribe is not so reliable. Even if they really become allies, he must make friends and judge through his own actions. Whether they are enemies or friends is not up to the previous Law-Exterminators to decide.
The efficiency of the Demon Tribe is far from being comparable to that of the Black Abyss killer organization Asaka. Asaka mailed a sniper rifle, and after several days, not even a shadow could be seen, while the 'gift' mailed by the Demon Tribe arrived in just 5 hours.
Knock, knock, knock...
There was a knocking sound from above the house. When Su Xiao opened the iron door, he found an old woman in a gray robe with a severe hunchback standing outside the door. The pupils of this old woman seemed to have flames burning inside.
Clang~
As deep as a cow bell, the demon old woman outside the door was the one who collected tickets on the Demon Train!
The demon old woman's hunchback was very severe. Su Xiao couldn't see her appearance clearly, but there was no doubt that this was a very terrifying existence.
He saw the demon old woman pull a pitch-black jar from her bosom. This thing was about the length and thickness of a water cup, with a large number of dark red patterns clinging to it, like the color of magma.
The demon old woman handed the black jar to Su Xiao. Su Xiao hesitated for a moment and chose to take it. Something unexpected happened: the demon old woman actually raised her head.
Snap, snap...
After a few crisp sounds, Su Xiao saw the demon old woman's face. There was nothing special, just somewhat terrifying.
The demon old woman looked at Su Xiao, seemingly having remembered his appearance, and turned to leave.
"Wait."
Su Xiao spoke. The demon old woman stopped and looked at Su Xiao sideways.
Su Xiao turned and entered the room. A moment later, he returned to the door and tossed a piece of Black Maple Tree bark to the demon old woman. The Demon Tribe was clearly very sincere, not only paying the Demon Fruit but also sending gifts as compensation. Of course, he would return the courtesy.
Is the bark of the Black Maple Tree precious? In Su Xiao's view, it is not too precious. The Black Maple Tree often sheds its bark during its growth process. The truly precious things are only the branches and trunks.
The demon old woman took the Black Maple Tree bark. She hesitated for a moment, hooked her chin with one hand, and actually pulled her mouth to the size of a washbasin.
"Ugh~"
The demon old woman retched, and two figures were spat out by her. She spoke to Su Xiao: "They have... a homologous aura with you. For the sake of your... face, I will... let them go... this time."
The demon old woman turned around, the space distorted, and she disappeared on the spot. To this day, Su Xiao still doesn't know her name.
"Phew, phew, phew... actually met that monster. Number 1045, is your brain filled with sh*t? It wanted to pass, and you let it pass. That is the Demon Tribe's..."
An angry voice came from under Su Xiao's feet. He looked down and saw a toad wearing a crown, the size of a bullfrog.
"Hello, Hunter."
The toad spoke very familiarly. However, Su Xiao had never seen the other party. He gave the demon old woman the Black Maple Tree bark just to make the Demon Tribe owe him a favor. Favor debts are the hardest to repay. The Demon Tribe understands this, so they sent gifts. Unfortunately, Su Xiao had things they couldn't refuse. At the moment, the favor debt was even bigger.
"Cough, cough, cough..."
A dry cough came. Hearing this sound, Su Xiao recalled that it was the owner of this sound who had previously sent the unconscious Lilith.
Su Xiao stepped forward a few paces and pulled off the dark green hood on the other party's head. Smooth golden hair flew, and a face that was both familiar and strange appeared.
"Artoria Pendragon?"
Su Xiao looked at this golden-haired girl sitting on the ground, coughing repeatedly. The other party was actually the Saber King from the Holy Grail world. Last time he entered the Holy Grail world, he replaced the other party's class. Su Xiao had wondered before why the Saber King didn't appear. From the current situation, the Saber King might have already crossed dimensions and become a unique existence, so she wouldn't appear in the Holy Grail world.
The Saber King stopped coughing and looked at Su Xiao.
"You villain."
The Saber King was very weak, but she appeared unyielding. Some things are not so easy to change, such as her unyielding spirit. Perhaps this is also the reason why Reincarnation Paradise chose her to become an Arbiter.
"..."
Su Xiao was clearly stunned, then a smile appeared on his face. He grabbed the Saber King's fair chin with one hand.
"Are you... walking out of my world progress?"
Su Xiao looked at the Saber King with burning eyes. At this moment, the Saber King recalled the scene in the underground garage in Fuyuki City. The current Su Xiao was dozens of times, no, hundreds of times more violent than before.
"Hunter, thank you for this time. However, don't kill this little cutie. She is an Arbiter now. The punishment for killing her is not light."
The toad spoke. For some reason, its tone when speaking was very much like being on equal footing with Su Xiao, yet a generation higher than the Saber King.
It was indeed the case in reality. The Saber King's current skills were all taught by this toad finding people. Although the Saber King's attitude toward the toad was not good, she also knew that this was her master in the true sense. Without the other party, she would have become a corpse in the Black Abyss long ago. The grace of saving her life dozens of times is hard to repay.
"This is Number 1045."
The toad raised its head, and a man wearing full black armor nodded to Su Xiao.
"That's right, it was this idiot who provoked that monster. Thank you for this time; otherwise, I would have had to count on emergency rescue from Paradise. Being swallowed by that monster is no joke. Speaking of which, what is your relationship with that monster?"
The toad was clearly somewhat self-familiar, or rather, it was very familiar with Su Xiao.
"Collaborator relationship."
"??"
The toad looked at Su Xiao in surprise. Even Number 1045, who was somewhat cold, was a bit confused. The Saber King was lowering her head, waiting for her stamina to recover.
"Artoria Pendragon, you called me a villain before. Being saved by a villain like me, as someone in the good camp, shouldn't you express something?"
"Woof."
The second dog Xiang Bubu Wang strongly supported Su Xiao and also rubbed his hands at the Saber King, meaning: bring money, just saved your life.
"I..."
The Saber King was speechless for a moment. The facts were indeed as Su Xiao said, and the toad laughed, very unscrupulous.
"King Arthur, legendary in Britain, you shouldn't just forget the grace of saving your life like this, right?"
"Thank you, but... I have no wealth to repay you."
The Saber King spoke in a low voice.
"Hahaha, paying with your body is fine. As expected of a little cutie."
The toad's unscrupulous laughter came, and it waved its hand at Su Xiao.
"Thank you for this time. If there is a chance in the future, I will repay this favor. Leaving first," the toad turned and walked toward the outskirts of the Redeemer Highlands: "Still not leaving? Why, are you really prepared to pay with your body? I don't mind waiting a while."
"..."
The Saber King stood up in silence, put on her hood, and walked into the distance.
Watching the two people and one toad walking away, Su Xiao turned the black jar in his hand, his eyes narrowing.
"Bold enough, even wanting to intercept things from the Demon Tribe. Little cutie of the Black Abyss? Toad, Number 1045, what kind of combination is this..."
Is it a coincidence that the toad, the Saber King, and Number 1045 were swallowed by the demon old woman? It is not. If Su Xiao's guess is correct, it was Number 1045 who sensed the aura of this black jar and chose to intercept it, not expecting the enemy to be so strong that they couldn't contend with it.
According to Su Xiao's perception, the thing contained in the black jar had an irresistible temptation for the black-armored man named Number 1045. However, the other party was still giving face; Number 1045 didn't look at the black jar again before... m.
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