Chapter 2108

Wizard Tower, 30th floor, inside the Old God Cathedral.

"In other words, the ancient gods inside Herlu City—you killed them all?"

Gus had returned to hanging upside down; not far away, Su Xiao was sitting on the stone chair belonging to Gus.

"That's one way to put it. The problem now is that the white mountain goat coming to kill me probably fled—too bad."

At this moment, Su Xiao was bare-chested, several bloodstained bandages wrapped around his torso; the assassination attempt he had just endured was the most vicious he had ever faced—no warning, completely locked onto him, so fast that even using Dragon Shadow Flash to dodge was impossible.

So far, Su Xiao had no grudge against the contractors in this world; fighting required cost, and without prior conflict, those contractors wouldn't come looking for trouble.

This assassination was likely carried out by violators. Su Xiao had just killed the Sovereign·Sotos and the Eyeless·Azathoth, while the white mountain goat hadn't arrived yet—this was no coincidence.

Evil gods like the white mountain goat—aside from the lunatics of the Reincarnation Paradise, other paradise contractors had little chance of cooperating with it, and violators wouldn't care whether it was an evil god or not.

Or rather, this kind of open, primordial world is the violators' main base; claiming they have no connection to the ancient gods, Su Xiao absolutely wouldn't believe it.

If Su Xiao wasn't mistaken, his killing of the Eyeless·Azathoth probably startled the white mountain goat—after all, Azathoth died too suddenly, even without a battle erupting, which made the approaching white mountain goat flinch.

This actually fits the white mountain goat's modus operandi perfectly—it always acts as an observer, the smartest of them, pushing the Sovereign·Sotos into the spotlight; even if something went wrong, Sotos would die first.

After the white mountain goat, rushing in with fury, got spooked, what would it do? Naturally, it would ally with others and have them trigger the traps.

Or put another way, the white mountain goat's interests align with the violators'; the violators in this world are also involved in that deal, profiting by sabotaging the transaction between the Reincarnation Paradise and the Holy Light Paradise.

For violators, this is completely normal—of course, violators belonging to the Reincarnation Paradise and Holy Light Paradise wouldn't do this, as it would be suicidal; but violators from other paradises would gladly do so.

Although assassinated, Su Xiao's thoughts were perfectly clear—finding the white mountain goat is hard, but violators are easy to find; following the clues they provide, he's confident he can track down the white mountain goat.

Su Xiao flicked the dagger in his hand, pinched the blade between two fingers, and extended the hilt toward Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Bubu Wang's nose.

"Woof."

Bubu barked, indicating the scent on the dagger's hilt was faint—likely left by a woman.

"Female violator..."

As Su Xiao finished speaking, the communicator hidden in his clothing vibrated.

"Speak."

"A contractor has entered the Wizard Tower headquarters."

"Which faction?"

"Holy Light Paradise."

Hearing Caesar's words, Su Xiao grabbed the clothing on the armrest of the stone chair, took Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Bubu Wang, Am, and Bahamut, and headed down to the lower levels of the Wizard Tower.

When Su Xiao reached the first floor of the Wizard Tower, he saw a short-haired girl standing before the reception desk, helplessly telling Caesar something, her small face showing some anger but also hesitation to lash out.

"My dear friend, you've stalled."

Caesar in the wooden railing waved at Su Xiao; upon hearing this, the pretty short-haired girl looked over, then in the next instant turned to flee.

"If you can escape this, I'll walk on my head from now on."

Bahamut crouched on the short-haired girl's shoulder, looking 'benevolent' at her—if it weren't for its sharp claws digging into her throat, it would indeed seem kind.

"How, how is this your territory! Behead Bai Ye."

The short-haired girl shouted angrily, her voice filled with indignation; hearing this, Su Xiao froze for a moment.

"My territory?"

Su Xiao couldn't quite understand what she was saying.

"You, you're too domineering—Herlu City is this big, what gives you the right to occupy it? Those violators bully the weak and fear the strong, tacitly accepting this as your turf, but I'm not afraid—I'm not afraid of you!"

The short-haired girl grew even more indignant; she was clearly a nursing-type contractor, about to be punished for failing to complete her main quest.

"Hey, what are you babbling in Ula Ula? I can't understand you."

Bahamut also looked utterly confused.

"Who told you this is my territory?"

Su Xiao had previously wondered why there were so few contractors in Herlu City; now he seemed to understand.

"Obviously, it was you who announced earlier that anyone who dares step into Herlu City will be killed—you're the top fifth-rank, the sisters all fear you, but I don't!"

The short-haired girl panted heavily; if her hand weren't shaking, her words would be more convincing.

"..."

Su Xiao signaled Am to block the door, forbidding wizards from entering; if he couldn't do this before, he absolutely can now—though the three immortal wizards certainly wouldn't obey him blindly, his words still carry considerable weight within the Wizard Tower.

Seeing this, the short-haired girl began to despair, but compared to losing 50% of her attributes from mission failure leading to chronic death, she chose to face the beheading night—the rumored humanoid boss—head-on.

"Come in and speak."

Su Xiao walked toward the small door of the reception room, Bahamut landing on his shoulder.

"Eh?"

The short-haired girl was clearly dazed; according to rumors, the Beheading Night should first beat her half to death, toy with her, then kill her—

Two minutes later, her expression still somewhat dazed, the short-haired girl sat in the reception room holding a cup of hot tea.

"Where did you get the information saying Herlu City is your territory?"

"Naturally from the public contact platform—it's spontaneously organized by contractors from multiple paradises; you wouldn't be..."

The short-haired girl seemed to realize something, pulled a transparent crystal from her storage space, and handed it to Su Xiao.

Su Xiao took the crystal; an electronic voice came from it.

"Contractor ID not verified—log in?"

"This public contact platform was built by the Phantom Troupe; if you have questions, please resolve them yourself."

"This public contact platform prohibits violators from logging in; violators bear all consequences."

Hearing this prompt, Su Xiao raised an eyebrow—this thing was actually made by the Troupe; only someone with such ability would make him think of the Troupe leader.

After a moment's thought, Su Xiao entered his fake ID: 'Contractor No. 13013'.

"Login successful—each message costs 50 Paradise Coins / 67 Paradise Points / 72 Death Gold Coins / 64 Guardian Origin..."

This public contact platform can be said to be the currency monopoly of all amusement parks, it can be called violent.

Upon logging into the public contact platform, Su Xiao saw a blue fluorescent screen pop up before his eyes.

Golden Sunflower (**Amusement Park): "Has that plague god of Herlu City left?"

Warhammer (**Amusement Park): "Purchasing soul stones."

Dream Eater (**Amusement Park): "Not yet gone, who now dares to go to Herlu City? It is said that the Reincarnation Amusement Park lost a large amount of spacetime power, that madman turned Herlu City upside down, even the Ruler·Sotoss flipped his braid, you want to go try it?"

Golden Sunflower (**Amusement Park): "Not at all, keep waiting, this is simply gods fighting, damn it!"

……

Su Xiao closed the public contact platform, obviously, someone had thrown the blame onto him.

The short-haired girl beside him, holding her teacup with both hands, glanced at Su Xiao sideways, secretly thinking the rumors were indeed unreliable.