Chapter 2109

Su Xiao had never heard of a contact platform existing within the fully open native world, let alone one built by a travel group, but this was normal enough—after all, since entering this world, he had been constantly tracking the ruler's whereabouts and paid no attention to anything else.

The current situation is that someone is using his name to claim abroad that Herlu City is already his territory, and whoever comes will die.

As one of the three most important major cities in the wizard world, Herlu City offers many opportunities to profit; seizing it would provoke hostility from all contractors, though merely hostility—without someone standing out, no contractor would come to trouble Su Xiao.

"When did you get this news?"

Su Xiao held a soul crystal shard between his two fingers, tossing it into his mouth like eating candy beans.

"A few days ago."

After the short-haired girl took a sip of hot tea, she spoke softly, and based on her words, Su Xiao understood the general situation.

On the day Su Xiao arrived in Herlu City, the rumor spread within the city, and not only that, but a photo also began circulating.

This photo is of Su Xiao, a few days ago at night, ambushing and killing a three-person squad from the Morn family, sitting on a rooftop eating soul crystals—the moon that night faintly showed a blood-red hue, a detail Su Xiao would not misremember.

Because of this photo, the nickname "humanoid boss" spread among contractors, and combined with his battle recording against three immortal wizards, it made those eager-to-test contractors behave honestly.

After this news spread, contractors from various paradises were not completely unwilling to enter Herlu City, but merely became more cautious; what truly drove them away was the second photo.

Su Xiao had indeed not expected anyone to obtain this photo—it was him stepping on the ruler·Sotoss's skull, his long sword piercing the enemy's chest.

From the photo, Su Xiao's eyes glowed red, with blood qi drifting around him—he truly looked unfriendly.

This was nearly the scene of slaughtering the third major boss of this world, causing over 95% of contractors in Herlu City to flee, leaving only the iron simpletons, the stubborn and dense type of contractors.

Upon seeing this photo, Su Xiao suddenly understood—ruler·Sotoss had been sold out, betrayed by the white mountain goats and the violators.

Known information is now clear: most violators in this world have banded together, cooperating with two or three ancient gods to sabotage the trade between the Reincarnation Paradise and the Holy Light Paradise, and seizing the power of time and space.

Su Xiao does not believe the trade between paradises could be destroyed by ancient gods—there must be a mole inside, located on either side of the trade, either not from the Reincarnation Paradise or from the Holy Light Paradise side.

The mole transmitted the trade's time, location, and personnel numbers to the violators, which is why problems arose mid-trade, causing the Reincarnation Paradise side to lose a large amount of time-space power, while the Holy Light Paradise side also suffered significant losses.

Thinking of the mole, Su Xiao couldn't help but recall the still-living Xia—if Su Xiao and Xia were not close, Xia would have the greatest suspicion, but since Su Xiao knows Xia fairly well, that kitchen maid does not like seeking death.

Or put another way, if Xia had any bad record, she would not have been chosen as the Reincarnation Paradise's diplomatic little angel, nor entrusted with carrying time-space power.

The contractors and hunters involved in this Reincarnation Paradise trade are not kind—they were joking and laughing one moment, and the next, due to verbal conflict, might slaughter the Holy Light Paradise representatives—madmen.

Precisely because of this, Xia's importance stands out—she can cook, has a gentle temperament; compared to those madmen, she is a living angel, and the Reincarnation Paradise choosing her poses no problem, as it would make the trade smoother, while those madmen only serve as protection.

A few days ago, when Su Xiao arrived in this world, the violators' side already received the news—after all, upon entering this world, he had encountered several violators by chance and fought them, and it was normal for those dying to send back messages.

After that, things were simple: the violators' alliance consulted with the white mountain goats, then decided to completely clear Herlu City, letting ruler·Sotoss take the blame.

This is a very wise decision—ruler·Sotoss clearly does not get along with the white mountain goats or the violators' alliance; the Reincarnation Paradise lost 10,850 ounces of time-space power in total, while ruler·Sotoss received only 1,753 ounces, which explains many issues.

If considered from the perspective of the white mountain goats and violators' alliance, since ruler·Sotoss would never stand on the same side as them or become their combat force, it would be better to sell him off, letting him test Su Xiao's strength.

Therefore, the violators' alliance falsely claimed Su Xiao had seized Herlu City; their first photo was obtained through the illusion ability, and the second was tampered with inside the ancient god temple.

They were helping Su Xiao clear the field—no need to say, the violators' alliance decision-makers are quite clever, that old schemer skilled in layout, and clearing Herlu City brings the following benefits:

Purpose one: probe, probe Su Xiao's combat strength.

Purpose two: through the ruler, heavily injure Su Xiao or force him to reveal his trump card, to facilitate later dealing with Su Xiao (result: failed).

Purpose three: isolate Su Xiao, making it impossible for him to rely on the wizard union to ally with contractors from various paradises, thus preventing the formation of a powerful force.

Three birds with one stone, and without needing direct confrontation with Su Xiao, they could obtain his general information, possibly even use the ruler's hand to eliminate Su Xiao—for the violators' alliance and white mountain goats, this is a very good outcome.

After realizing this, Su Xiao's face showed a smile—ruler·Sotoss must be eliminated, otherwise future troubles will be endless; as for being isolated…

In reality, those people didn't need to do this—Su Xiao's chance of winning over other contractors is low; he is not the type who, with a wave of his arm, gets people to die for him as a spiritual leader.

The plot characters who once helped Su Xiao basically became his subordinates only after he joined the local faction; those people are not loyal to Su Xiao, but loyal to their respective factions.

The violators' alliance decision-maker is hard to deal with—though their scheme against Su Xiao wasn't fully successful, it wasn't a total failure either, and since that guy can contend with ancient gods, from this we can see his capability.

"The old schemer among the violators."

Su Xiao's smile became more gentle—he didn't notice that the short-haired girl's expression was gradually turning 'solemn'.

"You're useless now."

Su Xiao leaned back in the chair, crossed his legs, closed his eyes, and pondered.

"Eh?!"

The short-haired girl's slightly trembling voice came through, her expression a bit broken—this sentence "You're useless now" frightened her into performing facial art; normally, such words are only spoken when silencing someone.

"Wait, wait, I, I, I…"

The short-haired girl stammered for a long time but couldn't finish the sentence—actually, Su Xiao was just habitually saying that phrase.

"Your main quest."

"Immortal Wizard Dawn."

The short-haired girl felt things were turning around, so she gave a tentative reply.

"Bah, Bubu, go bring her to see Dawn."

"Alright, sis, please."

"Woof~"

Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Bubu Wang jolted awake sitting up—he was obviously still dazed from sleep, only seen lifting his dog head, shaking his dog body, and shedding a few dog hairs.

Just now, Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Bubu Wang had a dream—dreaming he stepped on the white mountain goat, crushed Azathoth with one paw; indeed, after falling asleep, anything can happen in dreams.

Fifteen minutes later, the short-haired girl, her expression somewhat bewildered, stood in the corridor of the fifth floor of the Wizard Association—she had estimated needing half a month to complete her main quest, but it was done in two minutes.

The short-haired girl first saw Dawn, directly skipped many steps, then saw Gus, who basically ignored her, tossed her an ancient-era silver coin, and the task was completed.

"Really a good person."

The short-haired girl activated the teleportation array, disappearing from the Wizard Association headquarters.

Seeing this, Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Bubu Wang activated the tracker on the short-haired girl's body, took out a bottle of cola, inserted a straw, and drank it happily.