Great Demon King

GDK 718: Touch him and I will kill you!

Han Shuo crouched and pressed his hand on the victim’s back to probe his body conditions. The news of Han Shuo saving Carmelita’s life two days earlier had spread throughout the entire City of Shadows. Had Rugersey not been aware of it, he likely wouldn’t have allowed Han Shuo anywhere near his nephew.

The victim was in between Han Shuo and Rugersey and therefore he couldn’t clearly observe what Han Shuo was doing.

Han Shuo’s demonic yuan moved into the person’s body like multiple formless little snakes, attempting to locate the root cause of the problem. Han Shuo was very clear about the composition and effects of his Pill of Tranquility. And with the help of his miraculous demonic yuan, he quickly figured out the situation.

“This is not right!” Han Shuo creased his brows and exclaimed in a deep voice, “There is a compound in his body which is causing his body to spasm. I’m sure that this compound will never appear in any Pill of Tranquility I refine. Did he take some other medicine with it?”

“I… I didn”t…” The boy on the floor spoke in a very weak voice and had difficulty speaking.

“You are trying to shift the blame, aren’t you?” Rugersey shouted as soon as his nephew denied taking another medicine. Obviously, he had no trust in Han Shuo.

“Impossible!” Han Shuo coldly shouted, “It is absolutely impossible that my medicine contained this compound. There must be something wrong elsewhere!”

“My, My Lord!” it was at this moment that a divine guard suddenly rushed into the building.

Rugersey was about to explode. He gave the flustered divine guard a slap across his face before asking, “What is it?!”

In midair, Rugersey’s face suddenly turned as pale as paper and his entire figure shrank and thinned. A piece of bone appeared in his hand with a flash. A domain of divinity of death enveloped the area and following that, the bone shot towards Andrina with a trail of ghostly light.

Chilling rays glistened from Andrina’s eyes as though she was scorning on Rugersey. Her body and even her little dress suddenly became as sparkling and translucent as gemstones. Before the crowd could see what was happening, an intense energy fluctuation erupted from her body. Something that seemed to be a vortex whirled out from her body and violently struck Rugersey’s body.

Rumbles… The sound of an explosion accompanied the burst of blinding light.

Rugersey withdrew at a speed even faster than he had charged forward. He returned to the same place where he originally stood with an expression of disbelief.

The radiance in Andrina’s eyes grew even more chilling. She took several deep breaths while staring fixedly at Rugersey and suddenly, dazzling light yet again glowed from her body. She had charged towards Rugersey.

Andrina acted too fast. At this point in time, even if Han Shuo wanted to, he was powerless in stopping the fight. Seeing that a battle to the death was unavoidable, Han Shuo started to consider which path he should take to leave the City of Shadows.

Suddenly, out of the blue, a pair of shadows descended beside Rugersey.

An enormous explosion sounded from the intense darkness. Then, when the darkness scattered, two people were revealed to be standing beside Rugersey. One of them was Andre, whom Han Shuo was familiar with. Han Shuo did not expect that Andre would show up here at this time. The other person beside Rugersey was a gentleman in pitch-dark armor who then cried out in surprise, “So powerful! Who is this little girl?” He stared at Andrina appalled.

Andrina gasped for air and withdrew back to Han Shuo in an instant. She grabbed onto Han Shuo’s hand and said softly, “My injuries have not completely recovered. I cannot defeat all three at once!”

“It’s okay, they are not here to fight,” Han Shuo soothed Andrina and from a distance, he respectfully bowed, “Greetings, Lord Andre, Lord Erebus,” Han Shuo figured out the identity of that gentleman as soon as he heard his voice. Back when he had been trapped by Brovst, Han Shuo had heard Erebus’ voice. As one who was mindful of powerful figures, Han Shuo remembered the voice by heart.

Andre and Erebus snapped out from their dazes after hearing Han Shuo’s greeting. They nodded to Han Shuo in response. Erebus then put on an amicable and fascinated smile and said to Han Shuo, “Thank you for your medicines. They are truly miraculous!”

“Miraculous?! Two people in my family have fallen victim to his poison! Erebus, Lord Andre, even if this youngster is under your protection, you must be fair and uphold justice for me!” Rugersey yelled angrily.

“Bryan, what is going on exactly?” Andre held an extremely favorable impression towards Han Shuo. And now, after discovering that the little girl beside Han Shuo was an expert with unfathomable strength, Han Shuo’s importance in his mind increased yet another level higher.

“Two from the House of Kisa took my medicines and had adverse reactions. I have examined this guy and discovered that there is another type of compound present in his body, which I’m certain did not originate from my Pill of Tranquility. Before I could explain the situation, a second person was reported dead after taking my medicine. Rugersey arbitrarily asserted that it must be my medicine that caused it. He refused to listen to any reasoning and wanted to break my arms and legs…” Han Shuo briefly explained.

Throughout the explanation, the gazes of Andre, Erebus, Rugersey and even the divine guards of the House of Kisa, lingered on Andrina who was holding Han Shuo’s hand.

After a while, Andre gently cleared his throat and said to the furious Rugersey, “Something is fishy about this. I don’t think that it had to do with Bryan. Many in the city have taken his medicines and they are all doing just fine. The Sainte Family and divine guards under Erebus have all been safe and sound – two of us can confirm this. Thus, it is much more likely that something is wrong with those two in your family clan.”

“How is that possible?” Rugersey shouted. However, his voice started to lack confidence.

Rugersey, after seeing the exchange of glances between Han Shuo and Andre, suddenly realized that he had miscalculated on one thing. He originally assumed that the friendship between Han Shuo and the House of Sainte was shallow. He thought that Andre and Erebus would favor him over a small little lowgod. However, it was now obvious to him that the two were protective of Han Shuo and were on Han Shuo’s side. This forced Rugersey to reconsider his approach.

“We should investigate the matter further before any discussion of upholding justice,” said Erebus.

“Bryan, you said that this person has a compound in his body which doesn’t belong to your Pill of Tranquility, right?” Andre asked Han Shuo smilingly. He could see that Rugersey was slowly lacking in confidence.

“It definitely doesn’t belong in my medicine. I am certain that the Pill of Tranquility he consumed was either tampered with, or he is lying, or he had taken some other medicine!” Han Shuo said confidently.

“There is someone else, isn’t there? Why don’t we check his condition as well?” Andre was trusting in Han Shuo and turned to ask Rugersey.

“Get his body over here!” Rugersey, under Andre’s watchful eye, instructed unwillingly.

Soon enough, a body was carried to the scene by divine guards from the Sixth Corps. Han Shuo leaned forward and carefully examined the body before he said assuredly, “This person also has another compound in his body which definitely isn’t inside my Pill of Rejuvenation!”

“Oi, can you still talk? Try to recall, other than yourself, did anyone touch the medicine you consumed?” the gentlemanly Erebus suddenly crouched beside the person who was twitching on the floor and asked while looking at him with cold eyes.

Rugersey’s nephew was obviously rather flustered to be stared at by Erebus. His body trembled for a moment before he seemed to recall something and said, “Gilco, Gilco wanted my Pill of Rejuvenation in exchange for this Pill of Tranquility. I heard from uncle that the Pill of Tranquility is much more expensive than the Pill of Rejuvenation and so I agreed to exchange it!”

“The Pill of Rejuvenation this deceased divine guard ate was also given by Gilco, wasn’t it?” Han Shuo suddenly grinned and asked.

“Where is this Gilco?” Erebus stood up and asked Rugersey.

“I heard his voice just now. Where is he?” Rugersey looked around puzzlingly before he turned to a divine guard beside him and instructed, “Go look around and bring him in. It probably has nothing to do with him. He is a member of our House of Kisa.” Rugersey’s heart was feeling unsure when he said those words as the clues were not pointing in his favor.

A dozen or more minutes later, several divine guards, wearing anxious expressions, rushed back to the party. The leader hastily reported, “My Lord, Gilco has disappeared, so have the crystal coins in his room!”

Rugersey wasn’t a complete idiot. The expression on his face immediately became anxious after he heard those words. He angrily said, “What is Gilco doing?! How could he disappear at this moment?! Find him!”

“Rugersey, I believe it is now obvious that the problem is with your House of Kisa, not Bryan’s medicines!” Andre raised an eyebrow as he lightly groaned.

“This… this is…” with things having developed to this stage, even Rugersey was clear about what exactly was happening. He seemed embarrassed as he said to Han Shuo, “That… this… Bryan…  I’m sorry… very sorry…”

“Fret not!” Han Shuo replied with a faint smile as though he wasn’t bothered about the matter at all. He got up from his seat, bowed at Andre and Erebus, and announced, “From this day onwards, the Celestial Pearl Pharmacy will conduct no business with your House of Kisa!” upon finishing those words, Han Shuo marched resolutely towards the exit with Andrina.

“Noo…” Rugersey could not feel more remorseful. He realized just how grave his mistake was!