The Innate Barrier was instantly dissolved.
The surrounding space seed to fade away like washed-out colors, quickly reverting to the original scenery.
The courtyard was silent, as if nothing had happened, unless you counted the two headless corpses lying quietly there... One belonged to Makoto Zouken, the old worm, and the other was naturally Gilgash’s. Both were identical in their decapitated state.
Only, the forr had its head crushed directly, while the latter had enjoyed a kingly treatnt.
"Tch, as expected, the Treasure couldn’t be kept. Otherwise, I could have exploited the bug to duplicate Equipnt..." Gu Mo pouted disdainfully; he saw the severed arm he had cut off earlier still lying quietly on the ground of the courtyard, but only the bizarrely shaped "sword" that was supposed to be firmly gripped in the hand had disappeared.
He had deliberately waited for Shiny Jin to pull out the Deviation Sword from the Treasure Vault before making his move; otherwise, enthusiastic citizen Mr. Jin wouldn’t have finished his lines.
However, it seems now that this little sche didn’t work as expected. That key-like Deviation Sword had vanished completely, just like the other treasures on Mr. Jin, as if they had evaporated without a trace.
Even the corpse itself was fading and vanishing...
Although the black mud caused Shiny Jin to have a flesh incarnation, its essence remained mixed with malicious Magic Power. Therefore, after Gilgash was killed outright, he started to disappear like a normal Servant.
Of course, it makes sense, thinking about it—
If the treasures brought along with the Servant summoning could be retained permanently, then there’d be a big problem. Summoning a Servant would be like mass-producing this fantasy equipnt, considering the characteristics of this Dungeon World, one couldn’t even begin to imagine where it would lead.
Nevertheless...
Gu Mo wasn’t too disappointed; he still had an extra opportunity, regardless of the protective asures against theft and copyright awareness wielded by inhibitory forces.
He casually picked up two dropped light points, flicked his fingers to shoot out a small fla, quickly burning the corpse on the ground to ashes, then calmly turned his head to look toward the hallway. Makoto Sakura noticed his gaze, nervously opened her mouth, just about ready to say sothing.
At this mont, however, she discovered that the young man opposite her had already spoken with a composed and detached air: "Master, why did you co here? Didn’t I tell you to stay put in the castle?"
Master?
Puzzled for a mont, the purple-haired girl instinctively turned back, finding a silver-haired loli standing at the doorway behind her, looking about ten years old, delicate-featured, with a dumbfounded expression—extrely cute.
Except there was an unusual aura about her, which made Makoto Sakura inexplicably concerned...
Appears not to be an ordinary person indeed.
"..."
"..."
anwhile, Ilya was also shocked by what had transpired before her eyes. She had happened to track near the Makoto Family when the Innate Barrier was deployed, naturally sensed by Gu Mo, who simply used Innate Barrier to capture her as well, dragging her in.
Because of that, she had mixed into the crowd within the Innate Barrier, witnessing the entire scene from start to finish.
As expected, judging by the monstrous level her summoned Servant showcased, the opponent was no match at all; it wasn’t even a fair battle—
Just as Ilya had subconsciously marveled at the extravagant use of treasures like that from the opposite side’s Treasure Group bombardnt, the situation shifted dramatically the next mont. Victory was decided in a very understated manner, and life and death were settled absurdly.
However, after the tension subsided, the silver-haired loli suddenly realized an important issue: she had already prematurely jumped the gun by two months without the slightest concern for martial virtue, logically speaking all other contestants shouldn’t have started yet, so why was there a battle happening here?
—Why could an opponent be matched at this ti?
—Is there sothing off here?!
And as she subconsciously began to mindlessly speculate, she found herself back in reality, hearing her Servant looking her way, calmly asking her this question... Ilya subconsciously bit her lip, though the tone was normal, she keenly sensed the underlying aning.
It couldn’t go on like this!
This person wasn’t treating her as a Master! She had already lost control earlier, and if she continued to follow the pace of the other, she could only end up as a puppet! This isn’t what she wanted to see. The inner unease, feelings of hatred, and final obsession drove the silver-haired loli to grit her teeth.
In her anxiety, she plucked up courage and declared loudly: "I... I am your Master; I co and go as I please. Do I need to report to you for that?"
"Reporting isn’t necessary, mainly because this city is sowhat dangerous; there are all sorts of monsters and snake gods. You’re a child, so it’s better not to wander around late at night." Gu Mo chuckled lightly, turned back around, and his gaze swept around the grand house of the Makoto Family.
Silently, the clear blue eyes transford into a red hue, a pair of red pupils like a sinister blood moon.
Except within a very brief ti mont, it had switched back, so neither Ilya nor Sakura noticed that he turned around and looked, pondering over what he had done.
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