'Okay...do I really have to go to Rainbowden? I could just screw off and find an entirely different Kaijin Lord who's good at crafting and get their inheritance instead,' Zhen Liu privately griped as he looked over the dossier of tangential faces. 'Maybe I'll luck out and so of these guys won't even be there when I roll up with my allies...maybe. Fuck...'
On the one hand, his pride as a warrior, a craftsman, and the Kaijin Lord compelled Zhen Liu to go to this hotspot of activity and claim what is rightfully his.
On the other, he was incredibly lazy and didn't want to deal with the peanut gallery of enemies that was surely going to be there.
Then again, so of those enemies had to be dealt with sooner or later. Especially the ones that were technically his enemies by proxy.
Looking over the profile of Duke Diamoro again, Zhen Liu let out a deep sigh, as he could feel it in his bones that he was going to be facing him and his allies again.
'Bloody hell, this is why I shouldn't make friends with people who have baggage...oh, who am I kidding? The only people I could make friends with are probably those with incredible amounts of baggage, especially since my baggage outweighs all of them.'
…anwhile…
^Bah! What the f-wait, what?^
^Oh good, you're awake.^ Follow current ɴᴏᴠᴇʟs on novel⚑fire
In the dical wing of the [Library of Nowhere], Olstenna had finally roused from his unconsciousness and was understandably confused.
Monts ago, at least from his perspective, he was standing in the middle of an arena facing down Zhen Liu. The next, he found himself being chained to a dical bed while Lythero and Antonio were sitting in chairs that were right next to him.
Since he considered the duo to be his comrades-in-arms, Olstenna didn't really mind their presence. Although, Olstenna didn't appreciate the fact that neither Lythero nor Antonio was making any moves to try and free him.
That stated, he had an inkling at to why that was the case.
^Is it safe to assu that I'm here because I got beaten in the ring?^
^Yup,^ Antonio nodded.
^Zhen Liu straight up knocked your lights out with an electrified guitar of pain. Never seen a guy release that much electricity into soone's head before,^ Lythero added.
^That explains why my war cadence trick didn't work, ^ Olstenna grumbled. ^So why am I chained to a bed?^
^That was a suggestion on Zhen Liu's part,^ Lytheri answered. ^He thought that you would attempt to imdiately challenge him to a rematch if you were left alone in the arena, and he assud that you would've attempted to beeline towards him for a rematch if you weren't locked to your bed.^
^...I feel like I should take offense to that observation, but its also so accurate that I can't help but find it respectable.^
^He has that effect on people.^
^Hmm.^
Olstenna was silent for a couple of monts as the reality of his new loyalties sank in.
^Alright…did I miss anything interesting while I passed out?^
^Dante's Revenge.^
^Zhen Liu almost got decapitated by a hole in reality.^
^...what the fuck?^
On the plus side, working for Zhen Liu wasn't going to be boring for him in the slightest.
^Would you mind starting from the top? Were these two separate incidents or part of the sa one?^
^Sa one.^
^By the phoenix's ashes…^
…Now back to our boy…
"...fuck it. It's better than doing nothing."
After reading and rereading the profiles of the bastards who were probably going to show up and put a damper on his ability to get his predecessor's inheritance, Zhen Liu eventually determined that running away wasn't the answer to his problems.
Instead, he had to charge into it like how a rhino charges into its predators headfirst. Preferably, with their horns leveled as well.
"Alright, forget about who might show up to this crazy-ass city of craftsn," Zhen Liu eventually declared in order to get into the right headspace. "The important part is what am I supposed to do when I get there? Because I get the feeling that the Rainbow Smith's tomb has trials involved as well?"
Logos and Pathos looked at each other for a brief mont before snapping their fingers and manifesting a long parchnt.
Zhen Liu was silent as he watched the parchnt float down, waiting for the inevitable punchline.
"Is this the part where you tell that the path to his tomb is comically—motherfucker, what the fuck?"
Zhen Liu was fully expecting a map that just showed a straight path to the Rainbow Smith's tomb.
The man seed to live a simple life, and he fully expected the tomb to be equally simple.
Instead, he found himself staring at a long, complex map of an underground sewer system.
At this exact mont, Zhen Liu began to suck in a lot of air through his teeth, having to deal with yet another underground dungeon shitshow.
On the plus side, it was still on this level of reality.
"Alright, what the actual fuck am I looking at? Y'all said that the Rainbow Smith had a very simple tomb!"
=It was simple,= Logos defended himself. =Emphasis on the word: "was".=
Pathos explained.
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