Skill extraction from Dragon Clan

Chapter 621 Game Fanatic

a few days later.

Just as Stephen expected, although everyone in Libra tried their best and tried every possible means, they still did not get any useful clues.

When the tired people reunited in the headquarters, Zapp and Jane, who had always been at odds with each other, were too tired to continue arguing with each other.

"This time, our opponent is really not easy to deal with. I have already searched the drug dealers' dens in the alleys several times. If this continues, the public security level in the area will increase."

Zapp slumped on the sofa with a look of despair on his face, but unfortunately no one responded to his complaints.

Because besides him, there were only Jane and Stephen in the headquarters, which made it seem a little deserted.

"Where is Leo? Why is he gone?" Stephen discovered the problem.

"Tsk!"

When it comes to this question, Zapp can't help but sigh:
"Anything can happen in the world... You're right, Bantou. That brat suddenly has a super cute girl as his friend, so now he has to go to the hospital to meet his girlfriend every now and then... How enviable!"

After complaining for a while, Zapp looked at Klaus's empty chair again:
"Today...why isn't the boss playing Demon War Chess?"

"Idiot shit monkey, even if you're the boss you can't just sit around playing games all day." Jane retorted after she recovered a little.

"Idiots are unnecessary, you bastard dog girl!"

"Oh! You don't deny the name of shit anymore?"

"What?! Do you want a fight?!"

Seeing that he seemed unable to win the argument, Zapp involuntarily stood up, rolled up his sleeves, and prepared to fight.

"You two! If you still have energy, go look for clues again!"

Looking at the two people arguing more and more fiercely, Stephen, who was already in a bad mood, showed a cold look.

"Haha... just kidding. I'm just a little curious. It looks like Mr. Gilbert isn't here today." Zapp's body stiffened when Stephen looked at him, and he shrank back onto the sofa in embarrassment.

Jane didn't dare to provoke Zapp anymore after seeing Stephen was angry: "Yeah, it has become really quiet..."

After saying that, Jane looked at Stephen cautiously.

She always felt that Stephen's mood had become more and more impatient in the past two days. Although it was normal to be impatient because he had not received any effective clues, as someone who admired Stephen, Jane could clearly perceive that the reason for Stephen's impatience was not because of this.

After hearing what Zapp said, Stephen's eyes involuntarily glanced at Klaus and Gilbert's desks. Then his eyes dimmed and it was unknown what he was thinking about.

They fell silent again, and an unbearable silence appeared in the room.

Just when Zapp was about to suggest going out after losing some patience, Stephen suddenly broke the oppressive silence and stood up seemingly calmly.

"I'll go out and look for some more clues. You two can take a rest today, but remember to be on standby at the headquarters at all times."

"Ah, yes!"

Zapp stared blankly at Stephen's departing figure, and only reacted after the door closed: "Are we considered on vacation?"

"This is called standby! Idiot monkey!" Jane glanced at him.

"You guy!!"

……

……

On a street in Hersharemz, in a quiet high-rise parking lot, a black sedan drove up silently.

After passing through several passages, the car finally stopped at a passage.

At the end of the passage, a rider riding a black motorcycle and wearing a black windbreaker was parked here.

Seeing the car slowly approaching, the rider took off his helmet, revealing K.K.'s face.

"...Really, little Klaus, you made me wait for so long."

Before the car stopped, the door was opened impatiently, and Klaus and Gilbert got out of the car urgently and ran towards K.K.

"K.K! You're not hurt, are you?!"

"Injured?" K.K was a little surprised to hear this. He looked around and understood. "Oh, you mean that? Of course I'm fine. Why are you so worried about me? I'm so happy!"

As she spoke, K.K., who is already a mother of two children, smiled like an innocent little girl.

However, if coupled with the large number of fully armed enemy corpses piled up on both sides of her, her smile would become extremely terrifying.

Seeing that K.K. was indeed fine, Klaus breathed a sigh of relief, and Gilbert promptly suggested, "Well, get in the car first, young master."

"Okay, K.K., get in the car first."

K.K looked at the black car that Gilbert drove over, a complicated look flashed across his eyes, and then he nodded: "Let's go."

"You guys... don't you plan to invite me to go with you?"

Just as they opened the car door, a sudden voice made the three of them freeze involuntarily.

It was not just because they didn't notice anyone approaching, but also because they were so familiar with the voice.

K.K's lips moved twice, and a wry smile appeared on his face: "Oh, this is really troublesome."

Klaus turned quietly and looked at his partner standing behind him, "I'm sorry I've been hiding this from you Stephen, but you may not be able to help with this matter."

"I know. You're not very good at covering things up, and you've been too obvious a few times."

Although it was revealed that several people were secretly gathering behind his back, Stephen did not seem that angry. After hearing Klaus's refusal, he just shrugged casually and walked to the car with his hands in his pockets, seemingly casually.

"Given your personality, you would never avoid asking me if you need my help, so I know that I can't help you with this matter."

Seeing that Stephen's emotions were relatively stable, K.K breathed a sigh of relief and patted his chest: "Oh, I was scared to death, Stephen, you have a stiff face every day, it's scary!"

"Sorry K.K, but I'm used to this expression."

After apologizing to K.K. without any sincerity, Stephen turned his attention to Klaus again:
"So, even though I can't help, I can at least be the one to collect your body, right?"

Klaus was silent for a moment, then shook his head:
“I’m sorry, Stephen, the place we are going to now is too dangerous! Although I have managed to get out alive a few times, I’m not sure I can still survive this time. If we are unlucky, even all of us will have to stay there. So, I can’t…”

"This time it's different!" Stephen interrupted Klaus.

“This incident is completely different from previous ones, and the people and forces involved are far beyond your imagination!

In fact, I can almost think of the way you can get new information, but because of this, I must go this time. Although it may not be useful, at least I can get some important information. "

Stephen did not explain it more clearly. After all, if they were unlucky this time, it was very likely that no one would come back alive.

And Stephen even suspected that the other party released the angel armor as bait to lure them.

"So, this time, K.K, let's switch places. You go back to the headquarters and wait for orders..."

After hesitating for a moment, Stephen did not say the rest.

But after fighting together for so many years, K.K certainly understood what he meant.

Stephen has prepared for the worst. If all three of them are wiped out this time, then one of them must return to Libra to continue to preside over the work.

"This is not appropriate. I think you are more suitable than me to be the new leader of Libra." K.K spoke without hesitation.

In fact, Klaus also thought so, so he chose K.K. as his corpse collector.

Because if bad luck strikes and a conflict breaks out, it is very likely that no one who goes there will come back alive. At this time, Stephen will have to take on the leadership of Libra.

"Don't worry, I have other backup plans. If I die, someone will deliver the things to you, and then they will help you rebuild Libra."

Stephen walked to the car very naturally, opened the door and got in. He smiled at K.K., which was rare. "Besides, K.K., didn't you come here on a motorcycle? In this way, at least I don't have to rush back so desperately."

Klaus and K.K. looked at each other. Without much hesitation, Klaus, as the core leader of Libra, quickly made a decision and nodded firmly to K.K.: "Then I'll trouble you with Libra!"

"Don't talk like you're going to die. Haven't you come back alive four times?!"

K.K rolled his eyes helplessly, but still sat back on the motorcycle obediently, and glared at Stephen fiercely.

"You cold-faced man, I knew you must have secretly done a lot of messy things! When you come back, I will let Klaus question you!"

"Then I can only pray that we can return safely." Stephen did not take K.K.'s "threat" seriously.

"In that case, Gilbert, let's go!" Klaus also got in the car.

"Yes, Master."

Gilbert maintained his usual composure as a top butler, and waited until the others had finished their discussion before he slowly started the car and left.

As the car started its journey, Klaus urgently introduced their main itinerary to Stephen in the car.

……

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"Don Aluel El Eruga Folgurus?!" Stephen opened his eyes wide in disbelief after listening to Klaus's explanation, "Is it the elder Aluel I know?"

"Yes, that person, one of the elders of the other world, the most powerful person in the entire other world, one of the few great figures."

"This is a big problem. It turned out to be that elder."

Even though Stephen had guessed about Klaus's source of information before, he never expected that it was the most powerful person in the other world.

It is no exaggeration to say that without the Thirteen Kings coming forward to manage, this person is already the most powerful being in the other world. Even in the two worlds, there are only a handful of people who can have equal power to him.

If converted into the human world, this elder can be regarded as a supreme leader at the level of the Five Permanent Members, and these "Five Permanent Members" are a genuine imperial country!
This is the status of Alul-El. Even his power as a divine being pales in comparison to this level of power.

"This is a big problem." Stephen couldn't help biting his fingers, but soon discovered the problem.

"But that's not right. Logically speaking, people like us... no, even the leaders of other worlds, can't just 'audience' such beings so casually, right?"

"That's because... he is an avid fan of Demon Wars Chess!" Klaus stated this fact calmly.

"I see!"

Stephen looked at Klaus, and he also recalled that when Klaus was at the headquarters every day, he spent most of his time sitting in front of the computer playing the game of Demon War Chess.

"I thought you were really addicted to that game, it seems I misunderstood."

"Ah, not really. The Demon War Chess game is really fun." Klaus gave a thumbs up.

"Don't be so honest in this situation, at least let me be a little touched!"

After complaining, Stephen discovered another problem:
"You should have told me earlier. If I had known that you were going to use the Demonic Battle Flag to obtain intelligence, I could have arranged for someone to do so in advance."

Although Libra is a small organization, Stephen felt that it would be easy for him to hire a chess master in advance if he was prepared.

"After all, I remember that although you like playing Demon War Chess, you are not very good at playing games, right?"

It is no exaggeration to say that through the games they played in their spare time, Stephen felt that he was better than Klaus.

"You misunderstood. I'm not bad at games, but I'm not good at winning." Klaus retorted seriously.

His words made Stephen's head turn black: "Isn't the purpose of playing chess to win?"

"No, it's different." Klaus' expression was very serious.

"The rules of the game of Elder Alul El are to listen to the wishes of the visitor and decide the duration of the game according to the wishes. The greater the wish to be fulfilled, the longer the game will last.

The rule is to play fast chess. If you can win, there is no need to say more ifs, but if you can drag the game to the end of time or it is a draw, the challenger will also be considered the winner.

Of course, if he fails, the challenger will lose the rest of his life."

"It sounds like a very favorable condition for the challenger... Although the risk of failure is the challenger's life, the conditions for winning sound relatively simple."

Even as he said this, Stephen frowned.

He knew Klaus's character very well. Since the conditions seemed so favorable, but Klaus still considered it a very risky behavior, it meant that there were unknown difficulties involved.

"I want to correct you. Failure is not 'death', but 'the remaining life', which means 'life' that includes all possibilities."

"It's hard to understand." Stephen shook his head and looked at Klaus. "But no matter what, you have come back alive four times, right? Doesn't that mean you have defeated him four times?"

"You're wrong. I didn't come back to win the game every time. Instead, I racked my brains to hold on until the time was up, and then I escaped with my life lingering!"

Klaus spoke the shameful truth without hesitation.

(End of this chapter)