Skill extraction from Dragon Clan

Chapter 643 Another Gathering
Zheng Shu came back to his senses and looked at King Despair carefully, then shook his head silently without saying anything more.

King Despair became interested in Zheng Shu's attitude:
"I'm actually very curious. From the first moment we met, you seemed to be full of hostility towards me. Although I admit that our meeting was not very happy, for people of our level, this kind of thing is just a joke at most, isn't it?"

"You're right, that's true." Zheng Shu nodded seriously, "So my hostility towards you has never been due to any unpleasantness between us."

"why?"

"Because strictly speaking, I am a Taoist priest."

King Despair suddenly realized: "So that's it."

King Despair has observed the human world for thousands of years and is of course very familiar with the various cultures of the human world.

After Zheng Shu said this, he understood that his form of existence, from a more popular point of view, was probably similar to being possessed by an evil spirit or taking over another's body.

Meeting a Taoist priest in this situation is certainly not a good thing.

"No wonder."

"So when I met you, I didn't kill the demon on the spot because of Feimuto. Although I don't know what your purpose is, but after completing those messed-up performances, remember to return the body to this child."

Zheng Shu pointed at the King of Despair, but he was not pointing at him. He was pointing at the original owner of the body: Xiao Hei.

King Despair seemed not to have heard Zheng Shu's words, but looked up at the sky, looking at the giant barrier that enveloped the entire Hersharemz, which could be vaguely seen even in the night.

"Demon slaying?... I hope so."

Coming back to his senses, King Despair looked at Zheng Shu with a weird smile:
"Don't worry. When this is over, I will return the body to him regardless of success or failure. If everyone is still alive by then..."

Zheng Shu shrugged, not paying attention to the words of the King of Despair that sounded like a threat, and glanced at him.

"I hope you can keep your promise. So, why are you waiting here so late at night just to talk to me about these things?"

"No, meeting you tonight was completely an accident. Actually, it was not me who wanted to come here to wait for someone, but him." King Despair shook his head and pointed at himself.

Zheng Shu knew what he meant. He meant that wandering the streets was not the idea of ​​King Despair, but of Xiao Hei.

"Tsk, just now you said that the two of you were one, but now you are so clearly separated."

After muttering to himself, Zheng Shu understood Xiao Hei's idea after a brief thought: "Wait for Leo?"

"Yes, after all, she is the sister he is willing to sacrifice his life to protect. Even though he has met the kid with the artificial eye twice, he is still a little worried. So this guy is wandering around the street foolishly at night, just to create a chance to meet her by chance, and then carefully instruct the other party... What a good brother."

Zheng Shu looked up and down at King Despair with a strange gaze, which made King Despair feel creepy all over: "What are you looking at?!"

"Nothing, I just didn't expect you to have this side of you."

After all, comparing the power gap between King Despair and Xiao Hei, although the two parties belong to the same entity in terms of the contract, their leadership positions are very different.

As long as he wanted, King Despair could forcefully suppress Xiao Hei's will.

So no matter what Xiao Hei wants to do, he will never succeed if King Despair doesn't allow it.

"Tsundere has retired from the scene."

Zheng Shu thought silently in his heart, retracted his gaze, looked at the big clock on the street next to him as if nothing had happened, and changed the subject: "The banquet is about to start, remember not to be late."

"Tsk! So what if you're late?! Which of the Thirteen Kings is a decent person?"

"That's true." Zheng Shu nodded in agreement, "But if you go too late, those guys might exclude you and start playing first."

"..." King Despair was obviously silent for a moment, "Don't worry, this won't take too long."

"Are you willing to do this even if it's risky? Ah... you're really a tsundere."

Zheng Shu tried hard to keep his expression unchanged to prevent the King of Despair from noticing anything.

"Are you thinking about something wrong?" King Despair suddenly narrowed his eyes.

"I'm just thinking about how to get rid of you if something goes wrong. Don't think too much about it."

Zheng Shu didn't care that he was on the street now. He opened a space crack in front of him with an expressionless face and walked in.

"Let's go, remember not to come too late."

"Weird guy..."

A suspicious look flashed in his red pupils, and then he thought of what Zheng Shu had just said, and the King of Despair couldn't help but laugh:
"How to kill me? That's a good question. I wish I knew the answer to this question..."

Shaking his head with emotion, and glancing at the passers-by who seemed a little curious because Zheng Shu suddenly opened a space crack and left, the color of the "King of Despair"'s pupils gradually changed and soon turned back to green.

"Hmm? Was I distracted just now?"

Xiao Hei had just come to his senses and had not had time to think about it before he found that he had inexplicably become the focus of the street.

Coincidentally, Leo passed by him on a motorcycle at this time, and after spotting Xiao Hei, he quickly braked and stopped, turned around and greeted Xiao Hei who was still confused.

So, the two of them naturally left here on a motorcycle.

……

……

The gathering space of the Thirteen Kings is still as gorgeous as ever, and the starry sky is as gorgeous as a dream.

In such an environment, the thirteen kings gathered in groups of three or four, chatting about topics that interested them or holding seemingly childish competitions.

Just like what King Despair said, the Thirteenth King was never a man who followed the rules, so even though it wasn't time for the party yet, many people had already started the party when Zheng Shu arrived.

And judging from the traces on the table, they must have held more than one banquet.

"Oh, you're here."

Feimuto was still wearing a white suit, but his appearance now was not very gentlemanly.

He lifted up the two legs of the chair he was sitting on, put his legs on the table, and sat there swaying.

"Well, I just ran into that fellow, the King of Despair, on the road again and chatted with him for a while."

Zheng Shu came to Fimto's side with ease, nodded to Alikira beside him as a greeting, then pulled out a chair and sat down casually.

"Ha, it looks like you two have a very good relationship." Feimto laughed.

"No, we just met on the road. What's the situation now?" Zheng Shu didn't want to discuss this topic any more, and turned to look at the noisy group of people next to him.

"Them? A few people felt that they didn't need to compete for the chance to play a prank, but a few others were very interested, so they're now deciding the winner by rock-paper-scissors."

"Oh? Didn't you already promise the King of Despair?"

"It doesn't matter. I believe that with the level of the King of Despair, everyone will be interested." Fimto laughed.

"This guy still has such a bad temper." Arijira raised her head from her plate, wiped her lips gracefully, and looked at Fimto with contempt.

"I agree." Zheng Shu nodded.

"Hey, hey, when did you two become so close? I don't know anything about this!"

Seeing that the two people were about to unite to squeeze him out, Feimto could no longer sit still.

"This isn't a good relationship, this is just a tacit understanding."

Zheng Shu casually picked up a drink from the table and drank it, smacking his lips, savoring the unique texture and taste of the drink.

Alykira also nodded vigorously, put down the knife and fork in her hand, picked up the bucket of popcorn next to her and started eating.

"When Despair invited me to meet him, I felt something was not right, so I asked you to help me reject him. I didn't expect you to agree to it... Do you know how difficult it was to do that?"

The more she spoke, the angrier she became. Arikira angrily jumped off her chair and kicked Fimto's chair.

"oops!"

Fimto fell to the ground in a mess, but he was not angry while lying on the ground. Instead, he laughed loudly.

"Oh, mainly because the sky that guy was talking about was so attractive, I thought it would be fun, so I agreed without thinking... Ouch! It hurts!!"

Looking at Fimto rolling on the ground holding his calf, Arikira angrily retracted her foot that was kicking his calf, sat back in the chair, and ate handfuls of popcorn.

But judging from her constantly shaking legs, she should no longer be angry.

Zheng Shu smiled as if he was used to it and ended the greeting conversation.

Compared with the noisy thirteen kings around them, the small corner where Zheng Shu and the other two who had finished their chat were was eerily quiet.

Needless to say, although Alykira seemed to like attending parties very much, she didn't seem to like communicating with others.

Although he attended the banquet, he was immersed in his own world and spent most of his time just eating.

Fimto is in almost the same state. Although he is very active when playing pranks, he is idle most of the time.

It's just like today, when Zheng Shu came, although he didn't sit properly, he still put a novel on his legs and read.

Zheng Shu's habit when attending banquets is to eat a big meal from the beginning to the end, and he usually does not join in other people's conversations unless something special happens.

Therefore, due to the reasons mentioned above, although these three people all came to the banquet, the small group they formed was unexpectedly quiet.

However, the other thirteen kings were not surprised by this. After all, in their opinion, these three were scholars or researchers who liked to do research, so it was normal for them to have some quirks.

Just when the atmosphere of the banquet reached its climax, a low and melodious whistle slowly came.

Several of the Thirteen Kings who were immersed in rock-paper-scissors did not notice the newcomer. Only the quiet Zheng Shu and his three companions noticed the last guest of the banquet.

"Ok?"

Femto turned his head in confusion, and couldn't help but laugh when he saw the figure coming from the gate:

"Oh, what a rare visitor."

"Huh! Didn't you invite me here in the first place?"

King Despair approached the dining table where everyone was gathered and looked at the noisy Thirteen Kings. He understood what these people were doing just from their actions.

"Hey! It's so noisy, shut up!" The King of Despair shouted, causing a brief silence in the gathering space.

"what?"

Hearing such arrogant words, the thirteen kings who were in the midst of revelry raised their heads and looked at the King of Despair in confusion.

They were not angry about the interruption of their entertainment, because from the other party's tone, these guys smelled the scent of "fun".

"Of course it's my turn next!"

Pulling out the chair in front of the long table, King Despair sat down on it in a rather arrogant manner.

"Oh? It seems you are very confident!"

"Woohoo, there's something fun to watch again!"

"Why should we let this guy go ahead? I want to play a prank too!"

"I don't agree. I don't believe you can think of a more funnier prank than mine!"

“Ahhhhhhhh!!!”

Amidst the noise, Zheng Shu looked speechlessly at the Tyrannical King who raised his hands and roared meaninglessly. He carefully reached out and poked Alikira next to him:

"Why is this guy behaving like this?"

"Who knows, maybe because he's a fool."

Femto, who had already known the news in advance, smiled calmly:

"Are you finally going to start?"

"No, not the Fallen King."

Throwing Xiao Hei's glasses on the table, the King of Despair slowly raised his head, his scarlet pupils emitting unimaginable pressure.

"It's to end all this... my great collapse! Haha!"

……

After hearing his words, the gathering space suddenly became quiet, and all the thirteen kings looked at King Despair with strange eyes.

then……

"Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!"

"Did you hear what this guy just said?!"

"Hahahaha! I heard it! It's really interesting!"

The thirteen kings burst into laughter. For a moment, the entire gathering space could be described as a riot of demons.

To be able to reach the level of the Thirteen Kings, no matter if it is due to extraordinary talent or simply good luck, all of them have one most basic characteristic, that is, intelligence.

Even the Tyrannical King, who was described as a fool by Alykira, had intelligence and interpersonal experience far beyond the limits of ordinary creatures.

So even though King Despair's words were incoherent, the people present quickly understood what he meant.

To sum it up simply, what the King of Despair wants to do is to recreate the Great Collapse!

If this shocking purpose were to be revealed to the outside world, unless they were considered as insane, it would certainly cause panic, even though the people in Hersharemz were all insane and had died of nothingness.

But here, no one feels scared, everyone just feels it's interesting.

Just like Zheng Shu’s first feeling after coming into contact with these guys, because they have experienced so many things, there are no absolute good or bad people among the Thirteen Kings.

They are just like children who cannot be described in simple terms of good and evil. They can strangle small animals just for the sake of happiness, or they can save others just for the sake of happiness.

For them, even if it means destroying the world, as long as it feels interesting, they don't mind releasing their power to help others.

King Despair did not interrupt these guys' laughter, but just put his feet on the table and waited quietly.

Soon, the thirteen kings stopped laughing and looked at the King of Despair seriously. The pressure in their eyes was enough to crush an ordinary human to death.

"...Okay, we are looking forward to your performance."

(End of this chapter)