People in the League, Masters of Time Management

If nothing else, this should be the ice sculpture of Trundle, the king of trolls.

A series of winding stone paths and climbing frames made of bones form a treacherous path on the steep glacier.Mu Bai pinched his nose, and followed the troll whose hand had been cut off.

And tens of meters behind him, Trundle and an old troll were staring at him maliciously.

"Why don't we just kill this little man?" the old troll asked in a low voice.

"That would be too much effort. Don't take what you can outsmart." Trundle touched the Big Ice Stick in his hand, with a hint of disdain in his tone.

The old troll was the wisest troll in the clan—except for himself, of course.

But how to put it... is still kind of stupid.Most trolls are like that, with heads bigger than humans but stupid as a juvask boar.

"Little people are very cunning," the old troll held back for a long time before he could utter a complete sentence. "They have many tricks!"

Trundle let out a sneer, and his desire to speak grew less and less.But no matter how you say it, this old troll is the only idiot in the clan who can keep up with his own logic. The explanation still needs to be explained:

"No one is more cunning than a troll, understand? I have a lot of ways to make him lose the game."

"Oh..." The old troll nodded blankly.

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The sun was slowly sinking into the edge of the canyon, and Mu Bai came to the entrance of the troll cave.The entrance was a wide nostril carved in the face of the ice, and the icicles in the hole were dripping water, shrouded in a greenish light.

Mu Bai couldn't help shivering.

The stench inside the cave was even worse, and God knows how long it had been since those trolls standing in rows on both sides had bathed.

Or maybe they have never touched water except in the rain and drinking water?Well, it is possible, and very likely.

"Come on, little man, let's get ready for today's competition."

Trundle violently pushed his companion away, walked straight to the giant stone round table in the center of the cave, and then pointed to the seat opposite, motioning for Mubai to sit down.

"Tell me your name first, I think I will remember it for a long time, maybe for a lifetime."

"Mubai." Mubai calmly said his name, then lightly waved the long sword, directly cut off the upper layer of the stone chair, and sat down again.

The flat stone flakes fell to the ground together with the filth on them, causing the surrounding trolls to groan.

Probably cutting iron like mud is nothing more than that.

There was a gleam of greed in Trundle's oily eyes, but he hid it well.

"Get started quickly, I'm in a hurry." Mu Bai urged.

"Okay, then let's use the simplest method to decide the outcome." Trundle gave the old troll a look, and then clapped his hands vigorously.

But the latter just stood there blankly.

Also scratched his head.

The corners of Trundle's eyes twitched, and he lost face, "Bring the wine! You idiots!"

A group of trolls woke up like a dream, and hurried to carry the wine.

While waiting, Mu Bai took a good look at the troll in front of him - he was twice as tall as himself, his arms were as thick as a tree trunk, and his legs... were like thicker tree trunks.

His head was like a boulder rolling from the top of a hill, brushing all the frost moss and gorse along the way, until it fell to a larger boulder.

Ugly, but extremely oppressive.

"I heard that you used a trick to kill the king of trolls in the north." Mu Bai smiled, "You compare your appetite, and then tricked him into cutting his stomach with a knife."

"Soldiers are not tired of deceit. You soft-skinned little people in the south often say." Trundle made no effort to hide his cunning, and even took pride in it.

In his opinion, trolls who can use their brains are much better than trolls who can't use their brains.

And it is.

"En." Mu Bai nodded appreciatively, "Then are you going to cheat in the next competition?"

"Maybe, maybe not."

"why?"

"Because it's not up to me to decide whether to cheat or not, but to see if you find out. If you find out, then I'm cheating; if you don't find out, then I'm not cheating."

"What an idealist." Mu Bai chuckled and stopped talking.

While the two were talking, several trolls also brought up the wine.

A large wooden barrel with a capacity of at least seventy to eighty liters, with a controllable water outlet underneath.

Apparently, it wasn't something a troll could have made, probably snatched from some hapless caravan.

"To be fair, we drink yellow water." Trundle drew two glasses from under the table and filled them with wine. "You should know this stuff? It's what you little people in the south like to drink."

"Well, this is called ale." Mu Bai took one of the cups.

The diameter of this cup is longer than his palm, and there are about two liters in one cup.

Fortunately, the wine didn't stink, it was normal wine.

There is not only foam floating on the wine surface, but also two thumb-sized ice cubes.Ice cold ale, maybe you can get a good price in the tavern.

"Let's compare drinking. It saves time and doesn't hurt your friendship. It meets your requirements!" Trundle laughed.

"Indeed." Mu Bai said, "But do we want to drink all this barrel of wine?"

"No, no, that's a waste of time."

"Yes."

"So we'll just have one drink, that's all. Whoever finishes first wins, and I'll let you drink for five seconds, how about that?"

"Sounds good." Mu Bai shook the wine glass in his hand, knocking the foam to the ground.

If it was just this glass of wine, he could finish it in five seconds.

Of course, the premise is that the other party did not cheat.

"Then come on." Trundle stretched out his right arm imitating the appearance of a human gentleman, "You drink first, and I'll drink in five seconds."

Mubai nodded, and put the wine glass to his mouth.

Although the trolls like to cheat in the gambling game, they will not cheat on issues of principle.

For example, they may play a thousand cards, but they will never suddenly give their opponent a knife.

In other words, there might be something wrong with this drink, but it's certainly not poisonous.

Well, even if it was poisonous, it probably wouldn't be able to hurt my demon body.

It's clean and hygienic. Yes.

"You can start the timer."

After speaking, Mu Bai started to drink.

The cold wine flows down the throat and into the stomach, the bitterness and hot taste are intertwined and blended, and go straight to the brain.In a way, it's pretty cool.

But he soon discovered the problem.

Two seconds passed, and he felt that he drank a lot, but the wine in the glass was still full, and the taste became weaker and weaker.

It's like...someone has been filling their glass with water.

At this moment, the ice cubes floating on the wine surface lit up.

Mu Bai instantly understood: This is not an ordinary piece of ice, but... Zhenbing.

The energy contained in Zhenbing is extremely exaggerated, and its density is so ridiculously large that it has the reputation of "Ice That Never Melts".

But this is not the case.True Ice can also melt, but because it is too dense, True Ice as big as a fingernail can melt the water of a river, so it seems that it will never melt.

The reason why this wine can't be finished is because of the continuous melting of Zhenbing.

No wonder the more you drink, the weaker the taste...

At the fourth second, Trundle laughed.

And Mu Bai didn't continue to drink, and slapped the wine glass on the table with his backhand.

"You added Zhenbing to the wine. You cheated."

"Hey, how can this be considered cheating? You didn't say you can't add it." Trundle smiled and grabbed his glass, ready to take a sip.

But Mu Bai pressed his hand, "I haven't drunk for five seconds, what are you in a hurry for?"

"Oh, I'm sorry, I forgot that you humans like dying the most." Trundle said apologetically, but there was an arrogant expression on his face. "Please, you still have a second... By the way, Zhenbing can't get it out."

All the trolls watching the theater laughed wildly, as if they were celebrating tonight's gluttonous feast in advance, and they seemed to be praising their leader's resourcefulness.

"no problem."

Mu Bai smiled, and picked up the wine glass again under the gaze of many greedy eyes.

This time, he directly poured the wine into his mouth together with the Zhenbing on top.

never melt?

Then I'll just crush it for you!

In an instant, the power of the devil and the power of the darkborn erupted at the same time.

Black wings, black raven, red pupils...

Now, no one laughs anymore.

Chapter 19 Lady of Ice and Darkness Lissandra

What's inside the troll cave?

There used to be only trolls, because creatures that weren't trolls were all eaten.

But now, there's a demon besides the troll.

That delicious soft-skinned little man turned into a terrifying dark red demon with scales on his arms and wings on his back. Countless black strange birds circled around him, making strange "quack quack" sounds from their mouths.

Beyond the trolls Trundle was almost on the move—really, almost.His hand had already grasped the Big Ice Stick hidden under the stone table.

But he found that the little man who turned into a demon didn't seem to lose his mind, but picked up the wine glass again.

The little man poured Zhenbing into his mouth.

That's funny, doesn't he know that Zhenbing can't be eaten?Not even the most gluttonous, hungriest troll would have that thing in mind.

Trundle breathed a sigh of relief.He was looking forward to the scene where the other party was frozen to death or strangled to death by Zhen Bing.

Although he doesn't like eating human flesh - because they don't have much delicious meat, and the brittle bones are easy to clog their teeth.But since it's all delivered to your door, it doesn't hurt to eat more.

What's more, this is not only a villain, but also a devil villain...

"You are a man of courage, I admire you." Trundle said loudly, "I decided to let you drink for another five seconds, drink slowly, don't worry."

Mu Bai glanced at him, but didn't reply.

He could feel the Zhenbing melting in his mouth, which was not pleasant.More and more icy water overflowed, as if a pipe connected to the icy sea was stuffed in his mouth, and he couldn't drink it all.

Zhen Bing touched his teeth and tongue, and a terrifying chill rushed straight to his forehead.

This thing is hard, but the teeth that hold the power of demons and darkin are even harder.

Just a small piece of Zhenbing can still be crushed by Nuli.

click... click...

Snapped!

With a crisp sound, one of Mubai's teeth and Zhenbing must have broken.

He licked his gums, the teeth were still there.

A few slags of ice splashed onto the stone table, shining against the firelight, as beautiful as sapphires.

Zhenbing shattered, so the ale was no problem, and it was boring in just a few seconds.

"I'm done." Mu Bai threw the empty wine glass on the table, with deep contempt in his eyes.

"..." Trundle froze in place.

There are two glasses next to each other on the table, one empty and the other full.The glass that belonged to him didn't even have bubbles, and the wine reflected his ugly and funny face, mocking his self-righteous so-called tricks.