I'm an antique shop owner, so it's reasonable for me to know some magic

Chapter 408

The throat of the person traveling with him was torn apart, and he died twitching before he could even utter a sound.

Warm blood splattered half of Liam's face. The strong fishy smell made his stomach churn, and sour water surged all the way up to his throat.

But Liam didn't care about all that. He vomited acid, but his eyes were fixed on the man with a bun opposite him.

The smile on the other person's face remained, no different from the previous conversation, but now it looked extremely sinister in Liam's eyes.

"Are you wondering why I killed them? If you think about it, you will understand, sir."

"They asked you to deliver the letter, but they didn't tell you to go back, did they?"

Liam's teeth chattered.

He himself couldn't tell for a moment whether it was out of anger or fear.

Before I figured this out, my mouth uttered a word without my brain thinking.

"I can... be a guide."

The man in front raised his hand slightly, and the monster that was ready to move in the darkness on the side suddenly became quiet.

The other party raised his chin slightly, indicating that he should continue.

"Now, there are not only ordinary people gathered here, but also many extraordinary people. It is very likely that there will be powerful beings among them..."

"We can solve ..."

"But it will consume..."

Liam swallowed and continued.

"When consuming your manpower, no matter what the situation, you should achieve your goal with the least loss. Reducing losses means increasing profits."

"My strength is to minimize losses and achieve the expected goals."

The domineering children of the big family are stingy and miserly, the colleagues who work with them are greedy and never give up, and the subordinates in charge of the execution are servile and beg for mercy but have their own ulterior motives.

How to use the meager budget to get things done is the eternal task of middle-level managers.

The reason why he can have his current status is entirely due to his ability to squeeze oil out of stones.

Although in the end, he could not avoid being treated as a chess piece that could be discarded at will.

There was silence all around, and time seemed to be infinitely stretched.

It was not until he could no longer endure such torture and was about to speak that the other party finally spoke.

"If there is a transcendent who breaks through here, just bring him here and let me see whether you are worthy as you said."

Liam was stunned, and after a while, he sat down on the ground, crying and laughing at the same time.

He is still alive... He can still live...

After he finished crying, Liam stood up from the ground and realized that his body shape and appearance had changed.

The normal body shape due to constant exercise turned into an obese figure full of fat, and the relatively young face became untidy and wrinkled.

This appearance does not look pleasing to the eye. How can one gain the trust of others?
But there is no other way to survive now.

He found a place to hide and began to compile different versions of the story in his mind.

But from the beginning until now, no one has been able to reach this place.

Until the person next to me arrived.

When he saw the other person's appearance, he had a bad feeling in his heart.

Black hair... black pupils...

These two features reminded him of the man with a bun who was in charge of all this.

Liam just prayed to God in his heart that the other party's character was not too bad, but in less than a second, the other party was ready to chop off his head and kick it like a ball.

What a cruel supernatural being. He must be the kind of supernatural being who takes human life lightly.

That's good, it will alleviate some of his guilt.

After he had embellished his narrative with a mixture of truth and lies, he finally gained the other party's trust.

I thought that as long as I could lure it to its destination, I could escape from this desperate situation.

But things didn't go as smoothly as he thought.

During the guidance process, he was only one step away from death several times, but it was the young man beside him who came to the rescue.

Liam got up from the ground and watched the young man walk step by step towards the door that was spewing gray mist. His heart beat faster and faster.

The man told him that if he could prove his worth, he would be able to survive in the cannibalistic purgatory.

Now that it was only one step away, Liam was not excited.

He was shocked by this change in himself.

The first step to becoming a politician is to abandon so-called morality and put yourself above millions of citizens.

Conscience is a luxury. It’s okay to mention it occasionally to deceive voters, but how can it really grow?
At this time, you should immediately step back a few steps to avoid blood splashing on yourself...

"Sir, there is no need to be so anxious. Why don't you cast two spells to test it out?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Liam wanted to slap himself in the face twice.

"Oh?"

The young man turned his head and looked at him with some surprise.

"Why do you want to test it? Is there any problem?"

"Well, I'm not sure, but things here are not normal. It's always better to be cautious."

Liam naturally didn't dare to say that if you take one more step forward a fatal trap would be triggered, but he just explained it this way.

"It seems that your previous experience has made you a little smarter. Well, let me see if there is any fraud around here."

The black-haired young man raised his hand, as if he was about to cast the magic that created thunder again, but there was suddenly movement on the ground around him!

The floor made of flesh and blood bulged up and then exploded. Amidst the scattered mucus and blood, strange flowers were seen twisting and screaming!
The speed was so fast that the young man had no time to construct mysterious runes with light as he had done before.

Finished!

Liam felt cold all over.

He had some understanding of the extraordinary power system. People with extremely strong magic skills were definitely not good at close combat. Once they were attacked by someone and had no time to cast spells, they would be no different from ordinary people.

The petals made of red flesh were covered with sharp teeth as long as an ordinary person's fingers. Not to mention being swallowed, even if they were scratched, the skin would be torn and the blood would flow.

He subconsciously stood up and walked towards Su Fan, wanting to rush over to save him, but before he even took a step, he saw an unbelievable scene.

The young man casually snapped his fingers and shattered the terrifying-looking sharp teeth, along with the flesh, blood and petal tissues.

If Liam hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he would have thought that the monster had been hit by some large-caliber anti-material sniper rifle.

Is this something you can do with just a flick of your finger? Are you a human being?
Before Liam could say anything, he saw the young man kick down again, and in an instant the entire building that had been invaded by the strange organization began to shake.

The surging waves of flesh and blood were suppressed and returned to calm.

Just when Liam thought the dust had settled, thousands of bone spurs suddenly burst out from the previously defeated human flesh petals!
These tooth-like objects pierced into the young man's body, and blood splattered everywhere.

The young man's body was riddled with wounds, and he fell straight to the ground without even a word of last words.

The flesh floor opened a small sip and sipped the blood flowing from the young man's body, laughing shrilly with great excitement.

Dead? Just like that? Liam didn't feel relieved, but rather a little sad.

He has seen very few truly good people; some are just foolishly kind, while others are just hypocritical.

Good people who are capable and wise are the spark that can change the world.

But he extinguished the fire himself...

"Why do you look like your mother is dead?"

The sudden voice from the side startled Liam.

He turned his head and saw the young man who should have been dead standing next to him.

"Are you... a human or a ghost?!"

Liam turned his head again to confirm that there was no body on the ground not far away.

But the small mouth that had opened on the ground was no different from before. It was still opening and closing, but it was swallowing nothing but air.

"As you can see, I used a little sleight of hand just now."

Su Fan looked at the closed mouth on the ground with disgust, then raised his hand and a bolt of lightning appeared.

The big mouthful of flesh that was happily "eating" was chopped into a crisp and disappeared.

"A blind trick?"

The sound just now and the smell of blood in the air were all fake!
So is what is in front of me now also an illusion?

It shouldn't be...

Liam felt like his brain was about to burn, but he was startled awake by Su Fan’s next words.

"Actually, I was going to kill you just now, but since you seemed to have a change of heart, I'll spare your life."

He couldn't believe it and slowly turned around to face the young man.

The latter looked calm and continued.

"Your disguise is really poor."

"First of all, how can a person without any abilities escape the pursuit of vampires? Even if they are a hundred meters away, they can smell the scent of humans in the wind."

"Secondly, your neck was attacked in the gray fog, but no blood flowed out, so your current appearance is also fake."

"Based on these two points alone, I can conclude that you are not that simple."

Liam was shocked when his disguise was revealed. His thinking became slow and he subconsciously asked the questions in his mind.

"Then why didn't you expose me directly at that time?"

"Of course it's the story you made up."

The smile on the young man’s face made Liam’s heart skip a beat.

It turns out that the other party knows everything.

He is able to detect camouflage with just a momentary scratch, and his keen sense is frightening.

“People cannot imagine things they have never seen, and naturally they cannot make up logical lies.

You must know something. I wanted to see if I could get some special intelligence along the way, but you weren't very willing to cooperate."

As the young man spoke, the breath of death seemed to rise in the space.

"I originally planned to kill you legitimately after the trap was triggered, extract your soul and read your memory, but..."

Su Fan paused, raised his hand and patted the other person's shoulder with a smile.

"But you regretted it in the end, which proves that you still have a future."

Liam's experience can be said to fully explain what heaven is in one thought.

If he had not expressed regret when he saw Su Fan's death in the illusion, he might have become Su Fan's first soul-searching experiment subject.

"Come on, tell me, what was the situation at that time?"

After Liam glanced at Su Fan, he looked away and spoke.

"The assassination mission failed. I am no longer useful over there, but I don't want to die yet."

“I will tell you everything I know so that I can help you break through the gray fog that blocks this place and allow everyone to escape.”

"The information I have revealed to you so far is all true. I have only concealed some details and key points."

"In fact, their relationship with the Order is much closer than I described."

"The top brass has long been aware of their actions, but they didn't hunt them down right away. Instead, they ordered me to recruit them and even get involved... You don't seem surprised at all."

"Of course. As the city with the most cameras in the world, if someone wants to investigate, people who come here will have no privacy at all. It's not uncommon for the government to recruit bad people."

Su Fan analyzed calmly and added a sentence at the end.

"I'm not one of those British citizens who curse them but still have illusions about them in their hearts. What's there to be surprised about?"

Liam subconsciously wanted to refute, but found that the other party was right and there was no way to argue. He could only skip this sensitive topic and continue.

"Those families sent some marginal figures with no real power and talent here to recruit a group of extraordinary guards as excellent fodder. The cult also sent a few cadres, who were killed by the government at the last minute."

This tacit exchange of chips should have made the listeners feel weird and uneasy, but the young man in front of him remained calm.

"So, even if someone manages to escape from the building besieged by the cult, they will be brought back by the special organization. They will not let anyone who knows the internal situation come out alive."

"Your enemies are not only vampires, monsters, and cults, but also the powerful outsiders and the extraordinary people who work for them. It is no exaggeration to say that you are enemies everywhere."

Liam spoke in a heavy tone, revealing the current predicament that Sufan was facing.

"I can see that it's not difficult for you to leave alone with your ability. Why don't you take your loved ones with you and escape for the time being?"

"That's not necessary."

The young man waved his hand.

"That evil Taoist behind the scenes does have some abilities, but he is not worthy of me avoiding him."

"How can you flee without even seeing me?"

Liam was stunned. He sensed a strong sense of confidence in the young man's words.

"If you were to fight the other party, could you really win?"

Will win...

Su Fan wanted to answer like that, but suddenly he thought of a white-haired man who had had his limbs amputated, so he swallowed the words and just smiled.

There was no answer, but the confident look on his face said it all.

Liam looked at Su Fan like this for a moment and spoke.

"The assassination mission failed. I have no value to them and will definitely die here. But I am afraid of death, so I want to take a gamble."

"How can I help?"

Su Fan became interested.

"Of course I will offer my loyalty to you."

(End of this chapter)