Chapter 999: Chapter 997: Are You Serious?
Long Mei’er listened, chuckled and said, “Of course it’s a suggestion, Wizard Richard, I still prefer to reason with my subordinates.”
Upon hearing this, Richard’s heart slightly relaxed, but then became cold again upon hearing Long Mei’er’s additional words.
Long Mei’er paused, then quietly added, “Did you know that it’s only when my suggestions aren’t accepted that I use force as a premise to issue orders to my subordinates?”
Uh, this…
Hearing this, Richard fell silent.
His brows furrowed into a knot, then slowly unfolded.
The moment his brows flattened, Richard blinked, turned to look at Long Mei’er and asked, “What if I can hurt you?”
“Huh? What?” Long Mei’er seemed puzzled, as if he hadn’t heard clearly.
Richard looked at Long Mei’er and said, “Supervisor, previously you mentioned that as long as I can hurt you, even just a tiny bit, it proves my strength. Then, you will choose to reason with me, not only not stopping me but also helping me. I want to ask, do you still acknowledge this statement?”
Long Mei’er was first a bit surprised, then laughed, “Of course I acknowledge it, but are you serious?”
“Yes, I am serious,” Richard responded.
“Interesting, ha, interesting. Wizard Richard, I haven’t seen such a courageous organization member like you in a long time,” Long Mei’er said, “If you can really hurt me, even just a tiny, tiny bit, I will reason with you properly.
Or to put it more bluntly, I won’t stop you from doing anything that doesn’t harm the organization’s interests. I will give you the third ‘Void Book’, and I can even take you to a place to let you get a good early understanding of this world—after all, by then you would have proven your qualification.”
“But there’s a small problem.” Long Mei’er’s tone shifted, “Wizard Richard, are you really sure you can do what you say, hurt me? How do you plan to do it? Are you going to fight me right here?”
“It’s too rushed now,” Richard pursed his lips and said, “If possible, I’d like Supervisor to give me half a month to prepare. In half a month, when I’m ready, we’ll duel. How about that?”
“Half a month? Ha, it seems you are quite serious, not joking,” Long Mei’er said with a smile, “Interesting. Alright, I can agree to duel with you in half a month. Then…”
Long Mei’er’s words were just halfway when suddenly an angry voice sounded from the nearby forest, like a beast roaring, or an extremely old person yelling. The emotion was evident, but the sound was unclear. Listening carefully for a while, it seemed like the name was being repeated.
“Yugen!”
“Yugen!”
Long Mei’er paused slightly, then looked at Richard and said self-deprecatingly, “Ha, I almost forgot the main business while talking to you.”
After speaking, he looked in the direction from which the sound came, and Richard followed and looked as well.
“Whoosh—”
A strong wind of more than ten levels blew from the direction of the sound, making the tall Arborvitaes sway continuously.
The wind carried an unspeakable stink, like a decades-untouched sewer.
“Bang bang bang!”
Heavy footsteps sounded, “crack” as a few trees were snapped, and a humanoid creature over two meters tall walked out, appearing in the clearing.
The opponent looked half-human, half-beast, with a human face, wearing human clothes, but the exposed arms were covered with gray, dense, fine hair, like a bear. The feet were bare, nails had sharp claws like a tiger.
The opponent’s eyes were orange, like flames burning. Upon reaching the clearing, it stared straight at Long Mei’er, continuing to vocalize, the meaning unknown, but the contained emotion grew stronger and stronger.
“Yugen!”
“Yugen!!”
“Yugen!!!”
Long Mei’er looked at the opponent, his gaze very calm, repeating the opponent’s words with a playful expression, “Yugen, huh?”
“Yugen!”
The opponent roared in fury, stomped the ground, and the ground around a few meters sank. All his hair stood on end and transformed into a Black Shadow, leaping toward mid-air.
During the leap, a powerful aura exploded from within, almost instantly breaking through the limit of a Third-level Wizard and continued to rise, pouncing at Long Mei’er.
At the same time, the air within hundreds of meters surged and compressed, like a giant wave in the sea pressed toward Long Mei’er. At this moment, it seemed like the whole world was pressing down on Long Mei’er.
Long Mei’er watched this, his eyes slightly squinting, showing no expression, as he stepped forward. His foot seemed to step on transparent glass, rising step by step, and when he took the last step, he was level with the pouncing monster.
Then Long Mei’er extended a hand and gently pressed it on the monster’s head.
Strangely, at the moment of contact, the monster’s body suddenly stiffened, allowing Long Mei’er to press its head down.
Then with a “boom”, Long Mei’er and the monster landed together, with a “thud”, Long Mei’er slammed the monster’s head heavily into the ground.
The monster became completely motionless, as if asleep, its raised fur relaxed completely, and the powerful aura it erupted vanished without a trace, as though it never existed.
Long Mei’er slowly withdrew his hand from the monster’s head, and watched as the monster’s body shrank rapidly, drying up, and finally turned into a pile of ash-gray powder.
“Whoosh—”
A wind blew, the powder vanished, leaving an overwhelming stench in the air.
Long Mei’er thus simply killed a powerful monster with the strength of a Level 4 Wizard.
Richard understood that it seemed simple, but the skill was hidden beneath the surface; this was the terrifying aspect of Long Mei’er. After all, he was a supervisor of a region in the Truth Society, and his strength was certainly formidable.
Having dealt with the monster, Long Mei’er looked over, “Alright, time is tight, and business is urgent. I have other matters to deal with in other places, so I won’t chat with you longer. Just remember the half-month agreement, at noon in half a month, I will be waiting for you at the Delan branch.”
With that, he soared into the sky, transforming into a golden light flying high, disappearing within a few seconds.
Watching Long Mei’er leave, Richard slowly withdrew his gaze, his expression somewhat solemn. Without saying a word, he stood quietly for a while, then also leapt up, flying into the sky, leaving the Green Algae Forest.
After dawn, Richard returned to Blue Lake Estate located in Jialan City.
He then issued an urgent command to Shambhala Uranium Mine: Hire a large workforce with double the salary, increase the number of workers, implement a three-shift system, and carry out uninterrupted mining twenty-four hours a day. Full force to improve mining efficiency, especially for some specific ores, which must be accelerated at all costs. The duration is half a month.