Defeating Magic Chapter 30: Playing the World and Chasing Men Was the Same Thing

Chapter 30: Playing the World and Chasing Men Was the Same Thing

Translated by Addis of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

Editor: Mimosa

Luo Futu lay in bed waiting for Zhou Yan to come back. It was reasonable to say that even if he were watching the action, it would not take long to come back. ‘Who knew that he actually ran out to watch the action for half a day, and that there was no intention to come back?’

Luo Futu looked at the cold chicken soup on the table, and did not want to eat. He was not really hungry. He now wanted to know who caused the noisy people. If he found out, he must give them a curse— a curse of being unable to pee for three days.

After a long time, Zhou Yan finally came back from outside with a frown on his face and a heavy heart. Luo Futu felt strange emotions, so he asked, “What’s going on?”

Zhou Yan closed the door behind him and sat down on a chair. “Do you know what happened outside?”

Luo Futu was not very concerned. “Anyway, it won’t have anything to do with us.”

Zhou Yan glanced at him expressionlessly, Luo Futu saw that he did not look right and asked again, “It has something to do with us? What’s going on?”

He finished and thought, ‘Could it be that Thomas’ people have come here, but if it were his people, they shouldn’t show up like this, and if Zhou Yan found the mystic who was after him, the first thing he would do was tell him to run away, not be so preoccupied as he was now.’

“I saw the Lurian we just killed in the street.”

Luo Futu was a little surprised, then said, “Then it must not be alive, otherwise you would not be so calm. And the cheering outside seems to be welcoming someone, it can’t be that monster, right?”

Zhou Yan poured himself water while nodding. “Someone picked up the Lurian’s body and is parading it through the streets. He killed him, he said.”

This was too much of a coincidence, or rather, this person was too lucky. The real killer of the monster was still lying in bed recovering from injuries, and there was a fresh body on the street…. ‘How could he pick it up? The Lurian’s body was clearly thrown over the cliff.’

Luo Futu suddenly laughed. “That’s interesting.”

Zhou Yan looked up at him. “It wasn’t worth telling you about it, but you don’t care? I thought you were going to climb down and put a curse on him even at the risk of tearing your wounds.”

Luo Futu said that he wanted to put a curse on him, but the reason was something else.

“It’s not that I don’t care, I’ve just seen too many of these things and I’m used to them.” Luo Futu propped himself up on the bed and sat up. When Zhou Yan saw him moving around, he came over to help him and thoughtfully tucked a pillow behind him to help him cushion himself. “I’ve seen too many people who are faking their reputation…. This one today, just using the corpse of a monster to act as a hero, is small compared to the nasty things I’ve seen.”

Zhou Yan sat down on the edge of the bed and gracefully crossed one leg and folded it towards the other side. “I understand what you’re saying. But there’s a little more trouble today. The person who picked up the Lurian’s body and touted it is the very person we’re meeting this time, the small factory owner of the iron ore plant.”

Zhou Yan went out to see the fun, and the parade of carriages drove right past him. A young blond man sat at the front of the carriage in a casual posture, spirited and very flamboyant.

He looked very handsome, but dressed too exaggeratedly with a medieval European aristocratic dress and a thick gold necklace hung around his neck. He was posed half-lying in front of the carriage, supporting a swinging leg.

This guy was close to having “rich master” written on his face. Zhou Yan expressionlessly stared at the carriage from afar, and the word that popped up in his head was: trouble.

To be honest, Zhou Yan didn’t know how to negotiate with this kind of character. Not only was he flamboyant and vain, but so far, his integrity on Zhou Yan’s side was not good enough as he actually picked up monster corpses to bring back for his own merit to fool the people.

If possible, he hoped that their collaborator was not this one.

Unfortunately, Zhou Yan checked the portrait that Xiao Ban gave him and was convinced that the one who was parading through the streets while receiving the cheers and worship of the people was the owner of the iron ore factory he was looking for at this time, Gabriel.

Xiao Ban said Gabriel was a very rich man. The iron ore factory was something he inherited from his father, but this person did not pay much attention to business and was instead always thinking about messy things.

Xiao Ban did not say what the so-called “messy things” were.

Luo Futu listened to him and showed a pensive expression; Zhou Yan also fell silent with him. A moment later, Zhou Yan said, “Now there are already people using the Lurian as a scam, it seems that there are such monsters in other parts of the world, but we don’t know….”

‘If there hadn’t been such a monster, it would have been difficult for Gabriel to become a “hero” by killing a Lurian. After all, people would only be afraid of the real danger of the monster. If this thing had not eaten people, then no matter how many they killed, they would not become a hero.’

‘Is it because the two of them stayed in Kohl Town and were not informed?’

Luo Futu obviously also thought of this point as he frowned slightly. “Until now, we have not heard any news from Thomas. They have not returned for so long, and according to his character, they should have long pressed.”

Zhou Yan sniffed at Luo Futu and then stared at the wound on his shoulder for a long time before he suddenly asked, “When you killed that Lurian, did you leave any traces on it that could prove your identity?”

Luo Futu did not know what Zhou Yan wanted to do. He raised his eyebrows and said, “It has touched my spell, naturally it will leave traces, that corpse should have the spirit seal belonging to the Witch Spirit.”

Zhou Yan bit his lip. “I’ll go and negotiate with Gabriel.”

“Now?”

Zhou Yan nodded. “He is mystic, and very rich. He must have the medicine that works fast on mystic injuries.”

The effect of the crocus flower was too slow as Luo Futu’s body was too slow with recovery. If the Lurians were already appearing everywhere, there was no time for them to delay.

“He is mystic?” Luo Futu repeated once in doubt. “What faction is it?”

Zhou Yan wasn’t so sure. “I didn’t see any items that could prove his faction affiliation, but he’s mystic for sure, the onlookers are saying that.”

“Are there any markings on the wagon? A snake? An eagle? A butterfly?” He finished and said to himself, “Butterflies are unlikely, after all, the fairy spirits have long been annexed by me.”

Zhou Yan now understood that it seemed that the eagle was the symbol of the Holy Spirit led by Thomas. He recalled for a while but still shook his head, “There should be none, no matter what place, I did not see a totem or object that can indicate the identity. I think the probability is that he has no faction.”

Luo Futu coldly smiled. “Then it is not enough to be in a club, not even Mystic Academy; it must be a half-wit.”

“Mystic Academy?”

Another new term appeared that he had never heard him mention before. Zhou Yan asked, “Isn’t a mystic naturally born mystic? How come there’s an academy?”

Luo Futu hooked his lips. “Of course, mystic spells are divided into two parts. One is the base spell and one is the practiced spell. The base spells are born into existence, and some highly gifted mystics will use them at birth making them easy to use, and they do not consume much spiritual power. For example, the voodoo spirit school has the base spell of the anthropomorphic snake state, and I use the base spell in an injured state without using too much power. But the base spells are ultimately just the basics. To become more powerful, you have to learn the practiced spells, because the practiced spells can use a stronger power. Powerful mystics will be picked up by the mystic academy to study them. From the moment you enter the academy, you begin to stream, learn different factions of spells, and are divided into the corresponding school after graduation.” He finished musing, “The world has several mystic schools despite endless fighting, but there is a default rule. Once you enter the mystic academy, you will have a truce to stop fighting. The mystic academy can only remain neutral, and can not interfere in the fight between anyone. If someone violates this rule, then others have the right to kill him.”

Zhou Yan listened with great interest. “So it seems that your world is not completely disorderly. But aren’t there only three schools in the world? Base spells…. And only these types of creature mimicry?”

Luo Futu smiled again. “Of course not, the other smaller schools have just been killed off.”

“….”

He leaned back slightly on the cushion. “There are also mystics within the Witch Spirits who use other base spells, but the practiced spells are all the same.”

Zhou Yan thought to himself, ‘He clearly said that the Witch Spirit was using the snake mimicry. It seems that he did not take into account the mystic who used other mimics in the Witch Spirit. Perhaps when choosing the Witch Spirit, he was picking the kind of mystic whose base spell was the snake mimicry.’

Zhou Yan stood up. “Then I’ll go find Gabriel. You stay here and get well.”

Luo Futu sniffed and only sat on the edge of the bed to look at him. “You are so anxious, whether you are worried about my body, or worried about delaying the work schedule; because the Lurian appeared too early, the work schedule can not keep up with the progress, and will hurt the civilian population.”

Zhou Yan froze for a moment hearing him say this. “I….”

Luo Futu looked at him and narrowed his eyes with a hint of disappointment on his face. “Well, you don’t need to say it, your expression says it all.”

“….” Zhou Yan sat there clenching his fists tightly, somehow feeling as if his heart had been stabbed by tiny barbs. He felt very uncomfortable. He was silent for a long time before he silently stood up, but sat back down in the next second. He looked at Luo Futu and said softly, “That….”

“Hmm?”

“Thank you.”

Luo Futu stared at him. “I don’t want you to thank me.”

“….” Zhou Yan knew what he meant, but this guy was always so ambiguous that he couldn’t answer.

Luo Futu did not continue to dwell on this point, and he raised his hand to gently press the wound on his shoulder. “I will go with you.”

“No way,” Zhou Yan refused. “You are not yet healed.”

Luo Futu laughed. “The flesh wound is not fatal to me, the bleeding has stopped, what can happen? It’s more dangerous than letting you go alone to meet a strange mystic. I must follow.”

Zhou Yan frowned, clearly disagreeing with what he said. However, Luo Futu had already gotten up and draped his clothes over him. Seeing that Zhou Yan was still frozen in place, he said, “Come and help me.”

Luo Futu’s arms were still immobile and he was struggling to put on his clothes. Zhou Yan thought, ‘Don’t get up and toss it if it’s so troublesome.’ However, he went over and helped him pull his clothes up to his shoulders.’

Luo Futu was really a tough guy as he didn’t even react to putting on and taking off his clothes like this. When Zhou Yan helped him tie his clothes, he didn’t hear him scream in pain. Luo Futu stared down at Zhou Yan and saw him seriously helping himself to fasten the buttons. He could not help but lower his head. “You have….”

Zhou Yan suddenly took a step backward, just in time to avoid him.

Luo Futu slightly froze. He obviously perceived Zhou Yan’s avoidance, but the latter still looked calm as if nothing had happened.

“Mn, let’s go.”

Luo Futu stared at his beautiful but desperate face for a long time, and did not say anything else. ‘He was going to pretend that nothing had happened again, and that what had happened before was over and done with? He personally brushed the goodwill, he said that he did not want it?’ 

Whether it’s fighting the world or chasing omega, it’s the same thing: every effort would be in vain. He smiled faintly at Zhou Yan. “Okay.”