Defeating Magic Chapter 33: “You guys came to my house for a relationship?”

Chapter 33: “You guys came to my house for a relationship?”

Translated by Addis of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

Editor: Mimosa

“Guess he’ll be back.” Zhou Yan quietly sat in a chair to rest his eyes while waiting for Gabriel to return, but the other person in this room was not so quiet. He idly began to talk about his conspiracy theory, “You believe too blindly, if he really checks that the monster was not killed by him, there are two possibilities, the first is to admit his mistake, and there is another possibility which is to directly kill us.”

Luo Futu tapped the lid of his cup on the table. “After all, as long as the two of us are dead, no one in the world will ever know that the monster was not killed by him.” His tone was extremely casual, very much at odds with the content of his words.

Zhou Yan opened his eyes. “It’s not that I haven’t considered this possibility, but it wouldn’t do us any good to think that way.”

“How so?”

Zhou Yan exhaled and sat up straight. “The current political form is very unfavorable to you. Listening to Gabriel, your opponent seems to have taken hold of the power, and your strength alone can not save the day. To take back the power, we must unite most people and become our own force.”

Luo Futu heard him talk about this aspect, and also changed his initial gloomy attitude as he said seriously, “But there are not many Witch Spirits left.”

Zhou Yan glanced at him. “Who is talking about the Witch Spirits…. There are only a few mystics in total; even if you unite all your former followers, it won’t work. Ordinary people are the ones you should bring in.”

Luo Futu raised his eyebrows— he was right, but he just couldn’t think about yong in the first place.

“The problems of this society have begun to be exposed, and because of the Lurian’s presence, the already fragile regime system can no longer be maintained. Did you notice the order issued by Thomas? He actually pinned his hopes of getting rid of monsters like Lurian on bounties and civil society organizations, indicating that his mystic team also has no room for the monsters that will appear one after another around the world.” Zhou Yan wagged his finger at Luo Futu. “A government that can’t guarantee the safety of its people’s personal property is vulnerable.”

Luo Futu couldn’t help but laugh a little. “You’re really…. You criticize me every chance you get.”

“What I criticize is the social system.” Zhou Yan was very proper. “But maybe the emergence of Lurian is an opportunity for you. If at such a time you can build a group— or an army, which can protect everyone and can defend against foreign enemies, you can then say who would be in the hearts and minds of the people in this game.”

Luo Futu sighed softly. “I know what you mean.”

The emergence of Lurian was undoubtedly a big crisis, but it was the emergence of such a crisis with absolute crushing power that can break the balance of the original system. That balance, although fragile, needs an external force to make everyone understand that this balance was an illusion.

It was also Zhou Yan who put Luo Futu in the leading position in this game. It was this person, with a mind that seemed to come from an advanced civilization, who could give ordinary people the power to fight against Lurian.

Luo Futu understood the importance of Zhou Yan to him, but he sometimes didn’t understand what part of his role he was craving for. If he simply wanted him to help him seize power, it wouldn’t actually create emotions similar to possessiveness.

Luo Futu stared at him, refusing to blink for a second; perhaps it was a flaw in his personality that he had to make this person completely his own before he could feel at ease.

Zhou Yan swept him an expressionless glance. “Do you really understand? Then why do you want to work against Gabriel? If we don’t have his iron ore plant to support us, we won’t be able to make mecha, and then all the plans behind us won’t work.”

Zhou Yan stood up and paced to the wall where a landscape painting was hanging. He stretched out his hand and touched it, the delicate touch made him a little surprised, it seemed to be some kind of ore-grinding pigment, “If I’m right, this small mine owner should have more than iron ore resources at home, the dye on it is very bright, it seems to be another kind of ore grinding powder…. It’s a pity to use it as a dye. Another thing, this guy is very simple. If you tell him to overthrow Thomas, he may not be interested, but he wants to become a hero— you know how rare it is, why not take advantage of the elimination of the Lurian and pull him to form an army? When the time comes, he will be his hero, and you will win the hearts of the people.”

Zhou Yan finished his speech and turned around, but he saw Luo Futu standing behind him at some point. “No, it’s not a calculation, it’s a win-win situation.”

He wanted to go around Luo Futu, but Luo Futu reached out and blocked the way. Zhou Yan had to stare at him, and Luo Futu raised his eyebrows. “And what did you get out of this? You just want me to change the system of this society?”

Zhou Yan said unabashedly, “Yes.”

“That sounds incredible.”

Zhou Yan stared at him and was silent for a long time. “Do you know what faith is?”

Luo Futu stared at him and narrowed his eyes, Zhou Yan said, “You are the high priest, you should know that your followers will not hesitate to die because of your words, because you are their faith. And I, too, can raise my body to die for my faith.”

Luo Futu stared at him for a long time and suddenly frowned. “I don’t like you like this.”

He didn’t dislike Zhou Yan because he had the so-called faith, but he felt that Zhou Yan was strange. He felt a strange self-abandonment emotion from him. It was as if it described Lurian not as a creature, but as a monster because it did not hunt for energy. Zhou Yan was actually the same— he had no desire for something that ordinary people would aspire to.

“I don’t like myself like this either,” Zhou Yan said, tapping his head with one finger. “It’s upsetting me.”

Luo Futu stared at him for a long time and could not help but ask, “Apart from your faith, don’t you have anything else that interests you?”

Zhou Yan was puzzled. “You mean power and money? Indeed, I’m not interested.”

‘There was more to it than that.’

Luo Futu understood that Zhou Yan could not realize his own problem, and it was useless for him to say anything. He suddenly let out a laugh, and a twisted emotion similar to pleasure emerged in his eyes. “…. I really want to see another side of you.”

Zhou Yan furrowed his brow. “Don’t smile like that, you look like a pervert!”

At this time, Gabriel, who had gone out for half a day for proof finally returned. Zhou Yan and Luo Futu reflexively looked over to the door, and he also happened to look at them. As soon as Gabriel entered the door, he saw the image of Luo Futu holding Zhou Yan against the wall, and seemed to want to say something but suddenly choked his words back.

“…. You guys came to my house to fall in love?”

Zhou Yan realized at this point that there was a strange awareness between the two of them, and hurriedly pushed Luo Futu away as he distanced himself from him.

Gabriel’s expression was not good, and he walked straight into the room before he sat down next to Zhou Yan, who guessed that he had already asked for confirmation of the incident and was naturally not in a good mood.

Luo Futu’s face was full of happy expressions. If it weren’t for the fact that his face value was too much, this expression would definitely make him look like a terrible pervert. Even so, Zhou Yan didn’t want to look at him more than once. “Did you know there are magical beasts?”

Gabriel stared at Zhou Yan and then looked at Luo Futu before he suddenly spoke, “You know.”

Gabriel had just run to see the place where the corpse of that magical beast was piled up, and the truth was indeed as they said: that magical beast had an unmistakable spirit mark on its body. Ordinary people could not see it, but he, as a mystic, could notice it at a glance.

If the falling snow cliff was just a coincidence, then this spirit seal could completely prove that what Zhou Yan and Luo Futu said was true— that this magical beast did not die by his own hand. This was too humiliating!

Gabriel not only wanted to be a hero, he was also a man who loved to save face. Now that he had lost such a large amount of money, he had to get it back. Of course, Gabriel did not feel at all that he was incapable of defeating the wraith, but he just needed a chance to fight the wraith alone now. As long as he actually killed a wraith, then he wasn’t bragging and he could still be a hero.

Zhou Yan and Luo Futu heard him looking for the beast as soon as he opened his mouth, and also guessed a few of his thoughts. This guy was ultimately a child, and what was going on in his head was not difficult to understand. However, Luo Futu was not very interested in teaching children so he just laughed and did not make a sound.

Zhou Yan, on the other hand, spoke up and poked at his intentions. “Do you want to find a magical beast to kill and prove your ability?” Gabriel did not say anything, and Zhou Yan had a rather bad headache. “You better not have this idea. Killing a Lurian is not as easy as you think, and in front of this kind of monster, you do not need to prove anything at all. You will have plenty of opportunities to kill it later.”

Gabriel didn’t think anything of Zhou Yan’s words. “You’re not mystic, of course you don’t think it’s easy.”

Zhou Yan looked at him expressionlessly. “But I can make ordinary people have the ability to decapitate Lurians like a mystic.” He took out the design of mecha from his pocket and put it in front of Gabriel. “You can take a look at this. This is why I found you. I want you to work with me to make weapons to prepare against the Lurian that might appear on a larger scale in the future.”

Gabriel glanced at the drawing and saw that there were complex patterns drawn on it, and some numbers marked with dimensions that were so dense that he basically didn’t understand it. Gabriel swept the drawing directly to the ground and said grumpily, “I’m not interested in working with you, you just need to tell me how to find the wraith, and I’ll prove it in my own way. Oh no, you also happened to meet, you also do not know how to find the magical beast, right? I can just go ahead and take the reward, and the government will announce this message tomorrow!”

“….” Zhou Yan was suddenly dumbfounded by his flexible brain circuit, and for a while, he couldn’t even think of a counter-argument. After meeting Luo Futu, Zhou Yan had never had any obstacle in connecting with him in the brain circuit, so Zhou Yan forgot that he was actually not good at convincing people at all.

Especially convincing people here.

Even Liu Yi, an old friend, didn’t believe him!

Once Zhou Yan realized this, he began to think at light speed. He recently has had it too smooth, resulting in extreme self-confidence…. ‘But the status quo hasn’t really changed at all.’

‘So why was Luo Futu so easily convinced by himself and agreed to make a deal with him? According to these tears of time’s limited knowledge of the world, did he not think he was crazy? To say those kinds of crazy words was well and good, but how would he accompany him thinking he was crazy?’

Zhou Yan had never considered this point….

At this moment, Luo Futu suddenly gave a cold laugh. “You can’t wait until tomorrow.”

Gabriel glanced at him. “What do you mean?”

“If you don’t cooperate with us today, I’ll make it public that you stole a magical beast’s corpse to pretend to be a hero. The mark on the corpse is the best proof, and guess what, will people believe me then, or will they believe you, a waterboy who has never even entered Mystic Academy?”

Luo Futu did not use the “high priest” face, but as long as he showed power, the crowd would naturally understand how powerful he was.

Gabriel, for the first time in his life, was called a waterboy and became furious, retorting loudly, “I didn’t steal it! I didn’t know!”

Luo Futu smiled brightly, but his words were more deadly than the venom of a viper. “Save those words for those you deceived.” He gracefully stood up and gave Zhou Yan a look. “Let’s go.”

Zhou Yan stared at him dumbfounded before he reacted, and hurriedly stood up to follow Luo Futu’s footsteps. 

Seeing that they were leaving, Gabriel hurriedly shouted, “Wait a minute!”

Luo Futu looked at him coldly, as if giving the last bit of mercy to a prisoner who had already been sentenced to death.

Gabriel bit his lips in silence for a long time, and squeezed out a few words from his teeth, “Okay, I will cooperate with you. But you have to promise me that before I actually kill a beast, do not tell anyone about that!”

Zhou Yan looked at Luo Futu. “We won’t say anything.”

However, Gabriel pointed at Luo Futu and said loudly, “I want his promise!”

Zhou Yan had a moment of great sadness. ‘It was true that people are bullies, this kid was belittling himself? So Luo Futu’s way was the most effective way to deal with scoundrels!’

Luo Futu gave him a look and hummed, “Don’t worry, as long as you do what we say, I won’t tell the truth. Once we become collaborators, our interests are closely related, and I will not do anything to harm others.”

Gabriel was relieved to hear him say this, but he was still angry about the fact that he was threatened. He raised his jaw slightly and tried to maintain his dignity. “Then you will stay here today and we will talk about the agreement tomorrow.”

Luo Futu snorted. “What guarantee do I have that you won’t poison the food?”

“….” Gabriel was so angry with him that he turned around and kicked open the door, pointing outside as he snarled, “You go! Now!”

Luo Futu, however, looked at the mecha drawings he had swept to the ground and said, “Pick them up.”

“….”

Zhou Yan looked at the two of them expressionlessly, sighing silently in his heart— in fact, there was no need to bully him this much….