svetikya Chapter 56 You deserve to die just for those words.
Chapter 56 You deserve to die just for those words.
After landing.
Xiao Zheng looked up and surveyed his surroundings.
In his vision, the cities near the desert should be predominantly yellowish-brown, exuding the rugged desolation of the desert.
But the scenery of the desert city before me was different from what I had expected, perhaps because it was built on an oasis.
The entire city was lush and vibrant, unlike any other city on the edge of a desert.
Little Fairy Doctor stretched and said, "Finally, we've landed. After floating in the sky for five days, my bones are about to fall apart."
"Brother Xiao Zheng, we've been eating dry rations in the sky for five days. I want to eat meat, lots of meat!"
"What a coincidence, that's exactly what I was thinking." Xiao Zheng withdrew his gaze. "Let's go find a decent tavern and have a good meal."
The two walked along the street for a short while and then saw a shop with a sign that read "Wind and Sand Tavern". The shop was spacious, and several strings of dried sausages hung at the entrance. The aroma of roasted meat could be faintly smelled from inside.
Xiao Zheng led Little Fairy Doctor through the door, found a table by the window, ordered a few meat dishes, and waited quietly.
Before the food and drinks were even served, a quarrel suddenly broke out in the tavern.
"Listen up, you guys from Mo Tie! Mercenary missions issued by the City Lord's Mansion can only be undertaken by our Sand Mercenary Group, understand?"
A burly man slammed his fist on the table and roared at another group of people.
Another group immediately objected. Their leader, a fairly attractive young woman, sneered, "Nonsense!"
"The city lord clearly stated that this mission will be open to competition, and it is still unknown who will win."
Another member of the Desert Iron Army said, "Exactly! Your Sand Mercenary Group only relies on having a Grand Master leader, right? In terms of overall strength, you might not be that much stronger than us!"
The man from the Sand Mercenary Group scoffed, his face full of disdain: "Having a Grand Battle Master is all it takes to be awesome!"
"Take today for example. If I were to beat you all up, even if your commander, Xiao Ding, came, he'd have to keep quiet and wouldn't dare utter a single word!"
The members of the Desert Iron Mercenary Group immediately glared angrily: "What utter nonsense!"
The two sides immediately became tense, with various elemental battle energies emanating from their members.
Seeing this, the other diners in the tavern all ran away, fearing they would be caught in the crossfire.
Xiao Zheng's gaze swept over the two sides embroiled in the dispute.
As someone who has read the original work, he is quite familiar with the power distribution in Stone Desert City, knowing that there are three major mercenary groups here, with the Sand Mercenary Group being the leader.
The other two are the Mo Tie Mercenary Group, founded by Xiao Yan's eldest and second eldest brothers, and the Storm Mercenary Group.
Rob, the leader of the Sand Mercenary Group, is a Grand Battle Master. It is because of his existence that the Sand Mercenary Group has been able to maintain its position as the leader of the three major mercenary groups for many years.
Just then, a pale gold panel suddenly popped up in front of Xiao Zheng's eyes.
[Chosen Quest Triggered!]
The Desert Iron Mercenary Group and the Sand Mercenary Group are about to clash. What will you choose?
[A: Mind your own business, I don't care. What's it to me?]
[B. Assist the Sand Mercenary Group, reward 1 Creation Point.]
[C. Assist the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, reward: 1 Creation Point.]
A hint of surprise flashed in Xiao Zheng's eyes. This God's Chosen quest hadn't appeared for almost two years, and he didn't expect it to be triggered at this time.
He subconsciously pondered the triggering conditions for the God-chosen mission. Combining his previous three God-chosen experiences with the current situation, he roughly summarized two conditions.
First, he must encounter an event with three perspectives, including his own. In other words, at least two groups of people must be in conflict, and he, as a third-party observer, can trigger the mission.
Secondly, the incident must occur within 20 meters. In the first three triggers, he maintained a distance of less than 20 meters from the party involved in the incident.
The last time he encountered Xiao Yan being chased in the Monster Mountain Range, there were also three perspectives. However, he was more than 20 meters away from Xiao Yan, and in the end, it was Little Fairy Doctor who took action to resolve the situation, so the Chosen One mission was not triggered.
Having figured all this out, Xiao Zheng looked at the three options on the panel.
You can blindly choose option C to help the Desert Iron Mercenary Group!
The reason is simple: the Mo Tie Mercenary Group was founded by Xiao Ding and Xiao Li. Although he is not related to these two brothers by blood, they are all from the Xiao family. Moreover, he received a lot of care from Xiao Zhan during his seclusion in the Xiao family. It is only right and proper for him to help them out.
Moreover, the Mo Tie mercenary group operates in the Tagor Desert year-round, so they might have seen the three medicinal herbs he was looking for.
If we help the people of Mo Tie resolve this problem, we can then ask Xiao Ding and Xiao Li for information later, thus avoiding owing them a favor.
Just as the members of the Desert Iron Mercenary Group and the Sand Mercenary Group were about to make their move, Xiao Zheng calmly said, "I'll protect the members of the Desert Iron Mercenary Group."
"You members of the Sand Mercenary Group, get out of here right now."
As soon as he finished speaking, the tavern fell silent.
The members of both the Desert Iron Mercenary Group and the Sand Mercenary Group turned to look at Xiao Zheng. When they saw that the speaker was just a seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy, their expressions became somewhat strange.
As for the Mo Tie Mercenary Group, they knew that Xiao Zheng was speaking up for them, but his tone and words were still quite unpleasant to hear.
Isn't this young man being a bit too arrogant?
Some people thought to themselves, "Where did this greenhorn come from? He's got quite the nerve. Doesn't he know how powerful the Sand Mercenary Group is?"
At this moment, the leader of the Sand Mercenary Group is named Saudi Arabia, a three-star Battle Master, who is extremely powerful.
The person who spoke up for them was so young, probably not even a fighter... to suddenly utter such arrogant words was really a bit ignorant of their own limitations.
The members of the Sand Mercenary Group were so angry they laughed.
A member of the Saudi mercenary group threatened Xiao Zheng, saying, "Where did this bastard come from? How dare you act so arrogantly in front of our Sand Mercenary Group? You're tired of living!"
bastard?
A cold glint flashed in Xiao Zheng's eyes: "Just for those words, you deserve to die."
The man was completely unfazed by Xiao Zheng's threat, puffing out his chest and raising his head with an arrogant expression: "Go ahead and kill me if you dare—"
Before the man could even utter the word "I," Xiao Zheng casually picked up a chopstick from the table and flicked it with his finger.
call out!
The chopsticks whistled through the air, shooting towards the person like arrows released from a bow.
puff!
The chopsticks pierced the man's throat with precision, and blood gushed out instantly.
The man's eyes widened instantly, and he collapsed to the ground in disbelief, quickly losing consciousness.
The tavern fell into a deathly silence.
Upon seeing this, Xue Lan, the leader of the Mo Tie Mercenary Group, had her pupils shrink suddenly, and her heart was filled with shock.
She saw it clearly: the person just killed was a five-star Dou Zhe, and the young man took his life with just a chopstick...
That's terrifying strength!
Saudi Arabia was both shocked and enraged. He glanced at the corpse on the ground and roared at Xiao Zheng, "How dare you kill someone from my Sand Mercenary Group?! You're asking for death!"
Before he finished speaking, his battle qi surged wildly within his body, the earthy yellow battle qi enveloping his fist and condensing into a powerful force—the Yellow-rank high-level battle skill, "Wild Bull Fist."
Saudi Arabia flashed forward, charging at Xiao Zheng like a raging bull, his fist carrying a whistling wind as it slammed into Xiao Zheng's face.
Little Fairy Doctor sat to the side, a smile of spectator's amusement on her face, showing no intention of making a move.
She wouldn't even need to lift a finger to deal with a three-star Dou Shi; Xiao Zheng could easily handle it.
Seeing this, Xue Lan, unaware of Xiao Zheng's strength, hurriedly warned, "Young brother, be careful! He's a three-star Dou Shi!"
In her opinion, although Xiao Zheng killed a five-star Dou Zhe with chopsticks, judging from his age, he was probably an eight-star or nine-star Dou Zhe.
Saudi Arabia is a three-star Dou Shi, no weaker than Xiao Li, the second leader of their mercenary group. And now, Saudi Arabia is attacking in anger, so the young man is probably no match for him!