Chapter 94 - Committing Violence with a Dagger

Regarding Danis’s performance, Richard quickly made his final judgment and said to her, “Sorry, I’m not interested.” After finishing his sentence, he released his grasp, stepped back inside the door, and was about to close it.“Wait a minute!” Just then, Richard saw a short and slim mercenary stride out from a nearby inn’s room, pointing at him and shouting, “Kid, you dare to bully Danis, don’t walk away!”

Richard’s brows furrowed slightly. It seemed the setup behind him was already too impatient to jump out.

It seemed even less qualified now.

What surprised Richard was that the female mercenary Danis actually scolded her companion, saying icily to the man who had walked out, “Cole, this is none of your business. I am willing to let this young master bully me, so go back where you came from.” It looked like she still didn’t want to give up, and wanted to follow the script they had previously agreed upon.

But the male mercenary Cole wouldn’t have it, and started arguing, “What do you mean, willing? I heard you screaming in pain. This kid clearly bullied you, so he has to compensate!”

“Nonsense, the young master didn’t bully me, it was all my own choice. Is it wrong for me to enjoy being pinched until it hurts?” Danis said.

“Heh, you like it? How about I pinch you and see?”

“Get lost, if your dirty hands dare to touch me, I’ll chop them off.”

“Alright, alright, don’t get excited, listen to me…” Cole took Danis aside and they began whispering. He thought Richard couldn’t hear, but after three times of Life Remolding and the spiritual strength enhancement by the Crystal Skull, Richard’s perception and spiritual strength were far beyond average people. He could clearly hear every word of the conversation between the two.

“You’ve already failed. Why are you still clinging on? We might as well cooperate and scam him out of some money…”

“You bastard, who says I failed? I still have a chance…”

“Don’t be foolish, he doesn’t like you at all. Even if you throw yourself at him and he really does humiliate you, he’ll discard you like a piece of snot afterward.”

“Pfft, how would you know without trying? Besides, if that really happens, he’s just my type. I’m willing to be discarded…”

“You’re hopeless…”

“I don’t need you to save me…”

Clearly, Cole thought Danis had already failed, whereas Danis felt there was still a chance to salvage the situation. The two quarreled fiercely without giving an inch. Just when Richard thought they would keep arguing, the situation took a sudden turn…

“No, my loss is too great—my hand still hurts. So I want sixty percent…”

“Bullshit, it’s just a pinch—what can it do? It seemed like you actually enjoyed it. So, a split is the most we can do—you take fifty percent, and I’ll take fifty…”

“Fine, but there’s one condition…”

“Okay, okay, you really are persistent…”

“I’m willing…”

After the conversation, Richard saw Danis and Cole, the two mercenaries, walk back. Cole walked with an air of arrogance, while Danis followed behind like someone who had suffered a great injustice.

Cole walked directly up to Richard, looking up at him, “Kid, Danis told me that you bullied her and even injured her. Now you have two choices, either marry Danis,” as he said this, Cole glanced at Danis as if to say: I’ve done what I promised you.

Then Cole continued, “Of course, if you don’t want to marry her, you’ll have to pay her a large sum of money, at least five gold coins. Yes, five gold coins! Not one less! And they must be circulating Jade Coins from the kingdom, don’t try to fool me with any fake stuff.”

At this point, Danis suddenly poked Cole in the back.

Realizing something, Cole swept a glance at Richard, “Ah, you’re not from the Jade Kingdom, right? Then other gold coins, silver coins or whatever will do, but I’ll check their quality. Like those crappy self-made gold coins, they better be worth three for one, don’t think you can cheat me!”

Watching Cole as he ranted on with spittle flying, Richard revealed an expression full of meaning.

Having spoken his piece, Cole reached out to Richard, ready to demand the coins. Suddenly, at that moment, a door not far away opened.

From the Mercenary Team, Zack, burly as a bear, emerged from the door, half squinting as if he were up for a midnight pee, his upper body bare and his lower half covered in tattered shorts.

After a few steps, Zack sensed something, slowly opened his eyes, and, seeing Danis and Cole in the corridor, as well as Richard in the room, paused slightly and then woke up fully.

“Dan… Danis, what are you doing?” Zack looked at Danis and asked.

Danis couldn’t help but press her forehead, well aware that Zack had feelings for her. Speaking out about this matter was bound to anger him, and who knew what kind of chaos would follow.

Hopefully, no one would get killed, as killings were the most troublesome.

Danis prayed inwardly, not immediately answering Zack’s question.

Seeing Zack’s physique, Cole’s eyes flashed with the thought of extorting more money from Richard.

The next moment, Cole looked at Zack with a hint of anger, “Zack, you’ve arrived just in time. This kid here bullied Danis and even scratched her chest. I heard the noise and came out, just catching him and was about to make him pay, we can’t let him off easily!”

“What!” Hearing this, Zack’s eyes went wide, he turned his head to look at Danis and asked, “Is what Cole said true?”

“Uh, it’s… true, I guess,” Danis answered with an unnatural expression and an odd tone, unable to help but add, “Zack, you… you mustn’t kill anyone.”

“What!”

Zack let out a roar, his eyes blood-red as he turned toward Richard, morphing from a bear into a raging bull. He entirely ignored Danis’s strange demeanor, his ears only registering Danis’s two-word reply, “Really!”

“Kid, you… dare to really bully Danis, I… I’ll slaughter you!”

With big strides, Zack moved to the doorway, clenching his fists, ready to land a fierce punch on Richard. His fist swinging through the air, he felt it lacked force, quickly scanning his body, realizing he hadn’t brought any weapons with him. After all, he only intended to get up for the night and hadn’t anticipated a fight. His favorite Two-handed Greatsword was left in the room, and there was clearly no time to retrieve it now.

His peripheral vision caught sight of a dagger strapped to Cole’s waist, and Zack’s eyes immediately lit up, his hand reaching for Cole’s waist.

Cole saw it, and so did Danis.

Danis exhaled sharply, “Don’t!”

Cole instinctively wanted to reach out and block it, but seeing Zack’s thick arm swing around menacingly, he realized that if he tried to block it, his arm might just get broken.

He pulled back his arm again.

Zack’s hand successfully grabbed the hilt of the dagger, rage burning in his heart. Holding the dagger, he was ready to strike. Looking at Richard, he envisioned the scene of a little chick being killed.