BXBX NOVEL Chapter 199: Held Onto It
Chapter 199: Held Onto It
“Doing this in a tight space was a bad idea…” The Paru whispered between his coughs.
“You got that right!” The beauty complained, coughing as well.
“You’re still here?”
“Why wouldn’t I be?”
Thump! Thump! Thump!
The Paru turned around and away from her.
“Those are…”
“Yeah.” She nodded.“Grilled squid??”
“Yeah! Looks tasty!”
“It does.” The Paru nodded. “I’m sure I’m just seeing it as such, but still…”
“Better eat it while it’s still hot!”
“Sure.” He chuckled and walked towards the large grilled squids.
The next second, the aftermath of the explosion showed itself.
“Move!” The Paru shouted before realizing it, as a large portion of the ceiling started falling from right above the beauty.
“Nu-uh.” She grinned. “I don’t need to dodge!”
A confused frown appeared on the Paru’s face and,
“SSS-Rank Godslayer Greatsword!” The beauty shouted, and the weapon appeared in her hand!
A dark greatsword adorned with golden swirling patterns over its blade and hilt.
“Damn.” The Paru said as the large portion falling from the ceiling was cut in two by the beauty. “That was cool.”
“I know, right?” The beauty smiled arrogantly, placing the tip of the greatsword against the ground. She bent her arms and placed her elbows on the greatsword’s guard. “Roka is right. Greatswords are cool.”
“Yeah, I guess.”
The Paru, followed by the beauty, walked down the tunnel, only to find a wall standing in his path.
Smaller tunnels were visible on the walls.
“Guess the exit is on the other side.” The beauty noted. “Well, for us. Those can probably pass through these.”
“Yeah.”
The two walked back.
“So…”
“So?” The Paru scratched his head. “Aren’t you going to disappear soon?”
“Don’t wanna!”
“System?”
[Sup?]
“Hm…”
“So, Roka was right. Greatswords are cool.”
“They are, yeah.” The Paru nodded.
“You acted like a dick with her.”
“Did not.”
“Sure you did!”
“How?”
“Ummm, I cAn HeLp YoU wItH yOuR lItTlE pRoBleM. Could you act more like a whore than that?”
“Fuck off.”
“It’s true.” The beauty shook her head. “As horny as she is, Roka probably doesn’t want a whore, you know?”
“I’m not a whore.”
“You acted like one.”
“Fuck you.”
“You know how sensitive guys are about their virginity. Why would you tease her about it?”
“She’s not a guy.”
“You know what I mean!”
“I don’t.” The Paru shrugged.
“Ugh! Not only did you act like a whore, but you only gave them one Tsero Crystal!”
“What does that have to do with anything?”
“I don’t know!” The beauty shouted and looked away. “Giving one back doesn’t make taking one away okay, you know?”
“I would agree, but they don’t seem to have a problem with it.”
“This is what I’m talking about.” She sighed.
“I’m getting really tired of you. Can you just say what you mean?”
“Oh, now you want me to talk.”
“Sure, you’ll disappear soon enough. And the high doesn’t feel bad, so…” The Paru shrugged.
“Right, right…” The beauty whispered, slouching.
It didn’t take long for them to arrive at the area where the Paru had defeated the Salamander-like and Snake-like creatures.
“You know these are creatures without names, right?”
“Yeah. Newly discovered Species, I guess.”
[Correct, correct.]
“They’re not newly discovered until someone says that they’ve discovered them.” The beauty said, holding a finger to her cheek.
“Right… Raya always gets excited about studying stuff. Newly discovered Species would be…”
“Yeah.” The beauty smiled. “She’d be pretty happy about that, right?”
“For sure.” The Paru tapped his cheek for a moment. “I’ll bring her one of each. The scientist who discovered three new Species. That would be pretty cool, right?”
“Right, right!”
“Alright, let’s look around for some specimens to take.”
…
“You’re going to bring them to her like that?” The beauty asked while frowning, as if disgusted by the way he was holding them by the neck.
“It took a while to find one of each, you know? Bringing them alive is probably the best thing for her to study them… I knocked them out but… Oh. I’ll wrap them up in spiderwebs. Oh! Then I’ll make a bag with more spiderwebs.”
“Smart.” The beauty nodded.
“Not really.”
“…”
Sometime later,
“Woooow! The sun is up!”
“Finally outside.” The Paru sighed. “That was a nightmare.”
“I made it more like a dream than a nightmare, didn’t I?” The beauty asked, her eyes shining.
“Right… If you’d like to think that.”
“So? What now? You can’t go back to them high as balls, can you? Wanna fuck in the meantime?”
“I’m not about to fuck a figment of my imagination.”
“Why not? If it feels the same?” The beauty chuckled. “I’m kiddinnng… Except if you’re into it!”
“Unfortunately, I’m not. Maybe some other time.”
“Oh, so there will be another time?”
“Probably not.”
“…”
The Paru took a seat on the ground, while the beauty remained standing, a couple of steps behind him.
“Aren’t you going to make it a necklace again?”
“Hm?” It was only upon hearing the question that the Paru felt something in his hand. “Oh… I held onto it.” The Paru’s lips curled upwards, noticing that, thankfully, the pendant he had used was still in his hand, held tightly. “I definitely thought I would’ve lost it.”
“You wouldn’t lose that, would you?”
“No…” The Paru stared at the crystal for a moment. “I wouldn’t lose it.”
The next second, a flurry of messages appeared in front of him.
Messages about poison, about Endurance Points, about Skills gained, about hallucinogenics, and others.
Every message that he had missed.
“Ha!” The Paru turned towards the beauty. “Looks like I’m all good-”
He chuckled.
There wasn’t anyone there.
The Paru let his back fall to the ground.
“That was kind of fun…”
[You have Cleared the Quest “Underground Extermination”!]
[3 Skill Points have been awarded!]
“Not a hundred, huh?” The Paru chuckled.
He stared at the sky for a moment, before raising the crystal up, directing his gaze towards it.
You know who I look like, right?
“Hm…”
He stared at the crystal, remaining on the ground for a while.
“Wish Lith could talk…”