Chapter 84: Chapter 9: Soul Magic Mirror! Ivsha, Now It’s My Turn
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Su Xuan stared blankly at his newly added entry: [Succubus Physique]. ’What does this 0-10 value mean?’
’Is it height?’
’Or...’
"Let me see that painting."
Just then, Edith extended a jade-like hand, asking Su Xuan for the portrait he had obtained from the Bright Church.
’Shared Perception really is convenient~’
Su Xuan couldn’t help but comment to himself, then took the portrait from his Player inventory and handed it to Edith.
Edith unrolled the scroll and carefully studied the woman in the painting.
Seeing her examine it so intently, Su Xuan couldn’t help but ask curiously, "Do you know her?"
"I don’t know her identity, but I’m certain she is one of the Saintesses of the Sun Sect Country," Edith replied, handing the portrait back to Su Xuan as she spoke.
After taking the portrait, Su Xuan examined it closely again, pondering to himself: ’A portrait of a Saintess from the Sun Sect Country... why would it be in a church in the Star Kingdom?’
While he was lost in thought, Edith vanished without a trace.
The frozen scene was unpaused, and Ivsha resumed gently swaying her hips.
However, she suddenly noticed something unusual.
’Strange, what’s wrong?’
Ivsha looked down in confusion and readjusted her position.
She couldn’t shake the feeling that something was off, as if her prey was gradually growing stronger!
Just as Ivsha was feeling perplexed, Su Xuan’s right hand gently grabbed her heart-tipped tail.
He said confidently, "Ivsha, it’s my turn now!"
Ivsha: "Huh?"
"Eek!~"
(What followed was a scene of disciplining the Succubus, fifty thousand words omitted...)
...
In the twilight of dusk, Su Xuan sat in the Guild, enjoying a moment of peace. Ivsha gently massaged his shoulders, her stunningly beautiful face showing deep reliance on and contentment with him.
Meanwhile, Alice was carefully peeling grapes to the side, then smilingly offered one to Su Xuan’s lips.
"Master~ Ahh~"
Su Xuan swallowed the sweet, fresh grape and then opened the chat interface.
In the chat group of 23 Players, various topics were being discussed.
But one familiar line kept popping up: "Friend, wanna buy some Silver Scale Armor? 5 gold a piece!"
Aside from that, many Players felt this special event wasn’t particularly difficult. They generally believed the beast tide invasion couldn’t threaten Sunset City’s existence; after all, the city-state had deep-seated foundations.
The Sunset City Lord was powerful, the Warriors were in high spirits, and with the protection of White Rose and the Six Great Knight Clans, it was hard to imagine what scale of beast tide it would take to destroy the city-state.
Unless it crumbled from within!
Su Xuan had his doubts about this. After all, he still hadn’t figured out what kind of backup plan the Night Witch had hidden within Sunset City.
Besides, from the very beginning, the beast tide was never the hardest thing to deal with! As long as the factor causing the beast tide remained, Sunset City would never know peace!
Just as Su Xuan was lost in thought, the Teleportation Array flashed with white light.
Rosaline pushed open the Guild’s doors and walked into Su Xuan’s line of sight.
"You’re back?"
Su Xuan looked at Rosaline; her expression seemed a little grim.
"Yes."
Rosaline nodded to Su Xuan, then said, "I’ve discovered some things."
"Speak!"
Su Xuan immediately sat up straight, his expression serious as he stared at Rosaline.
"Do you remember that area beneath Sunset City, where the Magic Flame Silver Phoenix Butterfly was?" Rosaline asked.
"I do."
"I investigated, and there’s a faint Magic Power fluctuation beneath the Magic Flame Silver Phoenix Butterfly’s Flame Cocoon. It’s a type of Magic Power I’ve never seen before!" Rosaline told Su Xuan everything she had discovered.
...
Hearing this, Su Xuan lowered his head in thought.
’If it’s really as Rosaline says, then the Night Witch’s purpose for releasing the Magic Flame Silver Phoenix Butterfly here wasn’t to destroy Sunset City, but to awaken some mysterious creatures hidden deep beneath it?’
"Do Sunset City’s records not mention anything hidden beneath the underground city?" Su Xuan asked.
"That’s classified. Only the Sunset City Lord and the Guardian Clan of White Rose know," Rosaline replied, shaking her head.
"Does Natasha know?"
"I think... probably not."
Rosaline’s answer made Su Xuan feel that the situation in Sunset City was somewhat delicate.
"Take me to see it," Su Xuan proposed, wanting Rosaline to take him beneath Sunset City. Perhaps he could find some clues there.
"Okay."
...
Soon, they arrived in the area beneath Sunset City, and the shattered Flame Cocoon once again came into Su Xuan’s view. As he approached the front of the Flame Cocoon, just as Rosaline had said, a faint Magic Power fluctuation emanated from deep underground.
He listened intently and could faintly hear a soft sound, like the trembling of a heartbeat. ’Is it a Demon Beast or some other living creature?’ Su Xuan wondered.
He crouched down and discovered a tiny crack at the base of the Flame Cocoon. He tried to peer through the crack to see what was deeper inside, but it was pitch-black, with only the occasional flicker of blue fluorescence, and he still couldn’t make anything out.
"Did you find anything?" Rosaline asked Su Xuan.
Su Xuan shook his head helplessly. "No."
He didn’t dare rashly break through the ground, lest he awaken the monster inside prematurely.
"Let’s go to the Yerman Clan’s Castle together. Maybe Roxia and the others can help."
Su Xuan immediately made this suggestion because, in Sunset City, the only people he could truly trust were Roxia and her group. He was even suspicious of the Sunset City Lord.
