After drying her hair, Cifera sat opposite Fu Zhu. On the table lay freshly roasted pork chops and bread, with a bottle of [SoulGlad] by her hand.
Fu Zhu watched Cifera eating in small bites and asked.
"Cifera, do you know about the Chrysos Heirs?"
Cifera nodded her small head. "I know... according to those adults, those with golden blood flowing in their bodies are Chrysos Heirs. I am a Chrysos Heir."
"Then have you seen a red-haired little girl about your height? She probably introduces herself as something specific."
Tribios's goal was to unite the Chrysos Heirs to complete the prophesied re-creation of the world, and since she sacrificed herself by splitting into a thousand pieces, she should have scattered herself to all the cities of Amphoreus.
So this city named Dolos should have had a visit from her too.
Hearing Fu Zhu's description, Cifera stopped eating her bread, knitting her small brows in thought.
"I saw her, but the situation was a bit... bad. I just saw her from a distance and ran away."
Fu Zhu felt relieved. It seems there is at least one Tribios in Dolos. Later he could go find her for some intel, like the location of the Divine Tree Court and if there are any Titans in Dolos.
"So where is she now?"
"Dead."
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Fu Zhu, who had originally planned to find Tribios for information, showed a trace of astonishment on his face after hearing that word, thinking he had heard wrong.
"What did you just say?"
Cifera looked up and saw that the expression on Fu Zhu's face was a bit wrong. She instantly felt scared, her voice becoming much quieter.
"The Lord of Dolos has always been hunting Chrysos Heirs... back then when I was stealing... things, I saw from afar that more than ten red-haired girls like you described were trying to escape the city, but they all failed. The blood they bled was golden like mine. I'm sorry, I didn't save them back then."
Fu Zhu's eyes lowered, his fists clenched tight, then slowly relaxed. He placed his hand on Cifera's head and gently rubbed it.
"It's okay... this isn't your business. I'm going out for a bit. You stay here and eat. No matter who comes to trouble you, beat them back. I've got your back."
After saying that, Fu Zhu stood up and left the guest room.
Cifera stared blankly at Fu Zhu leaving, then hurriedly got off the chair and ran to the door. She doubled back to grab a piece of bread and stuff it in her bosom, then ran out after him.
But in the time it took her to go back for the bread, Fu Zhu's figure was already gone from the corridor.
Now, Cifera's small face turned pale again. She hurriedly ran downstairs, looking left and right on the street, but still couldn't find Fu Zhu. She then cast her gaze toward the most magnificent building within Dolos City.
That was the Lord's castle.
......
Fu Zhu had a cold face, carrying [Yamato] as he walked step by step toward the castle. The lead soldier saw him walking over with a weapon and immediately surrounded him vigilantly with weapons drawn.
"Halt! Ahead is the Lord's manor, not somewhere you can enter!"
"The Lord's manor? Then I'm in the right place."
The few guards looked at each other in confusion. Seeing Fu Zhu so calm, could he be a guest the Lord invited?
One of them asked hesitantly, "You are?"
"The person here to kill the Lord."
The next second, the few guards were sliced in half at the waist. They didn't even notice anything before falling to the ground, blood and organs spilling all over.
Fu Zhu didn't even glance at them and walked straight over. Arriving at the heavy main gate, he kicked it directly. The two doors were kicked flying, crushing some guards behind them to death.
Such a huge commotion immediately attracted dozens of armed guards. They looked at Fu Zhu with some fear.
Fu Zhu glanced at them and spoke directly. "I'll give you a chance to report. Tell the Lord here that I'm here to kill him."
Immediately, two guards turned and ran to the rear. Fu Zhu glanced at them, noting the direction they fled, then looked at the guards in front of him.
"Now, it's your turn."
...
Cifera ran all the way to the front of the castle, panting. The intense exercise made her lungs feel like they were about to explode, but when she saw the blood and corpses all over the ground in front of the castle, she felt sick.
Ignoring the urge to vomit, she hurriedly ran into the castle, wanting to find Fu Zhu quickly.
He is a good person, he can't die here. The Lord has many soldiers under him!
But after entering the castle, the scene was the same. Blood and corpses everywhere.
Cifera nervously looked at the face of every corpse, deeply afraid of seeing a familiar face among them. Luckily, she didn't see Fu Zhu's corpse.
Feeling fortunate, Cifera ran wildly along the trail of blood. The trail extended all the way to the Lord's room.
At this moment, the room's door was wide open. Inside, corpses lay in disorder. Fu Zhu was currently holding a blade against the neck of a somewhat chubby Lord.
Cifera was overjoyed and quickly walked in. As soon as she got close, she heard the Lord's voice, scared out of his wits.
"Who, who, who are you?! Who sent you to kill me? No matter how much he paid you, I'll give you ten times, no, a hundred times!"
Fu Zhu listened to the Lord's begging words, raised his hand in disdain, and snapped his fingers. A pillar made of [Gold Blocks] instantly appeared beside him.
"Money? Heh, then I'll pay you instead. I'll give you a block of gold for every cut I give you. I don't have much of anything else, only money."
Seeing the soft approach didn't work, the Lord tried the hard one.
"D-d-don't get cocky! I've already had my men send a message out. If you don't want to be wanted by all the other city-states for murder, stop immediately!"
"Sent a message?"
Fu Zhu laughed out of extreme anger, using the flat of [Yamato]'s blade to pat his fat face.
"That's great. Then you try harder, let everyone in the other city-states know that the Chrysos Heirs are under my protection!"
Chrysos Heirs?
This man is here to kill me because of the Chrysos Heirs?!
The Lord's face changed instantly. He had slaughtered quite a few to seize the legendary power of the Chrysos Heirs previously.
Fu Zhu looked at his drastically changing expression, smiled, and sheathed [Yamato].
"Looks like you already know why I'm here to kill you. To save people like you, she didn't care about the pain of splitting herself and jumped into the abyss, but ended up meeting a piece of filth like you. Don't worry, I won't kill you quickly. I will let you die slowly, to experience the pain they went through."
After saying that, Fu Zhu pointed a finger at the empty space beside him. The floor was instantly hollowed out into a large pit. At the bottom of the pit, a layer of [Lava] rose up, and the opening was covered with [Cobweb].
Fu Zhu grabbed him and threw him onto the [Cobweb].
The Lord screamed, then realized his body was stuck fast by the [Cobweb], but he was still slowly sinking due to gravity. And below was scorching [Lava].
Fu Zhu walked up to him, looking down at the Lord who had fallen into the [Cobweb].
"Enjoy it well."