The Emperor’s Daily Nitpicking

Who knew if it was because of too much or the lack of mutual understanding, but they subconsciously leaned toward left and right, meeting face to face.
Indeed, rivals would inevitably cross paths.

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Kevin, “…..”

The inside of the prison was very cold, dark, and moist.
The clothes on Kevin’s body were still the set that Oswald had insisted upon.
Although it was slightly better than the previous rag-like clothes, it didn’t have any relation to ‘keeping warm.’ So, Oswald’s question of ‘why is your hand so cold’ was practically nonsense.
Not just his hand, he felt cold from head to toe!

Precisely because it was so cold that he could feel Oswald’s heat from his breath distinctly hit his skin.

It was so distinct that he got goosebumps all over his body.

Kevin sighed in his heart and thought, ‘As expected, I couldn’t bear to be near anyone.
This felt too strange.’

He couldn’t help but knit his brows.
He lifted his eyelids to take a peek, only to see that Oswald also half lifted his eyes with a complicated look on his face too.
He looked like he wanted to say something but had to restrain himself.
He probably also felt that this kind of crook posture wasn’t too comfortable.

As soon as the wind fell into the corridor, sounds of footsteps came in.
Some sounded light and the others heavy; the ones coming were more than one person.

The movement to change position was too big, and Kevin couldn’t take the risk, so he could only continue to crook his body like this.

Who knew that Oswald could still fearlessly open his mouth in this kind of situation.

Judging by this Majesty Emperor’s black history from his childhood, he was so arrogant that he was practically emboldened by it.
It might not be impossible for him to make a slight movement in this kind of situation.

Kevin glared to warn him but saw that he only moved his mouth without making any sounds.

He seemed to ask Kevin from the lip movement: Do you feel uncomfortable?

Kevin rolled his eyes.
Did this thing even need to be asked?

Oswald: Seeing you suffer, I already feel a lot more comfortable.

Kevin: … Are you so idle?

As he didn’t know whether to laugh or cry at the young Emperor’s childish action, the footsteps on the corridor had moved from the end of the prison to this end.

He collected his expression and promptly shut his eyes.

“Haven’t woken up yet?” One hoarse voice sounded out from the doorway.
The voice contained a sand-like friction sound.
Except for the Sand Ghosts clan, nobody would be able to make that kind of voice.

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“Before throwing them inside the prison, I had given each of them a drop of drugs.
It could even drug a wild boar as huge as a tower, and ordinary people definitely couldn’t bear it.
I reckoned they wouldn’t be able to wake up tonight.” A slightly shrill-voiced man responded.

Kevin, “…..” To be more capable than a wild boar, he didn’t know if this was a compliment or scolding.

The Sand Ghost tossed out something with a ‘ding’ sound.
Judging from the tone, it sounded like a glass bottle.
“That’s good.
This is what you guys want.
You can pick one of the people here to try it and see the results yourself.”

The shrill-voiced man praised.
“We have already experienced the result.
If not, they won’t lie here.”

Kevin’s mind worked with this information –

The one capable of getting them here was the rubber-skinned Sand Ghost.
According to these two people’s words, the strange situation of the ‘whoever touches it will die’ Sand Ghost wasn’t a common phenomenon.
Rather, did it have something to do with this thing on their hand?

But if this were something so important, would the Sand Ghost easily give it to the Beifeicu Empire to use?

“Don’t waste any nonsense, and try it quickly.
If there’s no problem, I will go back to the desert.
The chief had urged us to return.” The Sand Ghost’s voice slowly penetrated with impatience and arrogance.

The shrill-voiced man replied.
“You will go back now? His Majesty had previously instructed me to receive you properly.
At the very least, I have to hold a grand send-off banquet, or else His Majesty will definitely punish me if he knows.
”

The Sand Ghost was even more impatient.
“No need for that anymore.
We will leave tonight.”

Why did they leave urgently?

They didn’t even bother to look at the chaos they created and just left for the desert after handing things to the Beifeicu Empire.
This wasn’t in line with the Sand Ghost’s usual arrogant style.
In general, it would be unlikely for them to offer something without expecting anything in return, right?

Kevin had some doubts, but he realized quickly – The rainy season would come.

It was currently the 5th month, and the mist period in the Andoha jungle in the east had ended.
This implied that the biggest and longest rainy season on the entire Mainland would come soon.
The difference

The interval between the end of the mist period and the start of the rainy season would only take two or three days at most.
The Sand Ghost had always been afraid of water, and they hated moisture.
Every time the rainy season came, they could only obediently stay in the desert in the west.

This was also why they couldn’t completely suppress the other clans and occupy the entire Mainland.

As everyone knew their weak point, the Sand Ghost also didn’t try to conceal it and laughed sarcastically.
“This bottle is enough for you guys to use, and many things could be done with it already.
When we come back to the Mainland, we hope your plans will already reap the results.
Also, don’t forget your promise to us.”

“How could we?” The shrill-voiced man laughed.
He seemed to rub his hands and deliberately spoke.
“Then I will try it first? Let me pick one…..”

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He dragged the tail of his tone, and the soles of his feet rubbed against the somewhat damp prison floor.
He seemed to look around at each cell and hesitated to choose which unlucky person.

Kevin heard him walk two steps, and his heavy breathing from excitement had almost stuck to the railing of the cell door.
“How about the one from the Jinshi Empire?”

His fingers lightly rapped on the glass bottle as if he was considering.

The Sand Ghost probably couldn’t endure this kind of dawdling anymore and clicked his tongue.
“Faster, but I will first warn you.
This thing isn’t easy to control, and it’s better if your hand doesn’t shake.
If the bottle breaks down, then all the previous efforts will be wasted, and you will kneel on the ground to cry.”

After listening to his words, the shrill-voiced man became a little cautious.
He retreated two steps and changed to the opposite cell.
“Then, let’s try on this one first.
A sacrifice from the Spirit Clan.
Even if we try it and it’s broken, nothing will be affected.”

Kevin heard the soft rustling sounds from over there.
Then, it was silent as if they were holding their breath.

Just as his bending neck started becoming sore, the shrill-voiced man suddenly said in a low voice.
“It’s coming.
He is standing up already!”

Kevin, “…..” Had he never seen someone stand up in all his life? To be excited like this.

Of course, he understood that standing up, as mentioned by the shrill-voiced man, wasn’t something simple.
He had probably used the thing inside the bottle at that small sacrifice from the Spirit Clan’s body.
Moreover, the result wasn’t bad.

“Does he have any consciousness?” The shrill-voiced man asked.

The Sand Ghost, “Of course, how could he camouflage if he doesn’t have one?”

It seemed that this was the same as the previous heavily armored soldier.
He borrowed a rubber skin to disguise himself as the host.

Kevin pondered in his heart, and he finally somewhat understood the Beifeicu Empire’s intention.
If the thing inside that bottle could have this kind of effect, then they just need to capture a few people from a clan to exchange the skin and deal with that clan.

If he was a soldier, he could go back and mess up the armies.
If he was someone from the court, then he could approach the person in a high-ranking position.
If they could directly capture an influential big person such as the person in power, then it was even more convenient! It was practically an effortless victory!

Where did they find this kind of fucked up witchcraft? Kevin was extremely puzzled.

“Is his consciousness obedient? Tell him to choke the other to death.” The shrill-voiced man earnestly urged.

The Sand Ghost, “The bottle is in your hand.”

“Ohh, then I’ll try it – You, go there and snap off his neck.” The shrill-voiced man lowered his tone.
It sounded soft, sinister, and extremely spiteful.

“Okay.” An unfamiliar voice responded.
It should be the voice of the controlled Spirit Clan sacrifice.

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A short period later, a ‘click’ sound of bones cracking could be heard.
The shrill-voiced man pushed down his excitement.
“Good, good, very good.”

The Sand Ghost asked, “Now you already knew the effect, right? Isn’t the feeling of personally trying it isn’t bad? There are so many people in prison, and you can choose as you wish.
I have already finished handling the matter and ought to go back.
The sky had already become quite dark on the way here before.”

As he finished, a gust of wind entered the corridor, and it quickly became quiet again.

There wasn’t any movement from that shrill-voiced man for a long time, and nobody knew what he was thinking.
After a long while later, he muttered and sighed out a word.
“Good.”

Kevin, “…..” This guy must’ve been a pervert judging from his speech.

The shrill-voiced man’s footsteps hesitated for a while.
In the end, he still walked toward Kevin and the others.
The corridor inside the prison wasn’t wide, and he was already stuck in front of the cell door in a few steps.

Kevin could feel the man extend his hand through the door’s railing, and his fingers approached him little by little.

Ghost knew if there were any strange things in his hand.

Because of the position of his head, that man could only see the back of his head.

Relying on the safety from the angle, Kevin slightly opened his eyelids.
He saw that Oswald had his eyes half-opened.
Oswald motionlessly crossed over his shoulder and stared fixedly at the position of the cell door.

Kevin, “…..”

Seeing the unexpected sight in front gave him a scare.
However, that shrill-voiced man didn’t realize anything, probably because he was too excited.

As Kevin held his breath, Oswald suddenly opened his eyes and leaped up like a fierce leopard.
Kevin understood his intention at once and turned around to give a slap.
Kevin’s palm exactly slapped the shrill-voiced man’s wrist with a crisp ‘slap’ sound.
As he flexed his fingers, the glass bottle in his palm fell with a thud and rolled on the ground.

At the same time, Oswald slipped past Kevin to the cell door.
He ruthlessly clutched the shrill-voiced man’s neck, twisting and pulling it.

Bang –

The shrill-voiced man’s head is knocked against the metal railing of the door so hard that it bled.

A lean and tall figure suddenly fled from the opposite cell and directly pounced on this side.
He was dressed in a white linen robe, like the manner of wrapping a corpse, and he swept around like a withering ghost.
There was no need to look at the clothes’ aesthetic to know that he came from the Spirit Clan.

The sacrifice that was being controlled!

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Kevin hadn’t forgotten about their previous bitter experience at this critical moment.
After the heavily armored soldier had been destroyed, the one emerging was the ‘whoever touches it will die’ Sand Ghost.

He plucked the long sword hung at the shrill-voiced man’s waist in passing while pushing the shrill-voiced man forward.
They collided with the screaming sacrifice coming toward them.

At the moment of the collision, Kevin raised his hand that held the sword; it was fast and ruthless.

Yet, Oswald grabbed the glass bottle rolling on the ground and yelled.
“Step Aside!”

The controlled sacrifice stopped his momentum in the blink of an eye due to Oswald’s loud shout.
At the same time, Kevin’s long sword stabbed the shrill-voiced man’s back, passed through his chest with a ‘plop’ sound, and penetrated the sacrifice’s heart, directly piercing the two of them.

It was a hit!

The experience of tangling with the Sand Ghost for many years enabled Kevin to practice the ability to kill with one move.
When this sword went down, he was clearly aware that the Sand Ghost’s heart had been pierced through.

As a mournful and hoarse low cry sounded, Oswald threw Kevin away without saying anything.

The stabbed Spirit Clan sacrifice’s entire rubber skin had exploded with a loud rumble, and sand grains were scattered and splashed everywhere.
But, those sands splashing at Kevin and the others had been totally obstructed by the shrill-voiced man’s body.

Kevin was thrown away from the corner of the cell door by Oswald.
He heartlessly watched as the shrill-voiced man’s body collapsed, transforming into a puddle of sand granules on the ground.

There was such a significant movement inside the prison; those guards at the gate would be dead if they still didn’t come over.

Both of them freed themselves and efficiently smashed the keyhole of the cell hole.
They directly went to the next door, also breaking Mio’s cell door.

“Fuck, stifling me to death! Hey – Wake up quickly! Don’t pretend to die anymore!” Mio hopped and got up.
He poked the chain on his own feet with a metal rod with great effort while pushing and shoving the three Giant Beastmen in the same cell.

The friction sounds of colliding metal armors had risen in succession.
The noisy sound of crowds could be heard from the corridor – Obviously, those guards had rushed inside!

Damn, it seemed the momentum was quite significant considering the sound.

Mio’s hand that was used to poke the keyhole trembled.
“…..”

Oswald, “Sapir, that stupid old bastard, did he transfer the whole city’s troops just to guard this rotten prison?”

Mio said with an exasperated expression, “Say, how much is the possibility for me to slip into the ventilation hole and get out of here?”

Kevin, “Hehe, don’t dream on anymore.”