Death Game: Starting as a Trickster, Pretending to Be a God

Chapter 828: Negotiation Ends

Watching Helshakanusʼs hesitation, Nitsanchi grew anxious.

”This is sophistry… clearly this despicable and treacherous bastard has violated the fairness of the contract!”

Then Nitsanchi glared viciously at Lin Yu.

”This is fraud!”

”I am indeed fraud.”

Lin Yu shrugged and added, ”But youʼre just not skilled enough. Whoʼs to blame?”

Helshakanus sat upright on his throne before speaking.

”Although what you say has some merit, the sanctity of contracts must not be violated. To maintain the reputation of the ʼDemon Contract,ʼ I will still impose a minor punishment on you…”

Helshakanusʼs voice rumbled like thunder.

Hearing these words, Nitsanchiʼs face lit up with the joy of a turning tide.

But Lin Yu interrupted him again.

”Hold on.”

”Insolent treacherous scoundrel, what more do you have to say?”

Helshakanus asked with displeasure.

Lin Yu unhurriedly took out the small box Shen Bingmiao had given him, put away the [Golden Cross Medal], and then retrieved something new from it.

The small box Shen Bingmiao had given him didnʼt just account for scenarios where heʼd encounter humans upon landing.

The ”negotiation prop” he should carry for ”encountering demons” was also in this box.

Lin Yu still didnʼt know what it was for—but he still pulled it out.

It was a polished, smooth piece of black transparent crystal cut into a hexagonal prism shape.

Lin Yu fiddled with it in his hand as he spoke, ”I canʼt explain exactly what I did, but… I donʼt believe Iʼve violated the sanctity of contracts, nor will my actions damage the reputation of the Demon Contract—after all, I definitely wonʼt go around spreading it, and the other participant in this contract still has to abide by confidentiality, right?”

And Helshakanusʼs reaction to the black transparent crystal in Lin Yuʼs hand was far more direct than humans seeing the Golden Cross Medal.

”The [Origin Magic Crystal] of the Third Pillar… where did you get that?”

Helshakanus sat up straight, asking seriously and cautiously.

Lin Yu caught the shift in the otherʼs tone. Although he couldnʼt read any expression on the Demon Lordʼs face, he could still judge the change in attitude.

And knowing his opponent was ”rattled,” Lin Yu immediately perked up.

He glanced at Helshakanus and said flatly, ”Thatʼs none of your business.”

Helshakanus stared at Lin Yu, pondered for a long time, then suddenly burst into laughter. ”What a huge misunderstanding!”

”Whenever youʼre done playing around with the humans and want to come back to the Abyss, remember to let me know!”

With that, Helshakanus immediately shut down the ”Passage Gate,” unilaterally terminating Nitsanchiʼs ritual.

Nitsanchi watched this scene, stunned speechless.

”Who… who exactly are you?”

”Why are you in possession of a [Golden Cross Medal] while also having connections with a Pillar Demon of the Abyss?”

Lin Yu looked at him, a charming smile spreading across his face.

”I have no obligation to answer a dead manʼs questions.”

With that, he slowly walked toward Nitsanchi.

…

”Ah!”

Fish suddenly woke from unconsciousness and grabbed the two spears at her side.

Then Fish blankly realized…

She was lying on a table in the Tribunal of Heresyʼs main hall.

Lin Yu, who was beside her, calmly set down the teacup in his hand as he watched her wake up.

”Oh, youʼre awake.”

”Put down the spears. Thereʼs no more fighting to be done—at least not for now.”

Lin Yu said, while Fish grew even more confused.

”Whatʼs going on? Werenʼt we just fighting underground in the spatial distortion against the Tribunal of Heresy Inquisitor who turned into a dark creature and the monsters he bred?”

”How… did it suddenly all come to nothing?”

Lin Yu put on a look of surprise. ”What are you talking about, Fish? You came in, had some tea, then suddenly fell asleep and just woke up now… Did you have a nightmare?”

Fish was stunned. ”What? Was it all a dream?”

”No… no way, this must be some kind of illusion or hallucination magic!”

Fish said, clutching her head. ”Damn it, this is exactly what I hate most about Night Valley… which bastard tampered with my soul?!”

Watching Fishʼs reaction, Lin Yu couldnʼt help but laugh.

”Sorry, Fish… I was just messing with you. Everything that happened was real.”

Lin Yu clasped his hands together and said.

Fish was confused again. ”What do you mean?”

”I mean, we really were fighting the Tribunal of Heresy Inquisitor underground just now, and there really was a Monarch-tier stitched snake descendant monster. You got hit by a hypnosis-type spell and passed out.”

Lin Yu explained, and Fish finally understood.

”Schreiber, you were messing with me?!”

”And here I thought you were an honest guy—how could you pull such a nasty joke!”

Fish jumped down from the chair in annoyance and thumped Lin Yu twice on the shoulder.

Lin Yu quickly begged for mercy.

”Sorry, Fish… I have this bad habit of making dumb jokes after surviving life-and-death crises!”

Hearing Lin Yuʼs words, Fish didnʼt press the matter further.

After all, Fish had already vaguely figured it out…

Since she had passed out and was now sitting here completely unharmed, it meant that this ”Schreiber” in front of her must have made the difference.

Fish kicked the still-snoring Raymond on the ground.

”Wake up, stop sleeping!”

”Huh?!”

Watching Raymond slowly come to, Fish spoke to Lin Yu again.

”So… how did we get out of that? It canʼt be that the guy had a change of heart, right?”

Since Lin Yu dared to wake Fish up, he had naturally prepared his explanation.

”Because of the [Golden Cross Medal], that guy misjudged my background and influence. He was hesitant to act rashly, especially since I happened to resist his first wave of attacks thanks to my high mental resistance. After misjudging my strength, he chose to negotiate with me first…”

”He was already a bit unhinged. Creating that stitched monster seemed to be guided by some book, and I happened to have some of the ʼmaterialsʼ recorded in that book on hand, so we reached a deal.”

”In the end, we signed a ʼDemon Contract,ʼ and he let us leave. As for himself, although I promised to keep his secret, he was still worried his reckless actions would draw the attention of the Tribunal of Heresyʼs headquarters. Plus, since he got some key ʼmaterialsʼ from me, he simply defected directly to the Abyss.”

Lin Yu paused and added, ”And of course, I didnʼt forget our mission objective.”

”According to the Tribunal of Heresy Inquisitor… there should currently be exactly five dark races in this city!”