Facing an Ancient God for a Year

Chapter 734: Chapter 732: Torture (Additional Chapter 2/2 for Alliance Leader “Yuanye Waka”)_1 Chapter 734: Chapter 732: Torture (Additional Chapter 2/2 for Alliance Leader “Yuanye Waka”)_1 Indeed, you are still concerned about this issue!

Seeing that Su Gao’s expression revealed not a single flaw, Fu Qian felt more certain than ever about his previous speculation.

Due to the Fool’s Tree, Su Gao had forgotten many things from the past, and upon realizing that Lego and Delin might also have been involved, she wanted to use them to recover the missing parts of her memory.

When Lego first visited, his mention of Delin elicited a reaction from Su Gao, which was partly for the sake of appearances, but also, quite possibly, due to her own hidden motives.

However, the key issue was that Lego and others didn’t know much about the overall event, especially since Fu Qian’s final countdown had directly scared them off.

Wait a second—they know I exist!

Fu Qian glanced at Su Gao.

Could this be the information she was trying to confirm?

In the entire event, she couldn’t reconstruct the specific details, and there were things she couldn’t figure out, suspecting something crucial was missing that propelled the event?

For instance, why did she drink the sap of the Fool’s Tree?

“Thirteen years.”

Delin, unaware of anything unusual in Su Gao’s question, sighed deeply once again with much emotion.

“That ordeal, to this day, is still vivid in my memory, impossible to forget.”

“Looking back, it seems almost inconceivable that we managed to return alive.”

Lego, standing beside him, also had a look of wistful reflection.

“Thirteen years…”

Su Gao repeated softly, her eyes sparkling.

To Lego and the others, it seemed she was moved by their story, but Fu Qian knew it was because she had matched up the timelines.

“What kind of crisis was it, exactly?”

A few seconds later, Su Gao inevitably continued to ask.

“Sorry, we’ve been ordered to keep the details strictly confidential; all we can tell you is that the incident happened on Ye Island,”

Delin and Lego exchanged a glance, refusing quite firmly.

“So unfortunately, we can’t satisfy your curiosity.”

“Actually, you probably wouldn’t want to know those details.”

“All right.”

Su Gao clearly seemed disappointed, but she was very polite and did not press the matter.

“Actually, I can imagine… an experience severe enough to make both of you give up adventuring…”

She let out a sigh the next moment.

“So in that incident, were you two the only survivors?”

Uh…

Facing Su Gao’s natural follow-up question, Delin furrowed his brow slightly, his tone somewhat hesitant.

“Actually, I’m not sure if it was just the two of us who survived; there were some entities we couldn’t comprehend…”

“Actually, if it hadn’t been for that entity, we probably wouldn’t have survived, but the Night Watchman never confirmed it with us afterward.”

“I see, thank you for your patient explanation.”

Su Gao thanked him earnestly, sparing Delin from further discomfort.

“Don’t mention it; for a young person like you to be willing to listen to our old stories, that alone is quite rare to me.”

Delin clearly quite admired Su Gao’s understanding demeanor.

“Mr. Darcy, do you have any questions?”

The next moment he turned to Fu Qian, asking perfunctorily.

A question, huh…

Fu Qian actually began pondering seriously.

“I heard Mr. Delin has a daughter?”

In that instant, the air seemed to freeze.

The previously warm and jovial garden tea party suddenly became so cold that ice seemed to fall.

No, it wasn’t just seemed—ice was literally falling.

Looking at the white mist condensing around Lego, Fu Qian naturally thought of the frost arrows shot by this person back in the Rotten Forest.

And his reaction wasn’t even the most intense. In this moment, Delin had already risen to his feet, facing the sun.

Under the pale golden light, his entire face resembled rusted bronze.

The distorted features, rearranging themselves in an eerie fashion, exuded an ineffable impact.

Not bad. This guy had actually reached the Middle Tier.

The legendary letting go of obsessions to encounter surprises?

He remembered that during their last encounter, Delin could only transform two arms.

While reflecting on this, Fu Qian watched the massive cyan-black hand nearing, now less than twenty centimeters away.

Delin had once used it to easily tear apart the massive claw of a monster.

“According to your retirement age, you should be in elementary school now, right?”

Facing such a threat, Fu Qian, however, remained unperturbed and continued speaking.

…

At these words, the tension that had been wound tight to its limits seemed to press the pause button.

First, the frosty aura around Lego surged, and then Delin hesitated significantly. After glancing at the seemingly frightened Su Gao, he finally stopped his action.

The rapidly shrinking arm was almost at the point of pinching Fu Qian’s forehead.

“Yes.”

Delin’s face, having returned to normal, at last emitted a single word.

“How are your studies? What rank are you in class? Are you enrolled in any tutoring classes?”

Next, Fu Qian smoothly fired off a series of questions.

“Would you like me to recommend some good teachers? We mustn’t let the child lose at the starting line!”

…

Delin didn’t seem inclined to answer these life’s conundrums.

Staring coldly at Fu Qian, he finally reverted completely back to normal and resumed his seat.

“It’s okay… it’s just that he’s starting to rebel a bit.”

In the heavy atmosphere, Mrs. Delin appeared a bit perplexed but managed a strained smile as she explained.

“The snacks have gotten cold. I’ll go warm them up.”

…

The motives are not so pure, are they?

After Mrs. Delin left with the dessert platter, Fu Qian, sensing an unusual atmosphere, sighed inwardly.

Lego must’ve discussed more than just hosting guests with Delin after leaving yesterday.

The decisiveness of Delin’s action just now seems overly resolute for a ‘retired’ contestant all these years.

It seems a plan was already in place.

The direct purpose of the visit today was obviously to fulfill Su Gao’s wishes to establish a connection with a major figure like Delin, thereby giving a slight intimidation to himself.

At the same time, Lego knew there was a high likelihood that he would come along and probably couldn’t resist the opportunity to set a trap.

Perhaps a story like the retired Transcendent father coming home to find his daughter coveted by a Human-Demon, killing in a rage?

Although the Night Watchman operates under extremely strict standards, this story seems like it could still be told.

When the time comes, if Lego helps to publicize my acts as universally abhorred…

Though Delin had retired, his heart for eradicating evils for the people hardly faltered.

Since their last death-defying escape, it seemed both brothers had an epiphany.

Could this be considered my enlightening influence?

As for why he knowingly might face deceit yet still made those dangerous remarks, the reason is simple—reputation needs to be established.

Not his own, but Su Gao’s.

Lego had bumped into Carlos of the Yasui high-levels. In such an obviously aberrant situation, even if Su Gao’s act was perfect, there would still be inevitable suspicions.

In these circumstances, the more distinct my Human-Demon image, the clearer Su Gao’s image of the naive girl.

The so-called power of high contrast.