The Apostle was indeed heavily wounded.
The one called Gu Qing Shan wasn't even worth mentioning.
The king understood very well that in the battle just now, he was the strongest, able to easily crush everyone here.
There was no doubt about this.
— — -he was still holding back, afraid that he would erupt with too much power and kill everyone here.
If that happened, it would definitely draw the attention of that monster.
But the battle ended just as quickly as it started.
The king laid on the ground, unable to regain his composure.
Originally, he was prepared to use his power to intimidate these people and force them to kneel in front of him.
But then …
How did …
I end up like this?
The king couldn't accept this result.
The scepter stabbed into his chest, and the intense pain reminded him that everything was real.
An unprecedented sense of fear gripped the king's heart.
This was the instinctive fear of a living being facing the Judgement of Termination.
— — being completely dominated by life and death, not even the soul could resist.
Some people would cry, beg, or do whatever they could to survive at such a time.
But others were different.
The king glared at Gu Qing Shan and roared in a frenzy:
「 Come, kill me if you can! 」
「 I am the God of Life's divine kingdom manager, the servant of God, the king of Calming Soul Country, how could I fear death 」
Gu Qing Shan looked at him with a hint of praise in her eyes.
This king does have some merits after all.
Gu Qing Shan wielded the scepter in one hand and raised her index finger in the other, slowly shaking it.
「 You're mistaken 」 Gu Qing Shan said, 「 I don't want to kill you 」
The king froze.
「 It's true 」 Gu Qing Shan continued, 「 We won't kill you, you have to keep that in mind 」
The king slowly sighed, feeling like his heroic act just now was for a blind person to see, but he couldn't help but feel a sense of relief.
If I could survive, that would naturally be a good thing.
Seeing his emotions changing a bit, Gu Qing Shan continued: 「 That — — in all honesty, we still have to thank you 」
Thank me?
The King was stunned. His mouth opened and closed, but he did not know what to say.
Gu Qing Shan said sincerely, "You see, you found someone to pass a note to us, telling us to be vigilant in advance, and you had someone wait for us in the secret passage, pointing out the escape route for us. Although we used other methods to leave in the end, you really did all these things for us."
"No matter what methods you use to deal with your subordinates, you can't deny this fact."
"The reason why we fought with you just now was to show that we don't want to become your subjects, that's all."
The king coldly said: "Do you think I will believe your words?"
Gu Qing Shan didn't mind at all: "Whether you believe me or not, it doesn't matter, because I only have one thing to ask you. After I ask, we'll pretend this never happened. You can continue to be your king, we'll take what we need to take and leave Calming Soul Country"
"What do you want?"
"Information. About that monster and the Four Gods. We want all of their information."
The king was a little surprised.
"You don't want anything else?" he tried probing.
"No, I only want information about that monster and the four Gods" Gu Qing Shan straightforwardly replied.
"What do you want?"
"Kill them, I want their cards."
The king appeared contemplative.
Cards …
So the reason they came here was for the fragments of the Cards on the four Gods.
The king appeared doubtful and asked: "Don't you covet the wealth and authority of Calming Soul Country?"
Gu Qing Shan cleared his throat and appeared a bit embarrassed: "To be honest, this place of yours is too poor, even that monster almost cried from excitement when he saw a mere Soul Artifact, so there really isn't anything that's worth our attention"
The king froze again.
In his long life, this was the day that he had suffered the most blows.
But at the same time, he felt strangely relaxed.
If the other party didn't covet Calming Soul Country, I would have a chance to survive.
— — -speaking of which, that monster really did collect Soul Artifacts in a frenzy.
But Soul Artifacts were incredibly precious, and Calming Soul Country didn't have many of them, so it had basically taken all of them.
The king coldly laughed: "You think we're poor? But how would you know? We were originally so rich that our kingdom had a total of 12 guardian Soul Artifacts, but all of them were taken away by that monster "
Gu Qing Shan stared at him with a sympathetic expression.
The king's sneer slowly froze.
Gu Qing Shan's attitude made him feel a bit uncertain.
"Ah — - Lola, come" Gu Qing Shan said.
"Yes, master!"
Lola ran over, flipped the backpack upside down, and shook it.
— — -clatter clatter!
A large number of treasures poured out from the backpack, slowly piling up next to the king.
They gave off a mysterious fluctuation of power that anyone could easily tell that they were all priceless treasures of the 900 million World Layers.
Soul Artifacts.
All of them were Soul Artifacts.
From a rough count, there were at least a few hundred of them.
The king opened his eyes wide, unable to accept what was happening in front of him.
If it weren't for the pain coming from his chest, he would have thought that he was dreaming.
The king opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but felt like he had nothing to say.
I was just talking about the 12 Soul Artifacts.
How pitiful.
Gu Qing Shan glanced at him and casually told him: "A word of advice — — staying in a backwater place for too long will affect your perspective"
The king felt like he was just punched in the chest.
He closed his eyes, then abruptly opened them again, feeling a burning sensation in his heart.
Who dares to talk to me like that?
And the other party's Soul Artifacts are piled up all over the ground, so they have the right to talk to me like that!
Damn it!
The king couldn't help but shout: "Wealth is only one aspect, I've already told you about that matter before, I don't believe you wouldn't covet it"
"What matter?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
"Don't you want to know the God of Life's secret?"
Gu Qing Shan waved her hand dismissively and scoffed: "If even the Divinities themselves couldn't kill that monster, then the Divinities' secret wouldn't be of any help to me"
"Not to mention, when it comes to secrets, the more you know, the more troublesome it is, so please don't tell us"
The king froze again, then continued: "In front of that monster, you won't be able to escape, only the God of Life's ruin — — -"
"How shallow" Gu Qing Shan sighed and muttered.
These words successfully incited the king's anger.
"Do you really think you can deal with that monster?" he loudly mocked.
Gu Qing Shan cracked her neck with a helpless expression on her face, as if she was a newbie who didn't understand anything.
She clapped her hands.
Jang Young-ho walked forward, took out a long glowing metal cannon barrel, and patted it on the king's face.
"Can you sense its power?" Jang Young-ho softly asked.
The cold metallic sensation made the king shut his mouth.
The anger in his heart was instantly extinguished.
As the ruler of a country, he still had some sense in front of such a powerful weapon.
This Technological weapon was capable of destroying an entire world.
If Calming Soul Country was destroyed, the monster would naturally be heavily injured.
This way, even if they couldn't kill the monster, they would at least have enough time to escape!
They even have such a weapon!!!
The king felt like he had nowhere to rest his heart, feeling utterly useless.
Even when he was stabbed by the scepter and thought he was about to die, he didn't feel this bad.
— — -of course, he didn't know that this was a treasure Lola found at the edge of the unending abyss of broken worlds.
For the sake of touching this weapon, Lola had even broken her promise to never touch anything.
Even assault pistols had to call it Cannon Bro when they saw this weapon.
This was the only one of its kind!
Gu Qing Shan waved her hand.
Jang Young-ho put Cannon Brother away and retreated.
Gu Qing Shan cleared her throat and told the king: "Very well, give me the four items you've collected over the past few years, we'll be even and even"
"Really?" the king said, then sneaked a glance at the others.
The others didn't seem to have any objections.
The little girl tossed out a bunch of Soul Artifacts, then ignored them.
The man came over to show off the world-destroying weapon, stood back up, took out a cigarette, then sighed and put it away.
Clearly, he was addicted to smoking.
Everyone ignored the Soul Artifacts on the ground.
Damn it, those are Soul Artifacts, Soul Artifacts that even that monster would go crazy over!
The king slowly regained his senses.
No wonder the one called Gu Qing Shan just now said that Calming Soul Country was a place of poverty.
If that's the case, then Calming Soul Country really was poor.
Even that terrifying monster was nothing but a pauper in front of them.
— — -what the hell, what's going on with these people?
Could it be that besides me, no one else in this room cares about the wealth of Calming Soul Country?
Not even the ruin left behind by the God of Life could attract their attention?
That's a miracle!!!
The king felt himself being unable to calm down.
This was the same feeling as a bandit who'd gone through countless hardships to steal a huge amount of treasure, only to be discovered by the enemy at the very last moment, forcing him to engage in a battle of life and death with the enemy.
In the end, he was defeated by the enemy and was beaten to the ground.
Right at this moment, the enemy suddenly said that they didn't want his treasures, pointing out that they were all trash.
Trash that wasn't even worth mentioning.
The enemy only had a single request.
— — -they forced me to tell them whether or not the weather is good today, whether or not it's going to rain.
Whether or not it's going to rain …
That's right, it's only for trivial matters like this.
The king felt his eyes becoming a bit moist.
He stared straight at Gu Qing Shan and spoke in a low voice: "Let me confirm one more time, if I tell you the information you want to know, will you let me go?"
Gu Qing Shan replied: "Of course, we can sign a covenant — — I hope that you will tell me the information you want seriously and not lie about it"
The king didn't say anything.
He reached his hand out to hold up a scroll.
Gu Qing Shan glanced at the scroll, casually took it, and gave it to Lola.
After reading it, Lola gave it to Boss. Boss also nodded and gave it back to Gu Qing Shan.
"No issues" Lola replied.
"It's a very strict scroll" Boss commented.
"— – Very well"
Gu Qing Shan opened the scroll and wrote down the terms of the covenant [As long as the king provides me with true information, both sides will not invade each other].
He cut his finger and let his blood drip onto the covenant.
The scroll was then given to the king.
The king did the same.
The scroll glowed with a bright light.
"There" Gu Qing Shan said.
The king felt relieved.
From now on, as long as the information I give them is true, they won't be able to take my life anymore. However, seeing how nonchalant Gu Qing Shan was, the king couldn't help but feel a bit speechless.
The king's thoughts quickly turned.
I don't have anyone else I can use right now.
Calming Soul Country had always been sealed off, aside from the royal family, everyone else was being closely watched by the monsters.
These people were the only ones who appeared here by accident.
They were the only ones in the entire Calming Soul Country that the monsters wouldn't notice.
Although these people weren't particularly strong — — -
But their abilities were unique.
Rich.
Powerful equipment.
Their leader's brain was enough.
In other words, they were the only hope.
— — the hope to explore the ruins!
The king took a deep breath, then took out a crystal.
"All the information related to the four Deities is in here"
"Very well"
Gu Qing Shan received the crystal.
The covenant scroll was burnt to ash.
— — the covenant was completed.
From now on, neither side would be able to harm the other.
Gu Qing Shan pulled the Devil King Warden Rod out of the other party's chest.
"My apologies"
He spoke with an apologetic tone.
The king clutched his chest and slowly stood up.
If it weren't for the unique power of the scepter, this wound wouldn't have been anything to him at all.
The king hesitated a bit, then made up his mind: "I have another matter that I need to establish a covenant with you"
"What is it?"
"I need you to come with me to explore the God of Life's ruins"
"No, this matter has nothing to do with us, we won't waste our energy on such a thing" Gu Qing Shan shook her head.
The king went silent briefly, then asked: "… Didn't you want to deal with the four Deities?"
"That's right"
"If you help me explore the ruins, in exchange, I will help you deal with the four Deities — — after all, they are also my enemies"
"If that's the case … it's not like we can't negotiate. If you're willing to pay for everything, we'll spend some time to seriously consider it"
"Money isn't an issue, I'll be in the royal palace, if you're willing to cooperate with me to explore the ruins, please come find me with this"
The king gave a teleportation scroll to Gu Qing Shan, stared at him for a long time, then disappeared.
The room returned to silence.
No one said anything.
After a while, Lola finally couldn't help but ask: "Who can tell me what exactly happened?"
"What is it?" Jang Young-ho asked.
"This king clearly came to us with killing intent, didn't he?"
"Hm, if we didn't submit, he would have killed us, there's no doubt about that"
"But when he left, he wasn't like that"
"What do you think?"
"He gave us the information we needed, was willing to pay everything to invite us to explore the God's ruins, and promised to establish a covenant to help us deal with the four Deities — — - did he suddenly go crazy?"
"He didn't go crazy, he just ran into a real swindler"
Saying so, Jang Young-ho took a pack of cigarettes and left the room.
It should be safe for now.
At least one of the forces of this world wouldn't try to deal with us anymore, while the other side is still busy trying to cover up the truth about the monster.
I can go out and have a smoke.
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