WTYTIAAN Chapter 99

Chapter 99

Were they even discovered going through the ventilation ducts?

Upon noticing the [Poisoned] debuff, Yan Yunqing immediately held his breath, opened Divick’s panel, and confirmed that Divick’s [Poisoned] debuff wasn’t too severe either.

The poisonous gas was spreading from behind them, and the factory below was full of hooded people. Yan Yunqing could only pull Divick deeper into the ducts, ready to exit the instance at any moment.

The speed of the poisonous gas spreading was much faster than Yan Yunqing had anticipated. Both he and Divick’s Poisoned debuffs deepened. Divick was fine; the Dragon Clan’s physique was strong, so the debuff’s effect on him wasn’t significant. Yan Yunqing already felt a bit dizzy.

His health was constantly dropping, so Yan Yunqing preemptively chugged two Small Blue Bottles, applying a slow health regeneration buff to offset the health-draining poison debuff, slowing down the rate of health loss.

“There.” Divick saw the light ahead and the approaching valve, and directly scooped up Yan Yunqing horizontally, speeding towards the front—

A slide-tackle carried Yan Yunqing through the valve just as it slammed shut, kicking up a layer of accumulated dust and forming a closed space. The poisonous gas was blocked in the ducts behind them.

Yan Yunqing’s heart was still pounding. They were almost sliced in half by that valve! He snapped back to reality to find himself still in Divick’s arms.

…Still in a princess carry.

Yan Yunqing struggled to get out of Divick’s embrace, and sincerely suggested, “Next time, you can try carrying me over your shoulder.”

Divick was also very sincere: “That’s not convenient for running.”

Yan Yunqing: Openly lying!

Yan Yunqing didn’t want to argue with Divick about it and surveyed the new area. He’d been too focused on running to notice earlier, but now Yan Yunqing realized they’d made it out of the ventilation ducts.

No wonder there was a valve; this was the end.

Yan Yunqing vaguely smelled a strange odor, but he couldn’t identify its source. However, the [Poisoned] debuff on his panel hadn’t worsened, nor had any new debuffs been added.

“Let’s go down and take a look.”

Successfully descending to the ground, the place looked like a collection room, filled with display cabinets. But the items inside were extremely disorganized. Rather than a collection, Yan Yunqing thought it looked more like a junk room, except all the junk was gathered into crystal display cases.

“What is all this stuff…” Yan Yunqing even saw a woman’s intimate clothing in one of the display cases, and couldn’t help but complain, “Anyone who collects this kind of stuff is a pervert, right?”

…Oh, the mastermind behind Mandy Pell was indeed a pervert, and a lunatic at that. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have done something so crazy.

Yan Yunqing rubbed his temples. He suspected that the items in this room were things left behind by Mandy Pell’s victims.

Wasn’t there a saying that some ritualistic perverted serial killers would take an item from their victims as a trophy to collect?

The items in these display cases weren’t valuable, but they were placed in here, arranged so messily. It was very much like the boss keeping the possessions of those golden men as badges of honor and trophies.

Yan Yunqing was lost in thought when, unnoticed by him, the instance’s exploration progress continuously increased, soon reaching 100%.

After looking around for a while, Yan Yunqing noticed that Divick had stopped, standing in front of a display case, looking up at the items inside with a hint of anger in his eyes.

“What did you find?”

Yan Yunqing followed his gaze and saw that Divick was staring at a wooden sword in the display case. The wooden sword was very simple, like a child’s toy.

“…Is that your missing clansman?”

Divick nodded slightly. Yan Yunqing could even hear his faint grinding of teeth. “It’s Amos’s sword.”

Divick closed his eyes, barely suppressing the anger in his heart. Even though he had prepared himself, facing the truth was still difficult for him to accept.

Because of the difficulty of reproduction, every cub of the Dragon Clan was protected by the Dragon Clan. Amos was the only cub born in the Brilliant Dragon Clan in the last twenty years, and that sword was carved by Divick himself for him.

Amos was a very lively little dragon, and even Isabel loved him very much. However, three years ago, they only lost sight of him for a moment while he was playing near the edge of Dragon Valley, and in the blink of an eye, Amos disappeared.

For three years, Isabel and Divick had been searching for Amos’s whereabouts, but every time they found a lead, it would be cut off when they went to investigate.

Last month, they heard that Mandy Pell had a Chi Bone Sword made of Brilliant Dragon bones, so Isabel and Divick came over.

It was still one step too late…

Divick’s reddish-brown eyes were filled with surging anger. Yan Yunqing opened his mouth but didn’t know what to say. Comforting words would be too pale and powerless. Yan Yunqing knew that Divick couldn’t hear them right now.

So, should he let Divick beat up the boss to vent his anger? But he definitely wanted to get the final blow. The final blow gave more experience, and Divick’s level was too high, so he wouldn’t get any experience from the final blow. It would be better to give it to him.

Before Yan Yunqing could think through these issues, the ground beneath their feet suddenly shook. Yan Yunqing cautiously looked around, but didn’t find anything. Then, with a few loud crashes, the ground beneath them suddenly crumbled, revealing a pitch-black abyss.

Yan Yunqing and Divick fell together.

The rapid descent was terrifying, with the fierce wind howling in their ears, making Yan Yunqing’s face ache and his eyes water uncontrollably.

“Divick—”

Yan Yunqing groped, trying to exit the instance, but a prompt popped up on his panel.

『Instance exploration progress has reached 100%, you cannot exit the instance at this time.』

Yan Yunqing almost blurted out a curse, but the wind rushed into his open mouth, so Yan Yunqing closed it again.

He didn’t know how long they fell, maybe only a moment, maybe a very long time. Yan Yunqing felt his body sink, and a light, floating force came from his back.

It felt like he was being supported by something.

The wind around him was still strong. Yan Yunqing tried several times but couldn’t open his eyes. Even if he opened them, his vision was blurred and he couldn’t see clearly.

However, he smelled that familiar scent. Yan Yunqing wasn’t too panicked and quietly waited for the storm to pass.

…

Feeling the wind gradually lessen, Yan Yunqing tried to open his eyes again. He looked down and saw that he was indeed lying on Divick’s back. It was pitch black all around, and even Yan Yunqing’s night vision couldn’t see what was around them.

There was a faint spot of light in the distance. Divick, who was carrying him, seemed to have seen it as well, and was rapidly rushing in that direction.

As the spot of light grew larger and larger, forming a ball of light in front of them, they could both sense that the exit from this darkness was in that ball of light. Without any hesitation, Divick carried Yan Yunqing through the ball of light.

Whoosh—

The surroundings quickly became bright. Yan Yunqing couldn’t help but shield his eyes. His light-sensitive eyes uncontrollably welled up with tears again.

It was very noisy around them. Yan Yunqing heard people screaming. After trying to adjust to the light, he opened his eyes and was surprised to find that they had left the instance.

At that moment, Divick was carrying him, circling above the casino, with panicked people below.

『Abnormal instance detected, instance progress frozen. Please continue to explore diligently.』

Yan Yunqing:?

This game really has no limits. Can instances even have bugs?

But it was good that they got out, otherwise being stuck in the instance would have been troublesome.

One of the hooded figures threw a spell in their direction. Divick performed an emergency dodge in the air, skillfully avoiding the spell. But the Yan Yunqing on his back suffered. If Yan Yunqing hadn’t been quick-witted and grabbed onto the raised scales on Divick’s back, he would have been thrown off.

This attack also angered the already furious Divick. The dragon roared to the sky, and a burst of dragon fire spewed from its mouth, directly landing among the hooded figures below. In an instant, the hooded figure who had tried to attack them was reduced to ashes.

Yan Yunqing’s experience bar also increased a bit. Unfortunately, it wasn’t a red-named monster that he killed, so Yan Yunqing only got assist experience.

Divick spat out several more bursts of dragon fire. The pure flames, once ignited, were difficult to extinguish. Coupled with the level suppression, the hooded figures in the hall were mostly wiped out by Divick in a short time.

“Okay, let’s go back to the venue.” Yan Yunqing patted the dragon’s back. “The mastermind you’re looking for is there. Don’t let that black mask run away.”

Hearing this, Divick once again spat out a burst of dragon fire, disrupting the hooded figures’ attention, and carried Yan Yunqing, charging straight out of the hall.

At this time, it was inconvenient for Divick to continue maintaining his dragon form. Yan Yunqing jumped off his back and looked at the chaotic Mandy Pell.

Yan Yunqing whispered, “You go to the venue first. I promised to take some kids out of here. It’s chaotic now, so it’s the perfect opportunity. After I take the kids out, I’ll come back and meet you.”

After speaking, he was about to find a secluded place to transform into Joker to find the members of the child group, but as soon as he turned around, his wrist was grabbed.

Yan Yunqing turned back and saw Divick staring at him intently.

“Are you going to abandon me again?”

Yan Yunqing:…?

Yan Yunqing was stunned for a moment before realizing that they had only reunited a day ago. They had been through the group promotion competition together and explored the instance together. Yan Yunqing had almost forgotten about it.

The Demon King had abandoned his kin for over a thousand years.

“No.” Yan Yunqing looked at Divick, who was clearly expressionless but vaguely revealed a pitiful and fragile air. “I’m just leaving for a while. I’ll come back after I send those kids out.”

“…Really?”

“Really.”

Divick lowered his head, and after a long time, awkwardly spat out three words: “I don’t believe it.”

Yan Yunqing: …So this is the abandoned dog effect? Why is Divick so difficult to deal with?

Just as Yan Yunqing was thinking about how to stabilize Divick and convince him to split up, Divick slowly let go of his hand. He knelt on one knee in front of him, took Yan Yunqing’s hand, and rested his forehead on the back of Yan Yunqing’s hand.

“But I’ll be obedient.”

“King.”