BVAHEDLA[W Chapter 68

“No mission?” Amoris inhaled almost imperceptibly, shocked by what the system said in his heart. “Then I can do whatever I want?”

He asked tentatively.

【…Theoretically…】

The system was clearly incredulous about the current situation, and even its usually cold, inorganic voice revealed a hint of hesitation.

【That’s right.】

It gave the final answer.

Upon hearing this, a cold glint flashed in Amoris’s eyes. He subconsciously began to analyze the situation: “Even if I destroy this world?”

【…】

This time the system didn’t speak, but it didn’t refute either.

No rebuttal…? Does that mean it’s allowed?

Great, without mission constraints, he could play as he pleased.

A smile flashed in Amoris’s eyes, then disappeared immediately.

Then, he lowered his eyes slightly. He was currently kneeling in a luxurious golden cage, the harsh light shining directly from above, coating his light golden curly hair with a soft glow.

A beautiful person is always worth more patience, especially one who is about to become a plaything. He lowered his head, his long golden hair sliding down his neck, revealing a fair and slender nape, making people unable to resist the urge to break it.

Yes, it was this kind of cold, fragile feeling that made these insects even more fanatical. They couldn’t wait to enter the bidding process, then own him, control him, until he was broken…

Amoris seemed completely unaware of the greedy and eager gazes from the outside world. Of course, it was also possible that he simply couldn’t be bothered to care. Long eyelashes cast a fan-shaped shadow over his eyelids, and the faint blue flowing on the golden cage bars looked like the sea.

In fact, Amoris was recalling the plot in his mind.

According to the plot, at the moment the auction hammer fell, he would offer a great gift to all the male and female insects here –

He would use the cold machinery of his left arm to tear open the auction house’s proud cage, welded from rare metals and claimed to be impervious to even General Arnold’s light blade.

Then, he would pierce through their bodies, using blood as a lubricant to warm the cold metal and reignite that dead heart.

Although the price he would pay was not small, in the original plot, Amoris suffered considerable injuries to his abdomen and right leg, and fainted for several days after finally escaping.

This point was also the first time the name Amoris entered the public eye in the plot, and it quickly topped the S-class wanted list.

The insects who survived the auction that day would also know what kind of fierce beast they had imprisoned.

While Amoris was reminiscing, the auction was proceeding in an orderly manner.

The sound of bids echoed in his ears, lively and bustling.

Currently, the price had reached a very exaggerated figure.

For male insects – especially those living on the capital star – star coins were just a string of numbers to them. Male insects received preferential treatment from birth, and a huge sum of money was deposited into their accounts every month by the Male Insect Protection Association, just for spending money.

Moreover, once a male insect registers with a female insect, all of the female insect’s property, whether they become a queen, concubine, or slave, would be transferred to their male master. After all, even they themselves were property belonging to the male insect.

Therefore, some poor or down-on-their-luck male insects relied on registering with female insects to continue maintaining their extravagant spending.

However, as of now, several male insects had silently given up. It wasn’t that they didn’t have enough money, but they didn’t want to go up against those two big shots.

The bidding continued, but the increase in price was much slower than before.

Amoris moved his fingertips. The effect of the drug was wearing off, and he could feel the strength in his body gradually returning.

“80 million for the first time!”

Victor’s voice sounded from behind Amoris.

“80 million for the second time!”

Amoris raised his head, a cold glint flowing through his deep blue eyes.

“80 million—” Victor paused, his voice even more impassioned, his eyes sweeping the audience, confirming that no one was bidding anymore before finally bringing down the hammer, “Third time!”

“Sold!”

At the same time, Amoris raised his left hand, the unfamiliarity of controlling the mechanical hand and the immense power exploding together in his hand. With a “thump,” a sound of violent metal collision rang out.

Immediately afterward, the golden metal bars visibly deformed, bending little by little, until they could no longer withstand the deformation caused by the huge force. With a “bang,” they snapped open, with faint white smoke rising from the break.

Amoris stood up, his slender, straight legs gracefully stepping out of the cage. He walked forward leisurely, as if strolling in his own backyard.

He looked down at his left hand.

Amoris could clearly feel the power flowing through his fingertips, and the faint electrical current coursing through the metal veins.

Soon, a group of burly female insects in black blocked his path. Judging by their attire, they seemed to be guards of the auction house.

Amoris stopped, sizing up the group of people standing in front of him, while also thinking in his mind how likely he was to win if he fought them.

The answer was –

100%.

According to his memory and what he knew from the original plot, the industry of this auction house was not as simple as it appeared on the surface.

Auctioning off female insects was originally illegal in the empire’s laws, but no insect cared. Female insects were property, resources, they could be priced and pushed out to become commodities. This perception was deeply rooted in the minds of the insect race, and thus gradually developed into the gray industry it was today.

Everyone knew about it, and the royal family and nobles turned a blind eye to it. As long as no one reported it, they would pretend it didn’t happen.

Moreover, the illegal activities of this auction house were not so simple. Digging deeper, there were even more bloody, violent, and unspeakable things.

And the female insects who served as guards were not necessarily clean-handed either.

In that case…

It wouldn’t matter if they were all killed, would it?

A dark light flashed in Amoris’s eyes, and then he thrust out his left hand before anyone could react.

“Ah——————”

Screams erupted from the audience. Where was the calm they had just shown? They pushed and shoved each other, trying to escape first.

Amoris casually tore off a piece of the rag he was wearing and wiped the blood splattered on his face. His left hand was still in the same thrusting position, but it was already stained bright red, with warm blood constantly dripping down.

“Drip—” The red liquid dripped to the ground, slowly forming a small puddle, reflecting Amoris’s indifferent but flawless face.

At his feet, a group of people lay fallen.

No more, no less, exactly the number of the six guards.

“Mo… monster!!!”

The voice came from the left.

Amoris turned his head towards the source of the sound. It was Victor.

He tilted his head, and his soft golden curls slid down from behind his neck, the small curls at the ends of his hair trembling on his shoulders with vitality.

His blue eyes were cold, as if taking Victor to a distant, frigid place, placing him in the midst of ice and snow. The vast ocean surface solidified into never-melting hard ice, firmly fixing him in place.

Victor took a step back subconsciously.

The look in Amoris’s eyes contained none of the emotions of a living being. He was like a pure white killing machine.

And he, already, was a corpse.

Victor collapsed to the ground. The entire insect seemed to be surrounded by immense fear, leaving his two legs with no strength to stand.

“Help… help!!!” The instinct to survive made Victor erupt with his last bit of strength. He used his hands and feet to quickly crawl forward, tears and snot streaming down his face. He no longer cared about his appearance. If he didn’t hurry, even living would be a luxury.

Panic-stricken screams spread among the insects. Suddenly, a fishy, foul odor spread quickly along with a strange splashing sound.

A clear water mark appeared on Victor’s escape route. Of course, some insects also noticed that the black suit pants between Victor’s legs were completely wet.

“Tsk.” Amoris coldly watched Victor’s ugly state. He followed unhurriedly, carefully avoiding the water marks. “So dirty.”

Amoris wasn’t wearing shoes. His white, rounded toes landed silently on the marble floor, but Victor felt like he could still hear the Grim Reaper’s announcement, approaching him step by step.

Amoris raised his left hand again –

Just then, a red beam of light, carrying a searing temperature, unexpectedly came towards him and Victor’s position.

Amoris’s pupils shrank sharply, and he rolled to the side to dodge.

Victor, who stayed in place, wasn’t so lucky. A charred hole appeared on his forehead, smoking, and the smell of roasted meat could vaguely be smelled. He widened his eyes in disbelief and fell into the pool of blood.

Amoris frowned, looking towards the source of the particle beam. In a daze, his eyes met a pair of red eyes.

The man stood in the very center of the group of female insects. He wore a dark military uniform, and his straight, powerful calves were neatly wrapped in military boots. A belt outlined his lean waist, and silver hair was spread out behind his head like fine silk, appearing even more dazzling against the backdrop of the black military uniform.

Arnold…

The name instinctively surfaced in Amoris’s mind.

The youngest general in the plot, and the person he hated the most, Custer’s… fiancée.

The Lancaster family was declining, and they intended to make Custer’s guide – that is, Arnold – Custer’s queen.

Amoris’s gaze couldn’t help but fall on Arnold. His gaze moved down little by little, eventually landing on Arnold’s chest.

There was a medal there, inlaid with a red gemstone, the same color as Arnold’s eyes, complementing each other.

Want to pry it off.

When Amoris was on the run before, he had no money and could only do some petty thievery. What he liked most was prying off various decorative gemstones, after all, that meant he wouldn’t go hungry for at least a month.

There was no way around it, it was an occupational hazard. It seemed like the original owner’s influence on him was a bit deep.

And no matter what, Amoris was a male insect, he just liked beautiful, shiny things.

While Amoris was sizing up Arnold, Arnold was also quietly sizing him up.

In fact, from the day he was selected as the guide for the young male insect of the Lancaster Duke’s family, he had a faint feeling of unease in his heart, as if he had lost something important.

Until today, this feeling became more and more intense.

A voice in his heart told him to go to the K27 star system, otherwise he would definitely regret it.

So he took on this mission.

After some investigation, he discovered that this auction house in the K27 star system was actually engaged in trading female insects. However, this one crime alone was not enough to get the military to approve his actions. Fortunately, he also discovered that this auction house was secretly kidnapping impoverished male insects and extracting their mental power in cruel ways.

This time, the military approved his actions, although it was under the guise of protecting male insects.

And when he arrived at the K27 star system, finally, the unknown voice in his heart was finally appeased when he saw the golden-haired sub-male in front of him.

Otherwise, as Custer’s guide, he would be on vacation until Custer awakened.

Soon, the scene was cleaned up by Arnold and his subordinates.

Amoris and the group of male insects boarded the starship under Arnold’s arrangement, but the gazes those male insects gave Amoris revealed a hint of fear.

The starship quickly arrived at the capital. With so many male insects, the military naturally couldn’t bother to give Amoris, a “sub-male,” a detailed examination. Seeing that he was fine, they were even too lazy to draw blood.

After all, the Male Protection Association’s investigation alone was enough to give them a headache.

Amoris naturally had no objections to this, but it was estimated that even if it was detected that he was a male insect, it wouldn’t change anything. After all, he had failed to awaken and had no mental power, which made him a useless person among male insects, only maintaining his superficial honor.

As soon as Amoris stepped out of the hospital, he saw someone he didn’t expect.

It was Arnold.

He was actually waiting for him at the door.

Amoris was a little surprised, and then he showed this surprise on his face.

To be honest, even Arnold himself didn’t know why he was here.

He was supposed to go home directly after reporting to the military, but by the time he realized it, his hand had already unconsciously controlled the hovercar to return to the hospital.

Now that he saw the person, Arnold suddenly became speechless.

His face flushed slightly, and it took him a long time to spit out a sentence: “Do you have a place to live on the capital star?”

After saying that, he realized that he had asked a stupid question.

Amoris’s file had already been pulled up. He was born on an unnamed planet in the K27 star system, then entered the arena, and then escaped by accident.

He could imagine that he couldn’t possibly have property on the capital star!

Arnold’s face turned even redder.

Amoris watched the changes in the person in front of him with curiosity: “Then does the general mean to invite me to live in your house?”

“Yes.” Arnold nodded, and in the next instant, he seemed to suddenly realize what he had just agreed to, and hurriedly shook his head. Then, realizing that his behavior might cause Amoris to misunderstand, he hurriedly explained: “No… no.”

His head seemed to be almost overloaded and smoking, and the words he spoke were stuttering.

A fox-like cunning flashed in Amoris’s eyes. He deliberately put on a look of disappointment, lowered his eyes slightly, and his clear blue eyes looked like he was about to cry: “Can’t I? Oh well, then.”

The next moment, the two appeared together in Arnold’s hovercar.

Arnold hadn’t recovered yet. He set the hovercar’s destination to his mansion in a daze, then switched it to autopilot, and then began to think carefully about what had just happened.

When Amoris was feeling dejected, he actually grabbed Amoris’s hand, explained his true meaning to him, and then dragged him into his hovercar without explanation, and closed the door, as if afraid that the other party would escape.

The car was extremely quiet, so quiet that Arnold could only hear the sound of his own heartbeat, getting faster and faster…

Even if he wanted to try to control his gaze from looking around, his attention would still be involuntarily attracted to the sub-male next to him.

So beautiful.

Arnold was immersed in his thoughts, and didn’t notice that the hovercar had already arrived at its destination.

It was Amoris who reminded him.

Amoris was sitting in the back row, and could immediately see Arnold’s flushed ears. The other party opened the car door under his gaze.

Before he could get up, a crisp voice came in first.

“General Arnold, nice to meet you, I am Custer.”