Ascension To Divine Throne - Chapter 126

Chapter 126: Chapter 126: Are You Crazy?
Chapter 126: Are You Crazy?

Morning, 16th Street.

In Jack’s shop.

Today, Jack woke up very early, not to clean the shop, or rather, his shop hasn’t been touched since he took Ashley as his apprentice. Everything has been taken care of by Ashley.

However, with her strength, she couldn’t move the larger items, so she just swept the floor and wiped the tables, leaving Jack to his own devices.

Just as Jack was contemplating the accounts of the past few days and planning whether to take little Ashley out for some experience, the door of the shop was pushed open from the outside.

Walking in was a tall and lean man, with a somewhat pale complexion, and as soon as he entered, he casually looked around Jack’s shop with interest.

“What can I do for you?”

Jack frowned at the man, impatiently asking.

“This is a shop, right? I can come in and buy something, can’t I!”

The man said with a smile, completely unconcerned about Jack’s somewhat hostile attitude.

If William were here, he would recognize this pale-faced man as the vampire Marion he met on Gedo Street.

“Hmph!”

Jack was a little annoyed, but he didn’t say much, he wouldn’t kick a customer out.

Marion chuckled as he wandered around Jack’s shop.

The shop wasn’t very big to begin with, with all the weapons and materials roughly divided into a few piles, quite messy.

But Marion was very patient, carefully examining each item.

An old sword, a gemstone, he would pick them up and examine them carefully before shaking his head and putting them down.

With such a serious attitude, it seemed as if he were appraising antiques, but this wasn’t an antique auction house, nor was it a noble’s collection room.

This was just Jack’s dim and narrow little shop.

Jack leaned back in his chair, playing with coins one by one, but his gaze was fixed on Marion.

At first, he didn’t notice it, although this customer didn’t emit any special aura, Jack couldn’t help but tense up involuntarily.

Although he looked polite and harmless, Jack’s intuition was subtly warning him that the person admiring the goods there wasn’t a normal person, but rather a monster in human skin.

He no longer rushed Marion as he did at the beginning, Jack silently waited for Marion to look around slowly.

After a long time, Marion finished looking at the ores and monster materials piled against the wall near the door where Jack was sitting, frowned slightly, and began to search through the somewhat broken and dirty weapons and armor placed together.

Where is it?

Marion hadn’t come to Jack’s little shop to pass the time, he was just looking for the divine child near 16th Street, and incidentally searching for those traitors, when he vaguely felt a special aura here.

It wasn’t those scum, but rather a pure blood aura similar to the vampires’.

Marion initially thought he had finally found the trace of the divine child, but when he rushed over, he found it was just an ordinary little shop.

The entire shop had only one person, although he was a Gold-ranked assassin, he was just that, and had nothing to do with the divine child he had been entrusted to find by Berns.

Standing in the shop, Marion was sure that the aura he felt wasn’t from the Prophet, it should be emanating from an item in the shop.

But this aura was too weak, Marion couldn’t directly identify which item it was.

But Marion wasn’t in a hurry, he had plenty of time, enough for him to slowly look through each one.

And Jack, though he was anxious, had no choice.

He had already determined that the person in front of him was someone he couldn’t afford to provoke.

After a moment, the door of Jack’s little shop was knocked again.

Marion turned his head to look, chuckled lightly, and ignored it, continuing to examine the various weapons.

Jack also didn’t move, he already knew who was outside the door, but he didn’t react.

At this moment, the person outside the door was Ashley, holding some food and a piece of cloth.

Hearing no movement inside, Ashley hesitated for a moment, remembering Jack’s instructions after taking her as his apprentice, gritted her teeth, and lightly knocked on the door again.

After waiting for a while and realizing there was still no movement inside, Ashley no longer hesitated and hurried back to her own home.

Closing the door tightly, she peeked through the crack left by the curtains, keeping an eye on the situation at Jack’s shop.

Noticing that Ashley was obedient and didn’t push the door open directly, Jack secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

It was fortunate that he had instructed Ashley in advance not to come in if he didn’t respond.

After all, Jack had been operating in the gray area of Canlight City, and trouble could come knocking at any time.

He wasn’t afraid for himself, but Ashley was different. She was still too young, even though she had gained some extraordinary power.

Jack also settled down, holding his breath and waiting patiently for Marion.

He didn’t want to resort to violence until the last moment.

Just as Jack’s mind was racing, Marion picked up a dagger from the pile of weapons.

This dagger was pitch black and quite small, looking rather ordinary.

Unlike typical daggers, this one didn’t have the usual blood groove design, and a faint crimson hue emanated from the tip.

Marion tightly gripped the dagger in his right hand, waving it in the air a few times. The speed was extremely fast, but there was no sound of the weapon cutting through the air.

With a slight smile on his face, Marion said to Jack, “Boss, I’ll take this dagger. How much?”

Actually, Jack didn’t want to take any money. It would be better if this troublemaker left quickly. But seeing Marion’s serious expression, he could only say, “One hundred gold coins.”

Clang~

Marion took out a small pouch and tossed it onto the table in front of Jack.

Opening it, Jack saw that it was indeed gold coins, but not the currency of the Fis Kingdom, but rather coins minted in the Southern Raiden Kingdom.

Ignoring this detail and not bothering to count the coins, Jack nodded and said, “No problem, this dagger is yours now.”

Marion smiled and wiped a drop of blood-like red gemstone on the dagger with his left hand.

Greedy, he swallowed the droplet of blood, and the dagger seemed to come alive all of a sudden. The dirt on it gradually faded away, revealing its blood-red blade underneath.

Just by looking at it, Jack felt like he was facing a sea of crimson blood and a sharp edge.

“So it’s this, Vlad’s Bloodthirsty Dagger.”

Marion looked at the dagger in his hand with some delight. This was quite a famous weapon among the vampires.

Of course, it wasn’t famous because of this particular dagger, but because of its maker.

A legendary vampire, the cruel prince, Vlad Tepes.

He was once on the path to becoming a divine being, but unfortunately, he didn’t successfully ignite the divine fire in the end.

There were rumors that this ancestor of vampires was sleeping in the divine realm, waiting for the next opportunity.

Although Jack didn’t recognize what kind of dagger it was, he could understand from its momentum that it was at least a high-level Gold-ranked weapon.

Without any hesitation, Jack adhered to his principle of “what you see and get is all yours,” and didn’t complain even if he lost out.

“Congratulations to this guest, this is indeed an extraordinary weapon.”

Jack congratulated, implying that if you’ve found what you wanted, it’s time to leave.

“Hehe.”

Marion put away the dagger in his hand and smiled at Jack, saying, “Since I’ve already paid, let’s calculate the crime of stealing treasures from my clan.”

“What?”

Jack almost thought he misheard.

Are you crazy? What kind of logic is this?

Although it seems that this dagger might indeed be related to you, didn’t you already buy it?

You already have the item in your hands, and you want to settle accounts with me?

“This sir, this dagger was acquired by me from someone else’s hands. I didn’t know it was a treasure of your clan.”

“I’m really sorry, I’m willing to pay any price, please forgive me.”

Feeling the increasingly heavy pressure emanating from Marion, Jack dared not be negligent and hurriedly explained.

“Hehe, no need.”

Marion chuckled and said, actually feeling quite good. Although the “Vlad’s Bloodthirsty Dagger” was quite famous among the vampires, it had been lost for a long time. Finding it here was quite a pleasant surprise.

Now he had a gift for the Prophet, which was much more valuable than the heart of the Gold-ranked vampire from last time.

“Each to their own, I bought this dagger from you with my money, so now it’s mine,” Marion patiently explained to Jack, with a hint of a smile on his face.

“As for why the dagger ended up in your hands, I don’t care. I only care about the result.”

Jack’s brain was almost in chaos. What’s going on? I don’t understand anything.

“Don’t worry, after all, Lord Damon requested that I avoid trouble, so I’ll go easy on you,” Marion said with a smile, his blood aura becoming stronger.

Jack was now certain that the polite man in front of him was actually a lunatic.

To put it mildly, he was a chaotic lunatic! They don’t listen to reason at all!

No way.

Jack knew there was no way to reason with them. They only believed in their own truth!

Jack realized there was no way to deal with this. He didn’t know where to find two sharp daggers, which he held tightly in his hands, cautiously watching Marion standing in front of him.

After Marion saw Jack ready, he smiled, waved his hand, and dashed towards Jack.

Meanwhile, Ashley obediently stayed at home, carefully observing the situation across the street, worrying about Jack.

“Uncle Jack won’t be in trouble, will he?”

Clasping her hands tightly, Ashley obediently stayed put, knowing she was still very weak, much weaker than Uncle Jack.

She had witnessed some tough guys coming to Jack’s shop looking for trouble before, but they were quickly dispatched by Uncle Jack.

Encountering this situation for the first time, Ashley didn’t know what to do. She could only silently pray for Uncle Jack, hoping he wouldn’t be in trouble.

Boom!

Suddenly, Ashley saw the roof of Jack’s shop explode, and two figures dashed out from it.

Covering her mouth tightly, Ashley didn’t scream out loud. With her eyesight, she could only see two blurry figures entangled on the rooftop.

One figure was enveloped in a thick blood color, while the other was a dark gray.

Although she couldn’t see their figures clearly, Ashley could guess that the gray figure was her Uncle Jack.

What worried her was that the gray figure seemed to be heavily suppressed by the blood-colored one, barely able to hold on.

“Uncle Jack, hang in there!”

At the Lower City Guard Post:

Captain Todd was enjoying his lunch contentedly.

After reporting the appearance of a Gold-ranked vampire in the Lower City, Todd felt much more relaxed.

‘I’ve done my part, you do whatever you want! Since it’s a Gold-ranked vampire, he definitely isn’t a match for me.

Whatever punishment is fine, it depends on the decision of the big bosses.

Hope the big bosses make a decision soon and that there won’t be similar problems again!’

Todd relaxed and felt the weather today was much brighter.

“This is the life!”

Todd gulped down all the milk in his bowl and exclaimed heroically.

“Captain Todd!”

The door of the room suddenly burst open, and urgent voices rang in Todd’s ears.

Todd’s face suddenly darkened as he stared at the messenger rushing in, gritting his teeth and saying, “What’s the matter?”

The messenger was quite indifferent and said hurriedly:

“Captain Todd, the detection array detected fluctuations of strong individuals fighting on 16th Street, similar to the last two times.”

“Alright, alright, alright!”

Damn weather!

Todd cursed in his heart and rushed out, turning left.

“Suddenly I need to pee, you guys go first, I’ll be there soon.”

Todd’s voice came from afar, and in the blink of an eye, he disappeared.

Olivier, who was leading the patrol in the Lower City, frowned as if he sensed something.

He swiftly leaped onto the rooftops, scanning the area.

Olivier noticed faint flashes of blood in the distance, especially conspicuous under the sunlight.

Without waiting for the others, Olivier ordered them to follow on their own, while he swiftly jumped from rooftop to rooftop, heading towards 16th Street.

His agile figure didn’t seem to be affected by the holy warrior’s armor he was wearing.

On 16th Street, on the rooftop of Jack’s shop:

After several exchanges, the gray figure seemed to be heavily injured, crashing heavily onto the ground in front of Ashley’s house, raising a cloud of dust.

Struggling to get up, Jack’s body was constantly dripping blood from his mouth and body, his trembling hands barely able to hold onto the dagger.

The gap was too big!

After just one exchange, Jack knew he was no match for the man in front of him.

A Gold-ranked vampire!

Jack was only a Gold-ranked assassin, and with old age creeping up, his strength had begun to decline.

There’s no way to win!

Marion raised one foot and stepped on the eaves, surveying Jack’s condition. Satisfied, he said, “Hmm, that’s enough. After all, we can’t violate the rules and kill indiscriminately.”

Seemingly feeling that Jack had been sufficiently punished, Marion’s figure flashed and turned into a blood mist, leaving the scene.

Jack’s vision darkened, almost passing out.

Just… just to beat me up?

You’re really nuts!

{Here you go, my readers. A long chapter. Enjoy!!}