novellhall Chapter 125 Children of Angels, Secret News
Chapter 125 Children of Angels, Secret News
Chapter 125 Children of Angels, Secret News
The sunlight was intense and bright.
Outside the Mist God Hunting Grounds, the unique fresh air of the forest was filled with undulating dust motes, enveloped by beams of light filtering through the leaves.
Xia Fa's gaze swept over the fair little feet of the girl with seaweed-colored curly hair, then he raised his head and looked at her face with her chin slightly raised.
"Are minors allowed to hunt in the Mist God Hunting Grounds now? Don't your parents care?"
There was no way around it; this seaweed-colored curly-haired girl was really quite petite, only a little over 1.5 meters tall, even shorter than Princess Victoria, which is why Xia Fa asked the question.
"not good--"
Unexpectedly, the expressions of many noble students around them immediately changed, and they rushed over as if to block Xia Fa's way.
"Hmm!"
The seaweed-colored curly-haired girl suddenly puffed out her cheeks, clenched her small fists, and bulged veins on her forehead, but even so, she gave the impression of acting cute or coquettish.
"I'm twenty-two years old! Twenty-two, you know?! I'm already a senior at Nickelheim University!"
She leaned forward, her petite body swaying as she rode atop the giant slime, accusing it with all her might:
"You actually—you actually still treat me like a child! Why?!"
Xia Fa smiled sheepishly:
"Oh, I see. I was just thinking you were too short—no—a bit too petite."
"not good!!!"
At this, the noble students' expressions changed completely, and they instantly formed a human wall, blocking Xia Fa's way.
"You, you, you!"
Enraged, the seaweed-colored curly-haired girl slapped the giant slime she was riding, seemingly trying to make it charge.
One of the noble students turned around with difficulty, faced Xia Fa, and earnestly said:
"Shafa, run! Let's lay low for a while. Miss Auff hates it when people say she's short!"
Just as the slime ridden by the seaweed-colored curly-haired girl was about to charge, she suddenly seemed to remember something, sighed softly, and placed her hand on the slime's head.
The slime, which had been gathering its strength, immediately stopped.
"Fine, I'm magnanimous and won't hold it against you this time, since you're new here. Hmph~"
She turned her head away, her little face full of arrogance, as if waiting for Xia Fa to apologize to her.
The group of noble students breathed a sigh of relief. Miss Auf seemed to be in a pretty good mood today; otherwise, if she had really lost her temper like before, they would have been sent flying everywhere.
Xia Fa smiled and said:
"A grown man doesn't hold a grudge against a petty person? Judging from your size, shouldn't you be the petty person?"
aristocratic students:
They all turned to look at Xiafa with either fear or disbelief, as if they were seeing a dying man.
At this moment, a big question arose in the minds of these noble students.
That's why Xia Fa dared to be so brave.
You should know that Miss Off is the daughter of a duke, one of the most prestigious students at Nickelheim University!
Their lineage was only slightly inferior to that of the young people from the Augustus family or the Selene royal family, and they were only inferior to the young people from those two families who were also children of dukes or higher.
Not only that, Miss Off is also one of the most outstanding superhumans at Nickelheim University.
Not only has he reached the whale level and is about to become a demigod, but he has also subdued a whale-level mystic spirit, an extremely rare traveling slime!
Most importantly, this traveling slime also has the potential to become a demigod!
If we were to discuss the most outstanding members of the younger generation in the Kingdom of Augu, aside from His Highness the Prince, Princess Victoria, and the prince from the Augustus family, it would be Miss Ouf and Major General Poincaré.
As everyone knows, what Miss Aw hates most is being told she's short.
Xia Fa broke the taboo three times right from the start today: "You, you, you! Ahhhhhh! You're driving me crazy!"
With a sudden leap, Off jumped off the traveling slime and soared over the heads of the group of noble students.
It landed in front of Xia Fa.
She raised her small fist and held it upright in front of her, her large, seaweed-colored eyes filled with defiance and stubbornness.
"You always say I'm short, I challenge you to a duel!"
At that moment, a deep, rough voice came from afar.
"Alright, alright, stop fooling around, Miss Auf. Didn't you just quietly say you admired Shafa? Why the sudden change of heart?"
Xia Fa looked up and saw the burly young man wearing a naval cloak.
The young man reached out and straightened his white baseball cap. He took a step, and his figure suddenly dissipated like flames. The next moment, he appeared between Xia Fa and Ao Fu, blocking the two of them.
"Our goal this time is to hunt down all the supernatural creatures in the Mist God's Hunting Grounds within a few days. Arguing won't help our cooperation."
Besides, what would His Highness the Prince think if he saw this scene?
Upon hearing this, Aw crossed her arms over her chest and turned her face to the left:
"Hmph~, you want to be His Highness the Prince's squire? I don't want to, and I don't care. Who told Xia Fa to say I'm underage!"
"Cough cough."
Xia Fa coughed twice and said seriously:
"What I mean by that is that you look young. Even though you're 22, you look like you're 15 or 16."
Auf suddenly turned around, her seaweed-colored eyes widening with joy:
"Really? Really?"
Xia Fa nodded solemnly:
"real."
A smile suddenly appeared on Auf's childlike face:
"Okay, I forgive you!"
Xiafa:
This young lady seems quite gullible—
Seeing this, the young man, a rear admiral, breathed a sigh of relief, turned around, and extended a large, strong, calloused hand:
"Shaffar, hello, nice to meet you. My name is Poincaré, Poincaré de Schoesar."
Xia Fawei took a closer look and was surprised to find that the person in front of him was Poincaré.
He had heard his colleagues at the church talk about Poincaré before. Poincaré was a twenty-year-old whale-level superhuman who was also a rear admiral in the navy.
Regardless of his background, experience, or abilities, he is outstanding and regarded by the entire Kingdom of Augu as a candidate for future naval admiral.
Moreover, from this first encounter, he could tell that the Poincaré seemed like a good person, rather composed.
Xia Fa extended his hand and shook hands with Poincaré, feeling that his large hand was particularly strong.
"Hello, nice to meet you."
Aw, who had been crossing her arms and looking rather haughty, stretched out a small, fair hand upon seeing this:
"Shafa, let me introduce myself. My name is Off, Off de Oberon."
Oberon?
Xia Fa slightly smiled.
Good heavens, so it turns out that everyone in the younger generation of the entire August Kingdom, except for the most outstanding members of the Augustus family and the Selenes royal family, has come?
You should know that Duke Oberon and Duke Shorsa are the only two Grand Dukes in the Kingdom of Augu!
Of course, there were also many dukes in the Augustus family and the Selene royal family, but their backgrounds were different.
More importantly, both Duke Oberon and Duke Shoreza are angels!
This is also a tacit rule among the nobles of the Augu Kingdom: only those with the rank of angel are worthy of the title of duke.
Shafa, the daughter of an angel and the son of an angel, finally understood why Tyrene had earnestly told him before he set off not to offend these noble scions.
At least on the surface, he is someone he cannot afford to offend.
As for the secret killings—two have already been killed.
"Hello, nice to meet you."
As he thought about it, Xia Fa also reached out and grasped Ao Fu's fair and delicate hand.
The surrounding noble students were all stunned, wondering what was wrong with Miss Auf today?
Not only did she not get angry when this Xia Fa called her short three times, but she was also willing to let Xia Fa touch her hand.
You know, at Nikiham University, countless suitors have wanted to get close to Miss Off, but they have all been turned away. To this day, no one has ever touched Miss Off's hand. Xia Fa is the first!
Is this some kind of melodramatic plot from a stage play or movie, where a duke's daughter falls in love with a poor boy from the slums?
"Haha, that's much better. I almost thought you guys were going to fight just now."
Daponz smiled and smoothed things over, quite pleased, though he hadn't expected Poincaré and Auf to accept Shafa so quickly.
"Come on, it's too hot standing outside. Let's go into the hall, have some tea, and talk about how to hunt this time."
Daponts was clearly the most tactful among the many noble students, which made everyone happy to have him organize the gatherings.
Therefore, as soon as he spoke, everyone went to the hall.
There were more than thirty noble students present. Fortunately, there were four rows of long sofas in the hall, all surrounding a tea table.
As soon as they sat down, the hierarchy of their social status became apparent.
On one of the sofas, Poincaré and Auvers sat on either side of it, leaving the middle empty.
The others squeezed onto three other sofas, but fortunately the sofas were long enough that each sofa could seat ten people, so it wasn't too crowded.
Xia Fa was the last to enter. Seeing that the other three sofas were all occupied, he was about to find a seat.
"Xia Fa, come, sit here."
Auf suddenly beckoned to Xiafa, gesturing for him to sit next to her.
The other noble students were astonished, but Xia Fa remained noncommittal, walked over, and sat down.
Ao Fu's seaweed-colored eyes secretly glanced at him before she feigned a serious expression and said:
"Don't think I'm interested in you. My dad told me that you've made too many contributions to our Augu Kingdom, and asked me to take good care of you in the Mist God Hunting Grounds."
Upon hearing this, the group of noble students suddenly realized what was going on.
When Auf invited Xiafa to sit down, they almost thought that this proud young lady had changed her personality, or had fallen for Xiafa. Xiafa chuckled:
"Is that so? Then please thank Duke Oberon for me."
Auf crossed her arms and tilted her chin up:
"Hmph~, shouldn't you be thanking me? You're just a mere Insect-level Transcendent, while I'm a Whale-level! By the way, my old man also told me to remind you not to use those soul-damaging sealing artifacts again. What you should be doing now is to properly understand the contents of the two secret contracts you signed and improve step by step."
Xia Fayi never expected that his deeds would reach the ears of Duke Oberon, who was an angel.
But then he thought about it again and understood.
After all, he had won ten million acres of potato fields for the Augu Kingdom, as well as ten million acres of oil fields that seemed useless now but would be very useful in the future.
Therefore, his actions in the sacred land of the desert have probably already reached the ears of these high-ranking nobles.
This naturally includes information about himself, such as the extraordinary descendants of the Baal behemoth, who possess the talent of elemental expansion, and the suspected existence of a sealed artifact that can overdraw soul power.
Unfortunately, all of this is fake. "By the way, Xia Fa, what is the second secret contract you signed? It's not another high-level secret contract, is it? I heard that the first secret contract you signed was the Ether Source high-level secret contract."
Auf suddenly asked a question, her young face full of curiosity.
Xia Fa smiled:
"More or less."
Not to mention that Pompeii, the demigod, is now around, and the ruler behind him is searching everywhere for the murderer of Bald and his son. Moreover, it is speculated that the murderer may have signed the Silver Throne, a hegemonic-level secret contract. Even if they haven't, Shafa is not prepared to say anything for the time being.
Of course, this kind of thing can't be kept secret forever. Maybe one day he'll encounter an enemy who will force him to use the Silver Throne, and it will be exposed to the public.
But now, Xia Fa has decided to keep it a secret for as long as possible, at least until he signs the overlord-level secret contract with the Lord of the Stars.
Based on the limited information gleaned from the fat boss's words, Xia Fa guessed that the Lord of the Stars, a supreme-level secret contract, should grant him considerable life-saving and escape abilities.
In this situation, coupled with the burning sensation and strange electric current in his body, even if he were exposed and targeted by that ruler, escaping would not be difficult.
He still couldn't win by fighting. By signing three secret contracts and becoming an Eagle-level superhuman, he could at most fight a demigod. Although this was already incredibly powerful for an ordinary superhuman.
"Wow, you still won't tell? You think you've signed some kind of top-tier secret agreement?"
Auf let out a strange cry, which only fueled her curiosity, and she almost moved closer to Shafa:
"I could have guessed even if you hadn't said anything, it's definitely a high-level secret contract! The first and second ones are both high-level secret contracts, Xia Fa, you have great potential!★"
Poincaré, with one hand resting on the back of the sofa and his legs crossed in a rather ostentatious manner, smiled and said upon hearing this:
"I also guessed that your second secret contract, Xiafa, would be a high-level one. You have a lot of potential."
Xia Fa smiled noncommittally:
"Yes, you guessed right."
Daponz laughed heartily from the side:
"It could only be a high-level secret agreement, could it be a hegemon-level secret agreement? Even the two dukes haven't signed one. Although the Xia brothers are exceptionally talented, it's still unlikely."
He was telling the truth, so even when he mentioned Dukes Oberon and Shorsa, Poincaré and Offe did not refute him.
On the other hand, as nobles, everyone understood that a top-tier secret treaty started at two million gold pounds, and some were even more expensive. How could Xiafa possibly sign such a treaty? Everyone was just joking.
At that moment, Poincaré suddenly raised his wrist, looked at his watch, and said:
"His Highness should arrive in about ten minutes. Let's wait a little longer."
Everyone nodded, and no one dared to say anything.
Xia Fa then realized why everyone had suddenly come to the living room to chat; they were waiting for His Highness the Prince.
Wait, His Highness the Prince is coming too?
It seems that the scale of this hunt at the Mist God Hunting Grounds is somewhat beyond his expectations.
His Highness the Prince is named Justinian. He is thirty-one years old this year. It is said that he became a demigod when he was in his twenties. As for his current rank, Xiafa does not know.
Normally, colleagues in the church rarely talk about this topic, as if there is some taboo surrounding it.
Seeing that they were just waiting and had nothing else to do, the students from the three academies took turns greeting Xia Fa.
They got to know each other.
After all, Xia Fa is now considered a relatively well-known young man in the Kingdom of Augu, having made such great achievements, so it's natural for everyone to want to get to know him.
To Xia Fa's surprise, although most of these people came from noble families, three of them were commoners from the lower city of Augustus who were exceptionally outstanding and were admitted to the three academies.
For some reason, this made him feel quite comfortable. Suddenly, Auf spoke with a mysterious expression:
"By the way, have you heard? The latest news about the physical 'Glutton'!"
Apart from Poincaré and Daponz, everyone else looked completely bewildered.
Although the entity known as Gluttony has been making headlines every day lately, it's clear that Miss Off is not referring to any of the previous news stories.
"What's wrong?"
"What happened?"
"Miss Aw, please stop keeping me in suspense."
Seeing everyone's eager expressions of wanting to know the truth, Ofl raised her head and said rather smugly:
"According to the intelligence my father just received, it's almost certain that Lord Gluttony's strength ranks among the top three of all entities!"
These words stunned the students of the three academies.
After a brief silence, a heated debate erupted.
"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"
"That's right! The top three entities can only be the Storyteller, the Bard, and that strongest, mysterious entity who has never shown himself. How could it be Lord Gluttony?"
"Even though the Glutton is all the rage lately, there's no way he can beat the Storyteller and the Bard!"
"I've always felt that, if we don't count the strongest mysterious entity, then the most powerful entity is the Story Answerer!"
"A storyteller? Pshaw! What does he compare to a bard?"
"How did the bard gain the approval of the nine great gods and live from the beginning of the universe to the present? What is it about him that the storyteller possesses?"
"So, if you're going to put it that way, has the bard ever displayed any power? Has he wiped out an entire inhabited planet like the storyteller did?"
"Seriously, doesn't anyone like Veronica, the Poison Patriarch? She's so beautiful, I'd be happy to have bee eggs planted in my body every day!"
"God-defying, brother, can you please stop being so god-defying?"
"You wouldn't be happy if a bee egg were actually implanted in you."
"Speaking of which, Miss Auf, isn't your source wrong? How can Gluttons be compared to Storytellers and Bards? They want to squeeze into the top three?"
Xia Fa looked at the students from the three academies who had suddenly started arguing with great surprise. They were arguing so heatedly that their faces were red and their spittle was flying everywhere. They even seemed to want to roll up their sleeves and fight.
Surprisingly, judging from their appearance, these students seem to be fans of the physical stores?
But then he thought about it again and understood.
After all, aside from more evil entities like the "Wall of Flesh and Blood" and the "Fanatic Tomb Raiders," most other entities, while facing dire consequences for violating their rules, are still very attractive as long as one doesn't break them.
Putting everything else aside, the near-limitless power of these entities and their mysterious origins, which no one has been able to figure out to this day, are enough to attract people.
In this situation, it seems normal for students from noble families in the three academies to engage in debates in a physical form when they are bored.
As for whether his disguised entity, the "Glutton," can actually rank in the top three, and whether it can surpass the Storyteller and the Bard,
Xia Fa didn't care; he wasn't a real physical entity to begin with.
At this moment, Poincaré sat up straight and calmly spoke:
"Actually, compared to this, I have some news about the Baldr family that I'm sure you'll all be interested in."
The Baldre family?
Xia Fa's heart immediately tightened.