Chapter 270: Chapter 269: Rule the world

Victor, who was lazily lying on his sun lounger, watched as an army of summoned gargoyles worked tirelessly to collect all the ‘debris’ from around the garden. Lin was using them to clean up before the dungeon closes. They were summoned earlier in preparation for the battle against Isphigar, they were meant to be a part of the last trap but ended up without a job.

“Why don’t we descend and search for the reward room?” Lily asked as she carefully fed her young master a grape.

“It would take at least 4 hours to reach the first room and at least 20 to reach the one at the bottom,” Victor replied after a sigh, “we better take what we can here…”

“You have a map too, don’t you?” Zoe, who was watching the show while resting to the side, suddenly asked.

“Of course I have!” he replied, “How do you think Alex was able to find his way here so fast? I sent him the map!” he explained, making Alex who was tied by her ankles and hanging from a tree look away as Zoe glared at her… she lied to her earlier.

“How did you get the map?” Zoe asked.

“... It’s a system reward…. That’s all I can tell you for now as you still can’t get it,” Victor said as he slowly looked at her slightly annoyed face.

“Don’t worry, one day I will tell you… Now I need a favor,” he said

“What?” she asked.

“After we leave the dungeon, they will probably question us. I want you to claim that you killed the monster alone with Lin…. Don’t tell them anything about meeting me or Alex… No that won’t do….. just replace Alex with some poor player who died in the battle!” he said.

“AH…Why? It was all your work! I can’t take the credit! I could only be carried around by you….” she said then blushed as she trailed off in an low voice.

“Cousin, this is important!” Victor said seriously, “You might not know it, but my situation in the family is very delicate! If I became too strong all of the sudden, some factions might decide to eliminate me!”

“What? That can’t be….”

“The family might appear united but it is a mess nowadays!” Victor interrupted her, “You don’t have such restrictions as you don’t belong to any branch unlike me!” he explained.,

“But…”

“No butts! I don’t want to ruin the image of a pervert young master that I crafted for myself!” he said.

“Stop saying the word ‘butt’ so casually like no one is noticing that! And why do you always act like a pervert anyway? Can’t you just be normal?” Zoe asked, from knowing Victor she realized that he was a very dependable person, but he always acts like this ruining his image! “If you act decently, with your strength, you might get to be an elder in the future or even the patriarch!”

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“I told you… I have many enemies, and will definitely have more in the future! And why would I ever want to be an elder or a Patriarch? Those are some very tiresome jobs! I just want to relax and enjoy my life with my harem….” he started then stopped talking as Lily stuffed his mouth with a bunch of grapes.

“I can help you…. But I have a condition…” Zoe said, totally ignoring the pouting Lily who might be trying to murder her young master.

“What?” Victor asked as he chewed his way out of suffocation.

“Tell me how you knew how to use that weapon!” she asked. It was only a handle. Why was he so sure it would work?

“Oh… that’s easy, but keep what I tell you a secret….” Victor said as he lowered his voice, and looked to the sides to make sure no one was listening… Alex tried to eavesdrop, but Victor used his disguise to make sure she couldn't.

Zoe nodded.

“I have a very strong inspection skill, I can examine everything I see, from weapon to players! I can even figure out your three sizes… you don’t have to wrap your ‘chest’ that tightly, no one would… mmmmm.....” he was interrupted.

“It’s not your business! And you don’t have to say that too loudly!” she said with a blush as she put her hands on his mouth, making him briefly let go of the rope in his hand before catching it again as Alex dipped a few inches toward the boiling cauldron below.

“Young master, spare me!” Alex cried out as she twirled around helplessly, making Zoe who finally noticed her ambiguous position over Victor, quickly let go and then sit to the side as she crossed her arm, hiding her chest with a blush. She regretted asking her shameless cousin.

“Why can’t he just be normal? And why does he smell this good?....” she questioned herself silently.

Victor, who could easily read the thoughts of a little girl, chuckled then softly bit Lily’s finger that forcefully pushed an entire fig in his smirking mouth…. She was getting jealous again.
But that’s to be expected, she was probably afraid that someone would take him away from her before she could have a chance to take a bite.
Well, when she gets to taste his ‘strength’ after the wedding, she will definitely beg him to take more wives... He he he...

"What are you grinning about?" Zoe suddenly asked, ignoring her embarrassment. His grin was just too lewd.

"Nothing… just wondering that you are not that different from me, you too hide your true beauty," he said.

“Shut up!” she said as she blushed and looked away again. It was what her late mother taught her. She was used to staying low-key. Being a beauty in a poor mountainous village was an invitation for trouble.

Victor, who was watching her pout, sighed. In his previous lifetime, when he met Zoe at the imperial palace she proudly walked around like a queen, digging the eyes of anyone who dared to look at her proud chest… What made this sweet girl so nasty?

He quickly looked at her, sacrificing 10 order points to look at her destiny list.

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