"Hahaha!"
The moment Nolan felt his body loosen up, he burst into triumphant laughter.
He rubbed the arm that had gone numb from being raised too long, then twisted his stiff neck before glancing at Ethan and saying, "At least you're a real man. Since you're a man, let's have a proper fight then!"
"We can fight, but I already agreed to your condition. What about what you promised me?"
Facing an unknown enemy, Ethan naturally would not let his guard down.
He had already secretly sent the Shadow Guard into the snow.
Then he put on the Guardian Necklace, stored the Godslayer Sword inside the tail ring where it was easiest to grab, and held the tiny wand in his hand. At a glance, it just looked like he was holding a small branch, giving people the impression that he was underestimating his opponent.
But who would have guessed that Ethan had already prepared everything perfectly?
Even the fart bees were standing by nearby, ready to attack at any moment.
"I'm a real man. Of course my words count!", Nolan sneered, "Anyway, there's no harm telling a dead man a secret. Dead people are always the best at keeping secrets!"
["Tch!"]
Right then, the scarecrow immediately complained to Ethan, ["Who says dead people are the best at keeping secrets? He clearly doesn't know about something called Whisper Flowers."]
["Once you get parasitized by Whisper Flower seeds, then after you die, no matter where you're buried, a whole field of Whisper Flowers will grow there. Then they'll keep whispering nonstop, telling every passerby all the secrets you had while you were alive."]
["It's said that back then, there was a great hero named Jiraya who was praised by tens of thousands of people."]
["But after he died, a huge patch of Whisper Flowers actually grew from his grave, and they spilled all the secrets of his life."]
["That was when everyone found out that Jiraya wasn't just a great hero, he was also a complete scumbag."]
["For example..."]
["Hahaha! This so-called great hero used to sneak peeks at widows bathing by the village entrance."]
["And apparently this Jiraya was also a total player. Not only did he toy with a bunch of girls' feelings, he did it openly and even acted proud of it."]
["And on top of that, Jiraya had once been a crooked merchant who scammed people out of their money."]
["Tsk! Tsk! Tsk!"]
["He was a scumbag through and through."]
["If it weren't for those Whisper Flowers, nobody would ever have known about this great hero's dark history."]
["But once the Whisper Flowers appeared, Jiraya instantly went from being a symbol of heroism to a symbol of peak trash. Really tragic, huh!"]
"These flowers are pretty creepy, but why are you telling me this right now?", Ethan rolled his eyes hard at the scarecrow and said, "This is my battle with someone else. Stop distracting me."
["Oh..."]
The scarecrow answered helplessly, ["Then I'll just keep thinking about the attendant lady."]
["You love me, I love you, sweet sweet attendant sis..."]
"..."
["You actually rolled your eyes at me?"], Seeing Ethan roll his eyes, Nolan became even more furious, ["Are you looking down on me?"]
"I rolled my eyes because you talk too much."
The scarecrow's interruption had almost made Ethan forget the important part.
At that moment, he quickly used provocation to steer the topic back on track, "I thought real men spoke directly, but I asked you one question and you keep rambling without answering it. What's the point?"
"Who says I'm not answering? I'll tell you right now!", Nolan roared angrily, "That's right! We are from District Four! And we came today to take your life, so you'd better hand over those Sun Worms of yours!"
"Otherwise I'll flatten you right here, then torture you properly until you slowly spill everything."
As he spoke, Nolan's hands actually began turning red and burning hot.
The snowflakes that landed on his hands sizzled like water splashing into hot oil.
'Looks like this is his special ability.'
'No wonder he is so confident.'
"So you came for the Sun Worms?", Ethan sneered after hearing that, "Too bad. You came a step too late! I already sold them all off for materials."
"Since you don't want to talk, I'll just cripple you first and make you confess properly afterward!"
Nolan raised his burning hand and prepared to slam it at Ethan.
But Ethan still did not want to fight him yet, so he simply jumped aside and said, "Nolan, a real man keeps his promises. You still haven't told me how you got in."
"I'll tell you then! What's the big deal? We just used—"
However, before Nolan could finish speaking, Sweety immediately cut him off from the side.
"Nolan! Shut your mouth!"
"Uh..."
Hearing that, Nolan immediately stopped talking.
Ethan frowned slightly at the sight. He could tell Nolan seemed somewhat afraid of this woman named Sweety.
But that would not do. He had to find a way to trick the truth out of him.
Nolan was clearly the type who responded to soft tactics rather than force, while Sweety and the others all looked difficult to deal with. So Ethan spoke again, deliberately provoking Nolan.
"What? Nolan, are you planning to go back on your word and stop being a man now?"
"Bullshit!", Nolan exploded in anger again, "I'll tell you if I say I will! Anyway, once I'm done talking, I'll just smash you to death!"
"We got in using an earth escape skill. No matter how good your defenses look on the surface, we can still sneak in easily."
"Our Young Sect Master learned it from a skill book, then modified it with his own abilities before teaching it to us."
"Our Young Sect Master is a million times better than a shady merchant like you who survives by reselling goods."
"So we came today to investigate your secrets for the Young Sect Master. Even a genius like our Young Sect Master couldn't get first place or become a Level 2 Lord, so why can you?"
"Because I'm using cheats."
Ethan answered Nolan with a sneer.
Although Nolan already saw him as a dead man, in Ethan's eyes, were they not dead men too?
So... Even if Ethan revealed his secret, what did it matter?
"Cheats? What the hell is that?", Nolan froze for a second, then shook his head, "Forget it, whatever! Doesn't matter what you are. I've already said what I needed to say, so it's time for you to die!"
"Iron Sand Palm!"
Nolan shouted loudly, then leaped high into the air and lunged toward Ethan.
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