Chapter 556: Chapter 153: Where’s the mistake? _3
Thirteen first-level wizards had manipulated a level six rock demon, a level five fire demon, a level five evil demon, and over one million middle and low-rank abyss demons. The ratio of this battle damage, these war exploits, were nothing short of astonishing.
However, the magic stones and materials consumed by the Sage Palo’s army were countless, effectively depleting all of Palo’s savings from decades of accumulation.
The second batch to pass through the teleportation gate was Link, Assad, and Renee Clarke.
“Goodbye.”
At the location of the inter-dimensional teleportation portal, Link bid farewell to Assad and Renee, then drove the first-ring level standby vehicle towards the lakeside villa.
This time, he had notified Jasmine in advance.
He certainly didn’t want to get bitten again.
Although it didn’t hurt.
But Link didn’t have a fondness for being abused.
“You’re back?”
“I’m back!”
Once he returned to the villa and got out of the car, that was all they said to one another.
“Have some tea, eat some snacks.”
As Jasmine turned and walked towards the dining room, she said, “I made it myself, I hope it’s not too awful.”
“Really? Then I must taste it.”
Link’s eyes lit up, looking particularly expectant.
At the dining room table, the utensils and snacks had all been meticulously set.
“Sit.”
Jasmine took the initiative to pull out a chair for Link, she was very considerate, very thoughtful.
“So polite?”
Link was taken by surprise, a flutter seemed to hang in his heart as he sat down on the chair with great caution.
“Let’s eat. Try out my handiwork.”
Jasmine sat across from Link, spread out her napkin, and began to eat her portion of the snacks.
“Uh…”
Link fell silent as he took in the sight of the two distinct tea snacks laid out before him by Butler Hamid.
The snack set on the left; brown sugar boba milk tea with cream puffs and tiramisu as dessert;
The snack set on the right; green tea with stuffed dumplings as dessert.
The snack combination on the left was Elise’s favorite.
The snack combination on the right, the tea was Link’s favorite, and the dessert carried a different meaning.
Link once joked with Jasmine that she was like this dumpling—smooth and pure on the outside, but biting into it revealed a bright black heart.
It was clear, was this supposed to be snack time?
This was fucking like attending a banquet in Hongmen!
If Link chose the snack combo on the left, would he get stabbed today?
Women who throw temper tantrums are naturally gifted in combat, incredibly high-ranked and terrifying.
Link glanced at the snacks on the left side, pretending to complain: “Why did you prepare such sweet snacks for me? You know I never liked these.”
As he spoke, Link took a sip of the green tea and ate a steaming dumpling: “These are more to my taste.”
His survival instincts were at their peak.
“Really?”
Jasmine smiled, her mouth hanging a trace of a smile, she curiously inquired, “I thought you were fed up with it and wanted to change the flavor. Or…”
She intentionally extended her tone, spoke in a weird way: “Or perhaps you wanted to eat both, take turns eating. If you get tired of one taste, you switch to another. When you get tired of all of them, find a new taste to eat. After all, men are all like this, they like the new and dislike the old! It’s very normal, there’s no need to hide it, I can accept it.”
“There’s no such thing.”
Link emphasized righteously, “I stick to my preferences consistently, without wavering.”
“Hmph.”
Jasmine chuckled and let out a cold humph, “Looks like you’ve passed the test.”
She signaled for Hamid to take away the brown sugar boba milk tea, the cream puff, and tiramisu. Jasmine had decided to let Link off.
This let Link breathe a sigh of relief.
He had made it through after all. It was more tiring than fighting a battle.
Just then, Jasmine launched an unexpected attack, suddenly saying, “I’ve been promoted to a second-level witch. There’s something I need your help with.”
Upon hearing this, Link didn’t show a trace of surprise; instead, his brow furrowed, “What happened?”
Jasmine summoned the God Devouring Worm and pointed at the silkworm baby, pure white like jade, “This is my companion spiritual beast, the ‘God Devouring Worm’, the nemesis of the gods of the World of God, a species created by the royal clan of the Insect World.”
After a pause, Jasmine said, “The ‘Chatterbone worm’ is the degenerate form of the ‘God Devouring worm’.”
“Is that so?”
Link, deep in thought, immediately inquired, “How did you come to know these things?”
The Serene Wizard, as the owner of the “Chatterbone Worm”, evidently didn’t know this.
Otherwise, she wouldn’t have used the “Chatterbone Worm” as a basis to develop that scheme to improve the wizard qualifications.
On the contrary, Jasmine knew all about this, obviously, something happened that Link was unaware of.
Jasmine spoke in a dull, silent voice, “Fortunately, you sent me to the Cultivation Secret Realm. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have known how I died.”
If she hadn’t entered the Cultivation Secret Realm, the “God Devouring Worm” would not have hatched so soon.
But there would have been a day when it absorbed enough magic power and was born.
At that time, it wouldn’t have been helped by a level six sage who was bored with waiting for death and liked to find things to do.
Link instantly recalled the unknown help he had received in the Cultivation Secret Realm.
His mood instantly became incredibly complex.
After going through so much, Link had come to understand a truth.
Despite the Wizard World not believing in destiny, destiny truly exists.
There must be gains for every loss.
He and Jasmine had both received help from some unknown higher beings; and at some point in the future, they would have to return a “reward” of equal value or pay a price of equivalent worth.
All gifts bestowed by destiny have already been marked with a hidden price.
He just hoped that the price would not be outrageous.
Otherwise…