The Newly Arrived Message

Gu Xi had never expected that merely eating one of their pies would nearly make him miss the Steam Bus back to the city.

That pigeon pie of theirs was practically the pinnacle of dark cuisine. They wrapped a live pigeon in dough and baked it in an oven. No one but the British could have come up with something like that.

Gu Xi's stomach had already been in poor shape from going hungry these past few days, and with the added stimulation of that pigeon pie, he had nearly been diarrheaed into dehydration.

It had also drained away what little strength Gu Xi had managed to replenish. On the way back, he remained slumped in his seat, with no intention of moving at all.

Fortunately, nothing went wrong along the way. When Gu Xi staggered into the tavern, the bartender behind the counter even gave him a glance.

"What's wrong with you? Can you still eat your free meal tonight?"

"Forget that. Is there anything that can fill my stomach? I'm about done for."

Gu Xi spoke helplessly. He was already a professional, yet he had nearly been done in by the food here. It seemed Luna had been right—Aryadovi City needed to build a tavern first.

Otherwise, he would turn into an undead creature within days of staying there.

"Fine, I'll arrange something. In your state, you need more sugar water. I won't arrange for anyone to disturb you tonight."

As he spoke, the bartender mixed Gu Xi a cup of sugar water.

After Gu Xi drained it in one gulp, he returned to his room and collapsed. As for the things he had gained during the day, he had no desire to sort through them at all.

All he wanted now was a proper rest and to recover the strength he had spent along the way.

However, in the middle of the night, Gu Xi suddenly felt something. The Powderize Staff swiftly dropped into his hand, while a Bone Spike appeared in his left hand and pointed toward the door.

"Who is it?"

At his shout, Gu Xi noticed a figure appearing by the doorway.

"I didn't call for... You?"

Gu Xi had been about to say that he had not called for any services that night, only to discover that the person at the door was a waiter from the Wheel of Fate.

"Why are you here?"

"Your things. These are the complete documents, and this is the transfer contract. Once you sign them, that plot of land will be yours."

With an expressionless face, the waiter tossed a bundle of documents onto Gu Xi's bed.

Gu Xi opened the documents and quickly read through them. As the waiter had said, they contained the deed to the ruins at the end of Greenwich Avenue.

There was also a transfer contract, along with a legal document. It could be said that once he signed all these papers, the land would belong to Gu Xi.

Still, Gu Xi was rather curious. Did the people from the Wheel of Fate always handle matters with such urgency?

Coming into someone else's room in the middle of the night just to deliver documents.

Despite his doubts, Gu Xi signed his name on the documents.

Only after signing them all did Gu Xi look up at the waiter.

At that moment, the waiter said with a gloomy face, "Our agreement has been fulfilled. Take care of yourself."

"Wait, can I ask what happened?"

Seeing that something was wrong with the waiter's expression, Gu Xi quickly stopped him.

"Nothing. We were careless and ran into trouble. That ruin looks like a ruin on the surface, but it is actually a complete apartment building. It was merely covered with some spells to drive people away, making it appear to be ruins. Together with the situation between Camden District and Damingwei District, some people were unwilling to take over this patch of ruins.

"In the end, no one knew that the place had been secretly occupied.

"When our people investigated the matter, they were ambushed several times. Only then did we discover the problem inside.

"Now that the deed has been handed over to you, whether you take back that apartment building is your own business."

After saying that, the waiter gave Gu Xi another look, snorted heavily, and vanished before him.

Gu Xi could tell there was more behind the waiter's words, but before he could ask what exactly had happened, the waiter had already disappeared.

At that moment, a thought suddenly flashed through Gu Xi's mind. Could this waiter have suffered a setback in that apartment building?

The more Gu Xi thought about it, the more likely it seemed.

Otherwise, the waiter would not have explained things in such detail. He was clearly telling him that the place Gu Xi had chosen had been occupied, and now that it legally belonged to him, he needed to go take it back.

With that thought, Gu Xi no longer felt sleepy. He sat at the edge of the bed and seriously considered the situation before him.

Gu Xi had seen the waiter's strength. Though he did not know how high the waiter's level was, he was clearly a professional. Even someone like him had suffered losses, so the apartment building could be considered fraught with danger.

But backing down at the sight of danger was not Gu Xi's habit.

Instead, the danger before him stirred his fighting spirit. After considering it carefully for a moment, he jumped out of bed, got dressed, grabbed his luggage, and hurried out.

When he went downstairs, the bartender, who was still working, merely raised his head to glance at Gu Xi without saying anything.

After leaving the tavern, Gu Xi was about to head toward Greenwich Avenue when he unexpectedly saw, the moment he looked up, that the severed head hanging on Victoria Bridge was emitting a pale yellow glow.

It looked as though a huge oil lamp had been lit in the middle of the bridge, directly enveloping the entire bridge in its light.

Gu Xi looked over there and could not help but marvel at how incredibly powerful that beheaded fellow had been. Who knew how many years he had been dead, yet he could still radiate such an aura. Just how formidable must he have been when alive?

With that thought in mind, Gu Xi did not feel too bored as he walked.

Before long, he arrived at the ruins at the end of Greenwich Avenue.

If the waiter had not specifically told him, Gu Xi truly would never have imagined that an apartment building was hidden behind those ruins.

But now, standing before the ruins, Gu Xi had a different thought.

Whether this was a ruin or an apartment building, it now belonged to Gu.

After standing outside the ruins and observing them for a while, Gu Xi headed toward them without another word.

As Gu Xi approached the ruins, he suddenly had the feeling that there was something else he needed to do.

But Gu Xi immediately realized that this was a form of expulsion directed at him. Yet he was clearly the owner of this land, so why should he leave?

"I am the owner of this land. This land is mine. Even if the Queen of Britain came, this land would still be mine. I'd like to see who would dare stop me from returning to my own land."

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