Chapter 341
Ryan suddenly felt that something was wrong.
Something's wrong with Old Joe.
I'm absolutely refusing to come in this time, not because I'm afraid of the City Lord, but because...
Shocking! My former boss has fallen in love?!
As a brother, Ryan felt he should do something about it.
"Wait, since the City Lord knows about my relationship with Old Joe, this news wasn't deliberately leaked, was it?" Ryan stared intently at Dilia, feeling that this traitor might have betrayed him. Oh well, whatever, if he dares to steal my brother's woman, I'll break his legs.
As for danger, Ryan wasn't worried at all.
After all, he is the chosen one of desire.
Ryan glanced at the mark on the back of his right hand and a smile appeared on his lips.
Having hidden for so long, it's time to reveal my hidden identity.
Chapter 215 Old Joe's Eighteen-Year-Old Fiancée
I, the Chosen One of Desire, send the money!
Ryan felt this wave was likely to succeed.
Since the City Lord has gone out on business, and he has nothing to do in the City of Desire, he should at least do something, right?
As for those places with pink signs, Ryan wouldn't bother going there. He'd just walk by, appreciate the local customs, and get a basic understanding of the national conditions; business was more important.
However, when Ryan returned to find Jonathan, the latter refused to go into the City of Desire with him.
"I already said I'm not going. You can handle things on your own. What would I do there?"
Old Joe, smoking a cigarette, strongly declined Ryan's invitation.
If it were any ordinary minister's subordinate, Ryan would have slapped him already. Not going? Is this how you talk to the Creator?
But Old Joe was his former boss, who had helped him so much along the way, that Ryan felt too embarrassed to take advantage of him and thought he should try to reason with him.
So he had the witch K use ruthless methods to kidnap Jonathan and bring him to the City of Desire.
Although Old Joe successfully fused the Power of the Sun and the Power of the Blood God, making him a genius, he still had no ability to resist the old monster, Miss K.
"You bastard..." Old Joe wanted to curse.
"Um?"
"Oh, your eyes are as beautiful as shattered stars, Miss K, you are the most charming girl I have ever seen." Old Joe chickened out.
Witch K glanced at him indifferently, then walked aside, too lazy to say anything more. She saw through Jonathan's true nature at a glance; his shamelessness was comparable to Ryan's.
"Old Joe, stop struggling, just accept your fate," Ryan patted him on the shoulder.
Jonathan suddenly fell silent, looking up at the city-state with its lights twinkling in the distance, his gray eyes incredibly deep.
He flicked out a cigarette, lit it, and plopped down on the hillside filled with Chaos Power, slowly smoking.
"You know everything?" he suddenly asked.
"I guess so." Ryan sat down as well. "I found out by chance; I didn't bother to investigate."
"Then why don't you go do your proper work?"
"Maybe this is the real deal."
Ryan said it half-jokingly.
He didn't even know why the City Lord summoned him.
But knowing about Old Joe's lover's wedding by sheer coincidence, whether it's a coincidence or not, is fine to take a look. Anyway, he doesn't need to worry about things in the Southern Continent for the time being. The best time to act will come when the major churches can't hold back any longer.
Well, before that, we just need to get Sylvia sorted out.
"Then let me tell you?" Jonathan exhaled a puff of smoke, finally deciding to begin his story. "Actually, I knew her a long time ago, back in the Augustus Empire, during a mission. Ha, it was the first time I'd ever heard of people from the City of Desire being so naive. Oh right, back then I didn't know she was from the City of Desire, and then..."
"Stop, stop, stop," Ryan called out to Jonathan, his face full of disgust. "I have no interest in listening to an old man's love story. Let's just get to the point."
Jonathan choked on his smoke twice, then cursed, "Damn it!" He'd finally mustered the courage to speak, and the atmosphere was perfect—how could he ruin it like this? What's the difference between this and forcing someone to hold back their poop halfway through?!
Is it easy to stretch a strip into a long strip? It's so frustrating when it breaks!
"I wasn't planning on doing anything anyway..." Jonathan muttered.
"Why? Don't you like her?" Ryan asked.
"Just because you like it doesn't mean you have to go for it?" Old Joe retorted.
"If you like it, why not go for it?"
"Pah, shameless." Old Joe cursed, took a deep drag on his cigarette, and then suddenly added, "But that girl is more than twenty years younger than me."
Ryan was taken aback. "How old is she?"
"Just turned eighteen this year."
"Cough, cough! You have the nerve to call me shameless?!"
Jonathan pouted, thinking to himself, "I told you I wouldn't come, but you insisted I come, and now that I'm here, you won't let me say anything."
"How old was she when you met her?"
"Hmm... fifteen years old, I guess."
"..."
Ryan gave a thumbs up.
You're awesome, Old Joe! You're incredibly awesome.
Sure enough, after hanging out with those nobles for so long, Old Joe, you've gone bad and started liking younger women.
Compared to this, Ryan suddenly felt much brighter and greater; he was very single-minded and liked big things.
"Does she like you?" Ryan asked.
"You... should like it, right?" Jonathan asked.
"Are you just fantasizing?"
"Bullshit! That's what they said themselves!"
"Oh?"
Ryan expressed extreme skepticism.
But.
Although Old Joe may seem unreliable, he still has his bottom line, which explains why Old Joe keeps coming to the City of Desire. Ryan finds it strange; this isn't his hometown, why does he have to go there every day?
But then again, Old Joe, it's pretty impressive that after seeing your little lover, you still go on to hook up with a few rich women.
"Let's do it." Ryan thought there was no problem. Age was not a barrier. Given Old Joe's condition, he had a chance to advance to the Eighth Tier. If he lost the God's Chosen buff, he could live like an old tortoise like Witch K.
Besides, isn't eighteen a good age?
Men, they're always the same, they'll always like eighteen-year-olds until they die.
Of course, if the young woman doesn't like an older man, that's another story. A forced relationship might quench thirst, but it's not sweet.
Old Joe was still a little hesitant. This guy was usually very decisive in everything he did, fearless and reckless. Seeing his expression, Ryan became even more certain that Old Joe had truly fallen in love.
Swish!
A figure suddenly appeared beside the two.
It's the witch K who left before.
"Are you done talking?" Her gaze drifted into the depths of the Chaos Space, her brows furrowing slightly. "If you're done, let's hurry into the city."
"What's wrong?" Ryan asked, puzzled.
"A Demon Legion is heading this way, probably towards the City of Desire. We don't need to get involved."
"Oh?"
Ryan stroked his chin. "Wasn't the City of Desire supposed to be extremely well-hidden? Even Chaos Demon would hardly ever appear nearby. How could there be such a large-scale attack?"
"I know a little about this." Jonathan got up from the ground, dusted himself off, and took a drag of his cigarette. "I heard from inside sources that the defensive barrier of the City of Desire seems to be crumbling. The power of the Chaos Space is increasing, and demons are appearing more and more frequently."
"Insider information? Where did it come from?"
Even that councilwoman, Dilia, doesn't know.
Jonathan shrugged. "It was said by an elder, of course not to me."
Ryan nodded, not doubting the accuracy of the information, because when he came before, he felt that the defensive barrier of the City of Desire was too weak, as if it would break at any time.
But this has nothing to do with him; he's not the City Lord. Let the believers in desires worry about such things.
Thinking of this, he waved his hand, signaling Witch K and Jonathan to go into the city first.
About half an hour after the three entered the city, a piercing alarm sirens sounded over the City of Desire.
Immediately afterwards, soldiers in armor appeared on the streets and headed out of the city.
Although there was some chaos in the city, the order was still relatively stable. Ryan inquired along the way and learned that this situation had occurred many times before.
This made him somewhat concerned. The situation in the City of Desire didn't look optimistic, because the turmoil of the Chaos Space power was getting stronger and stronger. If this trend continued, it would definitely be finished in a few years.
Could it be that the City Lord was looking for him because of this?
What the hell does the destruction of the City of Desire have to do with me?
Oh, I'm the chosen one of desire, then I might consider it.
Ryan ignored the Demon Legion's siege. He brewed a pot of tea and sat with the witch K on a high place, drinking tea while observing the battle between the soldiers and demons.
As for Old Joe, he decided to do it, and then disappeared somewhere, saying he was going to check things out.
Ryan wasn't afraid that he would run away. After all, it was Old Joe's own business. If he couldn't figure it out and regretted it for the rest of his life, he would have to suffer the consequences himself.
It must be said that the fighting power of the City of Desire is still quite strong.
The city guards are few in number, but almost every one of them possesses some form of extraordinary power. Most are not ranked, a few are low-ranked, and there are even Fourth Tier and fifth-ranked individuals.
Judging from the size of the army, this configuration is quite remarkable. Perhaps due to the special geographical location of the City of Desire, the people here have a much stronger ability to withstand the Chaos Power than ordinary people. Therefore, in the battle against the Demon Legion, the city guards actually gained the upper hand.
In addition, the city was bombarded by cannon fire and various high-level spells, so although the Demon Legion was numerous, it could not get close to the city at all.
Ryan became increasingly tempted as he looked at it, but unfortunately, his status as the Chosen of Desire was utterly useless; the City Lord wouldn't give him the City of Desire just because of it.
Just then, a huge roar suddenly blasted up a towering wave from the chaotic battlefield, and the murky fog surged towards the City of Desire like ocean waves, crashing heavily against the defensive barrier outside the city!
Boom!!!
In an instant, it seemed as if the entire city was shaking violently.
Ryan steadied his teacup, looked up into the distance, and saw a huge figure emerge from the mist, twenty or thirty meters tall, like a small mountain, charging into the city guards and beginning a frenzied slaughter.
This Demon Legion came from the Blood Divine Path. As soon as the giant demon appeared, the battlefield suddenly surged with blood, countless corpses piled up, and a thick stench of blood, along with the shockwave, rushed into the city, scaring countless people pale and trembling.
"What's going on? The defensive barrier failed?" Ryan was stunned. This demon was very strong, probably at the seventh rank, but even so, it shouldn't have been able to break the defensive barrier so easily.
"It suddenly lost its effect." Witch K calmly sipped her tea. "Perhaps there was a problem with the formation; there's always a time when it can't be maintained."
"But this is too much of a coincidence. Even if the array's power is weakened, a seventh-tier demon can still break through it?"
That being said, Ryan couldn't think of any other possibilities for the time being, so he could only wait and see.
At this time.
With the appearance of the seventh-tier demon, the battlefield situation changed.
The enhancement of the Chaos Power made these demons particularly warlike. The corruption of the sea of blood was a deadly poison to ordinary people. Although the city guards had some resistance, over time they were still corrupted by the Chaos Power and driven mad.
Fortunately, high-level Supernatural Being quickly broke out of the city and blocked the Demon Legion's path into the city. According to the information given by Dilia, these should be councilors from within the city. Two elder statesmen also appeared and began fighting the seventh-tier demons together.
The battle lasted for nearly two hours before it stopped. The Demon Legion was eventually wiped out, but the City of Desire paid a heavy price. To prevent the Demon Legion from infiltrating after the barrier disappeared, the high-ranking councilors could only guard the edge of the city. The remaining Supernatural Being had to fight against the endless stream of demons, which was naturally not an easy task.
Moreover, even high-ranking councilors could not completely stop the demon invasion. For a long time after the battle ended, a cat-and-mouse game began in the City of Desire, with a campaign to hunt down the demons that had entered the city.
Ryan initially thought it was just a sudden attack by the Demon Legion, but after order was restored and the defensive barrier was re-formed above the city, other noises began to emerge.
Jonathan returned after a stroll and told Ryan that some people in the City of Desire had suggested leaving, and nearly 30% of the citizens had agreed to the suggestion.
Ryan found Dilia and learned that as early as a year ago, due to the instability of the City of Desire, some people had suggested moving out of the city.
After all, the City of Desire is located in the Chaos Space. It was alright before there was no demon invasion, but now the situation is clearly getting more and more difficult. Rather than waiting to be killed by demons one day, it's better to leave sooner rather than later.