Chapter 1537: Human Stalk (41)
"Actually, it's the same with you, sir. I was just wondering how I should thank you."
Aiko had no intention of saying more, but Lui was eager to speak. As soon as Fu Qian had finished greeting them, Lui smiled and picked up the conversation.
"If you're willing, I can help clear the Blood Order that's built up on you right now."
Blood Order? Was that the proper name for the Corruption?
Fu Qian looked down at himself.
They'd encountered a great many attackers along the way, and they'd been extraordinarily difficult to deal with. There was no denying that his body bore enough marks to make it hard to claim he was fine.
It was easy enough to guess that Lui was mainly making that offer to prove his story was true.
Still, he had to admit that the technical term Lui had used seemed quite at odds with the tone of everything they'd seen so far.
These blue-black, mold-like marks didn't seem to have anything to do with order.
And the deformed creatures that had later been conceived and grown directly from flesh and blood were downright chaotic and depraved.
But Fu Qian didn't think Lui had simply made up a name.
Just as he'd grown suspicious earlier because the exploration had been going far too smoothly, seasoned people tended to worry that things were designed when they seemed too reasonable.
A term that went against one's intuition, by contrast, was more memorable and prompted people to seek out its logic.
That made the person offering the information seem all the more knowledgeable.
"So I have to say, the world is full of strange coincidences. When you claimed to be a vampire, even I was a little dazed."
"It's just a pity that