Super Artifact: The Inversion Ring
The middle-aged man was about to say something else, but the metal shards floating around him closed in in an instant. A few even came within a hair's breadth of his eyes!
His outburst of anger cooled at once. The middle-aged man held his breath, not even daring to blink.
Only then did the District 001 Players present come to their senses. The mini-boss of this Dungeon in the Super Dungeon wasn't someone the District Government could order around at will. Even when the Super Player was still alive, the District 001 Players might not have fared well against it. The only reason it and the others still showed District 001 some consideration was their friendship with the Super Player.
The Big Head doll was still cursing. First, he cursed the people of District 001 for being useless, then he started berating them for being so clueless. Not only had they brought a bunch of good-for-nothings, they'd also made a mess of his home. He'd only refrained from kicking them all out because of the dead man's sake. Now they had a chance to leave—couldn't they understand plain speech? If they really couldn't, they could just go die.
An Artifact's having self-awareness—whether it was a Super Artifact or a special one—or an intelligence equivalent to that of a human of a certain age didn't mean it was harmless. The painted woman had often been tricked in the past, but that didn't mean she couldn't fight. Of the conscious Artifacts Xu Huo had encountered, Mr. Dong was a good example. Though he usually dressed like a butler, he had no qualms about killing. The defining trait of these Artifacts was that, no matter how much they resembled people, they had none of a person's emotions. In