Dear, Time to Take Your Medicine!

I had truly underestimated this woman. I hadn't expected her talent to be so exceptional.

Qin Chu grinned faintly as he gently swirled the wineglass in his hand, crimson liquid rippling in circles within it.

He was in no hurry, completely at ease. He merely stared quietly at the blood-colored wine as though he were deeply interested in it, carrying himself like an unfathomable master to the utmost degree.

It was another tranquil night.

Not a single sound could be heard in the bar.

Something seemed off about the woman's expression.

The crimson color in the wineglass seemed uneven. A voice shattered the oppressive silence. "Your heart is in turmoil."

Candice, who called herself Catherine, had been quietly watching Qin Chu, as though she wanted to see through him completely.

Though she had the bearing of a witch, she was ultimately still too young. Her patience was clearly no match for Qin Chu's. Besides, this man had exposed her greatest secret in a single sentence. The woman finally could not hold back any longer. Instead of responding to Qin Chu's words, she asked, "Sir, why did you mistake me for Candice?"

"Could there be another woman in this world named Candice who looks very much like me?"

Her eyes were filled with unresolvable confusion. She wanted to see through this mysterious man, but she could see nothing. Other than being fairly handsome, this man seemed to have nothing special about him.

Although he wore a set of mage robes, she could only sense faint magical fluctuations from him.

He seemed very weak. The word "master" had absolutely nothing to do with this man. She could poke him to death with a single finger.

He was so weak that Candice even suspected it was merely her imagination.

Should she make a move and capture this fellow first? Candice felt a surge of impulse, but she quickly restrained herself.

If he really was so weak, how could he have the nerve and courage to come before her and say that just now? Was he not afraid she would kill him? And how could someone so weak possibly know her greatest secret?

Mysterious. Strange.

Facing such a mysterious existence, rashly making a move was not a wise choice.

It was said that some super experts possessed terrifying strength but concealed their aura so thoroughly that, in ordinary people's eyes, they appeared weak instead.

Could this mysterious being be one of those people?

Her heart was anxious. She did not understand what such a mysterious figure wanted by suddenly seeking her out. Could he be planning to slay demons and eliminate evil?

A trace of fear appeared in the woman's eyes. She swept her gaze around with the corner of her eye, seemingly searching for an escape route, but... the man was directly in front of her. No matter what she did, he could probably restrain her in an instant.

He had already cut off her retreat.

Qin Chu continued swirling his wineglass without speaking. The more he remained silent, the more oppressed Candice felt. In the silent surroundings, it seemed as though countless needles were pricking her skin, sending waves of pain through her.

With every passing second, the fear in her heart grew stronger. Candice felt as though her scalp were about to explode.

Just as Candice was about to reach her limit, Qin Chu finally set down his wineglass. He chuckled, his tone calm yet elegant.

"Relax. I have no intention of killing you."

Haa... Is this the bearing of a true powerhouse?

Candice let out a breath of relief. Since the mysterious man before her said he would not kill her, then he certainly would not. Experts of this level cared about their reputation. They rarely made promises, but once they did, they would definitely keep them.

In this mysterious young man's eyes, she was probably no more significant than an ant. Whether he killed her or not meant nothing to him; it depended entirely on his mood.

But who exactly was this young man?

Among humanity's supreme experts were Pope Augustus, Church Sovereign Saint Monica, Blood Emperor Wadsworth, the Thirteen Sages, and the members of the Hero's Party. Candice knew all of these experts, yet none of them matched this man.

No, perhaps her perspective was too narrow.

She had heard that some human experts could greatly extend their lifespans after reaching a certain level of cultivation, even regaining their youth. Could this young man be such a monster?

Candice took a deep breath. A flawless smile appeared on her lovely face, but her slightly uneasy tone still exposed the fear in her heart.

"Your Excellency, you seem to know me very well... Candice?"

Qin Chu did not rush to answer the woman's question. After a brief pause, he slowly spoke. "Candice, your father was the vice commander of the Earth Knights Order of the Earth Mother Goddess Church. Your mother was the queen of the succubus race among the monsters..."

"How should I put it? Although he was an outstanding Knight, there were times when he could not control himself and made the mistake all men make."

"Ten months later, a baby was suddenly left at the vice commander's doorstep. The vice commander named the infant girl Candice..."

"The feeling of blood connection told him that she was his daughter. But for him, having an adorable daughter was not necessarily a good thing. After all, she carried monster blood in her veins. She was half-human and half-monster. The vice commander was deeply worried that if the truth were exposed one day, it might affect his future..."

"His daughter grew at an abnormal pace. She displayed astonishing magical talent and possessed boundless charm from a young age. The man's fear grew stronger and stronger. Finally, when his daughter was four years old, he abandoned her in a forest teeming with beasts and left her to fend for herself."

Candice's pupils suddenly contracted. How did the person before her know these things? It felt as though he had witnessed them with his own eyes.

Her body began trembling uncontrollably, and she became even more terrified of this seemingly omniscient young man.

At the same time, she felt immensely fortunate that she had not attacked this man immediately. Otherwise, she probably would not even have known how she died.

A man this mysterious surely possessed unfathomable strength.

"The man thought his daughter would soon be devoured by wild beasts. But because Candice possessed monster blood, the beasts instinctively feared her. With powerful determination, a survival instinct, and her own exceptional talent, she struggled to survive in the forest until adulthood."

"As a half-human, half-monster, Candice was exceptional. She had a human appearance and the strength of a monster. After reaching adulthood, she entered an area inhabited by monsters, hoping to find companions who would accept her. But because Candice had half-human blood, the monsters did not kill her outright, yet bullying and humiliation were unavoidable... However, at that time, her mother appeared."

"The Succubus Queen proposed a condition. If Candice could make sufficient contributions to the monsters, she would be willing to accept this daughter and make her the Succubus Princess. That status would be enough to ensure Candice gained recognition from the other monsters."

"Candice agreed. Since she possessed an appearance indistinguishable from that of a human, she was arranged to infiltrate Orville's Imperial City and serve as a spy, providing the monsters with information on the movements of human armies."

"But as she spent more and more time in the human world, Candice gradually forgot even her own monster bloodline. She enjoyed her current life. The information she provided became scarcer and scarcer. She only wanted to live an ordinary life as a human."

"I'm not wrong, am I?" Qin Chu still wore a smile.

Candice's lips trembled slightly, and her violet eyes had completely lost their focus.

She was uneasy, terrified, shocked...

For more than twenty years, this man had been watching her. The thought made Candice's hair stand on end.

"That truly is a complicated story, but what does Miss Candice's history have to do with me, Catherine?" Candice took a deep breath and forced a smile.

"I have no interest in Candice's affairs. By the way, Your Excellency, is there anything else you need?"

Qin Chu interlaced his fingers and rested his chin upon them. Light flickered in his eyes.

"A deal."

"Do you have a map?"

After a brief hesitation, Candice finally took out a map of the Skyvault Continent from beneath the counter.

"And give me a pen, please."

With a sigh, Candice handed Qin Chu a feather pen as well.

Holding the feather pen, Qin Chu directly drew a crooked line across the map...

"At dawn tomorrow, a member of the Hero's Party will travel to the Imperial City along this route. He is expected to arrive in half a month."

Chapter one is here.

God of Vengeance (2)

Gulp!

Candice swallowed hard and hurriedly looked around, afraid that a third person might have heard their conversation.

The specific route of a Hero's Party member?

That was an extraordinary piece of intelligence.

Throughout the human world of the Skyvault Continent, the former Hero held a transcendent status.

Below the Hero were the three supreme authorities: the Emperor, the Church Sovereign, and the Pope.

Below them came the ten members of the Hero's Party, the Thirteen Sages, the president and vice presidents of the Mercenary Union...

These people were immensely powerful and held enormous prestige throughout the human world. The members of the Hero's Party in particular had once joined the Hero in forcing the monsters back hundreds of kilometers, reversing the tide of the battlefield and buying humanity time to recover. They had countless admirers.

And now, this mysterious man had directly told her the whereabouts of a Hero's Party member. The weight of this information was no small matter.

"Which one?"

"Benson, the Immovable Mountain Shield Guard."

Qin Chu had many targets for revenge.

Pope Augustus of the Holy Church and Church Sovereign Saint Monica of the Earth Mother Church were the ones who used the shackles of the Heavenly Prison and Earth Mother's Embrace to seal his magic and Battle Qi.

Wadsworth, Emperor of the Orwell Empire, was the one who arranged for his soldiers to break the seal of the Dark Witch and inject Saya with a berserk potion, resulting in Qin Chu being severely wounded in battle.

Karosen, president of the former Mercenary Alliance and postwar president of the Guardians' Alliance, was the one who used the Sword of Damocles to sever Qin Chu's head.

Lex, president of a great merchant association that controlled ninety percent of the Skyvault Continent's news media, weapons manufacturing, food, and medicine production, was the one who created the filthy poison that corrupted Qin Chu's body. He was also the one who ordered the news outlets under his command to ruin Qin Chu's reputation.

Then there were twelve of the Thirteen Sages, excluding Natia. They were the ones who summoned Qin Chu into this world, and they were also the ones who set up a powerful magic array at the execution site, amplifying the destructive power of the shackles of the Heavenly Prison, Earth Mother's Embrace, and the Sword of Damocles until Qin Chu's body was completely torn apart.

Of course, the enemies Qin Chu hated most were his former comrades, the members of the Hero's Party.

Ekaterina, the Scarlet Valkyrie!

Eileen and Aili, the twin female thieves!

Athena, the great archmage!

Ronald, the noble swordsman!

Kalmus, the mad berserker!

Sylph, the ghost archer!

Benson, the Immovable Mountain Shield Guard!

Karthus, the Death Knight!

And Rosweisse, the Saintess who called him dear, fed him medicine mouth-to-mouth, cared for Qin Chu devotedly over a long period of time, and constantly said she hoped he would recover soon—the woman Qin Chu had once loved most!

His enemies truly were everywhere.

Qin Chu was furious that the Emperor, Pope, Church Sovereign, and the others wanted to kill him, but it did not hurt quite as much.

What Qin Chu could not bear most was deception. Betrayal.

The deeper his former love had been, the stronger the brotherhood he had once felt, the more intense his hatred was now.

The brothers who had once fought beside him had ultimately stood high above him at the trial, watching with mocking, triumphant faces as he was torn limb from limb. They picked up pieces of his corpse and drained them of blood.

They then suppressed the remains of his body in the most remote corners of the Skyvault Continent and buried his head beneath the Holy City, where it was trampled beneath the feet of millions every day.

What kind of malice, what kind of hatred, could drive someone to do such things?

He had treated them as brothers, them as sisters, and her as his lover... Yet in their eyes, he was merely a pitiful clown.

Every beautiful memory was fucking fake!

Qin Chu wanted to kill every one of these enemies, but he did not have that kind of strength yet. He could not defeat even a single one of them, so he could only resort to underhanded methods. Compared to the torment he had once endured, Qin Chu felt that no matter how despicable his methods were, they would not be excessive.

The members of the Hero's Party usually fought monsters in every corner of the Skyvault Continent. After Qin Chu was summoned, they headed for Oville Imperial City. Before the Hero had fully grown, they acted as the Hero's teachers, teaching Qin Chu Battle Qi, martial techniques, and magic.

Fortunately, although they loathed him in their hearts, they still had to pretend they were very close to him. They chatted warmly with him and told him about all they had seen and heard during their travels. Thus, Qin Chu knew the movements of the Hero's Party members very well.

The reason he chose Benson was that he was the easiest target. His personality was somewhat withdrawn, and he had no companions around him. If he was attacked, it would be difficult for him to find support immediately.

The second reason was that Benson, like Qin Chu in his first life, was Rosweisse's loyal lapdog and obeyed her every command.

So Qin Chu intended to use the monsters' claws to sever one of Rosweisse's arms!

As memories of the past surfaced in his mind, the fury in Qin Chu's chest instantly surged. His eyes turned crimson in an instant, yet his body radiated an icy chill.

Candice trembled all over. Although Qin Chu still had not released any particularly powerful force, an indescribable aura directly brought terror from the depths of her soul. In a daze, the handsome young man sitting before her was no longer human, but a terrifying demon from hell.

"My apologies. I lost my composure." Noticing Candice's condition, Qin Chu withdrew his aura and returned to his previous calm, unfathomable state.

Candice's throat moved slightly, and a smile barely appeared on her pale face. "N-No, it's fine..."

"Do you want me to report this information to my superiors?"

"Of course."

"But how can I confirm that this information is true?" Candice regained a little composure. "Who can guarantee this is not a trap designed by humans?"

From Qin Chu's earlier reaction, Candice was utterly convinced that he harbored intense hatred toward the Hero's Party members.

But this was an extremely important matter.

If it really was a trap, the monsters would certainly suffer severe losses. As the person who provided the intelligence, Candice would inevitably receive brutal punishment. Thinking of the monsters' methods for punishing traitors made Candice shudder.

Qin Chu had already returned to normal. With a low chuckle, he picked up the feather pen and circled another location beside the Imperial City. When Candice saw that place, her expression changed drastically.