Volume Four: Buddha Saves No One, Only I, the Devil, Shall Save Them - Forging an Unrivaled Hero (Part Two)

The Archangel Lang Duo was no hero. Otherwise, he would never have been frightened on the spot. So when Gesberti appeared before him with a mountain of money, Pu Lang Duo immediately agreed to go with him. The deal went smoothly: like a prostitute who had settled on a price, he climbed into the customer's carriage without another word.

Pu Lang Duo did have one redeeming quality: his skin was every bit as thick as that of the man pulling the strings, Boss Luo. For days he had put on the airs of a master, and everyone took him for a great hero. He had shown only the ordinary strength of a Four-Winged Angel, but if people could see through a hero's power at a glance, how could he be the hero who had slain the Devil Master?

After helping Gesberti hoodwink more than a dozen leaders of factions large and small, Pu Lang Duo assumed the man before him would be another victim of his superb deception. Gesberti was uneasy. He had expanded the Mine's influence without Luo Qian's approval, and in his distraction had forgotten to brief Pu Lang Duo. So Pu Lang Duo "received" the man pulling his strings as he would any ordinary visitor.

"Kneel, and I shall grant you glory." Pu Lang Duo sounded almost lazy. But Luo Qian did not react like the others, who had heard those words as music from heaven and scrambled to kneel at his feet, waiting for his gilded weapon to tap their shoulders.

Luo Qian's brows drew together and his eyes blazed. Pu Lang Duo snorted. "You don't know what's good for you..." Furious, Luo Qian stepped forward and slapped him across the face. Smack! The counterfeit hero flew from his seat.

Pu Lang Duo possessed only the