Abyss Domination - Chapter 176

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“Am I really drunk?”

Aladdin shook his head and saw a water tank next to him . He tiptoed to dip his head in for a while and considerably sobered up afterward .

One shouldn’t judge him by his short physique . Aladdin’s alcohol tolerance left Soran in the dust . Some Halflings drank so much that they could even finish barrels of alcohol that were as tall as them . It may be due to their living habits since tobacco, beer, and food were three essentials of their lives .

Aladdin still believed in his own eyes, so he felt like he shouldn’t have been dreaming .

He roughly cleaned himself a little and went towards the direction of where he last saw Vivian . There are many people in the City of Wealth, and there were many victims . However, Aladdin was someone who knew how to restrain himself . He had many rules that were only known by him . Like, how he only stole once a day, or how he never stole from the same person twice . If he managed to steal a hefty sum, he would use it to do some good deeds, or donate to a temple that he believes and pray for a blessing from the gods .

His alignments have always been hovering in between chaotic good and lawful neutral, but nowadays, he has been more willful .

If he hadn’t met Soran, he might have leaned towards chaotic neutral . But because he had struck a small fortune, Aladdin has been quite restrained on stealing . After all, stealing that bit of Gold Dehrals can’t be compared to adventure gains . Aladdin hardly stole from professions because the chances of getting caught are higher . He then turned from the streets and headed towards the market .

He lost the trace of Vivian .

Because of the initial hesitation, it seems that her figure had already gone quite far away . But judging by the flow of people, he went towards the general direction .

The marketplace was the one place where there were many people . Consequently, there were many thieves too .

Aladdin roughly swept across the crowd and found a few other people that were finding their targets . Rogues had their own sets of rules and territories, and it was best not to fish around here . Aladdin didn’t manage to find any traces of Vivian, but he might have spotted the woman that had first appeared with Vivian . She had attracted quite a bit of attention by purchasing a horse carriage . As the City of Wealth mainly uses a hinny, buying a horse carriage would require quite a bit of money .

Aladdin followed sneakily as she seems to be on the alert . She frowned as she saw the feigning rogues walking past .

Then, she let out a word: “Scram!”

This was a profession!

Aladdin roughly gauged with his eyes and even deduced that the other party specialized in using short-ranged weapons . It might even be a knife or a short sword . Her strength was roughly grade 3 and leaned towards a dexterity fighting style of person . But he wasn’t able to figure out his target’s profession, fighter, rogue, ranger, and more, as people mostly don’t put their symbols on their bodies . Aladdin could only infer from the other’s attitude and figure of speech that she might not be easy to get along with .

The woman negotiated a deal very quickly, and afterward, had someone to move the carriage to a specific location .

Swiftly afterward, she turned and headed towards another direction . Seemingly on alert as she looked at her surroundings . Aladdin sneakily followed roughly a hundred meters behind and arrived at the front of a secluded inn . This spot was two streets away . There’s an alleyway in the middle, and a fish market further down, where you can even smell from here . The woman quickly entered the inn . Aladdin hesitated a little but didn’t enter from the front door .

He had yet to confirm if he saw Vivian, or if it was an illusion, or was it simply just someone that looks like her .

Aladdin skirted to the back of the inn .

He spat on his hands and climbed the walls of the back of the inn . As if not much strength was needed, he easily climbed to the second floor . The entire process didn’t make the slightest sound . Halfling rogues were renowned for this specialty . He listened quietly for any sounds in the first room, and it seemed like there wasn’t anyone inside . Then, he made his way carefully towards the second . There seems to be a man inside, snoring .

He seems to have heard a door opening, and hastily backed up to a position at the corner of the room .

“Who’s that?!”

Before he could sneak in and observe a little, a snort could be heard from the room . Then a female’s voice rang out: “You dare to run wild in front of me! You’re a dead man!”

“Hold Human!”

Aladdin’s body froze on the spot . The woman from earlier came out and stared at him coldly . She carried the puppet-like Aladdin and went into the room .

“Ayeee?”

There was a pretty girl sitting on the bed . She frowned and saw Aladdin, and went: “It’s you? … . Aladdin?!…”

Aladdin couldn’t move a single inch of his body, and could only manage to mobilize his pupils .

Little Vivian frowned slightly, and then gently waved to remove her spell, and domineeringly said: “Why are you here? You even followed me!…”

The Halfling fell to the ground, seemingly surprised as he stared at the little girl in front of him and said: “Vivian?… . Since when have you been so powerful?… . ”

The little girl was a little angry, and glared at him and said: “I am not like that idiot! …I am Lily… Yes, of course! … . I am Vivian! …”

“Is it very weird that I’ve become powerful?”

Having said that, the little girl held her head high as her voice improved, looking like everything was meant to be that way .

Why is it that what she said before didn’t match with what she was saying after?

Aladdin was a little suspicious of the little girl in front of him . If she was Vivian or was it her twin sister or something . Anyhow, based on Aladdin’s quite-accurate intuition, this girl in front of him doesn’t match his memories of Vivian . Although her looks are the same as his memories, her attitude, her figure of speech, etc, were not the same as his memories . In his memories, Vivian was an obedient little girl that spoke very softly and treated everyone very gently and kindly . Comparing with the current domineering one .

Furthermore .

Vivian seems to like white? Her clothes were mainly white dresses!

However, the little girl in front of him was donned with a black princess dress and black silk gloves . At first glance, she gave off an arrogant vibe, as though she was a spoilt princess in a royal family .

But!

She seemed to be Vivian!

Aladdin believes that his judgment was not wrong because even if they were twins, there wouldn’t be exactly the same . As a brilliant Rogue himself, any slight differences are still identifiable .

“Vivian! … . ”

The Halfling hesitated, and said in a low voice: “Why have you come here? Didn’t you follow Soran heading to the north?”

The little girl subtly rolled her big eyes .

The cute little face of hers seemed demonic for a moment as she had a slight naughty grin . However, it disappeared quickly . Her big beautiful eyes suddenly turned teary as if a sad memory relapsed . She was a little scared, as her eyes were covered with tears . She spoke with a tender voice that made people’s heartache, “It was actually like this . My brother and I met a bad guy! … . ”

“In the end, we separated . ”

“Luckily, I met this elder sister, and she was kind enough to help me and brought me here . ”

Women were born with acting skills .

The pretty woman beside her immediately changed her expression, to a face as if everything was supposed to be the way it is .

The little girl then stood up and looked at Aladdin as tall as herself . She pitifully said in her crisp childlike voice, “I thought you were that bad guy, that’s why I used magic on you!”

“Please don’t blame me, okay? …”

The story was a success .

The little girl’s pitiful appearance soon put Aladdin’s doubts aside . This was because the Vivian now was very much like what he remembered .

Maybe it was because she has met with trouble, that’s why she seemed to have changed a little?

“Who were the ones that attacked you guys?”

Aladdin was slightly dazed for a moment, but he himself didn’t notice . He said with a little anger: “Don’t be scared! If any bad guy dares to bully you, I will help you deal with him!…”

Charm success .

A seemingly cunning smile appeared on the corners of the little girl’s face . Her expression was somewhat naughty and there seemed to be a strange light in her eyes . She continued in a pitiful voice: ” It was a very very bad vampire!… But, he seems to have offended other people!… There’s a very very powerful Paladin is after him!… One look and I can tell you’re an amazing Rogue! … Oh, brave and courageous Aladdin!… . Would you be able to help me find his whereabouts?…”

“Then, we can tell the Paladin! … Let him handle that Vampire!…”

The Halfling unhesitatingly smacked his chest and said: “No problem! …”

In the vast wilderness, Soran’s figure came from afar and had left the Shipwreck Harbour for some time .

He was now planning to go to the City of Wealth, which is the busiest and most well-informed place along the Shipwreck coast . If any Sons of Fear ever appeared, he should be able to gather some information . Moreover, one of them seems to have appeared there, and Soran felt that the other party would not leave so soon . After gathering the materials for the blood purification ceremony, Soran immediately took the time to complete it . The requirements for non-legendary advancements were not high . In the future, the blood purification ceremony of legendary grade needs the help of high-grade Spellcasters .

Soran had an additional [Toughen] Ability!

“Toughen [Gifted Ability]: You will always be way tougher than others, this is a type of powerful Bloodline Ability . It can be attained through the blessings of God . Having this Gifted Ability allows every one of your profession to additionally raise their Hit Points by 1 . It also raises your Fortitude by 2 . When you’ve been attacked with the Test of Death, you can enter into Near Death State and will not die instantly!”

[Prerequisite for Epic Toughen Ability]