Chapter 682: Value
"So… how much am I worth, Lin?"
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The chief's office was mostly made of wood; the walls, the ceiling, and even the floor. But now, it was also mostly made of the chief himself as different parts of his body scattered everywhere.
The floorboards were obviously untreated and unvarnished, as it already started to absorb the chief's blood.
"How… how are you even awake!?" Nutno tried his best to calm his breaths as he looked at Riley from head to toe, "You… you drank the entire bottle! We were told any Traveler would—"
"Wait."
Riley raised a finger at Nutno, interrupting him as he needed to adjust the translator chip sticking behind his ear. As soon as he was done, however, he promptly answered Nutno's question,
"My body has grown immune to any and all kind of poison, Nutno—
even if it is alien or from a completely different universe altogether, it would seem all poison works the same."
"...What?"
"Since I answered your question, I hope you can answer mine," Riley stepped closer to Nutno; his steps, creating a squelching whisper due to the sticky floor, "This Deity that the chief mentioned earlier, what is it?"
"..."
Nutno did not really answer. He just looked at the other only person in the room, almost as if he was asking her what he should do right now—but alas, his sight was covered by the smiling face of Riley Ross.
"I don't think I will get an answer from you," Riley then said as he tilted his head further to cover Nutno's view, "That means I do not need you, Nutno."
"W—Ugkh!"
Nutno's feet started to leave the floor as he felt his entire body contract, almost as if every fiber of his muscles were being pulled away one by one—the pain, not even allowing him to scream as it shut his brain down in an instant.
"I apologize, Nutno," Riley sighed and shook his head, "But I need to be somewhat wary of—Hm?"
And before Riley could finish his words, a small thud whispered in the room as Nutno dropped to the floor… still alive.
"What is this?" Riley once again tilted his head to the side as he stared at the groveling Nutno. He tried lifting him with his mind, but he just continued to squirm in pain; with not even his hair affected by Riley's telekinesis,
"...Weird."
Riley tried to lift Nutno again, this time even doing a gesture with his hand… but nothing. It was almost as if his telekinesis was completely gone—no. It was as if something, or someone was suppressing it.
"Deity?" Riley then started looking around; using his enhanced hearing to try and sense anything that seemed amiss from his surroundings, but he could sense nothing. But he was sure of it, the one suppressing his telekinesis was this so-called Deity.
And whoever and whatever it is, it was using its power from very far away from a distance that even Riley was not capable of reaching. This Deity's telekinesis…
…it was much stronger than Riley's, much stronger.
Strong enough to completely suppress him to the point it was like he lost his psychic abilities.
"Hm…" And upon thinking this, a hint of amusement crawled on his face as he closed his eyes—and soon, the veins on his white neck started to show themselves. And with the opening of his eyes, the very earth itself started to tremble.
"..." Nutno, who just recovered from almost having his flesh turned inside out, could not help but just hug the floor as everything in the room started to move and slide. Unbeknownst to him and Lin, however, the entire hamlet itself and the surrounding area were shifting.
"...Oh?"
Fortunately for everyone, it did not last long and even instantly stopped at the same time as Riley once again let out an amused puff of breath.
"Interesting," Riley blinked a couple of times as he looked at his hands; closing and opening them several times as he tilted his head,
"And weird, really weird. I could feel myself using telekinesis, but I can't do anything with it. Can you hear me, Deity? I am learning a lot from this—are you matching my frequency to completely mute my telekinetic ability? Or, I suppose you truly are just stronger than me and—"
"Die!"
And of course, as is the case with all of Riley's opponents; they take the chance to attack while he is doing his routine monologue—
Nutno was no different. As soon as he saw a sign of weakness from Riley, he instantly rushed toward him with his arms already ready to grab him.
"Well, I have a lot more tricks to offer."
Unfortunately for Nutno, Riley instantly squashed his head with just the clap of his hands. But of course, that wasn't enough for Riley as he even burrowed his arms through Nutno's torso before cleaving and ripping his body completely in half just for dramatic effect.
"...Hm," Riley then grabbed one half of Nutno's body, and lightly throwing it toward Lin.
"Eep!" Lin couldn't really help but just yelp as she fell to the floor as Nutno's dismembered corpse landed on her.
"I apologize, Lin," Riley let out a small sigh as he shook his head, "I was planning to catch that with my mind, but my telekinetic abilities don't work anymore."
"W… what?"
"Anyway," Riley then started walking toward Lin; the disgusting squelch in his steps, now even more prominent, "Tell me…
…how much were you going to sell me again?"
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