042 The Goblin’s Fury

"The so-called Eternal Utopia is simply a group of madmen who worship the Lords of the Sky and attempt to offer our world to those distorted entities."

Inside Mobai's maid café, Musheng sat across from him and whispered in an ultra-low voice, "It seems they want to establish an eternal, blissful utopia through this method."

"The members inside are basically various attendants of the Lords of the Sky. They are more dangerous than the last, and madder than the other..."

Mobai: "..."

He blinked expressionlessly and replied, "I understand the logic, but..."

"Why on earth are you whispering like that? Did I forget to feed you last night?"

Mobai patted his own cheek. "The mosquitoes buzzing by my ear have a louder voice than you."

With that, Mobai gave a gentle clap, and the corpse of a mosquito lay squarely on his palm.

Mosquito: "Children, I've crashed."

Musheng narrowed his eyes and leaned forward slightly. "It's all because of this shop of yours."

After extracting the remaining value from Cao Chen, Mobai suggested they go to his shop to chat, and Musheng followed eagerly the moment he heard there were cute maid attendants.

The result...

Musheng felt like crying without tears. "You never told me the maid attendants here were this cute, man!"

"You have to understand," Musheng said with a proud expression, "I've never even held a normal girl's hand. I usually don't even dare to make eye contact. Whenever someone talks to me, I stutter, and my face burns all over."

"Now, with so many cute maid attendants watching me, how could I possibly dare to speak loudly!"

Mobai couldn't help but retort, "Well, aren't you quite proud of that?"

"No, no..." Musheng wore a shy expression, leaned closer to Mobai, and whispered even more softly, "I noticed that maid cosplaying Kamisato Ayaka has peeked at me several times."

"Do you think she likes me?"

Mobai: "..."

He silently looked at the steadily intensifying [Goblin] traits gathering above Musheng's head and shook his head expressionlessly. "No, she's merely curious about what kind of bizarre freak you are to be friends with me."

"However, if this helps your martial arts dojo, please feel free."

Little Chu Nan, your imagination is quite rich just for the sake of the dojo.

"Anyway, you just need to remember that anyone from the Eternal Utopia is extremely dangerous."

Musheng said seriously, "Really, once you encounter them, don't even think of them as human."

"The kind where killing them actually increases your store of accumulated virtue."

Mobai recalled the seven kings mentioned by Momo and couldn't help asking, "How do they compare to those Seven Great Kings?"

"Oh, you even know about the Seven Kings."

Musheng sighed. "How should I put it? The Seven Kings are very strong, and a few of them can even go toe-to-toe with some of the Lords of the Sky directly."

"However, no matter how fiercely the Seven Kings fight or how brutally they clash, they stand from the perspective of this world and undoubtedly belong to the side of order."

"You can completely view the Seven Kings as conflicts between different nations, but the Eternal Utopia is entirely different."

Musheng paused for a moment and continued, "If I had to use an analogy, they are like those collaborators in TV shows who welcome the Imperial Army and lead the way for the Lords of the Sky."

Mobai nodded in understanding. "I get it, planet-traitors, right?"

"Pretty much. Except the combat power of these planet-traitors is a bit too high; they're practically whale-tier powerhouses."

"And Qi Lin is among them—"

Before Musheng could finish his sentence, Xie Ziyun scampered over with a patter of footsteps and placed the menu on the table. "O-Oh, customer-sama, what kind of service would you like?"

At the same time, Xie Ziyun frantically winked at Mobai, opening a secret encrypted channel.

Xie Ziyun: Brother Bai, Sister Li said that just sitting here without ordering anything affects the shop's appearance, so she wants you to order something casually.

Mobai: Got it.

Mobai was one of the insiders and didn't need to pay for meals. He casually ordered the cheapest portion of french fries and handed the menu to Musheng.

"Do you want to eat anything? My treat."

Xie Ziyun: "!"

Good grief, what did she just hear? Brother Bai, who was usually so stingy, was actually offering to treat?!

Even though normally asking him to buy her a cup of milk tea was like pulling teeth!

Xie Ziyun looked at Musheng with a shocked gaze, as if saying:

What the hell, why?!

"T-T-Then, just a, just a plate of curry rice will do."

Musheng stammered out his order, perfectly embodying his inner Chu Nan, and successfully reaped a look of utter disdain from Mobai.

"Don't look at me like that, you bastard!" Musheng buried his hands in his hair. "You have no idea what kind of life I've been living these past few months..."

"Selling my body would have been preferable. There was this demon—she is truly a demon! Thanks to her, I almost forgot what a normal beautiful girl looks like..."

Musheng looked at Mobai with a sorrowful expression. "Old Mo, I might just remain a Chu Nan for the rest of my life (tragic)!"

Mobai: "...That sounds quite tragic, huh."

"Keep it up, strive to become a Great Mage by the time you're thirty."

Mobai chuckled and said, "But I'm different. Not only are these maid attendants my colleagues, but just yesterday, a pink-haired beauty took the initiative to add me as a friend."

She had even acted as his mother for eight years, no less.

Musheng: "No!!!"

It wouldn't matter if he himself became a Great Mage, but what he feared most was that his decent-looking good buddy would beat him to it!

How was he supposed to bear this?

The next second.

[Completed the concentration enhancement of Goblin traits]

[Acquired blue-concentration Goblin ability]

Mobai: "?"

[Name: Goblin's Wrath]

[Concentration: Blue]

[Effect: Can be activated when facing handsome individuals or beautiful girls who are better-looking than oneself. Increases damage dealt to "Saints" or "Heroes" who have harmed the user.]

[Children, don't be afraid. The elite goblin has come to save you!]

Mobai: "???"

His goblin traits intensified just from chatting for a bit—was that reasonable?

Checking Musheng's mental state.

Not gonna lie, this damn ability was actually quite useful.

Although it was hard to find someone more handsome than himself (narcissism aside), there were plenty of good-looking girls out there.

As long as the condition of "harm" was met, it would act as a permanent passive buff. The exact amplification magnitude was unknown for now, so let's tentatively rate it as a large-to-medium cup.

Soon, steaming hot curry rice and french fries were served by Xie Ziyun.

Mobai dipped a fry into the curry and looked at Musheng, who was still burying his head and howling in grief. "Stop being a goblin and continue. What happened to that Qi Lin?"

"Oh, right. Her—she's disgusting."

Musheng picked up a spoon and scooped up a mouthful of rice. "You know about April, right? She is an attendant of the Month of Breeding."

"Her specialty is spawning offspring, frantically churning out troops, and she's practically the king of endurance."

"She just clings to you relentlessly and refuses to let go. It's truly revolting."

Mobai was reminded once again of the Soul-Hunting Arrow that had instantly killed Lu Yuan. "Doesn Dongxia have the Soul-Hunting Arrow? Can't that thing kill her?"

"It can kill her, but only take one life." Musheng swallowed his food and began stirring his rice. "The Soul-Hunting Arrow targets wanted criminals. In Qi Lin's case, when this particular life of hers becomes wanted, causes trouble, and gets shot dead—"

"The very next second, she will be reborn anew inside someone else, and that newborn individual will be entirely brand new. The Soul-Hunting Arrow can't lock onto her."

"The speed of issuing warrants can't keep up with the speed of her rebirth. Seriously, it's utterly disgusting."

"And now." Musheng pointed his curry-stained, sticky spoon straight at Mobai.

"That disgusting and troublesome woman."

"Has set her sights on you."