Novel Full Chapter 188: The Video Crystal, Victor’s Curiosity
Chapter 188: Chapter 188: The Video Crystal, Victor’s Curiosity
Caleb, who was only 1.2 meters tall, had a childish face, but his eyes showed a sharpness that didn’t match his looks.
He said he wanted to give Aiden a piece of information, but he didn’t say it right away. Instead, he just kept waiting.
Aiden didn’t take the bait. Instead, he said, “Free things usually come with hidden costs.”
“What do you want? Or to be more exact, what do you want from me?”
Caleb sat up straight. Even though he was much shorter than Aiden and sitting on the sofa, he didn’t feel awkward at all.
He smiled and said, “Mr. Aiden, you’re thinking too much. Free things do have invisible costs, but that’s only for ordinary people.”
“Our trade association just wants your friendship.”
“Treating friends, whether it’s me, the association, or even the whole Elephant Empire, has always been done without expecting anything in return.”
Aiden smiled back, but he didn’t believe a word of it.
“Of course, as friends, we should help each other. If you have more high-tier materials or equipment you want to sell, just give them to our association. We won’t charge anything.” Caleb said seriously.
He wanted more Epic Rank Demon’s Hearts. He wanted more high-tier equipment.
Aiden first put the Epic Rank Iron Dragon’s Magic Staff up for auction, then he also brought out ten Epic Rank materials and bought the Water Elemental Arrow.
This made Caleb realize that Aiden was far from ordinary.
Before entering the private box, he had spent a lot of money to get a lot of information about Aiden.
After reading it, all Caleb could think about was one thing.
“He’s rich! Aiden is definitely very rich!”
In this data-driven world, there were many people with money, but very few who were truly wealthy.
Because just having money didn’t mean you were rich.
Many times, money couldn’t buy rare high-tier materials, equipment, or items.
But Aiden was different. He definitely had more Epic Rank Demon’s Hearts and other high-tier materials. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have spent so carelessly.
As Caleb was thinking this, Aiden suddenly said, “I’d like to hear what kind of information you think is interesting.”
Caleb took a deep breath and clapped his hands. Right away, a staff member from the trade association came into the private box, holding a crystal the size of a basketball.
Caleb jumped off the sofa and introduced it.
“Because of the invasion by the Abyss Demons, many places in the front line of the Elephant Empire have been affected by the Abyss Strength. There’s no signal there, and regular equipment can’t record anything.”
“This is a special item called a Video Crystal. It is not affected by the Abyss Strength.”
“Three days ago, a Reclasser team sent to the front line had an accident. Only one Reclasser, who was scared out of his mind, survived. The Video Crystal recorded what happened at that time.”
The basketball-sized Video Crystal began to glow with colorful light, controlled by the staff member.
When the colorful light shone on the floor, the ordinary floor slowly turned into black, burnt soil.
Rotting flesh, pale bones, and a pile of people who had been gutted lay quietly on the black soil, like common weeds by the roadside.
“This is the Seventh Team. We have arrived near the city where the Abyss Demons first invaded.”
“Next, we will enter the city and look for…” A Reclasser wearing a black mask spoke to the video crystal.
Behind him, there were several other Reclassers, all wearing black masks as well.
Aiden looked around in surprise.
He could clearly feel the floor under his feet, but what he saw was an extremely realistic scene.
If he had to describe it in detail, it was like he was playing a 3D game, but even more real.
“These people are Reclassers sent by the Elephant Empire,” Caleb explained beside him.
Just as Aiden nodded, a very panicked voice suddenly appeared.
“Leader! Enemies are here! Danger! Extreme danger!”
Suddenly, everything around Aiden turned dark, with no light at all.
A thick black smoke filled the air, covering everything.
Even light seemed to fear this dark cloud, twisting and running away.
And in the darkness, two bright red circles appeared, like the sun.
No, they weren’t circles. They were two eyes that made people feel cold all over, freezing their bodies in place.
“Hey, there are some useless trash here. Well, you can move a little,” the two red eyes suddenly shot out a series of light beams.
Inside those beams, a dozen powerful demons appeared.
“Ah, no human genius here. Well, I’ll leave it to you. Save two hearts for me, I’m a little hungry,” said a tall demon, about three meters high, with a thin and tall body like a bamboo stalk. He yawned lazily and spoke.
Then, a brutal massacre began.
The demons in the light beams moved extremely fast, leaving behind many afterimages on the black, burnt ground.
Plop!
One demon used its claws to pierce a Reclasser from behind and grabbed his heart.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
A still-hot heart was thrown into the air and landed in the hands of the tall demon.
His nails quickly grew longer, and he pierced the heart with them. Then, he slowly walked toward the video crystal.
“Leave one alive,” the tall demon said, his face twisting into a strange smile. “Tell those weak and lowly humans that we will hunt down their so-called geniuses here.”
He slowly put the human Reclasser’s heart into his mouth and chewed it bit by bit.
Blood and pieces of meat slowly dripped from his mouth.
He raised one finger and gently wiped the blood from his lips, then licked it clean with his tongue, looking very pleased.
Then, he lifted the video crystal, licked his lips, and said with a smile:
“I can’t wait to taste the heart of a human genius.”
“By the way, if possible, I hope you can send me some pregnant human women.”
“I love to gently dig into their bellies with my claws and take out the soft, delicious…”
“Slurp.”
“I can’t stand it anymore. I’m already drooling.”
“Just thinking about it makes me drool.”
“Humans, remember my name—Raphael.”
“Hahahaha!”
With a loud and crazy laugh, the video crystal stopped glowing.
The private box immediately returned to normal. Caleb took a deep breath. His childish face showed an unusual serious expression as he said slowly:
“Raphael, rank unknown, tier unknown. We only found out that he is a top genius under a Demon Duke. He should be equivalent to a human genius Reclasser.”
Everyone in the private box showed obvious anger on their faces.
No normal human could watch that scene and hear what Raphael said and stay calm!
Aiden was the same. His eyes flashed with strong killing intent, and a bit of excitement.
A Demon Clan genius?
He still needed to defeat nine human geniuses and kill ten normal Abyss race geniuses to complete the Bane of All Races 2: Genius Nightmare quest.
Caleb didn’t notice Aiden’s excitement. He spoke in a heavy voice and continued:
“As for those two eyes that looked like the sun, they should be the domain phenomenon of a Demon Duke.”
“The video crystal recorded this scene, and not many people know about it. My brother has already told the human divine powerhouses about this, but we haven’t heard a clear response yet.”
At this, Aiden suddenly frowned.
It wasn’t too strange that the Abyss Demons knew about the global Reclasser exchange competition.
After all, no matter when, there would always be traitors in the human world.
But a Demon Duke appearing in the front line of the Elephant Empire? That made Aiden feel a little uneasy.
A Demon Duke was definitely one of the top fighters. If left unchecked, he could easily destroy a country.
And yet, the human divine powerhouses hadn’t given a clear response to the Elephant Empire’s emperor after hearing about this.
“Tell me your thoughts,” Aiden looked at Caleb. He thought this little guy was a smart person.
Caleb shook his head and didn’t answer directly. Instead, he said, “In the past few days, the Demon soldiers on the front line have been acting strangely quiet, like they’re waiting for something to happen.”
“My brother once said a sentence by accident. Maybe it can give you some clues.”
Caleb took out his phone and started tapping quickly with his fingers.
He didn’t show the text on the screen to Aiden. He just deleted it and then turned around and left the private box.
Victor was stunned. He touched his head and asked with a confused face:
“Did he just leave? I thought he would show us what was on his phone!”
“I really hate guys who talk in half-sentences and leave you hanging,” Jade said, nodding.
Aiden, on the other hand, took out his phone, looked at the screen, and fell into deep thought.
After a while, he kept tapping on the screen and finally sighed, saying:
“Even if I knew what Caleb’s brother said, I still don’t have a clue.”
Victor immediately widened his eyes and asked, “What did you find out?”
“Tell me quickly!”