Chapter 1399 - 21: The Cowed God

Chapter 1399: Chapter 21: The Cowed God

The Goddess of Luck took a deep breath. Her initial ’escape’ wasn’t just out of fear of the Shadow of Annihilation Law; trying to impose luck on the Shadow of Annihilation Law is a very difficult task.

If the difficulty of changing an ordinary person’s luck is 1, then trying to change the Shadow of Annihilation Law’s luck would be at least 100 or above. The Shadow of Annihilation Law is so powerful that at a certain point, it’s impossible to change its luck; the Goddess of Luck has personally tested this.

"I hope you keep your promise."

The Goddess of Luck actually wanted to make a contract or treaty with Su Xiao, but unfortunately, Su Xiao has Reincarnation Paradise behind him, and making a contract with Su Xiao is as difficult as killing him right now.

According to past developments, the Goddess of Luck would appear with a high profile, grant abilities to the Contractors, and then leave gracefully without a trace.

Clearly, that’s not the case this time. She initially wanted to renege but was forcibly pulled back by Reincarnation Paradise.

The light on the Goddess of Luck grew brighter, golden threads gathered in her hands, and she slowly pushed these golden threads toward Su Xiao.

Su Xiao stared at the golden threads floating toward him without any sense of danger coming.

The cluster of golden threads entered Su Xiao’s body, and Su Xiao felt nothing special.

"It’s done."

The Goddess of Luck snapped her fingers and disappeared into thin air.

[Hunter has acquired a new skill: Goddess’s affection.]

[Goddess’s affection: LV.1 (Passive Skill)]

Skill Effect: Luck Attributes permanently +1.

Note: This ability increases Luck Attributes by 1 point for every 10 level increases.

...

Su Xiao’s Luck Attributes increased from 2 to 3, and the sensory experience of increasing Luck Attributes was not intense, unlike the direct feeling of increasing Strength or Agility Attributes.

"Don’t think you will have great luck. Your luck is practically negative; this can only stop you from being unlucky. To survive with such luck is truly a miracle..."

The Goddess of Luck’s voice came through, as if from another layer of space.

Inside Anomalous Space, the Goddess of Luck, wrapped in Holy Light, stretched lazily.

"Go back to sleep..."

There’s no doubt, the Goddess of Luck is very Buddha Nature; among many powerful beings of the same level, she is the most indifferent to worldly affairs, typically biding her time, yet over time, most of the strong ones who rose with her have fallen, only she lives freely.

Whether in the Void or the small world where the Goddess of Luck resides, everyone thinks of her with four words: indifferent to worldly affairs.

Inside the single room dormitory where Su Xiao was, he lay on the bed with his wounds faintly aching; he wouldn’t waste healing items on injuries that could heal naturally.

Feeling the slight tingling from his wounds, Su Xiao soon fell into dreamland, not knowing when his next rest would be.

In this World Struggle War, without being able to take out food or fresh water from Storage Space, the frontline battlefield has become more dangerous.

After sleeping for an unknown duration, Su Xiao heard a piercing alarm. He rose from the bed and, upon opening the door, saw soldiers running down the hallway—all members of the Slaughter Troop.

Su Xiao picked up the black military uniform on the bed, the same style worn by the Slaughter Troop as ordinary soldiers. A unique uniform would only attract more fire on the battlefield.

Wearing the black military uniform, Su Xiao followed the soldiers in the hallway heading towards the prison courtyard.

Forty seconds later, including Su Xiao, 176 Slaughter Troop soldiers stood in formation; Skardine glanced at the pocket watch in his hand.

"Not bad."

Skardine closed the pocket watch.

"I’m your new officer; some of you may have heard of me..."

Skardine didn’t employ the ’three fires of a new official’ strategy, which doesn’t work in the military; he was direct and blunt: unless you want to die inexplicably on the battlefield, you’d better follow his orders.

After a simple briefing, 176 Slaughter Troop soldiers boarded several trucks; their destination was, of course, the battlefield, though Skardine did not specify the exact location.

During wartime, the Slaughter Troop doesn’t group like other units; they disperse among various units to find opportunities to infiltrate enemy camps, assassinate enemy officers, or sabotage critical enemy military facilities.

Su Xiao sat inside the truck’s canvas, where there were nine other Slaughter Troop soldiers ready for battle. These people were not nervous at all; some were even snoring away.

A soldier next to Su Xiao, wearing a black helmet and holding a dagger and sharpening stone, started sharpening his knife as soon as he boarded. In his words, the dagger is his girlfriend, named Philomena.

The constant killing has left these Slaughter Troop soldiers somewhat mentally disturbed; after retirement, most are sent to the mountains to enjoy life, far from cities. These guys are proficient in killing, bombing, etc., placing them in bustling cities would be like setting loose time bombs. Though the saying ’once the birds are gone, the bows are hidden’ feels heartless, it’s how things must be.

"Don’t touch my hat, you damn pig-dog, believe it or not, I’ll blow you away."

"Hahaha."

"Those blue-eyes are the real pig-dogs."

Two soldiers started arguing, and the other soldiers in the canvas didn’t intervene; they enjoyed the spectacle.

"Pig-dog blue-eyes, although their women aren’t bad, they’re still pig-dogs."

"According to article 175 of the Geya Alliance’s military law, abusing or insulting female civilians of enemy countries is punishable by 3 months of confinement."

"Saint, you should go home to comfort and feed your baby."

"Breastfeed."

"Hahaha."

The soldiers’ conversations were illogical, they said whatever came to mind. Su Xiao yawned, not intending to join in.

Something puzzled Su Xiao; before other Slaughter Troop soldiers boarded, they were issued weapons; however, Su Xiao received none. The quartermaster simply glanced at him and gestured for him to get on the truck.

Sending soldiers ’unarmed’ into battle is obviously impossible; Su Xiao inferred that, as his weapon might be special, it wasn’t distributed uniformly.

"White Ghost, how’s prison food?"

The soldier called ’Saint’ spoke, calling Su Xiao White Ghost. Su Xiao recalled the codename Cuchulainn Bai Ye, easily guessing that White Ghost referred to him—a moniker given by other Slaughter Troop members.

"Two dishes and a soup, with women next door."

"Didn’t expect you to brag, White Ghost."

"White Ghost has rare moments of humor, let’s humor him."

Saint smiled with an expression that said: Why hesitate to laugh?

"Saint, your flattery’s too obvious," a burly man with a whisker beard remarked, extending his fist towards Su Xiao: "I’m Bone Crusher; we met in the Mori Mountain Battle Zone. Take care on the battlefield."

Su Xiao fist-bumped the burly man named Bone Crusher and nodded in acknowledgment.

"Call me Blind Mountain."

"I’m Scout Dog."

"Da Di."

...

All nine Slaughter Troop members in the canvas greeted Su Xiao, surprising him, as none seemed to belong to his previous team. Judging from their tone, they appeared to... want to get closer to him?

Realizing their attitude, Su Xiao guessed his role in this team—one of his strengths: sniper. Having a sniper ensures higher survival rates amidst a battlefield’s chaos.