Chapter 178: A Terrifying Skill (Part 2)

"You hooligan... Do you know what the consequences are for attacking a guard in the capital?"

Evan looked at Matthew with an indifferent expression before opening his mouth.

"Nope."

Matthew was taken aback by Evan’s response, and his eyes widened slightly when he realized that Evan genuinely didn’t care about beating up his subordinate.

It was as if the matter wasn’t a big deal at all.

Seeing Evan’s carefree expression, Matthew examined him carefully once again, narrowing his eyes slightly.

’A handsome face, purplish-black armor, messy hair, lots of jewelry, and a cute red fox sitting on his shoulder...’

That was what Matthew noticed when he carefully looked at Evan, and within just a few seconds, he reached a conclusion.

’This guy is a hooligan.’

Judging by Evan’s carefree attitude, the way he was dressed, and the numerous pieces of jewelry he was wearing, which were actually valuable treasures, Matthew concluded that this guy was nothing more than a hooligan who didn’t understand that he couldn’t throw his weight around everywhere.

’Those pieces of jewelry are definitely not ordinary artifacts.’

For a split second, a greedy look flashed in Matthew’s eyes, but he quickly concealed it.

Although he hid it very quickly, Evan still caught it. Sighing inwardly, he asked in a calm voice.

"You’re the one who told them to collect more than two Mana Cores from the people, right?"

Matthew’s expression changed slightly upon hearing Evan’s question, and a cold glint flashed in his eyes.

He quickly took a step forward and spoke in a deep voice.

"What are you talking about, hooligan? Not only did you attack the guards, but now you’re even slandering me? Don’t think I won’t teach you a lesson just because you’re young."

Evan ignored Matthew’s words and thought to himself.

’Since I know he’s the one who ordered them to collect extra Mana Cores, I should just take care of him.’

A strange glint flashed in his eyes.

’I also wanted to test my new skill on a Rank Two Evolver.’

Thinking about testing his Tickling skill, that he had learned inside Animal Kingdom Dungeon, a faint sense of anticipation appeared in Evan’s eyes.

Raising his head slightly, he looked at Matthew as if he were staring at a pig that was about to be slaughtered.

Matthew noticed Evan’s gaze, and for some reason, his instincts began screaming in warning.

"You... What are yo—"

He wasn’t able to finish his words before Evan’s figure suddenly appeared in front of him, as if he had teleported.

Matthew’s pupils shrank, and the next second, he felt a hand resting against his chest.

"Tickling."

A low voice reached his ears, and Matthew saw a silver-colored aura appear around the hand resting on his chest.

"Remove your hand from my chest, you basta—"

Matthew wasn’t able to finish his sentence before his expression suddenly changed as he felt a strange energy invading his body.

Before he could understand what the strange energy was—

"Hahaha—!"

Matthew burst into laughter and fell to the ground while clutching his stomach.

However, just as Matthew fell to the ground, Evan lost contact with his body, causing the laughter to stop.

Before Matthew could even stand up, Evan quickly bent down and touched his body again.

"Hahahaha!"

Matthew immediately started rolling on the ground while laughing uncontrollably. This time, however, Evan didn’t lose contact with his body and continued following him even as he rolled around.

Soon, everyone waiting to enter the city witnessed a strange scene: a handsome-looking hooligan with a sadistic smile on his face was doing something suspicious to a Rank Two guard captain.

"Ple... Hahaha... Please... Haha... Sto... Haha... Stop!"

Tears began streaming down Matthew’s face, and his entire body was covered in dirt from rolling around on the ground.

However, Evan, who had just witnessed how effective his skill was, didn’t care and continued using it on Matthew.

’That’s what you get for wasting my time! My Ruby had to eat dried meat because of you. Now pay the price!’

Evan thought while watching Matthew laugh like a madman.

"Eee! Eee!"

Ruby also looked at Matthew with a delighted expression. She seemed to be enjoying whatever Evan was doing.

"It’s fun, right, Ruby?" Evan asked with a wide smile that looked almost like the grin of a devil.

"Eee! Eee!"

Ruby responded, and a big smile also appeared on her adorable face.

The people watching from the side couldn’t help but shudder when they saw the smiles on Evan’s and Ruby’s faces and they instinctively took a few steps back in fear.

Looking at Matthew’s tear-streaked face, which had already turned bright red from laughing so hard, everyone gulped nervously.

’No one should have to go through this kind of torture.’

That was the thought that crossed everyone’s minds as they watched Matthew roll around on the ground, desperately trying to beg Evan to stop torturing him.

’Ahh, I should have used this skill on Eric instead of using Fear.’

Evan couldn’t help but think, feeling slightly disappointed that he hadn’t utilized his Tickling skill earlier.

Just as Evan was reveling in the joy of using his new skill, he heard an anxious voice.

"Um, sir... Please spare him, or he’ll die from laughing."

Evan snapped out of his thoughts upon hearing the guard’s anxious voice and looked at Matthew.

’Sh*t!’

The instant he looked at Matthew, Evan couldn’t help but curse and immediately pulled his hand away.

At this moment, Matthew’s entire body was twitching, and white foam was flowing from his mouth as he stared blankly at the sky.

"Haha... Haha... Haha..."

Even though Evan had already pulled his hand away, the poor guy continued letting out intermittent bursts of laughter, as if someone were still tickling him.

’It seems I went a bit overboard...’

Evan thought inwardly, feeling embarrassed as he noticed the terrified looks on people’s faces as they stared at him.

Evan wanted to tell them that there was no need to fear him. He was a good person. But—

"Hahaha... Hahaha!"

Matthew continued laughing like an idiot, and the fear in everyone’s eyes intensified even further.

Evan noticed the change in their expressions, and his eyes twitched slightly.

’Why do I have a feeling that I’m the bad guy here?’