CHAPTER 213: THE EMERGENCE OF PRIVATE PROPERTY

After stashing everything away,

Carlos suddenly hit on a problem:

"This random junk belongs to retainer Ginya,

Not to me."

What did this mean?

It meant his retainer had her own stuff.

Unlike Purple Vortex and Red Spirit,

Who had jack squat to begin with—

Everything was handed down by Carlos, so everything they had belonged both to themselves and to their master Carlos.

But Ginya was different. She had normal human smarts and came with her predecessor’s loot.

This loot clearly belonged only to Ginya and had nothing to do with master Carlos.

Sure, if Carlos ordered Ginya to fork over these items, she’d definitely do it,

But how she’d feel deep down was anyone’s guess.

"Having a real property owner show up

Will definitely stir up trouble among the other broke retainers."

This wasn’t Carlos being paranoid,

But just how things worked.

Too much personal stuff would definitely make private wants grow bigger.

"But hey, this is just how smart beings work—pros and cons."

Carlos was chill about it.

Drama was drama. Wanting highly intelligent life forms to have zero personal desires was a pipe dream.

"Stomp stomp stomp!"

The shield guards who’d been cleaning out the cave came over hauling piles of treasure.

"Thanks for the hard work."

Carlos got up,

Taking a quick look:

"Damn, they’re broke!"

You had to say,

This group of Black Sinners’ loot was way worse than the traitor camp’s.

Whether spirit gear quality, gold coins, minerals, whatever—all bottom-shelf garbage.

"How could this batch of Black Sinners

Be so dirt poor?"

In Carlos’s memory,

Black Sinners were rare ’elite monsters,’

Invading from the deep dark mist planes,

At least fully decked out in spirit gear, armed to the teeth.

After all, they were carrying important clan missions and had to be powerful.

"Whatever,

Black Sinners being weaker than expected is actually good news."

With such crappy equipment, the Black Sinners’ fighting power would definitely take a huge hit.

Actually,

When Black Sinners first dropped into the Material Realm,

They were definitely an elite squad.

Big flashy entrance, loudly announcing their evil plans,

But after multiple throwdowns with humans, they got their asses kicked.

Most elite powerhouses bit the dust, and their gear naturally got snatched by humans.

This batch of Black Sinners also wanted to rock high-quality spirit gear, but unfortunately it was all lost by previous Black Sinners.

Since the cave was cleaned out,

There was no point hanging around.

"Let’s bounce!"

Carlos waved his hand, calling back shield guards, tables, chairs, and all that.

Crimson-gold serpent wings spread wide,

Storm-powered,

He shot into the sky like a rocket!

"Chirp!"

Red Spirit followed close behind,

As it passed Ginya, it secretly made a face, totally trying to get under her skin.

No... not trying—

This was straight-up trash talk!

Ginya couldn’t take this crap.

Firing up Shadow Wings,

Massive shadow wings immediately sprouted from her back as she got ready to chase.

"Ginya!

I can’t fly!"

Diliya quickly called out to her monster half.

If you all take off,

What the hell am I supposed to do?

Out here in the middle of nowhere,

You’re cool with ditching a seriously hurt person?

’What a pain in the ass.’

Ginya rolled her eyes.

Fine—

For the sake of her old self, she’d help out once.

"Hang on tight!"

Then... Ginya grabbed Diliya by the scruff and took off...

"...Could we maybe switch positions?"

Diliya felt like a sack of potatoes being hauled around—totally embarrassing!

"Sure."

Hearing this,

Ginya switched from left hand to right hand, flipping Diliya around.

"..."

That’s not what I meant by switching positions!

Diliya wanted to cry. Her head was quickly filling with blood.

"Quick... flip me back!"

Ginya ignored her.

Such a hassle!

....

Rock Sand City, Noble District, No. 33.

"Kiri,

Is Young Master Carlos getting back soon?"

Becky paced around the courtyard like a caged animal.

She had no clue how things were going down.

Was her best friend Diliya still breathing?

Would she get rescued?

"Kiri?"

After calling out several times

Without getting any response from her buddy,

Becky couldn’t help but look around.

Her companion who’d been chilling in the courtyard with her

Was now nowhere to be found.

"?

Where’d she go?"

Becky followed her divination gut feeling along the courtyard path,

At the end,

Another big umbrella,

Under it were several lounge chairs. On the middle one,

A girl was sneakily

Fondling the coat lying there.

"Worthy of being the Eternal Annihilation Demon King’s coat—

The smell, such a comforting smell!"

Kiri brought the coat to her nose, taking a light sniff.

Faint natural fragrance mixed with burning sun scent—

So reassuring.

Kiri’s mouth curved up, her head unconsciously burying into the coat, making weird happy noises.

All of a sudden,

A voice from above rang out:

"Kiri, what the hell are you doing?"

"!!!"

Kiri immediately dropped the coat:

"I wasn’t doing anything!

Just checking it out!"

"...Checking it out?"

Becky wasn’t buying it.

This mysterious girl making those moves on the coat was just to look?

She had to be scheming something!

"Oh, it’s Becky!"

Kiri recognized who showed up.

So it was just Becky—scared her for nothing.

She casually stuffed the coat into her storage space.

"?"

Just completely blowing her off like that?

Becky’s fists clenched up.

Now acting all false alarm, whatever attitude.

Suddenly,

Kiri said happily:

"Check out the sky!

Carlos Valois is back!"

Becky looked up. Three streaks of light sliced across the sky, rapidly coming down.

"Why are there three?"

Soon enough,

Carlos and his retainers touched down.

"Your intel was spot on.

The Black Sinners there have all been wiped out by me."

’What! All wiped out!’

Kiri was floored.

How long had it been!

That Black Sinner hangout was just destroyed that easily?

She’d originally thought Carlos would have to work for it, never expected it to wrap up so fast.

’Carlos Valois’s current power is even crazier than I thought!’

Kiri’s mood got heavy. Her plan needed a major overhaul.

"Di...liya!"

On the other side, Becky was pumped as hell.

She ran toward Diliya and Ginya.

Their lord had actually rescued her best friend!

"Becky!" X2

No way, her best friend was here.

Both Diliya and Ginya

Got equally excited,

Grabbing Becky’s hands from left and right.

"Huh???"

What was up with this monster?

Why did it seem to know her?

How could its voice be exactly like Diliya’s!

On hands covered in freaky withered leaves, those jet-black perfect nails

Were so eye-catching.

A lightbulb went off in Becky’s head as she tentatively said:

"Diliya?"

Ginya was over the moon:

"It’s me, best friend!"

She knew that even looking like this, Becky would still recognize her.