Chapter 336: Proof of Determination... Part-1.


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    Dragon Valley, Northern Region


    An Extremely tall mountain.


    "I seriously have no experience in mountain climbing... So I guess I will just have to make do by using some other methods..."


    [Summon: Demon Chimera!]


    ~Swish~ (Cold air noises)


    Nothing happened when Liam tried to summon Kazto, and the scene became kind of embarrassing.


    "Oi oi! It''s illegal to summon help! You can''t be doing that here!"


    Just when Liam was scratching the back of his head in embarrassment, a man''s voice entered his ears.


    Liam nced to his left and found a middle-aged man sitting on arge boulder nearby. He was wearing casual clothes and a big hat on his head.


    His one hand was ced on hisp, while the other was holding arge bottle of wine.


    Anyone can tell from the man''s reddened face that the other party is quite drunk at the moment.


    "Huh? I never knew that drunkards also like to wander around in mountains..."


    When the man heard Liam''s words, he red at Liam and said,


    "Idiot! I am not a drunkard! I drink because I want to escape reality! Can''t you tell the difference!"


    "Sigh- young people these days..."


    Liam''s expression turnedplicated as he said,


    "How am I supposed to know the motivations of random drunkard... By the way, if you are looking for people to borrow money from, don''t ask me... Please go away. I am kind of busy right now... shoo~ shoo~"


    Liam waved his hand at the man as if he were trying to ''Shoo'' away a random cat or something that came over to his house to disturb him.


    "I have never seen a kid that has a more annoying face than you; I kind of want to beat you for some reason..."


    Hearing the man''s words, Liam pretended to dial some number on his phone.


    "Hello, child protection services? A suspicious old drunkard is saying that he will beat me-"


    The middle-aged man could not help but shout at that moment.


    "D*mn you punk!"


    Liam stopped pretending after seeing that he had sessfully pissed off the other party without even doing much.


    ''An SS-ranker? What is he doing here? Is he responsible for my being here? I need to stall for more time somehow; maybe someone wille to rescue soon...''


    Liam wasn''t actually messing around on purpose; he was stalling for time in a very hidden way.


    The very moment Liam came here, he already felt that something was wrong with this ce. Thus, he used words to say what he was doing, and then he tried to summon Kazto. He was going to summon Kazto and escape this ce.


    However, his summoning was unsessful for an unknown reason, most likely due to the presence of this SS-ranker.


    Liam immediately decided to buy some time for himself.


    Unlike Rio and the others on his team, who aren''t quite good at making ns, Liam cane up with ns at the spur of a moment.


    He knew from the start that he couldn''t fight an SS-ranker, and he couldn''t even escape from an SS-ranker.


    Even if you have a teleportation scroll on you and try to use it, if the SS-ranker is in close proximity, they can literally interfere with the space-time fabric and stop your teleportation mid-way.


    Thus, as a low-ranking person, if you want to escape the grasp of an SS-ranker, either you teleport away before the other party finds you or you just pray to your ancestors to give you more luck.


    Everyone below rank SS is nothing more than an ant to these demi-god-like beings.


    "Ugh, forget it; wasting time on pointless talks will only make me more sober, and then I will start remembering my sad past again..."


    The middle-aged man drank wine directly from thatrge bottle with an annoyed look on his face while ignoring Liam''s annoying face.


    "Sigh- Wine is still the best way to escape reality, I just love the taste of it..."


    Upon hearing the man''s words, Liam abruptly stated,


    "My father says that ''Wine is like Sh*t, you feel better after discarding it away''..."


    Hearing Liam''s words, aplicated look appeared on the man''s face,


    "Your father sounds like the kind of person that I would hate the most..."


    Liam nodded his head and said,


    "Well, I don''t like him either, but you know, he''s an SS ranker; I can''t really do anything


    against him, and his name is Neo Aldif, by the way-"


    Before Liam could finish his words, the man''s eyes widened, and he said,


    "Ah! It''s that hateful Schemer!! So you are the son of that messed up guy!?"


    The unknown man suddenly appeared beside Liam and patted his shoulder with a look of pity


    on his face.


    "Sigh, it must be hard having a ''psycho'' as your father, right? I was originally quite annoyed by you, but now I feel pity for you..."


    A confused look appeared on Liam''s face after hearing those words.


    "Eh? What do you mean, ''Psycho''? Although he''s quite an annoying man, I don''t think he has


    any mental issues..."


    Hearing Liam''s words, the man sighed and said,


    "Well, if you don''t know... Then it means that he has done good work in hiding all his dark


    past..."


    The man drank a mouthful of wine and then said it with a serious look on his face.


    "Insanity like no other, making tens of thousands of summoned beasts''s rampages on the battlefield, he alone can bring out an army that can put the armies of weaker races and entire nations to shame..."


    "A man who''s so insane that he wasn''t afraid of fighting three SS-rankers at the same time, hemitted so many war crimes and ughtered millions of innocent civilians of the Orc Empire during the fifty-year Orc War..."


    A solemn look appeared on the man''s face as he continued to say,


    "He''s such a psycho that he ughtered a small group of dragons that were living in a secluded area, just because he wanted a dragon as a summon..."


    "That day, he ughtered nearly twenty dragons and took three of them as his f*cking puppets! He even ughtered young and old alike; none were spared..."


    "Don''t go on his face; that guy''s insanity can''t be fathomed... I think the only reason he has be calmer and quieter these days is because he''s been warned by Ashtel Rex to not cross


    the line of morality..."


    Even Liam was shocked after hearing all those things.


    "T-this!? H-how can that be!? He''s always using a mimic to hide and doesn''t even dare show


    up in person; I always used to think that he''s a coward!"


    Upon hearing Liam''s words, the man chuckled slightly and stated,


    "Pffft~~ Coward? The guy who spit on the face of the Demon King and murdered half of the children of the Demon King right in front of him is a Coward?"


    "HAHAH, That''s the biggest joke I have ever heard!"


    Liam''s pupils shrank as he heard those words,


    "W-wait... Wasn''t he only sent to taunt the Demon King and lure him away in that mission of


    assassinating Demon General Azazel?"


    The man nodded his head at those words and said,


    "Of course, he was only asked to taunt the other party, but Neo is an insane guy; the best


    method he came up with to taunt him was to ughter the other party''s children and then spit


    on his face..."


    "The demon king was so angry that he chased Neo in the whole sr system like a mad dog! I


    have never seen a demon be so miserable in my life... That was the first time I ever felt pity for


    a demon..." The more Liam listened, the more he felt that his worldview was being shattered.


    He has always underestimated Neo a lot.


    Neo has always been absent for Liam most of the time, and he usually likes to create troubles


    for Liam that annoy him a lot.


    Therefore, Liam did not take the time to thoroughly investigate Neo''s background.


    Moreover, Neo has done a very good job of hiding information about the things that he did in


    war.


    You will not find any of this information on the inte, even if you hire a hacker to find it. "Why do you think he rarely goes out of the nation? It''s because he was warned by Ashtel not to mess around... I doubt he would be this tamed if not for the existence of Ashtel Rex..." Just by existing, Ashtel influences a lot of things in the world. His existence alone is enough to bring many bad things to a halt.


    "Also, you should be ready, kid... I wouldn''t be surprised if he suddenly had the urge to attack


    you if you started to be his equal..."


    At that moment, Liam frowned and said,


    "Why would I trust your words? What if you are trying to sow discord?"


    The man shrugged his shoulders at Liam''s question and said,


    "Well, it depends on you. Trust my words if you want to, or don''t trust them if you don''t want


    to; no one''s stopping you..."


    The man walked in front of Liam and said it with a serious look while looking into Liam''s


    eyes.


    "But keep one thing in mind: Neo was considered one of the ''Rivals'' of Ashtel Rex in his younger days; don''t underestimate that man..."


    ...


    Author''s Notes.


    Yo! It''s your beloved author here!


    I suddenly remembered that I haven''t told much about Neo and his past, so here we are!


    Question of the day:


    Don''t you think that Neo seems like a viin?


    (Tell me your thoughts in thements.)


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