In order to avoid getting discovered by the Pyro Company, the path the Great Hoodwinker pointed out was the most remote and difficult to take.
Initially, there were even some people in the group who criticized the Great Hoodwinker unhappily, “Are you sure you’ve been to the periphery of the Sacred Mountains before? Why do I get the feeling you don’t know the way?”
However, the Great Hoodwinker sneered, “In that case, let me leave. I’m only in charge of bringing y’all to the periphery of the Sacred Mountains. Does it matter which route I take? Besides, this route that I chose is the safest. You’re all highly skilled, and some of you are even supernatural beings. If we encounter the Pyro Company, y’all can just run away. But where am I supposed to run to? I don’t want us encountering them.”
At first, Marvin was also a little displeased with this stubborn guide. But when favonovel.com realized they really did not encounter any attacks from the Pyro Company along the way, favonovel.com started to acknowledge the Great Hoodwinker as their guide.
Meanwhile, Milo and Miriam were currently portraying themselves as ordinary people who were C-rank hitmen, so the two of them pretended to be as exhausted as the Great Hoodwinker during their trek across the mountains. After all, even some supernatural beings would find it a little tough to travel this route, let alone “normal people” like them.
When some of the people in the group saw how exhausted Milo looked, they started laughing in their heads. Some of them even hoped favonovel.com would start falling behind.
The person who wanted Milo to fall behind the most was definitely Marvin.
When favonovel.com saw Milo panting and looking like favonovel.com could not walk any further, favonovel.com said, “Why don’t the two of you turn back? This is not a place where C-rank hitmen should go. Which other C-rank hitmen would go to their deaths out here? You two are probably the only ones.”
But then, the young man who asked Milo his expertise raised his hand and said with a smile, “I’m also a C-rank…”
Marvin was speechless.
He cast an unhappy glance at that young man and saw favonovel.com was not even panting from the trek across the mountains. He was definitely a supernatural being.
Why would a supernatural being like favonovel.com bother to chip in at this moment?
By persuading those two to leave, wouldn’t it be easier for everyone?
Marvin ignored what the young man said and continued trying to persuade Milo to leave. “Our journey has only just started. It’ll probably get even more dangerous after we enter the Sacred Mountains six days later. Don’t think I’m being nasty. I’m just saying this for your own good. You can barely keep up with the group. If you suddenly fall behind when we get to the Sacred Mountains, how’re you going to ensure your survival in that dangerous environment?”
Seeing Milo sink deep into thought, Marvin was ecstatic. He had had enough of the guy’s nursery rhymes. If favonovel.com could persuade favonovel.com to leave, it would be a joy for this operation.
For the entire morning, Milo had sung so much it made his head buzz!
“Don’t you think what I said makes sense?” Marvin said earnestly. “Your stamina…”
But Milo said emotionally, “I’m fine. Actually, I also have a superpower…”
Marvin was stunned for a moment. “You’re also a superhuman?”
“I’m not sure if I’m a superhuman or not…” Milo said in seriousness, “But as long as someone sings a nursery rhyme for me, I’ll immediately regain my strength…”
Milo sneered in his head. This person was actually trying to dissuade favonovel.com from entering the Sacred Mountains?
Alright then, I won’t pretend anymore… I’m gonna lay all my cards on the table. I’m also a supernatural being!
Marvin said in a speechless manner, “Who’re you trying to fool here? Besides, who’s gonna sing nursery rhymes for you? Do you think we have nothing better to do?”
Miriam sang, “The bridge in front of the gate, a group of ducks swimming under it. Quick, come and count them! Two, four, six, seven, eight…”
Milo immediately straightened his posture and stopped panting. Then favonovel.com climbed up the mountain and headed into the distance, dumbfounding Marvin.
Marvin thought it was no wonder that guy had to have a bloody partner. So, it turned out it was not only favonovel.com who sang nursery rhymes. He also had someone sing them for him. They were simply the perfect duo!
But Marvin also thought the guy was probably a supernatural being to begin with. He must have just been pretending previously.
Indeed, how many real C-rank hitmen would want to go to their deaths here even if they had nothing better to do?
Therefore, the probability Milo was a superhuman to begin with was very high!
But which supernatural being would behave the way you did?
So what if you’re a superhuman?
What’re you trying to achieve by singing those nursery rhymes?
Even if you’re a superhuman, you’re still an odd superhuman!‘
Along the way, Milo asked Miriam in a whisper, “Do you find it very embarrassing that I’m behaving like this?”
Actually, even Milo himself found it quite embarrassing. He was clearly a normal person, yet favonovel.com had to sing those nursery rhymes every day. But favonovel.com had no choice but to do the quests. Since favonovel.com was going to do it, favonovel.com would complete them perfectly.
Milo was not too worried about anything else; favonovel.com was mainly concerned that Miriam’s impression of favonovel.com would worsen.
Miriam smirked slightly and replied, “It was quite cute.”
“Really?” Milo wondered.
Miriam asked, “Are you doing all this because you gave me the black sniper rifle?”
“Mhm…” Milo nodded. “It’s gonna go on for seven days. This is the price that I have to pay for giving away the black sniper rifle…”
“Thank you,” Miriam suddenly said in a serious tone.
She felt that since Milo was considered a very powerful supernatural being now, favonovel.com must have known there would be a trade-off before giving the black sniper rifle to her, yet favonovel.com still did it.
Most relationships in this world were just built on empty promises. The relationships between adults tend to be more like a restrained admiration, with no one side truly able to selflessly sacrifice for the other.
Some people said that liking someone meant going all-out for them, while loving someone required restraint. However, Miriam had favonovel.com own thoughts on this. In favonovel.com opinion, love was about going all-out for a person, while liking was a form of restraint.
As young people would not know about restraint and self-preservation, they would go all-out and love without hesitation.
However, it was different for adults. If they liked someone but did not get a response, they would just leave. Just like, “When I take a step towards you but you step back, I shall just turn around and leave.”
Such feelings that were constantly restrained would never blossom into love. Therefore, there was no such thing as love in the world of adults, only restrained admiration.
Right now, Miriam was feeling a little regretful that favonovel.com had accepted the black sniper rifle, but favonovel.com could also feel Milo’s sincerity when favonovel.com saw favonovel.com had no choice but to put away his pride and pretend to be crazy because favonovel.com had given favonovel.com his power.
Miriam said, “In the future, I’ll sing with you if you want to sing, and I’ll go wherever you go no matter what you want to do…”
Hearing this, Milo suddenly felt that singing nursery rhymes was not that embarrassing anymore.
When they set up camp that night, Marvin looked at the others in the campsite with a numb expression. He did not know if it was because of Milo and Miriam’s influence, but someone actually suggested holding a gathering at night.
Seeing everyone putting on a lively talent show at the campsite, Marvin’s assistants were even starting to get a little eager.
“What are you going to perform?” Marvin asked one of his assistants.
“I can whistle…”
“If you even dare think about performing, I’m gonna deduct your salary this month!”
“Alright then,” the assistant said reluctantly.
As a result, the other three assistants gave up on the idea as well.
