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Chapter 413 - 98 Lance: You think you can leave without taking my crystal today? (Vote for monthly ticket)_2

Chapter 413: Chapter 98 Lance: You think you can leave without taking my crystal today? (Vote for monthly ticket)_2

He slightly raised his hand, and a bright, black liquid began to condense in his palm, forming the shape of a spider fang the size of a thumb. Within this small entity, however, was a powerful sense of oppression.

There was no doubt that the drilling skill he had just used was obviously not the Spider Spear, but this strange spider fang.

Feeling the heart-stopping fluctuations above his head, Xu Shu became a bit anxious inside, but outwardly he maintained his composure and said, "Hah, still in denial? Do you know, if I fail to bring the treasure back, your Empress will surely perish from exhaustion!"

Mentioning his beloved Empress caused Lance to halt in his actions as he turned his head and asked in confusion, "Hmm? What are you talking about? Perish from exhaustion?"

Xu Shu shook his head and said, "You might not believe it, but your Empress, though not human, is quite strange. It seems she’s very caring, and in fact, she has become friends with me, with us!"

This time he didn’t repeat the previous lie about how the Black Widow was locked up by him or how she would starve to death if he didn’t return.

This was because after an encounter with Lance on one of their journeys, Xu Shu realized that after being deceived by him once, Lance would no longer respond to threats. Should Xu Shu dare to speak of the Black Widow’s life again, Lance would directly force the slave brand of a foreign species upon him.

Obviously, due to the Curse Seal within him, this brand would be dissolved.

Once such an event happened, Lance would quickly realize what was going on, and then Xu Shu would truly be unable to escape death.

Thus, he had to do the opposite of what was expected in order to have any hope of escaping!

As expected, upon hearing these words, a smirk appeared in Lance’s eyes, "Associate with you humans? Are you joking?"

After all, his species fed on humans.

Would you humans make friends with the meat on your dinner table?

Lance didn’t believe it at all, since he had been deceived by Xu Shu once before. Of course, he thought Xu Shu was trying to deceive him again.

However, in the next moment.

Lance saw Xu Shu produce from nowhere a love scepter as thick as a baby’s arm.

"Lance, whether you believe it or not, all I can tell you is that without my help, your Empress will exhaust her strength to death while ceaselessly treating those humans infected with radiation!"

"Pitiful she is. Although she’s a non-human being, she harbors kindness and resolved to lead all those miserable humans out of their suffering after encountering them. For this, she was willing to sacrifice herself—a love that transcends the boundaries of species, the great love of humanity!"

As he spoke, Xu Shu pressed the heart of the love scepter, scattered a bag of powder, and slowly squatted down, slipping a pair of thin film coverings made of crystal onto his feet.

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Lance found something increasingly amiss.

Firstly, the story told by the other party was too outrageous, this "apocalyptic monster girl becomes the savior of humans" B-grade script simply made no logical sense.

But what was even more outrageous was why he felt slightly moved?

"Heh, crafty humans, what are you trying to fool me with this time?" Lance asked skeptically.

"Fool you? I’m just telling you the truth! My search for this artifact is only to help your Empress." Xu Shu said as he pressed the head of the love scepter, indicating its immense value.

"Impossible, the Empress is the hope of our clan, how could she ever associate with humans," Lance still did not believe it.

How could there be such a being on this world who would give up her own existence for the sake of love? No, a loving monster?

There simply was no reason for it!

Yet, to his disbelief.

Lance found himself beginning to cry.

He was shedding tears!

He wiped his eyes and was astonished to discover that not only the pair of eyes on his nose bridge, but also the eight compound eyes on his forehead were all streaming down with tears.

"Huh? This is... why am I feeling sad..."

Lance was at a loss; he had lived for so many years, seen many humans sob and beg for mercy when they were about to die.

But this was the first time he had ever cried.

And to cry so heartbrokenly.

The more he cried, the sadder he became.

Seeing this, Xu Shu felt joy in his heart.

Good, it worked!

The powder was called "Great Love Without Borders (Excellent), "Use this powder, and everyone around you will love you; you are truly a person of great love"—of course, he didn’t directly use it to enhance his own charisma, but instead, he transferred this charm through storytelling, projected onto the nonexistent young Empress of the Black Widow. It was a legitimate use and evidently more effective.

And this love scepter, named "Widow’s Grief (Excellent)," could produce Phantom Radiation of Grief, causing people to feel an intense, nearly overpowering sense of sadness.

Moreover, it targeted specifically widows, able to turn all widows’ grief into rivers in reverse.

And the one before him, Earl Lance... he was a Black Widow Count!

As is well known, all Black Widows are widows.

Thus, "Widow’s Grief" naturally took effect, and its impact was extraordinary.

Truly befitting of a purple-grade artifact!

Of course, just this alone was not sufficient to kill Lance.

Xu Shu never intended to kill him.

He had only one goal: to escape into the borderline.

Therefore, upon seeing the effect of the Phantom Radiation, Xu Shu struck while the iron was hot, with a shocked expression, he said: "My lord, Earl! You, you’re crying too? My goodness, your tears are exactly like your Empress’s. She too, upon seeing the suffering of the refugees in the human sanctuary affected by the radiation pollution, was moved to tears, and then resolved to save them!"