Work Prophet
Chapter 77 - 38: The First Drop of Blood

Chapter 77: Chapter 38: The First Drop of Blood

Anton suspected that Li Yu might possess some kind of evil magic to control the mind, otherwise, there was no way to explain how he managed to turn those lizard people into followers of something called "Saturday" in less than a day.

As for Alfred and others, they thought further, fearing that Li Yu had already surrendered to those lizard people, and that the actions outside the city earlier were a play put on for their benefit.

They deceived them into opening the city gates, and perhaps at this very moment were plotting how to help those lizard people take over Teacup Castle.

Thinking of this, the Guardian Knight moved a few steps toward Ireya’s direction without attracting attention and placed a hand on the hilt of his sword.

But in fact, the truth was far from everyone’s various speculations.

Li Yu actually did nothing this time in subduing the lizard people.

On Monday, he rode his newly bought mountain bike and arrived at the company on time for work.

Afterward, he carried the mountain bike past the astonished gazes of the office building security and a crowd of office workers and entered the elevator.

Indeed, he intended to take this bike to Bratis, to use as a mode of transportation.

Although Li Yu had started to learn horseback riding recently, his riding skills were average at best, and keeping a horse was also troublesome, requiring a special area, with someone to look after it, feed it daily, trim its hooves regularly, and see a veterinarian when sick.

Having taken up temporary residence in Teacup Castle, riding the horses of the Arias family was quite convenient for Li Yu, but it wasn’t cost-effective to consider keeping one for himself at this stage, and he rode only once every three days, leaving the other two days for someone to walk the horse.

Biking seemed more convenient.

However, since mountain bikes generally weigh over 6kg, it was definitely not possible to bring one over in a single trip, and the lighter they are, the more expensive they tend to be.

Without chasing the extremes, Li Yu settled for a mountain bike of about 12kg, planning to disassemble it and transport it over in four to five trips.

This time, he brought two wheels first.

As a result, after arriving, he lost his balance and fell to the ground, with one of the wheels flying out of his hand.

This was Li Yu’s first time arriving in Bratis while the Electronic Pet Egg was moving at high speed, and his body still had some inertia, causing him, already a bit dizzy, to tumble headfirst into the bushes.

Li Yu didn’t go after the wheel that flew away, as he already heard the sounds of shouting and wailing coming from nearby.

He didn’t know what trouble Ireya had gotten into this time, why she wasn’t staying safely inside the castle, but instead, seemed to have become embroiled in a war.

Li Yu could only judge from the surrounding scenery that he was outdoors, but where exactly he was, he had no idea, nor did he know who the fighting parties were.

Unclear of the current situation, Li Yu did not rise rashly but instead chose to hunker down in the bushes and stealthily peek out.

Then he saw three humanoid creatures with lizard-like mouths on their heads, bare-chested, rushing towards his direction, looking like extraterrestrial-like creatures from movies.

And one of them even noticed Li Yu in the bushes.

The creature let out a strange cry, and without waiting for Li Yu to speak, thrust the wooden spear in its hand forward forcefully, in a manner reminiscent of the classic illustration from the sixth-grade language textbook "A Qiu Shao Nian."

And Li Yu naturally assumed the role of the animal in the picture, except he lacked the animal’s agility, not even managing to dodge in time; all he could do was raise the remaining wheel in his hand to his chest.

However, the spokes in the middle of the wheel were too thin, with large gaps between them, and the wooden spear went straight through, leaving Li Yu to defend in vain.

The next moment, he felt a sharp pain in his chest!

Li Yu had always been considered the peace-of-mind child by his parents and teachers, rarely engaging in fights. The worst injury he ever suffered was a fracture from a traffic accident at the age of twelve.

After arriving on the Bratis Continent, he had only ever come to blows with Honey Bear and his group, and that was after intimidating them with modern technology before moving in for the kill.

That could hardly even be considered a battle; it was purely a beating of a downed enemy, and naturally, he wasn’t hurt at all.

Once Ireya became the Green Field Master, there was even less of a chance that anyone would lay a hand on him on this land.

So when Li Yu first got stabbed, his mind went completely blank, then was utterly overtaken by fear.

Most people, especially those teenagers and twenty-somethings, generally lack a sufficient fear of death when speaking of it.

Because at that age, your body is still growing and developing; no matter the injury, you tend to recover quickly with a robust metabolism and healthy functioning of all systems.

To you, death is something distant, only present in books or film and games, to the extent that many believe they have the courage to confront death and calmly accept its coming.

But the reality is not so.

It was only when he truly faced the Death God that Li Yu realized how many things he hadn’t done, how many people he hadn’t had the chance to properly bid farewell to.

He grasped the wooden spear with one hand, desperately trying to pull it out from his chest, but the excruciating pain rendered him powerless.

Li Yu could feel his life swiftly fading from his body. He wanted to struggle, to scream, but then another knife slashed across his neck!

The person wielding the knife was a young female lizardman who looked to be just over ten years old. In Li Yu’s universe, she would probably still be in middle school, not strong enough yet, which is why her strike didn’t sever Li Yu’s neck.

But it was enough to take Li Yu’s life.

Blood gushed from his carotid artery, and Li Yu’s body weakly collapsed to the side opposite the slash.

Although his limbs continued to twitch, that was merely the post-mortem spasm. At this point, Li Yu was indeed gone.

The female lizardman withdrew her knife, merely glanced at Li Yu’s corpse on the ground, and then went off to seek other targets.

But a male lizardman beside her stopped, stripped the black Jaeger suit off Li Yu’s body, and tried to drape it over himself.

Unexpectedly, another lizardman also took a liking to the garment. They argued incessantly until one tore it in half and wrapped it haphazardly around his neck.

And their fancy dress-up quickly drew the attention of other lizard people nearby.

The lizard people, as if discovering a treasure, began to loot the clothes from Li Yu’s body.

Leather shoes, shirts, belts... even the underwear was stripped clean, and without exception, all were torn into several pieces. However, what undoubtedly attracted the lizard people the most was Li Yu’s wristwatch, a Blancpain Fifty Fathoms.

The unknown material, exquisite craftsmanship, continuously moving mysterious second hand, and the luminous hour and minute hands that could glow in the dark, all deeply attracted them.

Even those lizard people who lived in the swamps could tell that the item was exceptional.

Some lizard people even fought each other fiercely to seize it.

But in the end, a towering and burly lizard person stepped forward and claimed the beautiful treasure as his own.

And once the other lizard people saw the watch fall into the hands of the large lizard person, they dared not raise any further objections.