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He kicked it away like a human cannonball.
"Ah!"
Putting down his foot, the count sneered and looked with cold eyes at the black shadow who was trying to stand up again.
The next second, with the flash of black flames, the figure of the Count appeared in front of the black shadow.
Ignoring his fierce and resentful eyes, he kicked him down again.
Then he aimed at his neck and stepped hard!
"Crack!"
The shadow's struggling movements were instantly petrified, and it turned into black mist and disappeared from the earl's sight as before.
Obviously, this dark shadow in front of the count was powerless to fight back.
The shadow disappeared.
Lin Qi, who was originally on the verge of death, finally recovered to his original unharmed state.
It just added to the tiredness.
"Cough cough..."
After coughing twice, Lin Qi noticed this and touched his face which had returned to normal, and breathed a sigh of relief with an imperceptible degree of relief.
Then he stood up from the ground with some difficulty, and looked with joy at the count who had not moved since killing the black shadow.
After the Earl noticed the gaze, he also looked at Lin Qi silently.
One second, two seconds...
For some reason, both sides looked at each other in silence without saying anything.
"I……"
Lin Qi felt the atmosphere was a bit strange and was about to speak.
The Earl spoke first and interrupted Lin Qi's action.
"You! Are you an idiot?!"
"After climbing more than ten floors, don't you realize that your condition is getting worse each time? Or do you just like climbing this damn tower so much?!"
The Earl pointed at Lin Qi with anger in his eyes, and his voice, which already had a hint of madness in it, now sounded even more crazy.
……
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Chapter 95 [Fire of the Heart]——Ignite!
"But apart from climbing up, I don't know what to do..."
Lin Qi scratched his head in vain.
Every living thing in this broken place cannot communicate normally, and the only count is the Riddler. What can he do? He is also desperate!
Thinking of this, Lin Qi looked at the Earl with a hint of resentment in his eyes.
"Okay, okay! I won't tell you about this!"
The Count's anger was evidently not yet over, for he had not yet come to the point which had most irritated him.
"What was that look in your eyes just now? I'm asking you what was that look in your eyes just now?!"
"Ah, I knew you would help me—you must have thought so just now, didn't you?"
The Earl took two steps at a time and walked to Lin Qi, pointing his finger at Lin Qi's nose.
In the middle of the conversation, he said something in Lin Qi's usual tone in a very performative manner, and then seemed to change his expression and continued to point his finger at Lin Qi.
"Have I not made it clear enough? I am a vengeful ghost! Not worthy of trust, and neither should you—"
"So I'll ask again! What on earth was that look in your eyes just now?!"
The Earl glared at Lin Qi angrily.
He felt that his personality as an Avenger was insulted!
'Shit, is my face really a display?'
Lin Qi couldn't help but complain in his heart when the earl accurately said what he was thinking.
"Because...I just thought you would help me?"
Facing the Earl's direct gaze, Lin Qi turned his head uncomfortably, thought for a moment, and spoke tentatively.
There was silence for two seconds.
"Hahaha……"
The count put down his fingers and suddenly smiled with relief.
"Well, I simply think that you, Count, are a trustworthy partner. I am probably the only one who thinks so. Count, you won't be discouraged, right?"
Lin Qi felt that the Count seemed to be very concerned about his identity as a vengeful ghost, so he followed his lead and comforted him a little.
"…I am not discouraged, and instead of caring about me, you should care about yourself."
The count took two deep breaths and spoke weakly.
"This is your second time passing through the seventh cell, and this time is no joke like before. So will this second time passing allow you to escape from this 'prison tower'?"
"Why don't you give it a try?"
The Earl was too lazy to make those meaningless expressions and just raised his eyebrows at Lin Qi.
Lin Qi didn’t know.
But the road was there, so Lin Qi dragged his feet, which were already difficult to walk, and stepped onto the stairs leading to the next level.
And behind him, he didn't know.
The Count suddenly seized his head with his hands and shook it wildly from side to side.
He's going crazy.
Twice, Lin Qi saw the surprise in his eyes twice, just like the scorching sun at noon, shining directly and unobstructedly on this vengeful ghost.
Yes, he was the one sent by Goetia to give Lin Qi the final judgment.
But the question is, who is he?
He is the freest Avenger!
You are just a beast, so if you say a few words to me and use some summoning method to control me, I will listen to you?
dream!
Therefore, the Earl's initial goal was to help Lin Qi, the last savior of humanity.
But even the Earl didn't expect...
The look of surprise at first sight is so dazzling.
Even this vengeful ghost couldn't help but look away.
Lin Qi's performance along the way made him feel uncomfortable and... happy?
Complex and strange emotions accumulated in his heart, making him, who had a somewhat awkward personality, very irritable.
He wanted to yell and make a scene, but when he saw Lin Qi's expression, he had to suppress all these emotions in his heart.
So much so that now...
The Count really wished that he had not acted so quickly just now. Wouldn’t it have been better to torture the black shadow a little longer?
Oh, if we don’t hurry up, Lin Qi might die?
That's fine.
After venting his frustration for a while, the Earl hurried to catch up with Lin Qi.
In this shabby place, he had to stay close to Lin Qi, otherwise he would definitely encounter some bad things.
……
"Back again..."
Lin Qi looked at the cell that was already so familiar to him with disappointment.
But what surprised Lin Qi was that this time the cell door was actually open again?
"So? What are you going to do?"
The Count asked with great interest.
"……I have no idea."
Lin Qi was silent for a while and uttered four words.
He couldn't understand this "prison tower". It seemed endless and trapped him here.
"Then let's just try again. Maybe this time it will be over."
The Count looked up at the sky and suggested nonchalantly.
Lin Qi looked at the Earl with some suspicion, but in the end he walked towards the "living room" at the corner without saying a word.
'The doors of other cells also opened...'
Looking at the scenes along the way, Lin Qi walked in confusion.
Could it be that the doors on the first seven floors are open, the doors on the next seven floors are closed, and then the doors on the next seven floors are open...and so on?
With a guess like doing a question, Lin Qi stood at the door of the "living room".
The dark figure inside was still standing there.
"This……"
Lin Qi looked at the Earl.
"Watch what I do?"
The Count spread out his hands.
Lin Qi had no choice but to grit his teeth and rush into the room.
Due to accumulated fatigue, his movements were weak and his speed was even slightly faster than that of the old man.
The black shadow waved its claws and attacked Lin Qi as before, but the speed did not change.
"Crack!"
The Count, with a frown on his face, broke the shadow's neck.
He angrily cursed:
"Fool! Idiot!"
"Can't you use your brain more? Can you beat him in the state you just now?!"
"And if I tell you to climb up the tower, will you climb up the tower? Will you not question it? Or if I tell you to commit suicide so you can get out of here, will you believe it?"
After the black shadow died, Lin Qi felt exhausted again. He was a little unsteady and sat down on the ground.
Hearing the Earl say this after a short break, he could not help but raise his hand and said weakly:
"If you say you can get out by committing suicide, I will still question it..."
count:"……"
He couldn't count how many times he had been speechless.
“…I tell you the truth, if you just keep climbing up like this, you’ll never be able to get out of here!”
"And every time you pass a level, the curse will be attached to your soul. In your current state, you won't even be able to pass a few levels before you fall down."
The Earl also realized that beating around the bush was useless for someone as straightforward as Lin Qi, so instead of continuing, it would be better to be frank.
Besides, he felt that the accumulation now was almost enough.
"So if you just help me..."