Pacus looked like a giant glutinous rice ball being thrown, tracing an awkward parabola in the air.
His body, layered with fat, was torn by the wind. The moment his belt snapped, his three layers of belly cascaded down like a waterfall.
As he fell, he tightly covered his eyes. Through the gaps between his fingers, the sky fragmented into countless spinning shards of blue glass, and wisps of cloud clung to his sweaty nose.
A thick 'plop' sound echoed upon impact with the ground. However, I didn't see exactly how he landed, because I had already flown away with Aisha and Lilia.
If he could survive that, he must have a truly tenacious life.
I now suspect that the Human God sent me here to save Lilia and Aisha just so I would kill Pacus.
But it doesn't matter. His original fate was to jump from a tall building and be smashed to death. I just helped him along a bit earlier.
As for whether this will affect Orsted's plan, that's even less of my concern.
Orsted's need to locate Laplace early has nothing to do with me. By then, I'm sure I'll already be dead.
I always looked down on Pacus. For his own benefit, he constantly threatened the families of his subordinates.
He was always talking about researching how to buy and sell slaves.
He had a bit of petty cleverness but no real substance. Apart from having a good family background, he was useless in every other respect.
Even if he tried to redeem himself later, it was only for the sake of one woman, for whom he ended up killing his own father and brothers.
Hmph, I have no good feelings for him whatsoever.
I originally intended to fly directly away from the Ranoa Royal Palace with Lilia and Aisha.
But since you set your sights on me...
Then don't blame me for fighting back.
With this self-consolation in mind, I stopped flying and landed with Lilia and Aisha in a jungle.
Lilia hadn't recovered from the shock of flying through the sky and me killing Pacus.
Aisha, however, happily ran up to me.
"Big Brother, you are truly amazing. I didn't expect that not only could you defeat so many subordinates, but you can also fly! I admire you so much!"
Her emotional value was maxed out, and the fact that she didn't ask why I killed Pacus showed she was a genius.
She probably guessed why I didn't just fly away with them immediately, but waited until after capturing Pacus and leaving the city before flying. She must have figured something out.
Truly a smart child.
"Young lady, you are also very capable. You are the first person I've flown with who recovered this quickly. Other people are usually astonished while in the air, and many can barely stand after landing.
Haha, in front of someone as smart as you, I won't speak in riddles anymore.
I was entrusted by your father to rescue you. When he was in Roa, he asked me to look for your whereabouts.
Your father should be waiting for you at the Adventurers Guild in Milishion, within the Millis Holy Kingdom.
I can take you there to find him, or I can take you back to Buena Village. It's up to your free choice."
At this time, Lilia also stepped forward and bowed to me. She wasn't as clever as her daughter. Her first words were:
"Benefactor, if you kill Prince Pacus like this, will there be any repercussions?"
I didn't even know how to answer her. There would definitely be big repercussions. I wonder if Zanoba will go to Sharia now.
The plotline where Pacus kills his way back from the Wang Long Kingdom is completely gone now.
But what does any of that have to do with me? It doesn't matter.
I gave her a perfunctory reply, "As long as you two keep silent about my affairs, nothing will happen.
Pacus died in the wilderness. Generally, few people will find him.
Besides, I didn't use my real name. Even if there's a warrant out for my arrest, I don't believe the Ranoa Kingdom can do anything to me. It's just a small kingdom.
This country is already full of crises itself. I don't take them seriously at all."
I don't know if Lilia believed my words. After she expressed her desire to go to Milishion to find Paul, we continued our journey.
We didn't encounter Rudeus along the way, which made me wonder. Why was this inconsistent with what the Human God said?
Could it be because I crossed the mountains to reach Ranoa, saving a lot of time on the journey?
But not running into him is a good thing, it shows the Human God isn't omnipotent.
Along the road, for some reason, Aisha kept clinging to me, asking me to teach her magic. I didn't mind; the journey was rather boring anyway.
I taught her casually.
The two women were slower walkers, so after reaching the first small town, we switched to traveling by carriage.
While I was buying the carriage, Aisha said to Lilia:
"Mom, Mom, I want to apprentice under Teacher Dorin and learn magic from him."
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