Although the voice outside seed to indicate that Gaming had arrived at Wangshu Inn...
The problem now was—how could they let Gaming know that they were currently being held captive by "Yanxiao" in the kitchen?
Calling for help directly was out of the question.
Doing that might provoke "Yanxiao," and before Gaming had any ti to react, Su Yuan and Aether could very well be killed on the spot...
After all, even though Su Yuan still had 1.2 rewinds left, unless it was absolutely necessary, he preferred not to use them...
Because there was a new custor outside, "Yanxiao" had gone out to greet them.
Seizing this mont, Su Yuan quickly turned to Aether and asked:
"Aether, you heard it too, right? That voice just now—it sounded like Gaming..."
"Can you think of any way to pass a ssage to him without ’Yanxiao’ noticing?"
Faced with Su Yuan’s question, Aether fell into deep thought, then said:
"While ’Yanxiao’ is no longer in the kitchen and isn’t using the Eerie force to suppress us anymore..."
"...The rope he used to tie us up definitely isn’t normal. I’ve been trying to break free, but no matter how hard I struggle, it hasn’t budged at all..."
"Damn it. I have a small knife in my pocket, but my hands are tied—I can’t reach it at all..." Su Yuan said with frustration.
"Paimon! Paimon, quick—use your invincible divine mouth and co up with sothing!"
"As the saying goes: under the sa amount of force, the smaller the contact area, the greater the pressure..."
"Paimon, your mouth is small, and so are your teeth—why don’t you try biting through the rope?!"
Paimon: ...
"If I’d known this would happen, I should’ve resonated with a Statue of The Seven in Natlan when we were with Dainsleif... that way I could’ve gotten Pyro powers first..."
Aether spoke with a hint of regret and frustration:
"If I had Pyro powers right now, I could just burn through these ropes..."
Just as Su Yuan was still discussing with Aether and Paimon, the sound of footsteps suddenly ca from outside the kitchen door...
Su Yuan imdiately felt a surge of dread.
Their escape plan wasn’t even fully ford yet—had "Yanxiao" really returned so quickly?
But when the kitchen curtain was lifted, the figure that entered was none other than Gaming.
Gaming made a "shh" gesture and whispered:
"The other brothers from the escort agency are currently holding Uncle Yanxiao off for now..."
"Su Yuan, Traveler, and little Paimon—I’m here to rescue you."
"Gaming? How did you know we were here ahead of ti?" Su Yuan asked in surprise.
"Yeah! We were just trying to figure out how to call for your help—and then you suddenly showed up!" Paimon added.
As Gaming took out a knife and began cutting the ropes binding them, he quietly explained:
"When my escort team and I were passing by the road in front of Wangshu Inn, soone suddenly jumped out of the roadside bushes. He was covered in blood and wearing a strange mask..."
"He startled us at first—we thought it was a group of Treasure Hoarders trying to rob our cargo..."
"But to our surprise, he was actually asking us for help."
"He said the chef of Wangshu Inn, Yanxiao, had turned into a cold-blooded killer, and that he’d kidnapped the Traveler and his companions, along with soone nad Su Yuan..."
"After hearing what he said, I imdiately realized you must’ve encountered soone corrupted by Eerie force. So I quickly coordinated with the other brothers at the agency to co up with a plan to rescue you."
"Huh? Covered in blood and wearing a weird mask... That must’ve been Wang Ping’an," Su Yuan murmured thoughtfully.
"After being slashed up like that by Yanxiao, he’s still alive? That guy’s got a tough life..." Aether added, clearly impressed.
Before long, Gaming had untied everyone and said:
"Uncle Yanxiao may not have a Vision, but in the past, he was a fierce fighter. Now that he’s been corrupted, he won’t be easy to deal with. We should leave here as soon as possible!"
"Wait!" Su Yuan pointed to the transparent freezer nearby and then to the figure of Xiao, frozen inside like a block of ice.
"Let’s take the Conqueror of Demons, Xiao, with us."
"Gaming, you have a Pyro Vision—use your Pyro power to lt the ice, then we’ll carry Xiao out together."
"Got it!" Gaming nodded and quickly lted the thick ice encasing Xiao.
Aether then hoisted Xiao onto his back, and the group began preparing to escape through the kitchen’s ventilation window...
But at that mont, an icy, furious voice ca from outside the door:
"Well, well... What greedy stray cat dares sneak into my kitchen to steal food?"
None of them had expected that Yanxiao would return to the kitchen at this exact mont!
Yanxiao’s twisted face was now contorted with rage.
"I knew sothing was off with those guests outside..."
"So you’re all in on this together, huh? Ca here just to steal my ingredients!?"
Suddenly, a wave of Eerie power burst forth from Yanxiao.
While it didn’t completely paralyze the group, it drastically slowed them down...
Seeing this, Su Yuan couldn’t help but feel that sothing was off.
Yanxiao’s current Eerie power didn’t seem nearly as strong as he’d expected...
Could it be that Yanxiao hadn’t fallen into eerie state on his own, but was instead being controlled?
Was this so sort of external and incomplete corruption?
"Su Yuan, Traveler, Paimon, and the Conqueror of Demons, Xiao... they’re all people I swore to protect."
Gaming’s gaze burned with determination as he stared Yanxiao down.
He spoke with solemn gravity:
"If you dare hurt even one of them, I won’t forgive you. I’ll make you pay dearly!!!"
Su Yuan realized Gaming was likely trying to trigger the conditions for his own eerie state—intentionally putting himself in danger...
But what if Yanxiao didn’t fall for it?
What if instead of attacking them, he went straight for Gaming?
And just as Su Yuan feared... that’s exactly what happened.
"You greedy little stray cat—no one’s going to protect you!!!"
With that, Yanxiao lunged forward, wielding his kitchen knife, and slashed directly at Gaming’s chest!
"AAAHHH!!!"
Gaming let out a cry of pain as blood sprayed from his chest and he collapsed to the ground...
But in that instant, Su Yuan noticed sothing strange—just as Gaming hit the floor, a faint, knowing smile crept across his lips...
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