Chapter 612 The Deal [2]
"Oh?" Riva stopped walking and turned around, a playful smile playing on her lips. She put her hands on her waist, stuck out her impressive chest and asked with a mischievous glint in her eyes, "You don't mind helping me? I thought you young kids don't like older women."
Max didn't shy away and boldly scanned her body as he said, "I'm not like others. I don't discriminate. In fact, I prefer older women, especially when they are as captivating as you."
Immediately after he finished speaking, the flirtatious atmosphere was gone, replaced by a dreadful silence. This...
The sudden change caught him off guard and when he looked up at her, he saw a cold look in her eyes with a well hidden killing intent flickering about.
Though after his fight against Oliver he was not afraid of Five-Star Mages, he didn't dare underestimate them either, especially when they were this close to him and he was completely unprepared. Fortunately, it didn't seem like she was going to attack him, but still, he raised his guard just in case.
"Elder Riva..." Just when he began speaking, Riva cut him off and said with a chill in her voice, "If you can prove you are really able to help us, not only will I forgive you for the words you just said, I'll even let you have a taste of me. But if you aren't able to help us, I'll kill you."
Max's eyes narrowed when he heard. Then he asked in a plain voice, "Are you sure you want to threaten me like this?"
He watched as Riva's luscious lips parted and from her expression, he could tell she was going to yes, but she unexpectedly suddenly sealed her mouth shut, turned around and started walking away.
"Come, let me take you to the person you are going to help." Max raised his brows seeing this. He could clearly see she was about to say yes, but stopped at the last moment.
'Did she get a mental communication or she had a premonition?' He wondered.
It wasn't that she wasn't beautiful, she was but the reason he frowned was because she was completely pale and her eyes were murky.
"She seems to have lost all her vitality." He muttered.
Riva heard him and somberly said, "This is the consequence of forging Lifebound Artifacts."
Max didn't say anything and just sighed. Before they made the deal, Mike had already told him that whenever they forged a Lifebound Artifact, they would lose some of their lifespan and damage their magic foundation.
He needed to use his bloodline energy to repair or heal the magic foundation of Fullers. When Max heard this, he was astonished.
He knew Mike had seen him fight using his bloodline energy just for a short while but he seemed to have already realized the one of main aspects of his bloodlineânurturing. Then, he thought of something, 'Don't tell me others also know this?'
When he had this thought, his expression turned ugly. Just the fact that his bloodline could enable him to fight across the realm was enough to entice the greed in others' hearts, if they knew that his bloodline had other extraordinary effects too...
Fortunately for him, Mike had noticed his expression, and told him his worries were unfounded because the only reason he could tell his bloodline had a nurture aspect to it was because his Fuller bloodline, severely weakened due to him forging a few Lifebound Artifacts, cried with joy and longing when he came in contact with the remnants of his bloodline energy.
Only when he heard this did he sigh in relief. But he reminded himself that he should be cautious and should do his best to not reveal his bloodline energy ever again.
After all, if Mike could sense it, there were certainly others who could do the same and he was sure they wouldn't be as amiable as him.
Just then, Riva's voice pulled him out of his thoughts, "Her name is Sophie. If you can help her recover, we'll be able to verify your claims."