âWhat do you think?â Wu Kong asked JulâTaras seriously.
âHeâs exhibiting abnormally high levels of combat strength. The benefits brought about by the Sentient Weapon should not be this powerful. There is something thatâs boosting his power on a very fundamental level.â JulâTaras analyzed Elliotâs situation calmly.
âAnd so far, the only strange things that were quite inexplicable were his search for moles and the round seeds that he consumed before being attacked by Autumn Rosenbloom. If I have to wager a guess, the two events were connected. The moles brought the seeds to him, and those seeds gave him that ridiculous power boost.
JulâTaras glanced at Wu Kong and Jessica Sands after she ended her statement.
Her subtle invitation was as clear as day. A Saharan Desert day.
âShould we go and visit Earth?â Were her hidden words.
âAre you serious Jules? That will be soo exciting!!â Jessica Sands squealed in excitement.
Wu Kong shook his head lightly.
âWe would immediately lose our Diamond Sponsor status if we go. We might even get banned from the Games forever. And I have no intention of doing so. I still need to secure the Forbidden Box and also recruit him into my clan later.â
âWeâll get banned from the games forever⦠IF we get caught.â JulâTaras smiled sweetly but with supreme confidence.
âItâs too risky.â Wu Kong frowned.
âAwww come on monkey. Donât be such a spoil sport! Letâs go! Iâll get Jules to compensate you for any losses you make due to your disqualification as Diamond Sponsor. In fact, Iâll get her to double your capital and current profit!â Jessica pleaded and tempted Wu Kong at the same time.
âHey, when did I agree to that?â JulâTaras said indignantly.
âItâs just a few hundred or maybe a few thousand resource planets, why are you complaining?â Jessica Sands grumbled cutely at her.
âA few thousand? Ah right. Okay. Iâll compensate you ten thousand if you go. Howâs that?
The Hegemon Mage that my uncle had sent is already standing by. We can also go secure that Forbidden Box and at the same time, recruit Elliot as soon as we meet him. Weâre moving your goals up front and center by going. And donât worry about getting caught at all. With me around, that would never happen.â JulâTaras said gently as she placed one hand on Monkeyâs arm in a gesture that was clearly very, very romantic in nature.
Jessicaâs eyes shot wide open and her jaw dropped when she saw Jules do that!
âWhaa⦠Whatâs going on? Why are you touching him, Jules?â Jessica sputtered in shock.
âWhat? What do you mean?â JulâTaras looked at Jessica innocently while still leaving her hand on Wu Kongâs arm.
âThat! That! Youâre putting your hand on his arm!! You NEVER touch anybody you donât really care about! Oh my God. Are you two in love? Will you two get married soon? If you two get married, what sort of babies will you two produce? Monkeys or elves? Ahh this is so exciting!! Monkey, do you love her? Do you take her as your wife, to love and to hold, till death do you part??â Jessica was so excited that she ended up trying to officiate their wedding on the spot!
âHmmmm.â JulâTaras turned to look at Wu Kong to see what he would say to Jessicaâs blunt question.
âWhen a Monkey of the Frosthaven Empire pledges his love, it will be completely and unto death, whether or not the love is requited.â Wu Kong said slowly.
âYes. Yes. And?!â Jessica Sands started to hop in excitement.
Wu Kong smiled at Jessica and then looked at JulâTaras tenderly.
No words needed to be said.
JulâTaras wasnât a giddy school girl who needed to hear explicit words to know exactly what her chosen mate was thinking and feeling. She needed no reassurance beyond that of the facts she knew for certain.
Like Wu Kongâs upright character. And the fact that he was very close to pledging his love, but he wasnât there yet.
On the other hand, there WAS a giddy school girl there with them.
âSay it! Say it!â Jessica Sands shouted excitedly. âI wana hear it! I wana hear it now!â
Next to them, Aunt Hillary couldnât help but chuckle and sigh very slightly. Youthful love was indeed a glorious time. She too, had beautiful memories of that season, once upon a time a very long time ago.
âNot yet.â JulâTaras smiled at the over excited Jessica. âThere is a time and place for everything.â
âAwwww. You two arenât even married yet, and youâre already adopting his spoil sport ways! Boooo!â Jessica pouted cutely.
âIgnore her.â JulâTaras smiled ad Wu Kong. âHow about my offer though? Itâll be awesome if we can join in the fun on planet Earth. We can even try out their vaunted automobile races! I donât think anyone can beat me when it comes to racing.â
Wu Kong laughed at her obvious plot to reel him into agreeing. But at that moment, with JulâTarasâ many irresistable offers, and the allure of doing something exciting with her, Wu Kong was a big fat fish that was very much willing to be reeled.
âAlright, with so much generosity being thrown my way, I would be stupid to reject them.â Wu Kong finally agreed.
âYEAYYY! WEâRE GOING TO EARTH!! WOOHOO!!â Jessica couldnât help but scream out their plans out loud for the entire room to hear!!
All three others immediately stared at her in horror.
âYou⦠you just told the entire universe, including all of our enemies of our plans!!â JulâTaras sputtered at Jessica in disbelief.
âAh!! Damn it!! I just told all our enemies all of our plans!!â Jessica gasped in horror.
âGo all in. Make it look like you are telling them on purpose. That will make them not believe it instead.â Wu Kong whispered calmly.
Jessica blinked once and immediately went on to unleash an act that would have gotten her an acting award if she was an actress.
For the worst acting ever, that is.