Chapter 56 Ingrained Hatred
Meanwhile at the Green Rose Hotel, in the extravagantly-furnished suite.
Inside a brightly lit dining room, on an oaken table covered with well-ironed white tablecloth, silver tableware glistened under the light. The several candles in the room were all made of the expensive whale grease. Not only were their flames bright, but they also unceasingly spread a warm fragrance, enveloping the whole room in a layer of dense aroma.
Several maids wearing white robes stood straight at one side. They all wore badges depicting rose vines twisting around a holy cross, light-green vines, milky-white holy cross; this was the symbol of the Church"s low-level clergy.
Arthur and Arham sat at both ends of the dining table facing each other, enjoying the abundant meal to their hearts" content. Arthur was wholeheartedly handling a piece of thick medium-cooked steak. Dull and watery blood still occasionally seeped out from the piece of pink steak under his table knife. In contrast, Arham was indifferently sampling aloe and lily bulbs sprinkled with a bit of white truffles. His tastes was obviously far lighter than Arthur"s.
A ball of water with a diameter around 34 centimeters floated above the dining table, displaying the events occurring in the Golden Rose Bar.
Looking at the situation where Ya and Ling used a huge amount of money to force Lin Qi to stake all on one throw, Arham used a napkin to wipe the corners of his mouth and curiously asked, "I really don"t understand, if necessary, I can use the strength of the local Church to get rid of Blackbeard and all of his die-hard subordinates, then you logically can take over everything he currently has. Why do you continuously prevent me from doing this?"
The movements of Arthur"s hands halted for a while, then he put a piece of meat into his mouth and swallowed it after chewing several times. Drinking a mouthful of tequila that came from the other side of the ocean from his wine cup and feeling the hot liquor flow through his throat, Arthur gloomily said, "I"ve explained to you before. First, Blackbeard and his subordinates aren"t that easy to handle. Second, after killing them, how can I still control the strength of the family?"
Sighing heavily, Arthur narrowed his eyes at Arham, sneered, and said, "Sir Arham, this is the last time I answer this question of yours - you simply aren"t aware of how vast the influence the Black Tiger Family is, not aware of their influence at the North Coastline. If Blackbeard lost control, the North Coastline would be in a great mess and I would be powerless to control it."
Arham used his fork to stab a piece of white truffle with heavy fragrance. He sniffed it with his nose and extended his scarlet tongue to slowly lick it into his mouth. After carefully savoring it for a while, Arham took his wine cup that was filled with a strong alcoholic drink smuggled from the five Dalian Island and brewed using Violent Blood Gra.s.s by those barbarous beastmen and resolutely drank a big mouthful.
Alcohol brewed using Violent Blood Gra.s.s, there was nearly no water mixed in it. Even among the beastmen, only warriors who cultivated qi and who was successful in building extremely strong bodies dared to enjoy this kind of alcohol. As for ordinary people, this kind of alcohol was no different from poison.
However, Arham calmly drank this strong alcoholic drink called "War G.o.d"s Blood" in big mouthfuls. His face wasn"t even a bit red, clearly showing how powerful his body already was. This kind of nearly pure alcohol simply wasn"t the least bit of a burden for his body.
"Then, I ask you for the last time! Tell me the true reason, why won"t you let me take action against Blackbeard and his people?" Arham"s drifting gaze fell on Arthur"s face. He said in a low tone, "Tell me the true reason, why not get rid of Blackbeard? Is it really because you can"t take over his authority? Or do you have other thoughts?"
The atmosphere inside the dining hall became especially serious. Arthur ate his steak in big mouthfuls. Only after a long time did he slowly nod.
Arthur lifted a wine cup and poured himself a small cup of War G.o.d"s Blood, then poured a big cup of diluted beer into his huge wine cup. He violently shook his wine cup, making a huge amount of white foam appear on the mixed alcohol in it. After opening his mouth to drank the huge cup of mixed alcohol, Arthur looked at Arham and said in a deep voice, "Fine, I confess, I don"t want to create a misunderstanding between us on this issue."
After muttering to himself for a moment, Arthur shook his head and said, "My father was formerly Blackbeard"s die-hard ally. My father, the pirate leader of the Northern Ocean, Red-Haired Demon, was a terrifying person who could make children cry at night. He brought ten pirate s.h.i.+ps to plunder, but in the end they ran into a fleet from the Five Dalian Islands that was composed of fifty large and small battles.h.i.+ps. Even more frightening was that there were seven Ice-covered t.i.tans, a whole five hundred Odin berserkers and five hundred wild beastmen warriors among the fleet!"
Arham raised his brows. "So your father suffered complete defeat?"
Spreading his hands, Arthur smiled bitterly and said, "Right, total defeat, only my father who survived with serious injuries. He then entrusted me to Blackbeard."
Sighing, Arthur said in a low voice, "He treats me like his own child, I can feel it. He treats me and Lin Qi with complete fairness, what Lin Qi has, I also have, moreover mine are better than Lin Qi"s."
Arham smiled in amazement and said, "Oh? You see him as your real father?"
Arthur nodded strongly and said, "So I can"t harm him. I won"t do anything that might go against his interests, because as long as Lin Qi is dealt with, his interests will be mine. As long as Lin Qi disappears from this world, everything that belongs to Blackbeard will be mine!"
"Then, what about Lin Qi?" Arham smiled in ridicule and said, "He is the only son of the person you see as your real father!"
Arthur"s face started to distort with hatred. He clenched his teeth and said, "That scoundrel, that shameful thing, that b.a.s.t.a.r.d possessed by a demon! I admit, I am not a good person, I wanted to have some fun with his personal maid. But he unexpectedly did such an evil thing to me; he wore a very brilliant smile and spent a full 15-minutes to very slowly scoop out my left eye!"
The bronze wine cup in Arthur"s hand was squeezed to pieces. He gritted his teeth and said, "Can you imagine it? A cold finger, moving inside your eye socket for a full 15-minutes. You would feel such acute pain, such dread from that demon"s claw-like finger slowly moving inside your eye socket, slowly tearing out your eyeball, intactly tearing it out!"
Arham didn"t utter a word. He couldn"t imagine how dreadful that kind of experience was.
Tossing the broken wine cup onto the floor, Arthur gloomily said, "So Lin Qi has to disappear, but I want him to disappear after suffering all kinds of pain. He can"t just die, he has to slowly die in despair after experiencing every suffering possible in this world!"
Pointing at the ball of water suspended above the dining table, Arthur laughed nastily and said, "So when Lady Ya and Ling use this b.a.s.t.a.r.d"s friends to gamble, I really enjoy this sort of game of theirs!"
Arham softly clapped his hands. He laughed in a low voice and said, "I also really enjoy it!"
"Hehe, the game is about to begin!"