Post-Apocalyptic Survival Modpack

Chapter 40: Time is running out in this world

"I don't care who you are, you must die today!"

The man raised his hand.

Almost instinctively, upon seeing this action, Wang Ji immediately threw out an Ender Pearl.

Boom!

A thick bolt of lightning appeared out of nowhere, charring most of the room.

Wang Ji instantly appeared at the doorway, and when he looked back, a large hole had been blasted open in the spot where he had been standing.

Its power is definitely not insignificant.

Without hesitation, he immediately swung his cleaver and struck the man in front of him.

Snapped!
The familiar sound of a shield shattering rang out, and the man staggered, taking two steps forward from the impact.

He immediately turned around, about to cast another spell.

But Wang Ji didn't give him a chance and struck again, slamming him to the ground.

Snapped!
Another layer of shield shattered.

Under the massive, door-sized blade, the man groaned and said, "Wait, I..."

Wang Ji didn't really want to listen, and just continued swinging his sword.

Moments later, the fifth shield ring shattered.

"Don't, don't!"

This time the man was truly panicked. He hurriedly said, "I am the head of the Baggett family. Don't kill me! I'll give you anything you want, I promise!"

"Are you the head of the family?"

Wang Ji asked a question, but his actions didn't stop. He took off all of his magic rings, just in case, and even tore off the necklace around his neck and took it away.

"Yes, I am."

Seeing that Wang Ji was eager to communicate, the patriarch breathed a sigh of relief and quickly calmed down.

Great, being able to communicate is good, as long as we can stall for a while...

"that is?"

Wang Ji pointed to the corpse next to him and asked a question.

“That’s my Grand Master of the Knights.”

"Oh, no wonder it's so hard."

Wang Ji nodded.

But it's still not hard enough.

Compared to Eddard, he's far inferior; his health bar is at least ten times smaller.

The knights in the capital are no good; they're not as good as those in the remote mountains.

Beneath him, the patriarch, who was being held down by a knife, spoke up: "My guest, I can give you anything you want, provided you spare my life. I promise not to pursue anything that happened today. If you don't believe me, you can sign a soul contract with me. This contract is very effective; the party who violates it will die instantly."

"Oh."

Wang Ji responded indifferently, glancing at a ring he had just acquired.

Resonance ring.

It is still active.

They're really treating him like a child.

A high-ranking sorcerer is probably on his way.

According to the steward, these high-level magical arts practitioners do not usually reside in any manor, but rather have their own exclusive territories and research sites.

Even the great nobles and lords could not order them around; they could only call out to them a limited number of times.

Time is running out...

"I have some questions for you."

"Excuse me."

Do you know Wang Ji?

"That is?"

“A person wanted by your family.”

"Ah? Oh—I see. You're here to warn me not to touch this Wang Ji again, right? I promise you, haha, this is easy. To be honest, I don't remember such a person at all. What was his talent again? Please forgive me, this was probably ordered by my son, I really don't recall. But I guarantee I'll do whatever you want me to do. If you want him, I can do that too. I'll capture him and hand him over to you, completely intact, without any loss..."

"Shake hands and make peace now, okay?"

Beneath the blade, the patriarch revealed a smile of complete control. Ignoring Wang Ji's reaction, he turned to the corpse of the knight commander beside him and asked:
"By the way, could you please tell me why my Knight Commander was in my room in his pajamas? I hadn't even noticed..."

"still have a question."

Wang Ji did not answer his question, but stared at him and continued to ask, "Why collect so many talented people?"

"You do not know?"

The patriarch smiled and said in a casual, conversational tone:

"What other reason could there be? It's just that I collect interesting lower-class people from time to time and help them get promoted to servants."

“Every year, a batch of these people appear at the gates of universities in Beijing. If I don’t catch them, someone else will catch them. It’s such a waste.”

"It is an honor for the lower classes to be chosen by me. They will have the opportunity to rise to the upper class with the help of their family's vast resources and share a room with truly noble people."

"That's it?"

Wang Ji opened his mouth and said, "Don't try to fool me. Tell me, what other schemes do you have up your sleeves!"

"what?"

The head of the family spoke with a clear, questioning look in his eyes.

Before he could react, Wang Ji lifted his head and shoved it into the pool, skillfully using every interrogation method he knew.

"You're insane! You're delusional!"

"What on earth do you want to know!"

"What's wrong with me capturing a few lowly people to support you?!"

"I'll give you money, isn't giving you money enough?"

"You still want slaves? I can transfer some to you, and I guarantee no one will investigate. At our level, the imperial laws have no jurisdiction..."

"Wait, stop—I'm telling you, I'm telling you, yes, we're plotting a huge conspiracy!" Wang Ji stopped moving.

"What conspiracy?"

"A conspiracy, I...I..."

The head of the family was thinking hard, and sweat was pouring down his face.

"Me? A conspiracy? Let me think... what kind of conspiracy..."

"Three seconds, or you'll die."

"correct!"

The patriarch had a sudden inspiration and said, "The Grand Mage! Yes, the Grand Mage. There are rumors that before the Grand Mage disappeared, he said that this world didn't have much time left, and after that, he stopped managing the academy and stopped interfering in mortal affairs. Maybe some disaster is coming. Ah, yes, yes, some disaster is definitely going to happen. I'm just preparing for the future!"

After hearing what he said, even the head of the family almost believed it himself.

Wang Ji found it laughable to watch him rack his brains to make up nonsense.

Gulu…

The feeling of suffocation returned.

"Cough, cough...Are you sick?...If you want to hear a story, can't we go to the theater...?"

A moment later, the head of the family lay on the ground, barely alive, groaning.

This is unbelievable! Where did this mentally ill person come from?

"You're the one who's sick."

Wang Ji was a little tired, both mentally and physically.

What exactly are you doing?

The patriarch's tone suddenly became agitated: "You're nothing but a barbaric, lowly person. I've seen through you long ago, but I haven't exposed you yet. You actually dare to push your luck! Let me tell you, pretending to be a child won't work. My men will be here soon, and then they'll expose your true colors—"

He swung the cleaver at a moderate pace.

slap.

The head of the Baggett family, a hereditary noble family in the capital who considered himself noble, has thus come to an end.

His death was both very ordinary and very sudden.

Even as he died, a haughty anger remained on his face.

It was as if he was certain that these so-called inferior people wouldn't dare to actually lay a hand on him.

"Father!"

A shout came from the doorway.

Sure enough, his men actually arrived.

"Damn it, all of you, get him! Kill him!"

The young master of the manor waved his hand, and a group of fully armed soldiers rushed forward.

He himself took a few steps back.

As the soldiers were being rapidly slaughtered, and the body of the local knight commander was discovered, the young master began to panic.

He didn't even have the courage to raise his hand and cast a few spells; he turned around and ran away.

However, he is destined not to leave this place today.

After a while.

The Baggett family was wiped out.

Has the great revenge been achieved...?
Looking at the wreckage scattered on the ground, Wang Ji felt no joy whatsoever, nor the satisfaction of finally getting rid of his enemy.

I just find it all absurd.

The reason for the matter was boring and tedious.

What a waste of time.

Just like the patriarch who was no longer human said, it would be better to go to the theater and listen to a story.

In a daze, Adelaide's face, tinged with a hint of pity, appeared before my eyes.

"You know what? Most of the so-called upper class in the capital are complete idiots, nothing more... You can never imagine what kind of pig-brain would drive you to this situation, or what trivial and ridiculous reason would cause it."

Wang Ji took a slow breath and clenched his fists.

"It's really sad."

Does all of this really make sense now?
A bright light shone through the window and pierced into the room.

It is neither the sun nor a lamp.

It's just a ball of light.

The orb of light illuminated the entire manor.

A familiar feeling washed over me, my vision gradually dimmed, and I began to experience a continuous blindness buff.

Wang Ji looked up and could vaguely see a figure suspended in mid-air in his peripheral vision.

This familiar feeling, this familiar search process... this is definitely a high-level sorcerer.

"Got you."

With a jolt of his heart, Wang Ji immediately threw an Ender Pearl out the window and teleported out of the mansion.

Turning around again, they found that the entire mansion was enveloped by a huge bubble that resembled a magical shield.

If we had been even a second later, we probably wouldn't have been able to get out.

Not daring to linger for even a moment, Wang Ji ran forward while rapidly throwing out Ender Pearls to teleport continuously.

Seemingly sensing his teleportation ability with almost no cost, the high-level sorcerer in the sky also gave up on precise tracking and searching. He waved his hand, and immediately a large number of bright oval-shaped light spots appeared above his head, followed by an irregular bombardment downwards.

The explosions cratered the ground, and chunks of ice the size of small mountains would occasionally condense in the air and crash down to the ground, destroying everything nearby. Fireballs would also appear out of nowhere and explode in front of people, catching them completely off guard.

Wang Ji was blasted into a pit one moment and then knocked away like a rag doll the next, looking utterly disheveled. His health bar kept bouncing up and down, and he could only keep drinking potions and eating golden apples.

The idea of ​​testing higher-level magical techniques that had just emerged immediately extinguished any thoughts of strength.

It's like being targeted by a whole company of fire!
"As long as I can get to that place, as long as I get to that place..."

thump.

At the corner, Wang Ji leaped forward, quickly opened the trapdoor, and slipped inside.

(End of this chapter)