Ark Chess Player

Talulah placed her hands on the greatsword, the blade plunging into the ground, and smiled, "Sarkaz W, come on, try it again."

"Try it and you'll die."

W raised his hand and threw the small device to the ground, laughing wildly, "Third bomb, Eat the Dust!"

Talulah narrowed her eyes, but it wasn't a bomb at all; it was... a smoke bomb.

W did not escape.

She actually launched an attack on Talulah while riding the smoke!

The matte-finished dagger silently sliced ​​through the air, heading straight for Talulah's nape!

"interesting."

Talulah chuckled softly.

The flames swept through, clearing away all the dust.

W, who was thrown into the sea of ​​fire, tumbled several times in the air before landing on the ground, her body reeking of burning.

"Do you have any last words?"

Talulah, holding her longsword, looked down at her and asked.

"You...cough cough!!"

W coughed violently, lifting her head as if she were about to cough up her lungs.

"Who...who are you?!" W suddenly raised her head, glaring at Talulah. "You're definitely not that boring, idealistic woman! Taking over someone else's body, pretending to be someone else, and consuming their life—are you a pervert?"

Talulah stopped in her tracks, her greatsword, which she was about to swing down, paused, and slowly lowered.

“So this is your true face, W.” Talulah looked at the disheveled Sarkaz girl with interest. “Since you’re so eager to know, then I’ll let you have a glimpse… I always have respect for the dead.”

Talu stretched out her left hand and placed it on W's head, revealing a corner of her proud and majestic true self.

"Ah ah ah ah ah!!!"

Flames engulfed W's entire body, devouring her soul; this pain was far more than just a physical injury.

"You, you are—"

Amidst the flames, W saw a pair of pupils.

Eyes that stand upright like a snake.

Chapter 443 My Father-in-Law is a Patriot (Bonus Chapter)

"W, you should lose weight."

Lin Lu held W, who was covered in burns. More importantly, the Originium crystals on her body seemed to have been reinfected, and her condition was not optimistic.

"How could it be you...?"

W struggled to jump out of Lin Lu's arms, but she had no strength left.

Lin Lu helplessly held her with one arm, gesturing, "Stop fooling around. I gave up the chance to land directly on the top floor of the command tower to save you. Now we have to climb back up. Don't be ungrateful!"

"Tch! I don't need your help!"

"Oh, whatever you want."

Without hesitation, Lin threw W to the ground.

W's last sliver of blood was almost rubbed away by the gravel on the ground. Cursing, she sat cross-legged on the ground, her hands trembling as she took out medicine from her pocket to treat her wounds. As a mercenary, it was perfectly normal to carry some life-saving items with her.

Lin Lu ignored her and instead raised his hand to greet the figure that was walking towards him like a small mountain.

"Hi, father-in-law!"

W nearly tore the bandage off. She suddenly looked up at Lin Lu, then turned to look ahead.

"What do you call the old man?!"

"Father-in-law, what's wrong?"

"Hold!"

W cursed loudly, glared at Lin Lu, and angrily shouted, "Scumbag!"

"?"

Lin Lu slowly typed out a question mark.

How was he a jerk? He only hugged Frostnova! At most, he kissed her on the lips, touched her hand, and rubbed against her a little outside. I, Lin, am pure and chaste, and will not tolerate W's unwarranted accusations!

"I never expected... that you would still be alive."

As the patriot's imposing figure drew closer, each step he took gave the illusion of a collapsing building.

It's hard to imagine the power of a landslide or tsunami when he goes all out.

As soon as Lin Lu spoke, Patriot recognized who he was.

"It's just a minor injury, nothing serious."

Lin Lu flicked off his mask, revealing a scholarly face that looked quite harmless.

Of everyone present, only Patriot knew how troublesome this seemingly effeminate guy could be when he went crazy.

He had punched a hole through Lin Lu's chest just yesterday, but... today Lin Lu is running around alive and kicking, seemingly unharmed.

Patriot's injuries from being beaten by Lin Lu haven't even fully healed yet!

"My daughter, she—"

"Yelena is receiving a joint consultation from eight medical experts at Rhodes Island. Please have her family pay the emergency room fee."

"..."

"Don't look at me like that, okay, okay, I was just joking. How could I let my father-in-law pay for my wife's hospital bills? I've already asked that woman Kal'tsit for two years' salary in advance, so even if Yelena spends four or five months in the ICU, it's no problem! I'll pay for it!"

Lin was filled with pride, since he had no intention of taking Rhodes Island's salary anyway.

Whether you owe for a month or a year or two, it's still a debt. If you're so capable, Rhodes Island can starve him to death!

Patriot did not believe Lin Lu's words. He looked at Lin Lu calmly, but his eyes were filled with raging anger.

"You're lying."

“My daughter, to whom I entrust the Sarkaz amulet.”

"This amulet can withstand prolonged torment. Fatal wounds and organ damage are no good. But it can withstand the drain on its life force."

"Until it breaks."

"I said, when she becomes my amulet, I'll shatter."

"I will go and save her."

"but--"

Patriot slowly opened his clenched fist; it was the other pair of amulets, which were also broken.

Frostnova once asked Patriot what it would mean if both amulets were to break.

At that moment, Patriot did not answer; he simply lowered his head in frustration and remained silent.

He didn't want to answer because he didn't want to see that day come.

Now that both Sarkaz amulets have shattered, his beloved daughter Yelena—

"Father-in-law, I'll have a Rhodes Island medical operator start a video call, you can take a look."

Lin Lu stood beside Patriot, carrying the mobile terminal. He carefully held the terminal in his silver-white metal gauntlets, just like a young person teaching an elderly person how to use modern technology during the Chinese New Year. The atmosphere was incredibly harmonious.

"Doctor, can you hear me?"

The medic on duty, Hibiscus, waved enthusiastically from the other end of the screen. She saw Lin Lu in Noah's armed state and Patriot with deer antlers and red eyes appear on screen at the same time, and for some reason, she was in high spirits.

Lin Lu nodded and raised his hand to indicate, "Furong, this is the family member of the patient behind you. Could you please adjust the rear camera? The patient's family member has doubts about Rhodes Island's medical methods. Let him see for himself that Rhodes Island's medical technology is number one in Terra!"

"Yes, Doctor!"

The hibiscus is lit, so obediently do as instructed.

Patriot's hand was originally on Lin Lu's head, and he only needed to squeeze hard to crush Lin Lu's head, but... when he saw Froststar's face appear on the mobile terminal screen, his hand stopped and could no longer move.

Froststar wore a faint smile, seemingly lost in a beautiful dream, her even breathing rising and falling in a relaxing rhythm. Perhaps it was because of a hearty meal and the consumption of Lin Lu's blood, but Froststar's face appeared slightly rounder and radiant.

How long has it been since this child slept so peacefully?

Patriot remembers the last time Frostnova slept so peacefully was when he first met her.

In the mines of northern Ursus, a young girl about to be executed by the Ursus overseer unleashed an extraordinary talent for Originium Arts. She bought her companions in the mine a fraction of a second, a second that changed everyone's fate. The guerrillas arrived, Bodracas arrived, the brutal overseer fell on the icy plains, and the girl, unable to control her magic, collapsed. At that moment, Frostnova smiled, for she had protected the others.

"Yelena...Yelena...my daughter."

Bozokastie reached out his hand, trembling.

This soldier, a true hero, whose hands never trembled even when fighting unarmed in the harshest conditions. Yet now, he carefully took the mobile terminal from Lin Lu's hands, as if holding the thin rope that connected him to his beloved daughter, afraid that it would break if he pulled it.

Seeing Patriot's expression, Lin Lu patted him on the shoulder and smiled like a fellow father.

"Aren't you afraid this is a recording, or that it's fake?" Lin Lu joked.

"...Even if it's fake, I...can't let go."

"Bozokasti said in a trembling voice.

As he felt the Sarkaz amulet shatter, he felt something in his chest break along with it. Memories of Yelena flooded back, filling the old man, who had once lost his beloved son and now his daughter, with a profound sense of despair.

Yelena, fast asleep in her hospital bed on Rhodes Island, helped him rebuild his broken heart and find himself again.

"Oh, right, I have some good news to tell you."

Lin Lu called out, "Fu Rong, gently poke Yelena's cheek, just a little."

"Yes, Doctor!"

Furong's energetic voice came through.

Bozokasti was taken aback and quickly said, "No! It will cause frostbite—uh?!"

On the mobile device screen, Furong tilted her head, revealing her lovely face.