“Jack, the Earl won’t lend us the God’s Armament. Should we go ‘borrow’ it again tonight?!”
After receiving the hush money, Lu Hao went directly to the guest room to find Jack, emphasizing the word "borrow" .
“I’m a man of principle. The Earl has been good to me. I won’t steal from him.”
Jack shook his head. He never targeted acquaintances. This was his principle.
Lu Hao sat down on the sofa, his feet on the coffee table. He said nonchalantly, “Just because you think that doesn’t mean Allen thinks the same way. I bet Allen will steal the God’s Armament tonight.”
He only promised the Earl that he wouldn’t expose his little tricks, but it didn’t mean he wouldn’t remind Jack and the others.
“I’ll keep an eye on him.”
Jack nodded. He also realized that Allen, with his personality, might actually take advantage of this golden opportunity to be a gentleman thief.
“I hope so!”
Lu Hao stretched, yawning. “I’m going back to sleep.” He paused, then said meaningfully, “Hopefully, I can sleep through the night.”
Wishes were nice, but reality was cruel.
In the middle of the night, he was awakened by the Earl’s butler.
“Sir, our Earl would like to invite you to watch a good show.”
Lu Hao already realized what was happening. He stretched, washed his face, and followed the butler out, bumping into Jack at the door.
“Jack, didn’t you say you were keeping an eye on him?”
“I fell asleep.”
Jack was filled with regret. He also realized that Allen might have stolen the God’s Armament while he was asleep, and then been caught by the Earl.
“Tsk tsk, this whole floor is covered in steak… It seems he was prepared.”
Lu Hao looked at the steaks lined up all the way down the corridor and chuckled. Using steak as bait to lure the patrolling German Shepherds away—Allen did have a bit of cunning.
Unfortunately, his cunning wouldn’t be of much use.
The Earl’s German Shepherds were specially trained. They wouldn’t eat anyone else’s food unless the Earl or his daughter ordered them to do so.
Allen obviously didn’t know this, leading to a miscalculation and falling into the trap.
“...”
Jack looked at the steak all over the floor and remembered Allen ordering a huge pot of steak the night before. He was still wondering when Allen had become such a big eater.
His goal was to use the steak to distract the German Shepherds so he could sneak into the antique warehouse and steal.
Led by the butler, the two followed the line of steaks all the way to the antique warehouse.
At this moment, Allen, no longer his usual swaggering self, was hiding behind a pillar, looking dejected. Three large wolfhounds were licking their lips and glaring at him, ready to pounce at any moment.
Lu Hao shook his head and chuckled. He really had bitten off more than he could chew.
He thought he was clever, but he was actually falling into their trap step by step.
“Earl, the guests have arrived.”
The butler informed the Earl and then stood behind him, diligently performing his duties as a butler.
“Jack, Lu Hao, please have a seat.”
The Earl invited the two to sit down, then waved his hand, sending the three wolfhounds out. He chuckled, “Unfortunately, something unpleasant happened tonight.”
“Allen, what are you doing here?”
Jack glared at Allen, unable to bear it. He had already warned him not to get any ideas, but the guy was still doing his own thing, trying to steal and now getting caught.
“I saw that the wolfhounds were having a hard time patrolling, so I wanted to bring them some midnight snacks.”
Allen came out from behind the pillar, holding the holy spirit sword that Lu Hao and Jack had taken from the native tribe. He chuckled awkwardly, placing the sword down. “This sword is the holy spirit sword, right? It’s really beautiful.”
“...”
Jack was speechless. This friend of his was anything but a law-abiding citizen.
“Daddy~”
A sweet voice rang out from the doorway.
Lu Hao and the others turned their heads and saw a beautiful knightess with long flowing hair, wearing high-waisted riding pants, a white shirt, and holding a riding crop. Her boots clicked against the floor as she walked toward them.
Her sharp eyes were fixed on Lu Hao.
“...”
Lu Hao and Jack exchanged glances. Things were getting worse.
This was the Earl’s daughter, the one they had offended.
The Earl chuckled and introduced them, “Jack, Lu Hao, this is my daughter… Suvia. You haven’t met before, it seems.”
“Daddy, I’ve already met them. At the holy spirit sword auction. Thanks to Flying Eagle and Flying Dragon, I had to pay double the price to buy the holy spirit sword.”
The Earl’s daughter, Suvia, looked at Lu Hao and Jack and gave a devilish smile, as if to say, You’re finally in my hands.
“Oh, it was you two who were the shills at the auction, driving up the price so my daughter had to pay so much extra?”
The Earl smiled slyly as he looked at Jack and Lu Hao.
“So it was you two who were being unrighteous first!”
Allen seized the opportunity to interject, trying to win back the Earl’s favor, so he wouldn’t be locked up.
Lu Hao glanced at him and scoffed, “Do you even have a voice now?”
“I don’t, but you do.”
Allen was dispirited.
“Just say a few less words!”
Jack rolled his eyes, then said to the Earl, “Earl, I didn’t know she was your daughter. If I had, I wouldn’t have competed with her for the sword.”
Lu Hao shook his head and got straight to the point. “Earl, there’s no need to say anything else. What do you want?”
“To be precise, what can you bring me?”
The Earl smiled slightly, looking at Jack, his meaning clear.
Jack’s heart skipped a beat. He immediately guessed what the Earl meant. He took a deep breath and said solemnly, “Earl, I understand what you mean.”
“There are five pieces of the God’s Armament in total, and the people who kidnapped Lona only demanded three, which means the kidnappers have two pieces of the God’s Armament.”
“Earl, as long as you’re willing to lend us the three pieces of the God’s Armament, I guarantee that I will return a complete set of the God’s Armament to you unconditionally.”
The Earl’s eyes lit up. He nodded in satisfaction. “Good. We have a deal.”
His goal, like a cult member, was to collect a complete set of the God’s Armament.
Jack was speechless. He was becoming a hot commodity. The cult wanted to use him to collect a complete set of the God’s Armament, and the Earl also wanted to get a complete set through him.
Couldn’t these people just spend some money?
They were all trying to freeload.
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