The Ordinary Me is Worshipped as a Deity by the Extraordinary Them - Chapter 82

Solo fighting did not provide an advantage.

Especially with Su Li being held in Lan Zhe’s arms, who had even retreated significantly.

Unlike the Q-version chibi image that flashed momentarily in Su Li’s mind, Xiao Zuo was single-handedly holding Ophelia, maintaining a posture that didn’t fall, and dealing with Egbert’s direct attack. Ridiculously, he could even occasionally create small troubles for Roy, who was attempting auxiliary ambush.

Su Li: “……At this moment, reporting someone for cheating, I wonder if there’s a GM who could ban him.”

Lan Zhe spent three seconds pondering this question, then lifted Su Li by his armpits and ran a few steps away before saying, “Although I don’t understand what you’re saying, seeing your expression of three parts coldness mixed with a hint of vastness, I’ll try to guess what you mean.”

“No.” Su Li declined with a hint of horror, “Don’t try to guess such things!”

“Even if the world is hell, and those living in hell can’t discover it, I don’t want my only, and last remaining ‘normal human will’ to be completely occupied by the thought of ‘destroy everything, there’s no hope, this damn world should completely explode’.”

After putting Su Li down, Lan Zhe scratched his chin and softly said, “Without pen and paper at hand, I suddenly feel a bit unaccustomed.”

“I wonder if the notebook I previously handed to Egbert has been thoroughly read and compiled into that book ‘Nobody Understands Lord Su Li Better Than Me’.”

Su Li: ???

“What did you say?!” Su Li’s vision went dark.

“Oops, I let that slip.” Lan Zhe showed an innocent expression.

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“Why do you know about that book?”

Lan Zhe deliberately changed the subject. “Shouldn’t you be more concerned about the intense fight happening over there? Earlier, before the fight started, your expression was like you were about to do something big.”

Su Li seriously said, “No, I believe there’s nothing more important than why that book you mentioned…..would exist.”

Lan Zhe: “Seems like you’ve omitted something.”

Su Li deliberately used the “dwarf’s gaze” technique on his own people.

Su Li could even feel how sharp his eye whites were right now.

“If you continue this nonsense, I’ll tell Eg that when you lifted me, you also pinched my face.”

“Of course, if you think this sounds unnatural with your actions, I can also tell Eg that you even patted my head.”

Lan Zhe: “……………………

…………Although reason tells me you can say something worse, why am I picturing Egbert condensing a light blade and chasing me?”

Su Li coldly laughed, “Heh.”

“If you give up explaining, it won’t just be an image in your mind.”

At this moment, Lan Zhe felt a pressure he hadn’t experienced since becoming powerful.

He hadn’t felt such sensory oppression since escaping the period of being pursued by the Church of Light.

Now, Lan Zhe once again felt this taste from Su Li, who was being carried away from the battlefield to prevent accidental injury.

And he himself didn’t even have any intention of resistance…

Lan Zhe, who momentarily doubted if he was sick, wiped the cold sweat from his back and finally understood the essence of human survival.

And that is——

Surviving at the expense of others.

“It’s just that Eg took all the various things you said that he thought were profound, wrote them down in a booklet, added his own interpretations, and then compiled them into a book. After that, that book was…”

“Boom——”

The final part of Lan Zhe’s sentence, “The book was copied by Eg and distributed to everyone he trusted,” was completely interrupted by the thunderous collapse of the city wall.

Lan Zhe could only hastily carry Su Li and jump from the side of the collapsing wall with its rising dust, towards the broader area outside the city.

“Who won?”

Even while thinking that it seemed Egbert had preserved his own dog life, on the surface, Lan Zhe appeared as if his attention was merely diverted by the sudden change. He threw out the question before Su Li could react.

Indeed, in serious matters, Su Li remained that rational person who would not bring personal emotions into play.

“Based on my previous estimates, even if Eg cannot achieve victory, with Roy’s assistance, he could pose a threat to Ophelia.”

“And Ophelia is definitely not someone cruel enough to strike a fatal blow against herself.”

Su Li additionally informed Lan Zhe of the reason. “If you and Eg are at first-class level, Roy is about 0.8, while Xiao Zuo is between 1.5 and 2.0.”

“My previous requirement was to capture Ophelia, but without specifically instructing to keep her completely unharmed, based on my understanding of Eg and Eg’s understanding of me, he would default to interpreting this as ensuring Ophelia can still engage in normal conversation.”

“And for you big gorillas, ‘normal conversation’ essentially means unless the tongue or throat is directly injured, as long as one doesn’t die on the spot.”

Su Li had no envy for this. He didn’t want to be interrogated while in excruciating pain, unable to even pass out.

Ophelia clearly didn’t want to experience such treatment either.

While Xiao Zuo held Ophelia, dodging here and there, yet continuously entangled by Egbert and Roy, unable to directly escape towards the Amikbi army’s location, this disadvantage of intellectual confrontation was already imprinted on Ophelia’s forehead.

Although this scene appeared advantageous, it was fundamentally Su Li’s preparation for a potential draw in upcoming events.

The city wall that previously allowed everyone to dialogue at a single table had now completely collapsed, becoming a pile of construction debris.

As dust flew, two glowing points could be distinctly seen violently intersecting and then immediately separating. The blue ice surface, which had an overwhelming presence yet still couldn’t trap one of the light points as originally conceived…

Well, Roy was simply adding frost to this winter.

Su Li didn’t know if Roy wanted to curse, but Ophelia’s stop command came first.

“Continuing is meaningless. Call your people to stop!”

A knife-like gaze shot through the dust. When Xiao Zuo carried Ophelia—her hair slightly disheveled, her dress neatly arranged but again full of wrinkles—out of the dust, Su Li could finally see them clearly.

Compared to Ophelia’s relatively intact appearance, Xiao Zuo was already in tatters, with small red marks on his chest and waist.

Egbert, who also emerged from the dust, looked much better than Xiao Zuo, at least his clothing remained intact.

Ensuring Ophelia’s survival was simple, especially with Lan Zhe present.

Similarly, maintaining Xiao Zuo without any significant injuries while protecting Ophelia subjected him to almost indescribable pressure.

This couldn’t continue. In the dust, Ophelia quickly determined this point.

But she also remembered the instructions she had given to those protecting her before being taken by Egbert.

Her requirement was to resolve Euphia.

This “resolution” necessarily meant preparing to potentially kill Euphia.

But don’t forget, Euphia still holds the status of the Mercenary Alliance’s next heir.

As long as someone is a mercenary, as long as they can understand human speech, they would all owe Euphia a debt for attempting to revolutionize mercenary survival rules.

Those assigned to protect Ophelia did not possess the qualification to oppose mercenaries worldwide.

Even if Sadina City was destroyed and the concept of the Mercenary City erased, those who were once mercenaries would absolutely not allow the killers of Euphia to go unpunished.

This mindset was too predictable. Therefore, Euphia would only face being controlled, bound, and having her movements restricted after unexpected enemy attacks.

All of this would happen. Ophelia’s previous instruction to have her guards eliminate dangerous individuals…

Would absolutely not succeed.

Those fools would only kneel before her, repeatedly saying, “We don’t dare to overstep the Princess’s decisions.”

Simultaneously offering flattering words to make her comfortable while inevitably acting against her orders…

Ophelia even felt they were worse than dogs.

At least when Egbert followed Su Li’s instructions, every command would be executed without error.

Of course, this still wasn’t the reason Ophelia would dare to let herself be casually restrained by Egbert and temporarily rely only on Xiao Zuo.

Why would the prophet warn about the ninth-level monster beast invasion of Jisuo Town?

Out of kindness?

No matter how many reasons were used to deny this thought, they would ultimately stop at: no related interests, no mutual enthusiasm.

When all possibilities were denied, the initially rejected notion could only be acknowledged again.

Although previously, Ophelia didn’t consider Su Li clever enough to pose a threat to her.

But hadn’t she still left one last move?

“Weakling.” Ophelia abruptly stared at Su Li and spoke these words.

The person being evaluated could even shrug and say, “You can be considered among the few who can normally converse with me without directly calling me useless just because I lack elemental affinity.”

Seeing Ophelia’s obviously disgusted expression, Su Li couldn’t help but feel he had experienced more.

Ophelia let out a cold laugh, jumping back to the ground from Xiao Zuo’s arms. She mockingly derided Su Li without any emotion, her golden eyes deliberately displaying obvious contempt. “At least you’re a man with self-awareness.”

Su Li was completely unaffected, quietly waiting for Ophelia’s subsequent words.

“Exchange me for the Flame Maiden.” Ophelia’s icy gaze fixed on Su Li’s throat, “Otherwise, even if I die, that woman will at least accompany me in death!”