Thousand-Faced Dragon

Chapter 2: Heroic Soul Atlas
Li Ensu is a man who lives for the day.

He is considered a smart man, but not extremely smart. It is not difficult for him to get into a good university with hard work, but it is too difficult for him to do cutting-edge research and become an academic elite. The most important thing is that he simply does not want to live such a hard life.

High pay, little work, close to home, high position, little responsibility, sleep until you wake up naturally, count money until your hands cramp. After seeing it in a novel, he took it as his motto.

Later I found that my ability and time were limited, and it was unrealistic to do everything, so I became
"High income, low workload, close to home, sleep until you wake up naturally, living comfortably is the most important thing, life is short, be content with what you have"

Then he took the civil service exam.

He used the diligence that only came once in a lifetime to become an outstanding and motivated young cadre. He planned to become a lazy and idle person after reaching the department level.

"My last memory was drinking three cups of oolong tea (the kind you can burn) at a business reception. Then I felt dizzy and dazed. Did I die of drunkenness on the spot?!"

Alas, he did not live a good life in the end, and died in a very uneasy way.

"Damn it! We clearly agreed to promote you next year. Once the new batch of college graduates start working, I can retire."

Now he calls himself Rean Sudar, a time traveler, but he seems to be even worse than cattle and horses.

A book, a person, a pair of pants. Without even a pair of underwear, he came to another world.

Oh, no, under that cold bare buttocks, there was the corpse of a lizardman noble named "Rean".

What happened next was a natural progression. By using the things on the corpse, he tried to blend into the crowd, integrate into the new society, and become a normal person again.

This lizard man is a defeated noble who came here specifically to seek refuge with distant relatives. Maybe he can get a better starting point and start a family with a wife and children as soon as possible.

"Actually, it's also good for my wife to have animal ears. It saves me money on cosplay costumes."

He is as optimistic as ever.

"die!"

But now, a man tied to the Iron Throne trying to tear off his animal ears may not be a good thing.

"Let me make a deal. I'll find a way to let you go. If you don't cause me any trouble, just pretend you've never met me."

"Die!" The evil ball gag stopped her from speaking, but a storm of murderous intent surged back and forth in the room.

Rean didn't hear any sound. It seemed like a shock wave directly hit his brain. Every attempt to communicate during this period had the same result.

She is very beautiful, with a supermodel's voluptuous figure and sunny blonde hair falling to her waist. But now, as soon as you get close to her, her explosive muscles burst and veins pop out from under the iron restraints.

What the most glorious and benevolent hero of this era? Rean only saw an angry lioness.

"die!!"

The other party couldn't speak, but as long as he got close, Li En's head would repeatedly knock the word "death" on him, making him dazed.

He touched the back of his head, feeling a little helpless.

Isn't this just a conversation? Rean disliked people he couldn't communicate with the most.

As a more than qualified government official, Li En's best skills are probably negotiation and compromise. Speaking the right words to different people is just the basics. The real skill is to follow the other person's personality and stance, and to confuse, cheer up, or divert the other person.

"But if you refuse to communicate from the beginning, isn't that the end of the discussion?"

As for the threat of death, Rean didn't take it seriously. As long as they could talk and negotiate, it didn't matter what conditions were put forward at the beginning.

The head is right here. If you have the guts to take it, why are you yelling?

For Rean, once he opens his mouth, he has something to say.

No matter how strong your will is, no matter how deadly your threat is, you can't compare to the firm stance of the nail households who were demolished by excavators thirty years ago, or the laid-off households who went to talk to their leaders with bombs strapped to their bodies. Those people really didn't want to live at that moment.

It was also because of the agreement reached in front of the homemade fortress built by the relocated residents, which successfully resolved a major safety accident involving the personal safety of the agency's leaders, that Li En, despite having no background and ordinary education, was about to become a section chief cadre in his early thirties.

"My plan to be the head of the office affairs section at 30, the head of a clean office at 35, and retire at 40."

As a qualified office clerk, Li En is a well-known "good guy" in the unit. He can talk to anyone and negotiate with anyone, and he can often come up with a result that everyone can accept. You may suffer a loss, and your problem may still need to be solved, but your emotional value has been satisfied.

Chameleon is the behind-the-scenes evaluation of his work style by some colleagues in the unit.

He's never been ashamed of it, but rather proud of it. In his opinion, isn't it better to solve a problem to everyone's satisfaction? It's so much better if everyone takes a step back and things stay calm.
"Now, I really have to disguise myself as a lizardman and become a chameleon in the physical sense." Rean looked up at the sky, feeling that he was being ridiculed.

Now, he met someone with whom he could not communicate at all, but he was not discouraged. He just kept saying nice things to him. In the past month, he would chat with the other person every day. Even if the response was always the word "death", which made people wonder if he was crazy, he could still face it with a smile.

It’s okay to just get to know the people, just to lay the foundation for the future.

What? Why not take the initiative to remove the shackles? Look at the wrist that can crush his head, feel the supernatural power that can blow him away. Rean wants to talk, not die.

Moreover, it seemed that there was no way to open the shackles, and Rean didn't see the lock.

"It seems that communication has failed again today."

Li En was not discouraged. At least he knew the other party's name and identity more than yesterday. He would collect more information about the other party and make a communication plan.

Perhaps, a keyword can make the other party willing to communicate.

Talk about life, talk about family, talk about the future, talk about achievements. As long as you are willing to speak up, you can always reach an agreement.

But he has the patience to wait, but some things cannot wait.

[Main Quest: Seal/Kill the Evil God Elsena.]

Mission Brief: The seal of the evil god beneath Glowing City is crumbling. He is about to escape. Eliminate him, or be eliminated by him.

[Penalty for mission failure: If the mission fails, the city will become history, no penalty required.]

[Countdown to completion: 761 days and 8 hours.]

This is not a system, but it can be said to be Rean's only reliance.

The red countdown on the pages of the strange ancient book bound to it indicates that the city will only have two years to live in the future.

It was also because of the gift in this ancient book that he was able to successfully sneak into this city.

[Language Proficiency (Legendary): As the inheritor of %&#, in addition to the nine divine languages ​​of this world, you can instantly understand the languages ​​of most lower races.]

It seems that the ancient book that appeared in this world together with it has some kind of mysterious connection with it.

On the second page of the book, Rean's condition is even clearly marked: [Rean (Lee Eun-su), physical age 22, species level: inferior stone.]

[Status: Strength 2, Vitality 3, Agility 3, Spirit 5]

[Dragonization: 3%, Awakened Racial Talent: Dragon Eye (Seeing the Truth)]

[Beastialization: 1.5%, Awakened Bloodline Ability: Language Compatibility (Understands Human Speech).]

[Holdings: Untamed Slave x1, Random Heroic Soul Atlas x1]

[Overall Assessment: The average physique of a local eight-year-old is between 2 and 5. Look, that adventurer is being chased by chickens! Look, that street kid has earned the achievement of killing an adventurer at the age of eight!]

Apart from some subtle contents, it seems to imply that the reality that Rean is no longer human is also clearly indicating that Rean is just a rookie!
The only thing that the "Golden Finger" provides, besides helping to pass the language barrier, is the innate ability of "seeing the true dragon eye". After being tested, for Rean now, after it is activated, he can see the slight inner fluctuations of the other party, and it can probably only be used as a lie detector.

But, this world.
"This damn world not only has evil gods and monsters, but also magicians and magical girls from the neighboring city."

If this is not a peaceful world, the art of compromise that Rean is good at will probably be ineffective.

"Be serious, this is a robbery!"

After all, in the face of power and violence, compromise means nothing.

As soon as he returned to his residence, he was stunned by reality.

The cold metal of the shattered hotel door before him posed a deadly threat.

As soon as he came out of the bathroom, he was pinned down.

"Hand over the money." The rusty barrel of the dwarf's musket pressed against his brow. The dog-man's gold teeth gleamed like phosphorescence from a tomb, and foul-smelling saliva dripped onto his face. "Or we can take it from your corpse."

"If you want to live, hand over all your money and then lick our boots." Another werewolf was also shouting. He blocked the door and guarded the aisle.

Is this believable? Li En didn't believe it. The unmasked bandits had simply smashed down the door and robbed the place openly. This meant they weren't worried about their appearance being exposed! They had no intention of leaving anyone alive, and they didn't even need to worry about anyone coming to rescue them.

Rean, who had come from a peaceful era, was a little confused by the deadly crisis he had never experienced before.

The logic of looking for your own problems first when something happens comes into effect again. Is there something wrong with me?
Did he reveal his wealth by giving the guard a bribe when he entered the city gate? But he had clearly paid the average amount he had agreed upon beforehand.

Were the police officers who checked the post earlier the bad guys? No, I checked with my own eyes, and they weren't lying.
".This degenerate noble is so adorably foolish, actually daring to bring a magic book outside. Tsk, that's the book. As expected, I can tell from the cover that it's very valuable."

"Don't be impulsive. My dagger is not only sharp, but also coated with poison."

"Big brother, what a joke! A degenerate species can't beat a pig beast. Why are you so impulsive? What are you looking at?"

"Snapped!"

A slap landed hard on Li En's face. The pain, which had never been effective before, also made him completely sober.

"Behave yourself, don't expect anyone to rescue you. Haha, a ruined nobleman is really rich. We saw you wearing this outfit when you entered the city gate. You were so stupid as to ask our guide for information, and even more foolish than to stay in our inn alone, which saved you a lot of trouble."

The proud wolves laughed wantonly and showed off their gains.

Our guide? Our shop? Didn't I find several guides and passersby? At this moment, Li En suddenly realized that he had been wrong from the beginning.

"I'll give it all to you, will you let me go?"

Even at this moment, the "Chameleon" is still trying to negotiate and compromise
"of course."

"We only want money, not lives."

Lies, all lies.

Identifying the real longan gave Rean the answer.

No matter what you do or what you talk about, you will die.

It turns out that I did nothing wrong. In this world, anyone who is weak may suffer misfortune.

“It seems like there is no choice.”

At some point, a card came into his hand.

[Holdings: Unknown Heroic Soul Atlas x1, whether to open it. ]

It is an insert in an ancient book, but Li En has never dared to use it.

[Warning: Activation will have an uncertain impact on the soul and self-awareness.]

But it seemed that from the very beginning, he had no choice.

[Heroic Soul Atlas unlocked. Random completion. The Heroic Soul 'Foolish Justice' Sur Daon has arrived! Soul Module Activating]

The dog's foul-smelling saliva was about to drip onto Rean's face, but a hand suddenly grabbed the dog's head.

A pale golden light and shadow covered "Rean's" body, and an illusory shadow gradually became reality.

"Being weak is never a sin." The heroic spirit from ancient times echoed with the young man's voice.

The big dog's head was pinched by the small hands. Wherever the fingers touched, there were first bloodstains, and then, the fingers were directly embedded in it.

The bloodstains opened up little by little, the screams were suppressed in the mouth, and the originally arrogant dog head was full of despair and shock.

"Woo." When the fists were clenched, only pleading remained on the dog's face.

"Snap." No forgiveness, no nonsense, when the palms closed, blood spilled all over the floor.

The horrifying scene frightened the other bandit so much that he abandoned his brother without hesitation and ran away.

But escape? Is it possible?

The "boy's" arms began to shine with a silver luster, and the shadow of the heroic spirit was completely integrated into the body, with the emblem of the scales appearing on it.

The next moment, the entire room was torn apart by the slashing blow, filled with deadly silver light and splattering blood.

At the moment when the head of the deceased with eyes open floated in the air, the roar from ancient times echoed in the new world.

"Justice, never compromise!"

(End of this chapter)