SSS Awakening: Rebirth of the Strongest Vampire God novel Chapter 135

Chapter 135: A precious item! A rare material!

Damon’s expression barely changed, except for the slight arch of his eyebrow, which conveyed pure disdain. "You know," he drawled, his tone dripping with mock amusement, "its not my fault if your ass is too weak to handle a few orc spears." He tilted his head, crimson eyes narrowing like twin embers. "I was the one cleaning out entire caverns of frost orcs. What exactly were you doing besides getting your ass handed to you?"

Mendoza’s face contorted in fury. "Don’t lie to us!" he shouted. "We all know the truth already. There is no point in lying. You’re a coward who abandoned the team for your own gains!"

Damon’s grin was cold and sharp. "Abandoned the team?" He looked at Sylvara, who seemed conflicted. She took a deep breath and responded. "I understand this is just a coincidence. You probably did not know there weren’t many orcs in the mountain before heading out here, but... You could have always come back to us sooner."

Kate’s message flashed on Damon’s screen. [Should we show them all the loot? Surely, the mountain of loot would be enough to convince these idiots?]

However, Damon did not respond to that. He simply gave an arrogant smile. . "Oh? So now it’s my responsibility to babysit the entire group?"

Sylvara’s lips pressed into a tight line, her ice sword trembling in her grip. "You—" she began, but the words caught in her throat.

Damon’s gaze cut to Mendoza, a dangerous glint in his eyes. "Coward, you say? You want to talk cowardice? You couldn’t even dodge a single fucking arrow the last time I saw you. Where was your big hero moment then?" He laughed. "You want to stand here and call me out? Fine. But what are you going to do about it? What are you really going to do about it?"

Seeing that things were about to escalate without being beneficial to anyone, Sylvara stepped forward between the two of them. "Let’s not fight. Mendoza, we should really give Damon the benefit of the doubt. Maybe he truly did not expect the caverns to be empty. It was just a coincidence."

She then turned to Damon. "Damon, you should also know that we checked the bottom-most cavern, and it was empty. We rushed here thinking you were in danger. Everyone was just worried, and to see you here, casually sitting around... let’s just leave this and finish what we came here to do."

Sylvara let out another sigh and asked again, "So all the caverns are empty? There is no threat here? Can we continue to proceed forward?"

Damon nodded. He did not bother explaining anything to anyone. Besides, these bastards might even ask for a share of the loot.

And talking about the loot, Damon noticed that everyone’s eyes were now on the chest.

"So what is that?" Sylvara asked. Mendoza had already started walking closer to the chest. He hurriedly bent down and picked up a pearl, only to let out a painful yelp the next second, dropping the pearl back in the chest.

"This is definitely a precious item! A rare material!" He shouted. "Sylvara, come here and see if you can take it."

Sylvara approached the chest cautiously, her icy blue eyes narrowed as she examined the frosty pearls glistening inside. Her breath fogged the air as she reached out and hovered her hand above them, but she flinched back, feeling the biting chill radiating from the small spheres.

"Isn’t it obvious?" Damon answered vaguely and then disappeared.

"This bastard!" Mendoza growled in anger. The next moment, everyone quickly ran out, trying to follow him. It took them a couple of minutes, but finally, after seeing Aurora head back into the first cavern at the base of the mountain, the others also followed.

"What the hell is he doing here?" Mendoza shouted in annoyance.

Nevin couldn’t stand it any longer. "Mendoza, can you shut up. You are making things difficult for everyone." _{freewebnσvel.cѳm}

"Am I kid?" Mendoza growled again and only shut up when another man from the group gave him a stare. Robert was a quiet figure in the group, so Mark hadn’t noticed him before, but now he made a mental note of the guy.

Mark did not know why, but for some reason, he had a bad feeling about the guy. He was calm and quiet at first glance. There was nothing special about him, and yet it was oddly weird.

Interrupting his thoughts, Mendoza once again shouted. "I found that bastard. See, he went this way." He pointed to a hole in the wall of the base cavern. The group quickly went inside to take a look, only to instantly regret their decision. It was a literal freezing hell inside!