Chapter 1763 Third Option
“Yes, the only ones who can save me are the two of them. Either Evan gives me the key to the treasure so that I can exchange it for the antidote, or Nicole makes an antidote for me with her medical knowledge.”
Upon hearing his serious analysis, Levant chuckled. “Actually, you have a third option.”
“What is it?”
“Lucas has given you the poison, but you can do the same. Get some poison from your sister-in-law later and secretly make him eat it. Then, the two of you can duke it out; both of you are going to wait for each other to hand over the antidote. Isn’t that an option you can choose too?”
Davin mulled over his words and realized that made a lot of sense.
“You’re right. Why didn’t I think of this? But Lucas is still at Y City… How am I going to threaten him?”
“Don’t worry. He’ll surely come here to look for you.”
“Right. Daemonic Mount has the treasure he yearns for. Furthermore, my brother is here. He’s still trying to get the key to the treasure from Evan by using me. All right. I’ll wait for him to come before making my move.”
Levant nodded at that.
“How do you feel now?”
Davin then wriggled his arms and shook his legs. “I’m fine. I just feel weak. Levant, since I’m poisoned, I’ll have to trouble you to take care of me. Don’t worry. I’m not a picky eater. As long as I get to eat meat and live in a place without the wind blowing on my face at all times, I’ll be fine.”
Meat? I don’t even know how we’re going to get any food right now.
Levant sighed.
“If I knew earlier that you’re so troublesome, I wouldn’t have come with you. I’ve even promised our earlier opponents to guard the mountain for them so that you can be safe just now. Hence, you have to guard the place with me.”
Guard the mountain? We were planning to go up the mountain. Why do we suddenly have to guard that place?
Still frowning, Davin began looking around the forest. Then, he turned back to Levant and said, “Maybe it’s a good thing. We’re currently worrying about what to eat and where to sleep. Since you’ve agreed to guard the place for them, I’m sure they’ll be providing food and accommodation, right? They’ve got to prepare that even if they’re just hiring a part-timer.”
Levant narrowed his eyes at Davin. “Are you telling me that we should make them provide for us? So we’re going to guard the place while we lord over them?”
“I doubt they’d agree to that if you word it like that. What about this? We’ll lower our standards and have them provide us a place to stay while giving us something to eat. With our bellies full and our minds rested, we’ll only be able to guard the place well!”
That was the only choice they had in the endless forest.
“We’ll see what they say when we look for them.”
“Don’t worry. I’m sure we’ll pull this off. If they don’t agree to it, we’ll buy the food ourselves, and we’ll pay the rent. I’m sure they won’t utter a word of disagreement when we give them more money.”
Levant was speechless as he eyed Davin. He must have earned a decent amount of money at Steven’s hideout to think of solving everything with money.
Once they reached an agreement, they headed toward Daemonic Mount to discuss with those few people.
In the meantime, the people in the cabin were panicking when they saw how tormented Jeremy was by his symptoms.
“I’d say we should get some cold water and firewood. When he’s cold, we’ll light the firewood. When he’s hot, we’ll spray some cold water on him. Maybe he’ll feel better like that.”
Jeremy, who was trembling under his blanket and suffering from his symptoms, agreed wholly with Darius’ idea. “Good, good. It’s a good idea. Q-Quick, get some wood and burn them f-for me.”
“I’ll go. Darius, let’s go together.”
Jensen was willing to do anything as long as Jeremy felt better. Thus, he quickly volunteered to help out.
Once the two were gone, Draven quietly uttered, “This will only help with the symptoms, won’t it? Why don’t we think about how we can get the antidote quicker instead? I wonder if Mr. and Mrs. Seet have found a place to test the powder yet, and I wonder if that powder is the antidote or not.”
