Landlord World - Start with SSS talent-Chapter 364: Jankos’s Halo

A voice rang out, making Jankos jolt as he frowned and looked off into the distance.

There, in the middle of a field covered in pure white snow, a lone figure stood like a black dot on a blank sheet of paper, standing out starkly.

At this moment, Noan had his King’s Regalia displayed as a simple set of ordinary clothes, so Jankos could not see anything unusual.

It was just that... Jankos frowned and asked in confusion, "Noan! How can you be here?"

Noan shrugged, smiling as he said, "Got lost."

Of course, Jankos did not believe Noan’s ridiculous excuse in the slightest. He clenched his teeth, a cruel glint flashing in his eyes.

Even though he did not know how Noan had managed to get here, he did not care. Remembering those previous images, Jankos laughed madly. "I was planning to go looking for you, but I didn’t expect you to show up right in front of me, hahaha... Noan, heaven’s gate is wide open and you refuse to enter, hell has no path but you insist on walking it."

Noan sneered. "Jankos, the last competition was canceled, so I still haven’t had the chance to kill you."

As he spoke, he lifted his hand, and Yuna immediately appeared beside him, hovering in midair.

In the middle of the snowy field, Yuna sat on a crescent moon, her face so beautiful it made her seem like the only ray of sunlight in this world.

The moment Jankos saw Yuna, his eyes lit up, and the fire in his chest began to blaze violently.

After being set up by Vylyss and Lylia, he had barely been able to touch another woman. Just seeing a woman even slightly older would make him nauseous and sometimes even vomit uncontrollably.

That had become a filthy stain in his mind that he could never erase.

Whenever he closed his eyes, he would remember the time he slept with that fat, old hag and start retching all over again.

To the point that he was on the verge of going insane.

But when he looked at Yuna, the warm glow around her and her gentle smile felt like his salvation.

’That woman...’ Jankos thought to himself. ’Hahaha... I was just wondering how I could cure this damned condition. I didn’t expect that bastard to bring me a surprise like this.’

The expression on Jankos’s face grew unbelievably greedy, to the point that even Noan could not help feeling puzzled.

Noan glanced at Yuna, then looked back at Jankos, a strange feeling rising in his chest.

Yuna was indeed beautiful, but was she really so beautiful that she had to make Jankos’s expression twist and lose all control like that?

’Could it be that she can bewitch him?’ Noan wondered inwardly.

Jankos ground his teeth, a vicious smile on his face. "Noan, hand that woman over to me and I’ll give you a quick and painless death. If not... hahahaha... I’ll make you regret ever being born."

Noan: "..."

Right now, Noan really wanted to say... Oy. You’re a Fate Holder, you know. Can you act a little more serious? Your lines are no different from some cliché villain.

Yuna covered her mouth as she laughed, her smile looking as if it might melt all the snow around them.

"What are you laughing at?" Noan asked in confusion.

Yuna’s eyes curved into crescents as she smiled and said, "Master, your opponent seems a bit... stupid."

Noan: "..."

"He wasn’t like this before. Maybe the pressure of survival has been too much for him lately?" Noan hurriedly explained.

Facing someone like Jankos, Noan felt a bit embarrassed. He had once heard a saying... if you don’t feel ashamed, then someone else will feel ashamed for you.

In this case, that saying was painfully accurate.

Whoosh!

While he was still lost in thought, a gigantic boulder the size of a room came hurtling toward him.

BANG!

When the boulder was less than two meters away from Noan, it was wrapped by a gentle golden light, which stopped it in place and left it hanging in midair.

Seeing this scene, Jankos frowned, thinking to himself, ’Impossible. Could that woman be his Hero? If that’s the case, even better. As long as I kill him, she’ll become a free Hero, and then...’

Jankos seemed to be imagining something extremely delightful. The smile on his face grew even deeper, and his eyes turned blood-red as veins of crimson appeared clearly in them.

At this moment, Noan was not frightened by the massive boulder in front of him, but rather by the fact that the aura around Jankos was gradually turning black.

’That’s... the luck aura of a Fate Holder, and it’s slowly turning pitch-black,’ he thought to himself.

Previously, Carlotta had told him that every Fate Holder possessed a halo of luck bestowed upon them by the gods.

Thanks to that halo, the luck of Fate Holders not only surpassed everyone’s imagination but also made the path they walked easier, helping them receive assistance from those around them more easily.

Noan had also seen Zeka’s halo and Alex’s halo before.

Alex’s halo was a milky white, while Zeka’s was a smoky gray.

But now, Jankos’s halo seemed to have turned into black smoke, as if it were the fumes rising from burning a pile of plastic trash, looking incredibly toxic.

"Master, do you want to kill him?" Yuna asked with a smile.

Hearing that, Noan frowned, thought for a few seconds, then replied, "No need to rush. Let’s observe him a bit more."

Indeed, even if Jankos’s Fate Holder halo had turned black, he was still a Fate Holder.

Noan did not want to fail when he was only one step away from success.

"Good." Yuna smiled gently, tapped her finger in midair, and right after that...

Ting!

A faint sound like a tiny bell rang out as ripples of space spread outward. Those waves, though gentle, caused the massive boulder in front of them to gradually shatter into countless pieces, which then turned into dust and vanished into the air.

Seeing this, Jankos’s expression remained calm, the corners of his mouth even curling into a greedy smile.

’So strong. She has probably reached Rank A. All the better. If she were too weak, her only value would be as a mere sex toy for me. The stronger she is, the more useful she becomes.’

That was what Jankos thought to himself, and then he reached toward the glass-like shard in the center of his chest as if trying to pull something out.

Suddenly, a wisp of smoke drifted out, but strangely, that wisp of smoke took on the shape of a human face, mouth open in a silent scream.

Although no sound came out, anyone could see from that expression that the soul was being tormented by unimaginable pain.

Jankos swung his hand, and the wisp of smoke shot into the sky, then...

BAM!

The smoke exploded, turning into a Golem that fell back down and landed with solid weight.

BAM!

It stood over seven meters tall, its body made entirely of stone. However, what stood out was the hole in the center of its chest, and within that hole was a smoky human face, screaming and twisted to the extreme.

"Ah! That thing is..."

Hearing Yuna speak, Noan frowned and asked, "You know what that is?"

"Yes." Yuna nodded. "It is a type of skill that disappeared long ago. I did not expect to see it used here. That skill allows a Lord to summon additional soldiers or Heroes by using other Lords’ souls as a catalyst."

"The cruelty of this skill lies in the fact that the soul of the sacrificed Lord used to summon the monster will have its energy completely drained. During that time, the soul will endure the utmost agony, and once its soul energy is fully exhausted, it will completely dissipate."

"However, the one who uses this kind of skill will also receive a curse left behind by those tormented souls, causing their mind to gradually become chaotic until they turn into a follower of Darkness."

After hearing this, Noan felt that Jankos’s situation was exactly like what Yuna described, beginning to go insane and lose control.

BAM! BAM! BAM!

The newly summoned Golem charged toward Noan, each step making the ground quake violently.

Jankos laughed cruelly, eyes wide, as if he wanted to see exactly how Noan would be crushed.

Suddenly...

CLENG!!!

A black figure appeared, rushing at the Golem with terrifying speed. The shriek of metal clashing rang out, followed by a shockwave that blasted the snow outward.

The Golem shattered into countless pieces, and the smoky human face in its chest no longer twisted in pain, instead showing a relaxed smile before completely fading away.

"What?!" Jankos was stunned, his eyes full of disbelief as he stared at that black figure.

It was a girl. Although her looks could not compare to Yuna’s, she was still extremely beautiful. She wore light armor, with a pair of bunny ears on her head, a spear in her hand, and blood-red eyes fixed on Jankos.

"What is... what the hell is that?" 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

"Sorry, Jankos." Noan teased at this moment. "I forgot to introduce you. This is my new troop type, called the Jade Bunnies. As for their Rank... it’s SS."