I've Become the King of Villains in the Game-Chapter 459 - 321: New Members and New Features

Chapter 459: Chapter 321: New Members and New Features

“Mr. Jack!”

Antonio suddenly shouted.

Chen Lun looked in the direction of the sound, only to see a cow standing upright on its hind legs like a human. Its skin tightened, bulging with thick, knotty muscles, brimming with explosive strength.

“After taking the ‘Sin Blood’ you mentioned, I feel great, even able to initially harness the power of the bad guy inside me!”

Antonio said cheerfully, then lifted its left forelimb. Under Chen Lun’s astonished gaze, it slowly twisted and grew, transforming into an extremely robust human arm covered with black and white stripes.

The fingers moved deftly, and even a blade made of bone, smooth like jade, grew out of its palm.

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“Hehehehe… Hmph!”

Antonio laughed, and with a casual swing, its left arm with the Bone Blade directly sliced open the solid concrete wall, collapsing countless red bricks to reveal the glaring sunlight outside.

“Sunlight! Fresh air and the scent of grass! Antonio is very happy!”

Its emotions appeared excessively excited as it continued slashing at the corridor walls with the Bone Sword, seemingly venting its frustration and causing thorough destruction. Meanwhile, Chen Lun even discerned a trace of advanced swordsmanship from Antonio’s movements.

This made him suddenly realize something.

‘Antonio has begun to gradually master the power of the Desecrated Holy Sword, and even self-taught some swordsmanship… Relying purely on willpower might resist the corruption, but it cannot completely remove it. In its previous life, it probably constantly struggled and tapped into the power of the Desecrated Holy Sword, yet also suffered tremendously.’

Chen Lun, witnessing this bizarre scene, was filled with emotion.

A muscle-bound milk cow, slashing with the Bone Sword, indiscriminately destroying the human-constructed confinement corridors.

‘In its previous life, the Antonio I knew went alone to the Beelzebub Kingdom, striving to slaughter the Rose Royal Family… It most likely carried a self-destructive tendency, hoping to achieve liberation while exacting its revenge.’

Chen Lun looked at the empty crystal cup in his hand.

‘Sin Blood… Rather than saying it helps Antonio resist the corruption, it’s more like it just helps it quickly master the power of the Desecrated Holy Sword, with no apparent side effects.’

[Mission Completed: Swordsman! Second Sequence!]

[Reward Received: 100000 Experience Points, 200 Gold Pounds, and a boost in Affection from Antonio!]

[Antonio’s Affection toward you has increased! Currently at Intimate!]

A notification of mission completion popped up, and Chen Lun gladly received the rewards.

Following that, the last sequence of the mission arrived!

[Trigger Mission: Swordsman! Third Sequence!]

Mission Description: The Holy Sword inside Antonio contains extremely intense corruption and obsession. It requires a higher concentration of Sin Blood to completely remove it.

Its Destiny was determined from the beginning, that is to fight with the sword!

Only through combat can one wield the sword!

Mission Target: Third Sequence—Find a Blood Diamond to help Antonio fully master the power of the Holy Sword.

Mission Reward: 200000 Experience Points, 400 Gold Pounds, and a boost in Affection from Antonio.

‘Blood Diamond… High concentration of Sin Blood?’

After accepting the mission, Chen Lun took a deep breath.

He felt he had yet another goal now.

“Antonio.”

Chen Lun called out softly.

The muscle-bound cow, upon hearing the call, immediately stopped its violent actions and turned to walk back. It then reverted the changes in its body, returning to the normal shape of a milk cow and stood on all fours in front of Chen Lun.

“What is it, Mr. Jack?”

Excitement from gaining freedom still lingered in its dark eyes.

“Do you have any plans for the future?”

Chen Lun adjusted his black hat, rested on his Silver Staff, and asked straightforwardly.

“Plans, of course, to return to the past…”

Antonio suddenly became confused.

It initially wanted to say return to its former home, but ever since it gained spiritual wisdom, all its memories involved only this sunless warehouse and that Glass House.

There was no former home anymore.

Even if there were, it was just another farm’s fence.

“That wasn’t freedom, just a fence too wide to see its end, making the ignorant Antonio mistook it for freedom… and those of my kind, they’re too foolish, Antonio does not want to live with them.”

Antonio muttered somewhat dejectedly.

“Antonio just wants to graze freely on the plains, bask in the sun, and follow the wind… How about this plan, Mr. Jack?”

It lifted its head, moving closer to Chen Lun in affection, and rubbed his arm.

“It would be even better if Mr. Jack would join me.”

Chen Lun smiled, patted Antonio’s head as a gesture of comfort.

Even though it possessed a leader template and was comparable to a seasoned Mid Sequence Transcendent after initially mastering the power of the Desecrated Holy Sword… in reality, its mentality was still very juvenile, probably on par with Noah’s.

“Would you like to come with me, Antonio?”

Chen Lun whispered.

“My place is quite large, with a vast pasture where you can play until you’re tired and even sleep right there.”

“Really, Mr. Jack! If that’s the case, then Antonio chooses to go with you!”

Antonio appeared very happy, humming and singing a song that only it understood.

Chen Lun, seeing another capable figure joining his ranks, also felt very pleased.

He left the ruins with Antonio and came outside. A man and a bull stood under the sun, enjoying the cool breeze. Yet, Chen Lun could not understand why the Desecrated Holy Sword had appeared inside Antonio.

‘Perhaps there has been some change within the Red Apple Church that I am unaware of…’

He briefly speculated before burying the question in his heart.

He then placed his hand on Antonio, used “Cloud Leap,” and both man and bull immediately vanished from the spot.

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Upon returning to the vineyard.

The Circus members gathered around Antonio, clearly intrigued by this new addition.

“Mr. Jack, will it… will it also be our companion?”

Connie covered her small mouth and asked in disbelief.

“Moo moo!”

Feeling questioned, Antonio was immediately offended and stood up like a human, startling Connie into retreating.

Golov, Barton, and Morey, being perfect gentlemen, positioned themselves in front of Connie, looked up, and confronted this “irritable” cow. They had serious expressions, yet sweat began to form on their foreheads, as they clearly felt a strong threat from this cow.

It sounded incredibly bizarre, but it was the truth.

“Okay, Antonio, Connie meant no harm. They will be your companions from now on. You have to learn to control yourself… just like you control the bad guy inside you.”

Chen Lun patted Antonio on the back and said with a laugh.

“Yes, Mr. Jack.”

Antonio seemed to respond only to Chen Lun, and dutifully nodded his head. He slowly bent down and returned to all fours.

However, his words were indecipherable to others, heard only as mooing.

The exchanges between Chen Lun and Antonio were always in Beast Speech, so the other Circus members were utterly confused.

“Now that you’ve gotten a preliminary grasp on the bad guy’s power, you should be able to freely control your own body and mimic human vocal organs… That way, you can communicate with everyone using human language in the future.”

Chen Lun continued.

Upon hearing this, Antonio reluctantly flicked his ears in agreement, then his throat moved awkwardly as he stutteringly said to the people:

“Hello… I am… Antonio.”

“Oh!!”

Connie, Golov, Barton, and Morey all exclaimed in surprise.

Noah, Maggie, and Alec looked astonished, while Floey simply maintained a smile and stood quietly to the side.

“Hello, Antonio, I’m Noah. Nice to meet you!”

Noah adjusted the round glasses on his nose and shyly stepped forward to extend his hand.

The cow tilted its head, glanced at Chen Lun first, and upon seeing his gesture, extended its forelimb for a polite handshake with Noah.

“Hehe, I’m Maggie, I really like you, Antonio… ”

Maggie approached eagerly, grabbing onto the cow with both hands. If not for the drool spilling from her mouth, her attitude might have seemed more sincere.

“I don’t… don’t like female humans, stay away.”

Antonio shook his head and directly pushed Maggie away.

The onlookers couldn’t help but burst into laughter.

A cheerful atmosphere filled the area.

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Later that evening.

Chen Lun remembered that Antonio belonged to the mutated class of Supernatural Creatures, so he tried using “Animal Mimicry” on it. He hadn’t expected much from it, but unexpectedly he gained a powerful trait from this Supernatural Creature.

[You have used the skill “Animal Mimicry LVMAX+5”!]

[You have learned and mimicked a trait from the Supernatural Creature “Antonio” — “Never Tiring”!]

The effect of “Never Tiring,” as the name implies, is to increase the Physical Strength limit and significantly boost the Physical Strength recovery rate, as well as adding Endurance attribute points.

This effect was potent, adding 10 points to Chen Lun’s Endurance and raising his Physical Strength’s upper limit by 1000 points. Because Endurance affects Physical Strength, an additional 100 points of Physical Strength were also added.

Now, Chen Lun’s highest basic attribute unexpectedly became Endurance, at 132 points.

And his Physical Strength’s upper limit had risen to 2600 points.

‘No wonder Antonio, even after daily laborious seeding, shows no sign of fatigue. It turns out to be naturally enduring… I thought the female cow was only joking to trick me into conversing. It seems I was the fool.’

Chen Lun shook his head in reflection.

‘Finally, I have collected ten Supernatural Creature traits. I wonder what the combined effect of the new ten-in-one will be… But before that, I can increase the number of Black Crystal Artisans.’

The output of Black Crystal Artisans from the [Hope Workshop] is linked to the Physical Strength value, with every hundred points of Physical Strength supporting one artisan. Now, Chen Lun could increase the number from fourteen to twenty-six!

No sooner said than done.

He went to the warehouse area of the vineyard overnight and busied himself there alone.

Until dawn, when the sun began to rise.

The newly created twelve Black Crystal Artisans shone brightly under the morning light.

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