Life Of A Nobody - as a Villain

Chapter 411: Nyx- the cheating goddess

Rio looked at the trio of people and their different reactions to his sudden arrival, and the gears in his mind started turning at a fast speed. Until his wild guesses stopped onto the truth.

[Host... calm down.]

[She's not being forced, it's her own decision.]

[Plus we always knew about her dad and his dreams, this is what he does in the novel, so stop overthinking it.]

System spoke seeing his reaction, calming him by reminding him the plotlines of the original novel, where Noah and Misha got together to pair Katherine with Leon once he started showing his superior talents. Noah wanted life, and Misha wanted luxury - it's still the same despite all his changes.

"Rio, it truly has been a while since we last saw you. Welcome." Darren said with a smile as he stood up and walked towards him.

His voice waking Rio from the cruel thoughts where he just murdered Katherine's father for the seventh time.

"Thank you for agreeing to my request, Baron Heartwell. I know it was a short call. And I apologise for that." Rio said with a smile, his handsome facade hiding the anger bubbling within.

"No, no, don't worry about it. You can come anytime you wish." Darren spoke with a smile, pointing at an empty chair, gesturing him to sit.

After greeting the fat baron and giving a nod to Katherine, Rio turned his attention back to her father. "I hope I didn't disturb your talks baron Winston? I didn't know you'd be here or I would've come later."

Misha smiled hearing his polite words, his hanging chin resembling a dude's balls jiggling as he swayed his head, "No, don't worry about us heir Blake. We were just catching up as old friends, not talking about anything important. Plus we were already finished."

"Is that so?" Rio said and glanced at Darren whose face couldn't help but frown at this blatant lie.

"Well, in any case, I won't take much of your time." Rio replied and looked at Darren, "Baron Heartwell, I'm sure you would've guessed my purpose for coming here, so I won't beat around the bush."

"This whole incident at the mine is ruining the reputation of both you and Raven's. And as part of their family, I'm planning to land a helping hand." Rio said, going straight to the point.

"What do you mean?"

"You should've seen the reports, Raven's are getting everyone out, blocking every entry, so I'll be blunt and tell you, _ I am going to enter that dungeon. And I want you to clear out your areas too."

"What?"

[Come on, you think I'm scared of her. I can whoop 10 Nyx in a single slap. I just don't want to.]

'....' And you call me a boastful blabbermouth.

[I can still read your thoughts, remember. ]

'...'

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Even by the time Rio was busy arguing with his system, the trio of people were still hovering their heads over the map, their faces still full of awe and surprise. All of them probably wondering when did a goddess get so generous? Or that the rumors were right, and Nyx really does dotes on Rio. _ but whatever it was, Rio stopped it all, as he closed the scroll.

"As you've seen, now you know I can handle it, maybe I'm the only one who can handle it. So _ will you clear my path now?" Rio said, looking at baron Heartwell.

Darren looked at his confident face and then tried to remember the details shown on the map, and after a long silence, he gave in. "Atleast take some of our people in, this domain is my family's responsibility too, and I wouldn't be able to rest assured if we just let you take care of everything?"

"I'm not doing it as the heir of Blake family, I'm doing it as half the blame lies on Ravens too." Rio replied, "And as for taking your people in, I'm sorry, I can't."

"But..."

"This dungeon is a test Nyx gave me, baron Heartwell. And I intend to solve it on my own. I don't want to play it safe and risk losing her rewards." Rio replied, his words surprising the barons, as they wondered what kind of reward would entice a duke's son to risk his life like that.

[And she silently takes credits again.] System chimed in, seeing no response or rebuttal from Nyx.

"I'll come with you."

Katherine spoke suddenly while the barons were still contemplating their responses.

"I've been to Eisjer domain a few times, and I may able to help you."

"You've seen the map, right?" Rio raised his eyes and looked at her.

"Which only showed locations of the monsters, I've hunted them during several raids and clearance missions, take me with you." Katherine explained.