Trafford's Trading Club

Chapter 1307: Chapter 34: The Bronze Gong of Destinies Rings in the Sacred Temple (5)

Finally, they loaded the last battery onto the truck, and Will wiped his sweat—while his companions were still adjusting the sound equipment on the vehicle.

The adjustment process should be completed very soon.

Cheng Yiran, meanwhile, sat in the corner of the container. Will walked over curiously and saw that he was holding a guitar in one hand and a phone in the other.

He listened for a while, then plucked the strings lightly on the guitar.

“Cheng, what are you doing… composing at a time like this?” Will couldn’t help but be surprised.

Although Will couldn’t call himself a musician, as a rock enthusiast, he knew what Cheng Yiran’s state meant.

Cheng Yiran nodded and then extended his phone, indicating that Will should listen to the sound as well—Will took it over and listened curiously for a while.

“Is this… ‘Covenant of the Moon’?”

Will quickly recognized the source of the sound—it was the ritual song sung by that young beast girl.

Though it’s called a song, it’s more like a chant—the pronunciation leans toward scales, so it sounds more like a ballad, but when listened in full, it’s more like recitation.

This should be what Cheng Yiran secretly recorded later… Will thought.

At first, Klein and Nick didn’t just think that the young beast girl could potentially have a great impact, simply due to pacifying the frenzied Beastmen once. They tried several times and found that this ‘Covenant of the Moon’ indeed had an effect before starting to execute the plan.

“Anyway, too many people will create chaos…” Cheng Yiran chuckled, “So I’ll just do something else… let’s say I’m just bored.”

Just then, Klein came over to greet him, saying that everything was ready, and they could begin—and soon, the young beast girl appeared before everyone again.

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Lastly, Boss Luo sauntered over to the truck’s cab, dressed in full rock youth attire—holding a box of bottled water in hand.

Mr. Nick, standing by the door, blinked… it seemed everything was prepared, but they hadn’t thought about water—this wasn’t exactly a picnic!

“After all, it’s not a movie where people can move around for hours or even longer without getting thirsty.” Luo Qiu laughed casually.

Mr. Black remained silent, and after a while, licked his dry lips, then suddenly asked, “How’s your driving skill?”

Luo Qiu glanced at the large truck, although he had driven it here before, it was just in first gear, moving slowly, and the journey was short… Driving it legitimately around the city streets might be interesting?

Thinking that trying more new things might be beneficial for him, Luo Qiu promptly smiled and said, “I’ll do my best.”

“Alright then, I’ll leave it to you.” Nick nodded, “Perhaps this way, I’ll have some space freed up. Otherwise, Klein might find it difficult alone.”

He needed to join Klein in handling defense work—at least, before the effect of the young beast girl’s song kicks in, the frenzied Beastmen would still have a brief window of activity.

Though this truck had been modified, its iron sheets couldn’t withstand attacks from frenzied Beastmen.

Luo Qiu sat in the driver’s seat, placing his hands on the steering wheel… he amusingly thought, if Ren Ziling were in this position, she’d probably be quite excited?

Nick, also in the passenger seat, couldn’t help but feel concerned, observing the young man with an air of a novice just after passing his driving test… is this guy really okay?

“Alright, which way should we go, Mr. Nick?”

“To here!” Nick quickly connected his phone to the car’s navigation and pointed at a red dot on the electronic map: “Here, is the nearest combat point to us. Team One of our Knights is suppressing four frenzied Beastmen!”

“Here… okay.”

Boss Luo nodded… Ren Ziling’s driving skills download… download successful… installation complete.

The truck’s start was very slow, then faster and faster until it reached the intersection, without any intention to slow down.

Mr. Black’s fingers trembled, instinctively gripping the handle, eyes wide open—and then, at the exit of the intersection, the truck executed a sharp tail whip before smoothly maneuvering… turning, accelerating.

Was that really just trying his best?

Mr. Black opened his mouth slightly, the truck drifted…

Luo Qiu, hands resting on the steering wheel, was also slightly amazed.

How much of her driving skills does that woman at home usually keep sealed…

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The Fog Capital is vast.

The Beastmen living here are scattered across various places, even the Twelve Knights cannot suppress all areas—they can only approach and handle one place at a time.

Especially in a few critical evacuation points, the Twelve Knights are further needed as Town Defenders—if a frenzied Beastman goes wild in the crowd, casualties will rise exponentially.

So only three of the Twelve Knights actually conduct operations… the rest are led by the Great Knights of the Knight Agency, executing tasks with Elite Knights.

Even some small squads can barely manage with just one of the Team One Elite Knights.

In front of a grocery store, a five-member squad of Elite Knights encountered a tough challenge—they couldn’t understand why four frenzied Beastmen would gather in front of this store… inside, there were even trapped store employees.

They were forced to hold against these four frenzied Beastmen here, unable to suppress them successfully despite the considerable time.

“Damn, don’t these guys run out of stamina!”

“Cover me, trying to charge once more! We must hit at least one quickly, or we’ll consume too much stamina!”

Seeing one of the frenzied Beastmen holding a giant cleaver—they mused that perhaps this Beastman oversaw the meat section in the store?

Although the cleaver couldn’t compare to the Knights’ weapons, under the added power of frenzied Beastman strength, its impact was astonishing… even without chopping, simply slamming could easily break a person’s bones!

Roar—!

The Beastman wielding the cleaver charged out directly, hacking down furiously, as an Elite Knight narrowly dodged—the road was cracked by the Beastman’s blade!

Under such impact, the cleaver surprisingly didn’t break, not even a nick!

“I knew it, this isn’t an ordinary tool… this guy must have secretly kept weapons!” The disadvantaged Elite Knight spoke grudgingly.

At this time, the Beastman holding the giant cleaver suddenly began shouting again—meanwhile, the other Beastmen inside the store rushed out simultaneously.

Although their actions remained frenzied, they seemed to have coordinated somehow.

“It’s War Chieftain Level! This guy’s a War Chieftain Level Beastman! This is trouble…”

The Elite Knight Squad was instantly taken aback… a War Chieftain Level frenzied Beastman is clearly beyond what a small squad of Elite Knights can manage, especially when there are additional frenzied Beastmen nearby!

“We must hold on… I received a signal from backup, they said they’re arriving soon!” One Elite Knight excitedly observed the Knight Agency’s communication device!

“Arriving soon… how soon is soon!”

“Soon is…”

Boom Boom Boom Boom——!!!!!!!

The piercing blare of a horn suddenly sounded, and a colossal entity sped towards them from the glaring source of light!

“Now?”

A few elite knights stared dumbfounded at a gigantic modified truck covered in graffiti, speeding down the long street with no intention of slowing down!

Finally, the sound of a frantic screech of brakes erupted, and tire marks immediately appeared on the road—a sign that the truck’s steering wheel was suddenly turned to the limit, as if the cab were detaching from the body!

The entire large truck now slanted and slid sideways, the swinging rear cargo container directly crashing into a frenzied beastman with a cleaver.

The enormous impact launched the war chieftain level beastman into the air, then slammed him into the supermarket sign!

The elite knights’ mouths fell agape instantaneously.

Mr. Nick on the truck gripped the window edge tightly, his neck slightly stiff as he slowly turned to look at the driver beside him.

The driver… Boss Luo just let go of the steering wheel, pondering, “Hmm… No wonder she likes racing… Quite interesting. Mr. Nick, are you alright.”

“I-I’m fine…” The black man showed a not-too-ugly smile, then directly pushed open the door… His legs somewhat weak as he climbed down.

Inside the cargo container, everyone was clumsily squeezed into one spot, seeing stars in their eyes.

“You are… Support personnel, One-Eyed Nick? Was it you who contacted me just now?”

An elite knight at this moment recognized the black man walking down from the vehicle.

Nick nodded, then covering his mouth… A look as though swallowing forcefully, he took a deep breath, then knocked hard on the cargo container.

An opening appeared at the top of the container, a lift then slowly raised Miss Beastkin covered with a tablecloth.

The tablecloth, like a cape, fluttering in the wind… The knights watched this small figure with a silver eyepatch, unable to grasp what One-Eyed Nick intended!

Meanwhile, the four corners of the container opened up, quickly pushing out several loudspeakers… Finally, Miss Beastkin, fully risen to the top of the container, suddenly untied the ‘cape’ she wore.

She glanced around coldly, then… she squatted down and began retching, the scene suddenly changed.

“Seems like we overdid it a bit…”

Boss Luo had just unscrewed the cap off a bottle of mineral water, ready to sip to calm himself… Then directly put the water down.

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“Nick, what are you doing! Is this your support, are you here to make a joke!”

The knights instantly fumed, “The battlefield isn’t a place for you to play around!”

Watching the beastman war general slammed into the supermarket shake his head, recover from dizziness, land back on the ground, regroup, and start commanding three other frenzied beastmen to attack, they inevitably grew anxious.

Though they saw Klein open the container door, jump onto the top of the container, gripping a warhammer, directly guarding beside the beastkin girl, then nodding to her.

The beastkin girl, having caught her breath, took a deep breath, then clasped the mic with both hands, slightly parted her lips.

Inside the container, Cheng Yiran and several others wore headphones, fingers poised on the soundboard, ready at any moment.

“Nick! Stop fooling around!! Klein, I recognize you, even if you’re Mr. Gareth’s student, you can’t act recklessly… Come down, let’s set up a formation, knock down the beastman war general first!!”

Klein instead raised his shield and warhammer, then pounded them forcefully, drawing the beastman war general’s attention!

“Damn it, these reckless fools!!” The knights gritted their teeth, ready to unsheathe their swords and charge!

At this point, the loudspeakers in the four corners abruptly emitted piercing static… Afterwhich, everything suddenly quieted down.

Lale began to sing something slowly.

—[And so… The children sleep peacefully]

—[Sighing at the sparks in the ashes, one by one]

—[Floating bubbles, faces of affection]

The beastman war general raised his cleaver, roaring loudly as if a beast unleashed, his scarlet eyes widened, leading three frenzied beastmen, gritting, step by step towards her.

Her voice began to tremble… The hand holding the microphone shook.

Her gaze’s corner dared not look at the beastmen, instinctively avoided… Finally, her amber eyes found a place that brought her comfort.

Met Luo Qiu’s gaze.

Smile and encouragement.

She strained to tightly grip the microphone, finally meeting the scarlet gaze of the several frenzied beastmen… Her voice stabilized at last.

—[Thousands of dreams, hanging upon the earth]

—[In the nights swaying in silver pupils]

—[You brilliantly born into the world]

Their steps started hesitating, the three frenzied beastmen behind the war general clutching their heads in pain, wailing mournfully.

He still struggled holding the cleaver… His ferocity roaring now.

The song like gentle hands, the singing girl seemingly embracing each one…

—[Even if millennia turn countless wishes into dust]

—[I will still continue to pray]

—[Please certainly leave kiss marks on these lovingly open hands…]

She sang repeatedly… The beastman war general’s gaze had dimmed somewhere along, the scarlet faded, his massive cleaver slipping from his grasp.

Head lowered, they just stood still there, unmoving, like asleep… Within the song.

…

“Really… halted.”

The knights instinctively lowered their drawn weapons, incredulously witnessing this spectacle unfold.

—[I will still continue to pray]

—[Please certainly leave kiss marks on these lovingly open hands…]

The song, yet continued.

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PS: Next chapter later…