Trafford's Trading Club

Chapter 1374: Chapter 101: King’s Game (Part 4)

What Dazzle did not expect was that he could unexpectedly find a student on this day.

After leaving a token for Queen Elizabeth, he believed that this little bloodsucker girl would soon come to the Association to look for him — of course, it might be more prudent to take her away with him.

But he was never one to force others… Giving the token and letting them seek out later actually meant allowing this little bloodsucker girl more time for consideration.

Not because of coercion, but a choice made after determination… In this way, even if a mentor-student bond is formed, there won’t be any resentment in the future.

As for whether it’s appropriate for the First Tower Master of the Magician’s Association to take a bloodsucker as a student… Naturally, it is appropriate.

With the First Tower Master’s status, even the Everlasting Heart Group of the Thirteen Clans cannot question this… In fact, the Duke of the Clan that Queen Elizabeth belongs to might even be quite pleased.

Thinking about the thirteen Dukes of this Clan, Dazzle suddenly became somewhat concerned… Right now, he should have been meeting the Godly Land’s true dragon first, then bringing the Golden Dragon back, and then returning to the Association.

But with the Golden Dragon currently under the watch of the true dragon, Dazzle the Tower Master did not believe Fafnir would face any danger… Even if there is, it probably would only be initiated by the true dragon.

As for the Association, Ares has been confined to Zero Degree Hell… And at the Michael Club side, judging from their sudden departure of the Seven Seats, it seems they won’t be reappearing anytime soon.

Time seems to become less pressing… Perhaps sneakily visiting the Farm might interest him enough to meet that person under the tree once again… Although, having shaken off Bylegang’s watchful eye.

Having thought this, Dazzle instinctively glanced at this Lost Rift that connected the territories of all thirteen clans within the Unhuman Domain… Ultimately deciding to quietly descend into the rift.

This Lost Rift has existed since early on—as soon as he discovered the Unhuman Domain’s predecessor, the ruins of the Greek God System’s Divine Nation, the rift was already there.

According to several investigations, the time the rift appeared seems not so long.

He had studied the history of the Greek God System… From the last known descriptions, theoretically, there should still be some creatures within the Greek God System’s Divine Nation… Some mythological beasts, and the demigod descendants of the Greek Pantheon.

Only when he initially discovered this ruined Divine Nation, aside from some hazardous areas preserving certain dangerous magical beasts, there wasn’t any evidence of demigod-like existences.

There seemed to be a gap period… Perhaps just when the Lost Rift was formed.

At that time, the Greek God Kingdom was on the verge of collapse, numerous areas were already being eroded by the Void… He even encountered a very peculiar creature in highly eroded regions, seemingly born along with the Void, devouring all living beings.

Those creatures were numerous and had a terrifying immunity to magic, but could not leave the eroded areas too far.

Dazzle cut off all eroded regions, allowing them to be completely devoured by the Void, thereby successfully driving these peculiar and terrifying creatures out of the ruined Divine Nation.

As for the stable system of the later Unhuman Domain, it was him retrieving and analyzing the core of the Greek God System’s Divine Nation… Naturally, he couldn’t complete all repairs, only barely activating and running some basic functions.

Thus, the current Unhuman Domain came into being.

However, the interior of the Lost Rift is one of the few places within the entire Unhuman Domain that the new systems cannot cover.

From an unknown time, the Lost Rift suddenly caught the attention of the Thirteen Clans… Even legends started to overlapped inexplicably with the origins of the Thirteen Clans.

“…Overlap?”

When his feet finally stood above the Lost Rift, looking at the vast area covered by dense fog in front of him, Dazzle couldn’t help but feel stunned… Why did he suddenly come up with the idea that the legend was overlapped?

Also… He indeed had quietly explored the Lost Rift, but in his impression, there seemed to be no such peculiar foggy area beneath the Torrido Clan…

Prior to this, he even rationally accepted the existence of Lost Canine… Even reasonably considered this as the burial site of the first bloodsucker, the source of the Thirteen Clan.

But now upon reflection… The Torrido Clan’s bloodsucker Clan, the entity named Cain, should originate from the Bible… However, even in the Bible, Cain is merely portrayed as the perpetrator, not the ancestor as in the Clan’s legend…

“Exactly, what doesn’t add up…”

Dazzle couldn’t help feeling a surge of inexplicable unease… He shook his head vigorously, his spirit suddenly becoming exceptionally exhausted, and at the same time, countless chaotic and unordered pieces of information started surfacing in his mind.

Countless formulas… words… and even more incomprehensible totems.

“Oh no, this is Ares’s…”

Not allowing himself to overthink, Dazzle immediately sat cross-legged and started to meditate—he knew this was due to enduring Ares’s mental impact within the crucial space, having absorbed too much information.

He had already compressed all this chaotic information… But unexpectedly, just a peculiar idea of “overlap” ignited these pieces like a fuse, instantly causing them to explode again.

Knowledge from multiple different worlds began impacting his understanding of his original world… Different knowledge also overturned his comprehension and definition of magic…

Definition: 1+1==2.

If this is his most basic understanding of magic, then all magic techniques should use this as a foundation.

If this definition turns into 1+1=3, or some other number than 2, then all foundational techniques based on the number 2 will be completely overturned.

Once overthrown, he… will lose his magical powers!

No enemies are present, and even the Unhuman Domain has returned to a relatively safe state. However, the First Tower Master of the Association is trapped in the most terrifying crisis of his life… and there’s no help here at all!

Meditation… cannot be effective in this explosion of information—the First Tower Master suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood and fainted directly onto the ground.

Unknowingly, a small gap suddenly opened in the dense fog ahead, and a few little resentful spirits floated out from the opening… seemingly to play.

Then, one of the little resentful spirits noticed something and slowly approached… observing the unconscious young man in a white robe, seemingly pondering something…

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What on earth is that little brat Dazzle up to… why isn’t he here yet?

The true dragon of China couldn’t help but think of the Association’s Tower Master, who had a convenient mentor-student relationship with her. At the reminder of the little butterfly monster, her heart suddenly skipped a beat, and even her hands started trembling.

“Sister Long, whose card are you going to draw this time?”

“Don’t bother me! I’m thinking!” The true dragon of China at this time glared fiercely… her hands trembling slightly—she couldn’t help but ask herself what had happened.

The bright living room’s scene was like this.

The girl Mina still wore her nightdress.

But beside her was a neatly folded piece of underwear—indeed, the girl Mina had already used her immunity twice and chose to remove her clothes to cancel an order… But who knew why she started with the underwear?

Boss Luo only took off his jacket and played a staring game with the little butterfly monster without blinking for a minute—the maid was unscathed, always in a safe position… her number of times as King was astounding.

Luo Pianqian had already stripped as much as she could.

At this moment, she could only cover her chest with her hand… obviously unable to conceal it, yet she still wore a broad smile—since she could strip no more and all her immunity was used, if commanded again, she’d have to choose between painting her face with unremovable words or performing tasks.

Similarly, the true dragon of China could only cover her chest with her hands… but unlike the little butterfly monster’s fair face, the true dragon’s face was already unrecognizable.

Such as “What have you done all these years?” “Why are you still single?” “You’ve really tried hard!” “Are all good men gone?” “Don’t look at my face, please!” “I’m really despairing, but what can I do!” “Can’t win, can’t win, can’t win” … all from the hand of the maid.

However, because it was written in cursive, she unexpectedly didn’t look like a clown, and even those who didn’t understand foreign scripts seemed to admire a certain unique beauty… Long Xiruo felt that this must be a misconception of hers.

Her hands still trembled… so, what exactly happened?

Long Xiruo couldn’t help but fall into reminiscence.

Clearly, the second game started with her as the King, thinking she could reclaim her honor, but unexpectedly, her “King” was snatched at the first draw.

Something didn’t feel right somewhere.

From that time on, luck seemed to abandon this true dragon of China as it drifted farther away… inevitably becoming one of those commanded to perform tasks in each game… and was required to do many strange things.

Ms. Long, your dance was really beautiful, I seemed to have missed some parts, could you please dance again… By the way, have you ever heard of nude art?

Everyone’s shoulders seem really tired… Why don’t you help give a little massage, Ms. Long?

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Please answer, even a true dragon has physiological needs?

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Oh dear… is it Ms. Long again this time? I’m really embarrassed for you… What are the conditions to become a true dragon?

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Why is it Ms. Long again… It seems you cannot take off any more clothes, what a trouble? How about doing three slow-motion backflips instead… Still too difficult? Choosing a punishment is also alright then.

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Please answer, for the one you love, would you be willing to give everything… from body to soul?

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Ms. Long… How about you tell us a joke this time? It doesn’t matter if it’s not funny.

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Ah, Ms. Long… by the way, what’s your childbirth method?

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Who am I, where am I, what am I doing…

After the three philosophical questions, reality remains reality. Looking at the four cards in hand, the numbers from 2 to 5 are all collected. Imagining the probability of drawing an ace seems infinite… Wait, the true dragon of China is intensely staring at the table where the cards have already been thrown.

A… they’ve all been thrown!

Looking around.

She couldn’t see anything from the face of the scheming maid – this scheming maid’s disguise is truly at a cheat level… PASS, the fact is, all those losses in so many rounds were because of inexplicably competing with this scheming maid!

The merchant… luck has been consistently good, although not once being the “King,” the number of times chosen to execute orders is surprisingly few.

Currently, the merchant still has three cards… but it’s hard to see anything from the merchant’s expression.

Moreover, with her current appearance, it’s really impossible to stare at the merchant’s expression for more than a second… just feeling like meeting eyes in an instant, with the current ugly state… pass!

Who am I, where am I, what am I doing…

Calm down, Long Xiruo… you can do this – after multiple failures, you’ve gathered enough experience. She took a deep breath.

The only revealed card at the moment is in the hands of Mina, the girl. Unfortunately, that revealed card isn’t the one she needs… and the girl also has four cards; the chance of drawing the “King” card is really low.

Only Luo Pianqian is left… holding only one card in her hand, she is currently watching everyone nervously – nervous?

What is she nervous about… one card is relatively safe. After drawing this round, the “King” will officially appear and start giving orders.

Clearly, this Zhongshan Butterfly didn’t mind executing strange orders… why is she nervous!

So!

The “King” card!

The true dragon of China suddenly stared at Luo Pianqian next to her… and saw the little butterfly monster subconsciously swallowing!

So easy to see through – seeing the little butterfly monster’s state at this moment, the true dragon of China suddenly felt an epiphany-like sensation – why!

Why ignore this key to victory – clearly being fooled so many times by that scheming maid relying on the stupid butterfly!

Clearly, this one is the easiest to see through!

Watching the expression still tense on the little butterfly monster, the true dragon of China suddenly felt that the opponent became adorable.

Luo Pianqian’s image infinitely magnified before her… just like an angel opening its arms!

Pianqian…

Already touched, calling out the name of the simple yet diligent little creature who somehow started living in the hospital she worked at, the true dragon of China felt like she saw the Immortal Realm.

She climbed onto the colorful clouds, pounced into the grand embrace… reached out her hand like picking the fruits of hope.

Held it in her hand.

Flipped it open.

— Spade 5.

“!!!!” The true dragon of China looked utterly incredulous, her voice trembling: “You… how… how could, could be?”

— Not the “King” card, what are you tensed about!

The little butterfly monster hurriedly didn’t mind saying in front of everyone: “Can we hurry this time? I want to go to the bathroom! I drank too much honey tea earlier!”

Hmm…

Alright, after returning, can expel this Zhongshan Butterfly from home, don’t want it anymore, throw it away, throw it away…away.

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“Wow, still the ‘King’ this time.”

The maid revealed the Spade King with a surprised look, then began scanning her gaze across everyone.

“Then, please hold the Diamond 3 and Heart 2… stand up first.”

As the words fell, Boss Luo smiled and stood up… revealing a Heart 2 in hand. Seeing Boss Luo standing up this time, the maid blinked.

Using abilities is prohibited in the game— The master never used them, nor did she naturally… Even still, each time orders were given as “King,” the calculations and considerations were present.

Abilities can’t be used… but memory and analytical abilities aren’t prohibited.

But this time, accidentally appointing her master was quite unexpected… Considering the probability kind of thing, the maid suddenly gave a mysterious smile.

At the same time, the true dragon of China, with a face ashen, flipped open her Diamond 3, reluctantly and cumbersomely stood up… one hand shielding her chest, one hand hanging down towards her lower abdomen, slightly lowered head… done playing, maybe off everyone here… or not?

Who am I, where am I, what am I doing…

Boss Luo casually chuckled, “There are times when luck isn’t good… what’s the order this time, Your Majesty the ‘Queen’?”

“Let me think…” The maid chuckled softly, then stood up and walked toward the true dragon of China.

She encircled around her from behind… raising the hackles all over the true dragon’s body. She bit her lips, “If you’re going to give orders, hurry up! Don’t dawdle! Or you can ask me to write some more!”

“Seems like you’ve written enough already… Miss Long.”

The maid gently called, suddenly close to her back, whispering something in her ear, “I wonder if my master would prefer women with short hair and no leg hair.”

Nobody could hear what she said… at least, without using abilities to specifically eavesdrop.

“What did you say…” The true dragon looked over in shock.

But the maid had already stepped aside, chuckling, “This time Miss Long has completed the order, how wonderful!”

“You…” The true dragon instinctively frowned, wondering what trick this heartless maid was playing – does whether the merchant likes short hair and hairless legs matter to me?!

The maid then walked to Boss Luo, chuckling softly: “Please stay still for three seconds.”

Boss Luo blinked… nodded.

The maid promptly tiptoed, lightly kissed Boss Luo’s lips like a dragonfly.

Three seconds felt like several moments, yet enough to utterly shock everyone… the little butterfly monster gasped, quickly covering her mouth with both hands.

Mina the girl frowned.

The true dragon of China widened her eyes.

Kissed… kissed…?

Just kissed?

Why so smoothly… have kissed many times?

Happening often?

Kiss…

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Three seconds later, the maid looked into Boss Luo’s eyes, softly saying, “You really followed the order well then…”

Boss Luo curiously responded: “Didn’t we say not to touch the other’s body?”

“Couldn’t resist for a moment.” The maid chuckled softly: “…then I’ll punish myself; after all, still wearing clothes and immunity not yet used, can be a bit selfish, it seems.”

Saying that, the maid took two steps back, slowly removed her jacket… then something fell from her.

A beast hide journal wrapped with a handkerchief tied in a bow.

The maid casually picked up the journal, put it aside, looking at everyone said: “Alright, let’s continue the game then… Who’s dealing next?”

Mina the girl suddenly said: “Didn’t she say she needed the bathroom? Maybe pause for a bit? It’s impolite to expect a girl to hold it!”

“Makes sense.” The maid smiled and nodded, then took her removed jacket, walked to the little butterfly monster, draped it over her, “Ms. Pianqian, I’ll accompany you, I also need to touch up my makeup.”

“Okay!”

Watching the two leave the living room, glancing at the quiet, seemingly introverted “Aunt” sitting on the chair, Mina the girl stood up, stretched tired limbs, giggled, “Hmm, let’s take a halftime break!”

Her gaze subtly swept over the… beast hide journal lying on the table.