Trafford's Trading Club

Chapter 1510: Chapter 237: Do You Want 500 Wishes or Not

“So, insignificant human… what is your answer?” The red giant bent down, its enormous head towering as tall as a person… Fortunately, there seemed to be no breath, “Whatever wish you have can be granted! Wealth, power, status… immortality!”

Luo Qiu couldn’t help but take a half step back… not because this red giant appeared to be male, but because he wasn’t accustomed to being too close to others — it was a matter of personal space.

“Here’s a suggestion for you.” Luo Qiu pondered for a moment before finally speaking up: “If you’re a genie meant to fulfill wishes, your introduction could be a bit more tactful… if your customer service was better, it would immediately boost the customer’s purchase desire—of course, you could interpret purchase desire as the desire to make a wish… So, how should I address you? Mr. Giant, or… Lamp God?”

“The Great Lamp God!” The red giant glared with anger, “With my mighty power… I have no need to show courtesy to you ignorant creatures who beg because of greed! Don’t even try to get close to me, hoping I’d be inclined to do anything for you… The last guy who did that, I crushed into dust! You just need to make your wish obediently!”

“Hmm…” Boss Luo curiously examined the red giant, then fell into deep thought… He had read stories of genies coming out of lamps when he was a child, so he had always been curious about one thing, “Why are you so determined to fulfill the wishes of those who summon you?”

“I won’t tell you anything about myself!” The red giant sneered a few times, “Unless you use another method! For example… make your first wish!”

“Oh… alright.” Boss Luo nodded, “Then I’ll use this first wish… why are you so determined to fulfill the summoner’s wish?”

The red giant froze instantly, its enormous eyes further widening… that enormous body, capable of almost bursting the room, suddenly shrank… into the size of a normal human.

It frowned and said, “Are you really going to use your first wish just like that?”

Luo Qiu casually said, “I don’t really need anything urgently… solving an old curiosity is actually not bad. Besides, for me, it’s almost like getting it for free.”

“This is what you said.” The red giant suspiciously observed this summoner but still couldn’t make anything out of it, “You better not regret it… once you use up your wish, it won’t come back, each summoner only has three chances!”

“I’m listening.” Boss Luo smiled and said.

The red giant furrowed its brows, but after a moment’s silence, it spoke slowly, “I need to fulfill a thousand wishes for those who summon me before I can leave this oil lamp!”

“Hmm?” Boss Luo opened his mouth in surprise, this seemed different from the story he knew, and he couldn’t help but curiously ask, “You have to complete a thousand wishes? What if someone wished for your freedom?”

The red giant said impatiently, “Even if there were someone willing to sacrifice themselves for another, that wish can’t be fulfilled… because that’s one of the unattainable wishes!”

“What wishes can’t be achieved?”

“Freeing me… or wishing for more wishes, or wishing for a power like mine, are not allowed!” The red giant snorted coldly, “Other than that, no… Alright, you’ve already used your first wish, hurry and make the remaining two wishes so that I can wait for the next eligible person… Hmph, such a long time has passed, and only one eligible person has been able to summon me! What the heck is that person doing!”

“That person?” Boss Luo blinked curiously again.

The red giant continued to sneer, “Your second wish!”

Luo Qiu nodded, simply saying, “Alright, go ahead.”

This time, the red giant was stunned for an even longer time, then with a more suspicious look, it hesitated and asked, “Are you sure you want to use your second wish just like that, without considering anything else? I told you, you can’t regret your wishes once they’ve been granted!”

“Simple and easy wishes, isn’t that better for you?” Luo Qiu smiled and said, “A thousand wishes, easily fulfilling two of them without even needing to use any power.”

“Idiot.” The red giant shook its head, “The last guy, after making the third wish, was still not satisfied. I had already seen through his greedy nature… oh, he was an honest guy before he got the Magic Lamp, but unfortunately, he changed in the end. However, that didn’t matter anymore… anyway, I told that guy, if he wanted to fulfill more wishes, to find others who were eligible to summon me!”

“Hmm…” Boss Luo thought for a moment, “If that’s the case, then the so-called rituals described on the murals of this pyramid, can it be assumed, were done by the king of that time to find eligible people, hence sending people here… it’s just unfortunate that they never found someone suitable to make it here. So… was the king of The Seventh Dynasty the last person you served? Oh… does this question require a third wish to answer? If so, then go ahead and use it.”

The red giant was completely stunned, looking at the summoner in disbelief… it even wanted to pat the summoner’s head, to see if this guy was truly an idiot—because if he wasn’t, who would waste three wishes just to know such trivial matters?

Slam—!

The red giant suddenly slapped its head, an excited look appearing on its face, “I can’t believe it! Why didn’t I think of it! Where on the mainland can one find so many pure-hearted and innocent guys—the answer is fools! Even if not all fools, a fool’s chances of success are definitely higher than a normal person’s! My goodness! Why didn’t I think of this before!”

Not sure if this red giant… the Lamp God misunderstood something, Boss Luo reminded, “Mr. Lamp God, you haven’t answered my question yet.”

“Oh, I’m sorry… seeing you being so straightforward, I’ll tell you about the last wisher for free! No need to thank me!”

The red giant’s attitude suddenly improved, “That’s right, the last person made three wishes to me, namely to become king. This guy was quite clever, once he became king, he got power, wealth, status, beautiful women, basically combining several wishes into one. Then he made his second wish, hoping to achieve immortality, so I gave him a life span of five thousand years. Later, he made his third wish, hoping his empress could also receive immortality just like him.”

The red giant paused, then sneered, “Later, the empress died… immortality doesn’t mean undying. So when he wanted to make a fourth wish to resurrect his empress, he could only seek a new eligible person! How is it that the person who led you here didn’t tell you these things?”

Boss Luo just shook his head.

“Forget it!” The red giant thought for a moment and said, “After all, so many years have passed, that guy might have already died at someone else’s hands… But no problem! Human, do you want more chances to fulfill your wishes! Let me tell you, I still have nearly five hundred wishes that need to be fulfilled, and if you do as I teach you, you’ll easily get these five hundred wishes!”

This Lamp God, isn’t this development different from the stories he heard when he was a child?

“…What kind of method?”

The red giant said excitedly, “You find more people like yourself who are pure… oh, I mean, find those who are naturally fools, let them pass the test, get me, and have the fool make wishes for you! This way, you only need to find about a hundred fools to get five hundred wishes! How about it, isn’t that simple! Don’t be afraid that this issue is hard to solve! Don’t you still have the third wish? You just need to wish to become a king, and you will have enough power and wealth to accomplish this thing! After that, you can wish for immortality, wish for your lover’s immortality, wish for more more! Five hundred wishes! Think carefully, you could get the whole world!”

But Boss Luo shook his head, and in the dumbfounded gaze of the red giant, he placed the Magic Lamp back on the original pedestal and shook his head, “Sorry, I really don’t have any wishes I want to fulfill right now… So, I might not be able to help you… Let’s let the next qualified person fulfill this plan for you, Mr. Lamp God.”

He really put it back… really put it back! And when putting it back it was a bit skewed, Boss Luo even seriously adjusted it!

The red giant’s jaw almost dropped, incredulously saying, “You’re not crazy? Do you want the five hundred wishes or not? Do you want them? Come back… Wait, wait, don’t leave, you still haven’t made your third wish… you still have a third wish!”

Boss Luo said, “Actually, I intended to use the third wish to ask a question, but… you seem quite generous, so most of what I wanted to know I already know now.”

“You…” The red giant suddenly got excited, “You can’t just leave like this! I’ve waited so many years, so many years! At least, make your third wish!!”

Luo Qiu said calmly, “Since you’ve already figured out how to quickly complete a thousand wishes, then wait for the next qualified person to come. I think the next one will be very interested in your suggestion… Moreover, maybe the next one will be here very soon.”

The red giant looked at the back of this summoner… this new lord who was about to leave, suddenly panicked and rushed blindly forward — only, its body seemed unable to leave the Magic Lamp for too long a distance. Right at the entrance of the passage, black chains appeared on its body, tightly holding it.

“Anything is possible! You just need to make any wish! Don’t leave…” The red giant was now nowhere near the imposing figure from the beginning, its anxious expression was like a person waiting for the restroom with a stomachache, “Wait, I’ll tell you! I’ll tell you… listen carefully! If I don’t fulfill your wish, the next person won’t be able to summon me at all!”

It was urgent, from the deepest inner need… madly impacting the mechanism of some deal.

Boss Luo suddenly stopped, slowly turned around, looked the other side up and down, then calmly said, “Mr. Lamp God, you… want me to make a wish to you, right?”

“That’s right!” The red giant saw there was a turnaround and nodded quickly, saying hastily, “But I suggest you make a practical wish, ideally becoming a king or something… After all, this method was thought out by you, so I’m happy that the person with five hundred wishes is you!”

“I understand…” Luo Qiu nodded, “Then…”

Boss Luo waved his hand, silently, around the red giant, a series of flower-patterned cards began to float… these cards, with patterns, slowly revolving around the red giant.

The red giant looked at these things in confusion.

Just heard Luo Qiu say softly, “Then… please, Mr. Lamp God, pick one from these cards, as compensation for letting me make a wish to you.”

The red giant looked at Boss Luo foolishly.

At this moment, Boss Luo said respectfully, “This shop… at your service, respected Mr. Lamp God.”

Eh?

“Wha-what is this?” The red giant instinctively opened its mouth, “You… what are you doing?”

“The place where I work, perhaps…” Boss Luo said with a smile, “is also like Mr. Lamp God, exists to help others fulfill their needs. However, it’s paid for.”

The red giant… the red Lamp God instinctively slapped its cheeks, making a very clear smack sound.

…

Smack—!!

“Too much! Too much!” It couldn’t help but roar madly, “This is outrageous! Outrageous! How could there be such logic! Now I’m fulfilling wishes for you, why do I still have to pay a price to fulfill your wish? It’s me! It’s me!! It’s me!!”

Its body suddenly swelled up, as if to completely fill this room, angry voices echoed in the room, the rush of air from its roar like a strong wind… even shook the entire giant pyramid buried underground!

“Human! As the Lamp God to fulfill your wishes…” The red Lamp God now had roaring flames rising, “I… also have dignity!!”

Then the black chains came out of the Magic Lamp, instantly tightened, squeezed its swelling body back bit by bit.

The dignity of the red Lamp God was instantly gone…