Trafford's Trading Club

Chapter 1525: Chapter 252: Divine Artifact… Handgun

“Monster… What monster?” Upon hearing this, Mr. Otto suddenly became interested and directly pursued the question. Perhaps because he was too familiar with Aria’s personality, he directly tossed a few coins upon seeing this identical Yiben.

Aria loved these things… Clearly, the Yiben in front of him was quite similar.

He caught the coins Mr. Otto tossed and chuckled, saying without thinking, “In the desert outside Sun City, there are many gigantic beasts living there! These monsters are enormous, even as cubs, they’re bigger than the strongest male lions! It’s said that adult monsters have the ability to climb over city walls! They live around the desert, and any who try to pass through become their food, so no one has ever walked out of this desert, nor has anyone from outside entered. In all my life, it’s the first time I’ve seen someone from outside… What’s the outside like?”

Hearing this, Mr. Otto frowned and said, “By your description, if only ten or so adult monsters came, I’m afraid this city wall wouldn’t stand a chance… How have you survived all these years?”

Yiben said, “Because there is the protection of the Sun God here, those monsters simply can’t get in! Only on the longest night of each year, when the power of the Sun God is weakest, do those monsters invade. But each time, they’re repelled!”

Claudia was already bewildered hearing this… She suddenly realized she might have crossed from a normal plane into a strange one… Monsters? Sun God’s power?

But Yiben continued, “I remember the elders saying, when the longest night arrived, there was enormous damage here, with countless casualties. It wasn’t until the last ten years that life got better. Ten years ago, Princess Yamanlana, only ten years old, led troops to eliminate the monsters outside! It was quite an effective method! Through this sweeping, it effectively reduced the number of monster riots on the longest night. Today, every monster invasion on the longest night is easily dealt with, giving rise to our prosperous kingdom! That’s why Princess Yamanlana’s prestige in the kingdom rivals, or even surpasses, King Pharaoh!”

Claudia disdainfully said, “Since the princess is so important, you had the nerve to kidnap her?”

Aria shrugged, “As long as sweeping expeditions continue, the number of monsters can be effectively reduced, so it doesn’t matter whether it’s the princess leading or not, right? This way, with or without the princess, it’s not that important anymore… Haha, maybe our King Pharaoh really hopes someone would steal the princess away!”

“Nonsense! What father would wish for his daughter to be stolen away?” Claudia’s eyes widened angrily.

Perhaps because Claudia was too much like Princess Yamanlana, when angry, it reminded Yiben of some bad things, causing him to gulp nervously and stumble, “I… I’m not speaking nonsense… Otherwise, the King Pharaoh wouldn’t be in such a rush to hold a banquet and choose a consort for the princess…”

“Choose a consort? When did this happen?” Claudia instinctively asked—she suddenly felt a tightness in her heart.

“It’s tonight!”

At this moment, Yiben chuckled, “Princess Yamanlana just returned triumphantly from sweeping the monsters, and the King Pharaoh ordered a feast for the entire city and invited all the young talents to the palace banquet, to find a suitable husband for the princess! Everyone in the city knows it… Haha! I plan to sneak into the palace tonight! Maybe I can win the princess’s heart and become the Consort Prince!”

The thought of Princess Yamanlana pairing with Yiben made Claudia see a vision of Aria holding her and trying to do something weird, causing her to jump up in anger and point at Yiben, “You’re dreaming! Go to hell! You jerk!”

“I’m not trying to marry you!” Yiben said disdainfully, “Looking closely, you’re so much worse than Princess Yamanlana, even if you look identical, your temperament can’t compare… Tsk tsk!”

Claudia sneered and pulled out a gun from her backpack, aimed at Aria… Yiben didn’t hesitate to pull the trigger, “Don’t stop me, I won’t kill this guy! But if I don’t scare him, he won’t know how to behave!”

Yiben quickly hid, screaming, “Don’t be impulsive! Don’t be impulsive! I meant the princess’s temperament can’t be compared to yours! You’re more like the princess… You’re the princess! I understand now, you truly are Princess Yamanlana! Divine Artifact! Only Princess Yamanlana could possess such wonder… I was wrong, I was wrong! I’ve seen it before! Damn it, why didn’t I think of it! Divine Artifact… I shouldn’t have said those things! Your Highness, have mercy!”

Yiben knelt on the ground, weeping and wailing, which made Claudia feel a bit embarrassed. She instinctively lowered the gun, “What did you say… Divine Artifact? What Divine Artifact?”

Yiben sobbed, “Princess, please stop joking… Everyone under the Sun God knows only you can use the Divine Artifact! The Divine Artifact personally bestowed by the Sun above you!”

“Divine Artifact…” Claudia unconsciously raised the gun in her hand, hesitantly saying, “You mean… this gun?”

Yiben quickly nodded, frantically hinting at Claudia to put the Divine Artifact down and not aim it at him.

“What is going on…” Claudia couldn’t help but look towards Luo Qiu and Mr. Otto.

Boss Luo pondered and said, “It seems to learn more, we might need to meet Princess Yamanlana ourselves.”

“Indeed… maybe we can find clues to leave here.” Mr. Otto nodded.

“Meet… how to meet?” Claudia frowned.

Then she saw Boss Luo and Mr. Otto simultaneously looking at the kneeling, pleading Yiben… Claudia was stunned, as a light bulb went off in her head, and she had a bad feeling, “You’re not thinking about?”

Boss Luo slowly approached, smiling, “It’s my first time doing something like this too, it might be quite an experience… Miss Claudia, sorry for the trouble.”

“No… don’t, don’t come over… I, I’ll do it myself!”

She couldn’t help but let out a shrill scream.

…

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A gigantic bath, steam swirling.

The stunningly figured Princess Yamanlana walked slowly along the edge of the bath, water droplets sliding down her smooth back to those upturned hips… She had finished rinsing, the warm water had washed away her fatigue.

She walked slowly to the table where her clothes were placed, instead of taking new clothes, she picked up something else—a metallic weapon placed on top of her clothes, pressing them down.

A gun… a black handgun.

Princess Yamanlana swiftly grabbed the gun, then turned abruptly, striking a shooting pose with remarkable precision—she gently pulled the trigger, and the black handgun clicked.

Empty gun.

Princess Yamanlana quietly re-sheathed the gun, first wearing the holster, then slipping the gun into it before dressing in new clothes.

At this moment, the maid brought the armor that Princess Yamanlana had ordered before her bath—this is the armor the Princess wears every time she goes on an expedition. Returning from the recent campaign, it was already stained with blood, but now it was obviously polished clean.

Princess Yamanlana, dressed in armor with the help of her maid, asked indifferently, “How is the banquet preparation going?”

The maid hurriedly replied, “It’s almost ready, many ministers have even brought their offspring early, and they are now arranged to rest in the outer palace. Princess, do you plan to first observe these young talents before the start?”

“No need.” Princess Yamanlana said indifferently, “I want to first visit the Temple.”

“The Temple? Now?” The maid couldn’t help but be greatly shocked, “But the banquet?”

“I will attend after the banquet starts.” Princess Yamanlana waved her hand, “Anyway, before the banquet begins, Father has already surely made up his mind about the candidates, hasn’t he?”

“But…” The maid seemed to hesitate about something, “But to enter the Temple, aside from the time of worship, ordinarily requires the King’s permit…”

“As long as you don’t tell, who would know?” Princess Yamanlana looked at her maid, then suddenly smiled and said, “You’ll keep my secret, won’t you?”

“Of course…” The maid quickly lowered her head, not daring to meet Princess Yamanlana’s eyes directly, “I am completely loyal to the Princess!”

“That’s good.”

Afterward, the maid only heard the footsteps of Princess Yamanlana leaving, until the Princess completely walked away and she dared to look up, already drenched in cold sweat.

Many times, she even felt the gaze of the Princess was far more terrifying than the King Pharaoh in his rage.

Having led troops to sweep away monsters since the age of ten, who knows how many monsters have perished at the hands of this Royal Kingdom’s Princess over the last ten years. The natural murderous aura she exudes…ordinary people simply cannot withstand it.

Nonetheless, after hesitating for a moment, the maid finally gritted her teeth and promptly left the bath, heading towards the King Pharaoh’s palace.

But she had barely stepped out of the bath when her body instantly fell to the ground—a sound rang out before she fell.

A gunshot.

The maid lying on the ground had a hole on her forehead about the size of a pinky finger—but hardly any blood flowed out. Instead, from the position of the wound, the maid’s face suddenly cracked open.

The cracks began to spread across her whole body… In the blink of an eye, the maid’s body completely disintegrated, turning into a pile of sand on the ground.

From afar, Princess Yamanlana turned without a glance… As she turned, her cloak fluttered.

…

“I think, aren’t we being a bit too reckless… what if we’re discovered?”

Claudia at this moment felt her legs were somewhat weak—not the kind of softness felt when the inside of one’s thighs are being fondled, but a softness that made stepping difficult, her legs quivering.

“So… are you really Princess Yamanlana?”

Yiben at this moment also felt his legs were somewhat weak—not the kind of soft feeling from being prodded from behind with someone’s stiff thing, but a trembling, fearful softness.

“We’ve already successfully gotten in.” Mr. Otto remarked nonchalantly—he was wearing the attire of a palace guard.

Including Yiben, Boss Luo was also dressed as a guard—these outfits were obtained by Mr. Otto after going out.

Who knows how he got them? It feels as though he has come to this City of the Sun, as a fish in the sea, able to handle anything with ease.

“Saying that is fine…” Claudia still had some reluctance—thinking back to entering through the palace gates and almost exposing themselves in the eyes of the gate-soldiers, her heart was still pounding wildly.

“Remember, you are now Princess Yamanlana, your gaze, your words, can determine the life and death of these soldiers and servants.” Mr. Otto said calmly, “So you don’t need to fear anything here… it is they who fear you.”

“Why do I feel when you do these things, you seem very skilled?” Claudia couldn’t help but frown.

Mr. Otto brushed it off with a smile.

Now the sun had already slanted westward, the sky turning yellowish, the sun about to disappear, and the palace evening banquet was in the countdown stage of its preparations.

Perhaps because the evening was a celebration, the whole palace’s servants were busy… the guards lacked the anticipated rigor.

Actually, the palace’s guards were not rigorous at all—perhaps because the Kingdom has always only been threatened by monsters from the desert, while within the Kingdom, aside from petty thieves, it has always been as peaceful as Heaven.

“We managed to infiltrate the palace, so now the question is…” Claudia gravely looked at the man before her, “Do any of you know how we can find Princess Yamanlana?”

Yiben expressed he didn’t know, and furthermore crazily hinted to everyone, wondering if since they’ve infiltrated, could he leave, promising he won’t snitch.

Mr. Otto was more direct… directly knocking out Yiben onto the ground and stripping off Yiben’s clothes, hiding him inside a large jar, then said calmly: “We don’t need to find her, just wait for her to find us… Since this banquet is held for the Princess, we just need to go to the banquet hall.”

Boss Luo then indicated: Looks like there’s still some time until the banquet, can he take a walk around?

“Walk your head off! Don’t wander around!” Claudia immediately put her hands on her hips, speaking fiercely, resembling… um, a very intimidating posture.