Trafford's Trading Club

Chapter 1555: Chapter 282: Two Suns

Yiben instinctively squeezed his legs together, not knowing why he felt a hint of sympathy when looking at Xie Jiatu—yet, sympathy aside, he quickly surveyed his surroundings, and eventually picked up a stone from the ground.

For self-defense.

“And then?” Guardian Otto shook his head at this time, clearly indicating that more events followed, and the conversation shouldn’t end here.

Xie Jiatu shook his head, looking somewhat regretful as he said, “At first, I didn’t know what was on the Scales Tray… My first reaction was just to pick up the item from the tray—the one on the right. Thinking back now, if I had first picked the item on the left, perhaps the City of the Sun would look very different now.”

Guardian Otto frowned, a thought occurred to him, “The right one belongs to Seth… Hmm, the left one is Horus’s eye. So you’re saying, whether it’s Seth’s relic or Horus’s left eye, both are imbued with their respective wills?”

“Yes.” Xie Jiatu nodded.

Guardian Otto frowned again, “Then why does the left eye appear on the Pharaoh’s body?”

Xie Jiatu paused for a moment, then slowly said, “I… at least another version of me wanted to replicate Horus’s power, that’s why the Pharaoh was created and implanted with this left eye.”

Guardian Otto suddenly sneered, “I’m afraid it’s not just that, right? This kingdom’s Pharaoh fell in love with the previous Holy Maiden of the Temple and then had the current Princess… That was your real goal, wasn’t it?”

The Princess beside them narrowed her eyes and met Xie Jiatu’s gaze unexpectedly. She asked sternly, “Is it true?”

Looking at her, Xie Jiatu eventually sighed, “The initial idea was to create a complete Vessel to contain the Balance’s power. Whether it’s Seth or Horus, both are incomplete, merely weights on the Balance, far from being a Vessel… not sufficient…”

“From the start, every living person in the City of the Sun was just a puppet orchestrated by you.” The Princess chuckled bitterly, “Even I… have lived in your false affections all these years… The kingdom’s most intelligent princess, how truly ironic it seems now.”

“It’s not ironic…” Xie Jiatu looked at her, his voice softening, “Your life is complete… Before this, the City of the Sun had gone through many cycles of reincarnation. People here have died repeatedly by the monster’s invasion and resurrected repeatedly, restarting everything from the beginning to select the final materials for the secret chamber. But you… only you, were born authentically in this last cycle of reincarnation, truly born in the City of the Sun, the genuine child of the sun.”

The Princess snorted coldly.

Guardian Otto said, “You seem eager to reveal the truth to us… Aren’t you afraid we’ll kill you right now?”

Xie Jiatu replied calmly, “Perhaps soon, it will emerge again. Over the years, my moments of waking consciousness have become rarer… the things I can leave behind diminish. If possible, I wish for peace. I’m too tired… wandering for over six hundred years, I just want to find a place to rest. Longevity doesn’t hold the promised beauty… After witnessing the world’s glamour, you realize no one stays by your side permanently…”

“What’s wrong with eternal life? I think about it every day.”

It was Yiben who said this, murmuring softly.

But the place was quiet enough that his murmuring could be heard—Guardian Otto glanced at him expressionlessly, and Xie Jiatu also casually glanced at him.

“Consider me tired of living.” Xie Jiatu managed a slight smile, yet his demeanor was fallen, lonely, somber, followed by self-mockery, “Perhaps, when true death arrives, I will regret… after all, that’s human nature. You had better act fast; I sense it’s about to awaken… very soon.”

Guardian Otto’s eyes tightened, gently lifting the Black Blade he held.

The Princess hurriedly stepped forward, “Wait… where is my true body?”

Xie Jiatu looked at the Princess but couldn’t help asking, “Do you wish to exist as Claudia or as Yamanlana?”

Without hesitation, the Princess declared, “I am the Princess of the City of the Sun.”

Xie Jiatu gave her a deep look, then softly said, “Below… underneath here, there’s another secret chamber. Listen, inside are two rooms, you can only open the one on the left, never the one on the right. This is my last advice as a father to you… my Princess.”

So, guided by Xie Jiatu’s hint, Guardian Otto found the mechanism to open the secret chamber below… and smoothly learned from Xie Jiatu how to leave the City of the Sun.

Xie Jiatu then slowly closed his eyes, placing the Balance aside, lying flat, with arms crossed over his chest, “Finally, bring me death… don’t hesitate, I think you shouldn’t have a second bomb, right?”

Guardian Otto stepped forward with the blade—if it was to do anything else, he might hesitate, but if it was just to kill someone… there’s no need to hesitate about killing someone.

Eliminating potential threats requires no further thought.

“Wait!” But the Princess suddenly raised her hand to stop Guardian Otto.

Otto frowned.

The Princess coolly stated, “Even if his life must end, I prefer it be through my hands, not those of a stranger such as yourself.”

He stared into the Princess’s eyes until seeing the stubbornness in them, then nodded, stepping back, “Be quick about it; I trust you don’t need me to teach you the quickest way to kill someone… the valiant Princess.”

Taking a deep breath, the Princess said, “I’ll remember this moment, despite the circumstances forcing me, but I’ll remember you… remember the one who pushed me to kill my foster father with my own hands… This humiliation will accompany my life forever, until—I kill you.”

“I only want to leave this place.” Guardian Otto said calmly, “Feel free to seek revenge… if that becomes one of your motivations to survive going forward, I’m happy to oblige.”

The Princess turned angrily, slowly moving to Xie Jiatu’s side, crouching, and gently pressed the gun to his forehead.

She stroked his cheek, leaned closer, and whispered, “Do you have any last words you want to say to me?”

Xie Jiatu didn’t open his eyes, quietly waiting for death, seemingly without attachment.

The Princess gritted her teeth at this moment, pulled the trigger… In the last chamber, as the loud gunfire rang out, the Princess stood up abruptly, turning her back to Otto and Yiben, silently shedding a tear.

Otto took a couple of steps forward, glanced at Xie Jiatu at this moment… the bullet undoubtedly pierced Xie Jiatu’s forehead, and a finger-sized hole slowly oozed blood.

Afterwards, the Princess met his gaze with no expression… then slowly approached the entrance leading to the lower secret chamber—suddenly, she stopped, and the loud gunfire rang out again.

Yiben was taken aback, only to see the confused and dazed figure not far away suddenly collapse to the ground!

A finger-sized hole was glaring at the right side of her forehead.

The Princess was the one who fired the shot… yet she didn’t look back, simply raised her hand with the shot before entering the underground chamber without a glance.

“Daring to kill even oneself…” Yiben couldn’t help but wipe a cold sweat, “Princess Yamanlana is really ruthless!”

Mr. Otto said nothing, he once again lifted The Scale of Good and Evil with the Black Blade… then, following Xie Jiatu’s final guidance, moved to a corner in the last chamber.

He fumbled along the wall and finally pressed something, instantly revealing a basin-sized groove… the groove was shaped like the Balance.

Mr. Otto examined this groove, suddenly turned around, glanced at the slain Xie Jiatu by the Princess, pondering silently.

“Oh! Sir, what are you still waiting for?” Yiben hurriedly came forward at this moment: “Why not open the passage?”

Mr. Otto didn’t speak, nor did he pay any attention to Yiben. After waiting for a while, he suddenly said, “It hasn’t turned into sand.”

“What did you say?” Yiben was startled.

Mr. Otto said calmly, “I said this High Priest hasn’t turned into sand yet, so it must be him.”

Only then did Yiben’s eyes widen—based on their experiences so far, people here basically turned into sand shortly after death… But after Xie Jiatu’s head was struck and he died, his body remained and didn’t turn into sand, and it was still warm.

“Oh! Sir, you’re truly a person more cautious than a viper!” Yiben said excitedly: “Believe me, this is a compliment to you!”

Mr. Otto glared at this guy who spoke out of turn, then directly inserted the Balance into the wall groove—but just at this moment, Yiben couldn’t help but cry out in surprise.

“Wait, sir! This Princess hasn’t turned into sand either!”

Guardian Otto’s eyes narrowed, and he instantly reached out to pry the Balance from the groove, but didn’t expect that once it was in, the Balance rooted itself as if it had taken root, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t remove it…

At the same time, in the final chamber, slight tremors began to appear!

Mr. Otto couldn’t help but retreat slowly. He looked around at the final chamber, watching the dust beginning to fall from the walls, and suddenly shouted loudly, “Go! It’s going to collapse here!”

Saying this, Mr. Otto bolted out the door instantly—he was confident Yiben could keep up—this guy had always been excellent at fleeing for his life.

Sure enough, after a shiver, Yiben quickly ran… but at this moment, something caught his foot… he couldn’t help but look back.

“This is…”

A hand had grabbed his foot at that moment.

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The passage leading from the last secret chamber to the underground chamber was longer than imagined… Princess was groping her way forward in the dark, never seeing the end.

It was a spiraling staircase descending downward—she had never been to this place before, even though she had gone through the last secret chamber more than once to reach the outside world.

The Princess took a deep breath, her eyes were actually lifeless… her hands hung low, as if subconsciously walking forward, not knowing where the destination was.

She didn’t know how far she had walked.

Perhaps she had gone ten meters, twenty meters… thirty meters deep underground—even deeper.

Suddenly, she heard the sound of water—the Princess recalled that her mother had told her in childhood that the water used by the citizens of the City of the Sun came from the underground river.

There was an underground water source, a hidden river, which was something the Princess had always known—only she had never found a road leading to this hidden river… at most just digging wells.

Finally, the stairs ended, and she arrived at a place not so dim—in this deep underground, crystals glowing with a faint blue light were embedded in the surrounding rock.

A river about ten meters wide appeared in this underground world… beneath her feet was moist soil she had never seen in the City of the Sun.

The Princess squatted down, dug up some moist earth, placed it in front of her, and lightly sniffed the scent of the soil.

She had dreamed of covering the desert of the City of the Sun with this fertile soil—with the knowledge she brought back from the outside world.

“So, it has always been here…” The Princess smiled bitterly, stood up, let the soil fall, and walked forward.

Ahead, she could vaguely see a small house built by the river—it wasn’t the two rooms Xie Jiatu had mentioned before his death… the Princess couldn’t help but frown and slowly walked towards the house.

The road was obviously not long… she soon reached the front of this small house.

The outside of the house was actually fenced, and there were some green plants in the yard… vegetable seedlings—someone seemed to live here.

The Princess couldn’t help but frown.

At this moment, the wooden door of the house opened slowly, and a girl carrying a basket while humming a tune came out… locking eyes with the Princess.

The Divine Artifact pistol in the Princess’s hand fell to the ground as she beheld the girl with the basket, her voice trembling, “Mo…ther?”

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The final chamber.

Ever since Mr. Otto and Yiben escaped, it began to collapse—but the collapse wasn’t as Mr. Otto imagined, it was just the walls that started peeling off.

But even so, large chunks of bricks fell in droves.

The Pharaoh of the empire was on death’s doorstep, its blood had stained the ground… suddenly, the blood started retracting bit by bit, finally flowing back into its body.

Facing death, it suddenly opened its eyes… a young man in Royal Guards’ attire was standing in front of it—Boss Luo.

“Before your wishes have been fulfilled… please continue to soar.” Boss Luo said softly, “An eagle should fly high in the sky… my Emperor.”

Meanwhile, not far away, Xie Jiatu, who should have been dead, suddenly opened his eyes at this moment!

His body also began to undergo strange changes… just like the Pharaoh of the empire before!

His body started to crack open, as if something was breaking out from within this shell.

It was a massive beast with the head of a jackal and the body of a human…