Trafford's Trading Club

Chapter 1675: Chapter 25: Charge Ahead!

Undersea City, Magic Energy Research Institute, First Institute.

The sound of crossfire kept ringing out, and Captain Justin’s group from the Black Religious Congregation was currently suppressed in a narrow space… Around them, the cannon fire of the fully armored Gendarme Team was blazing.

“Damn it! These Magic Energy Weapons are far more powerful than what the Emperor previously showed us!”

“Captain, my Magic Power is about to run out!”

Captain Justin’s face grew increasingly grim, things shouldn’t be like this… Every time, he came to the Undersea City with the former president Charles of Black Religious Congregation to interact with Louis XXXIX, the Undersea City Emperor, and he clearly gathered plenty of secrets about the Undersea City!

Moreover, according to the Undersea City’s requirements, the Black Religious Congregation provided some suitable identities for the Undersea City’s Emperor, allowing the People of the Underwater City to live on the mainland, and the Congregation had already been exploiting a large amount of information from these selected individuals of the Undersea City.

The weaknesses of the People of the Underwater City, the structure of the Undersea City, the power of their Magic Energy Weapons… and so on.

This time, President Charles’s death had led to the remaining forces of the Congregation being quickly consolidated by Lady Katerina along with Lamias.

Captain Justin was always loyal to President Charles, but now that Charles was dead, he was unwilling to bow under Lady Katerina, that old woman.

Thus, he planned to strike a deal at the Undersea City, acquire powerful weapons, and rule over the Black Religious Congregation.

“Please cease resistance, or we will kill everyone.”

This was the second ultimatum from the Gendarme Team… Captain Justin didn’t think these soldiers would have the patience for a third chance.

“Captain, what do we do now? If we surrender now, who knows how the Undersea City Emperor will deal with us?!”

“Let’s kill our way out, whoever escapes, escapes…”

At this moment, a flash of ruthlessness passed through Captain Justin’s eyes. He took a deep breath and said, “Open the barrier. I’ll go negotiate with the Undersea City Emperor.”

“Captain!”

“Captain! We still have a chance to break through!”

Captain Justin shook his head and said, “We are the Undersea City Emperor’s only channel to connect with the mainland world right now… The fact they haven’t immediately killed us proves that the Emperor hasn’t intended to completely cut off cooperation between us, meaning there’s still room for maneuvering… At most, it’s just more unequal agreements, which is better than losing our lives here.”

“Well… alright then.”

The subordinates were already swayed, and the protective barrier was slowly opening at this time. Captain Justin walked out expressionlessly—yet the moment he was about to step out of the barrier, he stopped.

He turned around, and threw something.

The subordinates were first startled, then showed looks of fear, followed by glaring angrily at Captain Justin—in the time they had left to speak, they were completely devoured!

The object thrown, like devils at this moment, instantly swallowed the bodies of several people, then transformed into a large tumor, starting to writhe.

Captain Justin looked at this scene expressionless—as the soldiers from the Gendarme Team filed in, Captain Justin’s body suddenly melted—his body turned into a pool of silver liquid, adhered to the wall. Within moments, it completely fused with the wall, indistinguishable.

By this time, the soldiers from the Gendarme Team had rushed in, only to see that giant tumor swinging tentacles in attack.

The soldiers were shocked and directly engaged, firing the powerful Magic Energy Weapon Light Cannons in unison—finally, the huge tumor exploded, blood and flesh instantly staining the surroundings.

“What on earth is this thing?”

Looking at the mess before him, the captain of the Gendarme Team fell into thought—but the surroundings were already surrounded, apparently the intruders were unable to escape.

The captain immediately issued a series of orders.

Soon after, the battleground was completely sealed off, yet the Gendarme Team remained, carefully searching the various rooms of the First Institute.

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Seabed City Prison, bottom level.

This was a dedicated space for imprisoning felons of the Sea Demon Clan… besides this, it would also house some Undersea City residents who committed major crimes.

In fact, speaking of the Undersea City’s legal environment, resident crimes were rare… they committed crimes mostly because of the Sea Demon Clan’s temptation, leading them to fall, becoming Sea Monster Clan spies, attempting to damage the peace of the Undersea City.

Once these crimes were confirmed, they would be publicized by the Kingdom Government… they would also be stripped of their status as residents of the Undersea City, becoming a plague like the Sea Demon Clan, hated by everyone.

What the public did not know was that the deepest layer of the Seabed City Prison was actually a vast mineral deposit used for extracting critical raw materials for Magic Energy cores.

The depth of the mine was a complex maze-like structure, only known thoroughly by the officials managing this level, through means of surveillance.

As for the common folks, they wore collars guiding them through… losing this collar meant death… as violently removing the collar would trigger a hidden explosive inside, blowing the prisoner’s body to shreds.

Here lies a hopeless abyss.

Undersea City, an Avalon-like haven, rests above this abyss… extracting everything within.

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Along the mine path, dozens of wounded members of the Sea Demon Clan were busy transporting some newly mined deposits, but excessive hunger pushed them beyond their limits.

They collapsed directly on the mine path, unable to move further… the food provided by the mines was far insufficient.

Eventually, they closed their eyes, life fading away… soon, several heavily armored Magic Energy soldiers appeared, taking these bodies away, then calling for new mine slaves to continue transporting minerals.

Similar scenes continuously played out in the desperate mines… the imprisoned Sea Demon Clan members had even given up on resisting.

“You over there, don’t stop!” On the sidelines at an excavation spot, a prison guard supervising swung a long whip forcefully across the back of a feeble man, “If you don’t work, I’ll throw you in front of those filthy sea monsters! See them? They’re already starved insane, ten seconds! No, just five seconds and you’ll be eaten clean!”

These were a few select mining areas sourced from Undersea City criminals… they were always the weakest group within the mines… constantly at risk of attacks from starving Sea Demon Clan members.

As for the supervisors and prison guards, they paid no attention to such hunts.

Eternal darkness, no hope for escape, criminals soon go mad.

Finally, it was time for food distribution—the food dropped from above, scattered around everywhere.

This was the most dangerous moment, the Sea Demon Clan and criminals pounced together… and criminals could easily become another type of food, thus criminals huddled together at such times, their collective power offering them some minimal safety.

Fortunately, even the Sea Demon Clan, after a long period of captivity, had neared their physical limits, other than being somewhat larger in size, they were equally weak.

Both sides carefully searched for their allotted food.

The Warden of the mines was in a perfectly safe fortress, watching this scene—his daily entertainment routine.

Compared to the ongoing Flywheel competition in the Undersea City, he was even more passionate about these activities.

“This is true cruelty and despair.”

Gorging on the meat on the dining table, Benjamin’s breathing became rapid.

In this chaotic, dirty, bloody, desolate place, he held supreme power—as long as the Emperor had not given orders, he was another ‘Emperor’ here.

Just then, the dining room door suddenly opened.

Benjamin’s good mood dissipated at the interruption, and without even turning his head, he angrily rebuked, “Didn’t I say that as long as I’m having lunch, no one is allowed to disturb me?”

He planned to add another worker to the mine below but his expression changed instantly, his hand trembled, and the steak in his hand dropped to the ground.

Trembling, with a quivering voice.

“Liu… Lord Liuge?!”

Looking at the girl in the silver robe in front of him, Warden Benjamin’s legs instantly went soft, and he fell off the chair… His enormous body wriggled like a worm.

“Or perhaps I should throw you down from here, let you personally experience this so-called game.” Girl Liuge stepped in slowly.

Benjamin dared not raise his head, only his body shook continuously, “Lord Liuge, I just, I just… I… I won’t dare anymore, I won’t!”

“It’s nothing.” Girl Liuge walked to the mirror, briefly swept her gaze over the mine below, then raised her head to look at the upper part of the mine, “After all, the yield from this mine has always been quite good.”

In the darkness, it seemed there was an even deeper shadow… A round shadow.

“I have always urged the prisoners here, absolutely no slacking!” Benjamin hurriedly said, “The amount required by the Emperor, I complete it ahead of schedule every month… Rest assured, I absolutely dare not be lazy!”

Girl Liuge gave a soft hum.

Benjamin swallowed a mouthful, tentatively raised his head, but saw Girl Liuge staring at him, quickly lowered his head again, trembling, he asked, “Lord Liuge, do you know why you’ve come this time… what you’re awaiting?”

“Waiting for someone.”

“Waiting… waiting for whom?” Warden Benjamin was stunned, slightly confused, he raised his head.

This time Girl Liuge didn’t look at him, but instead watched the mine below with interest, chucklingly said, “Longgang from the Destiny Organization.”

“What!?” Warden Benjamin was instantly shocked.

Clearly, he knew something about the Destiny Organization… Honestly, even within the Seabed City Prison’s underground mine, there were some felons from the Destiny Organization.

But within the Kingdom Government, they didn’t directly call it the Destiny Organization, they referred to them as the “Rebels,” a group of fugitives attempting to overthrow the Kingdom Government… There were even rumors that these “Rebels” had reached some agreement with the Sea Demon Clan.

As for Longgang, he was among the Rebel Destiny Organization’s important figures, ranked high on the Seabed City’s Gendarme Team’s wanted list.

“Is he trying to rescue the felons here?” Warden Benjamin instantly speculated.

“Who knows?” Girl Liuge nonchalantly smiled… Then she suddenly gestured to this Benjamin to come to her side.

The Warden dared not hesitate, hurriedly scrambled to his feet, fearfully came beside the girl, “Lord Liuge, what do you want to instruct? I will surely fulfill it!”

“I really like this game of yours.” Girl Liuge faintly smiled, “This is much more interesting than the Flywheel competition.”

Warden Benjamin chuckled, then said, “This kind of game is held daily, if Lord Liuge is interested, I will reserve the best viewing spot for you every day! Also, I have a special incentive method, which is to hang up the prisoners and place them before the Sea Demon Clan. These Sea Demons, driven mad by hunger, would even kill each other.”

“Sounds interesting.” Girl appeared to be deep in thought.

Warden Benjamin turned his small eyes and immediately said, “Since Lord Liuge likes it, I will quickly arrange for it… The performance can begin soon!”

“No need to bother.” Girl shook her head, “You go directly below.”

“Okay, I will send… What?”

In disbelief, the girl’s palm suddenly pressed against this Benjamin… He didn’t have time to react before a powerful force sent his body flying.

“No—!!”

The corpulent body crashed through the transparent curtain, then plummeted into the mine below…

“Next, you’ll be the new Warden here.”

Girl then looked at a prison guard peering in, fearfully watching this scene.

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Reya’s body was somewhat stiff… Even his hands and neck were stiff.

He couldn’t even hold the Flywheel’s control handle steady, his mind was blank—he was already placed at the starting line in the Flywheel competition.

He knew he’d be nervous during this entire event—how could he not be, after all this is the All-Star Competition!

But Reya, having prepared mentally, didn’t expect to be so tense, like his energy had been drained.

Simply because… there’s no choice but to be nervous.

Reya was internally lamenting.

“Young man, you’re brave to step onto this stage at your age. I’m delighted to have met you in this competition. This will be a wonderful contest.”

“You… You flatter me, Your, Your Majesty!”

Perhaps due to confidence, or their innate strength, at this moment, the Seabed City’s Emperor was right beside Reya, both at the furthest position from the race start.

Reya instinctively glanced at the support area assigned by the competition, only to see Boss Luo and the Maid looking towards him, holding supportive props obtained from somewhere.

“Go Reya!”

Reya forced an awkward smile, then took a deep breath, looking ahead.

But not far ahead, perched atop Flywheel’s Golden Behemoth, Ke Duojin looked back, glaring hatefully at Reya, his teeth grinding.

Even as the Seabed City’s Emperor…

But this is the Flywheel competition arena, some things even the Emperor cannot enforce… Ke Duojin took a deep breath, his gaze resolute!

As the starting gun fired, Ke Duojin immediately pressed the acceleration button on the Golden Behemoth, “Charge! Golden Behemoth!”