Chapter 1125: 347. Perfect Disguise_2
Muscles knotted like mountain peaks, a waist round and bent like a water bucket, and a thick, powerful tail that seemed it could smash the spiders outside the door into pieces with a casual flick.
The cold, inverted triangular eyes swept from left to right, and the attendants of the Spider Mother, though monsters themselves, shivered with an intangible chill.
Noland Lee’s right hand swept to his waist, drawing the Queen’s Scepter that was fastened to his belt and pouring into it a stream of deep sea magic power.
The Queen’s Scepter emitted a dark green glow of deep-sea light, and it extended from half a meter in length to three meters in an instant, transforming into a hefty deep-sea trident.
“Clang.”
Noland slammed the deep-sea trident into the ground, opening his mouth wide to let out a roar.
...
“Zha————”
“Sea Monster Screech”!
The cobwebs and webs in the air exploded with a crackling sound, the shockwave blowing the Spider Mother attendants outside the cave back, tumbling over one another, only Lophi barely steadied himself with the spider legs embedded in the ground.
Noland, seizing the moment before Lophi could take any further action, said:
“Quiet now, I come on behalf of the Queen. Order your spiders to stand down.”
As Noland spoke, with a slight clench of his left hand, he took out a tinkling jewelry box from his magic pouch, midair, and tossed it towards the flabbergasted Lophi.
The jewelry box flew into the air, came to a stop, the lid opened, and the soul gems flew out, forming a square formation in the air.
“Listen, the Queen has grown tired of your entanglement and negotiations. Time and again, we have sent emissaries to you, only to be met with uncooperative responses; this is an insult to the Queen’s authority.”
With a rub of Noland’s left hand, the soul gems in the air slowly flew toward Lophi:
“I am here to display the Queen’s authority and the kingdom’s opulence. These 56 soul gems contain 280 million soul energy. Should you enter a cooperative contract with our kingdom, you will be able to acquire more, much more soul energy at the price of 1:5. Do you understand?”
The language Noland used was a crude version of the Undead Cult’s language; moreover, his voice was hoarse and eerie.
He made no attempt to hide his imposing physique or the intimidating presence, nor did he deliberately lower his voice, all intended to catch the attention of Lamont outside the cave.
While he was assuming the guise of Queen Isidora to impose the sirens’ authority on Lophi, a discreet glance came from the side of the Spider Mother attendants and landed on Noland’s back.
Noland didn’t need to look back to confirm that the source of the gaze was none other than the Pure Light secret investigator.
Noland deliberately controlled the shiny soul gems to fly in circles in the air, seemingly to show off, but actually to make it clear to the Pure Light secret investigator.
Seeing Lophi’s eyes greedily follow the movement of the soul gems, Noland struck while the iron was hot and continued:
“The Hand of Necromancer Sect has purchased one billion soul energy. You undoubtedly need more soul energy. Don’t hesitate, cooperate with our Sirens Kingdom, and the Queen will bless you with her benevolence and wisdom.”
“One billion…”
Lamont, on the outside of the cave, muttered to himself.
His ‘Lie Perception’ told him that the siren wasn’t lying; indeed, the other party knew from some channel that the Undead Cult had purchased a total of one billion soul energy.
Lamont’s heart rate quickened slightly, surprised that what he thought to be the most challenging task was effortlessly accomplished.
Moreover, he had incidentally observed what appeared to be an attempt by the Sirens Kingdom to form an official alliance with the Undead Cult, the significance of this information was no less important than the billion soul energy purchased by the Undead Cult!
Lamont shuddered with excitement briefly before forcing himself to calm down, slowly backing away, dodging the Spider Mother attendants, and returning to his seat.
What Lamont didn’t know was that from the very beginning, Noland had been lying.
Thanks to Assassin Angel’s prior application of “Veil of The World” on Noland, he could block Lamont’s ‘Lie Perception.’
Noland glanced towards the cave entrance.
Other sellers gathered around the cave to see what’s new, alongside the Spider Mother attendants.
Anxious that Lamont might not hear him, he changed his phrasing a bit and once again rambled at Lophi in the crude language of the Undead Sect.
Although Noland hadn’t been in contact with sirens for very long, it was relatively easy to mimic their haughty and rich tone.
Lophi, after a brief moment of stupefaction, came to his senses.
He loudly scolded the Spider Mother attendants, driving the sellers back to their seats, then spun a tough web with his silk to seal off the cave entrance.
When no Spider Mother attendants were watching, Lophi approached Noland with a servile smile mixed with greed, croaked out:
“Welcome, welcome~ Your Excellency, you are most welcome. Honestly, the Necromancer Sect is in dire need of a great amount of soul energy. The soul gems you bring will be of great use within the sect.”
Noland flicked his left hand, controlling the soul gems to fly back into the jewelry box, then tossed the box into Lophi’s hands:
“Take this box of gems and bring me the Death Magic Stones. The day after tomorrow, the Queen’s emissary will visit your cave again, bringing with it a formal secret decree from the Queen. We hope you will not disappoint Her Majesty’s expectations.”
“Yes, yes, you are correct, we should consider the alliance with the sea monsters more seriously. I propose to increase the trade ratio from 1:5 to 1:6, and I hope you won’t refuse!”
Lophi stared at the jewelry box in his hands, his words coming out in an awkward stammer.
Noland Lee nodded in satisfaction, considering that the other party was finally on the right track.
To be honest, Lophi now felt that things were getting tricky.
There was already a mysterious seller who was going to bring 260 million Soul Energy to fill the gaps in the procurement plan.
But now, before that seller appeared tomorrow, the Sirens Kingdom had sent a secret envoy, generously providing a substantial batch of Soul Gems.
What was Lophi to do?
If he could get his hands on the 260 million Soul Energy today, he could return to the main camp, without the need to stay here anymore.
Wouldn’t that mean standing up tomorrow’s big seller?
It was truly a headache.
While Lophi was instructing the Spider Mother Attendants to move the Death Magic Stones from the basement, he pondered his next move.
The best solution would be to buy both today’s and tomorrow’s Soul Energy.
As much as was available, and that would solve the problem with tomorrow’s seller.
But the batch of Soul Gems to be purchased tomorrow definitely couldn’t be at a 1:6 ratio; otherwise, wouldn’t the Undead Cult be the big sucker?
Lost in thought over the trade, Lophi had no idea that the sea monster sitting across from him was tomorrow’s big seller in disguise.
Noland Lee watched the human-faced spider deep in contemplation and had a good guess of the other’s thoughts. noveldrama
But what did that have to do with him?
“Your Excellency, here is your Death Magic Stone.”
A jewelry box the size of a human head appeared in front of Noland, floating over to him, pulled by cobwebs.
Noland slightly raised his right hand, summoning a stream of water to wrap around the jewelry box and bring it close for counting.
Indeed, 1.56 billion Death Energy, not a fraction less.
Noland stored the black luminescent Death Gems into his pouch.
The Deep Sea Trident struck the ground, emitting a sharp ‘thud’ sound.
Noland rapidly shrank in size, returning to that of a normal human.
After covering his body and face with the Black Cloak, Noland, with the Trident turned back into a scepter, turned and left.
He passed unobstructed through the cave entrance, into the deathly still Undead Town, and boarded the bone boat for the return journey.
He had no eye contact with any Pure Light Secret Investigator, not even a glance.
Once Noland was on the boat leaving the territory of the Undead Cult, entering the Underground River beneath the Land of Resurgence, he quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
“This trip was too lucky! Not only did I successfully catch Lamont’s attention, but I also completely avoided all points that could expose my identity. That Lophi didn’t even ask why I visited so abruptly.”
Noland slightly curved his lips into a smile.
That’s why they say, ‘Better safe than sorry.’
Lophi must have been intimidated by his imposing manner and did not harbor the slightest suspicion about his identity.
It was probably the same for that investigator named Lamont.
The next steps were simple.
Noland cleared the ripples from his heart, returning to tranquility.
He planned to lie in wait, using surveillance on Lamont to grasp the movements of the Pure Light Court.
No matter who arrived, the Assassin Angel would take action to assist Noland in acquiring information from the other party.
The Assassin Angel particularly wanted to understand the relationship between the Pure Light Court and the Metal Ancestor Dragon, and whether the Metal Ancestor Dragon desired to seize control of the destiny of the life beings in the Inner Cosmos.
If the investigation’s final results turned out to be so, that would indeed be troublesome…
The Main Brain Controller had sealed most of the Assassin Angel’s strength; in a direct confrontation, It couldn’t possibly be a match for the Metal Ancestor Dragon.