Chapter 1125 (1/2)
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: