1326 Red Cardinal, the Cold Prince (1/2)
Translated by XephiZ
Edited by Aelryinth
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The cold wind swept fiercely across a structure standing firmly above the mist of the night sky to a height of 454 meters.
On the tallest observation deck of the Canton Tower, a man in a black windbreaker, his face covered by a black scarf, stood on the rails. The rails were only as wide as a thumb, yet the man was able to stand on them. His clothes flapped wildly in the cold wind.
A teenager with purple eyes came up to the man and asked, ”Why did you ask me to meet you here? Don't you think it's a little exposed?”
”I hate to be of no interest to anyone. Loneliness is very scary, and the world has always been cold,” the man replied.
”Don't you think it's amusing to hear that from an assassin like you, who just kills just for fun?” the teenage boy with purple eyes chuckled.
”I'm afraid that's a great misunderstanding. I'm a kind-hearted person most of the time!” the man answered.
”Fine, you're a kind man who enjoys killing, but can you please make sure the woman is dead? I don't want the Enforcement Union wiping out my men suddenly when my delicate plan in the North Valley is in motion… Bei Jiang!” the teenage boy said.
”Cold Prince, I have no interest in your plan. None of my targets has ever escaped me. I believe even you won't be able to escape from me if someone asked me to take your life,” Bei Jiang stated.
”I believe so, but the person you're dealing with isn't just a little lamb waiting to be slaughtered. They have been spreading news to fake that Vice Elder's death. Luckily, I've been keeping an eye around. Don't let those imbeciles ruin my plan again. This world can't afford to have just Salan, instead of the Cold Prince!” the teenage boy declared.
”As you wish.”
The teenage boy put on a mask and headed for the lift like a normal tourist. He soon vanished among the crowd.
Bei Jiang remained standing on the rail. Many visitors felt their legs turning to jelly as they walked past the man, but they just assumed the man to be a Mage, thus they were not too bothered by his strange behavior.
”AHHHHH!”
A loud scream was heard coming from below. It had come from the Ferris Wheel below the observation deck. A naughty kid had climbed across the safety rails just to skip the queue.
The Ferris wheel was hanging from the tower. Even with the safety measures in place, they still failed to stop a kid who was trying to get himself killed. The workers rushed forward to try and grab the kid, but the kid lost his footing and fell off the rails!
There were many tourists, but only a few of them were Mages. It had all happened too quickly. The ten-year-old boy started falling from the tower.
The Canton Tower was over four hundred meters tall, with more than a hundred floors. There was no chance the boy could survive the fall. His mother had already fainted from shock!
The man standing on the observation deck at a height of 454 meters looked down from above.
He suddenly disappeared in the mist without a single trace. He reappeared on the Ferris wheel in the following second. He crouched slowly and fixed his gaze on the boy that had fallen a hundred meters down from the tower.
”A Mage, you must be a Mage!” A woman was overjoyed when she saw the man appearing out of nowhere.
The rest of the crowd assumed the man that had suddenly appeared to be a Mage too.
”Sir, my kid had fallen off the rails, please save him!” the kid's father said.
Bei Jiang remained still. It looked as if he was channeling his magic, yet he still did not move after two seconds.
Meanwhile, the kid was already more than two hundred meters down the tower, as tiny as a sesame seed, getting closer to the ground. Everyone was placing all their hopes on the Mage when they imagined the horrible death that would befall the little kid.
”It's a misunderstanding,” Bei Jiang grinned. Even though his face was covered, the crowd could still tell that he was smiling, ”I have only come to enjoy the sight of him smashing to a pulp...”
Bei Jiang had a wide smile, so wide that it sent shivers down the spines of the crowd!
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The flight from the Magic City finally arrived at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport after a two-hour delay. Both Mo Fan and Lingling had the urge to tear down the airline for wasting so much of their time. It would have been quicker if Mo Fan traveled here by casting Blink continuously, if he actually had the energy to do so!