Trafford Buyers Club

Chapter 4020 The Song of the Purple Moon (71) - 1 Million Heartbeats

Beams of light from teleportation arrays were now being projected from [Rogge] City toward [Purple Moon].

The anomalies surrounding [Purple Moon] have become too serious for the high-ranking members of the pirate alliance stationed here to ignore...

"Has the king's whereabouts still not been found?"

"No, and I don't even think I've seen [Xiang Feihu]."

The captains of the Pirate King's gang gathered together. Without much conversation, they tacitly entered the teleportation array the moment it was completed.

Leaving only the vice-captains here... is also to keep the Void Pirates who have been invited to this conference in check—whether they can completely control this group is another matter.

In an instant, several captains appeared in the sky above [Purple Moon].

This wasn't their first time here; they would come up for vacations during their free time—but the current state of [Purple Moon] completely overturned their impression of [Purple Moon].

Countless black tentacles wrapped around the entire [Purple Moon], making it look like a "fluffy ball" rolled up with black yarn. Then... it transformed into a huge, dark golden eye.

"What exactly is going on..."

Falgaro frowned and quickly discovered the wreckage of the [Purple Moon] garrison ships, which were now embedded in the gaps between the tentacles, but none of the garrison soldiers were to be seen.

At this moment, the Purple Moon appeared unusually still.

"Look there!"

In the distance, a gigantic object resembling a plant root ball is now connected to the entire Purple Moon. Countless black tentacles, under the control of this giant root ball, are constantly surging into the depths of the earth, as if trying to dig through the land of Purple Moon.

“Let’s go take a look,” Falgarro said thoughtfully.

Several captains quickly agreed—although they didn't have the same dedication to protecting the Canyon of Freedom and Wildness as [Xiang Feihu], they would never allow anyone to cause trouble in their own lair.

Transform into light and disappear, log in!
When they landed on this root sphere, Falgaro and the others felt more acutely its immense size—the shrinking "skin" radiated an extremely vigorous life force.

"Someone!"

A man with purple dreadlocks and an iron mask suddenly reached behind his back and gripped a curved knife hanging there!

"Welcome to my labyrinth, everyone."

On the surface of the root ball, black roots suddenly grew out and finally combined to form a figure—Raizo!
At the same time, a stunningly beautiful woman, eight feet tall, appeared beside Raizo—Lady Shinone.

"So you're the one who ruined [Purple Moon] like this?" Falgarro's gaze turned slightly cold. "Who are you?"

“Raizo, a…” Raizo chuckled softly, “No, he should have been a magic craftsman.”

"Falgaro, stop wasting time talking to him, let's take him down first... It's been a long time since I've made a move!" The man with purple dreadlocks grinned maliciously, his curved sword fully drawn.

"Kanye, don't be impulsive." Falgar Law frowned—this warmonger!
"If I don't act impulsively, am I still Lao Kan?" The man known as Kanye laughed wildly twice, and his figure flashed out like lightning!

Just as Kanye's knife was about to strike Raizo, he suddenly stopped—because a dark golden eyeball the size of a human head had appeared in front of him without him even noticing!
"Kanye?"

Kanye immediately stopped all his movements!

Falgaro was slightly startled, a chill running down his spine as he realized that not only Old Kane, but also himself and several other captains had acquired the same dark golden eyeball!
His companion seemed to have been possessed, and was instantly stunned.

"not good……"

Falgarro's eyes immediately lost their light, but the next moment, Falgarro's body exploded like a bubble and disappeared.

Raizo glanced at it sideways and muttered, "It got away? It's quite alert..."

“These rations are of good quality,” Lady Xinone said abruptly. “They must be the most trusted subordinates of that pirate king… They caught him off guard, otherwise it wouldn’t have been so easy.”

"As long as the matter is settled, that's fine." Raizo smiled slightly.

Lady Xinone glanced at her most outstanding student with a hint of apprehension, and pondered, "What are you going to do next? Devour the entire Canyon of Freedom and Wildness and turn it into resources for your evolution?"

“A single Gorge of Freedom and Wildness is nothing.” Raizo looked down at the Purple Moon at this moment. “In the infinite void, it is like a speck of dust… The truly valuable part of the Gorge of Freedom and Wildness has always been within the Purple Moon.”

"【Purple Moon】?"

“Indeed.” Raizo nodded. “Back when I joined forces with the Sea God to create the labyrinth, we discovered an extremely powerful and incredible force deep within the Purple Moon… In fact, later, we only unearthed a tiny fraction of this force, which filled the enormous energy hole that created the Golden Nightmare Labyrinth!”

"Just a tiny part, yet it gave birth to a Void Artifact..." Lady [Shinone] fell into deep thought.

As one of the top magic crafters in the Old Gods Era, she is well aware of the importance of energy sources for magic crafting—things like infinite energy are one of the lifelong pursuits of magic crafters.

“It might be something from a previous era, one of the divine ages,” Raizo said, seemingly unsure. “But I have a feeling that as long as the labyrinth can completely devour it, we can definitely take another step forward!”

The Golden Nightmare Maze has now become a super artifact; if it were to go even further, wouldn't it be...?

Although the teacher and student still haven't figured out how the labyrinth, which should have just been a [Void Artifact], suddenly evolved into a [Super Artifact], it's a tremendous good thing for Raizo, who has already become one with the labyrinth!

“The Labyrinth Will should have records,” Lady Xinone pondered. “You could analyze its evolutionary process.”

Raizo disagreed, "This requires me to completely merge with the Labyrinth Will, which would affect my independence... The Labyrinth Will is essentially a will born from the body of the Lord of R'lyeh, so it's hard to guarantee that merging with it won't make me tainted by anything of the Lord of R'lyeh. Let's be careful."

Lady Shinone frowned – Raizo seemed quite obsessive about the independence of his will.

Perhaps it's because of... [Rayya]?

He no longer desired that anything "other" existed in his soul.

“I have completely sealed off the labyrinth’s will,” Raizo said calmly. “We can study the reasons for its evolution later. Right now, the most important thing is to unearth the true treasure of the Purple Moon. After that… I can leave this place.”

“Among that group, there are a few troublemakers,” Lady Xinone said abruptly—she naturally recalled the sense of powerlessness the maid had previously instilled in her.

"That's because you haven't yet witnessed the true power of the labyrinth, Master." Raizo's face revealed extreme confidence. "Some functions that I've hidden from the very beginning..."

Lady Shinone gave Raizo a deep look.

She suddenly said, "Raizo, tell me, is my appearance due to your fear, or Raia's fear?"

Raizo said calmly, "The important thing is that you're back, isn't it?"

Lady Xinonne let out a soft sigh.

At this moment, countless tentacles transformed into drills, instantly piercing through layer after layer deep within the [Purple Moon]—they were like the most domineering plant roots, frantically absorbing all the life force in their path.

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[Sea of ​​Flowers], outside the boundary of the courtyard.

The pale yellow sea of ​​flowers acts like a dividing line.

Under Xiaomeng's slightly expectant gaze, Schneizel slowly explained his idea for the gamble.

Upon hearing this, Xiaomeng's big eyes gradually revealed a look of... utter bewilderment.

“I will engage you in a bet that will last for 100 million rounds. We can take turns proposing the bet each time. The first to win 50 million and 10 million rounds will win the bet.” Schneizel smiled faintly. “What do you think of this bet?”

“We’d have to bet 1 million times…” Xiao Meng tilted her head, seemingly lost in thought.

“Of course,” Schneizel said expressionlessly. “If you find it difficult, you can leave now.”

Xiao Meng, with her hands behind her back, smiled and said, "Sure, that sounds interesting... A bet of 1 million times, it feels like that could completely saturate someone's wallet!"

Schneizel frowned. What was wrong with this [Root Demon]? Couldn't he see that he didn't care about winning or losing when he proposed this bet, and was simply trying to buy time with 1 million attempts?
In fact, there should only be two choices for the [Root Demon].

Give up when faced with difficulties, or go to war directly!
Knowing when to back down is always the best option!
However, once war breaks out, he wouldn't be considered to have disobeyed His Highness's will. At the same time, since the [Root Demon] initiated the war, the Empire would have a valid argument.

But this guy actually agreed?
"Are you really going to bet 1 million against me?" Schneider frowned immediately.

Xiao Meng blinked and said, "But, wasn't this your own suggestion, Mr. Guard... are you changing your mind?"

“No need,” Schneizel said calmly. “Since you want to gamble, then let’s do it.”

After saying that, Schneizel flew directly to the ground, casually grabbed a handful of sand and stones, and said indifferently, "For the first round, let's bet on whether the number of stones in my hand is odd or even... You go first."

Faced with 1 million attempts, Schneizel's first attempt was really casual—he believed that even the [Root Demon] would eventually get bored.

Suddenly, Xiao Meng put her hands behind her back and walked to Schneizel's side... She even started circling around the commander of the Imperial Guard with light, quick steps, like a dance.

"Just guess if you want to, don't do anything unnecessary," Schneizel said calmly.

“Guardian, aren’t you handsome? I want to take a few more glances.” Xiao Meng returned to the front of Schneizel with a smile. “However, this kind of betting is too slow. Let’s speed things up a bit.”

"What are you going to do?" Schneizel immediately became alert.

A strange red light flashed in Xiaomeng's eyes, her red lips were like fire, and she suddenly looked like a venomous snake that devoured people.

"What are you going to do?" Schneizel was startled for a moment.

The surroundings instantly turned into chaos, and beams of light crisscrossed within this chaos, weaving together to form an enormous chessboard!

Xiaomeng and Schneizel were currently situated within this enormous chaotic chessboard.

Schneizel glanced around casually. "What, have you lost patience so quickly? I thought it would take at least tens of thousands of times."

"I know what you're thinking, Mr. Guardian," Xiaomeng said with a light laugh. "But I really do love gambling games. So don't worry, I'm genuinely willing to take on this special gamble with you... Let's play this 1 million bet together!"

"at the same time?"

Xiao Meng slightly opened her hands and softly chanted, "Divine Art: Great Number".

Schneizel's expression changed slightly. He felt his body being pulled into countless afterimages, like a vortex, appearing on this enormous chessboard!
"Guardian, I can give up the idea of ​​a 50 million bet, okay?" At this moment, Xiao Meng's face turned red, and she murmured, "Please give me a 100 million surprise... You must gamble with me until the very end!"

“You bastard…” Schneizel couldn’t help but take a deep breath, “You’re definitely not an ordinary [Primordial]!”

"If you win, I'll tell you, okay? Of course, if you can remember it in the end~"

Xiao Meng blinked—on one side.

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Although the Imperial Guards remained motionless and strictly disciplined, a hint of doubt crept into their expressions—because their commander, Lord Schneizel, had suddenly stopped moving.

Similarly, there is the [Root Demon] whose origins are unknown.

At the same time, on the ground where the two were located, there was a slowly rotating chaotic planar vortex.

"What should we do? Do we need help?"

"Why would an adult agree to a bet with the other party?"

"Let's wait and see. His Highness must have his reasons. We just need to fulfill our duties! If the [Root Demon] dares to step into our territory, kill her immediately! Don't let her tarnish His Highness's vision!"

Suddenly, Xiao Meng, who was standing on the plane of the chaotic vortex, opened her eyes and looked at the Imperial Guard who had just finished speaking. "He was the one spying on people!"

In an instant, the guard's expression changed slightly, but he remained motionless and unresponsive, like a statue.

Xiao Meng didn't mind, her gaze fixed on Schneizel growing even more fervent, and she murmured, "Go for it, Guardian! After all, there are still 99,362,749 attempts left~"

A fine bead of sweat had already appeared on Schneizel's forehead.

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Courtyard, royal quarter.

Testarossa suddenly frowned, and saw the maid, who was also amazed by her perfection, suddenly take out a handkerchief.

Then, the maid came to Manager Luo's side and carefully wiped his eyes.

Is it dirty?

At this moment, Testarossa felt strange—but this only strengthened her resolve not to become a plaything of the Lord of the Holy Land.

It's impossible to expect her to serve someone like that!

"Lady Testarossa, all the Cecilia flowers you requested are here!" Rimbaud returned with the crystal flower basket. "Is this enough? I can pick a few more for you."

"That's enough, thank you."

Testarossa nodded subconsciously, then suddenly seemed a little stunned.

No, it really went that smoothly?
Especially with Manager Luo right there, Testarossa suddenly felt a little uneasy.

Even after putting the flower basket away, Testarossa's sense of unease didn't dissipate; instead, it grew stronger...