Chapter 1790: Scamming

Chapter 1790: Scamming



Just when I had paid to enter the city and finally get to see what the true purpose of this trial was, suddenly, we were called out...

Or well, I was called out.

"Oi, who are you trying to scam here, you fuck?" wondered the green guy.

His attitude instantly gave a sudden shift as they realized that the crystals had no "starlight energy" apparently these things weren't just used for coins, but were somewhat mined, perhaps in the Asteroids? And it was also the damn fuel for their stuff! So it isn't really a steampunk world, its just the appearance of everything.

"Scamming is a crime, sir," said the rusty robot. "These jewels are not real, they're replicas. Very well done but lack the starlight energy they contain inside. Which is essential to power our technology... Where did you get these?"

Well, that tells me everything I need to know.

"Ah, shit... I had no idea!" I said, trying to act humble. "Someone else gave them to us when we purchased food as charge... I guess we got scammed first, I'm really... sorry."

I hated having to act like this, I could probably just break through the entire city, but then I would get persecuted by the equally powerful warriors that might roam inside.

Also Celestia, who is all about justice, might get angered or upset if I try to use her to slay people trying to punish me for committing a crime.

Even if this is a trial, I can't riskit.

"Hmm, do you have the legit ones?" asked the green bastard. "We can't let you in without paying!"

"Ah..."

Are you kidding me?!

"GUUOOOOHHHH...!"

I Heard the Whalebug scream again, I noticed there were some floating ships approaching it, made entirely out of rusty metal stuck together.

They were trying to push it back where it came from by shooting hundreds of missiles, but they dealt no damage to the Whalebug.

Without an ability to alter space or something, you're never pushing that thing away...

Anyways, I need to solve this problem quickly.

How can we put Starlight Energy into...

Wait, Benladra could do that, right?!

"M-Most likely, yeah..." I nodded.

"It's awesome here! There's flying cars and stuff too?!"

Miranda pointed at a huge flying truck passing by with a sign of a green alien with a thumb up, holding a pizza that said "Flabergorst's Intergalactic Pizza: One Slice is Never Enough!".

"And the houses and the pavement..." said Benladann. "They're made of metal, most of it... Metal scraps at that, it gives such a distinct feeling to everything."

There were also paintings everywhere, almost every house had big paintings resembling graffiti and the like, giving the city even more life.

"Haha!"

"Hehehe!"

"Catch it!"

There was a plaza nearby, children ran around, chasing what resembled an alien cat without fur, blue skin, and four legs with three eyes and antennae.

"Muh? Wewe awe we?"

Suddenly, Drakda woke up, opening his little eyes and looking around sleepily.

"We've arrived at the city, Drakda," I said. "Sleep more if you're feeling sleepy, don't worry,

son."

After going through that huge swarm of monsters, I honestly wanted to rest.

However, we had little time here.

And well, there were other things we had to do first, such as, well, completing the trial!

And then...

Ding!

[Congratulations! You have progressed through the Trial's Storyline and entered the [City of

Lost Souls: El Perdido]!]

[A Special Trial Storyline Quest has been triggered!]

A Quest?!