Book 4: Chapter 127: Trap After Trap, As Always

Book 4: Chapter 127: Trap After Trap, As Always

A bead of cold sweat rolled down Rosdell’s forehead. It took him a long while to recover his wits from the extreme shock.

Almost... He almost became a sieve. Given how thick the spikes were, had he messed up, he would lose an arm or a leg, or worse, have a huge hole opened in his body.

Just the thought of that made him shudder.

Diana peeked her head into the pit and blinked when she saw Rosdell’s predicament.

“Oh my, senior Rosdell, did you wet your pants?” she teased.

“WHAT?!”

Rosdell blushed and instinctively reached to feel his crotch, only to find that it was dry. Knowing that he had been bamboozled, he flew into a fit of rage.

“B̲i̲t̲c̲h̲, how dare you make fun of me? Get me out of here right now!”

“B̲i̲t̲c̲h̲?”

A ball of transparent liquid formed in Diana’s palm as she faked a smile. “I’ll give you another chance to rephrase that...”

“Hoho, amusing. You think I’d be threatened by that droplet?”

“I sure do...”

Diana’s smile turned as warm as the sun in spring, the very same one that Lilith saw on their first meeting. But anyone who knew Diana well knew that this wouldn’t lead to anything good.

She tossed the small blob of liquid into the pit casually, then took out her spectrum stone and started snapping away at Rosdell like crazy.

“What are you doing?”

“Taking photos.”

“Photo? For what?”

“To immortalize the moment when our Great Rosdell peed his pants.”

Laughing cunningly, Diana waved the spectrum stone in her hand.

“This’ll probably fetch me a fortune...”

“Peed my pants...?”

The smug look on Rosdell face immediately faded as he reached for his crotch again...

This time... it really got wet.

......

Shaking a large bag of gold coins, a delightful smile bloomed on Diana’s face when she heard the coins chinking in there.

Those images indeed fetched a fortune, not only did she earn back the loss she made from employing Lilith but also she also made a lot of profit. This meant the magic wand that she’d been eyeing on all this while would soon be hers.

Under Rosdell’s furious gaze, she bowed to him respectfully like a waitress would when seeing their patrons out. “Thank you for your patronage~,” she smirked.

“YOU!”

This thoroughly provoked Rosdell as his eyes nearly popped out of their sockets. He was glaring daggers at Diana, but in the end he had no choice but to clench his teeth and suppress his anger.

He might be short-tempered, but he was no fool. The trap that suddenly sprung out of nowhere had consumed half of his courage.

It wasn’t wise for him to fight back now, but...

Both Durance and her...

He’d make sure they paid back for all this humiliation St. Caroline Academy put him through!

Rosdell crushed the one-use spectrum stone that he bought off Diana with a high price, wishing so badly that this was Diana herself.

As their name suggested, these one-use spectrum stones were only good for one use. Not only were their durability weak, so was their performance. He had no idea for what purpose Diana brought so many with her.

After bagging a fortune, Diana walked over to Lucas discreetly.

Seeing Diana approaching him, a bad feeling instantly crept up on him.

“What are you doing?” Lucas asked warily.

“That... You have it too, right...?” Diana leaned into his ear and whispered.

“That...? What?”

By the time he finally met her, he’d hug her thigh, lick it with all his might and make sure she’d feel so good that she was in seventh heaven.

Fufu, only the goddess knew how many noble ladies in Aria had fallen for his technique. He was convinced that not even Golden Demon Htilil could resist it!

“Haha. Let us proceed with caution from now on. Otherwise, we might find ourselves dead by the traps here before we even meet the Golden Demon.”

Lucas took a step forward and instantly, all colors drained from his tanned face.

He turned his head around stiffly like a puppet, only to realize that...

The toe of the foot he just put forward had caught a barely visible thread.

He lifted his head, then gave others a helpless smile.

“Haha... I knew it... I’m always quite the unlucky one...”

“.....”

BOOM!

A loud bang resounded across the sky.

......

“Huh?”

Seated on a stump while contemplating her next plan, Lesiah snapped her head up and looked in the direction where the explosion had taken place in the forest.

The explosion chased the frightened birds and beasts away and caused the trees to sway in the strong gust it generated.

The princess’ lovely brows knitted into a frown.

The black devils... They’ve arrived so soon? That shouldn’t be the case.

Lesiah looked at a severed hand at the side.

It had five slender fingers attached to it, but the skin was already all shriveled up and full of wrinkles. Rather than calling it skin, it was more like a piece of rag wrapped around a bone.

There was neither blood nor flesh on it, but she could clearly see the broken black bone inside.

Confusion filled her eyes.

If her theory was correct, the black devil shouldn’t appear at this time...

Could this be...

The princess suddenly recalled another group that she had nearly forgotten about.

The corner of her mouth twitched as she thought about the possibility...

Just when she got up and was about to check it out, Titan 12138 arrived on the scene with a few other titans...

“What happened, queen?” she looked into the depths of the forest and asked in concern.

She also knew what the king and queen had set up there, so the rest had been warned not to get close to that area. With such a huge commotion, it was only natural for her to assume that the queen had done something.

“Nothing...” Lesiah shook her head and smiled. “Sorry to make you all worry...”

“But...”

“It’s alright, really. Please return to your work...”

“If you say so...” Titan 12138 sighed.

“But please call for us if you need anything, queen. In the absence of our king, we are yours to command.”

Just when the old titan was about to turn and leave, she was stopped by Lesiah.

“Um... Titan 12138... Do you think... you’ve ever done something wrong?”

“What do you mean, my queen? Who has never made a mistake in their life? I’m afraid that even real deities would make mistakes...”

“You’re right... who never made a mistake...”

Lesiah nodded thoughtfully, then smiled at the old titan kindly. “It’s alright, you’re all dismissed.”

After Titan 12138 left with a confused look, Lesiah looked at the place where the explosion occurred.

“Alright, it just so happens that my plan is missing something important. I hope all of you all aren’t killed by the trap I’ve set up...”