CH 422

POSTED ON OCTOBER 12, 2022 BY JACK RUSSELL

Annan had also wondered about how the mysterious kingdom built above the clouds, the Papal Kingdom, would be.

Unexpectedly, the first time he saw the scenery of the Papal Kingdom was in someone else’s nightmare.

Although it was called “the Papal Kingdom”, the technology here was quite developed.

Annan saw steam airships hovering in the sky, tricycle-like vehicles moving swiftly on the streets even without horses, and the golden and silver pipes transporting items to every household.

Some tower-like buildings were hollowed out, with many complicated gears operating them. Many huge pipes about a meter thick warped those buildings like a snake.

This place looks much more prosperous than the Noah Kingdom.

No wonder people in the Papal Kingdom look down on people from other countries.

This explains it.

Just by taking a glance, Annan was confident that there was a technology gap reaching more than two hundred years.

“Bang!” Just then, Annan suddenly heard a loud noise from the door.

It was not a knock on the door but the noise of a drunk man kicking at the door.

Annan held her breath and instantly turned her attention to it.

[TN: Annan possesses a female in this nightmare. Thus we will be using “she”.]

But she did not ask “who is there” on reflex.

There was no need to ask someone kicking the door with that question.

Instead, it would be better to pretend not to be at home.

She closed her eyes and evaluated her body.

This body had a mana value about the middle level of Bronze Rank. She specialized in the Edict school. But she could not use the spells of the Energy Falteration School. At the same time, Annan did not know any Edict magic.

Besides, her body was frail. She had poor reaction speed, and her body hardly had any muscles. Thus, she might have never learned how to use a sword. Annan might not necessarily slay her opponent through this body.

Fortunately, there was a silver coin at the corner of the table.

Annan quickly grabbed the silver coin.

She noticed that the silver coin was wiped clean, and she was not someone short of money.

The coin seems to be often held in hand. Is it used for divination?

Will she still have Prophet school spells?

While Annan’s thoughts were racing, she was not at a complete halt. She hesitated a little, took off her slippers, and hid them under the table carefully and quickly.

Immediately afterward, she ran to the closet in the bedroom.

No, wait a minute.

She hesitated, grabbed the upper level of the wardrobe, and tried to jump.

But, she failed.

“—Dong!” There was another bang at the door again.

Annan tried again and finally jumped on it this time.

She crawled inside in struggle, pushing the folded quilt to the outside while she curled up.

Luckily, she was short, allowing her to shrink in a small wooden cabinet.

Then, Annan closed the closet door carefully, keeping her breathing long and light.

“—Dong!” Finally, the third loud bang came.

Several footsteps came from the door.

“Activate the recording ball!” a man ordered.

A strong “hum—” noise resounded in the air the next moment.

The rustling sound was like many bugs crawling on the window, or the whispers of a big crowd repeatedly echoed in the air.

Someone responded quickly, “We have activated the clamoring psychic noise. No Edict spells will work now!”

The first voice whispered, “The target is not necessarily at home. Search carefully! But don’t cause any damage to the place. Remember the items’ original location before searching, and remember to restore it at the end.”

“We spare no mercy. Repeat! Kill on sight!”

“Yes, Captain!”

Another voice replied.

Annan frowned slightly.

What are these people doing?

She initially thought this might be a group of villains attacking a young woman, but now it seemed like they were units dedicated to hunting down Edict Wizards.

Not even capture, but the order to kill?

Why?

If their goal was to kill Soul Snatch Wizard or Destruction Wizard, Annan could still understand it. Even a rigorous hunt on Idol Wizards still made logical sense.

But do you have such a big grudge against Edict Wizard?

They are just a group of obedient wage earners. Besides, she is a Bronze Rank Edict Wizard. Apart from the ability to distinguish real names, poisons, and curses, she doesn’t have much spatial ability.

But blocking off Edict spells did not matter to Annan. After all, he did not know any Edict spells in the first place.

Suddenly, footsteps crashed into the room.

Annan held her breath immediately.

Unsurprisingly, the visitor looked at the bedroom for a while and then directly went to the wardrobe.

He slammed the closet roughly, then immediately stepped back a few steps and pointed his pistol into the closet.

“Tsk.” He smacked his lips regretfully and closed the wardrobe door slightly.

As Annan expected, the space above the wardrobe was too small. It did not seem to have enough space for a person to hide there. Thus, no one had anticipated it.

“Eh?” But the next moment, the man exclaimed in suspicion.

Annan’s heart tightened.

She reacted—the slippers under the table that were noticed.

Annan had to put her slippers at the door if she wanted to pretend she was not at home.

However, rushing to the door might not be a smart move under the pretense that Annan did not know how long the door would last, having someone kicking it.

It was plausible that the door was broken through as soon as she had just reached the door.

But there was no other way now. At that time, there was nowhere to hide the slippers. She did not expect there would be so many people assaulting this place.

After all, she only heard a knock on the door.

If there was only one person, she might be able to kill the target through a surprise attack using the curse “the Last Work”.

However, it appeared that there were at least four of them.

Even if Annan could deal with one of them, she could not deal with the remaining three. Instead, she would be encircled in this small room.

It’s better to wait for them to leave.

“Hiss…” After the man saw the slippers under the table, he contemplated.

He sniffed the air and wandered the room with his gun in hand.

Annan shrank in the tiny space, not even daring to take a breath.

After a while, a voice came from outside, “Have you found anything?”

“No, she doesn’t seem to be at home.”

The man replied, “Let’s head back?”

“Oh.” The person outside responded plainly, “Remember to restore it to its original state.”

Then, the man began to recover his rummaging traces. As the man passed by the wardrobe, he closed the door, blocking Annan’s sight completely.

His footsteps quickly moved toward the direction outside the door. Then, Annan heard the bedroom door closing.

Is this the end? Annan was startled.

Also, not everyone could react so quickly and hide like her. Maybe the other dungeon challengers would subconsciously ask “who”.

Something is still wrong!

Annan’s pupils shrank to the extreme in an instant.

He…

Why does he close the door?

The original state of the bedroom is that the door is not closed!

The next moment, the wardrobe was suddenly opened again.

There was no one in front of Annan.

Only a pistol gleaming with silver light and etched with spells pointed at the small space above the wardrobe.

The man hid on the side of the closet and pointed the gun at Annan through the quilt.

“Miss, can you please come out?” The man’s gentle voice sounded, “We are not hostile, but we just want to ask you something.”

“Alright.” There was a pause before a soft reply was uttered.

Bang!

The next moment, the man thumped and closed the wardrobe door without hesitation.

Bang! bang! bang! bang!

The screams of a girl suddenly came from inside.

Without hesitation, the man fired at Annan’s location, backed up, and shouted, “I found her. I need backup!”

The screams gradually grew softer and subsided quickly.

Soon, the sound of footsteps came.

Four people rushed into the bedroom with the ball that kept making noise. After entering the room, the group continued to shoot at the top of the wardrobe without any communication.

There had been no response, but they were still pouring bullets at it cautiously.

Then, there was another half-minute of silence.

There was no sound inside either.

“I’ll take a look.” The voice of the man who took the lead came.

“No, Captain!”

Another young voice sounded, “Let me do it!”

The man walked up slowly and cautiously opened the wardrobe door.

He was already prepared. When he opened the door, he was mentally prepared to see the corpse of a woman who had died in a tragic state.

However, all he saw was a tall, middle-aged man with black hair and black eyes curled up there.

His eyes were burning with the fire of anger.

The bullet shattered his shirt, revealing the pale and robust muscles inside. Small holes were punched out on him—the bullets embedded in the epidermis of his torso, unable to penetrate the skin.

The next moment, a mighty fist stuck out, breaking the bridge of the young man’s nose with one punch!

Like a fish jumping out, the powerful marble body lunged on the young man’s chest. Annan opened his hand, grabbed the young man’s head from the front, took advantage of the momentum to push his target down, and slammed the back of the opponent’s head to the ground!

[TN: Anna took the form of [The Last Work – David]. Thus we will be using “he” pronouns.]

In just a moment, Annan had already killed one person.

He turned his head and looked at the remaining three with blazing eyes.

“David”, who kept his smile, had a cold expression at this moment.

“I hope you can give me an explanation,” said Annan calmly.

His left eye shone with brilliance—the curse light that belonged to the Silver Rank.

“Sir, this is a misunderstanding.” Seeing this light, the middle-aged man in the lead was silent for a while, but he still admitted his defeat.

He tried his best not to look at the man on the ground and said in a low voice, “We have no intention of going against you. We are just collecting some materials on the orders of our lord.”

“Whose order?”

“The Deity of Extortion and Promise Keeping, Protector.”

The man responded quickly, “He is the Silver Sire’s subordinate deity. They requested us for some Edict Wizard’s spine. We’re telling the truth.”

His attitude is sincere, and he doesn’t seem bluffing.

Spine?

Is it Sage’s Stone again?

Annan nodded slowly.

Great.

Everything makes sense now.

He walked slowly toward the middle-aged man, his clenched fists gradually loosening.

“I see.

“But you attacked me for no reason and made me lose that woman.”

Annan walked over as he uttered his words slowly.

If the group ran into someone else, they might have deceived the person.

People in the Papal Kingdom probably did not know that the Protector had never left the Noah Kingdom.

It was not May yet. The Protector could not communicate with people abroad at all!

The remaining three hesitated and subconsciously took a half step back.

Although Annan could not use any spells now, it did not mean he did not have enough deterrence. After all, no matter if it was David or himself, they were genuine Silver Rank.

A couple of them should be ordinary people.

What a weak fear.

What she fears should be “being hunted and killed”.

Annan walked to the middle-aged man. Without warning, a silver blade protruded from the palm of his hand, piercing the heart of the leading middle-aged man.

“But I, David, don’t believe your nonsense!” Annan grinned, showing a cruel smile, and slowly pulled out the silver blade.

Seeing that terrifying smile, the remaining two took two steps back in fear.

Although they had guns in their hands, they dared not confront Annan at all.

Annan was a Silver Rank Transcender.

But they obviously could not see it.

Annan’s health was left at 9% after being shot by them.

Annan turned into David after being shot to lure his enemies. The purpose was to sustain a couple of bullets and scream to prove that he was hit.

Now there was a bullet embedded in his heart.

He would lose some health just by taking a couple of steps.

However, on Annan’s face, there was an arrogant smile akin to the villain.

This expression made the two of them afraid to flee and dared not to attack.