The Princess And The Lord-Chapter 1339: The Infamous Smile

The fierce battle alerted all the nearby hunters, and soon they charged simultaneously at them but Jay blocked their way. With both of his guns, he moved agilely as if dancing and started shooting at them, and one by one they all fell to the ground like flies, although there were some lucky ones who managed to put up barriers to block the bullets but only for a moment.

Jay merged the bottom of his guns and it transformed into a double-edged sword. He spun the sword and smashed the enemy’s barrier into pieces including the man’s head.

Blood splattered in the air like red flower petals as the sound of steel and weapons mixed with screams and agonizing cries echoed and it didn’t take long before only a few hunters were left.

Jay kicked the hunter in the stomach and the man fell at Lory’s feet. Lory tilted her head as the man’s face looked familiar, it turned out to be the cowardly hunter they had been eavedropping earlier.

"Oh, Look who it is?" a smirk blooms on Lory’s face.

The cowardly man trembles in fright after seeing all his friends killed so easily before his eyes, "Who...who are you, do you know us? You just make a - a terrible mistake"

Jay raised his eyebrows in amusement "Well, not as big as you"

"We are Noxcra," Clift said flatly without looking at him. The coward took an instant sharp breath and his entire body shaking in fear.

Lory didn’t want to waste more time, so she walked to the man and asked straightforwardly, "I know you work for an underground Guild, but how can an Underground Guild work in Harland’s territory, I also know the Mayor of Ember City is involved in all of this, but how can a mere mayor arrange all of this under the Archknight nose? Look, I know everything so don’t play around with me, tell me everything while I’m still nice!"

Terrified the man blurts everything he knows in one single breath, "The underground guild just need to created a new guild inside Harland as a cover, then we sent our members as new recruits to the guild, after that the Mayor sent us an official request with an official letter to exterminate Bael, and that’s how we entered Ember City!"

Clift’s forehead creased, "But to establish a Guild, permission is required not only from the country where the Guild is established, but also from the World Guild Association. However, as far as I know, the relationship between the two grup is not good. So, how could an underground guild establish a ne Guild without the help of the WGA?"

The man shook his head desperately. "I don’t know, we were just sent to act like we were hunting Bael to chase people away while they were mining Zerenium, that’s all!"

It Is a simple but effective plan, if only there were no Noxcra informants sending news about Bael, no one would suspect there was a Zerenium mine within Mirror Creek as their focus would be on Bael.

"What is the fake Guild name?" Clift asked.

The man gulped "The - The Avalanche"

Lory turned to Clift "Send our men to move these men to Herriond for questioning" After that turn to Jay "Come with me, we need to check the mines!"

"Aye, captain!" Jay saluted in jest.

The few remaining hunters were tied up and gathered in one place while Clift guarded them until the other Noxcra agents they had called came to take them to King’s City, Herriond for further investigation.

At the same time, Lory and Jay walked up the path leading them not too big cave.

"Lory, be careful, this cave was opened carelessly without any safe supports," Jay observed that the supports holding the cave up were just simple pieces of wood that were stuck in carelessly. It was not hard to tell that they were in a hurry and did not pay attention to the safety of the people working there.

Lory pressed the light switch at the entrance and instantly the entire cave was illuminated with a dim light. Lory peeked inside to see if anyone was in the cave, but she didn’t see or hear anything.

Lory then realizes there are no common people as miners, could it be all the Gifted people who attack them are also a miner?

"It seems like they only use the Gifted people as miners and guards." Lory was relieved that they didn’t exploit the ordinary citizens of Ember City.

"That makes sense, gifted people are cost-effective labors and they are probably all from underground guilds so the secret is also kept, if they were using commoners then sooner or later the news would reach the King’s Men, or so they thought" Jay sneered.

"Since when did people look down on the King’s Men?" Lory’s face scrunched up in thought.

Jay sighed, "That’s not the problem. It’s because these people work with the S.A.I.N.T. organization and Luxemborough, so they probably picked up something about Luc’s condition, that’s why these idiots dare to steal from us."

When they entered the mine, they didn’t have to walk too far. They found chunks of zerenium on the ground and also some sticking out of the cave walls.

Lory was surprised that there was a Zerenium mine in her territory and abundance as well, no wonder the enemy dared to take risks to get these things.

This would definitely be very useful to boost the kingdom’s economy and also its military power since everyone knows how important Zerenium is for making high-level weapons. It is because of this fact that Zerenium become very rare.

"I can already imagine Fred’s face when they see this." Jay felt ill at ease just imagining it.

"You mean like this..." Lory imitated Fred’s perverted smile.

"Stop it!" Jay shuddered seeing Lory’s smile.

Lory laughed, then took her cell phone and started taking pictures of the situation inside the mine as evidence, once she’s done she back to Jay again, "Come on, let’s get out of here, we still have other things to do"

Jay looked puzzled, Lory then reminded him "The Bael, do you remember Fred asked us to catch that thing?"

"Oh yeah," Jay had completely forgotten.

When they went out of the cave, Clift was waiting for them, "How much zerenium is inside"

"A lot!" Lory’s expression showed that this mine was richer than they predicted.

"I’ve called Fred, he said he’ll send someone to check the mine, ugh, I can see Fred’s creepy smile even behind the phone" Clift shivered.

"Is it like this?" Lory mimicked Fred’s infamous smile again.

"....."

"Lory, come on!" Jay chide.

Lory covered her mouth and giggled, she never thought she would have the chance to tease Clift and Jay again.

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__Cestine palace__

"Be - hehe"

"knock it off!" Fargo winced when he saw Fred smile.

Fred’s smile instantly disappeared and was replaced by a serious face as he spoke in a gloomy tone, "The enemy managed to mine our natural resources for three, THREE DAYS! This has never happened before, I wonder what else the enemy has done in our territory?" Although he was happy to hear the news about the zerenium mine in Ember City, he was also worried about the enemy’s success in entering his kingdom.

Fargo was as upset as Fred when he found out about the illegal mining but what could he say, since Lucas’ condition was getting worse they couldn’t focus on the country’s problems.

"From the start the enemy’s target was Luc, they knew our king was our pillar, in fact, I can’t imagine what would have happened if Lory didn’t show up" Fargo’s voice was tense with emotion.

"We would be like headless chickens, frantic and losing our way." Fred let out a long sigh, but then a warm smile grew across his face "She’s like our backbone isn’t she?"

"Luc must be so happy when he wakes up..." Fargo turned his gaze towards the man who was sleeping soundly on the bed.

Fred patted Fargo’s shoulder "We also have to work hard to tidy everything up so that when Lucas wakes up he can rest, since the war ended he never got a good rest whether his body or his heart..."

Fargo watches Lucas drown himself in his work to bury the hole in his heart after losing his loved ones, especially Lory.

"Luc could use a long vacation, and we don’t have to worry because we have a great princess who will be happy to help her king, right?!" Fargo grinned imagining Lory’s face when she found out she had to take over Lucas’ job again.

"Oh, she must be so happy~" Fred’s eyes sparkled as he spoke.

"Ha-ha-ha"

"Heh-he-he"

Suddenly the door was knocked and the butler opened it, Zhao Li Xin came in. As soon as he entered, the air in the room felt extremely heavy, as if there was a mountain pressing against their chests.

Zhao Li Xin’s dark eyes stared sharply at Fredhardt,"I heard my wife left the palace afew days ago." Zhao Li Xin’s voice sounds cold and indifferent even though he doesn’t mean to.

Fredhardt took a deep breath to dispel this oppressive aura coming from zhao Li Xin, "Yes, she went with Jay and Clift so you don’t have to worry"

"Do you want to call her?" Fargo shook his head. his phone.

His cold eyes immediately softened, "Yes..."

Fargo was surprised to see Zhao Li Xin’s reaction. When Fargo called Lory, he walked towards Lucas who was sleeping. He grabbed Lucas’ wrist to check his condition.

Fortunately, his condition is still stable, but he can feel foreign objects in Lucas’s body begins to recover and soon the creature will begin to absorb which Lucas’. freewebnøvel.coɱ

"How is he?" Fred stood beside Zhao Li Xin.

"His condition is still good, but I can feel the energy fluctuating inside him, it looks like it won’t be long before the creature wakes up again" a deep frown formed on his brow.

Fargo and Fredhardt’s faces immediately became tense, "Then .....what should we do...?" Fred’s try to remain calm.

"It’s okay, I’ll make sure I’m ready when the time has come. I will not let anything happen to men who have been saved by Lory with so many sacrifices." Zhao Li Xin was determined to save Lucas at all costs because he wouldn’t let Lory’s long-suffering be in vain.

Fredhardt knew someone like Zhao Li Xin would not speak if he did not have confidence. Moreover, he was the person chosen by Lory so there was no reason not to trust Zhao Li Xin.

"Yes, wait - wait!" Fargo turned to Zhao Li Xin, "Hey, Lory wants to talk to you!" Fargo handed the phone to Zhao Li Xin.

"Oh!" Zhao Li Xin readily accepted the phone and then walked to the window for some privacy [Lory, Where are you?]

[Li Xin, you’ve finally finished cultivating!] Lory’s cheerful voice rang out loudly.

Her lips unconsciously curved into a faint smile [I’m not done yet, I just came out to check on you but you’re already gone]

[Hehe, sorry, duty calls] Lory coaxed him then a second later her voice turned solemn, [By the way, how is Lucas?]

[He’s okay, at least for two more weeks, don’t worry I will take care of him but you should be here at least by the end of this week]

Zhao Li Xin knew how important Lucas was in Lory’s heart, even though he was a little jealous but he hoped that the two siblings could reunite in the end.

[I will be there... Thank you, Li Xin,] Lory genuinely thaknful for Zhao Li Xin’s help.

Honestly, if it wasn’t for Zhao Li Xin, she wouldn’t be this calm, it’s a lucky to have someone like Zhao Li Xin by her side.

[Oh, Lory, did you get into trouble while you were there?] Actually, Zhao Li Xin knew that this was a useless question. Knowing her for so long, of course, Lory will get into a trouble. She got trouble wherever she went.

Lory proudly said: [Not really, on the contrary I found treasure and it was a Zerenium mine, can you believe it!]

[Zerenium?] Zhao Li Xin eyes lit up.

[Uh-huh?] Lory was surprised that Zhao Li Xin showed interest.

[Can I have some? Just a few is fine...] He doesn’t want to make it difficult for Lory, it’s just that he really needs the material to fix his ring. Such a coincidence, just when he really needs Zerenium, his wife found bunch of it!

Zhao Li Xin rarely showed interest in anything so of course Lory would give everything he wanted.

[Hey, take as much as you want honey, your wife is a princess after all!] Lory said arrogantly, after all, when else would she be able to brag in front of her omnipotent husband?

Zhao Li Xin smiled amusedly [Then, this humble man would thanks her highness generosity,]

His deep and melodious voice made her cheeks blush, she could really take it when he spoke like that!

’This emperor refuses to attend court’

"Lory the Bael is here!" Jay nudged her.

"Tch! Yeah, I can smell it from here!" Her nose scrunched up as the pungent smell of rotten eggs mixed with mudd assaulted her senses.

[Li Xin, honey, I have to go!] She reluctantly ended their conversation.

[Be careful Lory!] his voice demanded her seriousness.

[Yes honey, I’m hanging up, muah!] Lory then hung up the phone and put it in her leg bag.

Not long after a giant beast that looks like a frog covered with thick vines with two long horns on his head appears on the creek.

Lory’s nose twitched at the pungent smell, she sniffled and complained, "I have a hot husband at home, but here I am with a stinky beast and you guys"

"Hey!" Jay refuted.

"I’ve been in the top five most wanted bachelors list three times in a row" Even Clift who rarely reacted was offended.

"Sorry..." Lory sigh.