Chapter 925 - : Unsettling Night (1)
Chapter 925: Unsettling Night (1)
“Miss Emily?”
Rhode revealed an uncharacteristic surprised expression. He had never expected to meet Emily here.
Emily Edward, daughter of the chairman of Edward Trade Association in the southern Munn Kingdom, Fiat.
The most unique and memorable thing about her was that she successfully became a merchant and yet, was determined to become a Travel Merchant instead. Back then when Rhode went to Fiat to eliminate the enemies, he disguised himself as Miranda and interacted with Emily for a period of time, which he eventually triggered the hidden mission. But for the sake of the bigger picture, he had to abandon the mission and it became the first ever mission that was marked with an ‘Incomplete’ in this world. If Rhode were a perfectionist, he would have felt uncomfortable every time he saw the grayed-out mission. But he didn’t take it to heart and initially thought that that was the end to that matter. However, never did he expect to meet her again.
Rhode scanned the young lady curiously. Compared to when he first met her in Fiat, Emily seemed much more mature now. It was apparent from her confident smile that she was satisfied with her life. It seemed like she had sneaked out of her family and fulfilled her dreams. But he didn’t know what happened in between though.
Shane was gentlemanly enough to make an excuse and left as soon as ‘Miranda’ and Emily met each other. Shortly after, they found a relatively empty spot and reminisced about the old times. But before that…
“Miss Miranda, she is…”
Emily gazed curiously at Angelina who had been following quietly behind Rhode. Rhode waved his arm casually.
“She’s my servant.”
Rhode revealed a curious expression but in fact, he was shocked and had even prepared himself for a fight. On the other hand, Angelina instinctively took a step back and stared at the young lady. Both of them discovered that before Emily pulled that young lady out from the crowd, they didn’t detect her presence at all!
This was an absolutely strange phenomenon. Rhode was the dragon soul heir while Angelina was a royal vampire. It went to show how unimaginably powerful she was to be able to conceal her presence before them!
“Greetings, I’m Miranda Seren.”
Rhode showed an elegant smile and extended his hand. The young lady smiled and held his hand in response.
“Greetings, Miss Miranda… I’m Stefania Yulia. Glad to meet you. I’ve heard a lot about you from Emily… And it seems like you’re truly as interesting as she said.”
The young lady revealed a gentle smile while Rhode cautiously scanned her from head to toe.
She had fair complexion, a pair of pitch-black eyes, and pitch-black long hair that reached her waist. She could be considered a beautiful young lady who left a deep impression. But unlike Emily’s outfit, she was wrapped in a large black cloak. What was strange was that her weird outfit didn’t capture any attention among the luxuriously-dressed guests. Other than Rhode and Angelina, it seemed as though no one noticed her presence, not even Shane who was currently chatting with the two fat merchants nearby.
She was in the Peak Legendary Stage at the very least.
Rhode knitted his brows. The moment he held her hand, he instantly detected the massive amount of strength inside her. Not only that, but he also sensed an indistinct demon aura exuding from her. Given the reaction which Angelina had toward her, there was only one answer.
A half-demon? That’s rare…
But why would a half-demon be here?
Not only that, but Rhode also realized the undoubted glint of shock in Stefania’s eyes. It was apparent that she had seen through his true identity.
Could she be an unexpected trouble?
A half-demon in the Peak Legendary Stage who he didn’t recognize. Now that he was in Highland City, this definitely wasn’t any good news.
He had no intention of investigating her immediately. On the contrary, he chatted casually with her, found an opening to greet other guests, and headed off. Although Emily was unwilling to part with him yet, she knew that this sort of relationship between merchants was necessary.
“Sigh… I finally got the chance to meet Miss Miranda and was hoping to speak to her a little more… Miss Stefania, what do you… Huh?”
As Emily turned around helplessly to seek her companion’s opinion, she discovered that Stefania was nowhere to be seen.
“Really…”
Emily didn’t seem that surprised by her disappearance. After all, she was just a peculiar person and Emily was used to it already. Emily shifted her attention to the sumptuous food since she hadn’t eaten after arriving at this city.
At the same moment in the quiet corner, Rhode gazed silently at the young lady standing before him.
“Hey, Miss Stefania, is anything the matter?”
Without Emily around, Rhode displayed a calm and rather cold expression. He lowered his right hand, ever ready to summon his card spirits. On the other hand, Angelina stood behind him and stared sharply at the young lady.
“Don’t be so nervous, Your Majesty Rhode Alander. I have no intention of being hostile to the ruler of this territory.”
Stefania didn’t show any sign of fear to his ice-cold gaze. Instead, she revealed his true identity with a smile.
“Instead, I just want to make a small deal with you.”
“Deal?”
Rhode twitched his brows.
“That’s right. After all, one doesn’t get the chance to meet the dragon soul heir anywhere, isn’t it? Don’t worry. I come with no ill intention. I’m only curious to know if you’re interested in my small little deal…”
Stefania reached out for a pendant from her pocket. It had a weird pattern made from three interconnected circles. Rhode’s eyes glinted at the sight of the pattern.
“You are a plane merchant?”
“Wow, you’re aware of that? I thought I’d need to spend some time explaining everything to you…”
Stefania revealed a look of astonishment. Upon hearing her answer, Rhode’s heart was crashing in huge waves. He didn’t expect that he would be this fortunate to meet a plane merchant!
The so-called plane merchant, also known as the plane-of-existence merchant, was one who traveled between planes of existence for business transactions. In the game, plane merchants were extremely rare to find and their spawn positions and locations were never fixed. It could be said that players had to rely solely on luck in order to meet one. Not only that, but the items that the plane merchants sold also weren’t ordinary. Although the items weren’t exceedingly powerful, they were incredibly strange and mysterious and most of them didn’t belong to this world. There was once a player who purchased from a plane merchant an enormous biped robot!
Rhode recalled how bewildered the other players were when they witnessed that player riding the robot onto the plaza for the first time. It was ever since then that the legend about the plane merchant was proven. Players tried to search for plane merchants but the plane merchants were too secretive and didn’t leave any traces of their existence. But the items that they sold weren’t invincible. For instance, the player who purchased the biped robot brought it into a dungeon. After a BOSS fight, the robot suffered damage that was beyond repair and self-destructed…
Rhode was full of surprise at the sight of this young lady. He didn’t meet a plane merchant in the game but was presented with a chance now.
I’ve struck gold.