Surviving The Fourth Calamity

Chapter 1241: Chapter 1032: Conference Above the Clouds

Although it’s unclear how Elvia communicated with Arausato, Edna felt that she seemed to be in a pretty good mood after coming back.

She even had the courage to take the initiative to find the ’Old Age Striking King’ who finally satisfied his urge to close shop and made a request, hoping to replace Andria in pulling the cart.

Of course, the result was Andria caught Elvia red-handed, sensing the dragon was trying to steal her thunder, and they had a fierce battle in the sky.

They’re both ancient white dragons, so no lethal moves... Who’s afraid of whom?

If Elvia couldn’t use her big killing moves, Andria wouldn’t balk at grappling with empty claws!

Andria could fight until she was battered and bloody, scales fallen, but she still had a pet space to help recover her injuries!

Elvia didn’t have such good treatment... so in the end, this brave one finally put away her overly flamboyant emotions and admitted defeat.

After painstakingly repairing the long and ugly wound on her abdomen, the White Dragon Queen didn’t want to get another one.

Tsk, Andria must have learned a lot of street fighting techniques from the Striking King in her spare time!

She specifically yanked scales off her head... Elvia, who had a partner, was still a bit fearful, especially since Arausato was watching from the sidelines!

As for Edna... she could only bow her head and talk with the Striking King, trying to prevent attention from shifting towards her.

However, the ’Old Age Striking King’ was completely unconcerned... Andria had honed her dodging skills under the claws of a Wolverine, so Elvia, who relied entirely on brute force and speed, had no chance of winning.

Anyway, it wasn’t her own dragon getting hit, so she was very interested in discussing with Edna whether to switch to a white cloud house... One reason was to avoid braving the elements, and the other was she was intrigued by the gradient white and blurry sky blue of Icewind Valley, recently wanting to dress more elegantly.

That pink color just didn’t match her outfit... it’s not like she didn’t have it.

The good stuff Hill sold, as long as she had enough money in her purse, she would definitely get a set! It’s just... the recent high-priced jewelry is a bit unaffordable.

The ’Old Age Striking King’, as a strong-willed earth warrior, still mostly adhered to her self-imposed spending limits.

She glanced wistfully at the set of hair combs under Edna’s hair, counted the prices with her small purse... For some reason, Hill recently loved making diamond jewelry. Seeing the buyer shows shared by that group of women, she felt they were pretty good, but unfortunately, her wallet still felt light.

Otherwise, the Striking King wouldn’t have the patience to set up a stall... Although she could let it run on auto, NPCs quickly swept up goods, so she had to restock.

After all, she... well, she had quite the appreciation level, the branches she brought for sale were all very tasteful and sold fast.

So... the ’Old Age Striking King’ proudly thought after earning tens of thousands of gold, ”I didn’t spend all in cash, right?”

”Little Bug~” she happily walked over to the warrior standing aside watching the fun, ”I need some gold coins, uh... and still need to keep some for daily expenses, so let’s make it 500,000 gold!”

The Black Rose and the people from the Magic Cult respectfully watched her, dazzled by the brilliance of the rich lady.

Standing behind and talking with ’Snow Cloud Peak’, the ’Perfect Baldy’ suddenly shouted, ”You? You! Didn’t you just buy a set for 500,000?”

”That was three months ago!” The ’Old Age Striking King’ looked dissatisfied, ”Isn’t it normal to save money for three months and buy a new set? I’m not shopping all the time!”

”But... Old Age...” Little Bug whispered softly, ”Last month, you told me, if you suddenly come to buy gold coins, I must... resolutely refuse.

Otherwise... if you regret later, you’d hit me.”

”Why did I say that?” The ’Old Age Striking King’ tilted her head, trying hard to remember.

”Because last month you bought a new **pod and spent all the reserve funds you had for here.” ’Hard Wind’ looked at the pleading eyes of ’Little Bug’ clinging to him and decided to help speak up.

After all, the Striking King truly would regret it, and when she regretted... the impact was broad.

”Oh...” The ’Old Age Striking King’ squatted on the ground regretfully, drawing a few circles.

Although she had a bad temper, she only became unreasonable when she got agitated; otherwise, she was able to persuade herself not to vent her anger on others... after all, having practiced martial arts since childhood, venting on others could land you in trouble.

In the end, she still waved her hand, turned around despondently, and went back.

Edna touched her bracelet, a little tempted.

But the young girl always remembered the ’Old Age Striking King’s words: ”Help in emergencies, not poverty, especially for someone like her who often claims poverty, never proactively lend money to her.”

Although Edna sometimes didn’t understand or couldn’t figure it out, she knew these philosophies were life lessons the Striking King and her kind had summarized from their own experiences. She could follow them first and then ponder them slowly in the future.

After all, the Striking King always wanted her to have a better life.

Especially when recalling memories of her rather foolish ex, comparing many of those common senses instilled in her by the Striking King, it became clearer to understand the meaning of ’the ways of the world’.

Edna knew that she might not need to follow the rules of so many social exchanges in the future, but she also understood that if that Midnight knew these, he wouldn’t have been deceived by his subordinates time and time again.

Because just by listening, it’s clear that it defies logic, and it obviously conflicts with the other party’s interests... If they’re still willing to do it, there must be other greater benefits, just not immediate ones.

Just like how Kelben calculated it.

If that guy really succeeded, even in the worst-case scenario... he himself could become a demigod, and his two sons, one as the Deepwater Lord, the other as the City of Hope Lord controlling the Puzzle Lock.

Darker calculations are also not impossible, Kelben has paid too much for that better future.

Edna quietly pondered over that Safras... Black Eye’s evaluation of him was sharp, although he was indeed ruthless, he only liked to play the step-by-step game... making those targeted by him gradually increase their stakes until they can no longer turn back.

It’s easy to deal with greedy folks, but dealing with someone like Azuth, who is somewhat cold-blooded and indifferent to other matters besides what his heart holds dear, is almost impossible to succeed.

But in Midnight’s mind, Safras was just a silent, aloof, and peculiar guy who didn’t like to meddle.

Clearly, Azuth had warned her that Safras’s nature was quite strange, and she shouldn’t underestimate him.

’Pa!’

The little hand that softly patted her arm interrupted Edna’s thoughts.

”Anyway, since it’s over, let’s get moving!” The ’Old Age Striking King’, with a face full of frustration, said unhappily, ”Let’s wander outside for a while, take on more tasks! I refuse to believe that I won’t be able to save up any money!”

”Is she talking in her sleep?” ’Snow Cloud Peak’ couldn’t help but lightly ask ’Perfect Bald’, ”Aren’t we passing by Hill’s shop on the way back?”

”Shh... shut your dog mouth!” ’Perfect Bald’ anxiously jumped up to pull his neck down, ”She’s just missing a punching bag now! You really want to offer yourself up?

Send yourself off, but don’t drag me down!”

Amidst the noisy chatter, the two Undead Tribe families preparing to continue escorting tasks ushered Edna and her teammates onto a beautiful white Cloud House ship.

Delicate cabins, natural décor, the deck above the clouds was actually grass!

For some reason, just one look gave a feeling of freshness and elegance.

Edna was enchanted... She really wanted to ask that Lord Hill about the method to craft such Strange Objects!

Unable to resist, she walked into that two-story small building with walls adorned with vines blooming with white lilac flowers... Upon entering was a hall that could accommodate hundreds, with all kinds of cute little sofas scattered around, and some low tables in the middle.

”This is... really nice!” Edna sincerely admired, sitting on a central set of sofas following the Striking King.

”Of course it’s nice!” ’Perfect Bald’ answered with a bit of jealousy, ”There are only about a hundred of these large Cloud Houses in total, can’t buy them if you want to, no choice, only Hill can make them!

Sigh! Hill always likes to make a lot of practice pieces at once, but once he feels there’s no way to make it better, he’ll stop making them at all!”

”Isn’t it very expensive?” Nasir couldn’t help but ask.

”The price of these things... no matter how expensive, can’t compare to that 500,000!” ’Snow Cloud Peak’ said in a discouraged manner, ”Hill really... just set a ceiling price for wooing women.”

”Why did Baldy come up too?” someone asked from behind, ”Is it possible your mother-in-law is here too?”

’Hard Wind’, included in the ’also’ category, replied with a serious face: ”Stop making sweeping statements.”

”Ah...” ’Perfect Bald’ said with a bit of pride, ”Liu Liu’s sister, who married far away, rarely comes back, so she brought her child to visit her family! It’s half a month~

I!

Now I’m a free Bald!”

”What time do you have to report in a video?” ’Hard Wind’ resolutely betrayed their clan leader, ”Want me to set a time for you? Otherwise, if you get caught up in a fight and don’t hear the bell, aren’t you going to kneel on durian?”

’Hiss...’ Hill on the Floating Castle couldn’t help but take a cold breath: Humans have already stepped into the cosmos, yet such... tragic torture... still passes on!

”No, that’s you! My Liu Liu can’t bear it, I kneel on mangoes.” ’Perfect Bald’ retorted.

”To a Knight... is there a difference?” Knowing what these two fruits were, Leonard couldn’t help but ask.

”Ah... In some respects, there’s not much difference, just depends on who is more ruthless.” ’Old Age Striking King’ said thoughtfully.

Leonard frowned and pondered... He felt there seemed to be a lot of meaning in those words, but... Nature Mage couldn’t help but tilt his head... but he couldn’t figure it out at all.

Although he didn’t understand at all, his intuition told him he better not to understand, so Luca interrupted the exchange: ”Edna, Devis and I have replaced the followers that already arrived in Agleya, can we bring them along?”