Summoning the Holy Sword

Chapter 1074: Fruitless Negotiation

Who exactly is she?

Gazing at the young lady, Erin almost failed to conceal her surprise. Although the young lady had an identical face to Rhode’s, her aura was completely different. It could also be said that standing before her, Erin felt a massive, yet gentle aura, which was totally unlike Rhode’s, as though this young lady was born on a higher level than both of them. Even with the identity of the moon princess, Erin felt so tiny before her. The young lady was apparently younger but for some unknown reason, Erin just couldn’t puff out her chest and lift her head bravely in front of her. On the contrary, she cowered uncharacteristically, leaving her feeling uncomfortable. Even though she tried her best to pull herself together to resist this strong presence, she had little success. This terrified her and due to this reason, she temporarily put aside the negotiations between the Void Territory and Country of Darkness. Fortunately, even though Erin felt incomparably pressured by the young lady’s aura, she cleared her mind and wasn’t led by the nose by her. If not, she would have signed a series of treaties that would forfeit sovereignty and humiliate her own country. All in all, the negotiation lasted for three hours.

“Alright then, I shall take my leave now.”

After bowing respectfully, Erin turned around and left. Even though she maintained her usual smile, she was obviously putting up a strong face judging from her stiff expression. She was totally caught off guard by the emergence of such a formidable enemy. She could barely maintain her usual etiquette and from the fact that she didn’t crumble in the face of this former Void Dragon’s aura proved how much self-restraint she had.

“What a decent child.”

Gazing at Erin’s shrinking back and the door that closed behind her, the young lady commented with a smile. Standing beside her, Rhode, who had switched ‘class’ to become a ‘spirit’, shrugged and shook his head. He sighed.

“What a pity. I didn’t expect this princess to be this difficult to handle. I thought I could use this chance to settle the issue.”

Indeed, Rhode had initially decided to put his younger sister in charge of the negotiations with Erin since he couldn’t return to his body for the time being. Besides, in terms of aura, his younger sister could also get the job done easier than he could. That didn’t mean that Rhode had problems controlling the power of the Void Dragon, but as the creator of Dragon Soul Continent, no matter if his younger sister had this conscious or not, she faced everything with the identity of a ‘creator’ on this continent. It was impossible for Rhode to have this aloof attitude unless he had created a world himself. It was simply a natural aura that no one could possibly ignore. The more power one possessed, the more one could sense the power in the young lady that came from the origin. Even if one wasn’t aware of her true identity, one would instinctively sense that this young lady was the creator of their world.

But it was a pity that Erin managed to hold it down. At the very least, she didn’t mess up and wasn’t led by the nose by his younger sister. This left Rhode, who came up with funny ideas by the sideline, feeling discontented. He knew that opportunity seldom knocked twice and if he allowed Erin to return just like this, it wouldn’t be as easy to deal with Ion the next time around. But what exceeded Rhode’s expectation was that Erin wasn’t easy to push around. Although she wasn’t sure who exactly the young lady was and exactly what happened, she used her own method to survive the danger. Throughout the three hours of negotiations, both the young ladies behaved like noblewomen enjoying a tea party in the garden, chatting about meaningless gossip and leaving Rhode sleepy. Moreover, Erin freed herself timely. It seemed like her wisdom benefited her a lot this time.

But Rhode did receive some gains. At least after turning into a spirit, he could do or see whatever he wanted to… But what surprised him was that Erin actually wore white undergarments, which was surprisingly conservative. Rhode initially thought that there would be some black laces, at the very least, as white didn’t fit her image at all.

“So what should we do next, Big Brother?”

“We shall see. Erin will surely try and figure out what happened exactly, but I’m pretty sure she will have a hard time gaining any information.”

As of now, only Christie, Marlene, Alice, Canary, and Mini Bubble Gum knew about his younger sister’s true identity, and all of them could keep a secret. The rest also had the same question when they met Rhode’s younger sister. However, since Canary and Marlene didn’t seem to intend to explain, they could only let the matter drift. The only person giving Rhode a headache was Anne, who hung around his younger sister curiously. But despite that, Anne was more concerned as to when Rhode would return. Of course, even Rhode wasn’t sure of Anne’s true problem.

In this situation, Erin definitely wouldn’t gain any answers. On the contrary, this would surely increase her worries, which actually wasn’t a bad thing for Rhode. One of the great things about smart people was that they pondered a lot about things. But sometimes, thinking too much was also a weakness. And now, Erin was apparently on this wrong path.

“So what do you intend to do, Big Brother?”

Rhode knitted his brow at his younger sister’s question and started pondering. In fact, the reason why he didn’t answer her immediately was because he was also considering his answer. This time, Erin came to negotiate with him and he knew he would commit daylight robbery to the Dark Dragon and make him suffer for his actions. Besides, just as Erin was concerned about, the final condition that Rhode came up with was to make Ion withdraw his troops from the Country of Light’s territories and scram back to where they came from. Although this wasn’t beneficial to him, the thought of Ion’s ashen expression was immensely pleasurable to him.

But that was only a last resort since it was only meant to enrage the Dark Dragon. As of now, what Rhode needed were some tangible benefits. After he got his hands on them, it still wouldn’t be too late to find trouble with Ion later on. Rhode realized that he didn’t want anything in particular. Although there were plenty of godlike weapons in the Country of Darkness, with Marlene and Lapis around, it wouldn’t be challenging for them to produce new weapons. As for precious treasures and finances… he couldn’t ask for more. But if he merely asked for those things, it wouldn’t benefit the Void Territory too much either.

So what exactly should I extort from the Dark Dragon? Hmm…

At this thought, Rhode realized that there really wasn’t anything he wanted. This was also why he had his younger sister hold off the negotiation with Erin. If he didn’t even know what he wanted, there would be no purpose, wasn’t it?

“Actually I don’t have any good ideas now. More importantly now, there is nothing worthy of special attention between our Void Territory and the Country of Darkness. In fact, I haven’t come up with the exact conditions for the Dark Dragon,” Rhode said, shrugging and turning to his younger sister. “Come to think of it, what ideas do you have? Is there something precious in the Country of Darkness that can be worthy to us?”

Rhode was only a player in the past and more or less knew some of the so-called godlike weapons or artifacts like the Holy Maiden Statue and whatnot. But that was all he knew and didn’t understand their value. In this aspect, his younger sister had more knowledge than he did. No matter what, she was the Creator Dragon, the God who first created Dragon Soul Continent. Perhaps she was aware of some secrets that no one ever knew. In this case, perhaps with his younger sister’s wisdom, he could extort something valuable from Ion.

“Hmm…”

The young lady shut her eyes upon hearing Rhode’s question, resting her chin on her fair, slender hand. Looking at her expression, Rhode couldn’t help but smile. This was the person he was most familiar with. In his impression, whenever his younger sister was faced with tough questions, she would behave this way: lean on the hospital bed, close her eyes, and ponder. Although this memory of the past seemed interesting to him, he preferred this current look of hers.

Shortly after, the young lady opened her eyes under Rhode’s gaze.

“… If I recall correctly, we can request the Country of Darkness to hand us the ‘Astral Telescope’.”

“Astral Telescope?”

Rhode pondered dubiously upon hearing that name.

“… Used to observe stars? Could it be that our next step is to conquer the universe?”

“That isn’t so, Big Brother.”

His younger sister shook her head before explaining with a smile.

“Even though it is indeed used to observe stars, it isn’t used to observe any ordinary stars, but the Order Star instead.”

“What you’re saying is…”

Rhode’s expression turned solemn. Judging from his tone, the young lady realized the change in his attitude and nodded slightly.

“That’s right, Big Brother. Back then when we avoided Chaos and opened up this space to create the Dragon Soul Continent, we used the Astral Telescope and received guidance and assistance from the ‘Order Star’. If you decide to continue with your plan, we can confirm the specific location of the ‘Order Star’ after we receive the Astral Telescope.”

“I see. It sure seems like something we need.”

Hearing his younger sister’s answer, Rhode nodded replied said. But he quickly had another question.”

“But why is it with the Dark Dragon instead of you since it is that important?”

“Because I was the one who created the Dragon Soul Continent, so it went without saying that Chaos took my territory as the top priority to attack. So just in case, we decided to move the Astral Telescope to a safer place and handed it over to the Dark Dragon. In comparison to other territories, his territory was more stable and suitable to store it.”

That makes sense, considering the properties of the undead creatures. If there weren’t any accidents, perhaps the group of undead creatures protecting the Astral Telescope might still be alive now.

“Besides…”

“Besides…?”

Rhode gazed curiously at his younger sister. Upon sensing his gaze, the younger sister gave a playful chuckle.

“If I recall correctly, there is still a holy sword spirit waiting to be awakened by you, Big Brother.”