Amber Sword

"Unity of All Things?" Romantic heard this answer, raised his chin and thought for a moment, "I seem to have heard Brand mention it, isn’t that a cult organization?"

Miss Bai Wu looked expressionlessly at Viscount Beigening on the ground, "Nihilists believe everything is meaningless; above the World exists the tail biting snake named ’Ouroboros’. The World is a cycle, with short Order followed by a long Chaos, and they have existed since before the Saint War..."

Viscount Beigening was stunned by these words. Under the suppression of the Four Great Sanctuaries, mortals all believe Unity of All Things is synonymous with cultists, while few understand their history and doctrines.

He couldn’t help but widen his eyes staring at Bai Wu, and loudly asked, "Since you understand the truth of the World so well, why not join us? You know...our goals are noble!"

But Miss Bai Wu pinned him to the ground with one sentence: "All is one, all returns to the cycle, and complex things must return to nihilism. I didn’t expect people to still believe such nonsense today."

"No, this is not nonsense!" Viscount Beigening roared.

"Romantic, give him a hammer." With millennia of insight, White Mist had no interest in reasoning with mortals, especially ones irrelevant to her. Power is the best truth.

"Got it!"

"No, ah—!" Lord Viscount screamed miserably, tears and snot streaming down, his expression fearful as he stared at these two female demons, unclear who really was the cultist.

"Proceed with the next question."

The Merchant Lady waved her hammer, and asked leisurely, "So you’re actually the third-party force in this situation? But you’re simultaneously manipulating the direction of events; human hearts are shallow, and actions are driven by desires, like merchants who pursue profit. What is the purpose behind your actions?"

"..." Viscount Beigening fell silent for a moment, his gaze inadvertently trembled at the sight of the shining nail head hammer: "Of course, it’s to subvert Erune."

Romantic turned back, Miss Bai Wu yawned: "Half true, half false. Mortals have said the most real lies contain seventy percent truth and thirty percent falsehood, but little do they know lies are for concealing truths, lies are contrary to truths."

"So the thirty percent falsehood is merely to mislead. Thinking back, under the guise of subverting Erune, Unity of All Things must have some core interest, right?" The Merchant Lady nodded deeply in agreement.

Viscount Beigening stared at Romantic like he’d seen a ghost: "...Are you feigning ignorance?"

Before he finished speaking, he received a heavy hit on the head, and amidst Lord Viscount’s screams, Romantic earnestly corrected him: "Romantic is the future top merchant of this World; this is called great wisdom appearing as foolishness, idiot."

White Mist looked at the poor worm with dead fish eyes, and thought while shaking her head that this time he actually guessed right; this guy is indeed a fool, but with eyes that can see the essence of human nature.

The witch, such an existence, is meant to play with human hearts. Just as she said before, no one can resist their desires.

Romantic clapped his hands, and looked at Viscount Beigening asking: "What do you want to do, speak out."

Viscount Beigening’s face showed a look of grief and anger; he desperately tried to control his mouth but couldn’t escape his true self. In difficult struggle, he slowly opened his mouth—

"Jogen Digan."

...

Sani’er as promised brought Antitina off the ship before nightfall, heading to the Princess’s army. But the arrival of Staff Lady brought Brand a troubling message—Little Roman is missing again!

Brand’s head instantly grew as large as a bucket.

Lately, the Merchant Lady had been behaving well, even he thought she had ’repented and mended her ways’ putting away her troublesome whims. Yet, surprisingly, our Lady reverted so quickly!

If Brand had any thoughts at this moment, it would be to catch that little brat who always roams around and spank her hard. But alas, this can only be a thought; not to mention, Antitina brought back another piece of information, which is what Romantic said before leaving.

Brand knows well that although Romantic always has some outlandish ideas, her premonition has always been very accurate. Whether in Buqi or Eternal Song Forest, and during past adventures, the Merchant Lady has shown amazing insight.