Chapter 84: The Lost Princess And The Mechanical God
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“Three giant gray-colored gates had been reported to have appeared within the Sand Sea of the Sahara Desert; investigators and hunters have come to investigate the gates and have notified the authorities of strange, flying objects.”
“This might be perhaps the first time in the Arab world that there have been reports of such large gates appearing in the middle of the desert. And even more, of Gates that have yet to pour any monsters whatsoever.”
“Similar phenomena have been found in other parts of the world so far, but except for the ones that have appeared in New York, USA, the rest of the gray gates remain stable.”
“However, the people of Egypt have already begun to wonder what might happen now and how it could be possible for such huge gates to appear out of nowhere without even receiving a Raid Notification.”
“Authorities have begun further investigation, and the flying objects that have been seen coming out of the gates have, so far, been registered on camera.”
“We don’t know yet what these flying objects truly are, but experts have said... They have the shape of Ancient Egyptian Pyramids, made completely out of solid gold, and each one is as tall as three hundred meters.”
“Here is yet another video of someone who managed to capture them before the pyramids became completely invisible, melding with the sky’s colors.”
The old-looking TV inside a small bar in the city of Cairo showed once again the news that the inhabitants of the entire country have been seeing for the last week since the gates appeared.
The people had already grown accustomed to gates, monsters, and the hunters that slew them, but they were always filled with wonder and fear whenever they saw these videos.
“They have another video of them!” An old, brown-skinned man with a black mustache called, looking at the TV and calling his buddies.
“Woah, they’re really melding into the damn sky?! What’s going on?” wondered another.
“My mother said that these might be the ancient gods of the Egyptians! They have come to punish us for our sins!” said a third man.
“What nonsense are you talking about, Shihab?” laughed the mustache man. “Those things that call themselves gods in that wicked, demonic tower are nothing but false gods! Pretenders. There is only one God. And whoever dares to say otherwise will taste the flavor of my soles.”
“Yeah, yeah, alright.” Shihab sighed. “Look how they meld in the sky... Are they aliens then?”
“Most likely demons from another world! I’m tired of these things! Can’t the hunters hurry and just slay them already? They get such a huge paycheck and don’t move their asses at all!”
“Well, just give me a sword and some of that money, and I’ll go slay all these demons in the name of God happily, as long as I can get away from my old wife for a minute!”
“Hahahaha!”
As the group of friends laughed, the door of the bar opened lightly as someone slowly stepped inside. It was a girl, a stunningly beautiful girl with glossy brown skin. Most of the men, and even the women in the bar, quickly glared at her presence.
She was wearing a single white dress wrapped around her body with golden ornaments, long, pointy black jackal ears instead of human ears, a long dog-like tail, and long black hair that was silky and straight, while her eyes, bright as gold, glanced around her surroundings.
She wore golden heels and countless other valuable pieces of jewelry around her body and looked completely otherworldly. There were already orcs, beast people, dwarves, and elves in the bar too, but even then, they had never seen someone like her before.
At her side, there was a small pyramid-shaped artifact floating right by her left side; it had a golden eye in the middle, embedded with a red jewel.
“A-Are you a hunter, Missus?" wondered the bar owner as he was cleaning a cup of glass. “Ahem, we won’t serve drinks to children, so please show me your identity card.”
The woman glared at her in the eyes.
“??? ???? ??? ?? ? ?????, ??? ???????? ??? ?? ??? ??? ???? ? ?? ??? ????? ??????? ?? ??? ??? ??? ??????, ??????? ???? ???????? ????? ??? ?? ????? ???? ?????. ? ???? ???? ???? ?? ??? ??? ?? ?????? ?? ???? ???? ?????? ?????. ?? ??? ??? ??, ? ?? ????? ????? ?? ?? ???????.”
“Huh?”
Everyone was left speechless.
Just what the hell was she talking about? That was a language nobody could understand.
“Sorry, miss, we talk mostly Arabic here, or English if possible…” the bartender apologized. “Can you speak English at least?”
“en… grish?” she muttered. “Hmph...” She quickly touched the floating pyramid, and then the artifact gave off a glow of blue light.
It analyzed the man in front of her completely and then imbued a blue light into her head; the blue jewel in her forehead, which was actually embedded into her skull, shone brightly.
“Ahem, my apologies. I had no idea you peasants did not speak the Ancient Language of the God Emperors, so I had to lower myself to your level and speak the “English” you speak. And by Anubis almighty, this is quite the gross language to speak.” she sighed. “Anyways! What I was trying to say before is that... You dare call me a child, you peasant?! Let me tell you that I am the third princess of the Red Sun Empire, founded three thousand years ago by Great Queen Cleopatra VII! I have come here to ask you to handle me, your most prized panacea. As you can see, I am quite weary of my travels.”
“Otherworldlers...” sighed the bartender. “Anyways, on Earth, we pay for drinks, and we mostly speak Earth languages, okay? You see a lot of people from other worlds here, but they all abide by these rules, so please try to be nicer. Also, I don’t care if you’re a princess or whatever; your titles do not apply in another world.”
“Hmph! You dare insult my bloodline, you peasant?!” The girl got pissy, pouting angrily. “Y-You! How dare you! Let me tell you that my great ancestry comes all the way back in the Ancient Era of Antiquity, and-”
“Here, some milk. That’s on the house because you are cute, at least. Drink it and get moving. If you got money, you could always hunt monsters; all otherworldly are strong anyway,” the man sighed.
The girl ended up shutting up as she glanced at the fresh milk, gulping. “I… I appreciate your kindness, peasant.”
She drank the glass of milk instantly, almost choking on herself.
“Cough- Hm! Ah, that was… good, ahem. I had not drunk something fresh in quite a few days. You have my thanks, peasant,” she smiled. “Now, do you happen to have some snacks to offer to your Princess?”
“There are peanuts…” The man ignored her as he attended to other people.
“Seeds? Oh, hm, not bad!” She started eating them until she emptied the small plate of them. “Okay, I suppose this should be enough…” she sighed.
Then, she noticed the old TV and looked at the news, looking slightly surprised.
“They’re moving faster than I expected…”
[Are you going to keep escaping, princess?]
The little pyramid spoke, it was actually a small assistance robot that the girl brought with herself, and whom she had grown up with.
“…”
[You know that your sisters and brothers will continue looking for you… You can’t keep escaping.]
[Even if this might be another world we’ve been suddenly stranded into…]
[If you don’t marry Prince Julius XII, then you will end up greatly insulting the family and the alliance and might even be beheaded for offense.]
[Please consider your choices well.]
“Little Eye, you’re nothing but an assistant! Why don’t YOU consider your choices well and stop babbling about inconsequential things to me? I will not marry any nasty Roman prince,” she sighed. “And I will continue on my travels as I explore this world and… do as I please! Yes, you heard me! I don’t care about my sisters and brothers, even less about my disgusting mother!”
[But your majesty! Your family is not some weak peasants; every one of them carries the Key in their bloodline—the power to awaken the Mechanical Gods!]
[Do you think they will keep acting nice to you? If you don’t obey them willingly, then they shall take you by force!]
“Well? It’s not like I don’t-”
RUMBLE!
Suddenly, the princess and her little robot squabble were interrupted as a tremor shook the entire city of Cairo. The people panicked, already recognizing well where this tremor always came from.
“A gate! A gate opened on the other side of the street!” A man came running inside, alerting the people to run away. “Quickly! Run! Anybody that can fight, come with me!”
“If you can’t fight, you better escape, girl, there’s an evacuation center, I can lead you there,” the kind bartender said.
“Heh, there is no need, peasant,” the princess smiled. “I shall take care of any beastly creature that has come to disrupt the peace of the citizens. That is nothing but the obligation of those that carry the Golden Bloodline!”
“W-What are you talking about?” The man muttered.
A golden bracelet on the girl’s wrist shone brightly, golden and azure light surging. Space itself began to twist around as metallic materials started to materialize, creating havoc inside the bar.
[Princess Merneith, please refrain from using the power of your Bloodline to help some peasants that aren’t even of our world!]
“Shut up, you insolent little piece of metal! I do as I please because I am the Third Princess of the Red Sun Empire!”
The girl leaped out of the bar as the golden and silver metal pieces continued materializing around her, aligning, and combining together into a giant mechanical construction.
CLANK! CLANK! CLANK!
The sound of metal combining together erupted, and hunters and people alike watched in disbelief as a mechanical giant was suddenly summoned, shining with gold and silver and embedded with many colorful jewels.
It had a long, humanoid form, with long legs, arms, and a pair of metallic wings made of golden feathers; the head resembled that of a hawk or a falcon.
“I call upon your Divine Power, King of the Sun, Ra!”
“CRAAAH!”
The mechanical giant gave the loud cry of a falcon. Then, its chest opened, and as the girl leaped inside, the mechanical suit quickly closed again, and the wings generated golden flames, flying into the skies.
“W-What the hell is that thing?!”
The bartender and the men drinking inside the bar all reacted with the same face full of disbelief.
They never expected that weird girl to have such a weapon in her hands!
“Now, Ra! Show these peasants the power of the Gods, and the Golden Bloodline which can control them! {Sunshine Feathers}!”
“CRYAAAH!”
The blue gate, which was constantly releasing beast-type monsters such as Giant Lions, Frost Tigers, and Blazing Cheetahs was quickly bombarded with countless feather projectiles. The projectiles were being released from Ra’s own wings, erupting with golden flames and consuming everything.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Thankfully, the people had already evacuated, and the hunters quickly ran away the moment they saw the crazed girl firing countless projectiles.
“ROOOAAR!”
As the beasts were immediately annihilated, the Boss of the Gate quickly erupted from it, a giant three-headed beast chimera with the heads of a lion, a tiger, and a cheetah, exuding a powerful Aura of Fire and Frost!
“T-That’s a Beast Chimera?!”
“It’s S Rank!”
“R-Run… We can’t handle this until the S-Ranks get here!”
The hunters rapidly ran away, but the girl above the skies did not. With a smirk on her beautiful face, her senses became one with her mechanical suit, moving it with her very mind.
“{Sun Flare Javelin}!”
The javelin was fired down, impacting the gigantic chimera with a loud explosion of flames and light. The beast was immediately disintegrated, as a huge explosion left behind a large crater in the middle of the streets.
BOOOM!
“Heh, see, you peasants? It was nothing too hard!” she laughed. “Beast like these are common in the Great Sea of Sand…!”
The people gathered around her as her mechanical giant descended: paparazzi and journalists too, news reporters, and everything.
The girl ended up invertedly appearing on TV.
“What’s your name? We’ve never seen a hunter like you before!”
“What is that mechanical robot? Is it part of your Skills?”
“What is your level? What is your Rank?”
“Hehe! One question at a time, you peasants,” she laughed. “First of all, my name is Princess Merneith, third heir of the Red Sun Empire, independent woman, and adventurer! I will not marry any filthy Roman prince either!”
“P-Princess?”
“What is she talking about?”
“No idea…”
[Princess, I think you might be revealing too much information…]
As her assistant robot lamented, within the skies several hundreds of kilometers away, a gigantic golden pyramid slowly floated above.
The people inside were constantly analyzing their surroundings, finding the first vestiges of the old civilization of Egypt, now lost in time.
They were smart, quickly realizing where they were.
“A parallel world where our Great Empire fell? What nonsense could this be!” One of them sighed, a tall man with brown skin and sharp golden eyes. “And just where is my sister?!”
Suddenly, one of his assistants was watching what the TV stations were releasing through a hologram, catching into their programs and news with their high technology.
“If I’m single? Ahahah! Of course, I am! Though I don’t really like men that much... I prefer beautiful women!”
And there she was.
“Prince…”
“I already saw it…” sighed the man. “It looks like my little sister has been playing around, pretending to be what she is not... Even more, stealing Ra from her family! Oh, she is going to get a good reprimand from me!”
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“It has been a week since the training has begun, my dear disciples. You’ve learned the ways of Martial Arts and Cultivation and have improved greatly.”
I stood in front of my disciples, all of them sitting down respectfully.
“You have shown me your great potential and strength, but even now, you still lack experience and practice,” I said. “I shall now depart back to the Tower for the moment. I have several things to attend to... However, I will leave my doppelgangers to continue your training.”
“Wait a second, Bing Xue, are you going to the Second Floor?” Seth wondered.
“That’s right,” she nodded.
“Then please bring me along…” the Regressor said. “There’s something there… that we must procure before anybody else.”
“Oh?”
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