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Chapter 219 Infiltration, Fork in the Road, Battle for the Scepter (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

The legendary whale is approaching Bergen's harbor, and its mouth will open in ten minutes.

At this moment, Li Qingping used the common-level card "Cognitive Barrier Barrier" to cover the floating castle where they were.

Unless the cognitive barrier is broken, the interior of the castle cannot be observed from the outside; all that can be seen is emptiness.

Agubaru suddenly recalled that the gatekeeper of the legendary whale had also used this fragment of wonder before—the moment the legendary whale landed, the gatekeeper would use a cognitive barrier to cover the surroundings, preventing outsiders from the human world from discovering the existence of the legendary whale.

So when the "cognitive barrier" enveloped the floating castle where they were, from the outside of the castle, it was as if a huge building had suddenly disappeared in the sky above what was essentially a miniature garden.

Undoubtedly, such a sudden and eye-catching move would attract the attention of the Empress and others.

"We must act immediately; we don't have much time left."

As Li Qingping spoke, he grasped the Strange Tales Catalogue floating in mid-air and took out two common-level cards from it. Their names were "Mimetic Doll" and "Hidden Umbrella".

The moment he raised his hand and crushed the "mimicry doll," a white light flashed by, and then two crooked, grayish-white dolls appeared in the dormitory, swaying like roly-poly toys.

The two dolls raised their empty eyes and looked at Caesar and Li Qingping respectively, as if trying to remember their appearances.

Then the bodies of the mimic dolls gradually changed.

They replicated the appearances of Caesar and Li Qingping, including skin color, organs, hair volume, physique, and even their clothing.

The dolls look exactly like them; it's impossible to tell the difference.

Yagubalu stared at the two dolls and thought to himself, "I recognize these. Aren't these weakened versions of the Restraint Belt Incarnations?"
After adjusting the mimicry doll, Li Qingping turned to look at Caesar.

Caesar understood what he meant, so he summoned the Book of Wonders and held the "Christmas Sleigh" in his hand.

Then, taking a deep breath, he raised his head and reiterated the plan:
"Next, I'll release the sled, carrying the mimicry dolls that look exactly like us, to the whale's mouth to confuse the royal court's attention. Then, we'll use the 'Umbrella of Concealment' to go to Father's bedroom and try to steal the White King's Scepter, right?"

“That’s right,” Li Qingping said calmly.

“You take the scepter, and Shark is in charge of capturing the Queen,” Yagubaru said.

"Ah."

Caesar nodded.

The next moment, he crushed the generational wonder "Christmas Sleigh" in his hand. A sudden blizzard rushed into the bedroom, orange light patterns flashed in mid-air, and a long, mournful cry echoed throughout the floating castle.

Immediately afterwards, two elk descended from the sky, pulling a bright red sled as they sped by!

Li Qingping turned his head and ordered the two mimicry puppets to sit on the sled. Then, the deer broke through the wind and snow, carrying the two puppets and speeding towards the blood-red sky.

"Hopefully this diversion will work at least a little bit," Yagubaru said. "As long as the sleds and dummies can distract the royal court members, the palace will be like an empty place for us."

“My Christmas sleigh can take mannequins to the mouth of a whale,” Caesar said.

"Let's go, we need to act quickly, or we'll be discovered soon."

As he spoke, Li Qingping crushed the "Hidden Umbrella," and a magnificent, kaleidoscope-like umbrella appeared in his hand.

Yagubaru manipulated the dark water flow and emerged from the opening of the crystal ball. His body expanded violently, instantly growing to two meters in length, transforming into a large, dark blue shark.

Li Qingping and Caesar stood on the back of the dark blue shark, opened their umbrellas, and the two of them and the shark were instantly enveloped by an invisible barrier, disappearing into the air as if they had vanished into thin air.

Yaguba Lu, enveloped in dark water, slowly flew out of the castle, traversing the calm sky and passing one magnificent floating city after another.

The nobles, kept in the dark, thought it was an ordinary morning. So they sat in their chairs, sipping their morning tea and gazing at the sea and sky, occasionally glancing down at the common people working on the land, their faces beaming with ease and contentment.

Before long, Agubaru saw the brightly lit palace. This huge palace stood on the floating island at the very top of the entire miniature world, as conspicuous as the World Tree mentioned in Norse mythology.

"Hold on," Agubaru said in a low voice, manipulating the dark water to lift his body, cutting through the air at high speed, and arriving at the top of the palace.

After observing for a moment, he found a tricky angle and squeezed into a window in a corridor.

Li Qingping and Caesar shrank back on the shark's back to avoid getting stuck.

At that moment, Agubaru shrank rapidly, transforming into a palm-sized Nobel shark, and landed on Li Qingping's shoulder.

Raising its contracted beastly eyes, it saw an excessively long corridor with a red carpet on the floor and a portrait painting every few meters on the walls on both sides, depicting the faces of members of the royal family throughout history.

Li Qingping, holding the "Umbrella of Concealment," moved forward alongside Caesar beneath it, becoming one with the air, silently advancing through the brightly lit palace. The entire corridor was quiet, and the oil paintings on the walls were lifelike.

The pairs of eyes in the picture frames stared at the two men and the shark in deathly silence, sending chills down their spines. They had never felt these oil paintings were so eerie when passing by on ordinary days.

As Li Qingping passed the Warehouse of Strange Tales, he turned his head to look at the guards at the warehouse entrance while holding his umbrella. At that moment, the bronze door of the warehouse was wide open, and a row of Strange Tales Envoys dressed in magnificent robes walked out from it. The white robes were engraved with the insignia of the Royal Court Army—a fierce tiger guarding the White King's Scepter.

Li Qingping frowned, turned to look at the little shark on his shoulder, and silently mouthed, "They've even mobilized Wang Tingjun; it seems they're determined to take us down."

"Who are they? Why are they stealing Shark Shark's fragments? What are their intentions?" Agubaru glared angrily at the soldiers, writing with dark water.

"Are you still planning to eat?" Li Qingping asked. "We definitely can't get into the warehouse in this situation." "How can we eat now? Fighting them will definitely cause a commotion," Caesar exclaimed, silently reminding them, "Isn't our primary objective the White King's Scepter?"

"These people are unbelievable! They just brazenly stole Shark's fragments right under Shark's nose. Is there no justice or law left?"

The little shark glared at the army soldiers emerging from the warehouse, its eyes wide with fury. "Fine, I'll let these scrap thieves off for now. I'll teach them a lesson later!"

After saying that, it couldn't help but raise its fin and slap Li Qingping across the face: "Giddy up!"

Li Qingping fell silent.

Seeing that Li Qingping didn't move, the little shark slapped him again with its fin: "Giddy up!"

Li Qingping's eyes twitched, but he resisted the urge to throw the shark off his shoulder and silently walked forward, holding his umbrella.

They remained silent, minimizing the sound of their footsteps, and brushed past the palace attendants, servants, and soldiers as they walked along the corridor.

Soon, they came to a fork in the road. To the left was the king's bedroom, and to the right was the queen's courtyard.

And without a doubt, both places within sight were their destinations.

The two humans held their breath, not exchanging a sound. Suddenly, the Agubaru on Li Qingping's shoulder manipulated the dark water, which coalesced into lines of lively text in mid-air:
"We'll split into two groups. Shark will go and try to capture the Queen, while you two will go and find the White King's Scepter."

"The best outcome would be to find the White King's Scepter, and the next best would be for me to capture the Queen and try to threaten the Royal Court... In any case, as long as one of these conditions is met, we will have a chance to escape."

Looking at the words formed by the water in mid-air, Li Qingping and Caesar nodded silently.

There's a reason why Agubaru distributed the resources this way.

The Eternal Abyss Shark clan is tough and thick-skinned, with a body length of over 100 meters.

Even if their whereabouts are exposed and they fail to capture the Queen, Agubaru can hold out against the Royal Court for a long time until Caesar, who has obtained the White Scepter, arrives.

At that time, after losing the power of the Mystic, the Royal Court team will only become a bunch of Muggles. Even if their physical abilities are on par with Li Qingping, without the support of the fragments, they will not be able to withstand the gigantic Ababaru.

Li Qingping and Caesar are different; they don't have the same margin for error as Agubaru, making them clearly more suitable to steal the White King's Scepter.

Not to mention that Caesar also has the King's Blessing, so he might be able to easily cross the barrier, get close to the King, and take the scepter from his sickbed.

Yagubaru jumped off Li Qingping's shoulder, maneuvering the dark water forward, floating lightly in the air as if on a surfboard, even more agile than a bird.

It waved its fins, as if beckoning to the two of them, and then cautiously swam towards the back pavilion.

Yagubalu pricked up its ears, listening to the sounds from all directions, and cautiously wandered along the palace corridors. After a moment, it hid behind a huge stone pillar.

Through the clusters of flowers, my gaze fell upon Queen Karelina in the pavilion, along with the eldest prince Lorenzo and the second prince Cosimo.

“The Royal Court team isn’t nearby…” Yagubaru thought. “Whether it’s a trap or not, I have to make a big fuss to buy time for Caesar and Li Qingping and minimize their interference in seizing the White King’s Scepter.”

Thinking this, the black tide beneath Agubaru suddenly surged.

Riding the wind and waves, it shot forward from behind the pillar like a jet-black arrow released from a bow. As it approached the pavilion, the arrow transformed into a black cannonball. With a whooshing sound, the shark's body suddenly swelled several times its original size, growing to over three meters in length.

However, at that moment, a lazy voice suddenly rang out from inside the pavilion:

The Bermuda Triangle.

Following the sound, Agubaru turned his head in an instant and saw a girl holding a magic umbrella, her black hair tied into two buns, her face languid and elegant.

It was none other than Koojena from the Royal Court team, the Envoy of Wonders who possessed the generational fragment "Bermuda Triangle".

A giant triangular pattern formed and expanded in mid-air, its interior a spatial rift. Yagubaru could no longer stop its forward momentum. The shark's head crashed into the rift, which then closed.

It disappeared.

The pavilion was completely silent until, after a moment, the eldest prince Lorenzo slowly broke the silence with his voice.

"See? That's all the tricks Caesar can come up with."

As he spoke, he looked up at the girl with the bun hairstyle in the pavilion: "Thanks to Koojena."

Koojena yawned and said in a low voice, "I have moved the Third Prince and Li Qingping to the whale's mouth. As for this Eternal Abyss Shark, I have trapped it in the Bermuda Triangle... It is unlikely to break free from it anytime soon."

“That’s enough.” Lorenzo smiled. “This shark is hard to deal with. We don’t need to confront it head-on. We can just take out Caesar and Li Qingping first.”

Karelina sighed, “This is my son… You are the one who should be king, not that bastard.”

Cosimo was silent for a moment, then looked up at Lorenzo, and turned to Karilina: "Brother, Mother, what about the White King's Scepter?"

"Don't worry..." Lorenzo shrugged. "Once Father dies, the barrier protecting him will naturally open, and then we can get the White King's Scepter."

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(End of this chapter)