Chapter 772: Chapter 24 Royal Family Scandal (3)

“This place is really grand~”

Mo Yuankai stood at the entrance to the museum, clicking his tongue in wonder. He was holding a metal box in his hands, which was the Barrier core module just taken out from headquarters.

Orianna heard this praise and a proud expression spread across her face: “This is one of the largest museums in the world, Mr. Mo. The museum treasures collections from all over the world, all of which come from the merchants who went to sea back then, who saw offering gifts to the Royal Family as the highest honor.”

“Are you sure they were all bought?” Mo Yuankai asked with a smile.

The female knight suddenly felt less confident: “I believe most of them were… It shouldn’t be that the merchants would offer looted wealth to the Royal Family.”

That’s debatable. There aren’t many merchants with a conscience nowadays, so it’s hard to imagine that ancient merchants would have adhered much to moral principles.

Mo Yuankai took out his phone, ready to call his little brother, when he saw a tall, green-haired woman walking towards him, waving her hand.

“Hey, handsome! You’re Mo Yuankai, right?” Kerky crooked her finger, “Come over here, your little friends already went inside.”

The lead Mage’s apprentice’s speech wasn’t so elegant, but her manner was quite friendly, more like a jack-of-all-trades than a researcher. She led the two through a side entrance into the museum, asking as they walked: “I guess you know the old man? I mean, the lead Mage of Loningres.”

“I’m… well acquainted with him, to put it one way.”

Most seasoned Superpower Users had dealt with Loningres, after all, he served as the first Governor during the three years of chaos when Cangdu was initially established.

To be fair, the official administration under Loningres did a lot for the Sky City; they set up urban planning, established a Superpower research system, maintained a stable supply of food and energy, perfected basic infrastructure like the sky dome, and also stepped in to quell major riots. But nobody had a good impression of Loningres because he was the most radical front-runner of the anti-Superpower movement.

The extreme chaos during the construction period of Sky City and this man’s attitude had a close connection, as the first Governor, he had publicly expressed his disgust for Superpower Users several times, even making extremist statements like “they should not be allowed to exist.” He detested all Superpower Users, regardless of their status; in his eyes, these “cursed children” all deserved to die.

Therefore, ever since Loningres took office, disasters in the Cangshou District never ceased. Yet, he always managed to escape trouble through some bizarre things – moving armors, animated buildings, haunted cars – and used them to heavily criticize the ferocity of Superpower Users. People speculated that some Superpower User had betrayed their own and became his bodyguard, yet they could do nothing about him, only clenching their teeth and cursing the old fool.

“He’s a rather disliked old man, isn’t he?” Kerky appeared to understand. Orianna quickly tried to smooth things over: “Although Mr. Loningres has a peculiar temperament, his nature isn’t bad…”

“Do you believe that yourself?” Kerky said.

Orianna fell silent. Mo Yuankai let out a laugh, quickly changing the subject: “Well, old people, their tempers aren’t always the best… Anyway, since we’re here, shall we take a look at the museum?”

Orianna nodded with a smile: “Of course, there’s no problem! This month, the museum is hosting an exhibition of Country infantry, showcasing classic weapons from various eras, which I believe you’ll find interesting—!”

Almost at the same moment the three people entered the museum, a fierce whooshing sound came straight for Mo Yuankai’s face. The Superpower User quickly jerked his head back only to see a long arrow pierce through the spot where his head had just been, blasting a large hole in the museum’s beautiful stone wall.

“Wow, what a lively exhibition,” Mo Yuankai said.

The grandiose hall of the museum had now completely transformed. Various “harmless” exhibits had thoroughly made way to the side, leaving most of the space for the combative warriors. A platoon of Ancient Kingdom soldier wax figures lined up on the south side of the hall, and at the shout of “Fire!” they simultaneously drew their bows and shot arrows. Swords rained across the square like droplets, only to be blown into a swirl by a Superpower User on the other end, redirecting them towards the direction of the stairs.

“Shoot at yourself!!” Gongsun Ce roared.

“Get out of here!” Above on the second floor staircase, Loningres raised his staff high, causing a troop of red-uniformed artillery men to fall from the second level. The fuses of the cannons hissed, and shiny black cannonballs crashed through Gongsun Ce’s volley of arrows with the noise of thunderbolts. Gongsun Ce clapped his hands together, and a powerful Telekinesis force erupted from the battlefield, crushing all the cannonballs into powder. He sneered and shouted: “Old man! Your rotten Superpower is fucking useless against me!”

“Want to see something interesting?” Loningres slammed his staff heavily into the ground, “Rise, spirits!”

Kerky scratched her face and said: “Tragic, the Resurrection Mage is angry.”

Both the artillery and bowman brigade halted, and a subtle change appeared in the museum. The chattering from the paintings and books suddenly quieted, people from the paintings climbed out one by one, words from the books formed black and white figures, and human shapes rose from the backs of the wax figures and armors…

The force that animated the lifeless objects rose from the soulless bodies, turning into semi-transparent specters that hovered in the air. These ghostly shadows looked towards Gongsun Ce at the same time, shouting in languages from different eras, and, like wraiths, pounced on the Superpower User!