<h4>Volume 6 Chapter 391: Final Encounter in the Netherworld Region Under the Imperial Capital</h4>
Trantor: The Light
Edits by Grandia
The Manasvir Empire’s capital, Madix City’s imperial city area, in the underground chambers of Empress Manya Fn’s pce. After a short moment of hesitation, Be still decided to enter the underground secret passageways. Previously, when she was asking Empress Manya Fn for information about the passage, time was too short so she didn’t get to ask what the secret passages actually contained.
Be recalled that Empress Manya Fn’s face had grown distorted when she asked about it. She probably saw something terrifying in the secret passage but didn’t get to tell Be in time. If she retreats now, Be felt like that was too wimpy to do. They had a Demon God and six Renegades on their side. With the help of Assassin Noreya, Be and the others walked through the entrance of the underground passage in full sneak.
As soon as they entered the secret passage, Be was shocked by the sight before her. Not only was this underground passage used for escaping, but it was also a ce for Empress Manya Fn to store her treasures. The only things stored in the treasury of the Manasvir Empire are the usual taxes earned during the daily operation of the empire and the tributes from various duchies, adding up to around a few hundred millions worth of gold coins. However,pared to the treasure piled up inside the secret passage, it was just a drop in the bucket.
As a transmigrator, Empress Manya Fn didn’t have any supreme golden fingers, but she had an amazing talent for making money. She had been frantically umting wealth over the past ten thousand years. Since she had no other skills, she could only rely on making money to distract herself. Once this treasury that had ten thousand years of wealth umted in it was shown to outsiders for the first time, even Demon God existences like Be and Demonic Dragon Emperor Alisha were shocked by the amount of wealth umted inside this ce.
The underground treasure didn’t have any golden coins. They weren’t even qualified to be kept here. The things piling up here were legendary currency like tinum coins, dark gold coins, and purple gold coins. Purple gold coins belonged to Empress Manya Fn herself and were not avable in the market. Dark gold coins and tinum coins have the same value as purple coins. They were all equivalent to a thousand gold coins apiece. Dark gold coins are the currency used by humans when trading with the Demon World or the Netherworld. tinum coins are the currency used when trading with Heaven and the God World. Empress Manya Fn’s businesses spanned over three realms.
Other than the three rare currencies strewn across the ground, Be also saw the legendary top currency, the gem coin, also known as diamond coin. They weren’t made of your average gemstone. They were made of gemstones with magical properties, and due to their differences, the colors also differed. There were many different ssifications such as ruby gem coins, sapphire gem coins, and so on, hence the nickname, “Rainbow Coin”. This was the ultimate currency. Each gem coin can be exchanged with differing numbers of gold coins due to the differing qualities, but the lowest exchange ratio would not be less than 10,000 gold coins.
That high exchange price wasn’t unreasonable. The gem coin is an ultimate magic material itself due to the material it was made of. What shocked Be was the fact that there were many gem coins piling up in the underground treasure. There was so much that she couldn’t visually assess the amount with her eyes. She wasn’t just rich enough to rival a nation. She was probably rich enough to rival the entire continent. With money alone, Empress Manya Fn was able to throw every rich person and royalty of the human continent on the ground and step on them, and that was without even counting her other treasures.
In addition to the rare coins, there were all sorts of gems, pearls, night pearls, and other treasures. Empress Manya Fn must not have had time to process them as the gems and other stuff in here were basically in their natural state. Be and the others were shocked. They fell into a brief silence for a moment. The treasures in this underground chamber were so dazzling that even they, as high-ranking existences, had to pay attention.
An ocean’s worth of ten-thousand-year-old demonic beast cores, all kinds of lost artifacts, magic weapons, anything that could be called a treasure, Empress Manya Fn had it in her treasure trove. Probably due to her habits from her past life as a transmigrator, Empress Manya Fn collected some antiques here as well. Be saw relics of other empires that had fallen to ruin ten thousand years ago.
Girls had practically no immunity towards jewels. Even high-ranking existences like Demonic Dragon Emperor Alisha and Myriad Sword Demon Krysan were entranced. Be was the quicker one to react and looked away from the gigantic deep sea pearls. She had turned into a girl halfway so she still had some immunity to jewels.
In addition to the treasure, there were some monsters here. They weren’t regr demonic beings. If they were, Be and the other dark high-level existences would have detected them instantly. Many golden figures were pacing around in the treasure hall. They were golden statues in strange and monstrous shapes. They didn’t have the aura of a demonic being but instead a strange aura of resentment. It was a strange emotion mixed with greed and hatred. Be was able to receive the negative signals they were sending to her.
“Be, they were formed out of resentment. They’re not considered demonic beings. They should be...”
Mage Ariel quickly deciphered the origins of the golden statues, simr to the tsukumogami on Earth, but only their medium was gold. So it turns out that gold coins were originally stored here, but these gold coins were different from the other coins piled up here. Due to the great cirction of gold coins, they carried the auras of people. As they gathered in this treasure trove, the grievances in the gold coins gradually formed into evil spirits. In thest decade or so, the imperial city area had been controlled by mutated demons so the aura of evil grew even denser, causing the piled up gold coins to mutate into these evil beings.
In this case, they should be ssified as treasure guards. The strength of these guards will still be strong enough to chase away most treasure thieves, but unfortunately, Be and the girls weren’t those ordinary level treasure thieves. Without Be having to make a move, Marite Master ine dealt with it. After her dark transformation, ine’s puppet wires turned even more insane. Countless puppet wires spread across the scene, destroying all the golden evil statues in front of them.
Marite Master ine instantly created a scene where several thousand gold evil statues were killed instantly. The golden statues were frozen there. As the puppet wires ran through their bodies, the evil aura in their bodies was gradually sucked away by the puppet wire and they quickly turned back to their original forms, scattering over the ground as a pile of gold coins.
It was fortunate that their opponents were not living creatures, otherwise ine’s move would have been age restricted. Just the thought of the puppet wires piercing through a body and sucking it dry into a dry corpse caused shivers to run down Be’s spine. And, from how skillful ine seemed to be at this, she was sure this isn’t the first time she’s doing this.
“What’s wrong, Be? Is...Is there something strange about me? That way you’re looking at me is strange!”
“ine. Even though I don’t know your real name yet, I hope you won’t use that move on a living being without my permission in the future.”
“Hm, Be? How did you know I used this trick often in the past...Alright, I understand, Mistress Sacred Demon God.”
After dealing with the gold evil statues, all the strange footsteps they heard before turned quiet. Be and the others carefully explored the maze. The other exits of the underground passage had already been sealed off by Empress Manya Fn. With the imperial city under the control of the demons, she closed off all the other exits for safety purposes and to prevent mutated demons from invading the underground secret passage, keeping only the one leading to the emperor’s bedroom open.
When she opened the secret passagest time to escape, Empress Manya Fn saw those terrifying gold evil statues. She, who had no fighting ability, was so scared that she even dropped the entrance key and escaped immediately after closing the door. Be and the others managed to take care of the statues and made their way to the exit.
The residual resentment of the gold evil statues that they had suppressed quickly scattered out of fright and disappeared. After all, they were only the evil thoughts of humans. Faced with dark existences like Demon God Be and the Renegades, they could only flee out of fear. With the vast amount of treasures in the secret passageway, Be nned to wait for everything to settle down before negotiating with Empress Manya Fn on what to do with them.
The ungodly amount of treasures kept here was different from the other treasures Be encountered before. It had taken Empress Manya Fn, who was also a transmigrator, over ten thousand years to collect them. Be wouldn’t be able to put away this much treasure in a short amount of time, and it might not end at what they could see. Assassin Noreya deduced with her professional intuition that there were many secret doors hidden in this underground secret passage, and even more valuable treasures were probably stored behind those doors. Finding them all would require the help of Empress Manya Fn. What they saw here was only a part of it.
The secret passage exits to the imperial pce of Emperor Manas XVIII. The location chosen was not under the emperor’s bed, but rather a useless mischeneous storage room. This is the ce where the servants of the imperial pce usually stored their tools. The location was rather remote and not too noticeable. As soon as they exited the doorway of the secret passage, Be was greeted by a cold gush of wind in the face, causing her to shiver. Isn’t the imperial pce being a bit too economical? They didn’t even light a fire for warmth. Is this supposed to be a cold pce?
Outside the secret passage, Be first went towards the closed door of the storage room and found it to be locked from the inside. There were several observation holes left on the door on purpose, presumably by Empress Manya Fn. While waiting for the other Renegades toe out, Be looked through the observation holes to check on the situation. Even though the corridors of the pce outside were richly decorated, it had a surprisingly deserted atmosphere. Not a single person could be seen. Based on their approximate position, they should be near the harem area of the Manasvir Empire’s emperor.
Lisha and the rest soon came out from the secret passageway. After confirming that no guards were stationed outside the door, Be lightly pushed the door open. Without even using a sneak state, she walked casually around the pce. If the intelligence she received proved right, that creator should be at the innermost part. The cold pce just felt quiet. They hadn’t encountered the subordinates of the Evil Creator yet.
“Be, there’s no door here! The intelligence can’t be wrong, can it?”
“Huh? You guys, look...No, over there...”
“Isn’t that a wall, Be?”
Deep in the pce, Be looked at her otherpanions in puzzlement. There was so clearly a gate there but they couldn’t see it. All they saw was a wall. However, Be was clearly able to see the strange gate on that wall. The World Creator’s Camp’s writing was depicted on the gate. Be had wanted to remind herpanions to pay attention, but thinking that she alone was able to see it, she decided it was better not to say anything yet.
“Well then, let’s split up and look. I’ll stay here and take another look around. Lisha, Kriss. You guys go over there and look together. If I find anything, I’ll just summon you guys with the follower contract.”
“Big Sister Be, are you going to be fine alone? Why don’t I stay...”
“It’s fine, Little Sister Lisha. You can go ahead with Big Sister Kriss and the others. Really, I’m a Demon God! Give me some face. You guys should go as a group of six!”
Be managed to get Lisha and the others to go. Even though Lisha, Kriss, and the others wanted to stay alone with Be, for fear of someone “running off”, they decided to explore the other side together so that it was fair.
After getting the other Renegades to leave, Be put on her usual invisibility suit. After Kriss and the others went far away, she opened the strange door alone and entered the true cold pce of the Manasvir Empire’s imperial pce. As soon as she entered, Be was able to feel the bone-chilling coldness, which felt even colder than the area outside.
This ce was an open-air pce and was unusually dimly lit, as if she had just arrived in the cold and damp Netherworld, illuminated only by torches burning with ghostly blueherworld mes. Be could clearly feel the aura of the Netherworld. Strange sounds of the wind could be heard mixed in with strange sounds of weeping. Be couldn’t tell for a moment if this was the legendary Netherworld or the Manasvir Empire’s imperial pce. There was also another possibility that this was some sort of dark realm.
But what Be was feeling now was not fear, but an inexplicable sort of excitement. Not letting Lisha and the others follow was really the best decision. Even though this ce was creepy, it was also filled with eye candy, much more gentlemanlypared to Empress Manya Fn’s bedchamber earlier. The empty hall was covered in small cages cast from the cold ice of the Netherworld, each one housing two beautiful maidens in the nude. From the looks of it, they seemed to be the pce maids of the imperial pce.
The beautiful girls were sitting face to face in groups of two on top of special seesaws while their hands were bound behind their backs by cold ice shackles. Their plump breasts were pressed onto each other and the sensitive points at the front would constantly be rubbed as they moved up and down on the seesaw, causing them to release strange sounds. Since their thighs and calves were fixed together with cold ice shackles, they weren’t able to support themselves on the ground with their feet at all. They could only rub against each other’s fair and delicate bodies as the seesaw rose and fell continuously.
The seesaws weren’t dry either. Water constantly flowed over them, forcing the lower bodies of the girls sitting on top of them to be wet the whole time. Be had to admit that the designer of this contraption was truly an “experienced filth master”. The maidens sitting on it had flushed cheeks and were showing their charm. No matter how aloof a maiden may be, once she sits on this special seesaw, she will be adjusted to be a lily girl after rubbing against other beauties for a long time.
There were just over five hundred pce maids who were confined in these cold cages. They were carefully selected and were of the more beautiful ones. Most of the pce maidens were directly stripped naked and frozen on the ice poles on each side of the pce as disy items. Out of their devious tastes, the person behind the scenes sealed these pce maidens in Netherworld ice in their most charming states. They looked just like frozen CGs from an adult game.
After passing through the area where the pce maidens were imprisoned, she arrived at the inner sanctum. It wasn’t the pce maidens confined here, but rather the imperial consorts of the Manasvir Empire and the famous noblewomen from the imperial capital. These mature beauties could not bepared with those green pce maids from earlier. Based on Be’s “filth intuition”, the Evil Creator behind the scenes was probably a M***-con. He didn’t touch a single one of those pce maidens from before, but these beauties had received “special care”.
These imperial consorts and noblewomen who drew the gaze of the public were kept here in this ustrophobic space, terrified without a trace of cloth to cover themselves with. They knelt naked on the floor with their thighs spread, thin and long ice pirs erected behind each of them. The consorts and noblewomen had their legs cuffed by iron chains while the hands behind their backs were cuffed to the ice pirs. There were metallic cors around their necks with chains attached to them that were securely attached to the ice pirs.
Other than that, they were unable to speak with small metallic balls gagging their mouths. They could only bow their heads in fear. Be was able to see all those strange marks on their bodies, and the wet stains under them were clearly fresh, proving that someone had just “used” them. Be wasn’t into milfs so she didn’t feel anything towards them. She purely wanted to save them.
The man behind the scenes soon appeared. It was the handsome blonde man that Be had seen before when she encountered the Fallen Love God Mable. When she saw him, she didn’t think he was going to be the final boss, but if she had known, she would have offed him back then.
The beautiful boy with long blonde hair seemed to have sensed Be’s arrival. He turned towards Be, a bright sunny smile on his handsome face. It was the kind of handsome smile that makes beautiful girls fall in love at first sight. Unfortunately, Be was a lily so she was immune to that sunny smile.
“My friend, stop hiding ande out! I already saw you.”
Be thought to herself, who are you trying to scare! It was impossible to trick her intoing out with that alone. But before Be could speak, someone else spoke a short distance behind her. That voice came so suddenly that it gave her a fright.
“As expected of the Netherworld Creator, to be able to find...”