The Geared Immortal

Chapter 978

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As Shin Jiao's group enters the palace ground, another group is also entering the capital city. Among this group of people inside a carriage sits a beautiful young woman with pitch-black hair and is wearing a dark hooded robe.

The one ushering the caravan presented a jade plate and the expression of the soldier seeing this turn serious. He looks at the carriages and then nodded his head.

After the caravan enters, the soldier walks to the post and was about to retrieve the communication device.  However, someone from behind him tapped his shoulder.

"That is not necessary… they are just merchants…" the other soldier said with a smile on his face.

"But… but… If those guys caused trouble, then we would be implicated. I don't want this troublesome matter to fall in my hands…" the soldier said as he has a hunch that those people would be causing trouble in the capital.

"Haha… You worry too much. I will treat you to a drink after our shift… Okay?"

The two soldiers talked for a while and the caravan enters the capital city unimpeded. They soon arrive in the Hong clan manor where the caravan enters. Once inside, they began to unload their cargoes. From inside, Golem-like figures that look like mannequins could be seen sitting inside the carriages. 

Hong Fao greeted the beautiful woman and her companions along with a few elders of the family.

"Welcome princess! It's been a while… We are happy to have you in our home." Hong Fao greeted with a smile.

"Yes… It's been a while…" the beautiful woman said as she looks at the courtyard with a hint of reminiscence in her eyes.

"These golems… how strong are they?" asked Hong Fao while looking at the golems sitting lifelessly on the carriages.

"The weakest of them is a level 35 warrior, and the strongest is at level 50." One of the people flowing behind the beautiful woman said while lowering his head.

On one of his eyes is an eye patch made of metal and some runes.

"You… you are the control master of these golems, right?" Hong Fao said with a hint of surprise.

"Haha… I'm the puppet master, but the controllers of the puppets are these guys…" he said while pointing at the several people behind him.

Right now, there are around 500 golems inside the carriages. These golems were once famous in the war between the light and the darkness; they are called the soulless warriors.

These things caused a large army of light to fall by their swords. That is until the army of the light discovered their weakness.

If the controllers are killed, a bunch of these golems will fall. And if the puppet master is killed then all of them will be rendered useless.

This is the weakness of these things. Since the puppet master should not be away from his puppets at a certain distance, he would still be exposed. He needs to be about 100 meters away from a puppet to be able to control all of them. The controllers are also the same; they need to be around 20 meters away to control the puppets. 

This weakness of the puppets is its downfall. However, it did not mean that these things are weak. As long as they can fight they will fight, without feeling pain or anger, they only have one goal, and that is to defeat their opponent.

With the presence of the puppets, Hong Fao is now confident that their plan would succeed.

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The capital city, King's palace

Meanwhile, Shin Jiao and his group have already entered along with some of the invited guests of the king. Those who noticed the entourage of these handsome and beautiful young people felt a bit envious of the prestige they hold.

Many already knew some of them as the managers of the Mystique Shop. The ever-beautiful Miss Hau Xiao and the handsome and dashing Xiamen Gong are among the familiar faces in the group.

Meanwhile, the famous actors and actresses from the Fenghai Entertainment Company also gained attention from the crowd, especially among the younger audiences.

As they enter the hall they saw a grand scene that looks like a late Victorian grand hall with a touch of eastern feel in the air.

"The people from the Mystique Shop Merchant group have arrived!" the man in charge of announcing the visitors shouted.

When his words echoed in the air the people inside the hall turned their attention to the group.

Although they are only merchants and holds low status amongst the nobility, no one dares to look down on this group of people. Everyone knows how strong their influence is and how these people have changed the lives of the citizen in the Xinglo Kingdom.

But what got the attention of everyone in the hall are their young faces. Except for a few mature-looking women and mages, the upper echelon of this merchant group belongs to these young people. But of course, they also know that these people might look young, but in truth, their age is above theirs as they came from the so-called immortal land.

This is already a known secret of the merchant group hence people are aware of it.

As the group enters, many young people within the crowd already set their eyes on their target.

But some felt a bit disappointed upon seeing that there are those who already have partners within them.

As of this moment, Shin Jiao who is walking in the middle of the group looks at the people around him. He could feel that some eyes are glued on him as a few young miss from the noble houses would throw flirty glances at him.

The group stopped in front of the throne and Shin Jiao walks in front.

"Greeting… your majesty, King Grav." He curtsied.

Following him from behind the rest also did the same.

"Ah… Mister Ji… It is nice to meet you. Is your master here?" the king said while craning his neck trying to find Shin Jiao.

"My king… I am Shin Jiao. This is my real appearance." Shin Jiao said with a smile.

The sound of gasps could be heard all over the hall as they did not expect that the young man in front of them is the real Shin Jiao which should have been a middle-aged man.

"You… you are… Shin Jiao?" King Grav said with a hint of doubt in his eyes.

"Yes, this is my real appearance. I am sorry that I have not told you this, your majesty." Shin Jiao said as he bowed in apology.

"Hmm… I see, since you came from the other plane, then this is logical. Anyway, welcome to my kingdom… I would like to introduce to you, my sons and daughters…" King Grav replied as he waves his hand to want to introduce the princes and the princesses.

However, before he could say anything, the 1st prince has already stepped forward and with a stern expression on his face, he glared at Shin Jiao.

"Deceiving the royalty is a capital crime, punishable by death…" he shouted as he suddenly grabs his sword and pointed it at Shin Jiao's neck.

Everyone was surprised by this scene and did not expect that the 1st prince would suddenly act this way. The celebration has not yet started and trouble has already brewed. How could they not get surprised?

However, the nobles are already used to this. Every time there is a celebration, there would always be bloodshed included. A servant or a lower noble would be sacrificed before the celebration would start. So this scene is a bit of a surprise, yet it is also a kind of amusement for them.

While the nobles began clamoring, King Grav, on the other hand, showed a deep frown on his face. He knew that his oldest and second son is planning something, but he did not expect that they would be so impatient as to start with their plan ahead of time.

Since what his son said is the truth, he could not deny this fact so he looks at Shin Jiao with an apologetic nod.

"Guard! I want all of them to be imprisoned! Except for this one!" he shouted.

With his command, the guards inside the hall immediately moved. It seems that everything was prepared as a large number of them came out from behind the doors of the hall.

The people began to run to the side afraid to be embroiled in this conflict. They showed curiosity in their eyes and wanted to see what would happen next.

This is one of the reasons why they like going to the palace celebrations, at least once in a while they could see these interesting scenes.

While this is happening, Shin Jiao is just showing a calm appearance.

"You're still calm? You will soon cry after we captured you.. Since you are like a loach, let see if you can escape this… Let's see if you can still smile after I cut your head off…" the 1st prince thought with a sinister smile on his face.