Trafford's Trading Club

Chapter 1713: Chapter 63: African Players, Ordinary Players, and Pay-to-Win Players

This General Batulu of the Kingdom of the Giant Rock really has tried very hard.

Look at him, five of his six arms have been crippled, the one remaining arm doesn’t even have a weapon, and even his lower parts have been badly smashed. In this kind of barely-mobile state, he still struggles to resist, shouting as he hurls himself toward Longgang in grief and fury.

He really has already tried his best.

Then Lady Kaia, without another word, directly breaks his other leg as well.

“I like warriors who aren’t afraid of death.” Lady Kaia walks up to General Batulu, now like a heap of rotten mud, and presses the barrel of the seized gun-cannon straight against his forehead. “They’re easier to kill.”

Only, the courage of this empire’s general seems to have run dry. He suddenly shudders hard. “No… don’t kill me! I—I’m willing to be your slave…”

Everyone looks at each other… Longgang clearly hadn’t expected this Ape General to submit so easily, and can’t help asking in surprise, “You really plan to submit?”

General Batulu still has fear on his face. He nods, and speaks in a low voice, “Shepherd… you are a Shepherd!”

This Ape General seems to have an almost instinctive fear of the Shepherd’s status—most likely, what he submits to isn’t the group’s strength of arms, but that so‑called identity of Shepherd.

Master Karen frowns, just about to say something, but Longgang suddenly says, “Batulu, since you’re willing to swear fealty, then from now on you’ll obey the orders of everyone here, understood?”

“I understand.” General Batulu, though weak, still struggles to climb up, then kneels down before everyone. “Respected Shepherd, Batulu here submits to you.”

“All right, we need some food now.” Longgang says calmly. “Also, I need you to explain the Kingdom of the Giant Rock to me… and the Forest Kingdom. No matter how much you know, you have to tell me all of it.”

General Batulu nods, then suddenly lets out a sharp, piercing howl… A short while later, more than a dozen Six-Armed Ape Monkeys, weapons in hand, come running at speed.

Several Undersea City Warriors frown slightly, about to prepare to counterattack, but Longgang waves a hand, indicating there’s no need to tense up.

These Ape Warriors, when they arrive, don’t attack. They just lift General Batulu up.

“Please follow me, my master.”

“Should be fine.” Longgang says mildly.

They can only follow for the moment… Soon, under General Batulu’s lead, they arrive at a place that looks like some kind of dining hall.

The Undersea City Warriors in particular feel a kind of closeness to this place—it looks very much like the mess hall of the barracks they were stationed in.

But Batulu declares that this is simply where he usually eats—shortly, one Six-Armed Ape after another walks in holding trays piled high with food, almost filling up exactly six tables!

“Eat.” Longgang looks at the group.

They’d actually been starving for quite some time. Getting his approval, they instantly dig in… Longgang, meanwhile, is invited by Batulu to sit down in a particularly large chair.

This Ape General ignores his own injuries and waits on him somewhat humbly… Only, the wounds on his knees have already stopped bleeding, and granulation tissue is sprouting at the wound—his ability to recover is astonishing.

“How was the Kingdom of the Giant Rock born?” Longgang suddenly asks.

Lady Kaia and Master Karen both instinctively put down their hands, quietly turning their attention to the conversation here.

“After the Shepherd left.” General Batulu’s face is cautious. “Our ancestors, and the ancestors of that bunch of monkeys in the Forest Kingdom, escaped out of the cages. According to what my great‑great‑great grandfather said, back then the ancestors kept running far, far away before they reached this place. After a very long time, the ancestors still didn’t see The Shepherd Lord again, then they started to expand the range of their activities. Later, the ancestors began to multiply, and finally founded the Kingdom of the Giant Rock. The Forest Kingdom was more or less the same.”

“Where did you escape from?” Longgang thinks for a moment and asks.

General Batulu answers quickly, “In the direction where the Sun rises, there is a kind of Tower that leads to the sky. That’s where the first ancestors escaped from.”

Longgang instinctively glances at Lady Kaia and Master Karen.