CHAPTER 75: SUPER QUEST COMPLETED

"I will personally deal with the Wendigos. I need to check a new skill I’ve acquired."

Matilda rose to her feet. "The auction? Maybe it has something to do with the Dragon Messenger... You can go. At noon, I will take care of the Wendigos."

Jabez nodded, stood up, and vanished from the room.

"So troublesome," Matilda grumbled.

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[Throne Hall.]

Ten minutes later, in the grand Throne Hall, a man in a white mage robe, adorned with two white dragon wings and two white horns, bowed his head before Matilda.

"My Queen... I am the Dragon Nation Imperial Messenger."

Matilda inclined her head. "So... what’s your message?" she inquired.

"The Dragon Emperor invites you to the Supreme Auction!" he announced, stretching forth his hands to present a gleaming golden invitation card.

"You are allowed to bring three relatives! The Empress must already know this."

Matilda merely extended a finger, and the invitation rose into the air, gracefully floating towards her palm.

’The Blood Soul Artifact is among the treasures... Asking about it will get me nowhere because a messenger won’t know... I can only go and see for myself,’ she thought, her gaze fixed on the card.

"What do you say, Empress?" the messenger asked respectfully.

"In all these years, the dragons have already been generous with their treasures, so others can benefit from it... So I will represent the Star Nation in this year."

"Thank you, Empress. We will be expecting you tomorrow... starting at 12 PM."

"Okay... Safe journey back."

The messenger nodded, turned, and strode out of the hall, leaving Matilda and her ten senators in silence.

After a few moments, Gabriel broke the quiet. "As you all already heard, Senator Philip was killed by bandits on one of his trips! He was such a good senator!" he declared solemnly, then continued:

"We tracked down the bandits and burnt them all down! Those bodies burnt outside the nation are the bodies of the bandits! We have avenged him!! May his soul rest in peace." The other senators nodded in agreement.

"This! This is all thanks to the Empress!! She provided us with her personal elite troops, these men and women helped us defeat the bandits! Everyone! Long live the Queen!!"

"Long live the Queen!!"

"Long live the Queen!"

The soldiers and senators chorused in unison as Matilda calmly shifted her gaze from Gabriel to the hall door, where three soldiers stood. With a subtle nod, they understood and departed.

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[Garden.]

Matilda sat in the serene garden, a glass of wine in hand, her eyes fixed on the three soldiers before her: two elven men and a human woman.

"Any news?" she asked.

"My Queen, Jinx is on the planet of Zax," the woman reported.

"Oh? You know this, but didn’t bring her along... Is she that strong?" Matilda inquired.

"No, my Queen, she is the subordinate of a King," the woman answered.

"A King? This is getting interesting. Which nation?" Matilda asked, taking a slow sip of her wine.

"The God Wolf."

Matilda froze, the glass nearly touching her lips. She slowly placed it down and looked up at them. "God Wolf? You mean the same God Wolf who blocked the Three-Eyed Nation by placing a trillion Galaxy crystals in bounty?" The three soldiers nodded.

"The God Wolf is insanely powerful," the man beside the woman stated. "Although he didn’t make a move, his Celestial energy is beyond thinking... I would say it’s even higher than most high-grand class equipment."

"Yes, My Queen... He also detected us even when we were using our equipment skills," the soldier on the left added.

Matilda calmly nodded. "What’s his rank?" she asked.

The three exchanged uneasy glances, and the woman stammered, "We... we don’t know."

"Don’t know?" Matilda raised an eyebrow.

"We tried to use our Cosmic Brain, but we got blocked... The main issue here is, this God Wolf has a starship," she explained.

"Someone who could stop the Three-Eyed Nation with money, having a starship is understandable... It’s just too bad he won’t participate in the auction; at least then we would know who has the most money," she muttered.

"My Queen, the Dragons gave him an invitation, the First Prince personally handed it to him," the woman said in a low voice, carefully observing Matilda’s expression.

’The First Prince personally gave him an invitation, why did they send a lowly messenger to deliver one to me? Are the dragons looking down on me?’ she thought with a frown.

’Anyway... it’s good... Tomorrow, we will know who has the most money.’ She nodded at them.

"You can leave."

The three bowed and departed from the garden.

’I should start saving all the resources I have... They will benefit my daughter more,’ she thought, picking up her glass of wine again.

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[Dwarves’ Nation.]

[3 PM.]

After leading Star to the water source, which turned out to be a stream, Sunny dispatched Vince to track the water’s end. Meanwhile, he took Josephine, Ellen, and all his subordinates to the Dwarves’ Nation to completely upgrade their equipment. He didn’t forget to acquire high-grand equipment for both Star and Ellen that suited their unique powers and Bloodlines.

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[Banquet Hall.]

Sunny sat at the long table with Josephine, Ellen, Nicolas, Blood Eye, Nioh, Star, and the King of the Dwarves, who was single.

"God Wolf, what’s your next plan?" the King inquired.

"What about our deal?" Sunny countered.

The King chuckled. "2,000 battleships and 300 warships are already on the way to your kingdom."

"Good," Sunny nodded. "My next plan is going to the auction." He shifted his gaze across his group, then settled it on the King.

"And thank you for your help with the upgrading of everyone’s equipment."

"It’s nothing... No need to be polite," the King said, then asked with a slight frown, "What is that girl up to?"

"What girl?" Sunny asked back.

"Jinx." The moment the Dwarves’ King uttered the name, Sunny heard a system notification.

{Congratulations Master!}

{Super Quest: Spend 10 Trillions in 14 days... Completed.}

{Opening rewards.}

"....?!"

Sunny was stunned. In that instant, only one name flashed through his mind:

’JINX!!’