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Chapter 158: Two Fairy Tales Collapsed
Chapter 158: Two Fairy Tales Collapsed
"I've never heard of charm affecting one's intelligence."
Qin Muye watched the wizard and the witch wrestling on the ground, rolling back and forth. Even street thugs fought better than these two.
This was purely a battle between a middle-aged man with kidney problems and a sixty-year-old woman.
As for magic? Qin Muye saw nothing. There were indeed magical setups around, but the wizard never activated them. As soon as the witch came down, he rushed out.
The witch, seeing this, didn't even think about casting spells; she just fought back with her hands.
Qin Muye squatted to the side, watching the two struggle, wondering if he should intervene. After all, this fight was indeed too unseemly.
The commotion was quite loud, and Qin Muye noticed that the Rapunzel girl had poked her head out of the tower, looking astonished.
To say she was beautiful would be an understatement. She had a unique charm, a feeling akin to facing a succubus.
Qin Muye had seen succubi before, among the troops of a certain deceased lord.
He didn't know if there were succubi in this fairy tale world, but this kind of charm was certainly not something ordinary people could resist.
'From her voice to her appearance, she is truly charming. It makes me want to dissect her to find out the principle behind it.'
Beautiful? Can beauty be eaten as food? In a modern, peaceful era, it might be, but in any world Qin Muye was in, it clearly couldn't, and he certainly wouldn't give her any food.
'In terms of value, the Rapunzel girl is now greater than the witch, who is greater than the wizard.'
He felt that this Rapunzel girl had an extraordinary background, perhaps with some special bloodline.
He slowly stood up, and magic bloomed in his hand. The two people wrestling on the ground simultaneously felt a sense of danger. Before they could react, they were frozen in a layer of crimson crystals.
Rapunzel, seeing this, covered her mouth in shock, her body involuntarily retreating.
Qin Muye looked up, took out a firebox, and rubbed it. The Copper Coin Dog jumped out of the void.
"Go fetch the person on the tower," Qin Muye ordered.
He could fly with a magical technique, but there was no need for him to go personally. Let the dog do it; this dog could teleport, and the principle behind it was currently unknown.
The Copper Coin Dog barked and lunged forward, disappearing from Qin Muye's sight. Soon, screams and commotion came from the tower.
But the noise came and went quickly.
Then, the Copper Coin Dog returned with Rapunzel. Seeing her hair up close, Qin Muye was truly impressed.
"Now, this place belongs to me. Do you have any objections?" Qin Muye asked very kindly.
Rapunzel shook her head, not daring to lie.
"Very good, I like your kind of sense. If you have any objections, you can say them now. I'll explain to your corpse later," Qin Muye said, always knowing his limits.
While alive, her objections were unlikely to be resolved, but if dead, it would just be a corpse, and he could easily explain it away.
Hearing this, Rapunzel's eyes widened.
"Now, bring your hair and follow me. Wasting half a day with a fool, this is the result, a waste of my time," Qin Muye complained, then gestured for the Copper Coin Dog to carry the two ruby statues that were stuck together.
Entering the house next to the tower, the inside was covered in dust, as if it hadn't been inhabited for a long time.
After searching, he found a basement. Opening it, he discovered various torture instruments and dried bloodstains. There were no corpses or bones, but the place was very dirty and smelled bad.
Qin Muye immediately summoned 20 Gospel Goblins.
"Clean this up and hang these three up."
The goblins were excellent workers, and with their 4th-tier strength, they cleaned both the basement and the house above in just ten minutes before being dismissed by Qin Muye.
"Cough, let me introduce myself. I am the White Horse Prince, the horse is tied outside."
"You don't need to introduce yourselves. Since you're all in the basement, names are not important. You'll be called Code 1 for the male wizard, Code 1 for the female witch, and Rapunzel. I think everyone is fine with that, right?"
Qin Muye spoke leisurely, the wizard glaring at him with fury, as if he wanted to say something.
However, Qin Muye spoke first: "Starting with you, tell me everything you know about your magic and witchcraft, as well as the origins of the oil lamp and any other information you have."
"You can also choose not to speak, but I will test these torture instruments on Rapunzel one by one."
Threatening a lickspittle with his own well-being wouldn't work; he needed to threaten the goddess they adored.
"How can a prince be so despicable and shameless? This is a disgrace," the wizard cursed.
"If your next sentence isn't what I want to hear, you'll listen to Rapunzel's screams to calm down," Qin Muye said, immediately hanging Rapunzel up.
He then casually picked up a whip and flicked it, then put it down and started heating an iron brand.
Seeing this, the wizard's face turned green. He hadn't expected Qin Muye to be serious.
"Speak up, you don't really want to wait for the iron to turn red, do you?" Qin Muye asked, crossing his legs and watching the iron.
The witch's expression changed: "You can't do this, or—"
"Or you'll offend a god? No problem, next will be you. I'll run away if necessary, but you two will definitely suffer." Qin Muye didn't care at all.
The witch knew the truth and, judging by her appearance, valued Rapunzel more than herself.
If this were really a fairy tale, why would the witch keep Rapunzel around? It made no sense to raise her for years just because a few lettuces were stolen. It would have been more logical to kill her on the spot.
So, Qin Muye guessed that Rapunzel had an extraordinary background and suspected she might have a mermaid lineage.
In Greek mythology, monsters could trace their lineage back to the Titans. They were more like divine descendants than monsters, given the lack of reproductive barriers. Typhon and Echidna could produce a multitude of offspring with varied appearances, so Rapunzel's appearance was actually quite normal.
"Enough talk, hurry up and speak. If you don't, the iron will really burn her," Qin Muye said, examining Rapunzel while holding the iron, contemplating where to start.
"I'll speak, I'll speak, don't touch her, I—"
The wizard immediately revealed all his knowledge of magic and witchcraft, as well as the origins of the oil lamp.
He was genuinely panicked because Qin Muye was serious.
After listening, Qin Muye furrowed his brow. The magic and witchcraft were truly subpar, on par with the martial arts he had obtained from the Wen Kingdom.
This world, after all, was dominated by the Titan gods, and nothing could compare to their divine blood.
As for the oil lamp, it was indeed a magical item. He knew about the wishes, but he had always thought it granted only three wishes.
However, from the wizard's words, he learned that the oil lamp imprisoned a true god, bound by a curse. Whoever possessed the lamp could command this god as a servant.
This god had divine power and could grant any wish.
Qin Muye believed that "any wish" had its limits, but that wasn't the main point. The key was that the lamp wasn't here.
All that was here was the key to the treasure vault, a special ring. And to open the vault and retrieve the lamp, a specific person was needed.
Aladdin.
Otherwise, anyone else entering the vault would face certain death.
So, the wizard had essentially lured Qin Muye here to get the ring. But where was the ring?
Qin Muye's gaze fell on Rapunzel's hand, where she wore an ancient ring.
"..."
Well, it seemed the two fairy tales had intersected. Without Qin Muye, the wizard might have already gone to find Aladdin.
As for the ring, he would have to wait until the wizard hit a dead end to retrieve it. With Qin Muye's "White Horse Prince" skill, the wizard wouldn't be charmed. In the end, both the story of Rapunzel and the story of Aladdin's lamp had collapsed.
Rapunzel's prince was a fake, and the villainous wizard had become a lickspittle. This was all due to Qin Muye.
(End of Chapter)
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