章 62: The bid (III)
"This was only the test trial." Rei chuckled. "I was only showcasing her skills to show you that what I had found from this one scale is the actual thing." He grabbed my hands, and with a flick of his knife, he ran it across my arms. The blade skidded across my arm as the scales stopped it from penetration.
"Quite spectacular, isn't it? Her skin changes to the same color as the scale that I have here." Rei showed the viewers what he had in his hands. A single white scale. "Indestructible by modern-day weapons and machines. Magic that she can conjure up by her own free will, and I am certain that she can change to her original form. Though so far, I have not found out the way to force her to change."
I pulled back and spat out icicles that he dodged. A couple of them went flying to the wall and embedded themselves.
"See what I mean. She can even summon ice magic now. What other crazy abilities do you think she has? Aren't you all curious?"
"Quite a fine specimen," a male voice called out. I couldn't tell who was behind each shadow. Every single one of their faces were hidden. "I am quite bedazzled at her strange ability. I never knew it was possible to be able to conjure up power like her. This is a whole different scale in itself."
"I agree," Rei stated cheerfully. "Doesn't it get your blood riled up wondering what kind of power she has? Even controlling a dragon-like her would be considered astronomical in profit, don't you think?"
"Yes. I agree, but I do not see this as a good sign."
"What are you talking about? This is a blessing in disguise. I want to buy her. How much would you sell?" One of the viewers, excitedly replied.
"Be quiet! I'm the one who wants her."
"No, me!"
"Please. Please. Ladies and Gentleman." Rei raised up his hand, trying to stop the noise. "The bid has not started yet. We must consider what our little Princess here thinks for herself." He turned to me. Everyone went silent, watching what I would do.
I spat in disgust to Rei. "Did you think that I would go with your sick plans?"
"Not at all. I brought you here to show you off to the underground world."
"To the underground world?!" Alarmed at what he said, it made me uncomfortable. "Why?
What purpose do you gain in exposing me?"
A smirk rose from Rei's face. "You who seem to be sheltered for the rest of your life don't understand how this world works, do you? The crime organizations are the true owner of this world. Having a push and pull of things behind the scenes is finally going into motions. This is something worth watching more than gold itself."
"You're crazy."
"No. I'm not. I'm an idealist."
"You think that one of these twenty or more loony people would change the world by seeing what I can do? So far, I haven't even changed into the so-called dragon that you have sought out for."
"Doesn't matter what you see. Everything that you have done already put you on the top wanted list by the criminal organizations. What power you possess. They want it too."
"Well, if you think you can stop me, bring it, puny human!" With a roar, I spewed out fire from my mouth and twirled it all around me. Rei jumped back to not get burned. Pulling from my magical pocket, I pull out the Magic Stones that I had.
"Barrier!" A blue sheen could be seen around me. The sound of the gun's going off by Stefano's man could be seen. Each one of their bullets ricocheted off the barrier. Even though I was sure I could withstand the bullets, I did not know how long. They were a couple of them that did actually penetrate a bit into my thick scales.
"Kill her!" Stefano shouted.
"Don't kill her!" Xing shouted. "Stop him!" Xing pointed towards Stefano. It became a three-way fight that caused Stefano men to drop dead like flies. Stefano duck and shot back.
"Pull back! We can not win right this moment!" Stefano waved his men back. "I'll kill you! Monster, if it's the last thing I do!" He ran out of the room and left in a hurry.
Xing's men chased closely behind them.
I, on the other hand, ran towards the nearest exit.
"Explosion!" I threw another Magic stone. And it exploded behind me. I could hear the sounds of people in agonizing pain.
One of the Xing's men saw me heading straight towards him, and he lunged to grab hold of me. Ducking down, I slide underneath him. I honestly did not want to stay here and fight for an extended period. I did not know how many people were here in this building.
"What the hell did I get myself into." I was angry at myself for even thinking about negotiating with Rei. I should've controlled my urges in eating the gold coin. Instead, I habitually ate it in front of him like it was nothing. What the heck was even wrong with me anyway? Why is it that even here on Earth, this curse was still in effect? How was I also going to even break away from this curse and get back into my normal body?
"Stop!" A group of people with guns pointed towards me.
I threw another Magic Stone. "Explode!"
The group of men was pushed back into the wall, stunned. Turning right, I continued to run ahead without even looking back once.
What the heck is with his maze-like place? Everywhere I turned, I couldn't find a single exit that led me to the outside. Instead, I found the stairs leading downwards. Without stopping once to take a break, I bulldozed my way towards the front of the building.
"Finally!" I yelled with relief when I saw the exit not too far away from me. I did not expect the place to be a large office building.
"Couple more feet."
Almost there! I reached towards the door, then suddenly felt a heavy invisible weight pushing down on me. "What the heck?"
My hands were shaking as I reached towards the door.
Bzzt!
Electric sparks flew out from my hands and the door. I pulled back at the unexpected pain and then fell a harsh push downwards on my body. Stumbling backward, I fell onto my back.
"What's going on? Why is there an electric barrier?"
Confused, I tried to get up, but a heavy force field pushed down onto me, making it very difficult to get up. The force to get up took a lot more effort than usual as I stood on my two legs.
"If I were you, I would just stay still." Rei's voice could be heard from behind me.
Startled, I turned around to see he was just lazily walking towards me with no care in the world.
"What did you do?"
"Me?" Rei acted all innocent like he did not know what I was talking about.
"How did you set up a barrier? Earth shouldn't have the power to do this!?"
"Really, Princess? I think you are underestimating humanity."
I couldn't help but feel ashamed at what he said. He was right, where did I suddenly get this superiority complex from? I was once a human before; even if I was only part human now, we were still familiar.
"Why the heck did you start calling me Princess? Forget that, I'm going to throttle you when I get out of this!"
"Empty threat princess."
I struggled to get up onto my knees. Even though the pressure was not intense, I could still feel the weight bearing down strongly. Finally, able to stand on all four, I inhaled deeply, letting out a deep breath. "This is not going to stop me."
"I know." Rei chuckled. He threw a strange paper talisman towards my direction.
Five talismans flew towards me and fluttered down to the floor, glowing red. A strange wave of harsh energy pushed down towards me. A chain shot out towards the paper talisman and wrapped itself tightly onto my body.
"What?" I pulled with all my might. The first talisman broke, causing one of them to suddenly catch on fire.
Rei threw another five talismans that fluttered around me like snow. Five more chains shot through the air and wrapped around my arms and legs. The power from the talisman was no joke. Each one seems to zap my strength.
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