1426 How Could I Have Known?

Still, the highest tower at the center of where the organization was situated would always have one of the organizers garrisoned there.

The equipment and set up of the atrium in the first floor of the plaza gave Ling Lan the feeling she had returned back to the Federation.

Technologically advanced optical supercomputers were lined up on both sides of the atrium for scavenger members to look up information. One of the walls displayed mecha materials and part and how much they were worth. These supercomputers facilitated the scavengers to choose the missions they could handle. This method was not so different from the mercenary centers in the center of the galaxy.

“That’s interesting.” Ling Lan raised her eyebrows. In the next second, she had already disappeared from the crowd.

The people around her seemed to not have noticed there was a person beside them just then.

The top of the tower was quite empty. Other than a set of elegant sofas, there weren’t anything else.

With gla.s.s walls on all sides, sitting on the sofas would allow the person to monitor the plaza below them.

At that moment, there was a mature and handsome middle-aged man sitting there, holding a gla.s.s of red wine while slowly sipping from it.

Suddenly, he stopped sipping his wine. He let out a deep sigh as he slowly put down his wine gla.s.s. A look of regret fell upon his eyes. It was as though he felt it was unfortunate that his peaceful afternoon was gone just like that.

“Since you’ve come, you might as well come out,” said the middle-aged man.

Right as he finished, a silhouette appeared behind him. It was indeed Ling Lan.

The middle-aged man turned his head with no surprised expression on his face. After seeing Ling Lan, he scanned her from head to toe before saying, “I didn’t expect you to be this young.”

He could completely see through how young Ling Lan was. Even if his scene before him was deceiving him, the young and fresh aura she gave off was enough to prove that her strong life force and liveliness.

“I didn’t expect you to be this old,” said Ling Lan nonchalantly. She didn’t care whether it would offend the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man’s expression hardened. To punish Ling Lan’s disrespect, he sent a hidden force towards Ling Lan.

However, when this hidden force was a meter away from Ling Lan, it silently dissipated. It was as though the middle-aged man hadn’t attacked.

The middle-aged man’s expression froze slightly. “No wonder you’re so bold to have come here by yourself.”

“I’m indeed quite curious how you are able to establish such a large organization right under the 13 Lords’ noses.” It was though Ling Lan had returned home. She slowly walked to the sofas and casually sat in one of the sofas in front of the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man smiled. “We are only a few poor b.a.s.t.a.r.ds trying to make a living and feed our families. You think the 13 Lords will care about low-cla.s.s people like us?”

“If it was elsewhere, they indeed wouldn’t care. However, in Kamoda, you people are taking the profits of the 13 Lords.” Ling Lan half-smiled. “The stuff you are scavenging up are the 13 Lords’ wealth.”

The middle-aged man didn’t stop smiling, but his eyes narrowed slightly and a flash of killing intent showed within them.

“Who are you?” said the middle-aged man coldly as his smile actually cracked.

“Who are you?” Ling Lan answered with a question.

The middle-aged glared at Ling Lan coldly and didn’t answer. The atmosphere around them got tense.

s.h.i.+ng! Suddenly, a sharp sword appeared out of thin air and it ruthlessly sliced towards Ling Lan.

However, right as it was about to hit Ling Lan, the sword suddenly burst into ash. Ling Lan on the other hand was still sitting calmly on the sofa watching him indifferently like a king when watching a jester.

“Who are you realy?” The middle-aged man had a slightly worried expression on his face.

“What should I call you by? Should I call you Lord Dui, or the master of the Mecha Scavenger Organization?” Ling Lan’s words suddenly intruded upon his largest secret. He instinctively made an attack.

The middle-aged man suddenly vanished from the sofa. Soon after, a huge axe appeared above her head. It chopped towards Ling Lan with much force as if it was trying to split apart the universe.

Boom! The axe was met with a tough ice s.h.i.+eld.

The ice s.h.i.+eld on top of Ling Lan’s head stopped the axe from moving any further.

The clash between the two domains caused energy shockwaves. Just as the gla.s.s around them was about to shatter, the trembling domain concept energies suddenly dissipated into the air. The top of the tower was just as peaceful as it was before.

The axe sensed that it couldn’t move any further and suddenly retracted itself. In the next second, the middle-aged man who had originally vanished, appeared once again. This time, he was standing below the large axe.

He put his hand upward and clasped it. The axe then automatically returned in his hand.

“Ice element. I know who you are.” The middle-aged man had a smile on his face after finally finding out the ident.i.ty of his opponent. “You’re the new Lord Gen, Lan Xiao.”

“Well, now that we know who each of our ident.i.ties are, I will get straight to the point. Where’s my people?” asked Ling Lan calmly.

“How should I know?” said Lord Dui with a smile on his face. “Your opponents are Lords Li and Demon, not me.”

“This so-called battle royale… Do I look like someone that can be that easily fooled?” Ling Lan said plainly. “The master of the Mecha Scavenger Organization really knows how to calculate everything.”

Lord Dui smiled. “Kamoda’s citizens are quite pitiful. Since the battle was started by us, then we have this responsibility to resolve this issue.”

“Perhaps I should speak with Lord Holy and the others,” Ling Lan looked at Lord Dui with a half-smile on her face. “I’m sure they’d be interested in knowing about the Mecha Scavenger Organization.”

Lord Dui smiled and said, “Sure, however, be careful not to get killed by us. Some of us may not have such a good temper like me.”

Those words implied that this organization was actually created by the 13 Lords.

“I just so happen to have people at Lord Holy’s place doing some business. I should listen to Lord Dui’s suggestion and notify my people to tell Lord Holy about this.” Ling Lan took out a communicator. When she was about to push down on a b.u.t.ton, Lord Dui made a move once again.

Bang! Not sure from when, but an ice sword appeared in Ling Lan’s hand to block the sudden wide axe swing from Lord Dui.

“So, Lord Dui actually doesn’t want Lord Holy to know about this,” Ling Lan said mockingly with a smirk on her face while looking at Lord Dui.

“What do you want?” Lord Dui looked at Ling Lan with a defeated look on his face as he spoke in an angry tone.

Ling Lan’s expression suddenly turned ice cold and said the words one by one, “Where, are, my, people?”

“Haha, who knows? Maybe they were ambushed or… all died.” Lord Dui had a mocking smile on his face. “You really thought that we would let someone who doesn’t know about the Lawless Lands to be one of the Lords? You’re dreaming.”

Shoo! A cold flash of wind blew across his face. Lord Dui felt a strong force on his hands and was pushed back uncontrollably by the force.

Just what type of person was Lord Dui? He landed firmly on the ground by putting a single ton of weight on himself.

Bang! Before he could fully regain his balance, Lord Dui’s expression changed slightly. He hurriedly put up his large axe to use it as a s.h.i.+eld to block Ling Lan’s follow up attack.