The Game of Global Mining

Chapter 554 - 408: What If All the City Beauties Are Illegitimate…

Why go to see the Slime Mage?

But Chun didn’t have time to ask, and the scene changed, with the Black Cat being directly transported to the abandoned factory district.

Uh...well, that was pretty quick. But the Black Cat had been out all morning; shouldn’t she feed it something?

Since she was already in the abandoned factory district, she might as well first check out the Rusted Clamp Gang’s base that she visited in the morning. See what happened to the gang elder and Douding after they woke up from their dreams.

"Tom, let’s go to where we went this morning..."

"Meow!"

So the Black Cat infiltrated once again, this time observing from a higher vantage point.

There he was, the elder was sitting in front of the tent, flipping through a pile of old books in deep thought, completely different from the miserable groaning when he was sleeping in the morning.

Then she saw Douding. He and a few children gathered around a campfire boiling water and eagerly shared stories. Despite the various materials clattering at the base, she faintly heard, "The boss is as tall as a building, and with one punch, he can blow up a..."

Mina said, "It’s those kids; their measles have improved a lot."

Chun was astonished: "Is it the effect of the Dreamland Bread?"

Mina said, "It has a relationship. As long as a person is mentally stimulated, the body will secrete some hormones that have medicinal effects. So mental therapy is often the first choice for the poor."

Chun laughed incredulously, "Makes sense. Alright, looks like I’ve at least established a foundation of public support in this gang. Tom, let’s head to the sewer."

"Meow!"

And so they traversed to the sewer. Chun felt a bit heartache for the hairstyle the female players designed for the cat as an extra meal.

Then, upon reaching the Slime Monster’s place, the Black Cat started meowing to summon it.

The Slime Monster resurfaced, "Tom looks much prettier now! And this magic power between your fur, where did it come from?"

Chun spoke, "Miss, the current bald bigwig is already the leader of a major gang in Bronze City. Toppling him won’t be quick. So I sent Tom to find the Bronze Flower first, and she was the one who directed me to find you..."

The Slime Monster listened quietly then chuckled, the water around the sewer almost seemed to boil!

Chun felt a bit panicked, "Miss? What is this..."

The Slime Monster asked, "Who is the Bronze Flower?"

Uh...could it be that she died too early to know?

Chun had to introduce, "Of course, the daughter of the Bronze City Lord! The strongest mage in the city, and one of the five strongest young female mages on the Golden Continent."

The Slime Monster laughed, "You sure have a knack for finding people, coming straight to the most powerful one in town! But the City Lord just has too many offspring, doesn’t he? How come his sons aren’t as outstanding?"

Chun sensed something off, "What do you mean, Miss?"

The Slime Monster smiled, "I think the Bronze Flower doesn’t seem like the City Lord’s daughter, do you believe it?"

Chun was stunned! What nonsense is this? If the City Beauty isn’t the City Lord’s daughter, then my goal of being the Prince Consort of the Five Cities...

The Slime Monster said sternly, "Of course, you can’t believe it; whoever believes it will die!"

Chun shivered in spirit!

The Slime Monster continued, "Tom meeting you isn’t accidental because it only seeks help from the best; you’re excellent in this stage, but far from absolutely excellent. You need training, I can help you—I will transfer part of my power to Tom, first allowing it to gain temporary transformation ability, then phase shift..."

The next moment, the Slime Monster’s body began to shrink, while the Black Cat’s body radiated a dazzling light!

Chun was dumbfounded, wait, how did the topic change so suddenly? Continue discussing the previous matter!

But Mina was shocked, "Such powerful magic power, and her magic power—"

At this point, Mina also fell silent.

Chun stopped asking. She was actually consuming her form to help, which meant...

Finally, the Slime Monster’s body was reduced to a small blob of transparent gel, and every hair on the Black Cat was visibly emitting an indescribable brilliance!

The Slime Monster spoke, "Tom, go back. Next time you come, bring the news of the bald bigwig’s downfall..."

With that, it vanished into invisibility.

Tom meowed once, then turned to sprint.

But this speed seemed familiar to Chun, it was clearly the Earth Lotus’s Shrinking Earth Technique! Like the spatial folding thing used by the old granny...

But that wasn’t Chun’s focus, Chun needed to discuss the previous topic: "Mina, about what we just talked about, what’s your take?"

After all, with things like Dancing Girl, she was best at gossiping about these palace and noble affairs.

Mina got excited, "She made sense! People with magic talent aren’t that easy to give birth to! The City Beauty is also an assessment project for the Empire on the Five City Lords; the City Lord has to complete it. Even if the wife can’t bear, he’d secretly find various powerful female mages as lovers to have an illegitimate child! If he truly can’t bear it, even if it’s through adoption, buying, or claiming, it must be completed!"

Chun was stunned, "This logic, it’s believable!"

"Meow!"

Holy Shit, what are you meowing at, you cat?

Mina’s gossip soul burned fiercely, "I noticed, Tifa imbued magic power on the Black Cat, and this magic power is almost identical to the Slime Monster’s, which is their sign of recognition; they’re actually mother and daughter!"

Chun’s heart skipped a beat, "So that’s why Tifa specifically said—it was her reason for calling us, she came for recognition!"

Mina said, "Thus the Slime confirmed, that’s why it’s helping so much! I see the Bronze City Lord and the Bronze Flower don’t look alike, how could he have such a beautiful daughter? She might not even be an illegitimate child; in any case, once it’s over, for secrecy...back to the sewer!"

Chun’s mind was greatly shaken!

If the Bronze City Lord was doing this, then what about the other City Lords? Surely they’d be trying for illegitimate children everywhere?

Chun immediately thought of Black Iron Flower Fafnir, and her relations with Vivian and Sherry. During the beta test, Chun discovered the internal communication chain between these three, Sherry selling Frost Roses empowered by Fafnir, Vivian collecting flowers and selling them back to the flower shop... clearly spanning different societal classes, yet the cooperation was unusually close!

Then Fafnir said Vivian was her distant cousin...was she even telling the truth? Is there a possibility that Vivian is the City Lord’s illegitimate child?

And Sherry seems only two years younger than the Bronze Flower, Sherry has a bit of a magic foundation, but not outstanding; is it possible that Sherry is also the City Lord’s illegitimate child? Otherwise, why would Fafnir so trust Sherry, even sending her to Canyon Village as an undercover...

Then what about Fafnir? An illegitimate child or an adoptee?

However, Vivian is already afflicted with hallucinogenic drug poison, and Sherry has been working as an apprentice all along, if they truly were abandoned failed illegitimate daughters, then this fate is too miserable...

Whilst pondering this, the Black Cat’s Shrinking Earth technique returned her to the Bronze Flower’s mansion. And this time, the butler didn’t seem to have time to react!

Excellently, this suggests that the Black Cat’s strength is now significantly improved and capable of withstanding the tests of strong individuals.