Chapter 174: The Second Prince William

【You have gained 1 point of 【Legend of Winter City】】 【Legendary Status: Winter City (1) 【Unknown】】 In the northwest corner of North Road, inside Winter City, the capital of the Frost Kingdom, there is a restaurant located on the top floor of the south section of Winter Tower Bridge. On the wall of their restaurant hangs a photograph of the Princess dining, and you appear in the same frame as the Princess.

Although not many people are paying attention to you right now, who knows what will happen in the future? "Hm? Didn't she just finish taking the photo? How did I gain Legendary Status?" Looking at the message popping up on the Game Panel, Yun Mu was slightly stunned.

"Is something wrong?" Noticing her expression, the restaurant owner put down his camera and asked, somewhat nervously.

"No, it's nothing." Shaking her head, Yun Mu said, "I just suddenly remembered something."

"Then, according to the terms of the contract." Brenna put down the knife and fork she had been holding while taking photos and said with a calm expression, "We will be leaving now. Remember, you must wait until two months have passed before you can show the photo to anyone else."

"And, you are not allowed to tell anyone that the two of us were here."

After saying this, Brenna did not wait for the restaurant owner to reply; she took Yun Mu's hand and walked down the stairs toward the lower floors of the tower.

Yun Mu smiled helplessly at the owner and reached up to put her sunglasses back on.

She accompanied Brenna to the second floor of the tower.

It looked like an inn here; apart from a deep corridor, there were only doors with room numbers on both sides of the hallway, and a staircase leading to the floor below.

"Is the owner not here?" Yun Mu asked curiously.

"The owner here should be downstairs; he probably bought both the first and second floors." Brenna vaguely heard the sound of glasses clinking from below and guessed.

The two of them walked down the stairs, and sure enough, a classic, exquisite little tavern appeared before them.

Besides providing drinks and some simple food, this place also offered lodging.

The target audience was clearly those guys who wanted to enjoy the beautiful scenery while resting inside the tower of Winter Tower Bridge.

After just a few glances, Yun Mu and Brenna left the tavern.

They were both still minors and prohibited from drinking alcohol, and as for lodging... clearly, Brenna did not intend to stay here.

"Woo!"

Just as the two walked down from the tower, a long ship whistle sounded once again from the river in the distance.

A cargo ship, slightly larger in size than the previous Bomuoluo Shrimp, was slowly sailing toward Winter Tower Bridge.

However, just as the tower bridge was about to rise to clear a path for the cargo ship.

On the other side, opposite to where Yun Mu and the others were located, a commotion suddenly broke out.

Due to the vision bonus provided by the trait 【Sharp Eyes】, she quickly saw clearly what was happening on the other end of the tower bridge.

A dirt-yellow Steam Car was seen being chased by three earth-red cars, ignoring the rising bridge and driving directly past the Guard intercepting vehicles, heading toward the opposite side of the tower bridge! The three earth-red cars following behind it were not to be outdone, each crossing the command baton in the Guard's hand and biting hard onto the tail of the dirt-yellow car! The four cars rushed toward the bridge, which had already risen to a quarter-slope; the dirt-yellow car in particular charged at the very front, taking the lead as it leaped off the bridge, then landed violently on the bridge at the other end! Cars of this era were clearly unable to withstand such a violent impact; as the car body parts rattled upon landing, the wheels skidded toward the location where Yun Mu and Brenna were.

As for the other three cars following behind it, they clearly did not have such good luck.

The earth-red car that followed the dirt-yellow car across the bridge lost control after landing, crashing into the railing at the edge of the tower bridge before rolling and falling into the river.

As for the second and third earth-red cars, after leaping from the bridge, they were slower by a step and were simply intercepted in mid-air by the bridge rising on the other end.

Turning into two rare splashes on the calm surface of the Fursado River. "Damn it, that car is out of control, hurry and dodge it!"

The Guard responsible for intercepting vehicles on Yun Mu's side shouted loudly as he watched the Steam Car dive down from the bridge.

Brenna reached toward the Storage space at her waist almost subconsciously, wanting to summon her Steam Mecha to intercept the out-of-control car.

Only after her palm touched the space item did she remember that her Steam Mecha had long since been destroyed within that Scarlet Barrier.

Fortunately, at this moment, Yun Mu, who was standing beside her, moved! She pulled a small card with a Scarlet Knight drawn on its surface from her hand as if performing magic, then gave it a light flick, throwing the card onto the ground.

The Scarlet Knight, covered entirely in heavy scarlet plate armor, immediately appeared before everyone.

There was no need for explanation; upon seeing the dirt-yellow car rushing toward him.

The Scarlet Knight plunged the Scarlet Cross Sword in his hand into the ground, blocking the path in front of the dirt-yellow car.

"Bang!!"

The already overburdened dirt-yellow car slammed into the blade of the Scarlet Cross Sword; its hood, after a brief moment of twisting and deformation, flew open violently.

Revealing the already smoking car parts inside.

And about five seconds after the forced stop, a young man with short golden hair and goggles on his forehead kicked open the damaged car door and crawled out from the car.

Clearly, this was the owner of the car.

"Are you... William?"

Just at this moment, Brenna seemed to recognize the young man's identity and asked with an expression of disbelief.

And when she walked closer and saw the young man's face clearly, confirming she hadn't mistaken him, she immediately questioned him angrily: "What on earth are you doing here!?"

"Uh..." The young man named William held his forehead; after hearing Brenna's words, he turned his head to look at her.

"Br, Brenna?"

"Why are you here!?" the other party looked at her in disbelief.

"That's the line I should be asking you!" Brenna said, hands on her hips, very impolitely.

"Wa, wait a second!" Hearing her words, William only then remembered the current situation; he hurriedly raised both hands and said, "Li, listen to my explanation."

"I originally just wanted to drive around the streets and go for a ride, but those guys..." He swallowed hard, turned his head to look behind him, and said, "Those are the guys who were chasing me just now."

"They mocked me for driving too slowly and even threw incendiary bombs at me!"

"They are simply crazy!" William said, looking quite indignant.

"So you decided to rush the bridge while Winter Tower Bridge was rising!?" Brenna did not seem satisfied with his explanation and continued to wear a very dissatisfied expression.

"I calculated it all; that bridge is the only one I could rush across..." He looked at Brenna's expression, and his voice gradually lowered.

"It was just that the wheels skidded at the end, and there was a small accident..."

"You call that a small accident?" Brenna interrupted his words and said, "If I hadn't been here, do you know how many people your out-of-control car would have injured?"

"I, I'm sorry..." William apologized quite sincerely. "Sigh." Letting out an imperceptible sigh, Brenna held her forehead and said, "We'll leave your problems for now. Those guys chasing you, do you know who they are?"

As she spoke, she turned her gaze toward the Fursado River.

The cargo ship that was supposed to pass through the tower bridge was now stopped there, salvaging the cars that had fallen into the river, as well as the people inside the cars.

Looking at the state of those guys, they were probably trapped inside the cars and couldn't get out.

Up until this moment, not a single living person had appeared on the surface of the river.

"Those guys," hearing Brenna's words, William's expression was somewhat strange, and he said: "It's normal that you don't know; they gradually appeared in Winter City in the two months after you left."

"Mm, they call themselves Speedsters, enjoy modifying vehicles privately, and race wildly through the streets at speeds far exceeding normal steam cars on the market."

Pausing, William continued: "I heard that the forces behind them seem to have even created a new Supernatural profession, only I don't know if it's true or false."

"The name seems to be... Madman?"

"Madman... Do you know the abilities of this profession?" Brenna muttered the name of this new Supernatural profession, then asked William.

"Don't be careless, have you forgotten how the 【Criminal】 series of Supernatural professions were born?" Watching William look somewhat distracted, Brenna lectured him.

"Right, alright." Hearing her say the two words 【Criminal】, William's expression immediately became serious, and he said: "According to the information I obtained, and my speculation, the 【Madman】 series currently should only have Apprentice and Elite advancement paths."

"And his abilities... the Apprentice rank is physical enhancement, and a type of very irregular, yet very powerful fighting technique for street brawls or melee combat inside buildings."

"They seem very proficient at using all sorts of things at hand to cause damage to enemies, and can even temporarily enhance those items."

"And upon reaching the Elite rank, while the Apprentice's abilities are further enhanced, they will master the assembly and usage techniques for various firearms, steam cars, and some explosives, traps, and simple mechanical parts."

"Through a certain skill, Elite-rank Madmen seem to be able to significantly enhance the power of items for a short time at the cost of consuming the item's durability."

"Mm, that's all I know." Seeming to be thinking about whether there was anything missing from his words, William rubbed his chin and said.

"You know such detailed professional information, yet you told me you weren't sure if it was true or false?" Brenna raised an eyebrow, somewhat dissatisfied.

"No, no, listen to me explain!" Seeing his younger sister about to lose her temper again, William hurriedly said: "I only searched for this information, but I have never seen a real 【Madman】, that's why I said I didn't know if it was true or false!"

"I really didn't not take this matter to heart!"

"You had better be telling the truth." Brenna clearly didn't quite believe what he said.

"Let's go, let's go see if the people in those cars are still alive." She glanced at the cargo ship on the Fursado River that had already salvaged the three steam cars.

"When will the people from the Guard Hall arrive?"

After finishing her sentence, she looked at the Guard standing to the side, who dared not step forward because he recognized their identities.

"Report, hss—report to Princess, I have already informed the Guard Hall of what happened here using the communicator, and the people to seal off the scene will be here soon!"

Upon hearing Brenna's question, that Guard responded with obvious nervousness, even accidentally biting his tongue.

"There's no need to be so rushed when speaking." Brenna said somewhat helplessly.

"Does Big Brother know about this?" As everyone approached the cargo ship on the river, Brenna asked William.

"Big Brother certainly knows, and he knows much more than I do, because this matter itself was handed to him by Father to resolve."

"I think if there really are 【Madman】s, Big Brother should have encountered them." William explained to Brenna.

"So it was a task arranged for him by the Old Man... Then I won't interfere; no, wait, I didn't have time to help him anyway."

"Hmph." Thinking of the guy who followed her this morning, Brenna gave a light huff and said: "I hope he can resolve those troublesome guys soon."

"Hahaha." Regarding what Brenna said, William, as the second child, could only smile awkwardly.

"Speaking of which, who is this..." He looked with some curiosity at Yun Mu, who was following beside Brenna, and asked: "Is this your newly found personal guard?"

"What about Elena, why haven't I seen her come with you?"

"Hss—" Yun Mu gasped.

This guy, he really knows how to hit a sore spot; is Elena's matter something that can be talked about? Sure enough, Brenna's expression immediately became very gloomy.

She said: "I only came to Winter City to handle some business this time and will be leaving soon; the Shadow Guard have other work, so I left them all back at Frostfall City."

"As for this Miss Yun..." Pausing, Brenna said: "The Shadow Guard sent by your Big Brother to follow me was discovered and beaten away by her."

"So capable?"

William looked at Yun Mu with some surprise, and he reached out his hand: "Hello, I am William Saelia; as for my identity, you should be able to guess."

"Hello, I am Yun Mu; my identity can also be guessed, oh." Yun Mu grasped William's palm and said.

"Oh~ I like your personality." Hearing Yun Mu imitate his self-introduction, William raised an eyebrow and said.

The two released their palms and laughed together.

"I am a Supernatural of the 【Swordsman】 series, a Second Rank Elite 【Knight】; it is a pleasure to meet you." William said while walking, slightly bowing to perform a knight's salute.

"I am a Supernatural of the 【Painter】 series, a Second Rank Elite 【Painter】; it is also an honor to converse with the Prince."

Out of politeness, Yun Mu also nodded and bowed while introducing her own Supernatural profession.

PS: The 【Criminal】 series of Supernaturals is a burgeoning profession that appeared in the Frost Kingdom about seventy years ago.

It has a total of three ranks.

They are: First-tier Apprentice 【Criminal】

Second-tier Elite 【Murderer】

Third-rank Expert 【Ripper】

However, before that criminal could create his own fourth-rank profession, he was arrested by a detective named Watsonwall and handed over to the government at the time, where he was beheaded in public.

(End of chapter)