"Eh? Lord Guardian?"
The female protector warrior was stunned, blankly watching Vladimir leave.
Time flew by, and the sun quickly fell below the sea level. Night came.
Vladimir turned into the Shadow Fiend again. He didn't go far, but instead quietly sneaked back into the city.
The city gate was still locked. Even Vladimir couldn't stand it anymore. The Empress had been taking a bath for an hour and a half, and everyone in the city had to wait for her.
"She's forcing me to sleep in the wilderness tonight!"
Thinking about it, he felt a little angry. Vladimir flashed, turned into a wisp of black smoke, and quickly headed towards the palace along the ground.
After living there for a few days, he was quite familiar with the route and easily bypassed the guards and sneaked into the palace.
At this moment, the Empress was naturally taking a bath. Vladimir was silent and directly passed through the gap in the door of the big bathhouse.
As soon as he entered the interior, he immediately felt the misty air all around.
The huge bath was as big as a swimming pool, and the water was full of white mist.
Behind the steam, a graceful figure was hidden.
Steam could block human vision, but it could not block the Shadow Fiend's perception.
Vladimir could clearly see the Empress's state. She was naked, squatting in a corner of the bath, curled up, with tears still visible on her face.
"Tsk tsk, she has a really good figure. Should I politely get a hard-on?"
Vladimir admired for a moment, thinking jokingly, "It's a pity that the Shadow Fiend doesn't have a gender, so I can't get hard."
After a pause, he muttered to himself, "The main thing is still the business at hand."
Thinking like this, he slowly floated in front of the Empress in the form of a wisp of black smoke.
"Who!?"
Even if her mental state was not good, the Empress was still a first-class expert. She immediately sensed the abnormality in front of her.
A wisp of black smoke was floating in front of her, and it was slowly becoming thicker, gradually condensing into a human form.
At the same time, a human voice came from the black smoke.
"Good evening, Kuja Empress. I am Shadow Fiend, an assassin from 'Phantom'!"
As the voice fell, the Shadow Fiend completely condensed into a human form.
Faced with such a strange scene, the Empress was still able to remain calm. She did not act or panic. Instead, she immediately squatted her body into the pool.
"She has really good qualities. As expected of the Empress." Vladimir couldn't help but praise and said, "For the sake of the 'Sea Dragon,' I'll give you a 50% discount this time."
"Sea Dragon? 50% discount?" The Empress's eyes flashed, feeling a hint of surprise, but her face was still cold, "What do you mean?"
"A deal."
Vladimir smiled lightly, intending to guide, "I am an assassin, doing the business of killing people. Even if you are a World Noble Celestial Dragon, as long as you can afford the price, I can kill them for you!"
"Kill Celestial Dragons!?" The Empress's delicate body trembled, a little shocked, "What did you say?"
Seeing her reaction as he expected, Vladimir smiled, "You want to kill Celestial Dragons? Please rest assured, I kill those trash like slaughtering pigs and dogs!"
"Rest assured, I kill those trash like slaughtering pigs and dogs!"
Vladimir didn't take the Celestial Dragons seriously at all while talking and laughing.
Celestial Dragons, World Nobles, were the descendants of the 20 kings who established the World Government eight hundred years ago.
Perhaps eight hundred years ago, those 20 kings were heroes and dragons, but after a long eight hundred years, their descendants had long since fallen.
Most people were not worthy of being called "Celestial Dragons." Calling them Celestial Worms was more like it.
They were just a group of worms hiding in the shadows of their ancestors.
Hearing Vladimir express his disdain so bluntly, the Empress couldn't help but flash a hint of brilliance.
"You're called Shadow Fiend?" The Empress said uncertainly, "Do you know that sea dragon? Did he send you here?"
"You can think of it that way. He just told me that there was business to be done here."
Shadow Fiend grinned, "I am a shadow assassin, only responsible for killing people. Tell me, Kuja Empress, who do you want to kill?"
Hearing this, the Empress was silent for a while. She couldn't see through this uninvited guest who had suddenly broken into her bathhouse.
In response, Vladimir didn't say anything, appearing very cold and arrogant, unwilling to say more. Too many words would lead to mistakes, and it was more important to maintain a sense of mystery.
After a full three to five minutes, the Empress spoke in a clear voice, "You come from an organization called 'Phantom'?"
"To be precise, it's a pirate crew."
"Do you know that sea dragon?"
"Let's just say that."
"Is he also a member of the Phantom Pirates?"
"I can't say."
"That bastard is definitely not a Guardian Deity!"
Not knowing what she thought of, the Empress's eyes flashed, and she said with certainty, "He must be one of your people."
There was no clear evidence, just intuition.
Then, she asked, "You can kill Celestial Dragons, aren't you afraid of provoking the Navy Three Admirals?"
Anyone who attacks Celestial Dragons will be wanted by the Navy and hunted down by the Three Admirals.
"Heh, let alone whether they can find me, even if they can find me, there will naturally be members to deal with it."
Vladimir curled his lips, "It seems you hate the Celestial Dragons. There's no need to beat around the bush. As long as you can afford the price, I can definitely kill the person."
"What price?"
"A Celestial Dragon's head, a Devil Fruit, or 500 million Berries."
Vladimir quoted the price directly without thinking.
"Devil Fruit..." The Empress couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.
The price of 500 million Berries could be understood, but why was there a Devil Fruit? Was that also a hard currency?
"You said just now that you would give me a 50% discount?" The Empress thought for a moment, suddenly smiled, wanting to use her beauty to make him her captive.
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