My Little Pony: Changelings

Chapter 273 The Storm Emperor (9)

"Sand, sand, sand everywhere."

"Biqi, can you please behave yourself?"

"Rainbow Dash, what are you moving about for?"

Sombra rolled his eyes and then lay listlessly in the corner of the basket. He really didn't understand why he agreed to go with this group of little girls to save the South. After seeing this, Radiant Hope said to Sombra.

"Sombrera, this is one of our few chances to save other creatures. Stop looking so gloomy."

"I wonder if the two of us have been tricked by the Princess of Space."

Sombra looked at Twilight Sparkle and the others who looked like they were on a trip and sighed. They simply didn't understand what was happening in the South. Radiant Hope stroked Sombra's hair with her hoof, signaling him to stop complaining.

At this moment, Twilight Sparkle suddenly discovered a small town in the desert, and immediately pointed at Jiuliu Town with her hoof and said happily.

"Everyone, I found a town!"

"Really? Where is it?"

"That's Jiuliu Town. The hot air balloon is too obvious. Everyone get off first. We will sneak in quietly under the cover of night."

Radiant Hope reminded them, then steered the hot air balloon to the side and led the ponies into the town through an alley.

"what is that?"

Applejack asked in confusion as she looked at the Storm Troopers patrolling the streets, while Radiant Hope hushed and explained in a low voice.

"These are storm troopers. They rule the southern region. We must be careful to avoid them and not attract their attention."

As they were talking, Rourou suddenly noticed something and asked Twilight Sparkle.

"Uh...have any of you seen Pinkie?"

"Peach?"

After hearing what Rourou said, the ponies looked around but couldn't find any trace of Pinkie Pie. Just when they were wondering if she had been lost, Sombra said with a look of horror.

"She's there!"

At this time, Pinkie was standing in front of two patrolling Storm Troopers. Amid their puzzled gazes, Pinkie tilted her head and then said with her bright eyes.

"Hello, are you guys on patrol?"

Two patrolling storm troopers looked at each other in confusion when they saw a pink pony in front of them. They had no idea where she came from.

Then they nodded and surrounded Biqi on the left and right. Jiuliu Town had a curfew and strictly prohibited people from going out at night. She actually dared to appear in front of them, so she had to be arrested.

Just as a storm trooper was reaching out to grab her, suddenly a cat in a red coat walked over as if no one was around, and pressed on the storm trooper's outstretched hand.

"Uh-huh, excuse me, both of you. Thank you for finding my assistant, since she loves to run around so much."

As he said that, Caper used his tail to stop Pinkie from speaking, and then, in the doubtful eyes of the Storm Troopers, he opened his red coat, revealing a small green sign with two stars engraved on it. After seeing this, the two Storm Troopers looked at the green sign on their waists, which only had one star engraved on it.

So the Storm Trooper scratched his head in confusion, and then walked past Capper and Pinkie. At this moment, Capper grabbed Pinkie and rushed into the alley.

"Phew~ That was a close call just now. Luckily those two soldiers weren't very smart."

As he said that, Caper took out the green plate from inside and wiped it with his hands. Then some green raw materials got on his hands. Caper said to Hope Radiance and the others.

"That was a close call just now. And didn't you say you were going to look for help? Where is the help?"

“We are the rescue.”

After hearing Twilight Sparkle's answer, Caper's eyes twitched. Looking at this group of colorful young ponies, although they looked cute, being cute was useless here. Oh, maybe it was useful and could be sold for a lot of money.

But that was not the problem. Caper didn't want to say anything more. After all, it was not very safe here, so he led the ponies towards his residence.

"Everyone, welcome to my home."

"Wow~ But why does this place look so shabby?"

"Then you'll have to ask that powerful friend of yours."

Caper looked at Sombra, and Sombra responded with a question, "What?" Then Radiance of Hope walked over and said to Caper.

"How is the investigation going now?"

"Wow wow wow ~ Miss, first of all, I have to say that it is very dangerous to investigate intelligence here. After all, this is under the jurisdiction of the Storm Emperor, and there are storm soldiers everywhere. I have gone through a lot of hardships..."

"You are enough. We have paid you enough crystals to make this deal."

When Sombra heard Caper nagging here, he complained to him, and Caper stretched out his hand, looked at the claws on his hand, and said casually.

"Yes, originally these black crystals were indeed valuable, but after you destroyed everything in Jiuliu Town for a while, these crystals have depreciated. Maybe they are still worth some Storm Coins, but... there is no market for them now."

Caper stopped talking, put his paws on the table, lowered his head, looked at the ponies opposite him with a serious expression, and then spoke to them.

“My hometown, Acasinia, is currently in a standoff with the Diamond Dog Kingdom, Keninia. The two sides are on the verge of a war. If there is even a small spark, a full-scale war could break out.

In addition, there is a problem with the Hippogriffs. A complete ban has been imposed there, and the Storm Troopers do not allow any creature to approach there."

The ponies gasped when they heard this. They had never expected so many problems to arise here. Radiant Hope bowed her head in thought for a moment, then looked up and said to Caper.

"So is there any good news?"

"Have!"

Caper put his hands behind his back, then walked to the window, quietly opened the curtains, looked at the night scene of Jiuliu Town, closed the curtains again, turned around and spoke to them as he walked.

"The good news is that the commanders of the Storm Legion are not here, and there are only a pitiful number of Storm Soldiers here, about a dozen or so. If we want to take action, now is the best time. If the main fleet of the Storm Legion returns, we will really have no chance."

Caper quietly lifted the curtains and pointed at the strange building in the center of the town. The ponies walked over. Twilight Sparkle frowned when she saw it, feeling that there was something wrong with the building.

"What should we do, Twilight Sparkle?"

"Let's get moving, girls!"