Aladdin tiptoed into the treasure vault, remembering wizard Khalid's instructions, avoiding the terrifying curses guarding the vault, and not triggering any traps.
Soon, he stepped into a beautiful garden.
The fruits on the trees in the garden were all precious gems—sapphires, rubies, agates, pearls, and diamonds.
Even the midday sun paled in comparison to these dazzling gems.
Unfortunately, Aladdin was still young and spent all his time playing, never having read a book, so he had no idea of the value of these gems.
How could he know that any one of these gems, taken outside, would be enough to make many wealthy people and kings envious!
At this moment, Aladdin felt uneasy and ignored these priceless gems, walking straight through the garden.
He walked and thought:
"That man who claimed to be my uncle is actually a magician! And as soon as we left home, he became fierce towards me."
"He even knows an Emperor from another country, leading that Emperor and a group of scary Super Warriors, guarding the entrance to the treasure vault. It's too strange."
"Is he really my uncle? If my father truly had such a powerful wizard brother, why did he never tell me?"
"It seems only I can open that treasure vault. Could that wizard who claims to be my uncle be a bad person who is deceiving and using me?"
Aladdin recalled the fairy tales he had heard when playing with his companions; evil magicians were always very cunning, and he feared this was a conspiracy against him.
The further he walked, the more frightened he became, finally unable to stop himself from crying out loud.
"If I hand over the Godly Lamp to that wizard as agreed, will he truly keep his promise, give me all the gold and silver treasures in this vault, and take me home?"
"Will I even make it home alive?"
"Mom, I miss you!"
Aladdin, still crying, walked into the magnificent hall.
As soon as he entered the hall, he heard a clear voice ask, "Child, why are you crying?"
Aladdin was so startled that he fell to the ground.
There was someone else in this treasure vault?
Aladdin looked closely and saw a silver-haired boy and a golden-haired girl looking at him.
The two children were about Aladdin's age, with delicate and beautiful features, as if they had stepped out of a painting.
Around them, brilliant specks of light floated, and melodious singing seemed to echo, indicating at a glance that they possessed magic and were not ordinary people.
"Such beautiful children? Are they people who live in the treasure vault? But shouldn't this treasure vault have been sealed for many years?"
"Could it be that they are deities or spirits guarding the treasure vault?"
"Wait, then, in their eyes, wouldn't I be a thief who trespassed into the treasure vault?"
Aladdin was terrified and hastily explained to the two children:
"Don't hurt me, I'm not a thief, I didn't mean to break into this treasure vault! A wizard ordered me to sneak into this treasure vault. He told me to enter the hall ahead and take the Godly Lamp from the ceiling."
Aladdin immediately pushed all the blame onto his "uncle."
"It's alright, don't be afraid, we won't hurt you," Aurora gently comforted Aladdin, offering him a tissue, feeling that the child seemed to have misunderstood something.
Aladdin finally calmed down, took Aurora's tissue to wipe his tears, and realizing that the two "deities guarding the treasure vault" had no ill intentions towards him, he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Child, you are crying, so you must have encountered some misfortune. Tell us what happened to you," Rhine said in a gentle tone.
Aladdin seemed to have found a savior and a confidant, and he quickly and concisely recounted his entire experience.
"So, even now, I don't know if that wizard is my uncle. He was very kind to me at first, and then he became terrifying."
Aladdin lowered his head, his tear-filled eyes showing fear.
"What if he and that Emperor are bad people? What should I do?"
"Wuwu. Mom thinks a kind uncle took me away and doesn't know what I've been through. I might not see Mom again!"
Thinking of this, Aladdin couldn't help but cry again.
Rhine looked at the sobbing, desperate Aladdin and quickly recalled the general plot of the original work's Follow-up—
When Aladdin returned along the stairs, because he didn't hand over the Godly Lamp in time, the wizard, disguised as his uncle, seemed to think he suspected him, so he re-concealed and sealed the treasure vault with a curse, wanting Aladdin to starve to death inside, and then he would go retrieve the Godly Lamp himself.
However, the wizard forgot that he had previously given Aladdin a ring that could summon a spirit for self-defense.
At that time, Aladdin was not yet aware of the Godly Lamp's magic, so he wished upon the ring spirit and thus left the treasure vault. He walked for many days, hungry, before returning home.
However, now, due to the change in the world line, Rhine had already killed Maglido and taken that magic ring.
This also meant that Aladdin, at this moment, had no magical items whatsoever and could only rely on them!
"Don't be afraid, child. We will help you," Rhine comforted Aladdin.
"Really?" Aladdin stopped crying.
Rhine took out a crystal ball, and in the ball, countless colors flowed, finally forming a picture, showing the scene outside the treasure vault—
wizard Khalid, the Ender Emperor, and the Super Warriors he brought, were all guarding outside the treasure vault, greedily staring at the cave entrance.
"Your Majesty, Aladdin will soon retrieve that Godly Lamp. That Godly Lamp possesses immense magic, and at that time, Your Majesty will become the King of the World, and the entire Western Continent will bow down to Your Majesty!"
wizard Khalid bowed, facing the majestic Ender Emperor, speaking in an extremely obsequious tone.
"You disguised yourself as Aladdin's uncle and tricked him into opening the treasure vault; it was hard work. At that time, I will let you take your brother's place and become the chief wizard of Ender Kingdom, and there will be other rewards as well."
The Ender Emperor held his hands across his chest, his dark cape flapping in the hot desert wind, and thinking of the future hegemony of his empire, he felt exhilarated.
wizard Khalid then asked, "Your Majesty, after Aladdin brings the Godly Lamp, what should we do with him?"
"The secret of that Godly Lamp and this treasure vault must never be known to outsiders. These secrets must be forever sealed in this desert!"
wizard Khalid understood, "Your servant understands."
Aladdin saw this scene and exclaimed:
"They really aren't good people. That wizard really isn't my uncle, he's a big liar!"
Recalling how his fake uncle had been generous and kind when he first met him and his mother, taking him around to enjoy delicious food and sightsee, Aladdin, upon learning that it was all a disguise, stomped his feet in anger.
Thinking that the wizard and that Emperor seemed to want to kill him, Aladdin shivered again.
He shook Rhine and Aurora's arms:
"Those bad people want to kill me. You can do magic, please, save me!"
Rhine naturally would not refuse this request:
"No problem, we can help you. You must have seen that what they want is a Godly Lamp from this treasure vault, and that Godly Lamp possesses immense magic."
After speaking, Rhine waved his hand towards the Godly Lamp on the ceiling, and the Godly Lamp flew down on its own, poured out its oil, and flew into the young man's left hand.
The wizard then quietly chanted to the Godly Lamp in his left hand:
"Change!"
Immediately, an identical Godly Lamp appeared in Rhine's right hand.
"The Godly Lamp turned into two?" Aladdin was both surprised and doubtful.
Rhine smiled slightly, shook his head, and handed the Godly Lamp in his right hand to Aladdin:
"This Godly Lamp is a fake that I imitated. Give this fake to that wizard."
Aladdin suddenly understood, but then worried:
"Won't they discover that the Godly Lamp is fake?"
Although he didn't know how to activate the Godly Lamp's magic, he believed that wizard Khalid definitely knew the correct way to use the Godly Lamp.
Rhine showed a reassuring smile: "Don't worry, just leave it to me."
Aladdin took the Godly Lamp and turned to go back the way he came.
Rhine then instructed him:
"The fruits in the garden outside are all precious gems, even the kings of the mortal world don't have them. Just take some with you to the outside world, it's enough for you and your mother to live a rich life for a lifetime."
"That's great! This way my mother won't have to work tirelessly weaving thread day and night!"
Aladdin was overjoyed, thanked Rhine repeatedly, passed through the garden, and along the way, filled his pockets with many beautiful gems.
"Fortunately, there are kind spirits in this treasure vault. Not only did I escape a life-or-death crisis, but I also gained a blessing from misfortune."
Seeing Aladdin's retreating figure, Aurora turned to Rhine and asked:
"Teacher, why give them a fake?
"Wouldn't it be simpler to just kill wizard Khalid and that Ender Emperor?
"That Ender Emperor and the Super Warriors around him look formidable, but just by listening to their footsteps, I can tell that they are just ordinary Super Warriors, not much different from the Super Warrior I killed in the Ender Emperor's imperial city before. Their power is even far inferior to the Eastern Witch in her dragon form! Not to mention Maleficent.
"Give me ten-odd seconds, and I alone can take care of all of them!"
Rhine stroked Aurora's golden hair:
"If it were just killing them, of course, it would be very simple.
"But think about it, if the Ender Emperor were to die unexpectedly in a foreign land, there would certainly be unrest in his country."
Aurora remained silent.
She wanted to say, "Isn't it good for Ender Kingdom to fall into chaos?" but deep down, she knew it would affect innocent people.
Rhine continued:
"I heard that the Ender Emperor has several brave, skilled, and ambitious princes.
"They have all inherited their father's ambition, and even if the Ender Emperor is killed, it would only mean a new Ender Emperor, and Ender Kingdom's aggression towards other countries would not stop."
"Moreover," Rhine paused, lifting his chin, "I don't want such a vast empire as Ender Kingdom to disappear from the map. I don't want everyone on this Western Continent to forget the existence of such a country."
Rhine's subtext was that he could do that.
Aurora began to ponder.
"So, what's the use of Teacher giving a fake Godly Lamp?"
"How can you ensure they won't recognize that the Godly Lamp is fake?"
"Did Teacher cast some magic on that fake Godly Lamp?"
He followed the steps and walked back to the cave entrance.
Seeing Aladdin emerge holding the Godly Lamp, wizard Khalid was overjoyed and stepped forward to take the Godly Lamp.
However, the burly Ender Kingdom Super Warriors, having anticipated this, blocked wizard Khalid in a tacit understanding, preventing him from being the first to obtain the Godly Lamp.
The Ender Emperor looked back and saw the eagerness in Khalid's eyes, and as if he had expected it, he sighed meaningfully.
He strode forward and took the Godly Lamp from Aladdin's hand.
Finally holding the Godly Lamp in his hands, stroking the dirt on the old oil lamp, the Ender Emperor's anxious heart finally settled.
He laughed up to the sky, as if he saw countless kingdoms, like stars, across the entire Western Continent bowing down to him.
Khalid leaned in, forcing a fawning smile towards the Ender Emperor:
"Your Majesty, allow me to teach you how to use the Godly Lamp!"
Khalid said, approaching the Ender Emperor, seizing the opportunity to rub the outside of the Godly Lamp vigorously.
He wanted to be the first to summon the Lamp God and make the boundless magic Lamp God serve him!
"Oh, you'll teach me how to use this Godly Lamp of boundless magic?"
The Ender Emperor extended the hand holding the Godly Lamp.
Khalid was overjoyed to see that the Ender Emperor was not suspicious, and a greedy light appeared in his eyes.
He impatiently pulled out a handkerchief:
"Your Majesty, this Godly Lamp is a bit dirty, I'll wipe it for Your Majesty first..."
As he was about to rub the outside of the Godly Lamp, summon the Lamp God of boundless magic, and realize his wish, Khalid showed the brightest smile of his life.
The next second, his smile froze on his face.
Crimson blood splattered onto the desert sand and rocks.
The Ender Emperor's sword, he knew not when, had been drawn and pierced Khalid's heart.
His sword was swift and sharp.
Khalid's eyes widened, staring fixedly at the majestic and spirited Ender Emperor.
His eyes were filled with shock.
Why?
"Sorry, I actually know how to use the Godly Lamp. The method is too simple, and besides, your brother once told me.
"My ignorance was all an act.
"Your character is indeed just like your brother's, equally cunning, and equally lacking in loyalty."
wizard Khalid fell into a pool of blood, completely losing his life.
These two evil wizard brothers had both gone to the underworld.
The Ender Emperor then looked towards Aladdin at the entrance of the stone cave and gave a meaningful look to the accompanying Super Warriors.
"End everything here, then set off back to the country."
The Super Warriors understood and drew their weapons.
The crisp sound of metal echoed in the desert, complementing the hot wind.
Outsiders who knew the secret of the Godly Lamp could not leave alive!
Whoosh.
A gust of wind swept across the yellow sand, rolling tumbleweeds past them.
Swish!
The Super Warriors simultaneously burst forward, charging towards Aladdin, moving so fast that they left afterimages.
Each of them was a Super Warrior who could fight a tiger bare-handed, and with weapons, they could rival an army.
Seeing over a dozen swift Super Warriors charging at him simultaneously, Aladdin was so scared that he closed his eyes and opened his mouth.