Chapter 422: Interlude
On the bright side, Liu Daoqing's assassination did not have a big impact. Whether it was Prince Abel or Duchess Caterina, they all deliberately downplayed this matter. They neither chased down the criminals with great fanfare, nor did they significantly strengthen the security, but the prince changed his residence and moved to a mountain villa.
As for Caterina's royal chef, Baron Gu Liu, who became ill because of being satirized by the prince, and returned to the territory in the name of "recuperating", no one would care about such trivial matters.
A mere baron, not worth mentioning at all.
But in the dark, the impact of this incident is actually great.
Prince Ebel was assassinated, and the one who assassinated him was the monster that attacked and killed Marquis Henry not long ago. This news is not a big secret in the upper class. After the Molai nobles, who had been swayed in their attitudes, learned about this, they carefully considered the question of how to stand on their own feet again. Obviously, the authority of the Thracian king was not enough to deter the beast. On the contrary, That monster seems to be very unfriendly to the king faction, and has attacked important figures of the king faction twice.
In this case, do they still have to invest in the King's faction?
In the face of a terrifying beast that can turn into a stream of water and travel underground, it is elusive and unpredictable, let alone a small and medium noble, even an earl or even a marquis is not sure that it will be safe and sound under its attack. They don't have the ability of Prince Abel, and they don't have the powerful magic props that can protect themselves if they are caught off guard, and they don't want to get into trouble at this level. So although the prince has done a lot of work, the number of former Molai nobles who are finally willing to invest in the king's pie is not large.
For Duke Alanz, this matter is generally beneficial - if there is no blow from this matter, Prince Abel, by virtue of his identity, can definitely win far more than this number. According to the analysis of the staff, this assassination is worth at least one marquis, maybe four or five earls, and more small and medium nobles.
For Liu Daoqing, who carried out the assassination, this is of course all his credit, but Caterina did not thank him for it, but was a little annoyed - the sage Lopez did not mean to keep Liu Daoqing secret, and asked why he wanted to assassinate the prince. The reason was told to the core executives of the Duchy of Ellants. They didn't joke about Liu Daoqing's "toad wants to eat swan meat" or something. On the contrary, these high-level executives expressed their gratification, and the older ones even said happily, "Ah, at last, there is no need to worry about Katerina's failure to marry. ' and so on.
This of course made Katerina furious. Although she is not an ordinary woman who fantasizes about romantic stories such as princes and princesses, at least she is very confident in her beauty. Some people want to pursue her, of course she is also a little happy. But the attitude of those **** friends really made her unable to be happy.
Don't worry that she can't get married? What the **** is this! Could it be that Katerina Ailanz's condition is so poor that she should be happy if any man is willing to pursue her?
Because of this, she and Otto and the others fought several times, and they were covered in buns. However, this group of people is worthy of being loyal and brave people, and they don't take beatings seriously at all, and Katarina can only give up in the end.
"Baron Guliu is a monster!" She once protested, "I'm so down that I can even be a monster?"
"Strictly speaking, he is not a monster, but a dragon." Sage Lopez said, "his race is the 'fish dragon' from the eastern continent, which is probably equivalent to the water dragon and fire dragon in our western continent. If When it comes to identity, his background is much higher than that of ordinary humans."
"Even if he is a dragon, I wouldn't want to marry a dragon!"
"I remember you said when you were young that you wanted to be a dragon knight?"
"I remember this! That's what she said!"
"I also remember that at that time she even put a faucet mask on her horse - that mask was made by me."
Katerina yelled, "I want to be a dragon knight, what does that have to do with that?"
Sage Lopez squinted his eyes and looked at his students: "What do you think a dragon is? Those arrogant guys won't be a mount even if they die. If a human wants to be a dragon knight, the most practical way is to find A dragon to be his partner. Riding an ordinary human is a shame; riding a husband or wife is just a joke between husband and wife."
"Yes, I heard the bard say such a story, the beautiful dragon knight, riding a dragon during the day and being ridden at night..."
Otto couldn't continue talking, because Katarina lifted the chair and hit him on the head, even though his head was much harder than the chair, and he was knocked unconscious.
All in all, Katerina was unhappy, unhappy, unhappy... It took three repetitions to express her feelings.
In those days, although Liu Daoqing was in the castle, he often felt an inexplicable cold air on his neck. He thought it was some ghost player joking with him, but he didn't take it to heart.
Although everyone was not very courageous before crossing, but after years of hard work, their nerves have become quite rough. Whether it's beasts or ghosts, they can't be scared anymore.
This is a matter of course. Every day in the cafeteria, you can see skeletons, zombies or ghosts walking around, as well as those who are ugly enough to lose their minds... Over time, even the most timid people will naturally get used to it.
There is a saying how to say it... spit and spit, and you get used to it.
What's more, Liu Daoqing is also a monster himself. He shows his true body and can swallow a big living person alive with one mouth. He really has no position to look down on ghosts and ghosts.
During this period of time, it was a relatively peaceful day for the traversers. There were neither battles worth mentioning nor urgent things to do. Everyone went out one after another to do what they were interested in. Even the panda, who always stayed in the training ground, took the time to go out the door and went all the way from Tarakhan to Trela City.
He was there to pick up people. At the beginning, he took a group of pirates who went ashore and turned into merchants with a group of gold basins. They set off from the south of the Terrera Kingdom and planned to go to Tarakhan City. As a result, he encountered an emergency when he was about to reach the city of Trela, so he left a sum of money for the group to let them play in the capital for two days, and then go to Tarakhan on their own.
He thought that these people should have arrived, but for some reason, they have been delayed until now, and they have not arrived at Tarakhan City.
After waiting for a long time, he finally became impatient and decided to run again to see what they were doing.