If possible, it would be best to knock down the powerful magic sword emitting a curtain of moonlight, and have a fist-to-flesh and bloody fight with pure bare hands.

As a savage and cunning half-orc, he had used this method to defeat many powerful enemies, even creatures much larger than himself like fire giants.

So I am very confident in my strength and physique.

Unless the opponent is a monk who is more proficient in unarmed combat, no matter how superb his weapon skills and footwork are, it will be difficult for him to exert his full strength in this close-range grappling and tripping situation, and he will end up dying miserably under the continuous beatings of fists.

However, Gromnir apparently forgot that the key to whether a grapple is successful is mainly determined by two factors.

One of them is the strength attribute, and the other is the size.

Since he was just a half-orc with a height of just over two meters, although he looked stronger, he was also of medium build and was almost on the same level as Zuo Si.

This means that the final confrontation will be reflected in the aspect of strength.

When this guy was swinging the meteor hammer to attack at a tricky angle, tempting his opponent to raise his sword continuously, he suddenly seized an opportunity to attack, took a big step forward, opened his arms and was about to grab Zuo Si's waist.

Then he ordered the simulacrum to go around to the back to lock the shoulders and arms, and then use his knees to hit the lower back violently to sever the spine connecting the nerves of the lower body.

It is not difficult to tell from that ferocious smile that this is not the first time he has done such a thing and he has extremely rich experience.

But just as Gromnir successfully hugged his waist, he suddenly felt an enormous impact in his abdomen.

The next second...

Bang! He flew up into the air, his arms flew out before he could even close them, and a large amount of misty blood spurted out of his mouth and nostrils.

As he continued to fly backwards, Gromnir, with his vision blurred by the severe pain, vaguely saw the other party's raised left knee.

There is no doubt that it was this terrifyingly powerful knee strike that severely damaged the abdominal muscles and the fragile internal organs.

At this moment, he truly believed that the skinny young human in front of him completely crushed him in terms of strength.

Those seemingly inconspicuous muscles contained a terrifying explosive power that was completely inconsistent with its appearance.

Boom!!! With a loud bang, Gromnir was slammed into the wall of the sewer, knocking down two walls before he came to a stop.

In comparison, Zuo Si on the other side was obviously also frightened. He never expected that this burly half-orc could be so insidious. He didn't use the powerful +4 enchanted weapon and even wanted to wrestle with him.

You have to know that although he learned swordsmanship from Sorin Markov for a period of time, and also mastered the gorgeous sword dance skills under the training of the dark maiden Eilistraee, he has no experience in bare-handed fighting at all.

Especially when facing grappling, tripping, and locking techniques, once they succeed, you will most likely only be able to escape through magic, or rely on your own strong vitality and damage reduction to withstand it.

After all, he is a unique form of the big devil, and he also has the form of a purgatory dragon, a large number of protective spells and various divine powers.

It is really not an easy task to really cause effective damage to Zuo Si now.

At least mortals, especially warriors who rely entirely on physical attacks, can basically not expect to do this easily.

What's more, the agility attribute of up to 40 points on the attribute panel is not just for show.

The best proof of this was the hasty knee strike to Gromnir's abdomen just now.

Even though he may not have enough experience in close combat, his nerve reflexes are several times faster than his enemy's.

This means that unless the opponent can also have the same level of super high reaction speed, he may be killed even if he takes the initiative.

After knocking Gromnir away, Zuo Si instantly exerted force with his shoulders and broke the simulacrum's hands with a snap, then beheaded it with a sword.

After doing all this, he looked up at the half-blood orc who was struggling to get up from the ruins and rubble not far away. He bent down and picked up the weapon that the other party had dropped on the ground. He asked with interest: "So... compared to using weapons, you are actually better at using grappling, tripping and other techniques to defeat the enemy in close combat? I have to say, this gave me a very good inspiration and experience."

"What the hell kind of monster are you?"

Gromnir spat out a mouthful of saliva mixed with the blood plasma, his eyes filled with incredible fear.

A spellcaster mage who can completely crush me in strength, agility, and close combat? Is such a person really possible?

At least in his knowledge, the only creatures that can do this are dragons, angels, devils, demons and other powerful races that surpass mortals.

Of course, there are also some ancient vampires or other high-level undead creatures that have lived for hundreds or even thousands of years.

"Haha, you don't seem to understand that planeswalkers are different from the usual mages in this world, and they don't have the weakness of being bad at close combat.

Some planeswalkers who specialize in close combat even have the ability to regenerate infinitely and recover instantly no matter how serious the injury is.

They can single-handedly slaughter a powerful, fully armed army.

Since you are about to die and your soul will be Devoured by the Chaos Hounds, I will show you a little of my true power.

Don't blink, because it will be over in a moment."

As the last word came out of his mouth, Zuo Si raised his hand and made a gesture of grasping in the air.

moment!

Gromnir felt that the power and divinity belonging to his father Baal in his body were rapidly dissipating, and along with it the legendary warrior's vigorous vitality.

He could almost see his once strong body becoming dry, withered, and old at a speed visible to the naked eye, and finally turning into a lifeless corpse.

As for the soul...

It had just been out of the body for less than a second when it was bitten tightly by the ancient evil creature waiting on the side. It was devoured in a few seconds and disappeared completely from the world forever. Even wishes and gods could not bring it back to life.

Not only Gromnir, but his other subordinates and the Sons of Bhaal also suffered the same fate.

In order to keep the secret, Zuo Si had no intention from the beginning to let any living thing leave, whether it was a person or their soul after death.

Obviously, since he obtained Kozef, the perfect tool for silencing people, he no longer needed to risk being discovered by the new God of Death, Clemvor, and personally detain and imprison souls. Instead, he could just let this guy eat them directly.

Even if Kelemvor used his priesthood and divine power to investigate, he would not be able to find out where the souls devoured by the Chaos Hounds went.

After a hearty meal, Kozef quickly returned to his usual black and white puppy appearance, ran back to his owner, wagged his tail, and made a low whimper, as if to express his happy mood from that moment on.

"Well done! Such a good dog!"

Zuo Si touched the other person's furry head to show encouragement.

After all, he had used the gift given to him by the God of Craftsmen to construct a brain, which was endowed with the consciousness and way of thinking of a loyal dog.

Even though the dog has a higher intelligence than most humans.

After receiving the praise, Kozef immediately rubbed his master's hand, with excitement and joy flashing in his pupils.

Soon, Zuo Si cleaned up the scene and packed up a series of spoils including Gromnir's equipment, including the [Helm of Weller], [Ice Star], [Belt of Strength], [Boots of Speed], [Gloves of Agility], [Mithril Full Body Armor], [Ring of +3 Protection], etc.

In addition, there are several large boxes filled with gold coins and valuable gems, as well as spell books, enchanted robes, and spell storage rings of various levels from high to low dropped by mages.

As for the low-level magic weapons and equipment used by the high-level cannon fodder warriors, they are relatively the lowest value among all the spoils of war.

Gromnir had obviously invested heavily in his most powerful confidants. It was estimated that more than two-thirds of the wealth he had extorted was spent on them.

Everyone was even equipped with mass-produced +2 weapons mixed with a small amount of adamantium and magical power, and even the arrows used by archers were enchanted arrows rather than ordinary arrows.

In short, these things can be considered a windfall for any adventure team.

It is enough for them to end their life of living on the edge of death and live the rest of their lives enjoying a luxurious life as a millionaire.

Although Zuo Si no longer thought highly of these things, they can be used as rewards for players.

Especially [Helm of Weller] and [Ice Star].

The former can create an image of the wearer out of thin air. The stronger the wearer's strength, the greater the effect. Although it can only exist for a short time, it can often produce unexpected miraculous effects if used well.

The latter was directly changed in appearance by him using his creator's ability, from a meteor hammer to a cool-looking heavy sword.

The crystal sword body, which exudes a bone-chilling chill like ice, is always emitting a deep blue light.

Not to mention the +4 enchantment level, the additional cold damage it can cause when hitting, and the resistance to fire damage, the cool appearance alone is enough to cause players to scramble for it.

After all, Zuo Si was also a player back then, and he understood this group's fanatical pursuit of cool designs and special effects.

Coupled with its extremely high rarity, some people would be willing to spend all their money to get it.

When he thought about the opportunity to reap another wave of profits, a playful smile appeared on his face involuntarily, and he immediately cast a teleportation magic and disappeared on the spot.

…

At the same time, in the Tower of Durlag far north of the Misty Mountains, another son of Bhaal, Aberdair, was trapped in a cage and suffering great pain.

Some unknown spell kept stimulating his pain nerves, causing him to wail and curse.

“Ah ... I…I swear! Once I get out, I will eat your flesh! Drink your blood! Drain your tendons, peel off your skin, and cut you into pieces!”

But unfortunately, in the face of all this, Erinikas had no expression on his face, as if he had heard nothing, and continued to torture the other party until he was completely exhausted, dying and losing consciousness.

Needless to say, since defeating Sarevok, Aberdare and his teammates have been hanging around the Sword Coast for a while, and returned to Candlekeep to visit old friends and sweep the grave of their adoptive father Gorion.

As a result, when they were heading south to Amn by land, they were accidentally attacked by the Shadow Thieves, and all of them were captured and handed over to Erinikas who had been waiting for a long time.

So he immediately started the research he had interrupted before.

As for the Shadow Thief who got involved in this matter, it was entirely because of the guild war and the suppression from Zuo Si that many of his illegal businesses could no longer be carried out. His capital chain was almost broken several times, and he could only keep consuming his previous savings to barely make ends meet.

As soon as he heard that someone was willing to offer a high reward for kidnapping an adventure team, he immediately agreed without even thinking about it.

There's nothing I can do. I'm really too poor.

As the protracted guild war shows no sign of ending, a huge amount of money is being consumed every day.

Whether it's recruiting and hiring people or paying pensions to those who died, money has to be spent continuously.

Otherwise, if they are not even willing to pay, who would work for the organization?

Therefore, Erinikas's order was like a piece of fat meat, which easily led the Shadow Thieves Guild into a trap.

In order to earn the money, Reinol Bloodhead led the team personally and used the few remaining paralysis toxins in the guild that he bought from Zuo Si to knock down everyone in a short period of time.

When he woke up, Aberdare found himself locked in a cage, being tortured inhumanely by his opponent every day.

He didn't even understand or know what the point of doing this was. "How is your research going?"

As the Son of Bhaal fell into a coma, Viconia, who had been hiding in the shadows, slowly walked out, with a strong curiosity in her eyes.

Since the end of the operation in Ximen, she has been staying here as Zuo Si's representative, responsible for observing the other party's every move and ensuring that he acts in accordance with the contract.

After all, the priest himself is the eyes of the gods and quasi-divine powers he serves.

As long as Viconia followed Erinikas, Zuo Si would be able to see through her eyes at any time what this crazy high-level elven wizard was doing.

Erinikas was undoubtedly aware of this, or he had never thought of playing tricks since signing the devil's contract, and immediately responded without thinking: "Soon! I have glimpsed the secrets of the gods and the necessary conditions for a mortal to become a god.

As long as I do a few more experiments and confirm it repeatedly, I can begin to strip away the divinity and power within the body of this Son of Bhaal and make all preparations for my own deification.

And you and your master will get what he wants."

"Oh? Could it be that you have secretly established contact with the dark elf matrons in Uster Nasa City, also in preparation for the deification?"

Viconia narrowed her eyes and tested cautiously.

Since she herself was a dark elf born and raised in Menzoberranzan, she was well aware of the evil and cruel nature of her compatriots.

Unless Erinikas offered conditions that interested the other party, the ruling families of Uster Nasa would never make any promises, let alone agree to reach a cooperation agreement with an exiled, dirty and lowly surface elf.

Yes!

Even though Erinikas possessed terrifying magical power, in the eyes of dark elves like Viconia, he was still a lowly and dirty surface elf trash.

Even though he has been deprived of the racial characteristics of an elf, he can still be identified from his gestures and movements.

“What else?

Do you think that deification means taking away the divine power and divinity of a few sons of gods?

No, that does not elevate a mortal to godhood.

Acquiring divinity is only the first step in transforming from a mortal. Faith or enormous energy is then required.

I obviously don't have the patience and time to cultivate believers and churches bit by bit, so obtaining a huge source of energy becomes the only option.

Inside the city of Sodannisla lies a tree of life, a sacred tree favored and blessed by the elven gods.

As long as I can seize all of its energy, I can use it as fuel to stimulate the power within my divinity and ignite the spark, and eventually enter the elven kingdom of Arvandor and become one of the gods.

Since Sodanisla has a very strong magic barrier protection, I need to recruit a lot of allies to launch the attack.

As the dark elves who hate the surface elves the most, they are naturally a force that can be utilized, don't you think so?"

As he spoke these words, Erinikas exuded a strong resentment that could not be described in words.

It goes without saying that in addition to the above reasons, he also has an important purpose that he has not said, which is to take revenge on the elven city that exiled him and kill all living things there.

Viconia smiled and nodded: "Of course, this is indeed a good idea.

But I must remind you that you must be very careful when dealing with dark elves.

Because you never know when they will suddenly stab their allies in the back."

Hearing this, Erinikas immediately burst into laughter: "Hahahaha! Dangerous?

Believe me, there is nothing more dangerous in this world than working with your master.

Compared to him, the dark elves of Uster Nasa were like harmless kittens.

I am in this situation today only because of his generosity and kindness."

From these words, Viconia undoubtedly heard strong resentment and dissatisfaction.

But what can I do? In front of me, I can't even stand up to my incompetent rage.

Thinking of this, she raised her lips slightly and comforted him, "Don't worry, you have already signed the contract. As long as you don't actively violate the terms, Lord Soth will not do anything to you. After all, he is one of the few big devils in the world who is willing to be reasonable when facing the weak."

"snort!"

Erinikas ended the conversation with a sneer, turned around and disappeared at the end of the intricate corridors and stairs inside the Tower of Durrag.

After the other party had completely walked away, Viconia came close to Aberdare and was about to cast two healing spells.

It turned out that the wounds on the Son of Bhaal had begun to heal at an extremely fast rate, and emitted a dark red mist filled with a pungent bloody smell.

Out of caution, she immediately stepped back a few steps to carefully observe this strange phenomenon. After about two or three minutes, she frowned and whispered, "Is this the power that the Son of God inherited from the gods? It's incredible!

No wonder so many mortals long to become one of the gods.

Even the weakest demigod..."

After confirming that Aberdare's life was not in danger, Viconia immediately turned around and left the room, secretly going to deliver food to Sancho and Imon.

Because Viconia was always watching, the two little guys did not suffer inhumane torture and abuse like Aberdare.

Instead, he was lying comfortably in the cage, resting and sleeping, and occasionally taking time to practice magic and the divine power in his body.

There is no doubt that although Zuo Si has no intention of taking action personally for the time being, he has not relaxed his surveillance on the Sons of Baal. At the same time, he has also secretly figured out which of them have the support of gods.

In the next stage, his goal is to use the "Five Descendants" to eliminate these unseeded players and let the real protagonists step onto the big stage of the finals.

You have to know that the fight between the sons of Baal for the Blood Throne is an outright war between gods.

Especially the last few remaining ones, each of them possesses the power of a quasi-god or even a demigod, and can easily destroy a planet.

Therefore, Zuo Si had to prepare more than one method of killing gods in advance.

Since the merger of the two empires, a total of five centers have been established to facilitate administrative management and governance, namely one capital plus four secondary capitals.

It goes without saying that the capital must be Askatra, the former capital of Amn.

The reason is simple.

If you look at the map, you will see that this port city is located right in the middle of the coastline and is also the most important sea, air and land transportation hub.

In addition, the business is extremely prosperous and it is the most important money bag and handicraft base in the entire country.

The four secondary capitals were Calinport, the most important and prosperous in the south;

Baldur's Gate, which connects to the North;

The west gate that extends like a tentacle into the Sea of Falling Stars;

Suldorfer, an important city that controls the throat of the Steam Lake.

It can be said that each of the above cities has enormous development potential. They are also the most economically prosperous and populous gathering areas in the local area, and can radiate and control large tracts of land around them.

As long as these cities can be controlled and developed well, the strength of the West Coast Empire will grow steadily, driving the relatively backward towns and villages in the surrounding areas and even inland areas.

However, although Askatla is the capital, Zuo Si and the country's top leaders usually live in Kalin Port.

If necessary, one can reach any town with a population of more than 20,000 in the empire directly through the magic portal.

Yes, you read that right.

Because he had a large number of arcane spellcasters and wizard towers spread across the country, Zuo Si was so crazy that he set up permanent portals in all important strongholds.

Do you want to rely on the inconvenient transportation and remote location to become a local emperor behind closed doors? Do you want to implement the gentry model where the imperial power does not extend to the countryside? Don't dream!

Imperial inspectorates, the military, bureaucrats, and law enforcement officers can use these portals at any time and anywhere to reach any village within three days.

Note that this is a village, not a town.

Therefore, the West Coast Empire's terrifying advantages in grassroots organization and ruling power are simply unmatched by any other country in the continent of Faerun.

Of course, there is another more important reason for choosing to set up the administrative center in Port Calin, which is that it has a very high literacy rate and educated population, as well as countless professional colleges of various types, making it very suitable as a base for training bureaucrats.

Besides, Zuo Si was too lazy to build a palace symbolizing status and power in a place like Askatla where every inch of land was valuable, so he could just use the ready-made one in Calin Port.

After all, this palace was built during the Shane Empire. Its scale, appearance and architectural style are all quite good, which is very much to his liking.

“Your Majesty, with the popularization of airships, propeller ships, and heavy magic carriages, trade within the empire has quadrupled in a short period of time, and tax revenue has also increased exponentially.

Although we have set up many new departments and expanded the bureaucracy at your behest, we still have a considerable surplus after paying their salaries and the expenses of the army.

My personal suggestion is that if you have no plans to build a new palace for yourself or purchase other luxury goods, it is better to invest more money in water conservancy projects.

Although we have already started six irrigation projects, it is still far from enough compared to the vast territory of the empire.

The last part is about unifying the official writing and language.

According to your request, we have discussed and unanimously decided to choose the common language with the highest penetration rate at present.

If nothing goes wrong, the corresponding books and teaching materials will be distributed to each city in a month at most, and the local public schools will be responsible for teaching.

As for the issue of universal basic education, we can currently only do so at the town level.

Fortunately, the Church of the God of Knowledge said it would help.

They said they were offering small free classes in areas with temples and shrines.

I think this should save a lot of money..."

There is no doubt that from the report alone, it can be seen that Shaud Tarovin is definitely a qualified prime minister.

Although he had the bad habit of accepting bribes and forming cliques when serving Shane VII, he was able to manage the Shane Empire, which had just experienced a war, in good order.

Moreover, after Zuo Si came to power, this guy was very smart and immediately corrected all his previous bad habits. He never accepted money from anyone again, and never used his power for personal gain to promote his own cronies.

Because Shaud Tarovin knew very well that he was different from Shane VII who only cared about maintaining the stability of his rule.

The new emperor cannot tolerate even a grain of sand in his eyes.

He had known this since he had studied the legal and political structure of Luskan.

In addition to the example of the northern Amn family being toyed with by the "Enfeoffment Order", Shaud Tarowin, who had finally climbed to the position of prime minister, did not want a similar situation to happen in his own family.

After all, unlike the monogamous Amn, powerful men in Kalinshan can have more than one woman.

With so many women, there will naturally be plenty of offspring.

Which head of a family who lives to middle age doesn't have a dozen or even dozens of children? Usually, except for the designated heir, other children can't get any property at all.

They can only take the little money provided by their families and go out to become businessmen, or wandering adventurers or mercenaries.

If an order of enfeoffment were to be issued, all the wealth would be divided equally among the children and the entire family would cease to exist.

Therefore, every one of the wealthy and upstarts who survived the slave liberation purge today has an unimaginable reverence for Emperor Zuo Si and dares not make the slightest mistake.

No matter what policy is implemented, they will rush to cooperate, fearing that they will be put on the legendary blacklist if they are slow.

"Very good, continue to implement the original plan. I think in a few years the entire empire will become a different place.

As for the construction of water conservancy projects, it is best to discuss it with the local magic academy.

With the help of magic, many difficult construction tasks will become much easier.

Finally, there is the issue of transportation.

Although we have a magic carriage that won't easily get stuck in mud, the roads still need to be repaired.

At least make sure there is a smooth road between towns and villages that can be driven at high speeds.

Let's start by popularizing this in densely populated areas."

Zuo Si gave instructions without even raising his head.

Because the entire bureaucratic and administrative system has been established, the judicial system and two supervisory systems, one open and one hidden, have also been put into operation at the same time. He no longer needs to handle most government affairs personally, and only needs to give a general direction.

Xiaode Tarovin quickly bent down and bowed deeply: "Understood, I will arrange it right away."

Just as the chancellor was about to turn around and leave, Zuo Si suddenly stopped him from behind: "Wait! There is one more thing. Send an army and enough officials to take over Saraduxu later."

"Saradush? Isn't there a riot with the Sons of Bhaal there? Are you sure you want to recapture it at this time?"

Xiaode Tarovin was slightly stunned.

"Don't worry. The Sons of Baal were just driven away by a group of dragons and monsters. I don't think they will stay there for too long. We can just send some people to take them over."

Zuo Si raised his head and gave the other person a meaningful smile.

Xiaode Tarovin was so smart that he decided to follow the emperor with all his heart the first time he met him. He immediately understood the subtext and nodded without hesitation: "Got it. I will immediately dispatch a thousand troops and fifty officials to Saradush in the name of the cabinet."

He didn't ask for specific details, nor did he have the slightest desire to know what exactly happened. He just obeyed without hesitation.

He proved with practical actions why he was able to stand firm in the face of two successive emperors.

Which monarch would not like a minister who is smart, capable, and knows how to put himself in the right position?

…

While Zuo Si was secretly manipulating the Sons of Bhaal Chicken Contest and continuing to vigorously develop his West Coast Empire, he had no idea that the first batch of elite players he released had already given that world a small shock of the "Fourth Disaster".

To be precise, after these guys disbanded on the spot, they quickly poured into several surrounding countries and unceremoniously started the natural disaster mode.

In just less than a week, the monsters that once posed a huge threat to human villages and towns began to decrease at an incredible rate, and some places were even subjected to genocide-style massacres.

You have to know that the players were originally human beings, so when they faced enemies who were also human beings in the last world, they did not choose to kill them indiscriminately, but instead adopted a policy of treating prisoners well as long as they surrendered.

The only ones who were truly being consumed and slaughtered were the nobles and slave owners who were used to being high and mighty and did not treat the common people as human beings.

But now, when they really face non-human races, their most terrifying side finally breaks out.

That is, you can kill everything that can give you "experience points" and "trophies" without any psychological burden or guilt.

No matter whether it was the intelligent goblins and ogres, or the dumb barghests, petrified lizards, magic wolves, giant snakes, giant crocodiles, tree men, giant insects, and flying dragons, none of them could escape the disaster in the end.

In particular, the Great Tob Forest near the kingdom's border city, Ye-Rantel, suffered a devastating disaster.

Many local adventurers, when entering this area, would inadvertently discover a large number of corpses abandoned on the roadside, in the woods and in the grass.

Some of them even piled up into a small hill and emitted a pungent stench. Among them were some high-level monsters that had established regional hegemony.

Some of them had their heads smashed by blunt objects, some had sharp arrows stuck in their eyes, and others were burned beyond recognition by unknown powerful magic.

Some monsters and beasts had their bounty-worthy parts or valuable skins peeled off, leaving their corpses looking extremely bloody and scary.

This strange phenomenon caused everyone in the entire city of E-Rantel, from the noble lords to the common people, to feel deep fear.

The Adventurer's Guild even offered a high reward, hoping that someone could investigate what was going on.

After all, they were really afraid that an invincible powerful monster would suddenly emerge from the forest and rush out to raze the entire city to the ground.

Don't think this is a joke!

After all, it has only been a few hundred years since humans in this world were freed from slavery by other races.

Except for the Silian Theocracy, which has a large number of player legacies, the other human countries do not have the slightest ability to resist when facing real threats.

Therefore, whenever there was a big noise or something incomprehensible happened, the human nobles and commoners nearby would tremble in fear.

You don't need to ask to know that all of this is the masterpiece of the players.

But if you think that the only unlucky ones are the monsters in the wild, you are wrong.

How could they, who had wiped out the entire aristocracy from the physical level in the previous world, let go of the nobles of this world?

What's more, the nobles of the kingdom are notoriously selfish, greedy, corrupt and evil, so there is no psychological burden in killing them.

Less than five days after arriving in this world, more than thirty notorious noble families were wiped out, and all family properties and valuables were looted.

Even those that are protected by dozens or even hundreds of elite guards are no exception.

By the time they were discovered, the bodies on the ground had already rotted and started to stink.

Such a brutal challenge to the authority of the ruling class naturally aroused the anger of the entire kingdom.

The nobles united at the first opportunity, elected a spokesperson to be in charge of the matter, and vowed to make the perpetrator pay with blood.

But the next day, the bloody heads of the entire family of the elected spokesperson were placed next to the pillows of the nobles who had shouted the loudest.

You don't need to ask to know how much of a mental impact it is for a person to wake up early in the morning and see a bloody head.

It is said that many people have suffered from mental illness because of this. They lock themselves in a windowless house every day and dare not go out for several days in a row.

moment!

The country fell into silence from top to bottom.

It seemed as if everyone had selectively forgotten the previous clamor, even the king himself and his princes who were fighting for power.

After all, anyone who is not a fool can understand that the fact that this group of vicious bandits can put their heads next to the pillows of the most powerful nobles in the kingdom means that they have the ability to chop off the head of anyone, including the king, at any time.

In order to avoid provoking the other party to go to extremes and stir up bloody storm, the best way now is to deal with it calmly, and then privately send trusted people to investigate, find ways to contact and negotiate with them, and reach a series of agreements.

Seeing the nobles who were originally aggressive but now terrified, Lana, the pride of the royal family and known as the Golden Princess, had a barely perceptible contempt in her eyes.

She has always been known for her beauty and wisdom, but in fact she is extremely dark and crazy inside, and doesn't care about the life and death of the royal family or even the entire country.

Quite the opposite!

Lana hoped that the mastermind behind this massacre would continue his efforts and kill all the nobles, including her foolish brothers.

In this way, she can be crowned as queen by virtue of her right of succession, and use the kingdom as her own toy to do whatever she wants.

As for what demands the other party will make and whether they are willing to sell out the interests of the kingdom, Her Royal Highness the Princess doesn't care at all.

After finishing the imperial meeting and returning to her own palace, Lana immediately met with the members of the "Blue Rose" adventure team.

As soon as they met, she couldn't wait to ask, "How is it, are there any results from the investigation?"

As the captain, Lagis nodded solemnly: "Yes, there is a result. Based on our repeated investigations of the scene and the surroundings, we can basically confirm that this incident was done by a group of powerful assassins.

There were not many people on the other side, probably only three to five.

With their incredible stealth skills, they were not discovered by anyone the entire time, and the victims didn't even get to see who they were before they died.

Judging from the wounds on the corpses, all attacks were launched from behind and killed them instantly, even those powerful warriors and knights were no exception.

I asked Tia and Tina, and they both said that they could never do that. "

"Could it be Eight Fingers who did it?"

Lana asked, pretending to be nervous.

Before Lakis could speak, Evileye, who was wearing a mask, immediately shook her head and said, "Impossible!

If Eight Fingers had such power, he would have already infiltrated the nobility and controlled the entire kingdom through threats and intimidation.

But they simply killed some notorious nobles and took away all the valuables.

The only thing I can't understand is why the other party, who obviously possesses such powerful strength, only plundered the wealth of a few nobles?

With their strength, as long as they reveal their identities, I believe that no matter which country they are in, they will spend a lot of money to recruit them. "

"In other words, unless the other party shows up on their own initiative, the possibility of us finding them is very slim?"

Lana frowned and leaned forward slightly.

Those who didn't know might have thought that she was worried about the precarious kingdom, but she was actually worried about how to get in touch with the other party.

"That's right. Even if we collide head-on, we won't be able to stop them with our strength.

Compared to this matter, I think we should pay more attention to the Tob Forest in E-Rantel.

According to the information sent back by the Adventurer's Guild, there seems to be a horrible abnormal situation over there, and the support of high-level adventurers is urgently needed.

I heard that the monsters and beasts over there are almost being killed to extinction.

It seems that a powerful monster has been born in the depths of the forest."

When saying this, Laqisi's tone was clearly filled with nervousness and worry.

Because recent events seem to indicate that something earth-shattering is about to happen soon.

In fact, her concerns were correct.

While the few of them were talking, Old Bones and his Great Tomb of Nazarick had already arrived silently.

But he is still in a confused state, trying to figure out the situation...

(End of this chapter)