Chapter 307 Assassination

Nantivian, Piazza del Sol.

Not long after the countdown to the New Year ended, the audience on the square fell into silence and joy. These civilians who had worked hard for a whole year celebrated these few festive moments under the guidance of their hosts.

The fireworks that kept blooming in the night sky gradually stopped, and the audience's celebration of the first moments of the new year gradually subsided. Just as everyone was looking forward to the next wonderful programs and activities, the host on the stage unexpectedly announced the news that the party was about to end, which caught everyone off guard for a moment.

According to the publicity before the party, there should be some more programs and a fundraising activity led by His Royal Highness for other guests at the party, but now there is none. With a few words of apology from the host, the party had to end hastily.

Facing the host's words, the reluctant audience below couldn't help but complain. While expressing their dissatisfaction, they also chattered about why the party suddenly ended early. Many people looked towards the balcony where the royal family was, but there was no one there at the moment. The disappearance of the princess and the duke at this time intensified the discussion.

Although the sudden end of the party made everyone a little disappointed, after all, this was a free party without tickets, so although everyone was disappointed, they had no complaints. After all, the previous high-quality programs themselves made the audience enjoyable, and they were even lucky enough to enjoy the dance of the most famous dancer in Tivian. For these audiences who were at the bottom of society and could not even enter the theater once a year, tonight's trip was already a huge profit.

The lights on the stage gradually dimmed, and after a brief discussion of disappointment, the crowd gathered in the square began to disperse. At this time, Dorothy's bird-shaped corpse doll was still flying above the Church Square. Dorothy, who was sitting on the street with her body hugged, was leaning on the bird-shaped corpse doll to observe the situation below.

"We're breaking up now? Well... it's unwise to continue this party after realizing that there's danger around you..."

Dorothy thought in her heart. At this moment, she was sitting on the street with a frown on her face, looking at the scene in front of her captured by the zombie's vision with a serious face.

"This is bad. I originally planned to arrange for the audience to donate a large sum of money during the final fundraising session of the party, so as to attract the attention of the royal family and get in touch with the duke... After all this, the royal family ended the party early for security reasons. Now I have no way to get in touch with the duke..."

Dorothy was quite troubled. Her original purpose of attending this party was to contact Duke Barrett and get information about the Mirror Moon Goddess from him. However, the Eight-pointed Nest interfered with the party, and the party ended early. The final fundraising session was lost, and her original plan to spend a lot of money to attract the whole audience was ruined.

Although in this series of actions tonight, Dorothy successfully rescued the royal family, countless spectators, and Capac's fellow aboriginals, prevented the intensification of the conflict between the aboriginals of the New World and Pritt, avoided a greater disaster, and gained a handful of extraordinary items. While consuming a lot of resources, she also produced a lot of meaningful results. However, her main goal this time was not achieved, and she failed to successfully contact Barrett, which made her quite depressed.

'Alas... there is nothing we can do. We have to save so many spectators. If the Duke dies, it will be even more impossible to contact him. But after all this, I'm afraid I won't have a chance to contact him tonight.

'For now, I can only think of other ways to contact the Duke. For now, the only person who can let me talk to him is Adele. Adele has been hanging out in Pritt's upper-class society for a long time. This time she was invited to the party by the Duke, which proves that she has a stable communication channel with the royal family. I can ask her to help communicate with the Duke.

'The problem is that the questions I asked the Duke were about secrets. If I ask Adele to help me make connections, the royal family will definitely suspect Adele of being involved in secrets. This will affect her future activities in Tivian. The Tivian government will not be at ease with such an influential star who is actually a religious person.'

With her head supported by her hands, Dorothy thought to herself that not many people knew about the secrets of Big Star Adele. Apart from Adele's own subordinates of the Scarlet Heart, there were only Dorothy, the church, and the Wolfblood Society. From the official perspective of the Tivian Palace, Adele was still an ordinary Big Star.

Adele herself did not want the Tivian Mansion to know that she was involved in something extraordinary. According to Adele herself, there was a period of time when the Wolfblood Society reported Adele's involvement in secrets to the Security Bureau, but fortunately Adele hid her secret forces very well, and had the secret support of the Church of the Holy Cross, so the Security Bureau's secret investigation of her did not yield any results. Since Adele tried her best to hide her involvement in front of the Preet Mansion for the convenience of public performances, Dorothy would not risk being exposed to help her, after all, she had helped her a lot not long ago.

"Alas... For now, we can only wait and see if we can find other opportunities to contact them. Now that both of them have survived safely, there will be opportunities to contact them in the future."

Dorothy sighed and murmured as she used the bird-shaped corpse doll to continue monitoring the building at No. 1 Blue Street. Due to security needs, a number of luminous lamps were installed in the building. Considering the consumption of "Shadow" spiritual power and to avoid misunderstandings, Dorothy did not directly arrange for the small corpse doll to go in and investigate the movements of the royal family.

However, since the two royal family members were persuaded to return by the bodyguards, and the member of the Eight Tips who disguised himself as the royal bodyguard is missing, it proves that the security system around the royal family is now operational, and the assassin has either been expelled or charged, the two should be under comprehensive protection now.

"Greg is removing his makeup now. Neveu and Capac are still resettling the natives. Vanya has already left the scene. I'll leave after I meet up with Greg. Hiss... It's freezing cold standing on the roadside..."

Dorothy thought to herself, and then she began to prepare to remove the surveillance puppets from various places around the Church Square. The audience on the square were now slowly leaving, and the party was truly over.

And at this moment, something strange happened.

“Bang!!!”

A sudden loud noise broke the night sky which had just been calm for a short while. The window glass of No. 1 Lanzhi Street shattered at the same time. The strong wind pressure blew all kinds of fragments out from the broken doors and windows, and all kinds of tiny debris in the house together with broken glass were washed out of the window.

It was as if some powerful force suddenly erupted inside, and all the doors and windows of No. 1 Lanzhi Street were destroyed and blown open by the powerful airflow from inside. Various items in the house were thrown out of the window by the chaotic airflow. The loud noise that shook the night sky made the surrounding people scream in surprise, and the remaining people in the square began to flee in panic.

'What the hell happened?!'

Dorothy, who was about to close her stall, was startled by the sudden change. She used the zombie's perspective to look at the strange scene of No. 1 Blue Street constantly spewing out strong winds. The wind blew for several seconds before it stopped. After it stopped, Dorothy immediately received words from Adele.

"Great Aka, please build a bridge of communication between me and the detective again...

"Detective? What was that gust of wind? Did the royal guards have a large-scale head-on clash with those spiders?"