Chapter 40 The King's Master is the Master
Kingdom of Anor, the royal city of Roald.
It is said that the master of the royal city is the master. Apart from eating and sleeping every day, nothing else!
Rural places like Bed City are not taken seriously!
Four hundred years have passed since Anor I founded the kingdom in troubled times.
Wars, civil strife, external relatives interfering in power, premature death... Due to various factors, the bloodline of the current King Ainz III has long been turbid. Perhaps the orthodox royal bloodline has been lost long ago, but bloodline is just a title, only strength is the hard truth.
Ainz III was very lucky. His father conquered the surrounding countries and left him a country with strong soldiers and stable order. The four border dukes were all models of loyalty and patriotism, so he had few worries and lived happily all day long.
But the gods seemed to want to let this lucky king experience what it was like to be in pain.
There are four things that bother Ainz III.
The first thing is the revival of the demons.
A hundred years ago, the demons were driven to the desolate land in the west by all peace-loving races. These insidious and cunning creatures lay dormant for nearly a hundred years, and finally showed their fangs a few years ago.
Ainz III still remembered that it was a stormy night when the court magician stumbled into the castle, looked at him with panicked eyes, and brought the bad news that the demons had massacred several border cities.
Damn it, the stinky country demons came to the Kingdom of Anor to beg for food!
However, when the country was ready to send an army to fight, the demons had disappeared without a trace, as if they had calculated the date.
Since then, sporadic demons have often invaded border cities, and some people have even found traces of demons in the interior of the country. The same is true for neighboring countries. No one knows to what extent these guys have infiltrated this continent.
People also thought about counterattacking the demons, but the horrific miasma in the western continent made them discouraged.
Fortunately, the massacre of demons aroused the blood of the people, the rate of military participation increased greatly, and the number of adventurers increased dramatically, including many demon killers who specialized in hunting demons. The momentum of the demons was seen being suppressed day by day.
However, news came from somewhere that the devil was about to be resurrected.
The second thing is the changes in the dungeon.
This is what happened this year. A strange change occurred in a dungeon called "Sen". It is said that unprecedented monsters appeared in it.
The layout of the dungeons has also undergone a drastic change, and the danger has greatly increased, approaching the top batch of dungeons.
This matter spread quickly in the adventurer circle and aroused a lot of interest. Nearly half of the adventurers originally planned to go and take a look, but what happened next stopped them.
Because more and more dungeons have undergone changes!
On the third day after the incident at Sen Dungeon, incidents also occurred at Aomori Dungeon and Echo Dungeon.
On the fifth day, changes occurred in the White Blood Dungeon, Puppet Dungeon, Water Dragon Dungeon, and Onion Dungeon.
Day six, day seven.
To this day, new news of the anomaly continues to arrive, and the Adventurer's Guild is extremely busy.
Adventurers were like chickens with their blood pumped up, rushing to the nearest mutated dungeon. Most of the people originally planning to go to the Sen dungeon were instantly diverted.
I don’t know whether the change is a good thing or a bad thing, or whether it is a precursor to some major event?
The third thing is Ainz III’s own strange illness.
"Uh, hiss."
A strange roar that sounded neither human nor beast echoed in the bedroom of Ainz III. It was as if he was trying hard to suppress the pain, but the chaotic thoughts and mumblings in his mind made him roar out loud.
There was not a single servant serving in the huge palace. They were dismissed by the king's order. Even without the order, no one dared to stay here.
Because the king was suffering from a strange disease. When he was sick, he would really kill people and it was said that he would even eat human blood.
The most knowledgeable court wizard is helpless against this strange disease. The Church of Holy Light is preparing a blessing ceremony, hoping to use holy light to eliminate the king's illness.
But now, Ainz III can only use one thing to relieve the pain.
Blood healing potion!
From the thick curtain, a strange hand covered with messy long hair suddenly stretched out and grabbed a handful of bright red blood healing potion. A moment later, a comfortable moan came from behind the curtain, and a dozen empty bottles were thrown out at random, along with a syringe.
“It’s not enough, we need more.”
The comfortable moment only lasted for more than ten minutes, and Ainz III's voice was immediately filled with pain again.
“Aaaaaa——”
The fourth thing is that Ainz III has no children.
In other words, there are no "legitimate" offspring.
So much so that at this time, there was no one he could trust to take care of him.
So sad.
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The city of Bed is peaceful and harmonious.
The Adventurer's Guild was quiet, a change from its usual noisy style. Everyone was looking forward to it and listening carefully to the noise coming from upstairs.
The fireplace was burning quietly, and the crackling of firewood and the ticking of the clock, these sounds that are usually ignored, can be clearly heard at this moment.
Occasionally, an uninformed person would come in and shout loudly, but would immediately be glared at by the angry crowd, and then join the crowd in confusion.
The reason they did this was because of a big thing -
Someone discovered the hidden map of the Thane dungeon!
It is the area that produces special ingredients. I didn’t expect it to be discovered so quickly, and most people are still in the dark.
Now, those who discovered it are talking to the guild leader upstairs and are planning to sell the information to the guild at a suitable price.
Once the guild verifies the authenticity of the information, it will sell it to adventurers for a fee. The price is not expensive, only equivalent to the cost of a meal.
A considerable number of adventurers are willing to pay to buy it, which not only means that they can get the news first, but also means another thing -
Kudos to the discoverer.
Adventure is never a journey of one person.
It’s a story that we all start together.
In this story, someone can get information that others have not discovered, and make strategies ahead of others. These discoverers share the information with everyone, no matter for what purpose, whether paid or free, as long as it is correct, everyone can benefit.
That's respectable!
Smart people know that once intelligence is sold publicly, it will become known to everyone within a few days, and then everyone can enjoy the intelligence without spending a penny.
But are those who buy intelligence fools?
Absolutely not.
"Da Da Da"
There were footsteps on the stairs, and a slender man with half-elf features walked down from upstairs. Someone recognized his identity.
"It's 'Shadowless' Geralt. It is said that he has a 'unique talent' that is one in a million and can run thousands of meters in an instant!"
"Every time the guild has map-related intelligence that needs to be verified, they will ask him to come forward. Great, it looks like there will be results soon."
"Sprint, sprint, rush, rush!"
Under everyone's gaze, Geralt disappeared as a shadow, speeding towards the direction of the Thane dungeon.
Time passed by bit by bit, and everyone's eyes were fixed on the clock, counting every second carefully.
One second, two seconds, three seconds.
One minute, two minutes, three minutes
Half an hour, one hour
"Bang!"
The door of the guild was kicked open, it was Geralt!
Everyone held their breath and looked at him who was sweating profusely, but this veteran adventurer looked a little strange.
"belch"
Geralt rubbed his swollen belly and wiped the food crumbs from the corners of his mouth.
Then he gave a wicked smile and gave a thumbs up.
“Ohhhhhhhhhhhh!!!”
The crowd was boiling!
(End of this chapter)
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