Chapter 107 (1/2)

Chapter 107: Chapter 107

Translator: Sigma Editor: Sigma

In terms of prosperity, Gars City was ranked high in the entire Kingdom of the Blue Moon. The tremendous power of the various organizations under the Riley family was frightening. Ray, even with his previous status, couldn’t suppress this local bully! And moreover, he was now alone!

Unless… He could change his position now, for example, to the position where he became hopeless in a muddle-headed way, and narrowly escaped being killed before he came to himself.

No; even if he was in that position, it was useless, because Gars City was on the east coast and was not bordered by that place.

Ray secretly sighed and returned to the hotel.

Soon afterward Mrs. Teague, who had gone out to acquire the information, returned. She had been to the pub, but there was no difference between the information she and Ray acquired. At the most, she had one more thing. “The young master Sean had been out to expand the commerce route for two years, and returned shortly after. It was said that the work was done well and the city owner is very satisfied.”

“It seems that… it’s very difficult!” said Ray, while the crowd looked at each other hopelessly. “This place is almost his home base. To forcibly ask him for some things here is difficult! Difficult! Difficult!”

He used several “difficult’s” in succession, which showed that he was extremely pessimistic about this matter.

“What if I try to negotiate with him?” Steele said. “Strictly speaking, the key reason for the death of Knight Parne and others is in the Church of Noble Maids and the “Undercurrent” Timsar. His Majesty has accompanied “Angry Tide” Heimsarah to chase it, and I believe that sooner or later he will give it proper punishment, and we will have to deal with only the former. Sean may have reached certain agreements with the Church of Noble Maids, but for these agreements, is it worth fighting against a God who walks on earth?”

Her words caused everyone to ponder. As she said, perhaps negotiation was also a good choice?

In the end, after discussion, everyone decided to negotiate with Sean, hoping that Steele’s estimation was correct.

Sean Riley did not live in the mansion of the city owner. He had his own house. When everyone visited his house, they were not blocked and they successfully saw him.

As was said in the rumors, Sean was a handsome and very elegant young man. He seemed very humble and polite, making it easy for people to feel good about him.

“Are you the families of those who died in the shipwreck?” When they explained their intentions, he smiled gloomily. “I knew that you would come here sooner or later.”

“Is it really related to you?” Ray frowned and asked.

“I’m sorry; no comment for the time being,” Sean smiled slightly and replied. “I don’t doubt your identity, but I’m very skeptical of your intentions and abilities. You must have heard the phrase, ‘Confidentiality is the power of the strong.’ So if you want me to reveal my secret, please prove your ability first.”

Ray’s lips trembled, then he smiled ruefully and asked, “What you mean is, we should show a bit of our strength?”

Sean smiled again. As if he had not felt the momentum from Ray, he said calmly, “A bit of our strength is like a clown juggling. There is a swamp about 50 miles west of Gars City, where some three-headed legless lizards with good strength live. If you want to prove your strength, please catch one of them and come back.”

“You’re asking us to catch a three-headed legless lizard by traveling that far?” Ray was agitated so that he almost laughed. “Why don’t we just grab you?”

Sean looked at him indifferently, without showing weakness. “Don’t say something that makes me doubt your intelligence. You’re just a warrior who hasn’t even reached the legendary level, and even if you have stepped into the legendary field, you aren’t qualified to make trouble in Gars City. Get me? You can try it, anyway. It would not be me that would regret it.”

Ray frowned and felt something was wrong.

This guy is… too calm!

Power and status could indeed make people full of confidence. One had their limits in their powers or position. When the other person was easily accessible, even a great king did not dare to put on airs with a senior soldier. There had been more than one king in history who was killed by assassins that launched a revolt in a close distance. And those assassins were often at an intermediate level.

As His Majesty Void Mask, once said, “For a king, a warrior who is within his reach is more powerful than the entire country.” At this moment, the distance between Sean and him could already be regarded as “within reach” for a senior soldier. So where did the confidence of this guy come from that he could escape his assault?

He frowned and felt he was in a dilemma.

To be fair, the best choice for him at the moment was to rise and assault Sean, to directly subdue him, and forcibly get the secrets from him. Then he should take Sean as a hostage, rush out of Gars City and escape. In a long-distance pursuit, even if Gars City had a strong military force, it would not be able to make full use of it. Eventually, it would become a battle between Ray himself and the city owner, Joseph.

As he had his equipment and some last resorts, he wouldn’t feel frightened even in face of Joseph, who was in the legendary realm.

After all, the city owner could not risk dying with him by desperately fighting against him.

But on the other hand, intuition also told him that assault was definitely not a good choice. Although the reasons were not clear, as long as they really fought, mostly it would be him that would suffer losses, and there would be great dangers.