Chapter 206 (1/2)
That day, all around the hunting grounds were guarded by two hundred Imperial Guards The local assistant Governor also dispatched five hundred security soldiers to guard the periphery of the hunting grounds
nobody was allowed to enter the hunting grounds until the investigation was coiven by Miss Nicole, on behalf of the Duke of the Tulip Fain with, those nobles who had participated in the hunting activity and escaped would not be able to keep that as a secret Those people, even in normal days, liked to find trouble and were the best people at spreading such strange news
Rody even guessed that within a few days, the neould spread to the Imperial Capital and most probably that incident would be published in the newspaper
The first to get shocked was West Hill city
Everyone already knew that a strange round of the Tulip Family, on the outskirt of West Hill In addition to that, two nobles had lost their lives! After that, the roads leading to the hunting ground were now blocked
That I man nauy, alone, killed that strange e monster could not be killed by hundreds of elite soldiers”
”I heard that the young uy nauy nauy nauards of His Excellency the Duke Later, because of his extraordinary martial skills, he had earned the confidence of Miss Nicole”
”I heard that in the Imperial Capital, Rody and Miss Nicole secretly rendezvous in the garden every day”
”I heard that in the Imperial Capital, Rody defeated all the rivals who also pursued Miss Nicole On one occasion, he even broke the leg of one of his love rivals ”
As countless ruan to spread, Rody becahts were on the secret between Rody and the eldest daughter of the Tulip Fa because most people loved novelty A story of love between a hero and a beautiful woht that Rody's group returned froround back to the city, near an ordinary, shabby and worn out building in the southern suburbs of West Hill
Two figures wearing black cloaks flashed by on a sust of wind, they floated into the downstairs courtyard of the sh the doorway and entered
The night was still and the surrounding was quiet The two figures slid up a flight of dihtless
The hall on the second floor had a few rotten chairs, placed disorderly The metal candlesticks, at the side, were covered in stains and rusts; a sign of the age of the place
There were a few old and deteriorating oil paintings on the wall The s were full portraits and they were neatly arranged on the wall The faces of the characters in the portraits had some similarity It was as if the portraits were a record of the faures stood in thethe portraits on the wall They both knelt down on one knee One of them whispered in a hoarse voice, ”Your Excellency, we have co sounds as if an ill-as blowing Suddenly, the candles on the candlesticks on both sides of the hall automatically lit up The dusty candles flickered and faintly illuhter as the face of a ed man in one of the portraits towards the rear of the wall suddenly moved
Its serious face twisted into an expression that could barely be called a sradually started to protrude Eventually, a head stretched out of the oil painting
The person’s brown curly hair loosely dropped down from both sides of the head The person had a horrible pale face with one red eye and one black eye
With a sharp laughter, this face revealed a rohite teeth Looking at the and sharp like a beast’s fangs in the upper row
First, the head of the portrait stretched out fro It was then followed by his neck, shoulders, ar on the floor looked doards They did not dare to look up until they saw a pair of feet and a pair of shi+ny boots appeared in front of thes going now?”
Although he tried to lower his voice, his voice still sounded very sharp and ear-piercing
After saying that, he turned around and wrapped his body with his big black cloak, such that his whole body was concealed by the black cloak and half of his pale face was covered by the high pointed collar of the cloak The light fro shadow on the wall
The two kneeling figures started to tre teeth said, ”Your Excellency, ere late…”
”Late?” ‘His Excellency’ lifted his cloak and shrieked, ”What do you uys on the floor trembled more violently and their teeth chattered loudly They were allooue and licked his lips before he coldly said, ”Speak quickly! Otherwise, I will suck both your blood dry!”
Their two bodies shook violently before they started to speak Although they still had a treed to inter
”Your, Your Excellency… The two of us, as ordered, went to take back the Holy Beast, but ere too late… One of the Holy Beast had encountered humans When we arrived, the Holy Beast had already been killed We… We also do not knohat method the humans used to kill the Holy Beast When we arrived, we only saw its corpse The Holy Beast seeht ashore while alive and then crushed to death”
”Crushed to death ashore?” ‘His Excellency’ suddenly raised his voice and angrily shouted, ”Are you trying to lie to me? How could the Holy Beast leave the water? How could the hu to deceive h they were too afraid to look up at their master, they could clearly see the shadow cast by the candle lights on the wall The shadow of their master suddenly rose up His black cloak spread out and his hands seemed to have turned to claws
”No! Don't dare!” The kneeling guys quickly replied, ”We really did not dare lie to Your Excellency!”
The other one also stammered, ”When we arrived, we only saw the corpse of the Holy Beast We also saw a lot of huround… Today, people froround… It is possible that they ended up fighting with the Holy Beast”
After the two of the the incident, they sweated profusely They were al to lose their heads They treht that they would have to meet theirfor a while, 'His Excellency' coldly said, ”You two… Didn’t I tell you earlier not to breed the Holy Beast in that lake when the Tulip Family is around? The two of you only went there today, can that be considered as defying hter, the two men were horrified One of them quickly and loudly replied, ”This… Your Excellency… You also know that, within a few hundred meters of West Hill, there is no placethe Holy Beast Besides that, that place is also the private territory of the Tulip Fao there We did not expect today…”
The other one then continued, ”In addition, Your Excellency, we had also reported to you before that the lake itself is strange For sorew very quickly in that lake We had only put the Holy Beast in the lake for less than a rown to a Grade 3 evolution”
”Wait…” That 'Excellency' coldly interrupted them and asked, ”What did you say? Grade 3 evolution? It had already reached Grade 3 evolution in just a single month? Is it really so fast!”
”Yes!” The two men responded, simultaneously ”We saw the size of the Holy Beast today Without a doubt, it had already reached Grade 3 evolution!”
That 'Excellency' sighed and his voice sounded gentler, ”Well, although we have lost a Holy Beast, we still … I want to personally see that lake If it is really as ood use of it… Mrow into a Grade 3 evolution…” He then changed his tone and coldly asked, ”Is there anything else?”
Theon the left felt relieved when he realized that his ry He then whispered, ”There is… Your Excellency, there is oneIn the West Hill City, we found that traitor, the Elder put on the wanted list That wo about that cross-breed, Nedis? She is in West Hill?”
”Yes, yes, yes, yes!” The kneeling ain when he felt his master’s fury He stuttered, ”I found her by accident today, but I did not dare get too close However, I am certain that person is Nedis I would not hed loudly ”Looks like coed to find that traitor, Nedis!”
His sharp laughter caused the broken frag walls to shake and fall and even the flaood!” The shadow of that 'Excellency' gradually approached the two kneeling ently pressed both their heads, one hand each, and whispered, ”No matter what, you caused me to lose a Holy Beast I have no choice but to punish you, right?”
With a single ”Chi” sound, thatmen The red blood and white brainman did not even have the chance to cry before he dropped on the floor