209 Pointless Cracks Part 2 (1/2)
Andrew was also pissed off when he heard Saleen say that. Andrew stood up and said, ”Did I say something wrong? Why is Mr. Saleen so angry that I am punishing a warrior?”
”Mr. Andrew, you are mistaken, I am not angry. In my life thus far, only one person has made me angry. And when I return to Sikeqinya, I am going to kill that person.”
Daniel was thinking of standing up again, but Lex glared at him and then said to Saleen, ”Saleen, we are here on a mission this time.”
”Lex, if somebody insulted your friend, what would you do?” Saleen knew which mission Lex was referring to.
”Saleen, my only friend is you.” As Lex spoke, she stood up and tugged Saleen, then shoved Nailisi aside and had Saleen sit beside her.
Daniel was terrified. He had almost offended Saleen just now. Luckily, he had not spoken in Andrew’s tone. Daniel had not expected the relationship between Lex and Saleen to be more intimate than he had thought. After this incident, the two of them had grown even closer.
Nailisi grinned as she came before Andrew and said, ”Excuse me. Let me pass through.”
Out of everyone in the cabin, Nailisi was the happiest. If Andrew had fallen out with Saleen, she would have found a chance to kill Andrew. Nailisi had never eaten mages before, so she was curious how they tasted.
”Andrew, if you think that warriors are useless, why did you still hire two warriors to stay by your side?” Lex said straightforwardly.
”That is my business. Keegan, let’s go.” Andrew did not understand why Saleen was enraged and had embarrassed him. Andrew tried to shove Nailisi out of the way. However, a flash of golden light appeared in Nailisi’s green eyes, and she then inflated her chest before pushing back against Andrew. If Andrew had really shoved Nailisi, she would have killed him so quickly that he would not have known what killed him.
In response, Andrew withdrew his hand. At this point in time, a low voice could be heard outside the door, ”Stop!”
Nailisi immediately retracted her already outstretched index finger, having tapped into the power of the Dragon’s Tooth Dagger by then. Had Andrew touched her, she would have burst open Andrew’s heart inside of his body. The Dragon’s Tooth Dagger would have frozen Andrew’s heart, making it appear as though he had been killed by magic.
However, the person who had stopped the fight was Juno, and Nailisi was not confident of overpowering this grade-7 sorcerer. If the sorcerer had managed to discover her identity, she would have created huge trouble for Saleen.
”Sir!” As Andrew saw Juno entering the cabin, he hastily tried to explain that he had not been trying to touch Nailisi’s chest earlier on. As a mage who was totally subsumed into the world of magic, Andrew had low requirements for women. Nailisi might have looked decent to Andrew, but she would not cause him to disgrace himself like that.
”Andrew, you and Keegan have gone on two hunting missions, so go to the front and monitor the situation,” Juno simply interrupted Andrew. Andrew did not say much, merely executing a mage’s bow in response. Nailisi obediently made way for Andrew and Keegan to leave the cabin. The four swordsmen hired from the swordsman’s camp followed them, but they looked indifferent.
Those swordsmen had overheard the argument between the mages, so naturally, the swordsmen were inclined towards Saleen. It was just that in front of Juno, they did not dare express their emotions.
Juno had not brought his two grade-6 mages along. He took a seat and faced Saleen and Lex.
”Your Highness…”
”Oh? That means you know who I am.” Lex’s demeanor took an abrupt turn. It was just like the first time Saleen had met her. She had been right in front of him, and yet Saleen had not been able to decipher her thoughts at all. Lex was not trying to put on airs. She was similar to a mountain. A mountain did not look down on anyone, and yet its stature could not be ignored.
”Of course I do. I also know that you had already become a grade-5 mage master five years ago. I must be wrong. You must already be grade-6, right?” Juno said with due respect. Essentially, the Grukos royal family had no control over Alchemy City. Both parties simply respected each other, or, were perhaps tolerating each other.
”It’s been two years, and as for the issue earlier…” Lex displayed a look which signalled that she did not want to engage in conversation.
Juno laughed and said, ”For this mission, you will no longer be with them. In fact, given your capabilities, you are already able to take on intermediate and high grade missions.”
”I am not a risk-taker, and I do not lack money,” Lex replied casually.
”Then what do you lack? I can see to it if it is convenient,” Juno responded enthusiastically. He was not suspicious since it was normal for Lex to come to Alchemy City. After all, she was a grade-6 mage. Even though Bitter Water County was far from the battlefield in Loulan, Lex still had to take some precautions.
”Aye, I don’t have enough manpower, so I can only compensate with better equipment. But, I do not want average equipment, so here I am in Alchemy City. I have reviewed the goods list of Alchemy City, but the equipment was either unsatisfactory, or it could not be supplied in mass quantities.”
”That is true. How many swordsman’s camps does Bitter Water County have?”
”I plan to build ten. In three years at the latest, I plan to deploy my troops to Loulan.” Lex was being ambiguous here, because even if she deployed one troop or one hundred thousand troops, it would still be considered troop deployment. However, Lex was truly in need of equipment, but almost all of the equipment provided by Alchemy City could not be mass produced. The sole exception was puppets.
Normal war puppets could be manufactured in Holy Rock City and Lex’s Bitter Water Prefecture, whereas the production of large war puppets was entirely dependent on gold coins. The armor which Lex urgently required had already been acquired during the robbing of Dragon’s Tooth Town.
Before Lex went out to sea, she had specially contacted Holy Rock City one more time. Even though Safilos was aloof towards her, he still earnestly gathered some men and sent them to infiltrate Cloudflow after receiving the intelligence regarding Cloudflow. If what Lex said was true, then not only would Safilos not be able to attack Loulan next year, but he would also have no choice but to build a second line of defense in the southern part of the empire.