Chapter 398: A structure from the other dimension? (1/2)

GDK Chapter 398 – A structure from the other dimension?

As they walked out the Northern Rose Garden, Bollands followed Han Shuo closely the entire time.

As Han Shuo stared flabbergasted at Bollands, Bollands said respectfully, “Senior brother, from today onward, I will officially leave the Rose Garden and follow you.”

Han Shuo hadn’t expected Bollands to be so straightforward. After thinking for a moment, he smiled and said, “How about this? In this period of time, you will still be in charge of protecting Lawrence and ensuring his safety. When he doesn’t need your protection anymore, you can return to my side. I make preparations to arrange for your entrance ceremony after some time. Once we performed the ceremony, I will immediately impart to you the martial technique.”

“Alright then. In that case, I will continue to protect Prince Lawrence.” Hao Shuo’s instructions were now of higher importance than Karel’s. Bollands was used to listening to orders, hence he nodded and agreed.

Under Han Shuo’s orders, Bollands gradually sunk into the darkness. Han Shuo understood that Bollands had gone to secretly protect Lawrence and headed back to his residence alone.

It was currently a sensitive time in Ossen City. The streets were tightly guarded during the night as city guards patrolled all pathways within the city. Even while the nobles entertained themselves at night, they still wouldn’t forget to talk about proper business.

Han Shuo had previously heard via a mystical demon the discussion between many nobles within the Northern Rose Garden about the princes, debating about which prince they should support.

Han Shuo had also just realized abruptly why King Uhtred already acted quickly. All of a sudden, all officials who had close relations with Lawrence had been, more or less, promoted for all kinds of reasons.

Lawrence, who originally had the least support, was suddenly being ardently paid attention to.. King Uhtred’s obvious favoritism caused the nobles and princes to be apprehensive, as they couldn’t understand the reason behind Uhtred’s actions.

Sacred swordmaster Karel, who had always maintained neutrality and had never expressed his support for Lawrence, had declared when he left the imperial palace that if anyone dared to deal with Lawrence underhandedly, they would face his wrath. Karel had even hinted at Duke Ashburn’s despicableness.

Even the Dark Mantle organization which acted as the empire’s underground agents suddenly had close dealings with Lawrence. Amyes who was feared by all nobles was even seen visiting Lawrence’s residence at night. This seemingly proved that the Dark Mantle and Lawrence had allied secretly.

Lawrence, who had been suppressed by the other princes for a long time, suddenly had a surge in circumstances and became the topic of discussion between nobles. A number of influential personages who had never taken Lawrence seriously now had a sudden change of opinion.

“King Uhtred has been in power in the Lancelot Empire for many years. It seems that before Uhtred dies, the whole Lancelot Empire will act as he commands. His successor would ultimately still be his personal choice.” Han Shuo pondered inwardly as he unhurriedly walked toward his residence.

Late in the night, the streets were quiet. Han Shuo moved swiftly, not leaving any tracks on the streets. A couple of mystical demons watched the surroundings stealthily as Han Shuo easily evaded the city guards and returned quickly to his own residence.

When Han Shuo reached his residence, he realized that other than a few guards and the old steward, all the servants had already slept. When Kallas saw Han Shuo appear, he hastily greeted him and soon after said in a low voice, “Lord Marquis, there’s someone in the room who wishes to see you.”

Han Shuo stared blankly, baffled that someone actually came over so late at night and couldn’t help but be astonished. A mystical demon flew over in the direction Kallas had given and soon after a handsome and graceful figure suddenly entered Han Shuo’s sight.

It was actually him! Han Shuo was shocked. He then nodded towards Kallas and instructed, “Alright then, it’s already quite late. You should rest early. I can go over by myself.”

Kallas didn’t say anything else, bowing towards Han Shuo and then immediately withdrawing.

Han Shuo walked over to the room for receiving guests. Once he entered, the door closed automatically. Han Shuo frowned when he saw the handsome grand magus necromancer before him and asked, “Why are you here?”

Wolf gave a carefree smile and leisurely looked at Han Shuo, “I came over to thank you. Thanks to the skeletal staff, you’ve helped me regain my youth. Hehe. I’m especially grateful for this..”

“In recent days, there have been some rumors circulating that are not beneficial to me. I wouldn’t want your arrival to cause misunderstandings. If there aren’t any matters, it’s best that you don’t come over and cause trouble for me. Your identity is too sensitive and you’re someone I cannot provoke.” Han Shuo didn’t have any enmity towards Wolf, but he didn’t have any favorable impression of him either. Nowadays, Kosse’s group had been stopping at nothing to cause him to lose his standing within Ossen City. Even though Han Shuo had Uhtred’s help, if he really let Kosse latch onto credible evidence, it would be hard for Han Shuo to manage.

“Relax. It’s precisely because I don’t want to give you trouble that I chose to appear so late at night. Furthermore, an average people wouldn’t know my identity. Even if it were previous enemies from the Church of Light, they probably wouldn’t be able to recognize me too. Hence, you need not worry, I won’t bring you any trouble.” Wolf explained.

Hearing him say this, Han Shuo examined Wolf’s appearance carefully and couldn’t help but agree that his words did contain some truth. It was impossible to connect the current Wolf who was elegant, handsome and full of a dignified aura with the previous Wolf who looked inhuman and had a dense aura of death. If not for the changes due to the skeletal staff, even if someone were to beat Han Shuo to death, he wouldn’t believe that the graceful youth in front of him was that centuries-old Wolf.

“Why have you come to find me?” Han Shuo relaxed slightly, but still wrinkled his brows and annoyedly looked at Wolf.

“Hey, we should be considered allies, and are truly friends. From the beginning, our Calamity Church has always thought of you as a friend. Besides, I’m also a necromancer, you shouldn’t be so indifferent toward me.” Wolf shrugged and said with a little sorrow.