I'm a dragon, I only want to steal princesses

Chapter 113 An Interesting Reward

Two days later, Gannon sat in the study, listening to the information compiled by Anya as usual.

"The situation in the Principality of Xihe has not changed significantly. The Dragon Slaying Corps is still recruiting, and the Grand Duke's itinerary has not been found out yet. The Grand Duke's wedding has been postponed, and the date has not yet been set. It is announced that the Grand Duke is still mourning the eldest son who died in battle. , but the people sent to the border have found out that the dwarves' send-off team actually entered the principality a week ago." Anya reported.

"Oh, it's been several months since his son died. Since the dwarf princess has been sent to the principality, it means that the marriage to Duke Dipu was originally planned to be married on the scheduled date. Is there something wrong?" Gano En asked casually.

"We didn't find out the whereabouts of the dwarf princess. Judging from the investigation, it seems that the principality is deliberately blocking news about it." Anya replied.

"The fact that no information was obtained is itself intelligence." Ganon thought thoughtfully.

Anya naturally understood what Ganonen meant. The Principality deliberately concealed the real reason for postponing the marriage, explaining what happened to the marriage.

"You let the people sent over to investigate quickly. There is a problem with the marriage. If Grand Duke Di Pu wants to leave the castle to deal with this matter, it will be a once-in-a-lifetime assassination opportunity." Ganon said.

"Understood." Anya responded, and then continued to report, "In addition, the people sent to Shaman City have obtained a lot of information from familiar intelligence dealers, and there are two rewards worth paying attention to."

"A reward?" Ganon asked.

"Yes, there are many mercenaries, adventurers, and fugitives from various countries wandering in Shaman City, as well as assassins from several families of Nitrilan. If you want to recruit outlaws as killers, it is the most suitable place, so those who know the way People will post rewards there through the intermediary in Shaman City." Anya explained.

"One of the two rewards worthy of attention is for me?" Ganon guessed right away.

"That's right, this entrustment is real-named, and the person who put it forward is Grand Duke Xihe, who paid a lot of money to recruit heroes who can slaughter the 'junction land evil dragon Kuja', and he wants to recruit a strong man with an extraordinary realm to lead him The Dragon Slaying Group formed." Anya explained.

It seems that Grand Duke Di Pu also tried his best to get revenge. In addition to seeking help from the empire and Beishan Kingdom, he also tried to recruit idle thugs from scattered city-states through the underworld.

"Can this be recruited?" Ganon asked.

"I'm afraid it will be very difficult." Anya shook her head, "It's not that there are no strong people active in Shaman City, but most of the strong people of that level have their own forces and will not be easily recruited. And anyone who is an expert can tell that this bounty itself exudes a troublesome atmosphere."

"How do you say that?" Ganon asked.

"The Longji Empire is famous for dragon slaying. Xihe is a principality under the empire. The principality of Xihe has a dragon slaying commission. The first one should be to ask the empire for help, but this reward was sent to the black market in Shaman City. Isn't that true? Does it mean that the empire and the Principality have nothing to do with you at present?" Anya said.

"Indeed." Ganon agreed.

If it is just a dragon at the juvenile or just adult stage, it is actually very easy for the empire to deal with. As long as the cost is lowered, a dragon slaying team led by a solid knight of the extraordinary or master level can complete the task relatively easily, but this kind of The level of giant dragon is already difficult for most adventurers and mercenaries.

Not to mention that Ganon himself has grown to the level of an old man now, with the power of [Blessing], a tower defense system that can deal with large-scale troops, and Mu Xia's support.The difficulty of the challenge in the current Infinity Tower has surpassed that of ordinary ancient dragon lairs. Even if Lucio leads a team to kill him, he is fully capable of dealing with it.

Even for the empire, he is now a chestnut on fire, and if he reaches out to get it, he will have to scald off a layer of skin.

And the empire that just ended the war with Mu Xia seems to be still making other plans, and has no intention of investing resources in dealing with him for the time being.

Without the support of the empire, the Principality of Xihe has nothing to do. The dragon slaying team formed by Grand Duke Di Pu impulsively came to Ganon's place, but there was no return.

If a principality is helpless, what about a bunch of idle thugs in Sharman City?There are many desperadoes who are not afraid of death, but not many fools who are willing to die for nothing.

Ganon thought for a while and asked, "Then tell me, if I pretend to be an adventurer and accept the reward, will I have a chance to get in touch with Grand Duke Di Pu and kill him?"

"It's hard to say, the intermediary who issued the bounty and the Principality will definitely have to review it. And I don't think the Grand Duke will directly contact the recruited mercenaries unsuspectingly. Usually there will always be someone in the middle who will pass on his message and give orders. But you If you get in, you can take the opportunity to destroy the half-formed dragon slaying group, and then find a chance to escape." Anya gave her own opinion.

"That's just treating the symptoms, not the root cause," Gannon said.

As long as Grand Duke Di Pu is alive, the Principality of Xihe will always be a hidden danger to him.

"Let's leave this alone, what's another reward worthy of attention?" Ganon continued to ask.

"This reward was just released the day before yesterday. Someone offered [-] gold coins to Grand Duke Di Pu of Xihe Principality. He can be assassinated or seriously injured." Anya said.

"Someone wants to kill Grand Duke Xihe?" Ganon became interested when he heard this, "Who is it?"

"I don't know yet. The publisher of this reward is anonymous. With the intelligence provider, the employer's information is kept confidential, but if you can accept the reward order and pass the review of the intermediary, you may have the opportunity to be arranged by the intermediary." Contact the employer or his agent." Anya replied.

"Hearing what you mean, do you think we should get in touch with that person?" Gannon asked.

"The one who will offer a reward to the Duke of Xihe should be someone who has a grudge against the Duke of Xihe. He may have the information we need. If there is a chance, we can even join hands." Anya said.

"And you can earn extra money." Ganon added, but then he changed the topic, "But is the information possibly a trap?"

"The possibility is still relatively small. If the intermediary introduces a false entrustment, they may be caught in a trap or be retaliated against. So they will make a certain assessment of the entruster. The intermediary who issued the reward this time has already done this job very well. It's been a long time, and those who are not cautious enough will not be able to stay in Shaman City for long, and the entrustment he introduced still has a certain reputation. Although this task is the same as the reward for you, it is basically unlikely that anyone will take it." Anya explain.

"Someone really wants the life of Grand Duke Xihe... Does he have many enemies?" Ganon asked.

"According to our investigation, there are still some, but there may be rewards issued in Shaman City, I'm afraid there are basically none." Anya shook her head, "To be honest, with our current manpower, we want to know the details of Grand Duke Xihe. The itinerary is still a bit difficult, maybe we can try to contact the other party through this intermediary channel."

"That's right, I got a very valuable clue, and your work efficiency is very reliable." Gannon nodded towards Anya.

The appropriation of the one hundred gold coins was finally not in vain.

"Thank you for your compliment." Anya replied neither humble nor overbearing.

Gannon maintained his smile, stared at Anya for a while, and said, "Anya."

"W-what's the matter?" Anya tried her best to pretend nothing had happened, but she still couldn't hide her nervousness.

"The things that Isbel showed you before...have any influence on you?" Ganon asked Anya, looking at her.

"It's nothing, it's just some fictional and exaggerated works, how can it affect me?" Anya put on a serious look.

"Well, then...why do you stand so far away from me?"

Gannon looked at Anya who was standing away from the desk by the door, with her back against the wall and one hand still on the doorknob, and said.

(End of this chapter)