Lord Chronicle

Chapter 212
"Um...my head..."

With a groan, Sol covered his head and sat up.

When he opened his eyes, he realized that he was already sleeping in the bedroom of the lord's mansion. The sun was shining brightly outside the window, and it was already daytime.

"Are you awake?" A familiar voice came from the side, followed by a glass of water.

Sol turned his head and saw that Jessica was sitting by the bed.

"How long have I been asleep?" Thor smiled wryly.

"Rulet sent you back last night." Jessica answered the wrong question.

Hearing the unkindness in her tone, Sol groaned in his heart, and hurriedly said, "So, it's been a long time?"

Jessica snorted heavily: "Mene has already made all moves."

"Uh..." Sol stopped drinking water.

Damn, I knew that girl was unreliable.

Glancing at him coldly, Jessica said heartbroken, "Master, I'm not talking about you. But it's too despicable to take advantage of an ignorant little girl, right? Where should the dignity of a land lord be placed?"

Saul knew what he was doing, and he could only excuse with a guilty conscience: "I'm not for the territory..."

"Really? I think you can't wait to get the treasure of Kajirido, right?" Jessica said sharply.

Saul was immediately at a loss for words.

After a long while, Jessica said, "I understand your desire to obtain Elebena's permission to mine iron ore and develop the territory as soon as possible. But as the dignified Marquis of the Kingdom, how can you be so unscrupulous? If it spreads, Where is the face of the Lovell family?"

What Sol was most afraid of was Jessica who became serious. He quickly said: "I know, I was a little impatient this time, and I promise not to do such things in the future."

At the same time, he was slandering in his heart: Heh heh, Lao Tzu's shameless name has long spread throughout the entire continent, and it's not the first day you know about it.If everything is done in order, am I still called Saul?

Won't do it again?Pretty much a liar.

"What did you just say?" Jessica said abruptly.

Sol was taken aback, damn it, no, doesn't she even know what I'm thinking?

He coughed in embarrassment: "It's nothing, uh...I mean, it seems that I have to make a good apology to Rulert."

Only then did Jessica snort: "No need, I've already apologized to him. As the steward of the territory, I just ask you not to do such embarrassing things in the future."

Sol immediately hit the snake with the stick and grabbed Jessica's hand: "Hey, I knew you were the best for me."

There's really nothing you can do about this guy, and sometimes Jessica can't help thinking that she's like a teacher who faces the naughtiest student, who is often pissed off, but has to give him those ridiculous things. Move to wipe your ass.

Alas, no wonder it is said that men are just big kids, and I am the most naughty kind, how could I fall in love with this kind of guy?
Thinking of this, she couldn't help pulling back her hand angrily: "Okay, stop being glib, I have to deal with official documents."

When she reached the door, she stopped suddenly: "According to Mary, the miraculous pollen is very powerful. You just woke up, so you should rest for a while. I've already asked Marlene to cook for you."

After speaking, he left the room.

It has to be said that although it is not false on the surface, Jessica's concern for Sol is beyond words.

After Jessica left, Sol sat on the bed, propped his chin in thought, and finally slapped his hands hard.

quit?How can it be so easy, I will not let it go.

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"You said you want to entrust us with a task?" Rulert looked at the man in front of him strangely.

This is a short and fat man with a mustache and dressed as a businessman.At this moment, he was begging pitifully: "Yes, this batch of goods is all my wealth. If I can't get it back, I can only commit suicide."

Cardo couldn't help but said: "This is the jurisdiction of Lovell, why don't you ask the local garrison for help?"

The man said: "Most of the garrison team has set off with the fleet. Now they are short of manpower. Although they promised to help find it, I am afraid there will be no results in a short time. The repayment period for my loan from the four major chambers of commerce is coming soon. If I can't find any more goods, I'll just go bankrupt."

"What do you think?" Cardo asked Ruret.

Laris took the words from the side: "We are leaving Lovell, there is no need to meddle in these nosy matters."

Hearing his words, the man hurriedly said: "Please, please, please help me. I heard that you are the best adventurers in the territory so far. Only you can help me find the goods. Come, I'll pay whatever it takes."

Ruret scratched his head: "Is that so..."

After thinking about it, he said to Kado and Laris: "Anyway, it's okay to stay before leaving, so let's take this task."

Cardo nodded: "That's right, Meine was tempted by Sol because of no income for too long. No matter how you say it, we are also partly responsible, and it's just a matter of course anyway."

Laris said indifferently: "I have no objection."

"Okay, we accept." Rulert then said to the man.

The man said thankfully: "Thank you so much, as long as I can get back that batch of goods, I'm willing to pay any price."

After explaining where the goods were robbed and some relevant circumstances, the man left.However, the strange thing is that instead of returning to the hotel where he was staying, he went to a tavern in the small town.

Go to a table near the wall at the back of the tavern, and there is already a person waiting there.In the dim light of the tavern, he shrank his whole body into the shadows, looking rather mysterious.

"Is it done?" After the man sat down, the man spoke slowly.

"Yes, it has been done according to your instructions." The man said respectfully.

"Very well, remember, you can't tell anyone what happened today." The man nodded in satisfaction, and then added another sentence.

The man quickly agreed: "Please rest assured, I will not tell anyone."

After speaking, he hesitated for a moment, and couldn't help but said: "But... in your honorable status, why would you treat mere adventurers..."

"How many times do you want me to say it? This is not something you should ask about." Before he could finish speaking, the person opposite him interrupted him coldly.

As if feeling the invisible pressure from the other party, the man took out his handkerchief and wiped the sweat on his forehead, and then said: "Yes, please forgive me, I was rude. I have been taking care of you all the time, so I, a small chamber of commerce, can participate Regarding the sale of luxury goods on the frozen plateau, I feel extremely honored to be able to serve you this time. Please rest assured, I will never say a word.”

As he spoke, he tentatively said, "I just don't know about expanding trade share..."

The person on the opposite side tapped the table slowly: "Don't worry, this matter will have a result in a few days. Alright, you can go."

The man was overjoyed when he heard that, and thanked him a thousand times, and then left.

After the man left for a while, a hand slowly stretched out from the shadow of the opposite table, picked up the wine glass on the table and retracted into the darkness.Then, in the gloomy shadow, came a chilling snort.

"Hmph, Rulert..."

Whoa!

The thick curtains on the side were suddenly pulled open, and as the sunlight from outside the window shone in, the shadows in the corner were completely dispelled, and the mysterious man immediately had nowhere to hide.

"Wow, it's so dazzling, my eyes!" Suddenly from the darkness to the strong light, the man let out a scream, and quickly covered his eyes with his hands.

"Really, what are you doing with the curtains closed in broad daylight, I'm still wondering why the store suddenly became so dark..." the bartender complained, opening the window.

Suddenly, he noticed the guests at the table: "Huh? Lead... Your lord?"

Sure enough, the "mysterious" man under the table covered his eyes in embarrassment, who is not our Lord Saul?
His identity was denied, and Saul, who was squatting under the table, froze there for a moment, then slowly raised his head, the two of them looked at each other, both were speechless.

After a while, the bartender couldn't help but said, "Master, I'm very happy that you came to drink, but why did you draw the curtains so tightly?"

"Uh..." Saul couldn't help being stunned and speechless even though he was witty and changeable.

Seeing the suspicious look in the bartender's eyes getting heavier, Saul suddenly raised his index finger to his lips and let out a "hush" sound, then looked around vigilantly.

Then, he beckoned, motioning the bartender to come over.

Seeing that he was pretending, the bartender's face became serious, and he hurriedly leaned over.

"I'm here to do a very important thing, so important that it determines the future of our Lovell. I just hid here so that no one would find out." Sol said solemnly.

When the bartender heard this, he couldn't help but panic: "Yes, I'm sorry, my lord, I really don't know..."

"Forget it, you didn't mean it either." Sol patted him on the shoulder, and then his tone sank: "But you must remember that when someone hides in a dark corner in the future, don't pull the curtains suddenly again. "

"Oh, I...I remember." The bartender nodded with a dull expression.

Sol left after asking the bartender not to tell about his presence here.

Walking out of the tavern, rubbing his still aching eyes, he couldn't help muttering: "It turns out that villains are not so easy to be..."

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"3000 gold coins, absolutely no less."

Mary yawned leisurely, and stretched out three fingers unhurriedly.

"What? It costs three thousand gold coins to dig a few holes. Do you think you are Tanaka?" Sol immediately called out.

"Who is Tanaka?" Mary gave him a strange look, is he as powerful as my master?
"Uh... Anyway, it doesn't need to be so expensive, right? Besides, all the materials are paid for by me." Saul said dissatisfied.

Mary snorted: "Just kidding, do you think I'm just digging holes? Tell you, digging holes is an advanced skill that is not inferior to alchemy. It is an absolute technical job. Only when you dig properly can people I jumped in willingly. I charge you three thousand gold coins, because we are acquaintances."

"Acquaintances? I think you are opening the back door of the crematorium—only for acquaintances?" Sol couldn't help muttering in his heart.

But what he wants to do must rely on Mary's special skill, and there is no longer any delay. In desperation, Sol has no choice but to accept it.

"The guys you are going to deal with are very powerful, so you can't use ordinary pits. Here, these are the materials that must be used. You should prepare them for me quickly." Mary handed over a note.

After coming to this world for a long time, and having been exploited by Elebena many times, Sol has a little understanding of all kinds of weird things.So as soon as he saw the various things listed on the note, the roughly estimated price in his heart almost made his head bloodshot.

He was almost certain that half of it would never be used, which meant that they would end up filling Mary's pockets.

"This...these..."

"It's fine if you don't do it, I'm still tired." Before he could ask, Mary interrupted him slowly.

"You..." Thor immediately gushed blood to his throat.

At this time, he clearly saw another blue dragon sitting in front of him.Damn, wouldn't this woman also secretly go to learn from Elebena?

Forget it, for the future of the territory, I will bear it.

After admonishing himself like this, Sol had no choice but to sign an unequal agreement with another female vampire that existed in Lovell.

Humph, now everything is ready, just waiting for you, Rulert, to take the bait.

A few days later, in a valley in the Mallorous Mountains.

"Is it here?"

Rulet looked at the map in his hand, and then at the surrounding mountains.

Kado, who was watching from the top of a rock, jumped down: "It should be here, but I don't see any signs of bandit activities."

Needless to say, Rulert and his party will be here, naturally accepting the entrustment of the businessman to find that unnecessary "robber group".

What they don't know, however, is that this is entirely another dastardly plan of some shameless lord.

First, use a small businessman who has a business relationship with Lovell to come forward and lure Ruret and others here, and then entrust Mary to set up a trap and wait for the rabbit.

And the reason why he spent so much trouble was naturally because of Rulert's Dragon Slaying Sword.

If Jessica knew that after she tried so hard to persuade her just now, the lord would do such a despicable thing again in a blink of an eye, she would probably die of anger.

"Well, since it can survive in Lowell, it seems that it is not an ordinary bandit group. Meine, use the magic beast to search." Rulert pondered for a moment, then turned to Meine and said.

Meine nodded, and called out her summoned beast, the Earth Snake. After a few whispered instructions, the Earth Snake burrowed into the ground and quickly disappeared.

"Gold bars can search the nearby mountains within half an hour, and those robbers will definitely be found." Meine proudly said to Ruret.

At this moment, her face changed slightly: "Ah!"

Before the words fell, a loud bang came from a few hundred meters away on the left, followed by a high wave of mud on the ground, as if something exploded underground.

"What's going on?" Several people couldn't help being surprised.

"Laris, detection." Rulet snorted.

Laris completed the magic in an instant, and then he frowned slightly: "It's strange, there is no trace of magic power fluctuations, it doesn't seem to be magic, and there is no sign of anyone nearby."

"Did you get attacked by another monster?" Kado asked.

Meine shook her head: "The message sent by the gold bar is not a monster."

Several people came to the accident site very quickly. It was at the foot of a small hillside. A large deep pit was blasted into the ground. The injured ground snake was writhing on the ground in pain.

Menie raised his hand to retract the ground snake, and then called out the fire wolf, water lizard, and tiger-eating bird in succession. At the same time, Rulet also held out his weapon and put on a vigilant posture.

Kado approached the deep pit cautiously, checked the edge of the pit briefly, and then said in surprise: "It's a trap."

"Is it a magic trap? Or some kind of enchantment?" Rulet asked.

Kado shook his head: "Neither, this is a trap that simply combines different items to exert its power, so it does not need to be triggered by magic power, and it will not be detected by the detection technique. It is a very advanced technique. It is so ingenious. I haven't encountered the trap for a long time, except for the mysterious fat man who once plotted against me."

"Wow ha ha ha, you have vision."

At this moment, a long-pitched strange laugh suddenly came from the hillside.

With a long laugh, a group of mysterious men appeared at the top of the hillside. They all covered their heads and covered their faces, unable to see clearly.

"Is this the group of robbers?" Laris snorted.

Cardo nodded: "It should be, it seems that they have been waiting for us for a long time."

As he spoke, he whispered to Ruret, "How about it, do you want to fight?"

Ruret shook his head: "No rush, let's see the situation first."

At this time, a man in the group of robbers walked out a few steps and said, "Who are you? How dare you break into my territory."

Kadoyang said: "We were entrusted by someone to retrieve a batch of goods that were robbed by him a few days ago."

When the man heard this, he couldn't help being furious: "You are so brave, even dare to provoke our Liangshan bandit group. I think you are impatient!"

Following his words, all the tall robbers next to him booed loudly, and some of them even waved their weapons in the air in a demonstration, and the scene was very chaotic for a while.

"Then what do you want to return those goods?" What kind of person is Rulert, how could he take their bluff into consideration.

The man quacked and laughed strangely: "How is it? It just so happens that the profit market hasn't opened today, so I not only won't return the goods, but I even want to rob you of them. If you are sensible, leave the valuables on you, Lao Tzu If you are in a good mood today, maybe you will be spared."

The bandits on the side shouted and cheered again, showing the nature of bandits.

"Even we want to rob. It seems that we have encountered a group of thieves." Kado couldn't help but smile.

Rulert waved his hands helplessly at the man: "But we are just a group of poor adventurers, I'm afraid there is nothing you can appreciate."

"Hmph, don't fool me, the magician's wand, just the magic spar on it is a big one; and the half-elf's bow is also top-grade; but the most valuable thing is the summoner's satchel, absolutely It's a first-rate magic item."

Unexpectedly, the bandit leader did not hesitate to point out the most valuable things on them, his vision was quite unique.

As he said that, he glanced at Ruret inadvertently: "As for you, you look like a poor ghost at first glance, so just leave the saber behind so carelessly."

"You want this sword?" Rulet asked with a half-smile.

The bandit leader snorted: "Who wants your broken sword, but if you don't keep something, it seems like it won't make sense, right?"

At this time, Meine on the side was a little anxious: "This bag is my most important thing, and I must never give it to them. Xiaohong, starling, go bite them!"

"Mene, don't move..." Rulert was shocked, and hurriedly stopped him.

However, the fire wolf and the tiger bird received the order, roared, and rushed to the crowd on the slope.

Unexpectedly, just after the two demonic beasts ran a few steps, the ground suddenly trembled slightly, followed by several strong currents soaring into the sky, covering them in a staggered manner.

The fire wolf and the tiger bird were taken aback, and hurriedly retreated, but were still swept away by the overflowing current.The two demonic beasts wailed in pain, and lost the momentum they had just now.

"Oh my god, what a terrible trap, this is almost equivalent to a sixth-level magic." Laris couldn't help exclaiming.

On the hillside, the bandit leader sneered: "Since you don't want to hand it over, then don't blame me for using force, switch on the mechanism!"

Following his yell, around the place where Ruret and the others were located, huge currents sprang up from the ground one after another, enclosing them like fences.The crackling sound of electric sparks continued to be heard in the air, and the blue electric light shone around, which was extremely terrifying.

"Damn it, I didn't expect this guy to be able to do this." The trap was so powerful that even Kado couldn't help but change his face.

The bandit leader said triumphantly: "Do you know how powerful it is? So I advise you to be obedient. Another piece of advice, don't try to resist, I still have a lot of useless."

Although he couldn't see the appearance of this guy, no matter his demeanor, movement, or tone of voice, there was a strong urge to flatten him.

Therefore, the usually calm half-elf archer couldn't help but shoot at him with his bow: "Shut up!"

The magical arrow pierced through the grid in an instant, and shot at the man on the hillside.At this moment, a tall robber suddenly stepped out from behind the man, and at the same time a black giant sword was unsheathed, blocking him like a shield.

when!
With a crisp sound, Kado's arrow hit the blade of the sword, and it was immediately shattered.

"Kado, wait a minute." Rulet reached out and pressed down Kado's bow and arrow, signaling him not to act rashly.

Following him, he looked up at the bandit leader on the hillside, and sighed slightly: "My lord, do you want my Dragon Slaying Sword that much?"

"Of course, I advise you to hand it over..." the bandit leader said without thinking.

Halfway through the conversation, he suddenly realized something was wrong: "Huh!? You, you know me?"

Rulert shook his head dumbfoundingly: "Why are you bothering? I recognized you from the moment you showed up. Besides, isn't Kress's iron lump next to you?"

The man who used the great sword to block the arrows for Sol looked at the black sword in his hand, scratched his head again, and said to Sol, "My lord, what should we do, we have been recognized."

At this time, Cardo also said: "Okay, Sir Saul, the game ends here."

Laris said coldly: "I really don't know why you think you can fool us. You can't hide your cheap looks with any disguise."

"You..." Sol was full of shame and anger, and he simply tore off the face scarf: "Hey, don't rely on yourself as a handsome guy, and don't talk too badly."

Seeing him take off his disguise, the robbers on the side also pulled off their veils one after another. It was the guards headed by Kress, and there were several dwarf warriors.

"My lord, I have already said that this will not work, what should I do now?" Kress asked.

Saul said angrily: "Damn it, since this is the case, start implementing Plan B."

Kress was taken aback: "What, plan B, plan B? Then what is plan A?"

"Stop talking nonsense, anyway, we must grab the sword today!" Sol glared at him.

"This despicable guy..." Kado gritted his teeth angrily.

"Hmph, so all nobles are a virtue." Laris sneered, and had already condensed a magic in his hand.

"Eh? Eh?" Meine looked at Ruret, then at Sol on the hillside, completely at a loss.

Kress had no choice but to apologize to Ruret: "Since the lord has given the order, I can only say sorry."

"Alas..." Rulert slapped his forehead.

Then, he whispered to several people: "Let me deal with Kress, and you are in charge of the others. Remember, try not to hurt anyone, just find the opportunity to subdue Sol."

At the same time, Kress, who was forcing down from the hillside with his subordinates, was also instructing: "I will be in charge of Ruret for a while, and you deal with the others. Remember, try not to hurt anyone, just put on a show."

In this way, the two groups of people with the same thoughts began to approach gradually.

(End of this chapter)