Volume 2: Empire Chapter 175: The Crappy Assassin
In the mansion of Marquis Nutao, there were so many guests attending the banquet that the indoor hall was full so the banquet was expanded outdoors.
The Marquis of Meteorite also uniquely set up billboards throughout the mansion. The most eye-catching and ubiquitous one is "The red wine used in this Marquis of Raging Waves banquet is all sponsored by Moonlight Wine."
There were also beautiful salesgirls handing out brochures to the guests, and enthusiastically introducing the raw materials and production process of moonlight wine. The biggest gimmick was that all the water used to brew moonlight wine was collected from Moon Lake, and it was the first spring water to emerge near the World Tree.
The other advertisements are also for Nutao City’s flagship products. The booth area is very fancy and attractive, and there are also many tasting and trial activities.
A banquet that was supposed to be a political event was turned into a business event by Luke.
This economic acumen is admired by everyone in Shuojin.
Unlike the lively banquet hall, the third floor and above of the Marquis's Mansion were set as a restricted area. Imperial spies strictly guarded every passage, and even servants delivering things had to undergo strict searches.
Magic detection needles can be seen everywhere here, and there is no telling how many hidden defense devices there are.
In the heavily guarded center, a meeting is taking place.
The Moonlight Queen Qingkong and the Queen's First Assistant Yunxing came from the Moonlight Royal Court. The Shining Gold People came from Elder Mu, Elder Chun, Pan and Yin.
Elder Mu and Elder Chun are not twins, just like Pan is a substitute elder and Yin is just an ordinary shining gold man, there are also differences between twins.
Elder Mu is the chief envoy of the Sparkling Gold Mission. He is an old man with long curly white hair, a kind face and an easy-going demeanor.
Elder Chun was thin, gloomy, and serious. When he met Qingkong, he just tried not to be rude and was not too enthusiastic.
Fortunately, Yin and Pan had already informed Elder Chun of his character in advance, and Elder Mu was in charge of the talks, so there was no unpleasantness between the two sides as soon as they met.
The two sides sat down on either side of a rectangular table, and the servants placed drinks and fruits before leaving. A barrier descended from the roof, isolating the venue from the outside world.
At the beginning, Elder Mu asked with a smile: "Archangel Gold should have secretly visited Her Majesty the Queen and Marquis Meteorite."
The last time he met Pan, Luke showed him the steel wings with blazing feathers. According to Pan's vision, he could definitely tell that it was an angel alchemical tool and naturally understand its meaning.
Luke laughed and said, "It's hard to refuse such a kind offer! Angels are indeed the most righteous supernatural beings. As soon as Archangel Gold arrived in Saint Lun City, he was eager to discuss with us the issue of compensation for the destruction of the World Tree.
Moreover, their attitude was extremely sincere and the compensation was extremely generous.
Sky City is even willing to build a temple in the Moonlight Royal Court and send angels to live there, so as to train light magicians for the Moonlight Royal Court and protect the World Tree. "
Elder Mu and Elder Chun looked at each other and couldn't help but sigh in their hearts that ignorance was really ridiculous.
The Moonlight Royal Court had no idea that Sky City was going to build a temple for them, and they were willing to do such a thing as inviting a wolf into their home just for a small amount of compensation.
In addition, Sky City has seized the initiative, and the Golden Man must hurry up to open a World Bank branch in the Moonlight Court.
Elder Mu retracted his friendly smile and said dissatisfiedly: "We have always believed that the Golden People should discuss the compensation with the Moonlight Royal Court first."
Luke replied: "That was our original arrangement, but we have another cooperation with Sky City. When we were discussing the cooperation, we talked about compensation. And it was not a formal meeting, and the compensation was not finalized."
Elder Mu asked, "What kind of cooperation does Moonlight Royal Court have with Sky City?"
"If we tell it, I'm afraid it will make Sky City unhappy. If Elder Mu really wants to know, you can ask Archangel Gold. He and you both live in the palace."
Luke pretends to be flirting with Sky City.
Anyway, I am not afraid that Elder Mu will ask Archangel Gold. An angel provoked the Queen of Clear Sky and had his wings cut off. Can such a thing be casually told to outsiders?
Let the Golden Man guess.
Sure enough, the Moonlight Royal Court and Sky City had a deeper cooperation, which disrupted the original plan of the Shining Gold Man. Although it was not known what their cooperation was, the angels' goal was definitely the World Tree.
In the competition to obtain the artifact, the Golden Man not only encountered his opponent starting off early, but his opponent also moved the starting line forward a long distance.
Despicable, so despicable!
The elder pastor cursed the angel in his heart for not following the rules, but what had happened could not be undone, so he could only try his best to remedy the situation.
"Since this is a collaboration between Moonlight Royal Court and Sky City, we the Shining Gold People won't ask too much. Let's talk about the World Tree now...
The Golden People feel deeply sorry for the destruction of the World Tree. Although the Golden People who participated in that war have long passed away, we will never shirk our responsibility.
The Shining Gold people will take responsibility for the mistakes made by our ancestors, and this is a compensation plan we have drawn up."
At the signal from Elder Mu, Yin took out a document from his briefcase and handed it to Luke who was sitting opposite him.
Luke took the document and read it carefully. Just as he was about to ask for a sky-high price, his spiritual universe was suddenly intruded by Qingkong.
"Let me wake up, quickly!"
Although Luke didn't know what was happening, he immediately chose Clear Sky Awakening.
Qingkong, who had been sitting there quietly, said to Elder Mu: "Elder Mu, I can wait for the compensation for the destruction of the World Tree. But... there is one thing I must understand."
"What is it, Your Majesty?"
Qingkong turned to look at Elder Chun: "Who are you?"
"Who is this..." Elder Mu didn't know why Qingkong asked such a question. He was about to introduce him again, but his palpitations made him realize something was wrong. He also asked Elder Chun, "Who are you!"
Elder Chun, who had always had a gloomy face, showed a twisted smile: "I didn't expect to be discovered so soon. This is the first time I have failed in a thousand years since the war ended.
I don't know, how did Her Majesty Queen Qingkong find out that Elder Chun was a fake? "
"Your disguise is so poor that I could tell from the moment you walked in. If you weren't planning to assassinate one of us, I wouldn't even bother to expose you."
The smile on Elder Chun's face froze. He hadn't expected that his disguise had already been seen through and that he was indeed preparing to carry out an assassination.
Elder Mu, Pan, and Yin immediately stood up, chanting the ancient golden language while wearing golden armor.
Elder Mu’s weapon is a golden staff, and a golden wheel is suspended behind him.
Three golden men surrounded Elder Chun.
"Who are you? What did you do to Elder Chun?"
"Elder Chun, of course he is dead. You occupy the position of the elders of the Shining Gold People, but you do not have the strength of a corresponding elder. You are far, far behind the Elders' Council a thousand years ago."
The other party had participated in ancient wars and was able to disguise himself as an elder of the Shining Gold People without being noticed by them.
The identity of this person is about to be revealed.
Elder Mu said angrily: "Shadow Tribe! Do you know that assassinating the elders of the Sparkling Gold Clan is declaring war on the Sparkling Gold Clan!"
"Declare war? Have we ceased fighting?" Elder Chun laughed wildly: "Queen Clear Sky, your strength has been recognized by me, I will give you a chance to live. Terminate all cooperation with the Shining Gold People and Angels, and draw a clear line with them.
Otherwise... I will assassinate you endlessly."
Qingkong stood up and activated the Ice Crystal Eye to look down at Elder Chun: "Assassinate me? I'm afraid you chose the wrong target. Get lost, today is a special day, and I don't want to ruin this party."
Elder Mu roared, “You killed Elder Chun, and you still want to leave!”
Just as Elder Mu was about to launch an attack, the Shadow Clan member who had transformed into Elder Chun turned into a black shadow and disappeared after shaking for a moment.
The room fell silent.
The three golden men were at a loss.
It is a major scandal that a Shuojin elder was killed and so many Shuojin people didn't even notice it.
Elder Mu looked at the seat vacated by Elder Chun, and his whole body trembled with anger: "Shadow Clan! Shadow Clan!"
Qingkong then said: "Although the Shadow Clan's assassination target is me, I will go back first to prevent the Shadow Clan from harming my students. The rest... will be left to the Marquis of Meteorite.
Elder Mu, please accept my condolences! "
Qingkong flashed away and the room became quiet again.
After a while, Luke said, "The Shadow Clan transformed into Elder Chun to assassinate Her Majesty Queen Clear Sky. He must be trying to frame the Sparkling Gold Clan and stir up conflict between us.
Since something like this has happened, let's postpone the discussion of compensation. I'll send someone to prepare a car to take you all away."
Queen Qingkong was gone, so Elder Mu had no way to negotiate compensation. Besides, no matter how you looked at it, it was more serious that an elder of the Golden Star had been assassinated, so the Golden Star people had to take immediate countermeasures.
Elder Mu took off his golden armor and his expression instantly became much older.
"I'm sorry, Marquis Meteorite. After what happened, I must return to the Sparkling Gold Elders' Council immediately. The Shadow Clan will definitely pay the price!"
Elder Mu left angrily, and Pan followed him.
Yin looked at Luke for the last time and walked out without saying a word.
Luke sat in his seat, thinking about what had just happened.
The revival of the World Tree will attract the five ancient civilizations. This is something that is bound to happen.
Sky City and the Golden Man arrived under control.
The demons were in a mess, and even if they wanted to do something for the World Tree, a single demon would just be a gift, and no one wanted to be the first to do so. With the demon Red Flame as a nail in hell, there would definitely be clues of any joint actions by the demons .
The Dragon Nation was only a country in name only, and there was no giant dragon that could bring the dragons together. Moreover, the dragons were so big that they couldn't hide when they came to cause trouble.
Only the Shadow Clan is an uncontrollable trouble.
The Shadow Tribe lives deep underground, truly isolated from the world. Some people say that it is better to offend a demon than a Shadow Tribe member. Because when a demon is playing tricks on you, you still have a tiny chance to escape, but the Shadow Tribe will stab you in the back.
Just like this time, there was no discussion at all, it was just an assassination.
Fortunately, the Shadow Clan is very stubborn. They will keep their eyes on whoever they set their sights on and rarely involve other people unless necessary.
This time he has targeted Qingkong, and if he is not careful he will be killed by Qingkong.
However... this Shadow Clan is really arrogant. In order to get close to Qingkong, they actually killed the elder of the Shining Gold People. It is obvious that they want to settle both old and new accounts together.
I don’t know how the Golden Man will react.
I'm looking forward to it.
Luke drank tea, and the music of the banquet came in from the window. There was also an atmosphere of lively discussion, and it was obvious that everyone was very satisfied with the banquet .
On the roadside across the block from the Marquis's Mansion in Raging Waves City, in the closed compartment of a truck, the assassins were still looking for the extra person.
Nightingale asked, "Does anyone have a way to find the outsider among us?"
The assassins' hands were shaking as they held their weapons. They had never encountered such a strange thing before. They pressed their throats against their companions', trying their best to distinguish whether the other party was an outsider. At the same time, their throats were also pressed against their companions, and they were worried whether their lives were in the hands of outsiders.
"Ms. Nightingale, we have tried many ways but have not been able to identify him. The car cannot be parked here all the time. It will attract spies and sheriffs to investigate."
Nightingale said anxiously: "But what can we do! Take that outsider with us to assassinate Meteorite?"
"Ms. Nightingale, the assassination must be stopped. I'm going to drive and leave here first."
The driver stood up and tried to leave.
Nightingale stopped him immediately: "How do you prove that you are not that outsider?"
"I...I'm the driver. I drove you here."
"We've tried this method of self-identification, and it didn't work. I can't take the risk of letting you drive!"
"But, we can't keep playing this game here. It's driving me crazy."
At this time, a voice came from outside the car: "It seems that you are having a lot of fun."
A female voice answered, "You didn't want these crappy assassins to cause trouble, so I had to play games with them. You came back so soon, Qingkong's strength is much weaker than we knew."
"You guessed wrong. Qingkong is very strong. Elder Shuojin didn't recognize me, but she was able to see through me at a glance. I still don't know what went wrong."
The female voice said in surprise: "Is she really that strong? Did we choose the wrong target?"
"Being strong is fun! After thousands of years, there is finally a target that I need to take seriously.
Let's go, let's find a place to settle down first, and then make a foolproof assassination plan."
"Okay, wait for me."
The conversation drifted away.
The assassins in the car held their breath.
After confirming that it was safe, one person asked, "The crappy assassin they were talking about, are they referring to us?"
Nightingale's expression was very unpleasant: "Who else is there besides us? The outsider who sneaked in has already left. Didn't you notice?"
The assassins immediately looked around and saw that the nine men had turned into eight. Each of them held a weapon against the throat of their companion, leaving no room for maneuver.
Thinking about what had just happened, everyone was sweating profusely.
Fortunately, the other party was just teasing him, otherwise there would be eight corpses in the carriage.
"Ms. Nightingale, are we still going to carry out the assassination plan?"
Nightingale bit her lip, looked at the assassins who were like stray dogs, and said unwillingly: "Retreat... We will find a suitable opportunity."
