Volume 6 Agate Chapter 573: Apology
"Apologize?"
Chen Lun raised his head and asked softly.
"Yes, Master Jack... There seemed to be some misunderstanding between us consuls and you, and there was some unpleasantness in the secret meeting."
Randa said cautiously.
He studied the expression of the gentleman in the black hat calmly.
"Now on behalf of Malek and Mead, I express my sincere apologies to you and hope you can forgive the mistakes we made before."
Pop.
Chen Lun gently closed the poetry collection in his hand and said with a smile:
"You and I are both consuls of the parliament, and there is no distinction between superiors and subordinates. There seems to be no provision in the Generosity Code that consuls cannot have differences of opinion or disputes in secret meetings... So, what exactly is your fault?"
Landa's face froze.
Having said that, though…
The strength and status of the gentleman in front of them are probably no longer comparable to those of the Senate consuls.
Early this morning, Princess Anna personally took a carriage and arrived at the Generous Church in the royal city under the secret protection of the Holy Guards of Light to visit Landa.
At first, Landa was secretly delighted, thinking that he was valued by the Sun Royal Family.
But after the conversation, the Archon almost lost his composure on the spot...
Princess Anna first expressed her praise for the Generous Parliament to Randa, and then asked him to pass a private letter to His Majesty Jackspeight. Finally, the princess also expressed her congratulations in a very subtle way.
Landa was completely confused at the time and had no idea what the princess meant...so he tried to ask further.
Princess Anna looked surprised. After a few seconds of silence, she just said:
"Convey my message to my good friend Mr. Jack, congratulating him on becoming a demigod..."
Landa remained almost stunned until the princess left.
Only those two words kept echoing in His ears.
Demigod...
Landa was suddenly panicked.
They even overlooked the fact that the princess and Jack were good friends in private.
Landa knew very well that he had once conspired with Houston, Malek, and Mead to seize Jack's position as the head of the King's City. Although the matter had been resolved with Houston's death, and Landa had gotten what he wanted, the feud had been established long ago.
Jack is not only highly regarded by the Speaker and His Majesty the King of Slaughter, but he has also been promoted to demigod... If He comes back to settle this matter, what will be the end of these three archons?
What made Landa collapse the most was that not long after, the faceless waiter sent the latest secret information -
His Majesty the King of Slaughter has already mastered five portions of the unique divinity. Once he has digested the authority, he can prepare for the deification ceremony.
In addition, Speaker Azgiero also announced His Majesty Conrad's killing oracle - Jackspeight will no longer serve as the Archon of the Senate in the future, but will be directly promoted to the Vice Speaker of the Generous Parliament!
Landa almost lost control on the spot...
After secret communications with Malek and Mead, the three of them unanimously decided to apologize to Jackspeight as soon as and beg for his forgiveness... If they were to be liquidated, under the divination of the demigod of fate, they would have nowhere to escape and would surely die!
Even if he killed them, Jack's status in the Council of Generosity would not be shaken at all... This was the most despairing part.
"Master Jack, we were blinded by desire and attempted to seize your position as the head of the royal city. We deserve to die!"
Landa's expression changed several times, and he finally spoke through gritted teeth.
He bowed his head deeply, and presented a letter, an irregular piece of gravel, and a palm-sized stone sculpture of an octopus to him with both hands.
"This is a private letter that Princess Anna asked me to pass on to you. In addition, I heard that you are very passionate about knowledge. We spent a lot of effort to collect these two mythological collections. As an apology to you... I hope you can spare our lives."
Chen Lun didn't say anything.
He just looked at Landa quietly.
The atmosphere froze instantly.
This mature woman, who seemed to be only in her thirties, maintained a stiff smile on her pretty face, and cold sweat unconsciously seeped out of her forehead.
He did not dare to speak again, but just kept his hands raised high, motionless.
In his peripheral vision, the gentleman in the black hat seemed to raise his hand and slowly approach him, but the next second, he felt his face being pinched by a big hand and forcibly lifted up.
Landa's breathing stagnated. The intense fear and anxiety even made him, a saint who had lived for hundreds of years, tremble uncontrollably.
"Master Jack, please don't..."
Landa saw those calm and deep eyes and said pleadingly.
However, He only heard the man chuckle.
"Archon Landa, why are you sweating so much? Is this avatar sick?"
Landa was startled at first, then felt the hand leave his face.
After the black-hatted gentleman withdrew his hand, he took the thing from His hand and said with a smile:
"There's something wrong with the avatar, and it might be related to the real body. Do you want me to go to the royal city to help you take a look? I think I have some experience in the study of avatars..."
"No, don't bother you, I just feel a little hot."
Landa said quickly.
His heart was beating fast at this moment, fearing that the other party would really go to the royal city to look for his real body.
"Oh……"
Chen Lun found it funny to see Landa looking like he was almost scared to death.
In fact, he did think about crushing the woman to death, but soon gave up the idea... To be honest, he just found it boring.
Now, Landa and the other two were not even qualified to be called his enemies. At most, they were just minor characters with whom he had a grudge.
Chen Lun decided to let the King of Slaughter go for the time being because he was about to become a god. If they made any small moves again in the future, he would send all three of them to death with a single [Destined Death].
"In that case, forget it..."
Chen Lun smiled faintly.
"It's really troublesome for you to send your avatar to make this trip in person, Governor Landa. I received the letter and the apology. Thank you."
"You're welcome. This is what I should do."
Landa fixed her hair and spoke quickly.
"If there is nothing else, I won't bother you anymore, Master Jack..."
Chen Lun waved his hand.
Landa bowed his head as if relieved and left immediately.
After He left, Chen Lun leaned back on the sofa and played with the irregular stone and the octopus statue.
[Mythical Item - Meteor Debris]
Item description: An alien object containing knowledge of the stars, which occasionally emits a strange light that transcends human perception and seems to depict some indescribable information.
"It's telling me where the soul goes."
Someone with keen insight might be able to glimpse unparalleled mysteries from the brilliance emanating from this stone.
【Mythical Objects - Strange Stone Sculptures】
Item description: An ancient work of art that contains knowledge of the deep sea. It looks like a stone sculpture of an octopus, but if you look closely, you'll find that it's just a mess of seaweed... But why are there jagged suckers on the seaweed?
"The depths of the sea is where we end up."
"——Charles family, family motto."
A perceptive person might be able to discover the sculptor's hidden thoughts and information from this stone sculpture. Perhaps it is a ladder to mythology? Or perhaps it is the key to unlock some kind of relic?
“Is it the high-level knowledge of the stars and the deep sea?”
Chen Lun touched the two cold mythical objects with a smile on his face.
He just happened to have the mythological knowledge of these two paths at hand, so he directly turned on the "quantum reading" mode and immersed his consciousness in these two items.
An image of a vast starry sky flashed through Chen Lun's mind. It was so magnificent that it made one feel insignificant.
An indescribable invisible gaze came from the faraway end.
In just this instant, Chen Lun's sanity value plummeted by 2 points...
He then acquired new knowledge.
[You have seen the strange light of the "meteor debris" and discovered the galaxy mythology "Sequence Four - Witch"! ]
As for the feeling that the octopus statue brought to Chen Lun, it was more like a scroll of memories unfolding from a certain person's perspective.
He was a traveler, and seemed to be a weirdo who was keen on hand-carving. This statue was made by his hands... However, the last scene stopped at a certain voyage. Thick fog was floating on the sea, and only some vague islands could be seen in the distance.
The person in the main perspective raised his hands and threw the statue into the sea, and these hands particularly attracted Chen Lun's attention.
Those were a pair of webbed claws covered with dark green fish scales...
[You have gained insight into the information on the "weird stone sculpture" and discovered the deep-sea mythological knowledge "Sequence Four - Apostle of Natural Disaster"! ]
"Well, I got two pieces of mythological knowledge."
Chen Lun had a smile on his face.
He glanced at the palm-sized stone octopus sculpture for a second longer. From the description on the panel and the vision he had just seen, he felt that this thing might be useful.
After putting the two things into the Blood Poetry Ring, Chen Lun finally opened the letter and began to read it.
There was not much content in this secret letter written by Princess Anna.
There were probably less than half a page of writing.
First, she expressed her congratulations on Chen Lun's promotion to demigod, and then exchanged a few words about the trivial matters that had happened in the royal city during this period, even including some hot gossip in the aristocratic circle.
Finally, Princess Anna mentioned two important things.
One is the recent serial murders that have occurred in the empire. She expressed concern about the inexplicable increase in the number of extraordinary people in the wild and the sudden emergence of contaminated insect people.
Local shelters and branches of the Church of the Seven Gods are extremely busy with this. Princess Anna feels that this situation will escalate and become difficult to contain.
She hoped Chen Lun could give her some advice.
The description of another incident used code words, which were rather obscure, but Chen Lun understood the meaning behind it.
Princess Anna said in the letter that new "Descendants of Light" had come to the surface royal city from their hometown of Matthew and joined her.
These new members say that Jack's name is known throughout Matthew's land.
Princess Anna was surprised that Jack had been there, and she sincerely hoped that Chen Lun could help her gain the support of the Matthew people... If those dark descendants could return to the surface, it would be of great help to the current situation of the empire.
After Chen Lun finished reading the letter, a task prompt box popped up on the panel at the right time -
[You have triggered the A-level mission: Chasing the Light! ]
Mission Description: The current ruler of the empire, Princess Annatrisur, hopes to allow the underground residents to return to the surface to help her consolidate the rule of the empire. She commissioned you to investigate the situation in the Land of Matthew. Regardless of whether this is successful or not, she wants a definite answer.
Mission objective: Investigate the real reason why the Matthews cannot return to the surface and give Anna Trisur a reply.
Mission rewards: 5 million experience points, 50,000 gold pounds, Annatrix's favorability and unknown rewards.
