~Date:~November 07~

"The Waiting City", Royal Palace.

Manager Jonte quietly walked into Suo'er's room.

Her Royal Highness the Princess was tired from playing today. She hugged "Girl Lettuce" and slept soundly. Looking at the pink side face, the long eyelashes that moved slightly, and the small nose and mouth, Jon

The special manager showed a rare smile. He leaned over and pulled the corner of the quilt for the princess. "Girl Lettuce" glanced at him and ignored her.

I think back then, I also covered His Highness the First Prince and His Highness the Second Prince with quilts like this. Their Highnesses have grown up, but I have not aged much... nor will I grow old again in the future.

Chief Jonte sighed, not knowing what he was feeling in his heart. He suddenly thought of the old majesty who had passed away, and he felt a little depressed. After calming down, he walked into his room and prepared to work.

Many people think that a butler is just an etiquette consultant or a senior servant, but they are totally wrong. The official title of a butler should be - Chief Servant. The army-like servants have a clear division of labor, and everyone has their own scope of responsibilities.

, and the butler leads the servants, assigns work to everyone, supervises and checks acceptance. He knows even the most uncommon etiquette, knows the subtle differences between two wines from the same origin (even if their vintages are only one year apart), understands

Famous delicacies from all over the world make every precious furnishing suitable for its purpose. Shopping, household finance, laundry, receiving guests, preparing dinners, house repairs, gardening, contacting outside businesses, etc., everything is done in detail.

The butler needs to make arrangements. He even knows the rules of the game of the nobles better than the master, and rigidly follows the traditional etiquette requirements for his words and deeds. Therefore, the best servant does not have his own life, and everything is focused on the house and the master.

The royal steward is different from ordinary stewards. He takes care of the master of a country. He not only needs to be meticulous in the details of life, but also never betrays. It can be said that if a king cannot even trust his royal steward, then he still needs to be careful.

Give the country away as soon as possible, since no one can trust him anyway.

Steward Jonte was the steward of Sarah Monroe VII and a friend of Sarah Munroe VII. The two grew up together and were very close. Despite this relationship, the steward never interfered with government affairs and only took care of the royal family conscientiously.

Members, just waiting for the crown prince to ascend the throne, will hand over the position to the young man. However, something unexpected happened, and the "Doomsday Confrontation" came, and Jonte and his majesty were martyred in the underground palace. Then, the general manager took the form of an undead creature

Resurrection, and be loyal to the person recognized by His Majesty - the Bone Tyrant June Sunshine.

The steward has never felt that becoming an undead creature is a shameful and shameful thing. Even if you can't live in the sun, even if you can't enjoy it, even if you are reviled by others, will it damage the reputation of the royal family? No. The King of the Undead

He is born with nobility and is by no means inferior to any human king. The manager feels honored to be able to serve His Majesty June Sunshine and act on behalf of His Majesty June Sunshine. He has a special characteristic. He will not go around looking for people to talk about him.

How happy and glorious he is, he can only express it with actions. In his opinion, just standing behind the royal family members, with chest raised and head raised, is enough. He even thanked the goddess of fate for giving him a pair of clothes that will not decay and do not need to rest.

His body allows him to devote himself to his work. He must not fall into a long sleep before his successor appears.

Because His Majesty cannot preside over the overall situation in the palace all the time (His Majesty is an adventurer), the steward made an exception to take charge of government affairs and showed his amazing management skills. In addition to performing his duties, he was also responsible for communicating with Clavisor,

The two Oscols keep in touch and act as His Majesty's mouthpiece. The room is a secret room that only he can enter. On the table are documents and information to be presented to His Majesty. There are bookcases against the wall, and there is a secret room behind the bookcases.

There is a small teleportation magic circle in the corner of the room, which can only transmit small dead objects. This is the blood elf communication channel, and the style is also very blood elf-like - it costs money, and each teleportation costs one hundred to five hundred gold coins.

Different magic gems.

When Manager Jont entered the door, he discovered that there was a letter placed on the teleportation array. It was stamped with the fire seal of the Central Intelligence Agency and had three feathers of the Death Raven attached to it. It was obviously an urgent message. He leaned over and picked up the envelope.

, he tore it open and looked at it, his eyebrows raised. He put away the letter properly, walked out of the room, and then went to find Brian. His steps were not disordered at all, and he was still personable, but if there were people who paid attention to his usual behavior,

You can see that he is walking in a hurry.

Brian was reading a history book in the library. He was a little surprised when he saw the steward. After all, the steward rarely came to see him at this time, and usually all he needed to do was to send a message from the Nirvana Raven. He stood up, pulled out his chair, and greeted him.

Although the steward didn't ask anything, his focused look expressed his doubts.

As soon as the steward took out the letter, a death raven flew over, landed on Brian's shoulder, and whispered to it. After hearing the news, Brian's soul fire trembled violently in his eyes. He immediately said to the steward:

"I just got the news from Oskel——"

"Me too." Manager Jonte said in a dry tone, which showed his old attitude: "It should be the same news."

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The night is very dark.

Salamonero, a seaport city, shipyard.

It should have been a busy scene here, but it was deserted. The floor, walls, and ceiling were scorched black, obviously from the smoke. Even though all the windows were open, the sea breeze blew in, and there was a burning smell.

Still unwilling to give up, the wind came out as soon as it passed. Several torches were burning dully. The torches were held by knights and men in black with slightly stooped backs. All of them looked gloomy.

There was a fire here an hour ago.

The fire in the shipyard cannot be said to be too unexpected, but the problem is that this shipyard is one of the five factories that handles the business of the Knights of the Iron Heel. Not only are there Judgment Knights keeping vigil, but there are also spies from Bigbower who are secretly present.

Whether it was force or intelligence work, the shipyard was safe, but a fire still broke out.

The arsonist was caught before the fire was extinguished, but at the same time he immediately bit open the poison sac and died suddenly on the spot. The personnel file was delivered five minutes later. After investigation, it was found that the man was a native of Sara Monroe.

He left with the ship during the "Doomsday Confrontation" and came back to participate in infrastructure construction after the "lost five years", with a clean resume.

The head of Bigbowo's Intelligence Department came to the corpse, squatted down, put his fingers into the deceased's mouth and stirred it a few times, then took out his fingers and smelled them carefully. He didn't find it disgusting at all. He casually wiped his fingers on the clothes of the deceased and said

: "It's Astante's poison, 'Haze'. Someone is blaming Astant."

In addition to being extremely toxic, this highly toxic poison has the characteristic that it does not lose its toxicity even when exposed to the air and cannot be dispersed by the wind, hence the name "haze". It is usually smeared on arrows and will cause blood in the stool.

Killing people. Because half of the materials for preparing "Haze" are only produced in Astante, this is considered a unique poison of Astant. Of course, if you just want to make a small dose of "Haze", you don't have to make it in Astant.

To purchase materials, Stant only needs to go to the auction house to see if there are any adventurers who can supply them.

"Skin color, stature, face shape... Salamonero." After touching the body a few times, the intelligence minister suddenly smiled. However, because his whole body was wrapped in black cloth, his subordinates could only see his slightly chin.

move.

No matter what task His Majesty entrusts, he will try his best to do it without any personal feelings. Whether it is torturing a child under seven years old or assassinating an ordinary unarmed old man, he does not care. The same is true for taking care of the Iron Shoe Knights.

But because of this arsonist, he had a few more unspeakable emotions. He had to admit that even a person with a high degree of self-control like him had occupational diseases. Once he met a powerful colleague, he couldn't help but compete.

See which one is higher and which one is lower.

There were only a few people on the continent who could deceive him, and among them the only one who could sway the Salamoneros was the traitorous Oskel—his old enemy was indeed alive.

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Snow White City.

This city is a city that never sleeps.

Because of the clouds of death, there is no sunshine in the Dusk Empire all year round, so the lights in the White Snow City are brightly lit, and it should be called the Golden City. In the gold-selling den, people wearing "undead masks" are drunk, dreaming, and sensual, and they are obviously human beings.

But Nirvana pretended to be a ghost. There were not many people on the street. Most of them were prostitutes standing on the street soliciting customers, drunkards who were kicked out, and one or two people holding their broken wrists and howling in pain, staggering around.

Gambler. The smell of perfume, alcohol, filth | things, sweat, and gold coins flow over the city, reflecting lust and greed. It is a mixture that is uglier and dirtier than the clouds of death. The bright appearance

Underneath is a rotten interior, behind the prosperous scene is a desolation that no one can complain about. Is this a city of undead creatures or a city of humans?

At the edge of the city - Albatross Harbor, there are few lights, and there is no smell that makes people confused. There is only the dark sea, only gray waves, only the cold wind and the sound of waves, which is completely different from the center of the snow-white city.

world. When someone comes to the port from the noisy city, he will definitely feel empty in his heart, but it doesn't matter, the sea breeze and the vast scenery will fill his heart. The sea is very dark, the sky is also very dark, and there is a vast sea in front of him.

Endless darkness, only there are some shining gaps at the end of the darkness. You will think that they are starlight, but you are not sure. You can only stare at them, otherwise the whole thought will be swallowed by the darkness and the soul will fall into loneliness. Human beings are here

After feeling your own insignificance in the darkness, you will probably miss the city that never sleeps again. After all, light makes people feel at ease.

At the dock, someone was busy silently, their blue eyes burning. They were loading batches of military supplies onto the ship. The ship was completely red, and it was obviously a ghost ship made of blood and bones. The person in charge was Wo

Tebol Cullen, he was idle in the laboratory, so he volunteered to come to the beach to enjoy the cold wind.

At this moment, a "Fermat airship" slowly landed, and it was Brian. As soon as the airship landed, he couldn't wait to push the door out, raised his hand and shouted: "Wait, don't send the ship!"

"Why?" Waterborough shrugged: "This is for the front line. If the ship is delayed, the battle may be over."

"Leave the supplies. Call all the backbones and let's have a meeting." In order to stabilize people's hearts, Brian did not tell the trainer that he had just received a secret message from Oskel: The Knights of the Iron Hoof had brought two thousand people.

, intending to take a boat to attack the White Bone Queen.
Chapter completed!