Volume 1, The Wizarding World Chapter 48, Arrival in Appleton
Norton Hill, deep in Toddes Cemetery.
Above the hot magma river, Consul's laboratory was also protected by an eggshell-like barrier. Above the barrier, there were five figures.
"Consul, come out, or we will go in." The speaker was Abel Fox. At this time, he showed a great anger, and his words were not as polite as usual, "You know, this kind of
The high-level isolation formation can’t stop us.”
There were four other people around him, all mentors who stayed in the monastery. At this moment, they also had dissatisfaction on their faces, but they were suppressing their anger and not releasing it.
And Hercules, whose seal of Elfo was broken, although his face was gloomy, did not show much anger. He just said calmly and in a well-educated manner: "Consul, come out, you owe me an explanation."
The dean's words were always more effective than Fox's. It didn't take long for the barrier to open automatically. Consul looked at Abel Falk with a smile on his face and said, "Gentlemen, please come in."
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There is no need to elaborate on what happened next. With the entire cemetery closed under martial law, Ian and Jasmine, who had not been seen for a long time, naturally could not hide.
Deep in Norton Mountain, the team quickly gathered.
"No matter what happens to them, I want you to take them back." At the station of Sentinel's Sorrow, Abel Fox, who looked extremely pale, roared loudly, no longer caring about his mentor's cultivation.
He had already learned from Consul that the two of them had run away with Elfo. He had read the files of these two people and knew that they were of noble origin, especially Jasmine, no matter her mother clan, could compete with the monastery.
existence, and her father's family, Phoenix, is also a giant in Devon.
If she was allowed to bring Alfo back to the family, the deal would be doomed to fail.
Impossible, absolutely not allowed.
The ferocity in Abel's eyes flashed away, "The focus of the hunt is on Jasmine Phoenix. No matter what, we must catch her before she reaches the family fiefdom. If you dare to resist, I ask you to use all means, do you understand?"
In front of him, two rows of knights in heavy armor stood neatly upright. There were eight knights in total. They all had expressionless faces and were indifferent to Abel Fox's words.
Abel snorted coldly, and his expression worsened, but he did not get angry. At this time, a wizard with the status of captain beside him stepped forward to pay tribute: "Your will will be carried out, respected mentor."
Then, the captain said to the knights: "We are now releasing three teams of missions: to hunt down the defectors Ian Hyde and Jasmine Phoenix, with the primary target being Elfo Trevor. This is allowed under the premise of ensuring Elfo's safety.
Use all means to bring the two people back, and the severity of their injuries is limited."
"Do you have anything else to add, mentor?" The captain turned to Abel.
Abel shook his head and said he had nothing to add, so he gave the order.
"Set off!"
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Ian arrived at Appleton at dusk, a time when every household was cooking with smoke. After a day of running around, he was actually tired and hungry, and he didn't want to stay on the horse for a moment.
It was not completely dark yet, and Ian noticed that there were a lot of boats on the Avon River, with frequent traffic. Although most of them were private boats, there were also many medium-sized two-masted or three-masted merchant ships. There were no big cities or commercial ships in the upper reaches of the Avon River.
Activities are not developed, so these merchant ships basically travel to downstream cities.
The further southeast Devon goes, the more commercial activities develop, since it is closer to the ocean.
"That's good news." Ian smiled and continued to ride his horse forward.
He passed through the business district and the civilian area. When passing by Dominican Parish, Ian did not choose to take a detour. He just bypassed the church and went straight to Carlos Parish. If nothing unexpected happened, he would have dinner at Willy's house tonight.
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A very strange thing he discovered on the road was about the pastor Roger Isaiah. He saw that this pastor was treating people in the residential area of Luying Parish.
Not to mention whether a priest can work part-time as a doctor, simply because this place belongs to the sphere of influence of the Star Spirit Sect, and most of the people here are believers of the Lu Ying Church, it is not a place where a priest of the Holy See of Death should set foot.
Recalling the way those sick poor people used the blessings of the Celestial Spirit Sect to express their thanks after the end, Ian felt something was wrong on his face. Didn't those people recognize Roger's black robes?
However, Roger still acted as if nothing had happened, which was even more puzzling.
Could it be that there was no discrimination or prejudice among pagans in this era? He wondered doubtfully, or maybe Roger was actually a truly philanthropic person.
But this is not what Ian should be concerned about. The pastor's affairs are not important. The Willy family's mansion is in front of him, and the tall chimney on the roof is spitting smoke into the sky. It is dinner time.
After knocking on the door, the person who opened the door was not the aunt like last time, but a young manservant. The manservant with freckles on his face raised his head and asked: "Sir, who are you looking for?"
The little boy saw the coffin behind Ian through the peephole. He did not open the door directly, but hid his body uneasily behind the door, with only his head exposed. If Ian made the slightest mistake, he would close the door immediately.
Ian smiled, thinking that the kid was quite cautious, so he said: "Go and tell your master that Ian Hyde is visiting."
"Oh, wait a minute." The manservant was unsure of Ian's identity, so he slammed the door and went back to ask for instructions.
Willie Catherine was handling the contract in the study when she heard the concierge say that a strange man carrying a coffin was visiting. She was still surprised. It was not until she heard Ian Hyde's name that she waved to him to invite the person in quickly, but he himself
, then he took out a stack of documents from a locked iron box and placed it on the desk.
According to Willy's guess, Ian should have come to inquire about the company. Other than that, they had not interacted with each other. Although it was not polite to come uninvited at night, he felt relieved when he thought of Ian's identity.
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But unexpectedly, Ian did not ask about the company as soon as he came up. He just said: "Willy, my friend, I need your help."
Although it was an imperative sentence, it did not have a pleading tone at all, which made Willy a little unhappy.
But Ian didn't care about this. He patted the coffin behind him, untied it and placed it at his feet. "I need a fast boat. The faster the better, can you handle it?"
Willy was stunned for a moment, obviously not expecting this. He quickly came to his senses, nodded and said: "No problem, there is a ferry between Appleton and the pier in the lower city of Lai River. If you follow the current, you can get there in five days."
.Master Hyde, do you want to go home?"
"That's right, I got a letter from home. I need to go back to Lai for some urgent matters."
"Is it urgent?" Willy asked again.
Ian thought for a moment, then nodded: "One step too slow could kill someone."
Willy was shocked when he heard this. He thought that Earl Hyde had burped his baby, and Ian wanted to rush back to fight for the inheritance. So he thought quickly and made another suggestion, "Since we are in a hurry, we can't take the long ferry.
Yes, I’ll find another ferry boat.”
"Why not take a long ferry? I remember it is the fastest." Ian asked. As far as he knew, there are often long ferries carrying many people between inland waterways. They are driven by dozens of sailors and are fast.
Traveling between various ferry terminals.
As for the ferry, it is a small boat without a passenger cabin, which can be driven by an adult man alone. Although this kind of boat is light, the speed of medium and long-distance travel cannot keep up with the long ferry.
In this regard, Willy waved his hand and explained: "There are other ports on the road from Appleton to the Lower City Pier. Although the long ferry is fast, it will stop for supplies along the way, and there will be passengers getting on and off along the way, which will delay a lot of time.
"Although the ferry boat is slower, I can hire two skilled sailors to row the boat together, and then hire other sailors to alternately go forward when I get to the next port. This way I can get there as quickly as possible without any delays."
As a partner of the company, Ian Hyde has no role at present. The only one who can help the company is Jasmine. But Willy looks at it from his unique perspective as a businessman. If Ian can successfully inherit the title, then he will
In the future, it will play a huge role in the company's market development in Laicheng, so he spared no effort to help Ian.
If he knew that Ian was trying to avoid being hunted, I don't know how he would feel.
"So that's the case, thank you very much." Ian suddenly realized. Once they take the waterway, the knights of the monastery will have no mobility advantage. Unless they don't pursue him and go directly to Lai City to wait for him to surrender, Willy will help him.
He can definitely make the people behind him invisible.
As for why the pursuers were able to guess his destination, it was because besides the territory of the Hyde family in Laicheng, Ian had no other place to go. Otherwise, the other party would catch him sooner or later. Both sides knew this. Divination
No joke.
Therefore, the final result of the pursuit actually depends on the game between the monastery and the Hyde family. If Ian is not caught before then.
"What is this?" Although he shouldn't be curious, Willy still asked. After all, carrying a coffin to someone else's house in the middle of the night, anyone would be tempted to ask.
Hearing this, Ian smiled bitterly and rubbed his temples, and said helplessly: "A trouble... you know, I am a wizard, and this is something my mentor entrusted me to keep."
Willy yelled, his expression showing worry, fearing that if a zombie jumped out, it would be all over.
It seems that having a wizard partner is not entirely a good thing, he thought to himself.
"Don't worry, it's just an empty coffin..." He originally wanted to say that it was an empty coffin, but he suddenly stopped and did not tell the truth, "It's just a corpse anyway, it won't transform into a corpse. Don't worry,
We are not those perverted wizards, I guarantee it with my noble title."
After saying that, regardless of whether Willy believed it or not, he directly asked him to start dinner. After being hungry all day, he was too lazy to continue to deal with the other party.
Willy naturally complied with this. Fortunately, Conlia took her children to attend a party among ladies today, so she would not worry about it.
After the meal, Willy invited Ian to the study and casually pulled a small brass bell beside the curtain behind him. A middle-aged butler-like person soon appeared in the study.
Willy told him: "Old Ke, you go find a ferry boat to Lai City, the fastest one." Then he turned to Ian and asked, "Are you leaving overnight? Master Hyde."
Seeing Ian nod, he then said: "If you want to go overnight, the price is not an issue, but you have to find the fastest one."
After hearing the request clearly, Lao Ke exited the study and gave up the space to his master and guests.
"Just a moment, we can handle it at about ten o'clock." Willy promised Ian.
There was a clock on the first floor of Willy's mansion. When he went upstairs, Ian looked at it and saw that it was only eight o'clock, so it was still early. So he was not in a hurry and started casually chatting with Willy about business matters.
After talking to the other party, he discovered that the Riley company he had invested in was not a simple company. Its main business was bulk glass sales, and it also involved wood and precious metal transactions. It was making a lot of money secretly. That trading house
It's not the point anymore.
Although Willy did not mention the specific amount, Ian was not someone who had not seen modern business. He quickly inferred the general profit from the conversation and said good luck in his heart.
"Master Hyde, this is last year's company dividend, totaling five hundred pounds. Do you want to see the ledger?" The two talked for a while, and Willy took out a check from the file on the table. The acceptor wrote "
Rowland Family Bank"
Ian took the check in surprise, then waved his hand and said it was not needed, he couldn't understand it, so he stopped pretending.
If Willy hadn't brought it up on his own initiative, he would have forgotten about the dividend. The dividend for 10% of the shares is one thousand pounds. It seems that Riley Company is not making money in general.
It’s no wonder that glass was still a luxury product in this era, the output was not high, and it was popular in the upper class, so the price was naturally not low.
"What a pity!" Ian touched his chin and sighed with some regret.
Willy didn't know why and asked, "What's the pity?"
"It's a pity that I'm not a man of science and engineering." Ian replied casually, otherwise he could make a fortune by relying on various technologies. But if this is the case, then this book may become "My Days as a God in the Middle Ages"
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Naturally, Willy couldn't understand what Ian was saying. He just thought the other person was talking about slang, so he continued his topic: "I wonder how I should deliver Miss Phoenix's dividend?"
Jasmine? She is probably running away in some wild and dense forest at the moment, and she has no time to worry about it. Compared to Ian, she is more afraid of being caught, after all, Elfo is with her.
But since Willy mentioned this topic, he also felt that he couldn't really come up empty handed. He still had to shoulder his responsibilities. Loyalty and diligence were the top priority of directors, supervisors and senior management.
Ian thought for a while and said to Willy: "We can't be in the company all the time, so you'd better open two accounts in a trustworthy bank, one for me and one for Jasmine. If we are not here in the future, we will pay the dividends to
Just leave it in the account, and we will withdraw it ourselves at that time. If there is any money that needs to be invested, it will be your responsibility to decide.
Likewise, if there is any trouble that cannot be solved, you can send someone to Todes Cemetery in Avon Town, where we can be found."
"This couldn't be better!" Willy was overjoyed, and was deeply moved by the two nobles' willingness to take the initiative.
"As for Miss Phoenix's dividends, I will follow your instructions." He said happily.
"Yeah!" Ian nodded. He suddenly thought of something, so he asked: "How is Yewen doing?"
When it came to Yewen, the smile on Willy's face slowly disappeared. He shook his head and said solemnly: "It's still the same. Although given the status of you and Miss Phoenix, he and Pastor Condra did not engage in small tricks anymore, but I and I
The Viscount could not expel him from the company. Because of the previous incident, I was involved and could not prevent him from acquiring the shares of other shareholders, so that he now holds 42% of the shares and is the second largest shareholder of the company.
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There was a saying that Ian had forgotten the consequences of raising tigers, but he also knew that this tiger could not be solved for the time being.
"Ignore him for now, and deal with him later when Jasmine and I are free." Ian thought for a while and said. Sooner or later, he will have to face Yewen. That's 4 moving achievement points plus a perfect
Super talent formula, even the mentors of the monastery will be tempted, no one will let it go.