Arno was pacing back and forth in the hall of the count's mansion, counting the time. It was time for the personal guards to capture the girl and obtain the artifact.
Arno's heart was filled with excitement when he thought of the artifact described by Fite. Once he had the artifact in hand, he might be able to move his family's title like those heroes who had killed the Demon King.
"Sir," the confidant walked over quickly, "your personal guard has sent a sword box."
"Oh?" Arno's eyes lit up. He was thinking about the artifact, but he didn't expect it to happen so quickly.
"Haha~ let someone bring it in quickly. Where is Sotu? You are still doing this. Didn't I say he doesn't need to report it?"
"That's the strange thing," the confidant said with a frown: "Suotu himself didn't come, the person who came to deliver the goods was a newcomer from the Adventurer's Guild, and he had Suotu's token on him."
The expression on Arno's face gradually turned cold, and he also figured out that something was wrong.
If the sword box was really an artifact, Sotu, as the captain of the personal guard, would never leave it to anyone else for safekeeping, let alone entrust the Adventurer's Guild to escort it.
"You mean, after Sotu got the artifact?" Arno's face turned frighteningly cold.
The confidant lowered his head and said: "The sword box has passed the magic test. It does not cause any harm and has not been opened yet."
"Hmph! Bring it in for me, I want to see what that kid Sotu did!"
The sword box is about two meters long and 40 centimeters wide. It is made of ordinary wood and is not even painted. It is extremely rough.
Rather than saying it is a sword box, it looks more like a smaller simple coffin.
"Open it," Arno ordered.
The henchman opened the lock on the side up and down. As soon as he opened it, the smell of sealed blood rushed to his face, and the henchman froze in place.
There is a headless body in the sword box with a weird posture, curled up to the extreme, and a helmet filled with black slurry at the front. But from the style of the helmet and armor, it is not difficult to tell that this is Sotu, the captain of the Count's personal guard. !
"Ugh~"
Arno covered his mouth and nose, his eyes filled with horror.
"Take it, take it! Take it!"
"Yes!" The confidant hurriedly closed the lid and called the servants outside to carry it outside.
For a while, Arno suppressed his nausea and felt that there was still a blood-inducing smell in the air, and that oozing scene appeared in front of his eyes from time to time.
"Is it Sotu?"
"Judging from the body shape, it's definitely him." The confidant's body was also trembling a little. Suotu's body was forcefully stuffed into it, and there were countless broken bones. I'm afraid the monster is not so cruel.
"Where are the rest of the SS?"
The confidant shook his head, but couldn't help but feel angry. He always felt that they had offended someone they shouldn't have.
Early morning, Adventurers Guild.
"Morning, Noelle!"
Lovis is used to getting up early. When there are no tasks to entrust, the girl comes to the library corner in the hall to read at this time every day. What she is reading today is
Lovis narrowed her eyes and looked at the book in the girl's hand, which was "Warlock, Mage, Divine Blessing"
"Lovis, good morning." Noelle put down the book and showed a gentle smile to the lady at the counter.
"By the way, Noelle," Lovis sorted out today's materials, "Several shameful attackers have been escorted to the noble court by us. They are under pressure from the Capital Adventurer Guild and the Elf Kingdom. No surprise. If you do, it will be the death penalty."
Noelle couldn't help but think of the crying man named Aman, and then wiped the thought away.
"Sorry to trouble you."
"That's where the responsibility lies." Lovis had already received the report from the inspection team, and what was recorded on it made her speechless.
According to the branch president, there is no possibility of progress for Orton at this age. Most of the kill records in the report were probably completed by this quiet girl in front of him.
"With such strength, will a gold-level adventurer finally appear in my hands?" Lovis looked at Noelle as if she were looking at the most precious treasure in the world, and Noelle's whole body went crazy.
Noelle reached out and touched his little face, turned to Lovis and asked: "Is there something on my face?"
"No, no!" Lovis waved her hand, "I just want to see Noelle."
Sure enough, after finishing this sentence, the girl's fair and pretty face quickly turned red, until she turned her eyes aside and focused on the book again.
‘So cute~’
Lovis hummed a little tune and happily started her day's work.
Earl's residence.
The study was in chaos. The precious and ancient treasures, tea sets, and bookshelves were all smashed to pieces by Arno. The carefully groomed mustache lost its luster, and the usually meticulous hairstyle turned into a bird's nest. Bloodshot eyes spread, except
Otherwise, it would be hard to tell that he is the Earl of the Kingdom who is an elegant gentleman in ordinary times.
"Damn it! Damn it! Those old men in the court all deserve to die! So does the Elf Kingdom! All of them deserve to die!"
Arno's body was trembling with anger. He sat on the only chair in the study that was still intact and lowered his head in despair.
"Sir," the confidant said, seeing Arno calm down, "the matter has come to an end. Now we have to solve the immediate problem first."
Arno stared at his confidant with bloodshot eyes and said hoarsely: "Tell me about it."
"There is no doubt that Guards Aman and others were handed over to the Adventurer's Guild by the Lion Fang Team. We saw it from the Adventurer's Guild's spies. We misjudged Orton's strength. The Adventurer's Guild Supervision Team reported
According to the news, Orton may have taken that step and possess the strength of gold level.
The sister of the Marquis on the Eastern Front said that Noelle, who holds the artifact, came down to be gilded. Everyone in the supervisory team knows this. No one in the Noble Council has recruited her back, so she is most likely not a noble of the kingdom."
"Then where did she come from?! Other worlds in the Four Worlds? People from those worlds come to us for gilding?!"
"Calm down, sir. Judging from the interrogation report given by Aman and others, the miracle that is suspected of using a special 'divine wall' is likely to come from the Temple of the Earth Mother. The grassroots personnel in the temple are familiar with it.
She is a person, but they don’t know her. Judging from the strength shown by her, at least someone at the level of a bishop knows her identity.”
"Temple of the Earth Mother." Arno murmured, becoming decadent again. Whether it was the Elf Kingdom or the Temple of the Earth Mother, neither the Earl of his small kingdom could offend him.
"It's all that Feite! Bewitching me!" Arno said angrily: "Think about it carefully, how could an ordinary girl possess a divine weapon? I don't know if that guy is dead or not. If not, don't let me catch him.
!I must let him die a bad death!"
"Sir, the most important thing now is to gain the understanding of Lion Wolf Fang's team and put all the blame on Feite and Sotu."
"That's all we have, what should we do?"
"Apologise privately and compensate, huge compensation! Compensate until the other party is satisfied!"