Three hundred and fiftieth chapters thousands of people
"..."
The delicious wind goose looked at the old man who had been dead for many days.
His body was as skinny as wood, but his abdomen was slightly bulging.
It's very cold here and it's underground, so I don't hear the buzzing of flies, but you can still see gray-white moths covering the old man's face.
Delicious Wind Goose felt as if his throat was blocked by something.
Is that sadness? Or fear?
He didn't think too much and turned back as if nothing had happened.
"...Yes, I have thought about it. There is no need for me to waste time here."
He turned around and replied respectfully and humbly to Klaus: "I'll tell you whatever you want to know."
"very good."
Klaus nodded slightly with satisfaction.
There was still caution in his eyes.
Staying outside the cell, he asked: "What do you know?"
"The 'Don Juan Geraint' of Frozen Water Port, our lord, is not the real Don Juan Geraint."
Delicious Wind Goose quickly replied: "This is what the Viscount of Rossburg said personally."
"Alvin Barber?"
Klaus frowned slightly and called the deceased by name: "What did he say?"
"He called 'Don Juan' 'His Royal Highness Annan'."
Delicious Wind Goose lowered her voice and replied seriously: "And I have investigated... there is only one His Highness Annan——
"And I have seen Don Juan Geraint use frost swordsmanship. I am a swordsmanship instructor myself, and I can recognize that it is definitely frost swordsmanship. Although there is no more evidence, I think this is enough to prove that 'Don Juan'
Huang' is actually 'Annan Winter'."
"...Annan Lingdong."
Klaus frowned slightly and murmured in a low voice: "No wonder...well, this can also explain that..."
He was silent for a while, then raised his head and said seriously: "Can you take responsibility for what you said?"
"You go to the Order Wizard. I can swear to anything I say above."
Delicious Wind Goose replied with certainty: "Because I have no reason to lie at all."
He had indeed seen Viscount Alvin address Annan as "Your Highness"; he had indeed seen Annan use frost swordsmanship. Even if he was looking for an imperial wizard, he would answer in this way.
Klaus frowned slightly.
Feeling Yummy Wind Goose's ample confidence, he also hesitated a little.
"...You are quite straightforward. Why didn't you say that before?"
"It's not that I don't want to say it."
Delicious Wind Goose replied calmly: "To tell you the truth, I want to sell this information at a higher price... You are showing off to me, so why am I not showing off to you? After all, this information means a lot to me.
It has no value, but it may affect His Royal Highness Philip's decision-making.
"After all, His Highness Annan is not the real 'Don Juan Geraint', he is a man of winter... and I am Noah's transcendent. His favor for me and my loyalty to him have no value. Unless forced to do so
, otherwise I wouldn’t be able to serve him.”
Yes.
Klaus couldn't help but nodded.
——He is right.
Because if Annan's identity is exposed, Delicious Wind Goose will never be able to leave Noah alone.
Transcendents who want to cross the border can only use the Theocracy's steam airships or underground railways.
This means that even if he has been serving Annan and devoting all his loyalty...if Annan completes his secret mission and evacuates, it will definitely be more convenient without him; and if Annan's identity is exposed, he will definitely be wanted together with him.
.
It is impossible for a wanted extraordinary person to leave Noah by any means. Even if the authorities do not pursue him, he will have to live in hiding in the country while guarding against hunters.
on the other hand……
After all, His Royal Highness Philip is one of the few royal heirs currently, and he still has a considerable advantage. If he becomes the new king, then he can immediately rise to the top; to say the least, even if His Highness Philip fails, as long as he
If you can advance to silver or even gold, you will still be recruited by the new king.
The moment he surrendered, he already received better treatment than before.
Klaus couldn't help but take another look at the delicious goose.
I knew before that this guy had a very good brain... Now it seems that he is really very good at it. I'm afraid all of this was already considered when he was captured, or even before that.
Smart people can easily advance because they can conquer nightmares more quickly and perfectly.
But generally smart people like to play tricks to make themselves appear smarter than they actually are.
The Delicious Wind Goose didn't hide his plan at all - he even told Klaus directly about his plan.
He could see the value of the information on his body, and he also knew that as a calm and composed young extraordinary person, he was valuable to His Royal Highness Philip. Therefore, even if he was left alone for two days, he did not have the slightest fear; he directly told the key information
He didn't want to worry about Klaus killing him...
Because Yummy Feng Goose knows that it is impossible for him to die here.
He could guess that Klaus must have reported this information to His Royal Highness Philip - since then, no matter what he said, Klaus could not kill him or even use violence against him.
Otherwise, Klaus himself would be under suspicion.
This is why Klaus stood at the door from the beginning and didn't get close to the delicious goose at all.
He was worried that the delicious wind goose would suddenly attack him, and he would be forced to subdue him - not to mention the hatred left behind, this injury alone might make His Royal Highness Philip doubt himself.
certainly.
The premise of all this analysis is...
——If the delicious wind goose is really a Noah.
"I believe what you say."
Klaus's tone became much gentler: "You are really smart... This is great. After you join us, His Highness Philip will surely be relieved of a lot of troubles."
"Does His Highness Philip have no staff?"
"Of course there is, but not everything can be said to the staff. Ordinary people's brains are not protected at all. They don't even have the right to learn about slightly deeper secrets."
Klaus approached the cell of Delicious Wind Goose, opened the cell door, pulled Delicious Wind Goose up from the ground, and flicked the bullets for him himself.
He said very sincerely: "You may become our colleague in the future. But for safety reasons - really for safety reasons, I can't return your belongings to you yet. After all, His Royal Highness Philip still has to verify you personally.
intelligence and abilities...but I think you will be fine."
"Thank you for your kind words, senior."
Delicious Wind Goose responded politely.
After he walked out of the cell, he glanced at the cell next door casually and asked casually: "Speaking of which, who is this old man? I think this is not an ordinary prison, right?"
"Of course not. Don't look at it. There are only two cells here. There are barriers here. If someone tries to break the wall and escape, he will be beaten to death by electric current. All the people detained here are extraordinary people... Oh, that old man is not
."
This is not a secret, so Klaus replied readily: "He is a ritualist."
"Ritualist? What crime has he committed?"
Delicious Wind Goose asked: "Can you tell me, I'm a little curious."
After all, after seeing his body for several days, it is normal to be a little confused.
Klaus nodded and explained: "Actually, he doesn't seem to have committed a crime."
"No crime?"
"Yes, he was sent by the patrol team. According to the law, ritualists can be arrested without committing a crime - because they possess dangerous knowledge. If you have weapons, you can disarm them, but what if you have knowledge?"
Klaus shrugged: "If you don't want to be purged of this knowledge, you have no choice but to go to jail. Of course, hiring a soul-stealing wizard also costs money, so usually they are locked up. They will serve you good food and drinks.
superior.
"Maybe one day, one of the ritual masters in the prison will be needed."
"But he didn't even collect his body..."
Delicious Wind Goose had a thoughtful expression on her face: "Is it to cause me psychological pressure?"
"Ah, that's not true."
Klaus couldn't help but smile and replied casually: "I only noticed that he was dead when I asked you about it that day. I was thinking about disposing of his body after I went out, but because I had to remember
There were so many things that I forgot about after I went out. I really didn’t mean to do that.”
"Yeah, I think so."
Delicious Wind Goose smiled: "Who can this scare?"
"Yes, we are all extraordinary beings, not mortals. No one has killed a few people. Putting a corpse here has no meaning other than disgusting people."
Klaus responded casually.
Delicious Wind Goose glanced at the old man's body.
...I always feel like something is wrong.
forget?
A Silver-level transcendent... His personal abilities have undergone transformation a long time ago. Both his memory and logical thinking ability are completely different from those in his mortal stage.
Does he forget something easily?
Rather, his thinking has been changed, right?
Moreover, this old man knows so many rituals, so even if he is imprisoned, he shouldn't be imprisoned here, right? Why are there no traces of torture on his body?
After being reminded by himself, why didn't Klaus realize that something was wrong here?
Didn't he see the five apples? Where was the bowl? Why didn't the delivery man see the old man, but didn't drag the body away either?
This looks very unnatural no matter how you look at it...
But the delicious wind goose just took a deep look at the old man's corpse, then turned and left.
Shortly after he left.
The old man, who had been dead for a long time and his body had rotted away, moved slightly and calmly opened his eyes.
"……Well."
He reached out and picked up the top apple, which was still fresh, took a bite, and chewed it slowly.
After finishing the apple, the old man got up.
The long-dead traces on his body disappeared without a trace at some point. And his face melted silently, turning into another person in the blink of an eye, and then changed again, and his shriveled and thin body also changed again.
become abundant.
His face was still moving, he just frowned and thought, muttering to himself: "Annan? When did he come to Noah?