Chapter 215: Squinting Eyes
In the conference room of Black Dragon City, Ryan, Ymir, Marfa and other core members are holding a secret meeting.
Canossa is sharing the intelligence that the Chamber of Commerce has gathered in recent months.
"The Glorious City announced the establishment of the 'Glorious Kingdom'. The previous hunting system in the city has been abolished, and the noble system of Omahid has been almost copied. The patriarchs of the five major families became kings and granted a large number of nobles. Also because of the [Black Tide], a large number of ancient ruins have been discovered west of the Alcoron Mountains, making it a real 'hunting holy land'. A large number of hunters and civilians from the two empires poured into the Glorious City upon hearing the news, and the population migration trend is getting more and more intense. Probably in a few years, the population of the 'Glorious Kingdom' will be on par with the two empires..."
"Now the old nobles of the two empires are also panicking. A large number of people have left their territories, so they have to order martial law and issue a decree to impose the death penalty on those who sneak into the City of Glory. But the effect is not good. On the contrary, the martial law has caused complaints from the lower classes, and the conflict between the nobles and the common people is continuing to intensify..."
"I got the news that the establishment of the 'Glorious Kingdom' was manipulated by the Omar royal family. I guess they are regretting it now... It can be predicted that if nothing unexpected happens, this new 'Glorious Kingdom' will soon reach the scale of an empire and become a major concern for the two empires."
“…”
Ryan and Ymir already knew some inside information about the Radiant City's plan to establish a country.
Because Metternich reminded Ymir of this in the letter he sent to her.
However, when he heard the news come true, he was still very surprised.
This plot feels like when a feudal dynasty in Ryan's previous life was overthrown by a revolution, some big boss usurped the fruits of the revolution and announced a restoration, reversing history.
The once prosperous "free city" suddenly turned into a semi-feudal slave system with centralized monarchy.
Moreover, [Black Tide] also helped Glory City to establish a country.
The large amount of population migrating here really gave those guys a great bargain.
But at the same time, Ryan also thought of the bearded librarian.
This is the city he built himself, why would he be willing to let others mess with it like this?
…
Ryan asked: "Will Master Kavo allow the five major families to do that?"
Kanosa listened, shook his head, and said, "Master Kavo has never shown up. And according to the information our Chamber of Commerce has obtained, Master Kavo disappeared along with the 'Glorious City Central Library' after the outbreak of the [Black Tide]."
Ryan was surprised to hear the news: "Disappeared? Could it be that he was killed by the people from the five major families?"
Hearing this, Ymir, who was standing beside him, looked thoughtful and said, "That shouldn't be possible. No one in the City of Glory can kill Master Kavo."
"Yes."
Kanosa also nodded in agreement and said, "Master Kavo is in his magic tower. No one can kill him."
After a pause, she changed the subject and continued, "Moreover, our Chamber of Commerce's intelligence personnel received a very interesting piece of information. That is, on the day when Master Kavo and his library disappeared, Prince Quentin of Omar was assassinated outside the library!"
Hearing this, Ymir's face was shocked: "Quentin is dead?"
In order to maintain absolute safety during the initial construction of the territory, she had not allowed any intelligence personnel to collect intelligence in the past few months. She had never expected such a major incident to occur.
Moreover, from what we have seen before, Quentin was the next emperor of the Omar Empire. How could he be assassinated? Who killed him?
Even Sid did not dare to risk a war between the two countries by assassinating the heir to the Omar throne.
Also, there is no motive.
Quentin's succession to the throne will not only not do any harm to the diplomatic relations between the two countries, but will make them better than they are now.
If the assassin comes from another force, who is it?
Ymir quickly thought of all the possibilities in her mind, and finally speculated that the person who had the greatest motive to kill Quentin was actually her, the eldest princess who was expelled from the core of Omar's power!
When Canossa said this, she gave Ymir a strange look.
Apparently she thought so too.
Ymir shook her head and said calmly, "It wasn't me."
Of course, Ryan knew that it wasn't Ymir who did it. But this was strange. Who would kill Quentin for no reason? And in the City of Glory?
When Canossa heard Ymir's words, she frowned slightly and became even more confused.
She continued, "I also have some intelligence sources in the Omar government...so, I got the files on the assassination of the eldest prince Quentin at that time."
As she spoke, she took out some brown paper file tapes and handed them to Ryan and the others.
Written above is the confession of the Crown Prince Quentin's guard.
Every word Metternich said to the eldest prince from the moment he walked out of the library was recorded word for word.
After seeing the detailed information, Ymir's face turned slightly strange.
The Omar officials who have access to this top-secret information must be of high position. The fact that it has now been obtained by someone shows that the infiltration of the "Black Gold Chamber of Commerce" into the Omar high-level has reached a terrifying level.
However, it was just a little unexpected. After all, the "Black Gold Chamber of Commerce" was now an ally, and Omar had nothing to do with him.
Ryan glanced through the files. When he saw Quentin's strange death and the inexplicable reversal of relationships, he was also shocked: "It's not that the eldest prince was assassinated, but that he wanted to kill his own aide, the guy named 'Clemens F. Metternich', and then it backfired inexplicably and he killed himself?"
He felt like he needed to sort out his thoughts carefully, as they were a bit messy.
He had once seen the guy who liked to play cards but was obviously "schizophrenic" in the "Plague Base".
Of course, isn't it true that Metternich is the most capable aide to the Queen?
Now... when the master doesn't trust his closest aide and wants to kill him, he fails and gets raped instead?
When Ryan delivered the letter, he realized that the position of the guy named "Metternich" was wrong.
But he also asked Ymir, and this guy was not her hidden chess piece, which made that person feel strange.
But after reading the following conversations, Ryan suddenly felt as if he understood something.
"So Metternich and Queen Omar are having an affair? Holy shit, are the aristocrats so good at playing this game?"
Ryan looked at the details on the back of the information with a look of disbelief on his face.
The content is so absurd that it is simply unbelievable. Even the bards would not dare to arrange it like this, but it is the accurate information provided by Canossa!
Cuckolded the emperor? And killed his son?
Ryan suddenly changed his opinion of Metternich. He was a ruthless man...
Oh, no, including the expulsion of Ymir, this guy has done everything that offends the Omar royal family.
What the hell is this hatred and resentment ?
…
Kanosa looked at the strange expressions on the faces of the people who saw the intelligence and smiled as expected. She also said, "I couldn't believe it when I saw the file. However, I later verified it from many sources and found that the intelligence was absolutely correct."
Ryan asked casually: "How did that Metternich guy kill Quentin?"
"It should be a supernatural ability like 'Substitute Curse' or 'Damage Transfer'..."
When Canossa talked about this topic, her expression became slightly solemn. Even if she had advanced to the Legendary level, she was not sure about dealing with such a strange killing method.
After a pause, she continued, "It's normal for the 'Gambler Sequence' to have some strange abilities. Those who inherit this sequence are not mentally normal. The gambler of the previous generation, 'Olatu K. Kant', was a guy who was addicted to gambling. He looked for people to play cards everywhere. But even if they were legends, no one was willing to play cards with them. Because other people play cards to gamble money, they play cards to gamble their lives. Their extraordinary ability seems to be gambling with people. If they win, they will become stronger. If they lose... I don't think I've heard of them losing."
"curse?"
When Ryan heard this, he felt sick.
That squinting eye looks like a normal person except for a little bit of schizophrenia. Is it so evil?
He thought about his own experience and wondered if he had also been cursed.
Thinking that with so many big guys present, there would be someone to serve as a reference, he said weakly: "As for Metternich, I played cards with him for an entire afternoon... and even gambled a round alone."
Canossa thought he had misheard, and was stunned, and asked in surprise: "Have you played cards with that kind of person?"
Not to mention whether the descendant of the gambler sequence would play with a low-level extraordinary like Ryan. Even if they did, you are still alive?
“It seems so…”
Then, Ryan took out a card, which was the "Colorful Joker Card" that Metternich left behind when he lost, and asked, "Everyone, I... am not cursed, am I?"
Ymir also heard about the original card game, but she didn't know that Metternich was the heir of the Gambler's Sequence. Now that I think about it, things are even more complicated.
Canossa felt that things were getting really weird, and his already confused thoughts became even more confused: "And Kavo and Bazel, the four of you played poker for the whole afternoon? And, in the end, you bet on a single round, and you actually won?"
Ryan shrugged helplessly, "Yeah. And then I won, and he even read the fortune for me once."
Canossa couldn't help but twitch his eyes, and looked at Ryan with a dark look, "You are really brave..."
After a pause, she said, "However, although those gamblers are not in their right minds, their gambling character is still good. Since you won, he will not harm you."
Hearing this, Ryan finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Then I secretly made up my mind that next time I would never play cards with strangers, especially those with squinty eyes!
…
It was obvious that Metternich had foreseen that the eldest prince Quentin wanted to kill him.
After all, Ryan knew that he was still a "fortune teller".
But this guy didn't run away, instead he killed his master.
This is incomprehensible...
In the end, several people read the files again and again, but still couldn't figure out why Mette did this.
But now that Quentin has died, the direct consequence is that Omar's political situation is in chaos and the old aristocratic group is torn apart.
Previously, the old nobles united and drove away Ymir, who wanted to reform, and determined that the heir to the throne was the eldest prince. This was the final choice that met everyone's interests after the game of power among all parties.
Now that there are vacancies, certain contracts are broken.
The eldest prince died, and there was still the second prince, the third prince, the fourth prince... The emperor had a lot of concubines in his harem, and not all princes were born to the queen.
The families behind the other princes are all powerful people. Now that there is a chance to reach the top and hold the highest power, who wouldn't want to try?
Without Ymir as an external enemy, internal strife will naturally begin.
Moreover, although the fact that Metternich cheated on the emperor is just talk without any evidence, it is enough to make the Lopez family behind the queen suffer.
Moreover, Emperor Omar's health condition does not look optimistic. He probably won't live long...
Plus the migration of the lower-class population caused by the Kuroshio...
The political situation in Omar seems to be on the verge of collapse.
Moreover, it always feels like all the coincidences have come together, making people feel as if there is an invisible hand controlling everything.
Ryan suddenly thought of the words that Metternich's "violent personality" often said: the filthy aristocracy should be completely destroyed.
This...could it be that the squinting eyes did it?
