"——The Sun Royal Family was assassinated! Duke Brautrisul was attacked by an assassin from an enemy country and his life or death is unknown! War is about to begin!"
Chen Lun looked at the newspaper with deep eyes.
Golov was sitting on the sofa. He had just sent Maggie back and gave the newspaper to Chen Lun .
The newspaper did not contain many details, but only gave a general description of what happened.
This incident happened in the Tourmaline Royal City the day before yesterday, which was the birthday of Monica Trisur, the daughter of Grand Duke Brautrisul.
At the birthday party, a superhuman disguised as a guest severely injured Duke Blau, and then while escaping, he was surrounded and captured by the executioner team of the asylum and the lighthouse team of the Church of the Sun.
After interrogation, it was found that the assassin was from the neighboring country, the United Kingdom of Anlong.
This kingdom does not belong to the Trisur Empire, but is composed of three former principalities and more than a dozen small countries, the main components of which are the Principality of Yako, the Principality of Sherol and the Principality of Tsbleba.
They border the Kingdom of Beelzebub to the west and the Trishul Empire to the east, which is equivalent to a country living in the cracks.
Due to its special geographical location and abundant resources in its territory, it has always been coveted by the empire, and there have been frequent frictions between the two sides.
However, because the empire has been moving eastward in recent years and launching colonial wars overseas in an attempt to cross the ocean and occupy the Misty Continent, it has not been able to free up its hands to formally declare war on the United Kingdom of Anlong.
Now this assassination case, like a fuse, has aroused the indignation of the people of the empire.
The territory of the United Kingdom of Anlong, the original three principalities, belonged to the Trisur Empire hundreds of years ago. Now the public opinion in the country is to hope to take back this land as soon as possible.
But this assassination case is full of doubts, for example, how powerful is that extraordinary person to openly assassinate the Duke in the royal city, under the nose of the Sun Royal Family? Why choose such a grand occasion to assassinate, instead of a more concealed time, etc.
However, Chen Lun knew that none of this mattered, because perhaps all of this was guided by the Sun Royal Family itself, and the goal had been achieved.
"Is it the plan of that prince...? I remember that in my previous life, there was a post analyzing the main plot of version 1.0. It was because of the war between the Trisur Empire and the Anlong Kingdom that the Red Apple Church took the opportunity to start the unrest."
He pondered.
As he continued to recall, he was able to recover some of those vague memories.
The prince of the Trisur Empire is named Dazlet, who is favored by the Sun King and is involved in many political and state affairs.
Some players have analyzed this assassination case and found that it was most likely secretly pushed by the prince in order to eliminate the opposition in the royal family and find an excuse to start a war.
Kill two birds with one stone.
In addition, the players who were active on the border at the time dug out some clues through various side plots, such as that Duke Blau was actually secretly trading with the United Kingdom of Anlon and selling a large number of equipment and weapons unique to the empire.
This may be one of the reasons why the prince killed him.
"The war will probably start soon. This is something we have experienced in our previous life... and by then, the Red Apple Church will change its previous dormant state and begin to move around the empire."
Chen Lun felt some pressure.
'I need money now, experience points for upgrading, and subsequent extraordinary knowledge... The Red Apple Church will definitely choose this juncture to temporarily break away from the surveillance of the Sun Church and the shelter, and use its high-end combat power... Only strength can guarantee survival in this chaos.'
He looked at the rest of the newspaper.
Interestingly, at the birthday party of the Grand Duke's daughter Monica, the president of the previous Meidan Jewelry Company and Count Lawson, who was rescued by Chen Lun, presented extremely precious diamonds together.
But unfortunately, they all died on the assassin's path.
Chen Lun couldn't help but sigh. It seemed that Earl Lawson's fate was not completely changed by him, and he still couldn't escape death in the end.
"Thank you for your hard work, Golov. Go and have a rest."
He put down the newspaper and spoke to the bearded man across the sofa.
Golov stood up, took off his hat and saluted, then left.
Chen Lun looked at the empty living room and shook his head slightly.
As soon as Maggie came back, she simply said hello and went upstairs to the laboratory to study new medicine. He didn't have time to ask about the situation of the plague outside the city.
"Forget it, let's go check on Floy and Noah first."
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"Mr. Jack, this is a portrait of Mr. Golov, Mr. Barton, Miss Floyd, and myself..."
Noah lifted a piece of white cloth in the corner, revealing a box with more than a dozen oil paintings neatly arranged inside.
Chen Lun walked over to take a look and found that these paintings had been simply framed and contained some extraordinary power.
Among them, Golov and Barton have the most paintings, with five for each of them, each with different expressions and actions. There is only one portrait of Froe and Noah.
Chen Lun picked up the painting of Floy. She was wearing a black dress, her eyes were covered with black vines, and she was sitting quietly on a chair with a smile on her face.
[Extraordinary Things - Figure Oil Paint (Disposable Consumable)]
Item description: A talented painter copied the extraordinary power of a certain lady with great accomplishments, preserving a rare moon power.
"I didn't want to trouble Miss Floy for too long, so I only drew one."
Noah smiled sheepishly.
"It's okay, Noah."
Chen Lun then picked up the other person's self-portrait, which showed a young man wearing glasses, washing the paint palette in his hands.
"This is a self-portrait I drew when I was a child. Excuse me, Mr. Jack."
Noah said.
"It's a beautiful painting, a work of art and something extraordinary..."
Chen Lun chuckled and praised.
"And you have indeed been controlling your diet during this period, and you have lost a lot of weight... I believe that you will be able to return to the way you look in the painting soon."
Noah chuckled and expressed his gratitude for the compliment.
Chen Lun put all the paintings into the Blood Poetry Ring, and then said to Noah:
"Come and draw me a picture."
"Okay! Mr. Jack!"
Noah seemed very happy. He immediately prepared the painting supplies and moved a chair for Chen Lun.
After Chen Lun sat down, Noah immediately went to work. The bone key on his neck moved slightly, and then blood slowly seeped out of the floor of the room, and an easel emerged from it.
Noah held the paint board in one hand and the paintbrush in the other and began to paint on the board.
After a moment.
Chen Lun felt a mysterious connection between the painting and himself, but he did not feel any discomfort.
"It's done, Mr. Jack."
Noah came over holding the painting with a smile on his face.
"You are truly the most perfect man I have ever seen. This painting cannot even begin to describe your beauty."
He turned the painting over, and on it was a picture of Chen Lun with his chin in his hand, deep in thought.
The slightly curled black medium-length hair vaguely revealed the handsome face and deep eyes underneath.
"Thank you for your hard work, Noah."
Chen Lun took the painting and nodded with satisfaction.
He was somewhat curious about the power of the portrait Noah had drawn for him with the help of the [Gallery of Bones].
Chen Lun took another look at the paintings covered with white cloth in Noah's room, knowing that most of them were ordinary portraits of himself.
I just don't know if Noah listened to me and put clothes on them.
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Wait until dinner is over.
Chen Lun originally planned to find an opportunity to talk to Floy alone, but he didn't expect that the other party would come to him first.
"The crystal you gave me before... although it can generate red lightning when used alone, I found through experiments that adding some other extraordinary materials to it will produce better results after fusion forging."
As Floy said this, she took out two samples from the grape ring.
A short sword and a magic wand respectively.
"This weapon cannot be considered a strange object. It can only be said to be an item with mysterious power."
"Thank you for your hard work, Floy."
Chen Lun took the two weapons and looked at them carefully.
[Extraordinary Weapon – Unnamed]
Item description: A weapon with high temperature and corrosive power. It looks like a short sword as long as a forearm. The sword body is made of black multi-faceted crystal. The blade is very sharp. When colliding during attack, it will stimulate red arcs.
The whole weapon is a fusion of multiple extraordinary materials and is forged with the extraordinary forging power of the moon. It is a weapon that looks simple but is very exquisite.
Chen Lun stretched out his hand and covered his palm with the Didak Armor. His pale fingers gently brushed across the sword blade, making a slight clanging sound.
Sizzle!
A red arc of electricity popped out, and Chen Lun felt a slight numbness.
"It's a very good weapon. Let's name it 'Black Crystal Dagger'."
Chen Lun put it down with satisfaction, then picked up the wand again.
This magic wand looks similar to chopsticks and feels like wood, but it has a black dragon stone inlaid on the top, and the core of the entire magic wand is also made of dragon stone.
Its description is similar to that of a dagger, and its usage is similar to that of the werewolf leader encountered in wonderland. Raise your hand and aim, and it can trigger red lightning for long-range attacks.
However, it has a certain cooling time, and it takes about five seconds to charge before the next lightning can be released.
Chen Lun named it "Black Crystal Wand".
"This extraordinary weapon is quite powerful. It can be sold to players as a high-quality 'Black Crystal Series' equipment..."
Chen Lun thought.
He then added to Floy:
"We'll try adding this crystal to bullets and arrows. Maybe we can create corresponding consumables... This way, we can increase the power of long-range weapons in disguise."
Floy nodded and hummed.
After finishing his business, Chen Lun pulled her to sit on the sofa.
"Floy, you can go out more often instead of staying in the manor all the time."
Floy shook her head slightly.
"I don't like going out. It's good here. I can do what I want and I can wait for you to come back anytime."
Chen Lun was slightly stunned.
Come to think of it, I had unconsciously gotten used to seeing Floy the first thing after returning home and hearing her say "You're back".
Looking at Floy's delicate face, an idea suddenly flashed through Chen Lun's mind.
"When I am strong enough, I will restore her vision, and then take her to see the roads I walked and the scenery I encountered in my previous life..."
"I had a dream recently."
Floy said.
"Dream?"
"Um."
She nodded slightly.
"There was a voice in the dream, very kind, and it said a lot to me... But when I woke up I forgot most of it, except for a vague sentence 'Don't go forward'."