Game of the World Tree - Chapter 296

296. Chapter 294: Border Lord (2 in 1 5000 words)

At the gate of White Maple Castle.

The patrolling soldiers stood up straight and stood on both sides.

A luxurious four-wheeled carriage with a black background inlaid with gold and carved with complicated hollow patterns slowly drove into the castle under the escort of dozens of knights.

On the side of the carriage, the shield-shaped family emblem composed of a black lion and a red maple leaf looked particularly noble. It was the family emblem of the Border Earl of Maple Leaf Territory.

And dozens of knights, each riding a white horse, wearing silver armor, with a serious and solemn face.

They exuded a powerful aura, and they were all silver professionals!

The carriage stopped in the courtyard of the castle, and then a male noble who looked to be in his forties got off the car.

He was tall and wore a shawl with red maple painted on it. His black curly hair and pale and gloomy face made him look a little more mysterious and noble, while his deep blue eyes and high hooked nose made him look a little more deep and severe.

Otto von Cappadocia.

One of the seven candidates of the Holy Mannia Empire, the White Knight, the Border Earl, the Lord of Maple Leaf Territory…

Otto is undoubtedly one of the most powerful people in the entire empire with so many glorious titles.

His unfathomable strength and the powerful army in his hands also make his name very loud among the surrounding tribes.

However, at this moment, the Border Earl, who is feared and envied by countless people, does not seem to be in a very good mood.

“Lord Earl, Lord Earl!”

Just after the Border Earl got off the carriage, a joyful and frightened voice came from afar.

A short figure wearing a butler’s uniform and a wig came over in a hurry.

When he saw the other party, the Border Earl’s eyes narrowed slightly.

“Anders…”

He called softly.

However, there seemed to be no emotion in his words.

People who know Otto know that the more he is like this, the worse his mood is.

“Lord… Lord Earl…”

Anders shuddered and became a little stuttering.

“We’ll talk later.”

The Border Earl waved his hand, and the knights dispersed, and the coachman drove away.

However, one follower stayed behind and followed the Border Earl respectfully…

He was a middle-aged man dressed as a mercenary. His face was a little pale, and his armor had traces of fighting and faint traces of blood.

If the players were here, they would recognize that this was one of the seven silver professionals who chased them, and the only mercenary from the Sauron Chamber of Commerce who escaped!

“Mr. Mountain Eagle, why are you here?!”

Anders was startled when he saw the mercenary.

When he heard Anders’s address, the mercenary just looked at him coldly and sneered:

“What do you think?”

Anders:…

For a moment, his face became even uglier.

The Border Earl ignored the exchange between the two.

He took off his shawl under the service of four personal maids with elf blood, put on indoor noble boots, and then walked straight into his castle and came to his own study.

He sat on his favorite elf-style wooden chair, drinking the high-end Iris coffee that the butler had just brewed, playing with an exquisite black ring, and listening to the old butler beside him reporting on the recent affairs of the territory.

Anders and Shanying stood at the door respectfully and reservedly, not daring to say a word.

The old butler’s work report lasted about twenty minutes, and when he finally finished, he suddenly paused, looked at Anders at the door calmly, and then said casually:

“In addition… In the past two days, some unpleasant things seem to have happened in the business district of the territory. Since you have met Mr. Shanying, you should know the details.”

This damn old thing!

Listening to the old butler’s words, Anders looked at him hatefully and gritted his teeth.

The old butler lightly added to Anders, the slave steward, and then respectfully left. Only Shanying, Anders, and the Border Earl were left in the study.

“Tell me, what happened? I just went to the imperial capital, how come so many things happened in the territory?”

Border Earl’s voice was deep and heavy, with a hint of dissatisfaction and questioning.

“Nearly half of my underground industries in Maple Leaf City have suffered huge losses, and the elves prepared by the major slave trade associations have also been cheated away… Anders, what is going on?!”

He looked at Anders coldly.

Even Anders has shares in the Solon Chamber of Commerce. As the mayor of Maple Leaf City and the lord of the entire Border Territory, Border Earl naturally got a share of the underground trade association’s business.

This time, the materials that the players cheated into the Kingdom of Eve, in fact, almost half of them should be counted as his.

Hearing Border Earl’s scolding, Anders shuddered.

He secretly groaned and said quickly:

“It was those nobles in the south! It was all done by those nobles in the south! I was also deceived by them!”

“Nobles?”

Border Earl sneered, he turned his head and looked at the mercenaries of the Solon Chamber of Commerce:

“Mountain Eagle, tell Anders what you saw.”

“Yes, Lord Earl.”

Mountain Eagle saluted Border Earl, then looked at Anders and snorted:

“Damn nobles! I took six silver professionals from various chambers of commerce to track them. Those guys… Even if they chose to commit suicide, they would not compromise, and the way they fought was simply shameless. How could they be nobles? They are obviously some desperate criminals!” Not nobles?

Anders

opened his mouth wide.

But… If they were not nobles, how could those young people maintain themselves so well? And how could they enjoy themselves so much? And

… If they were really desperate criminals, how could they be the kind of people who were not well-versed in the world and did not understand any common sense?

Could it be… I was deceived by them from the beginning?

“Moreover… they are obviously coming for our elf slaves. During the whole time we were chasing them, they have been protecting those elves, even if it meant… their own death! They are in cahoots with those elves!”

The Eagle continued.

Protect… protect the elves?

Anders was slightly stunned.

“I heard people say that they… they are not reselling elves?”

He felt that his mind was going to be messed up.

“Bullshit reselling! The elves they resold all committed suicide! They didn’t even leave their bodies!”

“Now think about it, it’s not certain whether those elves they sold were elves! We don’t even know whether they really committed suicide or faked it!”

“According to the Golden Apple Merchants, when the elves they exchanged committed suicide, the merchant’s defense array detected traces of space magic. Maybe… they were all teleported away!”

The Eagle sneered again.

Teleport… Teleport? !

Anders’ eyes widened.

“So… so… those goods of the underground chamber of commerce…”

“Humph, everything that was touched by those people disappeared out of thin air! The Sauron Chamber of Commerce has sent people to check it out. I’m afraid… it’s an extremely advanced teleportation spell!”

The Eagle continued to sneer.

Such a powerful teleportation spell? !

Hearing what he said, Anders’ eyes widened.

But… those people are not strong either!

“So…”

Anders’ voice was a little dry…

“So… these are not nobles from the south, but a strange mysterious force?”

“What do you think?”

Mountain Eagle taunted.

Anders:…

“Wait…”

Suddenly, Anders noticed something else.

He looked at Mountain Eagle, his expression suddenly a little doubtful:

“Since you are back, then those who went to chase with you…”

After hearing Anders’ words, a trace of sadness flashed across Mountain Eagle’s face.

“Dead, all dead.”

He sighed.

“Dead… dead?!”

Anders’ eyes were slightly dull.

Seven silver professionals, this is a strong force. Under the gold level, they are completely walking sideways. How could they die now? !

“We, encountered a black dragon.”

Mountain Eagle looked at him deeply and continued:

“That black dragon is in the same group with those guys.”

“Black… black dragon?”

Hearing this word, Anders was stunned.

“Anders…”

At this time, Border Earl suddenly spoke.

Anders was startled, and quickly looked at his lord respectfully.

“Do you know why I didn’t kill you the moment I saw you?”

Border Earl said with a smile.

However, there was no emotion in his smile, and he looked at Anders with indifference.

After hearing Border Earl’s words, Anders immediately broke out in a sweat. He hugged Border Earl’s thigh with a plop, crying and wailing:

“Mr. Earl! Mr. Earl!”

“It was indeed my greed this time that led those guys to the underground chamber of commerce, but… but I am also loyal to you!”

“And… and… I have important information to report to you, I have important information to report to you!”

After hearing Anders’ words, Border Earl sneered and kicked him to the ground.

“Humph!”

He took out the white handkerchief from his chest, wiped the place where Anders had just hugged, threw the handkerchief on his face, and then said:

“Is it that black dragon?”

“You… you know?”

Anders was stunned.

“Black dragons are not common…”

Border Earl said lightly.

After saying that, he took a sip of coffee, put on the ring he had been playing with for a long time, and then said:

“I heard that the territory was attacked by a black dragon some time ago, and you were abducted by the black dragon. This time, the territory was infiltrated by unknown forces, and Shanying and his men also encountered a black dragon…”

As he said that, the Border Earl looked at Anders and narrowed his eyes slightly:

“Anders, shouldn’t you give me an explanation?”

After hearing what the Border Earl said, Anders was horrified:

“My Lord Earl! Do you think it was me?!”

The Border Earl did not speak.

Anders burst into tears and subconsciously hugged his thighs again, but after being glared at by Border Earl, he turned around and hugged the chair under Border Earl, and said with snot and tears:

“My Lord Earl! My Lord Earl! Anders is completely loyal to you! Anders escaped from the claws of the black dragon, but it took him almost two months to come back! My Lord Earl! Didn’t you see that Anders has become so thin?”

“Wow… My Lord Earl! Anders does have important information to report to you! It’s about that evil black dragon! But… Anders has absolutely nothing to do with it!”

After hearing Anders’ words, Border Earl slightly raised his eyelids:

“Then tell me, what do you want to report.”

After hearing what Border Earl said, Anders was overjoyed. He was about to speak, but when he saw the mountain eagle standing beside him, he suddenly hesitated.

“The mountain eagle is one of his own.”

Border Earl said lightly.

From… one of his own?

Anders widened his eyes.

Lord of Eternity! Did the Earl have spies in a giant like the Soran Chamber of Commerce? !

He took a deep breath, organized his words, and then said:

“My Lord Earl… It was the black dragon! This must have been done by that black dragon!”

“That black dragon! It raised many elves! Not only that, the elves it raised are extremely ferocious, completely like another species! I saw with my own eyes that they attacked and killed thousands of crocodile mercenaries!”

“A black dragon that raises elves?”

After hearing his words, Mountain Eagle and Border Earl were a little surprised.

“That’s right!”

Anders said excitedly.

And as he was talking, suddenly… a light flashed in his mind:

“I understand!”

“I remember! Elves! It must be elves! Those southern nobles were those elves in disguise!”

“Elves in disguise?”

Border Earl was even more surprised.

“Yes! Lord Earl, I suddenly remembered that when those elves attacked the Crocodile Mercenaries, once they died in battle, their bodies disappeared… This is exactly the same as Mr. Mountain Eagle’s description and the experiences of the major chambers of commerce!”

“I’m afraid… they are in the same group! That southern caravan is disguised as elves!”

Anders said loudly.

“The elf slaves who were deceived… the elves who disappear after death… the black dragons that raise elves…”

The Border Earl knocked on the armrest of the chair and frowned slightly.

He rubbed his temples and then glanced at Anders:

“What else do you know?”

“What else do you know…”

Anders was a little confused.

However, seeing the unfriendly look of Border Earl, he racked his brains to recall…

“Got it! Those people… no, those elves, they eat meat!”

“Or rather, rather than elves, they are more like humans in elf skins!”

“Now think about it, when I was communicating with them, I didn’t realize that their identities were wrong! It’s because they are too much like humans! They are totally incomparable to those elves lurking in the human world.”

“They… are completely different from the elves in the traditional sense! Now think about it, maybe those so-called tamed elves are also pretending!”

“And… those elves are not afraid of death at all, nor are they afraid of pain! When they fought with the Crocodile Mercenaries, I saw with my own eyes that some elves had half of their bodies split, and they were still alive and laughing until they died…”

Elves who are not afraid of death raised by black dragons?

Border Earl frowned slightly.

Under what circumstances are they not afraid of death?

In one case, it is for ideals and beliefs…

and in another case, it is not afraid of death!

In other words… what means can be used to fight death!

For a moment, Border Earl’s thoughts diverged…

“You, do you have anything else to say? Is there anything you are hiding from me?”

After thinking for a while, he looked at Anders again.

Anders trembled slightly and shook his head quickly:

“No! No! Nothing!”

Border Earl narrowed his eyes slightly.

Anders lowered his head.

“You guys can leave.”

After a moment of silence, Border Earl said.

Anders was as if he had been pardoned. He quickly bowed to him excitedly, and then ran out happily.

However, just as he was about to leave the room, a long sword pierced his chest.

His excited smile froze on his face.

“Black Iron is in power? No wonder he can kill everyone who traveled with him…”

Behind him, the somewhat surprised voice of Border Earl came.

Hearing Border Earl’s words, Anders’ eyes froze instantly.

He…he…he…how did he know?

Anders opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but he could only spit out a mouthful of blood, and then slowly fell to the ground.

Behind him, Border Earl’s cold voice came:

“They are just a few lowly people. To silence them, just kill them. I can forgive your stupidity and your greed, but you shouldn’t hide the fact that you killed someone from me. I…hate lying!”

“Drag him away.”

After saying that, Border Earl glanced at the surprised Mountain Eagle.

The Mountain Eagle bowed to Border Earl, and then dragged Anders’ body away…

Only Border Earl was left in the room.

“Your control over soul power is getting stronger and stronger. You can even see the undead surrounding him. It seems… you are really suitable for the path of the law of life and death!”

At this time, an old voice resounded in the room.

Border Earl didn’t seem surprised.

He took a sip of coffee and said with interest:

“As you said, we put all the elves in the Chamber of Commerce, but I didn’t expect that we would really attract a big fish…”

“You said… what is the relationship between these strange elves and the Oak Hand? Can our plan go smoothly?”

“Of course.”

The old voice smiled slightly.

His voice still echoed in the room:

“Didn’t he say that? There are a large number of elves…”

“Isn’t our original purpose to find more elves? After all… only elves have the blood of Yggdrasil!”

After hearing his words, Border Earl narrowed his eyes slightly:

“But… Anders said that those elves are very strange.”

“Those are also elves. The detection methods I left in the Chamber of Commerce cannot be fake.”

The old voice continued to smile.

“Such an interesting elf makes me even more interested.”

“Just now… they seem to have killed one of my children…”

“Unfortunately, the distance is too far, I can’t sense how they did it… but I seem to smell a familiar breath.”

Thank you for the 1000-point reward from the next moment, the real me, and the book is so painful! Thank you for the 100-point reward from the absurd sword!

(End of this chapter)