boom!

Barritt slapped the steel chair, leaving a slight slap mark, and then glared at everyone.

"How dare someone commit murder in our castle? Have we, Elvis, fallen to this level!"

In the conference hall of Elvis Castle, everyone lowered their heads and remained silent.

But everyone was looking at the pale blond man in the middle of the hall.

Duke was assassinated in Elvis' castle. This was a very serious matter, the severity of which was on the same level as the ridiculous funeral a few days ago.

For a big family like theirs, there are two most important things, one is profit, and the other is face.

And these two things, in many cases, complement each other.

For example, the last funeral incident.

Holding a funeral for a living person is definitely a scandal for the Elvis family.

This not only made them lose face, but also caused the outside world to question the Elvis family's medical technology.

You know, the Elvis family's medical team is ranked among the best in the entire Dawn City. There are countless people making appointments every day. This is a valuable business!

But just after the funeral incident, the number of appointments for the medical team immediately dropped by 30%!

Most of those who often need medical treatment are ruthless people who dare to set foot in the wilderness. They are on the edge of death, but they also know how precious life is.

It's okay to die in the wilderness, because your skills are inferior to others, but if you die in the medical team in the city, wouldn't it be too frustrating!

If the Elvis family can hold funerals for living people as if they were dead, they may not give up on them as dead. Even if this possibility is very small.

So when Duke climbed out of the coffin, except for people from the lineage of Duke's father, Earl Baker, everyone in the Elvis family wanted him to climb back out.

Therefore, Uncle Barritt was very angry.

The funeral incident reduced the family's medical business by 30%, but what about this assassination incident? Will it reduce their Elvis bodyguard business by another 30%?

Paper can't cover up the fire, not to mention that yesterday's arrest of assassins in the castle was so loud that many people from the outside world saw it!

At this time, no one dared to speak, and no one who could stand here was stupid. If you think about it for a moment, you would know why Barrit was so angry.

To be honest, they are also angry. After all, this is everyone's business, and the losses need to be borne by everyone.

But they didn't dare to speak out. Barrit was the temporary head of this family.

But the dissatisfaction would not go away, so many people turned their attention to Duke.

Why is it always this person!

Some people even looked at Duke with hatred in their eyes. They felt that if the assassin killed Duke quietly, nothing would happen!

Duke, who looked a little pale, with the support of Alyssa, had a panoramic view of everyone present.

His face was expressionless, but he was a little self-deprecating in his heart.

Sure enough, he is an outsider and has no common interests with them at all.

Maybe the assassin is among them!

In the main seat, Barritt did not expect anyone to answer.

After venting his anger, he looked at Duke.

"Duke, I'm sorry for what happened to you within the family. This was my dereliction of duty. The family will compensate you appropriately. Of course, we will not let the assassin go, no matter who he is!"

"Thank you Earl Barritt. I believe Earl Barritt will be able to bring the assassin to justice and let the reputation of Earl Barritt and the Elvis family spread to every corner of Auroville City."

Duke was neither humble nor overbearing, and spoke politely.

Listening to Duke's words, Barritt's everlasting indifferent expression finally softened a lot.

Why does this Duke seem a bit pleasing to the eye?

"Okay, Duke, you go down first."

There is no way to solve the assassin's problem for the time being, so we can only study how to deal with the aftermath and eliminate the negative impact on the family.

"yes."

With Erica's help, Duke returned to his room.

Along the way, he always felt that something was missing. After returning to the room, he remembered it.

"Alyssa, where is Aunt Kathy?"

Logically speaking, Casey cared about him so much, but when he was assassinated, he didn't show up, which surprised Duke.

"Master, Mrs. Casey has not come back since she left yesterday. I heard that there seems to be some problem with Mrs. Cathy's business in the east of the city. It will probably take several days to deal with it."

Alyssa said softly.

Elvis Castle is located in the far west of Dawn City. Dawn City is very large, and there is still some distance from the west to the east. No one would keep running in both directions unless necessary.

Duke nodded.

He estimated that Casey might have just received news of his assassination at this time.

"Okay, you go down first. I'll take a rest. I'll bother you today."

"This is what I should do."

Alyssa stepped back respectfully.

Duke was lying on the bed, recalling the scene of last night, everything was still vivid in his mind.

He didn't know what the ice man was or what his abilities were, but according to what everyone had just communicated at the morning meeting, there were only two types of people who could use ice.

Both types of people are awakened.

One is a disciplinary knight who has awakened bloodline and mutation, and the other is a magician who has awakened mutation and perception.

But even if these two types of people can control elements to a certain extent, they are just manipulation.

It is possible to achieve the power to freeze the entire house that Duke said, but it is absolutely impossible to transform into an iceman.

Because this feeling is no longer in the category of human beings, and the awakened ones are still human beings after all.

Therefore, it is very likely that this matter will go unresolved.

Duke doesn't care whether the other party is a human being or something else, the relationship has been established anyway.

His shot may not hurt the opponent's life, but it is absolutely impossible for the opponent not to be injured at all. If we really count, he is not at a loss.

After forcing himself to stop losing, Duke closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

When I opened it again, the whole world seemed to have stopped.

The pendulum of the clock on the wall was swinging extremely slowly.

A fallen leaf outside the window was slowly falling, and everything in front of me seemed like a slow-motion mime.

He reached out, picked up the quill on the table, and then let go.

The quill stayed floating in the air, and a drop of ink flowed out of the quill, slowly falling to the ground. Duke held the quill again, pointed the tip of the quill at the drop of ink, gently pinched the pen barrel, and inhaled the ink again.

Go in.

Wow——

Time began to flow again, and various noisy sounds penetrated the ears.

Only then did Duke realize that there were so many voices in the world.

This feeling is pretty good.
Chapter completed!