Chapter 46 Next(1/2)
At the same moment, in a corner where supplies were piled in the Welsk city camp, Arezzo was having a secret conversation with a middle-aged man dressed as a businessman.
"Can you get that big thing that the woman just held?" the businessman asked Arezzo with a smile.
"It's hard to say, that thing is so big and inconvenient to carry." Although Arezzo looked very worried, there was a sneer on the corner of his mouth.
"No matter what method you use, if we can get it, we will give you double the money." When the businessman mentioned adding more money, Arezzo's eyes suddenly moved. The businessman knew that this condition had persuaded the greedy man.
guy, but then found that the other person seemed to have a slightly dissatisfied expression.
"Oh? You only pay 6,000 gold coins for that small weapon. Why do you pay so little for the big one? You guys are so damn unreasonable." Arezzo said with some displeasure.
"You are overthinking. That 6,000 gold coins is not the price of a weapon. It also includes the life of that woman. As for other weapons, if you can't get them, just destroy them after killing the woman. We will do the same.
I will pay. Of course, the 200 gold coins deposit paid to you before is not included in it."
"Really...that woman has a grudge against you?" Arezzo looked at the businessman with interest and asked: "She doesn't look like someone from the west, and she doesn't look like someone from the Vanato area.
People... you..."
"You should know very well that you can't ask questions that you shouldn't ask, otherwise..." The businessman suddenly showed a sinister expression and glared at Arezzo.
"Okay, okay, I listen to you." Arezzo waved his hand immediately, and then said hurriedly: "Who made you the sponsor? I understand this kind of rule, don't talk too much when you take money to do things."
"As long as you understand." The businessman nodded with satisfaction and took out an inconspicuous small pottery bottle from his arms and said, "This is the poison extracted from the lich's claws. It has been mixed with fine salt.
It’s mixed together, and even the elves can’t detect it when it’s added to food… Do you understand?”
Arezzo can't believe that this thing is real, because the price of this poison on the black market is at least one hundred gold coins to buy such a small bottle. If it were put in the past, in Arezzo's opinion, it would be useless
Using this kind of poison to kill others is as crazy as hitting people with gold bricks. But it's different now, because as long as you do it, you can get thousands of gold coins. On the other hand, since the other party can get it,
Of course, if you have so many gold coins, you won't care about a small amount like a hundred gold coins.
"Are we going to do it now?" Arezzo asked, licking his lips greedily.
"Of course not. Even if you succeed, we can't leave now." The businessman held out three fingers and said: "Three days later, teams from each chamber of commerce will come down tomorrow to deliver supplies, and they will not return until the next day. You are on the third
Take action, kill the target and get the items, then join our team with your companions and leave. Moreover, we also need some preparations in the camp above. It will also take three days to complete. When everything is ready
When it's over, even if we forcefully break through, there will be no problem."
"Haha, the battle is not small, but let's forget about those elves, do you still want to break out from the magicians in Algasburg?" Arezzo said with disdain.
"You want to trick me in this way? You really underestimate us." The businessman still looked at Arezzo with a threatening smile, then stood up and left the corner.
Arezzo looked at the haughty figure of the businessman with a sullen face and suddenly felt a surge of resentment in his heart, but then he looked at the bottle of poison in front of him, and then slowly extinguished the anger in his heart.
"Huh, I don't care what the hell you are. As long as I can get the money, I don't care about anything else." Arezzo carefully wrapped the bottle in cotton cloth and put it into his pocket.
Arezzo stood up and straightened his clothes, but when he lowered his head, he accidentally saw the badge on the chest of the "Family Armor". The content was exactly the war horse coat of arms of the "Arezzo Family".
However, this coat of arms is very old and severely worn. There are even some mud-like stains in the depressions of the coat of arms. It seems that this armor has not been cleaned for a long time.
"Hmph, you're a bullshit knight who can neither make money at will nor bully the common people. I've had enough of it a long time ago." Arezzo scratched the emblem on his chest with his disdainful hand, and then said to himself very gloomily: "Waiting.
Three days...three days later, I will be completely free."
Arezzo spat on the ground and then hummed an unknown tune and left the corner leisurely. However, not long after he left, a figure emerged from a box among the debris in the corner.
This man was none other than Marco's knight knight Leonard. However, he was not wearing his own armor at this moment, but was wearing casual clothes and dressed like an ordinary laborer. After leaving the box, he looked at Arezzo.
The direction he went to sneered disdainfully, and then slowly walked out of the corner and walked to the passage where people were coming and going. After a while, several more figures came out from other places in the corner.
"Sir Leonard, what should we do now?" One of the people dressed like a laborer asked Leonard.
"You guys continue to follow me. I'll go and report to Mr. Marco first. For such breaking news, Mr. Marco will definitely give us a credit."
"Okay, let's go now." After the laborer-like man finished speaking, he led the others and quickly rushed in the direction Arezzo left.
A few minutes later, in Marco's camp, Leonard angrily reported what he had just discovered to Marco.
"Poisoned? You want to snatch Ms. Chosen's weapon?" When Marco heard this, he was so frightened that he almost dropped the water glass in his hand to the ground.
However, Marco calmed down quickly, thinking that he was not worried that Erica and others would be easily poisoned, but he was unwilling to let this happen, because no matter whether the other party would be poisoned, once the poisoning occurred
If this happens, it will definitely affect the relationship between Miss Mihail and the other party, and even the personal friendship will be damaged.
"Master Marco, do you want us to arrest him now?" Leonard said with a raised chest: "He should be in his camp now, and the soldiers nearby have been quietly replaced by my subordinates... As long as
With your order, I promise to capture this traitor."
Leonard was not wrong when he said that Arezzo was a traitor, because not only did he think so, but all the other companions and soldiers who participated in the secret operation also felt so. Arezzo only felt that way about Arezzo.
If Rika had a personal grudge and wanted revenge, no one would pursue the matter too closely, but since he found out that the other party discussed with an outsider about killing the god and seizing his weapon, Leonard understood that the matter was not his.
It was as simple as I thought before.
Arezzo's behavior was obviously an attempt to betray the Cavaliers, and in the larger case it could be considered an act of treason.
The relationship between Miss Mihail and the two chosen ladies is obvious to all. Although people at Leonard's level don't know much about it, they can still see that the two parties are getting along well, and this matter is not simple.
Everyone can see how important the personal relationship and friendship with the Chosen One is to Miss Michael and the principality, not to mention that there are three gods behind the two Chosen Ones.
Although Leonard himself is not sure about the authenticity of the gods, since Marco says it is, he must be right. After all, in his opinion, as long as Marco says that crows are white, then he knows that he is wrong.
They will agree with Marco's point of view on the surface. This is not a lie about loyalty or glory, but just to repay the other party's kindness, but this kindness also has prerequisites, that is
As long as Marco does not leave the principality or betray the duke, Leonard will always follow him.
Leonard's loyalty to the Principality of Michael also has similar reasons. If the Principality of Michael disappears, then his knight status will disappear. Without the knight status, Leonard will return to the bottom of society.
This is not the result he wants to see. And Arezzo's behavior is undoubtedly to bring chaos to the principality. Even if Leonard does not know the true identity of the businessman, he might as well regard him as an enemy of the principality, or even himself
When I was hiding in the box and heard that the other party was going to poison the Chosen One, I was so angry that I almost bit my teeth and bled.
"Don't rush into action yet... Are you sure those words just now were said by Dante Arezzo? Not someone else?" Marco asked with a puzzled look on his face.
"Sir, I swear on the honor of the Landau family that those words just now are indeed true."
"This is strange..." Marco reached out his hand to stop Leonard, then stood up and walked back and forth a few steps, as if he was thinking about some problem, and muttered in his mouth: "How come he has changed?
It seems like... this is too fast."
"Sir, should we arrest the businessman for interrogation first?" Leonard tried to ask.
"We can't do anything about this... 6,000 gold coins. It's really a generous sum. The other party made the promise without any politeness." Marco stopped and looked at Leonard, smiled and continued: "
Do you know? The Duke's mansion is not that expensive."
"Sir, you mean..."
"The other party is definitely not from the principality. In all likelihood, it's from Solis. And it's not a private chamber of commerce that can take out 200 gold coins as a deposit... I'm afraid it's only the one from Solis.
A group of corrupt aristocrats...or..." Marco did not fully express his final guess, but he felt that it would be the same whether he said it or not. There was no conclusive evidence anyway. So he simply sighed and said: "What a pity.
, we don’t have the key evidence to arrest Arezzo now. He is an honorary baron anyway. Arresting or killing a baron at will will affect Miss Mihail’s reputation..."
Leonard immediately felt very aggrieved after listening to Marco's words, because Marco hit the right point. Dante Arezzo is one of the few knights with a noble title in the Cavaliers. Although A.
The Rezzo family is also a declining noble, and the entire family has died out except for Dante Arezzo. However, the reputation of the Arezzo family is still more famous than that of the Landau family, which has completely declined, so Marco originally
When Dante was found from the countryside, Duke Michael directly restored Dante Arezzo's status as an honorary baron and allowed him to regain a certain degree of noble rights.
"Tsk! Damn traitor! He deserved the death of his whole family..." Leonard gritted his teeth and cursed a curse word, but he quickly realized and wanted to change his words. After all, even though he was demoted, he was still a
Knight, it is not a proper thing to say vulgar language in front of your superiors.
But when he heard Leonard's scolding, Marco suddenly felt his eyes light up. He showed a very strange smile and slowly walked in front of Leonard, grabbing the other man's shoulders. This move shocked Leonard.
Nader was so frightened that he hurriedly wanted to admit his mistake.
"Mr. Marco, I'm very sorry. I shouldn't...shouldn't say such ugly and foul words..."
"No, you are right." Marco pointed at Leonard and laughed.
"Right?" Leonard looked at Marco very puzzledly, completely unable to understand what the other person meant.
"You have lived at the bottom of society since you were a child, so you have acquired the atmosphere of the market. Even now that you have become a little more stable, there is still a bit of ruffianism in some of your words and deeds." Marco said this.
Leonard was blushing, but Marco still didn't care and said: "People don't make changes so easily...Leonard, do you remember what happened when Arezzo first joined the Cavaliers?"
"Uh... I remember... At that time, Arezzo was a completely pedantic aristocratic kid, and he often spoke in a formal manner and was often laughed at by us..."
"Yes, and he was like this just before we came to Welsk City. So what caused this noble boy who had been polite and polite for several years to become a foul-mouthed and vulgar person overnight?
"
"This...bad habit you picked up quietly? Sir, you should know that it only takes a moment to learn a bad habit..."
"No, even if you are a bad learner, you won't suddenly turn into this. Listening to his conversation just now and the incident between him and Tylenol, it is simply... it is even more vulgar than you, a street gangster, like a crazy person.
Like a wild bandit."
When Leonard heard what Marco said, he immediately felt that the Dante Arezzo he saw today was completely different from the Arezzo of the past. But he didn't think too much about it at the beginning, because although
Both he and I were Marco's subordinates, but we didn't have much interaction with him in private, so it was natural to think that this guy had gotten into some bad habits in recent times.
"The family training of the Arezzo family is indeed very strict, but it is not enough to teach such a pedantic aristocratic child. I thought at first that the Arezzo family had changed after leaving the city of Trikla, but now that I think about it...
...There is a problem here. I'm afraid the gentle Arezzo we have seen so far should be a disguise, and his vulgar look just now is his true nature." Marco patted his head as if he suddenly understood.
His forehead, then sat back on the chair and muttered again: "But... none of this is important now... Will the Arezzo family really teach such a rough person? I remember those people in the countryside back then.
The tenants still respect him very much... What went wrong... Was he replaced midway or was he a fake from the beginning..."
To be continued...