Chapter 31: The Assassins
It is said that Zhou Ming's main purpose in buying the elf Angeli Tika is just to learn the elven language?
Of course not.
This is just one of the purposes.
He wanted to get more information about the elves from her.
Otherwise, his 290,000 gold coins would not be too cost-effective.
But to get more information, the only thing you need is to gain her trust.
And the elves are generally wary of humans, and even hate and disgust them to the extreme, how can they easily trust humans?
Zhou Ming also saw her intention to escape through her sneaky behavior like stepping on a little bit every day, but it did not restrict and suppress her.
Instead, it gave her more freedom.
He even bought her weapons.
She said something that surprised her, "You can leave whenever you want."
The purpose of these practices is, of course, to hope that she will stay.
Hopefully she'll stay a little longer.
At least tell him enough "information" before leaving.
In other words, what if Zhou Ming's strategy fails, as soon as the opponent's strength recovers, and then runs away immediately?
That Zhou Ming could only say that he had confessed, and he said that in the human world, as soon as her identity was revealed, it would be an endless pursuit, and if he was confident that he had the ability to escape and return to the elven forest, Zhou Ming would not stop him.
I can only admit that I have suffered a loss.
After all, there are different probabilities for anything to happen, and Zhou Ming is not 100% sure, saying that he will definitely be able to keep her.
In addition, it didn't take long for Angeli Tika to come in handy on this night after formulating a weapon.
Zhou Ming was also fortunate to see the elves' amazing archery skills.
The arrows are not missing.
100 shots.
Of the 20 Assassins, 15 were killed by her arrows.
She is like a deadly killer of the night, mowing and slaughtering her opponents.
You must know that elves have much better hearing than humans, and their eyesight is much stronger than that of humans in the dim moonlight.
Plus precise archery.
Each of the Assassins screamed in misery, covering their eyes, or choking their necks and fell.
"Don't finish killing, keep it alive, I'll ask who's behind it. ”
At the last moment, Zhou Ming grabbed Tika and told her not to kill all the people.
Tika aimed at the Assassins' legs, maiming two of them.
Three other Assassins were killed by Gurdjieff, who was guarding the first floor, with a lot of effort and a few colors on their bodies.
And among these assassins, the strongest is just an intermediate swordsman.
So Gurdjieff was very unhappy with his performance.
"Not bad, Gerjeff, you're not long, there's room for improvement. ”
When passing by the first floor, Zhou Ming comforted him.
in the front yard.
The two living assassins were caught together and knelt side by side in front of Zhou Ming.
"The lord spares his life, the lord spares his life!"
"Master, I'm just passing by, I'm just passing by!"
Looking at the two assassins who kowtowed like garlic, Zhou Ming roughly guessed who sent them.
And he was not much surprised that the Assassins had come to commit suicide.
Because in his many dungeon experiences, as long as he mixes up a little bit of fame, the assassins sent by such and such forces will come sooner or later.
The assassinations he encountered can be said to be countless.
He certainly wouldn't be unprepared.
For example, he set up hundreds of warning traps in the yard and attack traps in the house.
He also has two vigilant black dogs.
So as soon as the unprofessional assassins entered the courtyard, they made all kinds of noises.
They simply gave up stealth, rushed over with a shout, and after killing the two black dogs, they began to smash the doors and windows frantically.
At this time, the bows and arrows of the elves Tika also began to be named one by one.
By the end of the two living mouths kneeling in front of Zhou Ming, a total of five minutes had passed.
"Did Prince Luther send you?"
Zhou Ming asked, at this stage, it is estimated that the only one who wants to kill him the most is Prince Luther.
"Yes, Yes, His Highness gave us 5,000 gold coins and told us to do it in the Purgatory Gang......"
"Yes, yes, Prince Lutheran sent someone to let us do this, and we were all instructed......"
The two Assassins scrambled to confess, and confessed everything like beans.
Zhou Ming snorted coldly, it took half a month to find out his residential address, and then spent money that even a high-level assassin couldn't invite, and called a gang of gangsters, so he came over to take his life in a hurry...... Such a stupid thing, of course, only that idiot would do it.
“¥%¥%……”
A spell is chanted from his mouth.
On Zhou Ming's left and right hands, a ball of fireball appeared.
The two Assassins on their knees seemed to realize something, screamed, turned and fled.
But they were hit by an arrow in the leg, and they couldn't run fast at all, and they only ran two meters before they were caught up by two fireballs.
"Ahh
"Ahh
In the midst of two terrible screams, in the flames, they quickly turned into two clouds of ashes.
"Sir, we're being targeted by some big guys, and we should probably consider moving somewhere. ”
Gurdjieff came over and gave his advice.
Zhou Ming shook his head and asked the female elf on the side, "Tika, do you think we need to move?"
"I don't care, it's just some miscellaneous fish, it doesn't matter how many comes. ”
The elf said with her arms crossed.
However, seeing the rabbit maid trembling in her arms, and Henry, whose eyes were full of horror after seeing the corpses all over the ground, Zhou Ming said helplessly: "This apartment is too small, it seems that we still have to change to a bigger place." ”
It is better to change to a castle with a high walled city.
Of course, he was not afraid, but Zhou Ming expected that in the near future, there would be more and more killers, assassins, kidnappers and the like sent by various forces, and the defense of this apartment was insufficient, and he could not be at home every day.
For the safety of the people around you, it's better to be safe.
And what about Prince Luther?
This idiot dares to send someone to assassinate him, how should Zhou Ming respond?
How to get revenge back?
Shouldn't this idiot be killed?
Shook his head.
If he wanted to kill him, Zhou Ming could come up with more than 10 ways to end the other party's life.
However, he is the crown prince, the first heir to the kingdom, and the doting son of the queen, and if he does this, he is afraid that the relationship with the royal family will be stiffened.
There are many bad consequences.
Zhou Ming still wrote down the account for the time being, and then found the old fox Roberts and reacted to him about it.
Inside the principal's office.
After listening to what Zhou Ming said, the old fox's face turned blue and trembled.
"Bang~"
He slammed the table hard, and said angrily: "This bastard, I told Jaime to abolish his inheritance, and he just won't abolish it!"
"If the kingdom is delivered into his hands, it will be finished!"
Zhou Ming plucked his ears with his hand and asked:
"In another half a year, the potion factory will be built, and the output of potions will reach more than 10,000 bottles per day, which is enough to meet the needs of dozens of kingdoms, and can earn hundreds of millions of gold coins per year. ”
"This is a credit to you and His Majesty the King. ”
"But I want to ask, if His Majesty the King is gone and Luther becomes King, what do you say will be done by him for all the achievements you have worked so hard for?"
"I'm afraid he's going to squander even more frantically, right?"
"As for me, he doesn't have to send killers anymore, the Knights of the Kingdom will follow his orders and come to take my life. ”
"In order to survive, I had to flee to a foreign country. ”
"Bang~!"
The old fox knocked on the table again.
"That's enough, don't say any more, Jaime and I will figure it out. ”
The old fox went to the palace.
There was a discussion with King Jaime.
King Jaime was naturally furious, smashed several things angrily, and said in his mouth: "Rebel, that rebel!"
"If I knew this was the case, I shouldn't have given birth to him in the first place!"
The old fox said: "Let's abolish him quickly, if we put the kingdom in his hands, no matter how good we do, it will be useless!"
King Jaime was even more excited: "Do you think I don't want to abolish him?
"But...... But...... Hey!"
He sighed helplessly, thinking that the resistance of the rebel was too great!
The ministers disagreed.
The aristocrats disagreed.
The queen disagreed.
Even if everyone knew he was an idiot, no one offered to depose him.
Even think that the more idiotic he is, the better, and when he meets a shrewd king, will those people still have a good life?
If the crown prince was clever and talented, they would see it as a threat and either send assassins to assassinate him, or spread rumors and slander the king and demand that the king be deposed.
Like King Jaime himself, when he was still the crown prince, he only showed a little talent, suffered two assassinations, and later relied on his disguise to be mediocre, and then sat on the throne smoothly...... The current kingdom of Adude, if you want to be a good king, it's difficult!
It was those who were incompetent and faint that were generally welcomed by those people.
It can be seen that the kingdom of Addudes is indeed almost hopeless.
Of course, there is also an element of the Law of Succession, no matter how stupid and mediocre it is, the eldest son has an indisputable right to inheritance, and no nobleman can change it.
Unless the eldest son commits an unforgivable mistake or dies, the inheritance does not fall to the other sons.
In recent years, King James has felt that his body is getting worse and worse.
The inferiority of the heir kept him awake at night and worried excessively.
I have even had terrible thoughts many times.
But......
He really couldn't help it.
In this assassination incident that happened to Lei Lin, he just called Prince Luther over, scolded him, and then grounded him for three months.
But with the queen's doting son's character, he will be released in a month at most.
……
Zhou Ming on the other side.
Through some channels, he bought a castle from a down-and-out gambler viscount for 50,000 gold coins.
The castle is about 5 kilometers away from the royal capital, located on a low hill in the north of the city, the building covers an area of about 2 acres, the city wall is 28 meters high, plus the basement, there are six floors and 55 rooms, enough for hundreds of people to live in.
And the castle also comes with a territory of about 100 acres, which can be used at will.
As for the name of this castle, Zhou Ming thought about it and took the name of "Medicine Bottle Castle".
Because the shape of this castle really looks like an upright medicine bottle.
And he's a pharmacist.
The Castle of Medicine Bottles, nothing more apt.
It took another day to move, and on March 1, Zhou Ming and the others moved into this castle.