Chapter 116: Losing a Chess Move
"In that case, you should be satisfied, right?" In the shadows of the street corner, the man smiled as he looked at the flames rising from the building in front of him. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
The woman beside her smiled silently, the smile on her face looking more like a fine artifact, forever evocative but as if it was a thousand miles away.
Cassiopeia knows best how to conquer those men.
Her cheeks were reflected in the firelight, and her soft lips were shining in the firelight, which looked particularly beautiful and moving, and she watched silently as the warehouse turned to ashes in the firelight.
If it weren't for the man beside her, Terry, the former head of the Ionian Chamber of Commerce and the representative of the citizens, who is now only a wanted fugitive - would not have found this place, a long-abandoned building under the name of the Chamber of Commerce, which had become a place to store food.
Burning black smoke rose into the air, and now that her father, Du Kekao, must be in a summit with the city of Reginad, almost all the guards' attention would be drawn to the tense situation.
When the commanders meet, there may be a bloody disaster at any time, and no one dares to relax their vigilance.
The timing was just right.
"Take me to Noxus." The man's voice was urgent, as if he was worried about her at any moment, and at what time everything he had promised would come to naught.
Yes, she promised almost a position of power in Noxus, an inexhaustible amount of glory, including herself, a wealth that men coveted but could not reach.
That's right, she's not going to cash the blank check either.
Noxus accepts all capable people, but never those who commit treason for profit, and even the most filthy conspiracy is always for the sake of Great Noxus.
She sneered in her heart, and the smile on her face was still exquisite.
"Soon. You'll get everything you want. She whispered, "This is your last mission, Terry. You've done a really good job, and your acting skills at the town hall meeting are realistic enough, and you're going to get what you want. ”
She gently lifted her seductive lips, white teeth and red lips, revealing endless warmth, and she pressed her cheek close to him, as if to kiss him......
Just seemingly.
No man would defend himself at this time, and he was now like a lamb to the slaughter.
The man's cheeks suddenly trembled before his lips were touched, and he cried out, a betrayal, shocked cry that came from deep in his throat, choked with blood.
Cassiopeia stepped forward, grabbed the dying body of the other man, and stabbed the poisoned dagger deeper, her fiery red lips close to his ear, and the posture of taking life was almost ambiguous.
"It's over. You're worthless. ”
He fell to the ground trembling, the toxin spread rapidly, and the nerves were quickly paralyzed, this is a very safe murderous poison, it works quickly, and it destroys people's nerves first, even if someone saves him in time, he can no longer speak, and any way of expressing it will be ineffective.
"Only the dead keep secrets." The woman stepped out of her white legs and stepped into the shadows of the alley.
……
"Most of the food was destroyed in this fire, and ...... We found the body of Terry, the former head of the Chamber of Commerce, in a nearby neighborhood, who was killed by a Noxus-style dagger, poisoned to be exact. It was supposed to be a secret that he leaked, but it was used by Noxus to do it directly. ”
The quartermaster, dressed in the robes of an Ionian officer, stood in front of the magician and reported.
"It doesn't matter, he deserves it. I just want to know, how much food we have lost? Reginald asked anxiously.
"More than three-quarters. Although there are other grain storage sites, there are not many of them. The quartermaster bowed his head and said with a dejected face.
"With the current ration, how long will the rest of the food last?"
The quartermaster let out a long sigh and said, "I'm afraid...... It can only last for a month. ”
When Reginard heard his reply, he couldn't help but be silent, he stood there for a long time, didn't say a word, and finally spit out only one sentence: "The news hasn't leaked, has it?" ”
"Hmm...... It was widely believed to be an abandoned barn. ”
"That's good." Reginad ordered, "From now on, continue to keep the destruction of grain and grass a secret, and if anyone leaks it, it will be tantamount to treason!" ”
The quartermaster nodded, but in the end he couldn't help but ask, "But how long can you hide it?" Paper can't contain the fire, and sooner or later they will know that the guards are inevitable and will have to endure hunger and fight. At that time, it will be the same, so it is better to make it public and find a suitable solution. ”
"How? Going to the city to collect food? Or call on everyone to go farming together? Reginard asked bitterly. There is no other way to do it, all that can be done is to minimize the food ration, such as doubling the amount of water in the porridge, but it will not last long. Man is, after all, an animal that lives by hope, and if I tell them now, I am afraid that I will not even have time to eat this month's ration. ”
Reginald only smiled wryly at the end.
I didn't expect that my momentary negligence would leave such a big flaw for Du Kekao, and I thought that I had just narrowly won a move, but I was hit hard instead.
Sure enough, it's not a simple opponent.
The slightest flaw could put him in danger, if it really came to that fateful day...... I'm afraid he really won't be able to find the slightest chance of winning for himself.
After the quartermaster stepped down, he closed his eyes in the room and began to meditate, entering the full spiritual world. In the vast energy, a wisp of magic absorbed and refined from Varus slowly surrounded.
……
Lux sat on the dock in the early morning, so early that even the earliest cargo ships had not yet docked.
This is Demacia.
The sun has risen in the east, but the sun has not yet warmed up the earth, and the bustle and noise have not yet broken the tranquility here.
Is...... It's rare to have such a relaxing time. In a few hours, she will go to the boring mage tower to continue her study of magic, the boundless spells, in fact, she is no longer an apprentice.
But what should be learned, must be learned after all.
Her brother told her.
There were already a lot of women by the river, and there was no need for Lux to do so, just sitting at the end of the long bridge at the pier, barefoot, beaten by the sea, tickling, her beautiful deerskin boots at hand, soaked with moisture from the bridge, and a layer of small droplets of water on the shiny leather.
She was a member of the Crown Guard family, and had been a staunch defender of the royal family since her grandfather's generation, and her brother Galen was also a brother to the current Emperor Govin IV, so she was considered prominent.
She looked beyond the vast sea, only to find that above the calm sea, there were several pieces of driftwood, and there was a faint figure on them.
"That's?"
Survivor?
……
One of the major events that alarmed the Kingdom of Demacia in Gyeonggi on this day was the rescue of an Ionian who had drifted here from the dock of Demacia.
An oriental man with black hair and yellow skin.
However, he is still unconscious.