As for the appearance of the dragon, I asked the patriarch to tell the pigs not to spread the word, which was also an exchange for me to help them keep it secret.

Walking out of the tent, Lingphant asked eagerly:

"How? Did he say yes? ”

"It's a yes, but there are conditions."

"On what terms?"

"I'm sorry, this is a secret of their people, and I promised him that he wouldn't reveal it easily."

"Oh......"

When I returned to the barracks and tied up my horses, I suddenly remembered a serious problem.

The Fish-People can't leave the water for long periods of time, which means they often bathe in the lake, and the Holy Lake is the main source of water for Marina City......

Isn't the bath water of the fish-people that you've been drinking these days?!

Vomit~

Unconsciously bending over and retching is really unlucky.

"What's wrong?" Psychic asked.

I waved my hand and stood up straight to look at her.

"It's okay......"

"Are you really okay?"

"Hmm...... So, is the water we usually drink directly from the Holy Lake? ”

She gave me a blank look and said:

"Do you think that we usually drink the bath water of the pig people and the fish people?"

"Isn't it?"

"Of course not, how can we drink someone else's bathwater."

"Isn't it said that the Holy Lake is the main source of water for the residents of Marina City? So where does the water we drink come from? ”

"It's the main water source, but it's not the only water source. The water we drink and bathe in is clean well water. ”

I looked around at the tents.

"Then ...... here"

"The barracks use clean water from the city, so we have to save as much water as possible."

"Anyway, don't worry, the water from the holy lake is only used to irrigate the farmland. Farmland needs a lot of water, which is why it needs water from the sacred lake. Moreover, the sacred lake was created by the goddess for our coastal city. ”

I patted my little heart.

"It's okay...... Huh, Goddess? Do you know the goddess too? ”

"Of course, otherwise how can it be called a holy lake?!"

"How much do you know about the goddess?"

The spirit turned to look in the direction of the sacred lake and said:

"A thousand years ago, the goddess came down from the sky. She took pity on the lack of water in our coastal city, and the crops in the farmland were difficult to grow, so she used her great powers to create a sacred lake to provide us with irrigation water. At that time, our Marina City was still an independent city, and the Ruth Kingdom had not yet appeared......"

"The goddess once made a pact with our ancestors that no one should be near the center of the island, because it is where the goddess lives."

"Have you seen the goddess?"

Psychic shook his head.

"Nope."

"Legend has it that the goddess disappeared after she created the sacred lake, and no one has seen her again."

"Oh."

"By the way," she asked, suddenly turning to stare at me.

"Did you summon the dragon?"

"It's not."

"How do you ...... that?"

"Regarding the appearance of the dragon, please help me keep it a secret, is it okay?"

She hesitated for a moment before replying:

"Okay."

I thought she would ask again, but I didn't expect it to be so easy to agree. In that case, there is no need to worry about Nilou for the time being.

The issue of Marina City is also a little progressive, and the pig-people side can solve it smoothly as long as they find a way to resist the curse. But on the Fish-Man side, they can't leave the water source, how to solve this?

By the way, Marina City wants the water of the holy lake to irrigate the farmland, as long as the Fish-People promise not to block the canal and let the water source be shared, and Marina City will not drive them away, this is also acceptable for both parties, right?

"Your Excellency!" Angus came from a distance.

When he came near, he bowed his head and saluted.

"Three adults, Her Royal Highness the princess has come down."

The princess is here, what is she here for?

"Where's the princess? Take me to meet her. ”

"Hero," said Angus, as he stood in the way and bowed his head in a whisper.

"Her Royal Highness the princess ordered to keep quiet, she only came to Marina City this time to see Lord Liya, and no one else knows about this matter."

Haha, I didn't expect the princess to be infatuated with Liya, and she came all the way to Marina City to meet her.

If the princess knew that Liya was a girl, what would her expression be?

By the way, I originally planned to let Liya change back into women's clothes......

Forget it, let's wear men's clothes first, I don't have time to buy her clothes for the time being.

"Hero-sama!"

"Oh, good."

I turned to Leah.

"Liya, the princess wants to see you, it seems that she cares about you very much."

"Master, I'm ......"

She looked at me with a look on her face telling me that she didn't want to see the princess.

I smiled and touched her head.

"Go ahead, tell her the truth by the way, but please keep it a secret for the time being."

"Hmm."

Angus bowed slightly to Ria and made a gesture of please.

"Lord Liya, please come here."

Looking at the backs of the two leaving, I couldn't help but think, if the local tyrant knew that the princess had come all the way to meet Liya privately, what would his expression be?

After all, he didn't know that Liya was a girl.

"What is Chen Yingying laughing at?"

"Oh, no."

With a casual response, I narrowed the smile on my face slightly.

"If Lord Psychic is fine, I'll go back to the camp first."

"Okay."

Well? With the Flame Stone, wouldn't the princess be able to transform into a firebird?

The firebird should be able to fly, and the local tyrant said that she has two skills.

With such a powerful combat force, the local tyrant didn't take her to the Domir Mountains with him?

Wrong!

"Wait!"

I yelled in the direction of Liya and the others.

Both stopped at the same time and turned around.

Angus asked:

"What do you command?"

As I walked towards the two of them, I quietly watched Angus's every move.

"I'm going to see Her Royal Highness too."

"But my lord, the princess commanded ......"

"It's okay, if the princess blames her, I'll explain it to her."

He seemed to hesitate for a moment, and said:

"Yes, sir!"

Then he bent down and saluted in my direction.

Suddenly, a dagger fell from the cuff of his right hand and he grabbed it.

"Be careful!"

I hurriedly shouted and reminded Liya.

At the same moment, the system interface.

[Game Developer], toggle.

The cold light flashed, and the dagger was already stabbed into Liya's abdomen.

[Game Update], release.

A huge translucent clock appears in the air, with the only hand pointing directly above the number 4, and for this second, space-time is locked.

Angus's form is frozen, but so is Riya.

With my right foot on the ground, I rushed out.

Da –

There are 3 seconds left.

Da –

2 seconds.

Da –

1 second.

Arrived in time.

A dagger grabbed from his left hand, and his right hand grabbed Angus' throat at the same time.

Da –

The clock disappears, and the space-time lock is lifted.

The right hand locked his throat and could cut his neck whenever I wanted.

Angus looked at me with a look of horror.

"Big, Adult......"

"Why did you assassinate Riya? Who instructed you? ”

I kept my eyes on Angus, he had no grudge against me and Leah, and there could be no motive to assassinate Lia.

Someone must have instructed him to do so.

Who is it?

Who wants to kill Lia?

"My lord spares my life, I was forced, my lord ......"

"Tell me who is behind you, and I will spare you from death."

"My lord spared me......"

"Say!"

I interrupted him with a roar.

I don't want to hear him beg anymore, I just want to know who wants Lia to die.

He fell silent, tears streaming down his eyes.

I roared again:

"Speak quickly!"

Blood trickled down from the corners of Angus's mouth, and he slowly closed his eyes.

"Master, your hands are bleeding."

Lea's worried voice came from behind her.

I let go of my hand and glanced at my left palm. There was a slender cut there, and blood was slowly oozing from the wound and dripping onto the ground.

"It's fine."

Angus had already fallen to the ground, and the Phantom came over and crouched down to probe his nose, pinched the corner of his mouth, and then stood up and looked at me after a moment.

"He died, biting his tongue and killing himself."

"Hmm."

I replied casually and indifferently.

Maybe Angus was really forced, maybe he was really out of helplessness, maybe he was pitiful.

But none of that is my concern, I just want to know who is trying to hurt Lia.

Liya has a gentle and kind personality, is a bit introverted towards strangers, and has never offended anyone, why would anyone want her to die?

The second generation of local tyrants?

It's possible.

The princess has a good impression of Liya, although she doesn't meet many times, she sticks to Liya every time, and the local tyrant doesn't know that Liya is a girl, so it's not surprising that she is jealous.

But......

It seems unlikely that Angus was forced to assassinate Leah because of jealousy.

But apart from the local tyrants, who else has the motive to assassinate Liya?

King Teacher Middel?

By the way, he sent Michelle to persuade Livis to leave more than ten years ago, did he already know that Lia was Livès's child?

But Liviss is gone, his purpose has been achieved, why should he need Lia's life?

I looked at Leah.

Could it be that there is any special identity in Leah that would conflict with Middel's interests?

I don't know!

In short, he is the most suspicious.

"Chen Yingying."

Turning to look, the spirit was pointing to the corpse of Angus on the ground and asked:

"What is he going to do?"

"Have someone bury him."

"Okay."

Psychic agreed, and then called two soldiers to carry the body away.

Glancing at the body of Angus as it had been lifted, I turned to look at Leah.

"Liya, you have to be vigilant in the future, someone wants to kill you."

"Well, Lea will be careful."

"Chen Yingying, who wants to kill Liya?"

"I don't know."

Turning to look in the direction of Wang Du, I unconsciously squinted my eyes and clenched my fists.

Middle, you've got my attention again.

Don't let me confirm that you are the mastermind behind the scenes, otherwise Your Majesty will not be able to protect you!

Well?

What is it?

Killing Angels?

In the upper left corner of the system, there is an extra message under the "Hero Class Name":

Killing Angel 20%

What do you mean?

That's right!

The ultimate [Infinite Possibilities] is likely to develop in the direction of blackening!

Damn, how did it suddenly appear?

Could it be because of the murderous intent just now?

Can't be blackened......

It must not be blackened......

With my eyes closed, I tried to calm my mind.

"Chen Yingying?"

A psychic voice came, and I raised my hand to signal her to be quiet.

"You guys go back first, I need to be quiet."

The footsteps faded away, and I calmed down again.

Killing Angel 19%

Luckily, it was still able to come down, albeit a bit slowly.

Killing Angel 18%

......

Angel of Slaughter 0%

I don't know how long it took.

Finally the value was reduced to 0%.

But why is it still there?

Even if it drops to 0, this message still hasn't disappeared.

Isn't it possible that once it appears, it won't disappear again?