Chapter 278: Yes or No
The statements of the three parties, covering both outside the ceremonial arena, inside the venue, and in the royal court, essentially recapitrate in detail what happened on the day of Sir Lothar's assassination.
"What does it mean to be devoured by black light?"
Ewell shook his head and replied, "Literally, I've never seen anything like it. ”
"Okay." Dai Lin raised his right hand and gestured, "Thank you very much for your statement, person, please leave the venue now." ”
Ewell greeted the Inquisitor and His Majesty slightly, then saluted his own allegiance to Varian before turning and leaving the chamber.
"Your Excellency Antonidas, Your Excellency Federi, Your Excellency Landzer, and Your Excellency Rex, can Dalaran make an effective supplement to the point of 'Black Light Devouring'?"
The four speakers exchanged opinions in a low voice, and it didn't take long, about eight or nine seconds, before Landzel stepped forward and stated on his behalf: "In fact, on the day of the incident, in addition to the orcs, there were also three black dragons who participated in the riot. At that time, Rex and I led eight archmages to Riptide Castle through the portal, and after meeting up with the leader of the battlemages, Harold Winston, we killed the three black dragons. ”
"Please continue."
"Later, when Sir Lothar arranged for Danas to pacify the populace and restore order to the city, we didn't go to the royal court with Sir at that time, but used Scout magic to help Danas comb through the city to make sure that no fish slipped through the net."
"So, none of the magicians of Dalaran saw with their own eyes the black light that devoured Gavrino Princip?"
"Yes, it's a pity, we were negligent, everyone was negligent."
"What did you do after Sir Lothar's assassination?"
"Rushed to the royal court as soon as possible, examined Sir's body, collected blood, and investigated everything, including the nobleman."
"What did you find?"
"A completely unknown toxin." Rex took a step forward and said, "In the past three days, I have sent people to contact many thieves who are in the black market, and no one has ever seen this poison. And this can fully prove that this poison is completely new, at least never before in the Seven Kingdoms. ”
Landzel added, "As for the 'Black Light Devourer', because of the presence of the Black Dragon during the Riot, we focused most of our efforts on finding all the books related to the dragon in Dalaran's collection. Unfortunately, we found nothing, and could only speculate as described, that the black light might not be devouring, but a reverse summoning ritual marked in advance. ”
"Well, thank you Speakers for their presentations and effective additions." Dai Lin was very satisfied with the cooperation of the four speakers and thanked him in return.
Immediately afterwards, Dai Lin looked at the clerk Saidan Da Sohan, who was sitting on the side of the council hall, and after receiving the reply from Saidan's eyes, he immediately said in a loud voice: "I announce that the public trial assembly will be adjourned for fifteen minutes, and the trial will continue after the trial team deliberates. ”
In the auditorium, the nobles who had been in a tense state could finally relax a little at this time. As for the trial enforcement team in armor near the auditorium, they are only responsible for the proper order here, and do not interfere with the activities of the nobles during the recess.
And so, the conversation, the ubiquitous conversation, began.
The minor nobles were either close friends to their acquaintances, to their superiors, or to the great nobles and lords of their kingdom to discuss all that had happened since the beginning of the public trial.
Among them, a big fat little nobleman from the kingdom of Alterac, who is pot-bellied, rich, and less than 1.7 meters tall, is having a private conversation with an officer of the guard of the royal city of Lordaeron.
Strangely, these two people didn't know each other before today!
"I don't understand." The officer named Siegel was simply puzzled.
Speaking of which, Oss also met this Siegel as the King of the Dwarves, who was one of Sedan's lieutenants.
The big fat man in a daze was stunned, and his gaze shifted from someone in the council hall to his companion: "Don't understand something?" ”
Siegel, who is obviously a man, actually made a lip-biting action and said, "I don't understand why he is on trial!" And where did those weak people get the courage and confidence to dare to plan such a farce of the following crimes! ”
The big fat man named Marvin Stryker couldn't help but roll his eyes, that look was actually a little cute......
"Why don't you answer!?" Siegel spoke in a hard, unpleasant tone.
Marven leaned back on the seat angrily, and directly scolded each other: "If you can't stand it, then you can save him!" ”
"I'm ......" Siegel was momentarily speechless, he thought for a moment, and asked rhetorically, "Why don't you go?" ”
"I didn't lose sight, huh." Malven is also a man, and he is still a big fat man, and he actually snorted arrogantly.
If anyone notices this corner, they will undoubtedly be stimulated by Siegel and Malvern's demeanor - crooked!
Siegel was so angry that he got up, and just as he was about to make a move, he was pulled back by Marvin: "What are you doing!" Do you really want to save him? ”
Siegel broke free of Malvin's fat big hand with a look of disgust.
"Well, well, all I can say is that you can't put yourself in the shoes of ordinary mortals, you always feel like you're on top of things, and think that everything has to be done according to your own will. And you will never be able to understand Os's heart. ”
Siegel was stunned by this, and retorted with a little annoyance: "You are also a god, you are not qualified to say that about me!" ”
Marvin's two fat big hands pointed at his big fat face cutely: "Don't mention anything else, I can not care about the appearance of mortals, and casually replace a person to participate in this public trial, but you have wasted a day and a half, and you have to find someone who is not ugly and meets your aesthetics." ”
"You!"
"Alright, alright, can you stop for a moment, okay?" Marvin slumped in his chair with a weak breath, "The trial is not over yet, and I don't know what the outcome will be, I don't want to be exposed now." ”
"Humph!" Siegel snorted coldly and stopped talking.
At the same time, more than forty meters away from the corner where Siegel and Malvin were, Victor Nefarios frowned. He looked around several times, and felt a smell of detachment and intimacy in the air, like his brothers and sisters.
Oh, by the way, it's the same smell as Lord Fallad, who sits diagonally across from the nobles of the Alterac Kingdom.
And this special smell cannot be smelled by mortal noses, nor can magic detect it.
"Lord Duke, do you think the charges can be confirmed?" A nobleman asked Grand Duke Jorazi Ravenhod, who was surrounded in the center.
Although this area is made up of nobles from the kingdom of Alterac, it is roughly divided into three distinct camps: His Majesty Aiden Pirenod; Grand Duke of Pro-Jorazi Ravenhod; Pro-Grand Duke Alex Barov.
It can also be seen from this that in terms of the king's talent and strength, Aiden is really average.
"Whose crime are you talking about? And which crime? Jorazzi asked rhetorically without squinting. And his perception has been locked on Lord Farad, who now knows that Farad is a black dragon!
"Uh...... I can't say it, do you have any opinion? ”
Jorazi, who was holding his cane with his hands folded, pondered for a moment and said, "If there is no crime involved, Baroness and Baroness Garithar and Baron Rivendell's family should be innocent. ”
"What about that person?"
Nowadays, no matter which class of the Seven Kingdoms you are, Oss is referred to as "that person."
Joratzi shook his head very dryly, and after only saying one word, he was silent: "I don't know! ”
Fifteen minutes is not too long, especially on this high-profile occasion, which can give the illusion that time is passing faster than usual.
With a reading, the adjournment ended.
"Silence!"
Dai Lin held the file in one hand and flipped through it in the other, and said loudly: "I announce that the public trial conference will continue. ”
"Guards, with the suspect Baron Imraltre Rivendell."
Baron Rivendell walked to the center of the chamber, followed by two royal guards of Lordaeron armed with halberds.
"Imraltre Rivendell, hereditary baron of the kingdom of Lordaeron, with a fief of Stratholme in the East Daron Mill Woodland?"
"It's me." Baron Rivendell replied with an unkind face.
After verifying his identity, Dai Lin turned to say, "Guard, present the evidence." ”
Soon, a guard walked in with an iron tray in both hands, on which were two swords of different sizes, a light crossbow, and three short axes of different sizes.
Baron Rivendell was instantly furious, gritting his teeth as he looked at the weapons placed in front of him one by one, his chest rising and falling violently.
"Baron, have you denied the origin of these weapons?"
Baron Rivendell didn't reply, he glared at Dalin, who was the presiding judge, and stared at each other forcefully, without blinking.
However, Daelin not only possessed greater power, but also had a natural situational advantage, and he raised his voice, repeating: "Answer me, baron, yes! Or not! ”
The word Baron Rivendell was almost squeezed out of his teeth: "Yes!" ”
"Are all of these weapons from the Rivendell Family Weapons Workshop? If not, please point out which one is not! ”
Baron Rivendell took a step to theorize as soon as Dalin's words fell. It's a pity that he only took such a step, and was subdued by the two Lordaeron royal guards behind him.
"Fuck off! Who gave you the audacity to do this to a kingdom baron! "Behind Baron Rivendell, Lady Annastari, a politically ignorant magician from Dalaran, was terrified.
Without waiting for Dalin to speak, Terenus immediately scolded, "Stand down! ”
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Letting go of his arms, Baron Rivendell did not try to rush forward again, and it was enough for him to test the position of His Majesty Terenus with this small gesture.
As for Terenus, unless he wanted to abandon the Rivendell family, the richest and most influential family in the Kingdom of Lordaeron, and incidentally lose the loyalty and cohesion of the noble class of the Kingdom of Lordaeron, it was impossible for him not to show his attitude in the situation just now.
After all, Baron Rivendell hadn't been convicted yet. Moreover, if the person who was assassinated was not Sir Anduin Lothar, he would not have been severely condemned as a suspect.
And Dahlin also knew this, and understood that Terenus would not give up on the Rivendell family, and his tone softened a lot: "Please answer, baron, are these weapons all from the Rivendell family's weapons workshop?" ”
"Yes!"
Although there is an element of acting, the anger in my heart is real.
Baron Rivendell gained a certain amount of confidence through temptation, and he completely abandoned the manners and demeanor of the past, and used all his strength to expletive: "But what the fuck can I do!" Yes?! And what does it represent?! This gladiator's dagger sells for only eighteen silver coins, this double-edged scimitar sells for twenty-one silver coins, and the most expensive hatchet axe is only forty-seven silver coins! This light crossbow retails for a cheaper price, four silver coins, and I usually give it as a fucking giveaway! ”
"Watch your words, Baron!" Dahlin didn't have time to stop it, letting the sound of Baron Rivendell's curse spread far away.
"Pay attention to the words!? Do I still need to pay attention to words!? Put the charge of 'supplying weapons to assassinate Sir Lothar' on my head, and I pay attention to the! ”
Dalin was silent, not speechless, but anyone could see that the king of Kul Tiras was on the verge of rage.
But Baron Rivendell continued to roar: "Everyone knows that my family is in this business, opening the door to do the weapons business, and has been doing it for hundreds of years!" I'm going to ask, is it the unlucky ghost who has died in the Rivendell family's weapons workshop for hundreds of years, and now it's all on my head?! Yes! ”
"Poof! Ha ha! ”
In the auditorium, there was a nobleman who really couldn't hold back and burst out laughing. This ensued a chain reaction that caused a flurry of laughter.
"Silence!"
"Guards, expel the loud man from the courtroom!" With the keen senses of a strong person, it is really not difficult to find out who is the first to laugh.
Following the direction of Dalin's finger, the two royal guards of Lordaeron, who acted as the law enforcement team of the trial, decisively took the red-faced nobleman away from the public trial assembly.
When order had calmed down a little, and the atmosphere had returned to its solemnity, Dalin said to Baron Rivendell, "Baron, if you still have even the slightest trace of respect and mourning for Sir Lothar, you should not have said those words!" ”
Baron Rivendell didn't take this stubble at all, and he said to himself: "In addition to the weapons workshop, Lord Inquisitor, the Rivendell family also has an oil refining factory. I would like to ask, did one day your fleet be ignited by the Assassins and the whole ship exploded, and it had to be counted on my head in the end?! ”
"Poof!"
"Haha!"
"Hah!"
In the auditorium, most of the nobles from the Kingdom of Lordaeron who had a close relationship with the Rivendell family, they couldn't help but laugh out loud once again when they heard Baron Rivendell's strange questioning.
P.S. originally wanted to change every day, and this last climax of first suppressing and then rising was over, and the second volume could be written before the end of the year. Alas, something happened to my hometown, I have to go back tomorrow, I'm not sure how many days it will be broken, I'm very sorry.