"What is this?" Duran turned to the side with some hesitation, his eyes narrowed suddenly, and the sword in his hand flashed like lightning, and in the blink of an eye, he picked up the thing that was stuck to the corner of Xena's clothes.

"Oter larvae?" Duran looked at the little worm wriggling on the tip of the knife with a gloomy face, and immediately made a judgment in his mind. For him, the appearance of Oter larvae was too familiar to be misjudged.

In this big pudding city harvest festival dance, there are also Oter larvae? What does this mean?

Duran's doubts suddenly increased, and he settled down, bending down and rummaging through Xena's clothes, only to find no trace of other Orser larvae.

"Where did this thing come from?" Duran bit his lip, a thoughtful look in his eyes. It stands to reason that with Xena's skills and perception, even a small thing like Orser Larvae, once attached to her body, will be immediately detected, and it is impossible to let it attach to her body for a long time. And from Xena herself, she doesn't seem to have any signs of Osservirus infection.

Then there is only one answer.

Duran got up quickly, opened his previous closet suddenly, and groped carefully for where Xena stood, and sure enough, he found something strange.

A wriggling wall of flesh. There are countless Osher larvae crawling on it, but for some unknown reason, these Orser larvae are very poor in life, and can only crawl at an extremely slow pace. Duran stood in front of them, and they weren't as aggressive as usual.

No wonder......

A flash of realization flashed in Duran's heart, Xena must have been focused on herself after being controlled by herself, so she didn't pay attention to the Orser larvae that ran to her. It's just that what makes Duran uneasy is that the vitality of this creature is actually very average, and if these Ulter larvae can survive, then there must be characters who are extremely proficient in Ulter biological breeding.

"I only remember that this year's Grand Pudding City Harvest Festival Ball had an exhibition by Earl Lyle, and it happened to have what I wanted. And the rest of the things are completely unimpressive......" Duran stared at the dark red wall of flesh, and there was a faint gap in the flesh wall, and a small opening appeared in the center of the gap, which seemed to accommodate a key or something like that.

Seeing this situation, Duran's mind immediately flashed the scene when the second son of Earl Lyle unlocked the locks and walked into the locker room door.

"At that time, he should have something in his hand, but when he found out that there was still someone in the locker room, he visibly panicked, and then saved Tozang into his sleeve." Duran closed his eyes and recalled the scene, and became more and more sure that the second son of Count Lyle was definitely not a good man.

Looking at the wall of flesh, which looked terrifying to ordinary people, Duran thought for a moment and gently closed the door of the closet. He had a faint premonition in his heart that something big would happen tonight.

It's just that Duran is not interested in these things, he just needs to get the Deep Sea Crown. The only thing that bothered him was that since there were Oter larvae here, wouldn't it be much different to leave Xena here than to kill her?

Duran had never been a murderous person, so he had to take a little trouble and take advantage of the fact that there was no one in the corridor to transfer the unconscious Xena to another empty room on the first floor. Of course, Duran had thoroughly confirmed that there was no Othur virus in this room.

"The Harvest Festival Ball, the mysterious exhibits, the cheating in the dressing room, the Oser larvae in the closet...... It's messy. ”

With everything in order, Duran exhaled slowly, put on the mask of a fraudster, changed his face to the image of Aemon Brown, who had previously coveted his women's clothes, and walked out generously.

The dance party in the hall on the first floor is still in full swing. The people who twisted their waists wildly to the undulating dance music did not know the danger hidden in the shadows, and the secret cheating and murder in the locker room went unnoticed, and everyone stared at their prey with blazing fire, and switched identities with great pleasure in hunting and being hunted.

Duran walked through the crowd without saying a word, and no one noticed him.

"The exhibition should start soon, and it's more of an auction than an exhibition." Duran silently estimated the time in his heart, and he chose a corner where it was not easy to be watched, and quietly watched the dance music in the hall slowly come to an end.

In plain sight, it is very difficult to successfully steal the Deep Sea Crown and get out of it. As a business genius, Earl Lyle must have held countless similar auctions, and the corresponding anti-theft measures must have been very perfect.

Thinking of this, Duran could only scratch his temples with a little headache, his gaze wandering in the hall, and his heart silently planned a reasonable escape route.

Who knew that at this time, a teasing voice sounded beside him: "Oh, Mr. Brown's movements are really fast, this wig is really tough." ”

Duran's heart jumped, and a plump and somewhat excessive woman suddenly leaned over and said with a playful face.

This woman is the noblewoman who had a quarrel with Emon Brown before, but unfortunately Duran didn't know her name, so he could only snort coldly and turn away.

The noble lady didn't let go of Duran's intentions, but leaned on Duran's body with a coquettish smile, and rubbed Duran's arm with her plump breasts: "Mr. Brown, you don't have a dance partner anyway, why don't you dance with me?" ”

Duran scolded in his heart, and just made a mockery of Brown, but now he can still invite Brown to dance with her with a shy face. This woman probably took a fancy to Brown's youth and strength, and wanted to taste the taste of youth.

"These dragonmen nobles are simply annoying," Duran was speechless to the extreme, if it weren't for the fear that his face would be easy to be wary of, he wouldn't have used the mask of a fraudster to turn into Brown, who knew that even so, he would still be noticed.

So far, he can only smile reluctantly: "I'm sorry, I'm not in the mood to dance right now." ”

Who knew that as soon as he said this, the woman suddenly stared at Duran in disbelief and whispered, "You are not Brown!" ”

"Who are you?"

……

"Your Royal Highness, my previous proposal in the study is still valid, you should consider it carefully, after all, it is a very beneficial cooperation for both of us. I do not support what the Grand Duke of Goldfinch did in the Riverlands, but I do not object to it either. It's just that other people may not have such a gentle attitude as me, to be honest, Ling Zun's move made him make countless enemies in the upper echelons of the empire, and it is rumored that several old guys in the north are already very dissatisfied with him, and the north of the dry grass river is plotting to gather troops, and the river is weak, otherwise Ling Zun will not let you bring the deep sea crown to the south to raise funds. You need a strong and faithful ally, and I think that's what the Grand Duke himself meant by sending you here. ”

In the corridor on the second floor, two figures leaned against the railing in turn, and one of the tall men had a gentle attitude and said to the girl next to him in a calm tone.

Simple. Lancelot's face under the veil did not show any change in expression, she was silent for a while, and then replied slowly: "I will definitely tell my father the truth about the Earl's proposal." I can't make up my mind myself, I came to the south this time for only one purpose, and that is to follow my father's advice and auction off the Deep Sea Crown, and I don't know anything else, and I don't understand the rest. ”

Count Lyle smiled slightly, his appearance was already a little old, but the occasional strand of gray hair from his sideburns did not diminish his charm, and the vicissitudes of life precipitated into a feeling of trustworthiness in him. He said tolerantly, "No problem, I believe that His Excellency will consider my proposal carefully." The exhibition soon began, and the hall downstairs gathered all the wealthy nobles and merchants from all over the south, and it was believed that the Deep Sea Crown would fetch a good price. ”

"Then I'll thank the Earl for my father." Jane's gaze crossed the crowd, and by this time a raised clearing had been cleared in the hall on the first floor, and a neatly dressed auctioneer and a small team of elite-level guards were ready.

The girl pursed her lips, a hint of hesitation flashed in her eyes, and she held the magic mirror named Edig in her sleeve, a little hesitant.

As if seeing the girl's worries, Count Lyle said with a smile: "Your Royal Highness need not worry, I have held countless auctions called exhibitions here, and no one has ever dared to make trouble on my territory. ”

Jane nodded slightly, and finally let go of the hand holding the magic mirror.

"What if we can see the future? Anyway, I can't change it......" The girl silently looked at the bustling crowd downstairs, and for some reason, her heartbeat suddenly began to accelerate.

The well-dressed auctioneer cleared his throat, and the dance music gradually deepened, until at last only a few strands remained. The crowd fell silent cooperatively, most of whom had experienced many auctions and knew the rules of the place, and everyone stood casually, their curious eyes on the boxes of treasures sealed with fine iron behind the auctioneer.

The blonde auctioneer gave a friendly smile, cleared his throat, and said, "It's a pleasure to be here with you on such a beautiful night. All of you here are not strangers, and you must be very familiar with the style of the Earl, who very much dislikes the style of dragging mud and water, so we can only obey our orders. I won't talk nonsense here, let's go straight to the formal part of the exhibition. ”

"The first exhibit, the Hammer of Thunder. An outstanding work by the dwarves of the Blue Mountains. Magical equipment, the following is a detailed introduction ......" (To be continued.) )