Chapter 98: Choice
Hugging the man she thought about day and night, and sniffing the intoxicating smell that constantly emanated from the man's body, Ivanova gradually forgot the insults and grievances she had just received, and a sweet sense of security gradually came to her heart. Just now this man actually killed Anthony's youngest son for himself, which made Ivanova worry and rejoice.
The fear is that if Anthony finds out that it was Aaron who killed his youngest son, it will inevitably bring a catastrophe to Kingston, which is now weak, and he is happy that the man in front of him has done everything for himself!
"Woman, that woman ...... just now" Suddenly, a strong sense of jealousy occupied Ivanova's heart.
She glanced up at the man who was hurrying away, and asked in a tone full of vinegar, "Aaron, when did you make such a beautiful lover?
Just as Ivanova was nervous, Aaron asked with a puzzled expression: "Lover, who?"
"Is that the girl who rushed in at about the same time as you just now......? You don't know her?" a glimmer of hope began to appear in Ivanova's heart, but her mood tightened.
"Oh my God, I thought it was a friend you had met when you were in the consortium! ”
"Strange, who the hell is she? Looking at her tattered clothes, she definitely doesn't look like a guest at a party. Is it theft?" said Ivanova, but the tension in her heart had disappeared by this time, and a deep sense of happiness had enveloped her soul that had been lonely for thirty years.
"God knows, hehe, as long as she's not hostile to us. If we meet her again in the future, we will really thank her!" Alun chuckled softly after jumping over a few jagged boulders.
"Hmm!" Ivanova felt as if she was about to be overwhelmed by happiness when she heard Aaron say the words "us". Pulling the coat wrapped around her body, smelling the residual smell and smell on the coat, Ivanova's face showed a smile of contentment and happiness.
Salz, the manor house of Archduke Antony, is brightly lit and figures are shaking. A team of guards searched every room and corner of the manor with torches, but they searched until midnight, and they couldn't see a ghost, let alone a murderer.
"Ahaa...... Gons, my darling, wake up......! Which devil made you like this...... Ahh......h
Gangs, who was devoured by Aaron and turned into a dried corpse, died in an extremely terrifying state, and many of the surrounding onlookers covered their noses or faces, and whispered to their partners.
A sharp dagger stuck in his chest, the tip of the blade clearly right in the heart, and a pool of red blood oozed from the gap between the blade and the muscle. Anthony frowned deeply, and his face was full of anger, if it weren't for the presence of many distinguished gentlemen around, I am afraid that he would have been furious and held those waste wood responsible.
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On the ruins of Kingston, a brand new city is slowly rising from the ground, people are cheering each other on, and the new city is rebuilding at the same time, it is also rebuilding Kingston people's confidence and hope for the future!
The breeze that blew like a girl's caress caressed Aaron. It is a warm, soft, calm breeze, a breeze that is intoxicatingly fragrant from the green leaves of the flowers that grow in Kingston. Aaron could even smell the spicy scent of the leaves in the wind......
Upon their return to Kingston, Aaron and Ivanova immediately embarked on the arduous work of rebuilding the old city, and the construction of the walls of the old city began. Unlike the New Town, the Old Town is not a castle-like city like the New Kingston. The old city is made up of streets, villages, commodity distribution centers and other areas with different functions, which are divided by mountains, dense forests, streams and rivers, and wilderness.
It was obviously unrealistic to enclose a wall to such a complex town, and Kingston's finances did not allow for such a large project. However, Zabas, who has decades of experience as a mercenary traveling from south to north, immediately made a suggestion: although it is not possible to enclose the various blocks that make up the old city for effective defense, it is possible to take a step back and let these different plots and functions connect their defensive forces.
Kingston's mountainous and forested rivers can turn these disadvantages that hinder its development and defense into advantages. For example, the branch built small forts or simple fortresses in villages along mountains and rivers, and small and medium-sized castles in densely populated streets and distribution centers. And so on, all of which can provide a temporary shelter for the locals in the event of a raid, allowing them to hide their possessions such as cattle, sheep, chickens, and other things in them and wait for reinforcements.
This defensive policy was immediately adopted by the committee. Compared to the cost of completely enclosing the old city to build defenses, Zabas's plan can not only quickly improve the defense of the town and the security of the people in a short period of time, but also cut the expenditure by more than half.
Now, Arun is personally involved in the construction of small forts in several nearby villages in a village on the Old Town side. As a man of knighthood, dismounting and carrying stones with the common people greatly stimulated the enthusiasm of the locals, and the troubadours transformed dozens of versions of the event to praise the baron's virtues and exploits.
Under this premeditated hype vortex, the entire people of Kingston were swept into this torrential whirlpool of frenzied defense construction. In just one month, most of the important fortifications in the old city were repaired, and the rest of the more remote villages began to carry out the necessary defensive work, such as training the villagers in basic fighting skills, and building rudimentary fortifications such as lookouts, secret tunnels, hidden cellars, and so on.
The non-stop inspections and speeches over the past few days made Arun feel a sense of fulfillment and purpose that he had not felt for a long time while he was tired.
"Oh that's too bad, Aaron, are you in there?"
Aaron, who was in the room with his eyes closed, suddenly heard a rush of footsteps, and Ivanova's anxious voice came in.
"Gonse is dead!" said Aaron, whose face turned a little pale when he saw Ivanova.
"What are you talking about? Is there any surprise that Gons died a month ago?" Arlen wondered. Ivanova saw the killing of Gons that night, so why now that he is dead? Could it be that she killed not the real Guns that night, but an impostor?
"Gance, after we left, I don't know who stuck a dagger in his chest. Ivanova said with a slight alarm, "The important thing is that Anthony suspects us from the dagger." On the night of the incident, Anthony didn't find us in any of the guests, so ......"
"With a dagger in your hand? How could it be, we were ...... when we left" Aaron suddenly thought of something: "No, is it that woman?"
"Woman, are you talking about the woman who broke down the door that night?" Ivanova remembered.
"Yes, is it her? Or maybe she was going to kill Gons that night, but I killed Guns first. After we were gone, she turned back and vented her anger on the corpse of Gance?" Alun speculated as he thought of his past misdeeds.
"Anyway, now we have to get out of here. If we don't leave, we'll be ready to meet Anthony's wrath. Ivanova said anxiously.
Aaron knew that what she said was the truth, and it was difficult to compete with Anthony's strength with his current strength. Moreover, from the current clues revealed, Aaron and Ivanova are also the most suspicious, even if Aaron did not kill Gaunts, I am afraid that Anthony, who has been coveting Kingston for a long time, will frame himself. What's more, Gons was indeed killed by himself, and Anthony's shrewdness would definitely find out......
However, now that Kingston's initial defense system is about to be formed, will this city, which has injected countless efforts into it, be handed over to others in vain?
While Aaron was in a state of flux, Atai, who was now the head of the Honorary Knights, ran in panting............