Chapter Forty-Four: The Villa
The second half of the night on the same night.
This is a three-storey villa in the central area of Bankee Town, close to the business district.
On one side of the villa is a well-manicured Western-style courtyard for afternoon tea, with two tables and matching chairs placed near the center, and the old gardener who prunes the plants, with the plants of different seasons, is full of aristocratic style.
In front of the villa is a beautiful square with a large fountain paved with high-grade Paghera stone, about 10 meters long and 6.5 meters wide, which is equivalent to one-third of the size of the villa building.
There is a team of about 50 guards stationed here, they are stationed here according to the prescribed position, scattered and orderly arrangement here to guard, bright silver full body armor, from time to time through the moonlight to shine through the seeping cold light, you can see what a gorgeous scene if there is something to do in the daytime.
On the other side of the villa is a medium-sized pasture overgrown with pastures, lined with stables full of horses, and the neighing of horses and the sound of horses' hooves running on the grounds can be heard from time to time.
The grooms who take care of the horses and the deacons who manage the selection of fine horses here, and of course the more than fifty horsemen who train here. Although it was now evening, considering the injury loss rate of the horses at such times, they did not continue to train here. Just leading their respective mounts to walk on the grassland, cultivating feelings at the same time, but also taking on the responsibility of guarding the owner here.
As soon as you enter the first floor of the villa, there is a magnificent hall with extremely elaborate decoration, handmade blankets imported from the barbarian kingdom fluttering on the floor of the hall, leather sofas made of the fur of Moggino bloodthirsty demon bears forming a semicircle, and a large real fire fireplace made of maroon red bricks and stones from time to time emitting the sound of "crackling" wood being gradually carbonized by the flames.
A spiral staircase leads to the second floor, where beautiful young maids are constantly busy.
The work of the maids in the aristocratic villa is actually very leisurely, after all, dozens of maids and several deacons and chief maids who manage them only need to serve a few masters, and the workload is not large, although it may be correspondingly more difficult. After all, the nobles are not so easy to serve, and most of them have some quirks, which tests people's work ability and patience very much.
A good maid is required to do everything, laundry and cooking, etiquette and housework, aristocratic religious knowledge, martial arts and magic. Going out to shop, receiving guests, and serving the host are all their daily work.
Although it seems like a lot, it can be said that it is completely easy to spread among dozens of people.
But there is a situation in which they all become busy, and when there are distinguished guests in the house who are at least equal to their master's title, almost all the subordinates will be mobilized to efficiently prepare various kinds of hospitality that suits the interests of the guests.
And today, there are several such distinguished guests in this villa at the same time, and some of them are even more noble than the owner of this villa, so now some people from other manors have been transferred here to help.
The living room on the second floor seems to be out of place with the hustle and bustle of the whole villa at this time, and the whole room is only lit with a few special candles, and the faint light makes it look a little eerie.
But this eerie horror seems insignificant to the people here, or it is exactly what they want.
The matter they discussed was an unusually secret and confidential matter, and for this gathering, the owner of the villa specially arranged a large salon party, and the lively party that dozens of noble gentry outside were enjoying was providing cover for the conversation of only a few people in this room.
After all, all of you here are big people with status and status in this Banji Town, and the sudden appearance here will always attract the attention of some well-intentioned people.
It is also a soundproof room with excellent sound insulation, making it a great place to discuss confidential matters.
In the middle of the conference room, there is a long wooden table, and a total of five people are seated. However, although the few candles in the room, which seemed to be extinguished at any time, insisted on emitting light, these small dim rays of light were not enough to illuminate the whole room, and the flickering candlelight could only barely reflect a few vague black shadows.
At this moment, the dark shadow sitting on the throne spoke.
"It's almost time, and I'm glad that you're here to discuss great things with our great allies, all of you are nobles of status and status, I don't think you need to talk nonsense, your time is precious. So, I think it's time to start this meeting. ”
"So, let me start with a few words. First of all, thank you for gathering here for the glory of Bixia, the King of the Abyss, I have informed my superiors, and Your Excellency Chief would like to express my sincere gratitude to you for your support and help. However, there was a slight problem with Jihua this time, and I think you may not know that the assassination of Jihua, the Lord of Order, Father Hongdo, through the killer we contacted by the Church of the Lady of Shadows, failed. ”
The one who spoke was the first one sitting on the left hand side of the main seat, a magician who was proficient in illusion magic.
"What abyss king bixia, that bixia's human church has long ceased to exist, all that remains are two or three kittens, and you are just the name of the successor, and your superiors are completely a bunch of unbelievers." The dark shadow sitting at the head silently slandered in his heart.
The magician had just used a magically manipulated voice to convey a message to the people present that was not a haode, and it seemed that this Jihua had not informed the other four people present.
"Wait a minute!" a voice suddenly came, and it was the dark shadow sitting in the first position on the right hand side of the main seat, who seemed to have a somewhat short temper and an impulsive personality, and he couldn't wait to interrupt the man opposite him.
"I remember that the parish priest named Tom has already been killed? Why did you strike again, the new Father Kylelius is just a rookie outsider, is there a need to kill him? He asked in a loud voice, barely pointing at his nose and scolding.
A loud sound echoed through the room, and if it weren't for the sound insulation of this room, this secret meeting would definitely be discovered.
"Don't underestimate the new priest, he's a master!" said the dark figure sitting next to the rough man, and the figure sitting in the second seat on the right said softly in a somewhat old-sounding voice.
"No matter how powerful he is, he is just a little priest, and the chief student of the Order Priest who has just graduated only has mastered the Five Rings Divine Technique at most, and at his age, the Four Rings can be regarded as talented. Although the strength is good, but how to say that he has only one person, it is enough to send more people, it is really not possible for me to do it personally. ”
The rough man said disdainfully, and the tone of his words was extremely contemptuous of Kyleus, and Zuihou's words reflected a strong confidence in his own strength. However, when he spoke, he was very respectful to the old man next to him, and it seemed that this was not a simple old man.