Chapter 44: The Spoils Sharing Conference
A small brown hair with dense curly hair, against the background of a black velvet cloak embroidered with plum blossoms, looks quite rich, and the gilded patterns on the snow-white shoulders shimmer in the colored light of the glass on both sides. He held a short scepter in his left hand, and his right hand habitually rested on the armrest of the chair, but he had just put it halfway through, and suddenly found himself sitting on a bench, so he had to wave his hand awkwardly at everyone.
"Ladies and gentlemen, no need to be polite. As you all know, this city has experienced an unprecedented crisis before! The fat man in front of him, as a successful usurper, must have his uniqueness, and the previous embarrassment seemed to have never happened, and he began to speak without changing his face.
"It is with great sorrow that I announce this regrettable news that our esteemed Count Anthony Jr. has colluded with the cultists in an attempt to destroy the entire city! Almost, the old earl's decades of hard work were burned! Antoine said with a sad expression, and the melon-eating nobles below were in an uproar.
"Silence!" Antoine tapped the leg of his stool with the short scepter in his hand, refocusing everyone's attention on himself: "The fact that little Anthony colluded with the cultists was discovered by my secret agent, but he was annoyed and angry, and immediately launched their evil plan with the cultists in advance!" If it weren't for the Demon Hunter Gang Ze, and Lord Richard of the God of War Temple arrived in time, I'm afraid I would have been... ”
As he spoke, Antoine took out his handkerchief and wiped his tears with a loud snort.
The nobles below whispered together, and the representatives of the church looked at each other, nose and nose, and pretended to be confused.
Seeing that no one jumped out to question Antoine's statement, the nobles below slowly quieted down, after all, Antoine had ruled Antoine Port for so many years, and Sima Zhao's heart was already known to passers-by.
But all the minor nobles who were loyal to the Anthony family have either been exiled to the Black Forest to open up settlements in recent years, or have been killed by Antoine when he found an opportunity, and most of the people who are left in the city are bribed, or who doesn't care who the lord sits on.
Seeing that the following slowly fell silent, Antoine snorted with satisfaction and continued his performance: "In the conflict, the culprit Anthony Jr. and the leader of the cult resisted stubbornly and were finally completely eliminated. I deeply mourn the death of little Anthony, it is my usual negligence in educating him that has allowed him to go so far on this road of no return. ”
Antoine stood up as he spoke: "As a punishment for myself, I will give up the position of acting city lord, and all the nobles in the city will jointly elect a worthy candidate!" ”
At this time, not only the nobles below were boiling, but even the demon hunters were surprised, this fat man actually found out with his conscience?
But I didn't find my apprentice blowing his nose next to him, hum, wanting to get away with it!
I don't know when Vitoria came to Xu Yichen's side from behind, saw Xu Yichen's expression, and asked suspiciously: "What other purpose do you think he has?" ”
"Definitely! It's too obvious, you see the leaders of these temple representatives, one by one, their expressions have not changed at all, they must have discussed with this fat man in advance, and he must be the one who is finally promoted! Xu Yichen looked at Vittoria with the eyes of caring for mentally handicapped children, and felt that her muscles must have grown into her brain, and she couldn't see such a straightforward routine?
Looking at not only Vittoria, but even his teacher, Demon Hunter Gang Ze, looked at him with a puzzled expression. It doesn't matter if the aborigines don't know anything, Vittoria, you are so upright, Xu Yichen can't help but feel that this EU's public education is not a pill, it seems that the wind of EU reform will continue to blow! Otherwise, how can we be competitive in modern society?
"You see, he wanted to usurp power, and after so many years, the little earl was suddenly killed! Although he really didn't do it, if he directly took over the lord's position, who would be able to believe that the little earl was not killed by him in the future? He has set his back on this black cauldron! Now that he has asked everyone to elect together, the church is clearly supporting him, and who would dare to be elected except him? When he is elected, and the church is propagandizing, won't this become an elected lord? Xu Yichen explained carefully: "With an extra layer of fig leaf, it will be easy to pass many legal matters in the future." ”
"Ahem, ahem!" A cough came from the side, interrupting the comprehension time of the demon hunters Gangze and Vittoria, Xu Yichen looked up, and found that his voice was a little louder unconsciously, everyone in the main hall looked at him quietly, and Richard was clearing his throat in embarrassment.
Antoine, who was speaking on the stage with a short scepter, also had an embarrassed smile on his face, pretended not to hear what the people below said, and forcibly continued: "In this conspiracy to thwart the cultists, help from all sides is indispensable, and I will express my high respect to you on behalf of this city!" ”
Xu Yichen smiled apologetically at the people around him, alas? How do you see the expressions of several people dressed as nobles with sudden realization? What's the situation, you really planned to go with the vote to run for the lord? How did you live so big?
When Antoine shouted on the stage: "Cyris warrior from the distant Eastern Continent, Xu Yichen!" At that time, the keenly perceptive Demon Hunter Apprentice was surprised to catch the few holy warriors standing guard around him trembling unnaturally. Although Xu Yichen knew that he had a mediocre reputation among the holy warriors and priests, it was all for his own fighting style, how could he feel that he was about to cross the street tiger posture now?
Xu Yichen's youthful appearance made it difficult to think of saving the city by himself, and the remarkable act of killing the Chaos Vanguard made him gain a lot of amazing glances from the church representatives, but Antoine, who was sitting on the bench, had a somewhat stiff face.
"Your Excellency the Acting Lord..." Xu Yichen emphasized the two words agent, on the way, his teacher had already told him, the operation of the demon hunter was a secret operation, what happened in the chaos crack, don't talk about it to the outside world, for ordinary people, it is very dangerous to know too much information about chaos.
This time, on the surface, the fact is that the minor lord and the cultists colluded to secretly kidnap the population of the ghetto and use it as a blood sacrifice, intending to use the power of the evil god to restore the glory of the Anthony family, but the church wiped it out.
Privately, the Church and the Demon Hunters made an agreement that the Demon Hunters would not hold the Church accountable for secretly supporting their agents to usurp power, and agreed that Antoine would become the new lord, and that the new lord would fully support the Demon Hunter Order, and that he would have to make enough money to satisfy the Demon Hunters at this meeting.
That's why the current scene appeared, Xu Yichen was stuck in Antoine's weakness, and if he was not recognized by the demon hunters, he would not be a legitimate city lord.