Chapter 366 Ye Weiyang (I)
“What do you want?”
Grand Duke Baroka pushed the half-can of spirits left in front of Mo Tan and shrugged Shoulder: "Sorry, I didn't prepare extra cups, but I really want to be with you now Have a drink, Mr. Dabbs."
"It's easy to talk~" Mo Tan laughed and took out a book from the Liuli Pavilion high-end suite with the LOGO of the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce on it. The colorful crystal bowl, which should be just a decoration, scooped out more than half a bowl of pungent liquor and brought it to him. He drank it all with a gurgling sound on his lips, and then smiled without changing his face and said: "I want a lot."
Baroka looked at the elegant 'poet' in front of him with some astonishment. I didn’t expect this half-elf guy to be so tough. Not only did he drink when asked, but he also drank it. After eating more than half a bowl of [Gong Huo Lie] that most dwarves could not tolerate, he still seemed to be fine. Others might have been stunned by this moment, but this guy smacked his lips with unsatisfied thoughts and looked towards [Gong Huolie]'s eyes gradually became hotter
This wine is worth more than gold coins of equal weight, how can it withstand such an animal's drinking method!
It would be fine if the other party knew how to drink, but Anthony Dabbs, who seemed to be drinking water, was obviously not a qualified drinker, so the Grand Duke of Baroka immediately pulled back the wine can and smiled awkwardly but politely. Said: "It doesn't matter, just tell me slowly what you want."
At this moment, Mo Tan, who had eight layers of [Drunkenness] DEBUFF on his body, first glanced at it 'reluctantly' He glanced at [Gong Huolie], then nodded gently and said: "First of all, please allow me to confirm your position one last time. On Judgment Day, Mr. Vernon, will you vote for sanctions or for observation?"
In fact, even though the system forcibly offset part of the alcohol that could knock ordinary people down, Mo Tan is still in intense discomfort. His head and eyelids have become extremely heavy, and his abdomen has become extremely heavy. There was also a burning cramping sensation in his chest, and the extremely choking smell of alcohol between his lips and teeth almost made him suffocate. Not only that, his senses also became much duller than usual, making it difficult to concentrate. ...
But these are not insurmountable problems. For some people who can perfectly control their bodies and minds, when the alcohol intake reaches enough to cause fainting, vomiting blood, etc. Before a series of irresistible physiological thresholds, they will not be any different from when they are in a normal state. It is true that these people will also feel various discomforts, will also have various impulses that they do not usually have, and will also have difficulty controlling their expressions. and movements, but strong enough willpower allows them to behave as usual. This kind of thing is not uncommon in reality, and is usually translated as 'hard-wearing' or 'hard-wearing'.
If you hold on and act like it, you will be like a cow.
If the secret is exposed, if you lose control, you are stupid.
How far can Mo Tan hold on at this moment?
To put it simply, in this game where you can’t drink until you have stomach bleeding or fainting, and you can only continue to feel intense discomfort, he can probably handle three Baroka Grand Dukes by himself. The macho man drank.
Although this will make Mo Tan very, very uncomfortable, as long as he is willing, he can still continue to toast with you with a normal expression.
All in all, even though he slightly took advantage of his status as a player, Mo Tan, who currently has a "chaotic neutral" personality, is indeed worthy of the word "cow" when it comes to drinking.
It’s not ‘able to drink’, but ‘able to hold’, and when it can hold up to a certain level, the effect is no different from ‘able to drink’.
“Sanctions.”
Grand Duke Baroka answered without thinking. He picked up a piece of half-cooked barbecue with blood on it and stuffed it into his mouth. He hummed softly: “Before, I just It’s just that the Marshall family is unhappy, but now...heh, it’s too dangerous to let that kind of person live well. It’s very dangerous for the empire, for my Baroka family, and for those innocent civilians, so even if you If I don’t come today, my decision will not change.”
This answer was not unexpected at all, so he just nodded slightly, and then continued to ask: “The Marshalls sent you. Who is he? When did he arrive?"
"It should have been when the sun just set." Baroka touched his stubble and said solemnly: "That was a half-orc man with no characteristics. He was of leopard man blood, very thin, and spoke common language. It was very standard. He conveyed to me the conditions given by the Marshall family, and then left without saying a word. "
[It is really strange...]
Mo Tan frowned slightly and noticed something unnatural.
One of the more obvious points is that the person who came to the Grand Duke of Baroka on behalf of the Marshall family only conveyed the conditions, but did not say much about it, even though the Grand Duke of Baroka had already said It was implicitly stated that the conditions proposed by the Marshall family were very generous, but for Vernon Baroka, who had previously confronted him tit-for-tat in the Purple Nine Hall, just promising some conditions would not easily produce any decisive effect. Although Mo Tan He is confident, but does not have the bad habit of treating other people as idiots. He feels that since he and Futaba can see that Vernon Baroka is much more delicate than he shows, then he who is also a grand duke and has a very deep city. There was no reason why Buffy couldn't see it.
If the Grand Duke of Baroka is indeed what he appears to be, then there is indeed nothing wrong with the behavior of the previous messenger, because it is obviously impossible to reach an agreement, but...
"I'm also curious about why Buffy didn't let anyone try to win over me as much as possible."
Seeing Mo Tan suddenly start to lower his head and ponder, Grand Duke Baroka took the initiative to fill in the doubts in his heart: "This is abnormal."
[More than that. 】
Mo Tan nodded calmly, but his mind drifted to another thing, which was the 'representative' himself who came to find Duke Baroka.
You must know that Marshall is currently under house arrest, not to mention Cassie, who was sent by Futaba to the Mercury Court to monitor, and even the royal family has sent a large number of secret guards to monitor nearby. According to common sense, , in this case, Buffy Marshall could only passively wait for other lords to come to him for 'negotiation' according to the rules, instead of sending envoys to actively convey intentions to others and set out conditions, because he simply couldn't do it.
But a messenger did come...
The flat girl who is less than 1.6 meters tall did not remind herself tonight that someone had left the Mercury Court.
Various intelligence also showed that there were no players among the entourage that rushed to Salamoen with Buffy Marshall, so it was impossible for him to find someone to run errands for him through channels such as friends' messages. Through the previous exchange of information with Futaba, it can be determined that the Marshall family does have magic items that can communicate remotely, but the one from Mercury Court has been taken away.
Then this gives rise to three possibilities...
First, Buffy Marshall possesses some unknown secret technique that allows him to contact the outside world without the help of props or players. Mo Tan himself has some clues about this, but this is actually difficult to explain. , because Futaba said that when she proposed to move the Marshall group to the Red Garden so that they could not use the magic device to transmit information, the Grand Duke was really panicked. If he had a backup method, he should have Much more calm.
Second, between the time when the investigation team reported back its results and when Sackfrith appeared in the Purple Nine Hall to testify, Marshall, who was temporarily released from house arrest, obtained a set of communication equipment again as quickly as possible. , so even if Futaba took away the one in Mercury Court, it would not prevent him from contacting others, but Mo Tan had not entered the game at that time, and Buffy Marshall could not have expected that the situation would evolve to the extent it is today, and in order to express his He did not... at least on the surface, he did not ask anyone under his command to rush to Salamoen to meet him, so the possibility is not very high.
Thirdly, he got a helper, a helper who was not affiliated with the Marshall family but understood the situation well enough. The latter first arrived before Idong and the members of the investigation team without everyone knowing. He rushed to Mercury City and leaked the situation, causing Futaba's desperate plan to fail. Then he secretly rushed to Salamun to meet Buffy Marshall. After that, he has been lurking in the shadows, waiting for opportunities, ready to reverse the situation at any time.
Maybe it's a person, maybe it's a gang, but it shouldn't be the 'Viper' that Sark belongs to...
Assuming this is true, then the other party should be caught by me when he acts. Met it once.
He/she or they once tried to assassinate Futaba, but failed due to my interference...
There is indeed something wrong with that bucket-waisted aunt carrying a bread basket...
If so As an organization, what is their ultimate goal? How many people are there in total including the orc aunt who lives in the noble area?
If it is a person, is this guy a male or a female? Is it an NPC or a player? Why can I not only turn into an orc aunt, but also turn into an ordinary half-orc that is ordinary in all aspects? Well, I don’t rule out the possibility of hiring him. Maybe I’ve never shown up before... Also, is the reason for disrupting the situation due to some mission or interest? Or maybe he has something to do with the Marshall family?
【Few clues, so many possibilities... Haha, it’s getting more and more fun. 】
Mo Tan subconsciously licked the corner of his mouth, and a curve of excitement and joy was drawn at the corner of his mouth, which shocked the Duke of Baroka. The Duke thought that this guy was confused by the backlash of [Gong Huolie]. It’s over.
Noticing the other party's gaze, Mo Tan immediately suppressed his flamboyant smile. He did not share with Grand Duke Baroka what he had just thought of in an instant. He just nodded and agreed: "It is indeed a bit abnormal. , and the same goes for the fact that Buffy Marshall can send people to find you after being placed under house arrest..."
"I'm a little confused too."
Grand Duke Baroka scratched the back of his neck and recalled: "But the man told me bluntly that he had a special channel to contact that beast Buffy, perhaps through some special props Or a messenger? "
[I am more inclined to confuse the audiovisual of the person who is about to come to you...]
"What you said makes sense."
Mo Tan nodded in agreement, and then continued to ask: "Do you know anything about Dantès, Fernand and the Simon family? That's right. The kind that is more in-depth...well, it’s better not to be too in-depth.”
The kind that is more in-depth, but not too in-depth?
Unaware of how dirty the guy in front of him was, Grand Duke Baroka was stunned for a moment, then put green vegetables on the grill with a grimace and said in deep thought: "I can probably guess your specific details. What do you want to ask? Although we lords have a lot of interactions with each other, except for the little girl Emmeline, this generation Besides, I really don’t know much about other people, well, relatively speaking..."
Then he gave Motan as much information as possible about Dantès and Felix Although most of the situations of the Ernan and Simon families overlapped with what Futaba investigated, Mo Tan was still very satisfied.
He learned that the current patriarch of the Dantès family was a contemporary of Emperor Klein, and that his biological sister was one of Clairvaux's three wives, the biological mother of the Violet Empire's crown prince Rebebresne, but the real queen He died in an unfortunate accident more than ten years ago. This incident made the Grand Duke Dantès heartbroken. His blond hair turned gray overnight, and then he fell seriously ill. Until a few years ago He was barely recovered, but his physical condition was not as good as before.
The Dantès family is a staunch royalist and has the best relationship with the Violet family, especially the generation of the Grand Duke Dantès and the Emperor Clerval. This can be seen from the unprecedented intermarriage between the two families. One or two.
Barroca’s summary is that in view of the unspoken rule that the royal family casts one vote each in the trial of ‘sanction’ and ‘wait-and-see’, Dantès’s choice can basically be equated to the will of the royal family. Although the royal family It's just that China's will is not very important in this country.
Mo Tan also knew that although Archduke Simon looked to be at least four or five hundred years old, his real age was only in his early forties. Among the dark elves, he was considered a shot in the dark. , but that person is so serious in every aspect that he The Grand Duke, who is almost rigid, is surprisingly 'precocious'. He is calm, self-disciplined, meticulous, loyal to the empire, the code, and the family. In all aspects, he is a very good person, but...
The same goes for Ximu Simon Classmates of Buffy Marshall, they studied at the same institution of higher learning in Salamoon in their youth (mainly Marshall, strictly speaking, Archduke Simon has not passed his infancy). Because they have the same identity and status, the two of them are naturally naturally For good friends, they could be said to be inseparable in those years. Although their interactions gradually became less and less after leaving the academy, Archduke Baroka did not think that their friendship had disappeared like this, even though Archduke Simon had also said the same thing before in the Purple Jiu Hall. The word 'guilty' was added.
As for Duke Fernando of Mercury Core...
Arch Duke Baroka curled his lips in disdain and snorted contemptuously...
"He is just a coward."
Chapter 363: The End
(End of this chapter)