Chapter 700 97. The final mission
The results of the trip to the south were both good and bad.
If we only look at the purpose, Annan, who met the Skeleton King, got to know the princess, and mingle with the nobles of Huadu, undoubtedly achieved his original purpose perfectly. But the defeat on the Crimson Princess side wiped out all the joy...
It was equivalent to completing a well-rewarded commission, but losing the collected loot.
There is one more puzzling thing... Princess Crimson will not test Annan for no reason.
Who told her?
“It’s still too late to pursue him now…” Itilia persuaded again.
"She's still angry. It'll take a while."
"You don't understand women..." Itilia said.
"You don't understand vampires..." Annan replied.
There are also races such as dragons, elves, goblins...
Time will weaken paranoid thoughts, and he used this trick to make Elimoas reduce her desire for money.
The Scarlet Princess left in a hurry with the fake princess, but Earl Turner was forgotten in the dungeon. After learning the news, Annan ran to the dungeon and looked at him with a frown.
"I don't understand how you did it."
Count Turner raised his head, he seemed fine, not eating for a few days was nothing to a vampire Count.
"What to do?"
"Let Princess Crimson know the answer."
"The answer..." Earl Turner showed a hint of confusion.
It seems he doesn’t know either.
Annan went to visit the Scarlet Witch again and said to her, "I'm going on a long trip, but it won't take long."
"This place is boring, boring and rude, let me out!" The Scarlet Witch's mental state became worse and worse.
"You agreed to my invitation?"
The Scarlet Witch tried to show weakness, but it was completely inconsistent with her wild face and skin color: "Aren't we companions?"
< br>"It hasn't been the case since the day you betrayed me."
After finishing his words, Annan suddenly seemed to see the Scarlet Princess standing aside, accusing him with her hands on her hips: "It hasn't been the case since the day you cheated on me."
He shook his head to get rid of the inexplicable figure in his mind, and ignored the crying Scarlet Witch and returned to the ground.
Annan first went to the city lord to say goodbye.
"Some accidents happened, we have to leave first..."
"Is it so urgent?"
The city lord frowned, he was about to invite Princess Crimson to attend tomorrow night The invitations for the banquet are all ready...
"I don't know the specific situation either." Annan said casually.
"Okay... Huadu is your second hometown." The city lord did not force him to stay, and his political achievements this time were still impressive enough.
It should be the third hometown, the second hometown is Syltovis. Annan thought, bid farewell to the city lord, and ask them to send someone to contact the Gangduo leader, but the news here should be spread.
I hope that the old lords and young lords who know the news will not be frightened.
Annan deliberately brought Count Turner out of the dungeon, so that many people could see him leaving with the vampire - this should prevent the Scarlet Princess from sending people to rob the prison again.
But as soon as he returned to the warehouse, Annan opened the portal and threw Count Turner to Liberty City.
Taking it to the moor would be too conspicuous, and what's the difference between having a vampire next to you and a caravan camping in front of a dragon's lair?
Attic, maid Abby is packing her luggage.
Annan asked Itilia to return to Liberty City first. She actually wanted to stay in Huadu to handle business. After all, the celebration was still going on, and there was also the shadow of Ruikan'er lingering, so he was worried.
The princess has not been able to leave Annan yet - she is still like a toddler. If she is left for too long, she will fall into an instinctive reaction similar to anxiety and panic.
The same goes for branches from another world. It still looks that withered, but Idilia said it likes the sun very much. "How do you know?"
"It started to grow slowly after I put it in the sun."
Itilia showed Annan some bulges on the branches. It would be difficult to spot the branches if you look at it all day long... For example, Annan didn't feel any change from when he first got it from the merchant.
"The swampland shouldn't see much sunlight, but I can try to find some weird things to use as fertilizer." Annan held up the flower pot.
Klein will follow him, as well as Lemon. And because he couldn't trust the goblin leader, Annan took Dorai with him.
Dolai, who has been with Annan for three years, has been deeply influenced by him. Every move he makes looks like a human being, especially the black dress with a swallowtail. The goblin leader looked at it as if he wanted to exercise his "king" rights and snatch the clothes back.
But it also knew who had the final say here and begged Annan to give it one.
"Look at your performance."
Late at night, the carriage carrying Annan and the others left Huadu, as if they were escaping in a hurry.
When choosing a fork in the road, Annan hesitated a little, but still bypassed the Crimson Castle and took about three days to reach the Skeleton King's territory.
The members of the Weird Prison seemed fine. At least Skeleton King didn't treat them badly with "food".
Annan asked for some strange fragments, dug out the leaves of the World Tree, sprinkled the "fertilizer" into the flowerpot, and then gave it to the Skeleton King to take care of.
When we were about to set off, Mrs. Puppet came up to us.
"I'm with you." She said, but Annan could see that she wanted to repay her for finding her tribe and protecting her.
They set out to the south, traveling day and night, and arrived at a small town with rising smoke in the drizzly morning.
This place is very close to the swamp. Annan plans to find a familiar local, and a ranger with a wooden bow from the town tavern jumps into view.
"I am Annan, a warlock."
Annan's introduction did not receive much response, and the news in the town was not that well-informed.
The knight-errant, who looked very much like Mr. Fast in his raunchiness, swept over Klein, the princess, and Mrs. Puppet.
"I can guess where you are going?"
"The swamp in the south."
"How specific? The putrid swamp is as big as a province."
"The habitat of the goblins."
"What are you doing with those hated guys? Hunting for their skins?"
These words made the goblin leader angry. He rushed out of the carriage and cursed the goblin at the ranger who didn't understand. Dorai didn't react at all.
As the smartest goblin, it never uses anger to arm itself.
The ranger didn’t expect that there was a goblin hiding in the carriage, and he couldn’t figure out what the relationship was with his employer. He had to explain: “I don’t mean that goblins are treacherous, but I don’t mean that goblins are trustworthy. There is always a reason for being so miserable. "
Goblins have enmity with elves, and they also have enmity with dwarves - few ethnic groups have this honor.
“I will remember your reminder.”
Annan thought for a while and asked: "Is the goblin's... skin valuable?"
This kind of topic should be similar to horror stories in the ears of Dorai and the goblin leader.
"It's not valuable, it's just that the mercenary hall is collecting..." The ranger raised his eyebrows at him, "So do you want to hire him? No one in the town knows the rancid swamp better than me."
"Of course."
Soon, Annan hired the local ranger at the original price of 15 silver coins, or 10 silver coins a day.
The rolling wheels drove out of the town, startling a group of crows on the treetops.
(End of this chapter)