Chapter 269 Interrogation (4000)
In order for this crucial negotiation to proceed smoothly, the hotel owner who received the notice set up an awning in the backyard overnight, pulled all the animals away, and then The courtyard is carefully cleaned.
Because Mayor Hagen said that he was not feeling well and could not participate in this negotiation, he entrusted all investment negotiations related to Hog Town to Helot Clallund.
The representatives from both sides sat in their respective seats, and the atmosphere was particularly strange.
First of all, Herot brought a lot of undead. They were mainly vampires. They all wore windbreakers and top hats. The raised collars covered most of their faces, and the eyes under the brim of the hats glowed gloomy red. . Some vampires stood on the walls and eaves, their postures upright like sculptures, their clothes swinging in the wind, revealing a scabbard.
Then all the hotel clerks were notified by the town police station to evacuate, leaving the venue with no service staff, not even anyone to pour water.
The surroundings are extremely quiet, no human sounds can be heard, and there are a lot more birds singing.
You must know that when we were discussing at the town government building yesterday, the town center square outside was very lively, filled with townspeople waiting to hear first-hand good news.
This situation makes many people nervous, and their intuition tells them... something bad will happen.
Helot handed a thick stack of documents to Irina: "Ms. Irina! This is the investment plan that we reorganized and revised overnight, mainly including the large infrastructure plan of Hoge Town, the old agriculture The company's large farm plan and Hoge Town agriculture and animal husbandry industry chain investment plan
According to your suggestions, we have made our investment plan very bold. "
Irina took the document, briefly read it and distributed it to the assistants as usual. Then while looking at her own copy, Irina asked casually: "I see that Mr. Claude, you have brought a lot. Undead. "
Helot leaned back on the chair, glanced at Viscount Kamala casually, and then said: "Although the Claurend family is in decline, my ancestors still left me something. Some people feel that they can act recklessly in Hog Town. I just want to tell them... if they touch the bottom line of the Claulund family, the consequences will be very serious. ”
Viscount Kamara felt that Helot’s gaze was as sharp as a knife.
He had a bad feeling since he received the notice of changing the venue. It’s so important. Of course, the meeting place must be placed on an important occasion. How can it be changed at will, and it should be placed in the backyard of the hotel?
Even after cleaning, there is still a strange smell in the air.
Then before dawn, the mayor issued an order to evacuate the townspeople. What's wrong is... all the residents around the hotel were evacuated, and now there's no one within at least one kilometer of the hotel.
What’s even weirder is that Helot has brought so many undead. It’s not like they’re here to discuss business investment, but more like they’re here to fight.
No need to guess now, the assassination plan must have been leaked!
Viscount Kamala secretly clenched his fists, not knowing how to deal with such a situation.
Irina smiled slightly: "I absolutely believe in the heritage of the founding Duke family! It seems that I can board the train on time and go to the next destination."
Helot: "I guarantee that your itinerary will be smooth There will be no delay. "
Irina closed the document in her hand and said: "Since Mr. Claude has given me this guarantee, there is no need to look at these investment plans in detail. I agree. According to this investment plan, we will carry out comprehensive cooperation between Tomorrow Group, Claude Manor, and Hogg Town.
Let us work together to build Hogg Town into a pearl in the northwest of the empire.”
Although the people participating in the negotiations in Hog Town were frightened by the atmosphere here, they could not hide their excitement when they heard that Irina had approved this version of the investment plan.
Especially after hearing Irina's last bold words, they could already imagine what Hog Town would look like in the near future.
It should be called Hog City at that time!
The assistant team of Tomorrow Group quickly drafted a memorandum of cooperation and gave it to Irina and Hailot for signature.
With this memorandum, the teams from both parties can conduct more in-depth and detailed discussions, and when a comprehensive consensus is reached, a formal investment agreement can be signed.
Helot signed his name on the memorandum.
"This negotiation went very smoothly, beyond some people's expectations." Helot put down his pen and said: "There is a basement under the hotel. I have sent people to reinforce it and arranged for the undead to guard it. I feel like it. Those who have nothing to do with what is going to happen next can go to the basement on their own and don’t come out no matter what happens outside.”
Halot just finished speaking, and those who had already sensed something was wrong immediately put their minds away. of excitement. The back door of the hotel's main building opened, and a vampire in a trench coat stepped out.
People who knew that something big was about to happen rushed towards the open door. There was a rush of people, and soon the place under the awning became deserted.
Irina did not move, quietly watching the matter progress.
Helot looked at Viscount Kamala who was still sitting there.
"Why don't you, Lord Viscount, hide?"
When things came to a close, Viscount Kamara acted very calmly: "Mr. Claude, since you already know what we are going to do, I should hide. There’s no way to hide it.
I’m just curious, how did you know about our plan?”
Helot glanced at the vampire above, and based on the signal sent by the vampire, The other party has not made any move yet.
"I am an Imperial Military Police, and intelligence is my specialty. And your plan is really too low-level. The sewers in the deep prison and the torturers cooperate, and if they are in harmony with each other, it will not be a big deal."
Viscount Kamala immediately believed that the secret was leaked by the corpse stitcher in the deep prison. There is chaos within the Abyss. There are old undead forces and gravekeeper forces. Recently, many defectors have appeared, exposing many problems in the Abyss.
If anyone informs Helot, it must be someone from the Deep Prison.
Viscount Kamala said: "The leakage of the plan will not affect the implementation of the plan. Mr. Claude, I hope you will not stand on the opposite side of the historical process. The Bradley family has never respected the interests of the nobility. , it was like this before, and it still is like this now.
Look at the woman sitting across from you.
She is a lowly commoner. Without the favoritism of the Bradley family, she is. He is still a lowly commoner and has no right to sit at the same table as us.
And you... are the descendants of the great Duke of the Dead. In the eyes of many nobles, you are still the Duke of the Dead. As long as you stand up, the executioners are willing to regard you as our leader, work together to overthrow the Bradley family's rule over the empire, and restore honor and oaths. "
Viscount Kamala dared to belittle Irina, and Herot's face became very ugly.
At this time, a vampire flew down from above, holding a Wooden box.
“Master, we found this in the room of Viscount Kamala’s entourage, containing a corpse puppet with severed hands. "
"Open! ”
The vampire lifted the lid.
Helot knocked over the wooden box, and his severed hand rolled onto the table. It crawled to escape, but was nailed to the table with a dagger.
"Viscount Kamala! The Imperial Military Police believe that you are endangering the security of the Empire and are arresting you now. You have the right to remain silent, but the punishment of the Imperial Military Police will make you tell everything you know! "
Viscount Kamara wanted to resist, but was punched in the back of the head by a cavalryman who appeared behind him at some unknown time. Although the stress protection on Viscount Kamala took effect passively, the stretched protection did not block the cavalry's fist.
The Iron Cavalry's fist shattered the shield and hammered Viscount Kamala onto the table.
The cavalry turned Viscount Kamala over for inspection, and then said to Helot: "I just fainted, not dead." "Very good!" Helot waved his hand, and a bone chair rose in shape.
The vampire lifted Viscount Kamala up and pressed him on the bone chair. He fiercely used a special forbidden magic scimitar to penetrate his collarbone, and the bone locks of the bone chair bound his hands and feet. bundle.
Viscount Kamala woke up from the severe pain.
Opening his eyes, he looked right into Philolo's eyes.
Viscount Kamala immediately felt that his spirit had been hit hard, as if he had been severely crushed by tons of boulders.
“Ah!”
Viscount Kamara let out a heart-rending cry. He had never experienced this kind of pain, and the pain of having his collarbone pierced was not as severe as this. one.
Paragraphs of mantras were recited from Philolo's mouth.
The accumulation of multiple pains made Viscount Kamala can only open his mouth, but could not make a sound. He felt someone pulling away from his bones, cutting open his flesh and skin, and then peeling off the muscles on his bones.
He opened his eyes wide and saw that the scene was like hell, blood filled his vision, and the deepest fear in his heart was dug out and placed everywhere he could see.
"No, no, no...don't do this..."
Viscount Kamali begged with all his strength.
Helot asked Firollo to stop the torture, and then ordered a vampire attendant to bring a glass of water to Viscount Kamala.
Viscount Kamala's straight body relaxed due to pain. Although his eyes could not see yet, the smell of water made him immediately stick out his mouth.
Drink the entire glass of water.
Kamala sat there silently, his chest heaving and breathing deeply, and blood slowly flowed from the corners of his eyes.
Helot waited for a while and then asked: "Can you answer my question now?"
Viscount Kamala's vision has recovered a little, and he can vaguely see the blood in the turbidity. Helot's location.
He said weakly: "Why don't you stand with us? You can obviously get back the lost honor and even sit on the throne that your ancestors have not sat on."
"It seems that the punishment just now is not deep enough...Filoro..."
"Yes, Master."
Filoro walked up to Viscount Kamala, Kamala The Viscount trembled all over when he saw Philolo's appearance.
The pain he just experienced impacted his nerves, and he begged: "No, don't torture me. I, I will say anything..."
Viscount Kamala seemed to be deflated. He collapsed like a rubber ball, and he found that he was far less strong than he thought.
"Very good, this is the attitude you should have." Helot glanced at the vampire at the top again, and the feedback message was: the enemy's movements were discovered.
Helot made a gesture to execute the plan, and then asked Viscount Kamala: "Tell me about your assassination plan and see how it differs from the one I have. Don't lie...any of your I can see all the lies."
"I, I told you..."
When Viscount Kamala confessed to Hailot, the surrounding residential areas rose. There were puffs of black smoke. In the black smoke, corpse puppets charged forward, targeting the hotel where the Tomorrow Group was staying.
A little further away, several corpse stitchers were standing on the roof of a house.
It could be seen from the expressions on their faces that the development of the incident was not as they expected.
Karaman among them frowned deeply and asked: "Who released the fog of death?"
In the large area of villages surrounding the hotel in front, more and more black smoke was rising. , gradually covering the entire residential area in fog.
A corpse stitcher said: "It was definitely not done by our people. The fog will interfere with the direction of the corpse puppet's movement. If you want to release it, release it close to the hotel."
Karaman's expression became even more intense. It was gloomy: "Hog Town has driven away all the residents of this area in advance, and now there are necromancers casting death fog inside. Our assassination plan has been leaked, and Helot and his undead have set up traps here, etc." Drill with us.”
"What should we do? Give up the assassination and retreat?"
Before Karaman could answer, a magic firework rose in the sky.
Then a strong wind blew from the north, and the sound of the wind was as sharp as a metal whistle.
Karaman couldn't help but curse: "The torturers really don't take our lives seriously. The order is to continue to be carried out according to the plan, and we have to create a breakthrough for them."
The people sewing the corpses looked worriedly at the fog covering the front: "There must be the undead of the Claude family hidden inside. If we rush in, we will be attacked by surprise."
"But this is the order of the executioner!" Karaman looked to the north and said: "The wind is blowing, and the fog will soon be blown away. Let's rush, the candidates among the executioner are coming, we The only result of retreating is death.”
Hearing that the executioner had sent out a candidate, the corpse stitchers no longer had any objections and followed Karaman into the fog ahead.
Someone asked: "Which candidate is coming?"
Helot also asked Viscount Kamala at this time: "Which candidate is coming?"
Viscount Kamala shook his head slightly: "I don't know, they didn't tell me. I only know that the candidates are genetic mutants created using the gene restoration technology of the founding Duke. They are more or less Awakening the bloodline of a certain founding Duke.”
"Why are they called candidates."
"Because they cannot bear the inheritance corresponding to the founding Duke, so they can only be considered candidates."
"Is there a standard for the strength of candidates?"
"Only those who have reached the third level of extraordinary are qualified to become candidates, and those who have reached the fourth level of extraordinary are considered to have obtained the inheritance of the founding duke."
"The requirements are quite high!" Helot said although Ridiculing, but inwardly shocked. Through the information revealed by Viscount Kamala, there are already a considerable number of candidates among the executioners. Herot continued to ask: "How many candidates are there among the executioners, and how many duke inheritances are there?"
Viscount Kamala said: "I don't know the specific number. I know there are five candidates, and there is at least one duke."
(End of this chapter)