Chapter 39 39: The tip of the iceberg

Author: I really want to eat meat 597

Chapter 39 39: The tip of the iceberg

Elijah's bright red eyes rolled around a few times, and he quickly answered the question:

"To be honest, Master, I have only drank your blood, so I don't know what it means to have a 'strange smell'. This is like the kind of thing someone who has seen countless blood would say, as your loyal

The sword, I am destined to——"

Anji quickly stopped its nonsense and closed the sack ruthlessly again.

Originally, she thought that Elijah and the goddess statue were both blood-sucking evil things, and they might have a common topic on the matter of "blood tasting". Now it seems that she is overthinking.

After a good night's rest, Angie was ready to go find Slade.

She politely approached the butler and asked him to help her make an appointment with the lord. Then she sat at the stairwell of the Shutward Palace and waited quietly.

Just when Anji was looking at the sky in a daze, he saw Gleason Nogo walking towards here from the corner of his eye.

"Hello, Ms. Gracek."

Hearing this new title, Anji couldn't help but be stunned for a few seconds, and then stood up and bowed to him.

"Hello, lord count."

But she didn't know what to say next, so she could only force out a friendly smile.

Fortunately, at this moment, the housekeeper came downstairs and informed her to see Lord Slade.

Angie was about to take the opportunity to run away, but before she could speak, she saw Gleason smile.

"This is a lucky coincidence - I happen to be going to see Lord Slade. If you would like me, can you come with me?"

Regarding this kind of "lucky", Anji curled her lips secretly in her heart, but she still pretended to be very honored and went upstairs with him with a smile.

At this time, Slade was the only one in the hall on the top floor.

Different from yesterday's luxury, she changed back to her usual monotonous black clothes, but when she saw Angie and Gleason who came together, she seemed to be stunned for a moment.

The next second, Slade returned to normal, invited Gleason to sit next to him, and started chatting warmly with him.

Angie stood aside with an upright attitude, a little puzzled. Logically speaking, it was obvious that she could not listen to such high-status people sitting together and talking. Why did Gleason let her go upstairs together?

When something goes wrong, there must be a monster.

Sure enough, after they exchanged a few words, Gleason suddenly changed the subject:

"Lord Slade, before returning to Ruden, I have something to ask of you."

Slade just looked at him with a smile and did not answer immediately. Instead, he slowly spoke after a few seconds of silence:

"Tell me what's going on."

"I would like to borrow someone from you. In exchange, I can let Renee come to you to provide you with combat power and financial help."

After Gleason said this with a smile, Angie felt an inexplicable chill behind her. She quietly looked at Slade, and saw that although there was still a smile on his face, his eyes had gradually turned cold.

Things seem to be getting into trouble...

"Gleason," Slade said the name almost word for word, "do you know what you are talking about?"

"I know."

Gleason's voice was still gentle and calm, but it made the invisible smell of gunpowder in the air stronger.

The moment she realized something was wrong, Anji's little mind started racing.

There are two key points in Gleason's request. One is that it is suspected of weakening the Lord's effective strength, and the other is that it appears to be sending capable people to deliver supplies in the future, but in fact it is suspected of "secret "supervision". These have already surpassed Slade.

bottom line.

The earl looked at his already sullen monarch. Not only did he not show any sign of cowardice, but he spoke again with a calm smile:

"I think that exchanging a newly promoted knight for such a large amount of help is absolutely beneficial to you."

Anji looked calm on the surface, but her heart thumped.

The "new knight" clearly refers to himself. Looking back, these are not coincidences, they are completely calculated in advance.

After the banquet yesterday, Slade asked Angie to come find her the next morning. Gleason was nearby at the time and naturally knew about it.

He and Angie met with Slade together and made such a request. These alone are enough to make people suspect that they are colluding in private.

If Slade agrees to his request, Angie will have to return to Ruden with him. As a knight directly under Slade, she will not be reused, and she will even have to scheming with Grissom and his forces.

You are lucky if you wear small shoes.

Otherwise, you should stay and have a good "chat" with Slade.

Angie couldn't help but want to ask Gleason, did she owe him money in her previous life? Why did she do this at a critical time when she was finally promoted and her relationship with her boss had eased?

At this moment, Slade, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly let out a sneer through gritted teeth.

After a while, she finally regained her composure, looked at Gleason expressionlessly, and said in a deep voice:

"You can go."

Gleason didn't say anything else, bowed to Slade and turned to leave.

When he walked to the door, he suddenly said softly: "I hope you won't regret today's decision."

Then, the red-haired count opened the hall door and walked away.

Anji twitched her lips with complicated emotions, and then looked carefully at the woman who was so angry that her body was trembling slightly, while she silently showed a twisted smile.

"Angie."

The girl whose name was called trembled, immediately stood up straight, and took the initiative to explain sincerely and sincerely: "He and I really have nothing to do with him. Lord Slade, please believe me."

These words made Slade couldn't help but laugh out loud. Then she turned to look at Angie and said without any emotion:

"I didn't doubt you first, but you explained it yourself first?"

"Because I think I need to explain...that count and I basically only said hello and goodbye."

Slade stared at Angie in silence.

Anji also looked at the other party sincerely, but actually wanted to scratch her head, but this scene was a little inappropriate.

After a long time, Slade finally spoke:

"Do something for me - go to Gran Village and call Rabin Vosgeist back. You can't tell anyone about this, you can only do it secretly, do you understand?"

Angie had heard of this name, it was the leader of the knights who once trained with Barton and beat him away.

She did not agree immediately, but hesitated for a while before saying hesitantly: "Sir Slade...Grand Village is now a level four foreign land."

Slade didn't look at her, just hummed.

This makes people feel a little numb.

Anji remembered that Barton once said that with her current patience level, she could only survive for one day at most in a level four alien environment.

Although Slade rarely used the words "help her do things", this did not allow him to die for her.

The new knight was sent to a distant border by the lord on the second day after taking office and died strategically. This sounds a bit too... tragic.

At this time, Slade's light voice came to his ears.

"come over."

The girl hesitated for a while, then at the other party's signal, she sat next to her.

This was Angie's first normal contact with her at such a close distance - strangulation certainly did not count.

Slade looked at the girl in front of him who was pretending to be calm and smiled faintly.

"I will lend you a treasure, which can increase your resistance to curses in the short term, but it will also cost you something."

"cost?"

Anji couldn't help but murmured and tilted her head to show confusion.

"Your body..."

The lord of the Grosk Territory seldom has such a "half-said" moment, but she is indeed a little embarrassed to say it.

Slade tapped the table with his pitch-black claws a few times, then closed his eyes, breathed a long sigh of relief silently, and then continued:

"Your body may undergo some changes."

Angie's lips opened slightly for a second, and then returned to normal.

She instantly understood what the other party meant, and finally came into contact with the tip of the iceberg of this world.

Those weird-looking personal guards and Slade's deformed arms may have become like this because of this item that can increase the resistance value.

Or, it may be related to "the endurance value increases too quickly".

Angie closed her eyes and struggled internally for a while, then slowly opened her eyes and looked at Slade.

"I am willing to go to Gran Village, but please explain it to me - especially about the 'curse resistance' and 'body changes'."

Taking the celebration banquet as a time point, some internal conflicts began to surface.

Originally, the overt and covert struggle between the two people was written relatively briefly.

But I was afraid that you might be confused and think it was too riddle-like, so I asked little Anji to help explain...

The next chapter is an overly large chapter of 3,000 words, and the next step is to enter a foreign land~

This time the story of Strange Land will probably be longer, and there will be more characters. I hope I can grasp it, hehe~

Ever since I started writing novels, I have become more and more hungry... It turns out that mental consumption is real!
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