Chapter 113 The Interesting Bounty
Two days later, Ganon was sitting in the study, listening to the information compiled by Anya as usual.
"The situation in the Principality of Xihe has not changed significantly. The Dragon Slayer Corps is still recruiting, and the Grand Duke's itinerary has not yet been found out. The Grand Duke's wedding has been postponed, and the date has not yet been determined. Externally, it is claimed that the Grand Duke is still mourning his eldest son who died in the war. , but the people sent to the border found out that the dwarf wedding party had actually entered the principality a week ago." Anya reported.
"Oh, it's been a few months since his son died. Since the dwarf princess has been sent to the principality, it means that the marriage to Grand Duke Dipu was originally planned to be completed on the scheduled date. Is there something wrong?" Gano En asked casually.
"We have not inquired about the whereabouts of the dwarf princess. Judging from the inquiry, the principality seems to be deliberately blocking information in this regard." Anya replied.
"The fact that no information was found is itself information." Ganon thought thoughtfully.
Anya naturally understood what Ganouen meant. The principality deliberately concealed the real reason for postponing the wedding, which showed that there was something unexpected in this marriage.
"Tell the people sent over to investigate quickly. There is a problem with the marriage. If Archduke Dipu leaves the castle to deal with this matter, it will be a once-in-a-lifetime assassination opportunity." Ganouen said.
"Understood." Anya responded, and then continued to report, "In addition, the people sent to Shaman City obtained a lot of information from familiar intelligence dealers, including two bounties worthy of attention." "Bounty?" Ganon
asked .
"Yes, there are many mercenaries, adventurers and fugitives from various countries wandering around Sandman City, as well as assassins from several Nitrilan families. If you want to recruit desperadoes as killers, that is the most suitable place, so those who know the ropes People will post bounties there through intermediaries in Shaman City," Anya explained.
"One of the two noteworthy bounties is for me?" Ganon guessed it right away.
"Yes, this commission is real-name. The person who proposed it is none other than Grand Duke Xihe. He is paying a lot of money to recruit heroes who can kill the 'Boundary Evil Dragon Kujia'. He wants to recruit powerful men with extraordinary realms to lead him. The dragon-slaying group formed." Anya explained.
It seems that Grand Duke Dipu has also tried his best to get revenge. In addition to seeking help from the empire and Beishan Kingdom through the white road, he also tried to recruit idle thugs from scattered city-states through the underworld.
"Can this be recruited?" Ganon asked.
"I'm afraid it will be difficult." Anya shook her head, "It's not that there are no strong people active in Sandman City, it's just that most of the strong people of that level have their own forces and will not be easily recruited. And any expert can see that this reward itself exudes an aura of trouble."
"How do you say this?" Ganon asked.
"The Dragon Backbone Empire is famous for slaying dragons. Xihe is a principality under the empire. The principality of Xihe has a dragon slaying commission. The first thing should be to ask the empire for help, but the reward was sent to the black market of Shaman City. Isn't this right? Doesn't it mean that neither the empire nor the principality can do anything to you at present?" Anya said.
"That's true." Ganon agreed.
If the dragon is just a teenager or just an adult, it is actually easy for the empire to deal with it. As long as it costs a little bit, a dragon-slaying team led by a backbone knight in the extraordinary or master realm can complete the task relatively easily, but this kind of A giant dragon of this level is already a level that is difficult for most adventurers and mercenaries to handle.
Not to mention that Ganon himself has now grown to an old age, with the power of [Blessing], a tower defense system that can cope with large-scale armies, and the support of Mu Xia. The difficulty of the challenge in the current Endless Tower has surpassed that of the ordinary ancient dragon's lair. Even if Lucio leads a team to kill him again, he is fully capable of handling it.
Even to the empire, he is now a chestnut in the fire. If you want to reach out and take it, you must burn off a layer of skin.
The empire, which had just ended the war with Mu Xia, seemed to be making other plans and had no intention of investing resources in dealing with him for the time being.
Without the support of the empire, the Principality of Xihe had no choice. The dragon-slaying team formed by Archduke Dipu on impulse never came back to Ganon.
If a principality is helpless, what can a bunch of idle thugs in Shaman City do? There are many desperadoes there who are not afraid of death, but there are not many fools who are willing to die in vain.
Ganon thought for a while and asked: "Then tell me, if I pretend to be an adventurer and accept the bounty, will I have a chance to contact Archduke Dipu and kill him?" "It's hard to say, the middleman who issued the bounty
is There will definitely be a review with the Principality. And I don’t think the Grand Guild will directly contact the recruited mercenaries without warning. Usually there will always be someone in the middle to pass messages and give orders for him. But if you sneak in, you can take the opportunity to Kill the half-formed dragon-slaying group and then find an opportunity to escape." Anya gave her own opinion.
"That's just treating the symptoms, not the root cause." Ganon said.
As long as Grand Duke Dipu lives, the Principality of Xihe will always be a hidden danger to him.
"Let's forget about this for now. What's another bounty worth paying attention to?" Ganon continued to ask.
"This reward was just announced the day before yesterday. Someone offered a reward of three thousand gold coins to Grand Duke Dipu of the Principality of Xihe. You can assassinate or seriously injure him." Anya said.
"Someone wants to kill Grand Duke Xihe?" Ganouen suddenly became interested when he heard this, "Who is it?" "We do
n't know yet. The publisher of this reward is anonymous. In the intelligence dealer, the employer's information It's confidential, but if you can accept the reward order and pass the intermediary's review, you may have the opportunity to contact the employer or his agent under the arrangement of the intermediary." Anya answered.
"Looking at what you're saying, do you think we should get in touch with that person?" Ganon asked.
"The person who will offer a reward to Grand Duke Xihe should be someone who has a grudge against Grand Duke Xihe. He may have the information we need. If there is a chance, we can even join forces." Anya said.
"And you can also make some extra money." Ganouen added, but then he changed the subject, "But could the information be a trap?"
"The possibility is still relatively small. If an intermediary introduces a false commission, they may be involved in a trap or suffer retaliation. Therefore, they will conduct a certain evaluation of the commission. The intermediary who issued the reward this time has already done a lot in this industry. People who are not cautious enough will not be able to do well in Shaman City for a long time. His introduction still has a certain credibility. Although this task is the same as the reward for you, it is basically impossible for anyone to take it." Anya explain.
"There is really someone who wants the life of Grand Duke Xihe...does he have many enemies?" Ganon asked.
"According to our investigation, there are still some, but there are probably basically no bounties that may be issued in Shaman City." Anya shook her head, "To be honest, with our current manpower, we want to know more about the Grand Duke of Xihe. The itinerary is still a bit difficult, maybe we can try to contact the other party through this intermediary channel." "
Yes, I got a valuable clue. Your work efficiency is very reliable." Ganouen nodded towards Anya.
The allocation of one hundred gold coins was finally spent.
"Thank you for the compliment." Anya replied without being humble or condescending.
Ganon maintained a smile, stared at Anya for a while, and said, "Anya."
"W-what's the matter?" Anya tried to pretend as if nothing had happened, but she still couldn't hide her nervousness.
"Did the things that Isbel showed you before...have any impact on you?" Ganon asked, looking at Anya.
"It's nothing, it's just some fictional exaggerated works. What impact can it have on me?" Anya made a serious look.
"That's it, then... why are you standing so far away from me?"
Ganon said, looking at Anya who was standing by the door away from the desk, her back pressed against the wall, and one hand still on the door handle. .
(End of chapter)