After packing up the backpack and metal cans, Dean took Aisha back to King's City. With the golden ticket given by Rosik, it didn't take much effort to enter the city. After secretly handing over the golden ticket, they smoothly passed the interrogation. They didn't even need to show their ID.
Dean had been away for almost a week. He didn't know whether the banquet had started or not. But when he entered the city with Rosik, he heard him mention that the banquet would take a long time, and they could wait for the devil mark to be approved.
So, the banquet shouldn't have started yet.
Dean called a carriage on the roadside. Dean told the coachman the location, and the coachman immediately drove the carriage to the hotel.
After more than an hour, the carriage arrived. Dean glanced at the streets along the way. He found that the King's City was really big and prosperous. It was even better than Silvia's King's City.
As they approached the hotel, Dean glanced around and was relieved. Rosik and the others were there. It seemed that the banquet hadn't started yet.
Dean got off the carriage, handed over the golden ticket, and pulled Aisha to the hotel.
The coachman was stunned as he looked at the golden ticket in his hand. The money was enough for him to pull the carriage for half a year. He was about to tell Dean that he couldn't afford it, but he saw Dean's back was already far away. He looked up and suddenly came to his senses. The words that rushed to his mouth also stopped. He pretended to be stupid for a while. Seeing that Dean didn't turn back to ask for money, he immediately drove the carriage away.
Not long after Dean entered the hotel, Rosik and two others rushed over. They saw Dean drinking tea in the lounge next to the hotel lobby. They were stunned for a moment, and then quickly went to Dean and said: "Mr. Dean, where have you been these days?"
Dean glanced at him. He knew that the two pioneers behind Rosik had noticed him, so they informed him to come over. He said: "It's a private matter. I don't need to tell you, right?"
A trace of embarrassment flashed across Losik's face, but he quickly put on a smile and said, "Of course, I was presumptuous. It's just that there are all kinds of people in the capital. It's better for Mister Dean to inform me in advance where you are going in the future. If Si Ni did not see you leave, I would have thought that Mister Dean had disappeared …"
How could Dean not know his thoughts? He was worried that he would find another lord and cause trouble for him. He waved his hand: "Don't make a fuss. I'm a grown man. I don't think anyone would dare to abduct me. Anyway, the banquet has started. Why are you still here?"
"Mr. Du, you must be joking." Losik smiled bitterly and said, "There are many lords invited this time, and some of them are far away, so there is more time for the banquet. It will be held in two days. Fortunately, Mr. Dean, you came back in time. Otherwise, it would be a great pity to miss this banquet."
"It's just a banquet. What's there to regret?" Dean said indifferently.
Losik's eyes turned and looked around. Seeing that no one was paying attention to them, he immediately pulled a chair next to him and sat down. He lowered his voice and said, "Mr. Dean, it is said that this banquet is related to the abyss and the Ice Worm. The Rose family who held the banquet seemed to have been instructed by an abyss lord to go outside the giant wall to look for the Ice Worm …" He looked at Dean.
From Dean's previous attitude and questions, Losik estimated Dean's strength. He was a dominator. For this kind of strong people, the most desired thing was the Ice Worm.
Dean knew that Losik already knew his strength and identity. But at this moment, he had become an abyss lord. Although he was still interested in the Ice Worm, it was not as necessary as before. However, he had to put on a show. His eyes lit up and showed a bit of excitement. He asked, "Looking for the Ice Worm outside the giant wall? Is this the purpose of this banquet? "
"Most likely." Losik quickly replied. If he could send Dean away then he would immediately apply to cancel the application for the Supplicant's magic marks. Although he would have to pay one-third of the cost and the Temple would have to take a heavy line in the credit column, but at least he would be able to recover two-thirds of his wealth. He wouldn't go bankrupt.
Dean looked at Losik and pondered for a little: "Let's wait for the banquet to start. Although I don't know where you got the news from, but it's just news after all."
Losik nodded and didn't say much. He got up and said, "Mr. Dean, since you are back, I won't bother you anymore. You can tell me if there's anything you want to say. I don't want to miss the banquet."
Dudian nodded, picked up the tea and drank.
Lozick was very tactful. He turned around and left. The two guards behind him secretly glanced at Dean. Although Lozick claimed that Dean was just a guard of his house, the two guards who had been trained by Lozick for many years knew Dean's true identity. They also knew that another of their companions had died in the hands of the youth in front of them.
"Ice worms, search outside the giant wall …"
Dean didn't pay attention to the surrounding eyes. He was immersed in his thoughts as he looked at the scenery outside the hotel. He felt that this banquet was a trap. Otherwise the content of the banquet wouldn't have spread out so quickly. Even Losik knew about it. Most of the other lords were aware of it. Even the other lords who weren't invited received the news. This kind of information that flowed in the dark sometimes spread faster and more widely than the news that was publicized.
However, Dean didn't think that there was a conspiracy. Could this banquet turn into a Hongmen Banquet? He didn't believe that so many lords would be killed in the capital city. If that was the case, the territories controlled by these lords would be in chaos. The capital city certainly didn't want to see such a situation, unless the person in charge of the capital city was a cruel and muddle-headed wall lord.
Dean carefully thought about it and felt that it wasn't impossible. After all, the strength of the abyss didn't mean that the moral character, content, cultivation and other aspects would reach the abyss.
There were many strange people in this world. They had made records in their professional fields, but their moral character and knowledge were a mess. Even some people who specialized in knowledge and literature were the same. Scholars who could write praises of life didn't necessarily have great reverence for life. Perhaps they just had the ability to outline this reverence.
He had seen too many examples in Sylvia. When they usurped the royal family, they used those famous people to create momentum. Many so-called upright and outspoken masters, so-called ascetic scholars, all succumbed to money and authority.
The so-called upright and plainspoken was perhaps just a selling point of their profits.
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