Chapter 197

Not to mention Barry, the rest of the nobles and knights looked at Shien with fear.

Originally, Shien's domineering appearance had already shocked many of the nobles who had ulterior motives. They could only take the opportunity to add insult to injury when Barry stood up for them. Apart from that, many of them were already apprehensive and didn't dare to do anything brazenly.

Now, after Shien's reminder, the fear and apprehension in everyone's hearts grew even stronger.

This was a person who didn't care about decency at all. With such extraordinary strength, if he continued to use unscrupulous means, he would undoubtedly be a disaster.

Was it really good to offend such a person?

The nobles were shocked and afraid.

Pfft!

On the contrary, Riadella couldn't help but laugh and turned to look at her younger sister.

"As expected of the man you fancy. He's really interesting. He's much more fun than those boring noble young masters."

Riadella giggled and seemed to be very happy.

"He's not the man I fancy, Sister Riadella." Rosie wanted to roll her eyes, but for the sake of her image, she held back and said helplessly, "Sister Wang, do you think he's interesting? You won't think so in the future. "

That guy isn't interesting at all. He's infuriating.

(My naive and playful sister, you'd better not be interested in him. Otherwise, you'll regret it.)

Rosie cursed silently in her mind.

Rosie didn't see this. Riadella also smiled disapprovingly and muttered in her heart.

(If he's not interesting, how can he be so close to my sister, who's not even willing to become a resident of the Celestial Realm, and who doesn't fancy nobles, foreign princes, and important figures of other races?)

At least, Riadella had never seen her younger sister treat a man so specially. Not only did she invite him to her dormitory from time to time, but they would also stay together for half a day. She even gave him a token of the royal family. Even when she appeared with him, the distance between them was so close that she had never seen him before.

Even her father and she couldn't compare to that distance.

Therefore, Ella had always been very curious about Sean. She hoped to see what kind of man was like, a man who could make her proud sister treat him so specially.

But …

"Now, let's see how he gets through this."

Riadella began to observe the situation again.

At this moment, there was a new change in the situation.

It was all because of what An Xi said.

"In any case, meritorious deeds must be rewarded. Even if there are still many doubtful points, there is no way to prove that it is Sean's fault. If there is indeed a misunderstanding, and the person who has made great contributions is ignored because of groundless suspicion, wouldn't it be disappointing?"

An Xi threw out such words.

"Just as Minister Sean said, if you think there is a problem with Minister Sean, then show us the evidence. Otherwise, there is no proof. My kingdom can't deny the contribution of a meritorious minister just because of this."

An Xi's words caused the nobles present to look at each other in dismay.

Barry didn't say anything. He seemed to have realized that there was no point in continuing to object.

After all, they really had no evidence to prove that there was something wrong with Shien.

And without evidence, and An Xi was determined to rope in Shien, no one could object, right?

However, this was naturally not all Barry had up his sleeve.

In fact, Barry's plan was just about to begin.

"Then, may I make a suggestion?"

Barry seemed to have thought of something as he spoke.

"Brother Barry, what do you want to say?"

An Xi gave Barry some face.

Only then did Barry take a step forward and speak out in front of everyone.

"I think it's better to postpone the reward and give the adventurer Shien a chance to prove himself."

Barry said such words.

"Actually, I've come to the capital this time because I have something important to tell everyone." Barry looked around at everyone present and said, "In my territory, there seem to be signs of the old demon faction being active recently."

As soon as he said that, the crowd went into an uproar.

On the throne, An Xi's gaze froze.

Next to him, Jacinta was also startled, and then the frivolous expression on his face disappeared.

Yule also frowned.

As for Shien, he originally wanted to see what this Barry guy was up to, but was surprised by this news.

"No way? Wasn't the Old Demons wiped out? "

Shien's face was full of surprise.

Seeing Shien's surprised expression, Vivian hurriedly explained.

"Do you think that the Old Demons led by Beetho and Killian are all the Old Demons?" Vivian whispered: "It's not like that, there are many who don't want to see the Demons succumb to the Protoss and humans, going against the will of the Demon King and coexisting peacefully with the Protoss and humans. Beetho's faction is at most one of them"

The Old Demons couldn't actually be considered an organization or a faction, but something more akin to a religion.

They didn't agree to rebel against the world together, but with their own thoughts and plans, they recruited, roped in, and developed their own factions of Demons. Some of them didn't even care about the will of the so-called Demon King, only wanting to destroy the current peace out of selfishness, so they used the name of the Demon King to deceive others into joining them and working for them.

Therefore, the Old Demons were also divided into many factions, and Beetho was just one of them.

"Ten years ago, Beetho's branch was the most dangerous one among the many forces of the old demon clan. Not only did they have a lot of talents, but they also had a lot of influence. Moreover, every one of them was proficient in assassination and surprise attacks. In terms of the degree of danger, they were the most dangerous among all the forces of the old demon clan. However, in the large-scale assassination incident ten years ago, Beetho's branch was also heavily injured by us and became a relatively weak branch of the old demon clan. Otherwise, they wouldn't have mobilized so many people just to save one person, because their members have become much fewer than before."

Vivian's explanation made Shien understand.

"That is to say, there are other factions of the Old Demons existing, right?"

Shien had a rough idea of what Barry was trying to do.

The result was not beyond Shien's expectations.

"Since the adventurer Shien claims that he has no problem, then why not let us see if he really has the ability to fight against the Old Demons."

That was Barry's declaration.

"My suggestion is to let the adventurer Shien lead a team to Stringham and launch another crusade against the Old Demons."

"If he can succeed, it proves that he has real talent. When the time comes, combine the merits of the two operations and give him a reward."

"If he can't, then even if it doesn't prove that he has a problem, the issue of the reward will have to be carefully considered, Your Majesty."

"What do you think, Your Majesty?"

Barry's words caused everyone to look at each other in dismay and nod one after another.

Even Yule and Jacinta seemed to be persuaded, their eyes flashing.

Anxi was silent for a while before looking at Shien.

"Shien, what do you think?"

Anxi asked for Shien's opinion.

Shien immediately sighed.

"I can't seem to refuse."

Shien's words made everyone think that the matter was settled.

But at that moment …

"But I still have to refuse!"