บท 62: A storm on the horizone
Liang Lidong snorted coldly and hit the stalker in the abdomen with his knee. The latter groaned in pain, then curled up on the ground, vomiting stomach acid. When he was almost done vomiting, Liang Lidong crouched down and put the dark elemental energy ball in his hand in front of the man's forehead. He said coldly, "Last chance. I'm a spellcaster, and I can see if a person is lying. Although I don't want to attack ordinary people, if you are still stubborn, killing a ruffian is not a special thing for me. "
The dark elemental ball exuded a biting chill, and with Liang Lidong's cold face, the man's spirit finally collapsed. He shouted, "Don't, please, don't play with my soul, I'll tell you everything." He took a breath, held his head, and said, "It was Lord Charles who asked me to follow you, just half an hour ago."
Liang Lidong asked, "Who is Charles?"
"He is the priest of the Church of Life!"
After knocking the man unconscious with a punch, Liang Lidong walked out of the alley. Half an hour ago, the Church of Life had sent someone to follow him, and he had been in the castle for less than two hours. This efficiency was abnormal … Liang Lidong suspected that there was a mole in the castle, and his position was not low, so he should know most of Uther's arrangements. In fact, it was very reasonable to think about it. Gods and religions were widely accepted in this world. It was not surprising that some people in Uther's forces believed in the Goddess of Life. Such people could easily be instigated.
Liang Lidong returned to the castle, and this time there was no one following him along the way. As soon as he returned to the main hall of the castle, he ran into Uther, who was coming down from upstairs.
Seemingly dissatisfied, Uther said indifferently, "Sir Beta, please tell me before you go out next time, and I will send some soldiers to protect you. If a spellcaster doesn't have a 'shield', it is easy for something to happen to them. As an experienced mercenary, you should know this. "
Actually, Uther knew that Liang Lidong knew close combat swordsmanship. He had heard about it from Barbara, and Barbara had heard about it from Kail. However, he did not think that Liang Lidong's close combat swordsmanship was too strong. He thought that it was probably above the level of an ordinary person and not at the level of a specialized swordsman. However, his way of thinking was actually wrong. Liang Lidong's melee swordsmanship was certainly not the strongest, but it depended on who he was compared to … In the game, there were countless physical classes that specialized in melee attacks, and players liked to go to extremes. Moreover, most melee classes had a max 10 Constitution growth and many melee specialties. Of course, Liang Lidong, who was a dabbler in compound classes, could barely defend himself against them in swordsmanship.
However, the problem was that there were not many NPCs and professionals in the real world who were born with full Constitution growth. In addition, they might not be able to learn specialties that perfectly matched their profession. In terms of swordsmanship alone, there were indeed people in this world who were better than Liang Lidong, and there seemed to be quite a lot of them, but once they were averaged out, there were very few of them. Perhaps one in a hundred melee professions might not be able to find someone who was better at swordsmanship than him.
Because he didn't understand Liang Lidong's abilities, it was normal for Uther to be worried and dissatisfied.
Liang Lidong therefore didn't feel that he had been insulted. He explained with a smile, "I just went out to investigate something, and then I was followed."
"Followed?" Uther's expression changed. "What happened?"
"I subdued the person who was following me and then interrogated him to find out that the instigator was Charles of the Church of Life." Liang Lidong looked around and then said, "It's not unusual for the Church of Life to send someone to follow me. What's unusual is that they followed me shortly after I went out. And I've been in the castle for less than three hours. How did the people from the Church of Life know of my existence? So I suspect that someone revealed my information. "
"I see." Uther's expression changed, and then he said, "It's almost lunchtime now. Mr. Beta, please go back to your room and wait for a while. When it's time for lunch, I'll send someone to invite you."
Liang Lidong nodded and walked up the stairs, while Uther walked out of the main hall with a gloomy face … There were many stupid people in this world, but there were also many smart people. Liang Lidong had only pointed it out slightly, and Uther knew that there should be a mole within his ranks. Generally, big families had a unique method of finding out the mole for each generation. Liang Lidong estimated that it wouldn't take long for Uther to find out the mole.
After returning to the bedroom on the seventh floor, Liang Lidong rested for a while, and it wasn't long before the maid came to invite him downstairs for lunch. When he went down to the fourth floor, he met Rex, who had brought his guards with him. He snorted in disdain when he saw Liang Lidong, and then went down the stairs first with a wave of resentment.
When he reached the main hall, Liang Lidong found that everybody was present. He was sitting at the end. It wasn't a good position either in the physical or the spiritual sense.
However, Liang Lidong was different. Although he was a Divine Noble, he didn't have much of an identity with the nobles. Therefore, it didn't matter to him that he sat at the front of the table.
The most eye-catching person in the room was Barbara. She was holding a black cat with a crescent moon on its forehead and smiling happily.
Did she turn a house cat into a magic pet? Liang Lidong sensed vague mental power from the black cat. Although they were all felines, house cats were much weaker than leopards and tigers in terms of attack. However, house cats, as small felines, could be more professional in stealth and anti-stealth when they were turned into magic pets. They could almost be as good as Assassins of the same level.
Besides, house cats were not entirely defenseless. They were magic pets no matter how small they were. Any class of the same level wouldn't feel good if they were scratched on their vital parts.
Seeing Liang Lidong, Barbara smiled at him and expressed her gratitude silently.
Liang Lidong nodded at her and then looked at the young woman next to her. The woman was wearing a bright purple dress and looked very similar to Barbara. Liang Lidong met her once half a year ago and knew that she was Barbara's mother, the mayor's wife of Winterwind. The young woman had a good figure and looked vaguely heroic. Liang Lidong speculated that she was either a Warrior or a cavalryman. In any case, she was definitely a melee physical class.
After sizing up the castellan's wife, Liang Lidong's eyes fell on the table, and then his lips twitched slightly … There were several servings of Stargazy Pie, several servings of mashed potato fish, and several servings of honey bread on the table. Liang Lidong lost his appetite when he saw the first two dishes, especially the fish that died with their eyes wide open in the Stargazy Pie. Only the honey bread could barely be considered as food that he could swallow.
Seeing that everybody was here, Uther raised his glass. "I feel that everybody trusts the Longman family and has come here as guests. Although it's indeed difficult right now, victory will be ours as long as we persist for another three months. Cheers for a better future! "
They raised their glasses at a distance and drained them. The meal was a feast for both the host and the guest, at least on the surface. Liang Lidong didn't know what was going on in private. After lunch, Liang Lidong was about to take a rest, when Uther said, "Sir, please come with me."
There were only two people in the study. Uther invited him to sit down, then said, "Your Excellency Betta, thank you for your reminder. We have already found the traitors. There are six of them, and one of them is my trusted adjutant. This time, I have invited Your Excellency here, firstly to explain this matter, and secondly to ask Your Excellency, what is Your Excellency's opinion of the current situation? "
"Like you, mayor, I'm waiting!"
Uther smiled bitterly. "That's the only thing we can do. How frustrating. If it were an enemy country, I would've marched there with an army."
Uther had a lot of soldiers. In terms of real combat ability, the mayor's office was actually much stronger than the Temple of Life. But the problem was that the Temple of Life wasn't exactly an enemy, at least not on the surface. To put it bluntly, the battle over the gold mine was a battle of interests. Both sides could assassinate, poison, or engage in economic warfare, but they couldn't engage in large-scale battles. They couldn't mobilize their armies. Otherwise, even if they won, the other nobles would find an excuse to unite their armies and annihilate them.
Besides, the Church of Life was not limited to Winterwind. It was one of the religions all over the continent. If Uther violated the rules of fighting on the surface, the Church of Life would definitely wage a holy war and raze Winterwind to the ground.
Liang Lidong said with a smile, "Don't be depressed. Also, the Temple of Life can't launch a holy war, which is a good thing for us."
"It's indeed a good thing!" Uther was rather helpless, but he soon pulled himself together. "I'll go to the gold mines with my wife later. I'm afraid that we'll be ambushed by assassins, so I'd like to ask you to do me a favor and come with us. You know how to fight assassins very well. I hope that you can protect my wife later. She's a good cavalryman, but she lacks battle experience and needs more time. "
"Okay, no problem. I'm going to check out the gold mines too. " Liang Lidong stood up and was about to leave, when he suddenly turned around and asked, "Mayor, you and your wife are both very young. Why don't you want to have another child? Chances are that it will be a boy."
Uther replied: "If it was that easy, I would have given birth to a few more. Anyway, after Kail and Barbara get married, their first boy must be from the Longman family. This way I don't have worry about the family having no heirs. "
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