Why did the lord rebel

Chapter 498 Look at what you are holding in your hand

Xiahou Yan was really dumbfounded.

He was using the fake identity of "Professor Kirian Andropov" and was happily chatting with an old acquaintance next to him who also wanted to hide his real name for some reason. However, he was scared out of his wits by the first auction item put out by Branch President Yulia.

  ——He never dreamed that there would be a day in his life when he would see this beloved crowbar again!

Back then, at Kemal Manor, Mr. Xiahou, who had not yet become rich, accidentally stabbed to death the imperial court wizard Mephistopheles with this crowbar.

This unfortunate incident, which was so bad that it caused even a toothache when drinking cold water, can be considered a dark history in the development of Frost Maple Ridge.

After Master Mephisto's death, in order to hide the evidence and frame someone, Lord Xiahou allowed the Imperial Ministry of Justice to take away the crowbar that served as the "murder weapon" and "evidence" for killing the court wizard, thus clearing Frost Maple Ridge of any connection with the latter.

Logically speaking, as a core piece of evidence in an important murder case, this crowbar should have been lying in the evidence warehouse of the Imperial Ministry of Justice, slowly rusting away until it was unearthed by an archaeologist from a future civilization thousands of years later.

  But why did it suddenly appear here, in Thorn City, and at the auction of the Wave Chamber of Commerce? !

While Xiahou Yan was puzzled, the crowd in the lobby of the "Real Bernabeu" club was in an uproar because of the auction items displayed by Miss Yulia Minetoska.

The "Kemal Manor Massacre" more than two years ago caused a huge uproar on the Haven continent.

Everyone knows that the imperial court wizard at that time, Mephisto, the eighth-level fire wizard, was killed on the spot in this shocking tragedy when he was attacked from both sides by the Scarlet Flame Demon Vulture and the assassins sent by the Glorious Federation.

However, although everyone knew about this incident, they had never heard of what the "weapon that killed Master Mephisto" was.

For a moment, the club was filled with the buzzing sound of flies.

"Please be quiet! Please be quiet!" Yulia Minetoska on the stage raised her voice, but from the smile on her face, it was clear that the president of the "Wave" branch was very satisfied with the curiosity and discussion that her introduction had aroused. "Now, I will introduce the origin of this auction item to everyone!"

Julia Minetowska went straight to the point and immediately pointed out the focus of everyone's concern.

As a result, the crowded and messy club hall suddenly became quiet, and everyone looked intently at Yulia on the stage.

Although he had never met Julia Minetoska before, just this short moment of seeing her made Xiahou Yan realize that this demon girl from the "Wave" Chamber of Commerce was very good at manipulating people's hearts and was definitely not an easy person to deal with.

——Of course, he did not notice that the Baron Alexius, who was beside him and had transformed into "Edmond Dantes", was looking at Julia with eyes filled with hatred and anger.

  Seeing that everyone had quieted down, Yulia Minetoska smiled peacefully:

"Two years ago, the Imperial Court Mage Master Mephisto died in the 'Kemal Manor Massacre'. I believe everyone is familiar with it. But have you ever thought about how the assassins from the Federation could kill a magician at the level of a great mage? With Master Mephisto's extraordinary magical skills, ordinary warriors can't even touch the corner of the master's clothes, let alone take the life of an eighth-level great mage! Everyone, don't you have any curiosity about the truth behind this matter?"

The people below the stage nodded in agreement.

Xiahou Yan thought to himself, what's there to be curious about...

  Julia Minetoska smiled and nodded.

"In my opinion, even the Thunder Dragon Samuel back then might not have gotten away with it in front of Master Mephisto! The most likely reason why the assassin who assassinated the court wizard was successful was that he used some extremely rare magic props, or he was simply equipped with some kind of peerless magic weapon that was enough to break Master Mephisto's magic shield, which caught the master off guard and killed him on the spot!"

The crowd below the stage nodded again.

Xiahou Yan thought to himself that I didn’t even know I had such a good treasure…

  Julia Minetoska winked slyly:

"When I thought of this possibility, I, Julia Minetoska of Turbulence City, could not sit still. About a year ago, I learned from the contact of the Wave Chamber of Commerce in the Imperial Capital that the murderer who assassinated Master Mephisto did use a strange weapon. This artifact, which contained powerful power and could even take the life of an eighth-level magician, was stored in a heavily guarded warehouse of the Imperial Law Department!"

"President Minetoska!" Someone in the audience shouted in fear, "Could it be——"

"--That's right!" Julia Minetoska answered loudly, her beautiful face glowing with excitement. "Everyone! I am a businessman, and businessmen will take all risks for wealth and profit! You may not imagine how much manpower, material resources and financial resources the 'Wave' Chamber of Commerce spent to bribe the guards of the Imperial Law Department to steal this peerless magic weapon from the warehouse, and then smuggle it all the way here, to Thorn City!"

There was an uproar.

  Stealing things from the imperial government departments in the imperial capital right under the nose of the emperor is simply too daring to describe. In addition to courage, what Julia Minetoska needs more is countless money and a far-reaching network of connections!

However, such a huge effort is probably worth it:

Just as Julia Minetowska said, killing a great wizard is even more difficult than slaying a dragon. The "weapon that kills an eighth-level great wizard" is enough to be recorded in history with its power and achievements in any era, and become a mythical holy weapon desired by generations of heroes!

You know, even the "Holy Blood Heart" of "The Slayer" Estherville, who has a lot of blood debts and killed countless people, has never been stained with the blood of a high-level magician:

  Although low-level magicians are known for their fragility and lack of melee ability, once the level reaches a certain level, the magician will be blessed by the elemental power and become an almighty god of war who can do anything in heaven and earth!

A weapon that can penetrate the shield of an eighth-level wizard and take his life must contain some powerful, even mysterious and unknown power!

So, everyone in the venue was standing on tiptoe, just to take a look at the priceless "unparalleled divine weapon" on the stage that was stained with Master Mephisto's blood.

Xiahou Yan fell into deep thought.

  For a moment, he couldn't even tell which of the following two things was more upsetting:

All the merchants here are craning their necks like turtles, just wanting to take a look at the crowbar that Tom Lawrence picked up from the family car team...

...or did Julia Minetoska spend countless sums of money and take huge risks to steal this junky thing that any blacksmith shop could sell from the Imperial Treasury...

He thought everyone was crazy.

However, what made him feel relieved was that there were still some rational audiences at the scene.

A Blood Shadow City elf dressed in a robe and dressed as a magician raised his hand high: "President of the Minatoska branch! I have a question! I am a third-level intermediate magician. Just now, I used magic power to detect this artifact from a distance, but I didn't find any elemental fluctuations! Just from the feeling, it seems to be an ordinary metal object!"

  Xiahou Yan was shouting in his heart:

Because it's just a fucking piece of metal!!!

  However, Yulia Minetoska shook her finger triumphantly, as if she had expected this question.

"Your feeling is correct! After receiving the 'Staff of Divine Punishment', our 'Wave' arcanists also checked it immediately. Like you, they did not find any elemental fluctuations. However, I ask everyone to think about it carefully. How can a weapon without any elemental fluctuations kill an eighth-level great wizard? Isn't this too strange? The only explanation is that just like high-level magicians can hide their own elemental fluctuations, the most powerful artifacts in the planes will also return to their original state after reaching the peak of their power, hiding their exposed sharpness and becoming as introverted and deep as ordinary props!"

Xiahou Yan was speechless.

  Julia Minetoska said crisply:

"Although the power of this 'Divine Punishment Rod' is hard to perceive, it is incredibly real! Please stare at it carefully for a while!"

So, everyone in the meeting room followed Yulia's instructions and stared at the crowbar in the glass box.

For some unknown reason, a chill suddenly rose from everyone's heart without any warning.

Even Baron Alexius, who was standing beside Xiahou Yan, shuddered suddenly.

"Do you feel it? Do you feel the terrifying chill?" Julia Minetoska was as excited as a medical vendor selling health products to the elderly. "This is the proof of the powerful power of this 'Divine Punishment Rod'. It is the resentment and murderous intent that naturally condensed on it after it harvested countless lives! I believe that the reason why it has ended so many lives is that although it looks ordinary, it actually contains some mysterious and powerful power in its body, which can only be activated when it meets the right owner!"

  Xiahou Yan was stunned:

In the Haven Continent, places where people often die and weapons that often kill people will have a certain degree of resentment condensed. He has long been aware of this common sense of magic - ancient battlefields such as the Soul-Splitting Land and the Blood Front are naturally filled with a mournful atmosphere of "ghosts often crying, which can be heard when the sky is cloudy."

But he never expected that the crowbar he used that year actually contained resentment!

I swear to God, he didn’t kill many people with this crowbar back then… did he?

——That's just a few dozen mercenaries, a few hundred bandits, and an unlucky eighth-level wizard!

However, none of the guests attending the auction could hear the inner cry of Lord Frost Maple Ridge.

Before the introduction of Julia Minetowska was over, everyone in the audience went crazy:

  The "Rod of Divine Punishment" that killed the Imperial Court Mage Mephisto, whose true and false even an intermediate mage could not figure out!

Isn't that a genuine, priceless artifact? !

Buy it and earn it!

Before Yulia Minetoska announced the start of the auction, several rich guys had already raised their hands and shouted out their bids:

"Ten thousand gold coins!"

As soon as this offer was made, it was ridiculed by everyone.

  Because everyone felt that it was too shabby and cheap to only offer 10,000 gold coins for such a powerful legendary artifact!

Under the smiling gaze of Julia Minetoska, the completely crazy auction guests rushed to raise the bid all the way to 60,000 gold coins, and the number continued to rise.

  Xiahou Yan regretted that he only took one crowbar for self-defense: if he learned from Bruce Lee and used two crowbars as nunchakus at the same time, then he would have one more "magic weapon" worth 60,000 gold coins in this world!

He looked at the angry auctioneers around him and knew he couldn't wait any longer:

——I accidentally left my best weapon to the stupid Imperial Law Department back then, so I can’t miss it this time!

We must find a way to get it back!

He reached out and poked Alexius...er, "Edmond Dantes" beside him.

"What are you doing?" Alexius was staring at the smiling Yulia Minetoska on the stage, and was startled by "Professor Andropov" next to him.

"Mr. Dantes, do you believe me?" Xia Houyan blinked. "If you want to communicate with Miss Julia Minetoska in private, now is the best time."

"What do you mean?" Alexius suddenly became interested.

"Of course, you bid for this pry bar... uh, 'God's Punishment Rod'." Xiahou Yan chuckled, "When we follow Miss Yulia Minetoska to collect the auction items, won't it be a chance for you to have a one-on-one meeting with Miss Yulia?"

"Professor Andropov, are you crazy?" Alexius looked at the anthropologist in disbelief. "The 'Divine Punishment Rod' on the stage... the price of this thing can be speculated to more than 100,000 gold coins! We can't afford it!"

"Ahem, actually..." Xiahou Yan looked around furtively, "Do you know about Lord Elliot Igor of Frost Maple Ridge? He is the Duke of the Empire, the god of military affairs, commerce and industry who is in charge of the southern military affairs, a man among men, a male among males?"

"Everyone knows Lord Elliot Igor!" Alexius snorted and thought to himself: Old man, you would never imagine that I, Alexius, am the leading business elite under Lord Igor!

"...I'm actually a professor at the Southern Border United College of Frost Maple Ridge. I came to Thorn City on the secret order of Lord Elliot Igor to help him get the treasures sold at this auction." Xiahou Yan took out a bag of jingling aquamarine crystals from his arms, opened the bag and showed it to Alexius, who was immediately frightened and turned pale. "In order to conceal my tracks, I don't want to do it myself, but would like you to bid for the 'Divine Punishment Rod' that Lord Igor is interested in. You just have to bid, and I'll pay. In this way, I, Kirian Andropov, complete the task, Lord Elliot Igor gets the artifact he wants, and you, Mr. Edmond Dantes, can get what you wish and meet with Branch President Yulia Minetoska alone... How is it?"

Alexius narrowed his eyes.

(End of this chapter)