Arcane Linguist

Chapter 196 Despicable, shameless, sinister and cunning!
Another two days later.

Blue Agate Harbor, in a country house.

Roland sat in front of the balcony full of flowers, quietly gazing at the river in the distance.

It was a big river that came from the depths of the interior of the Kingdom of Lena. After thousands of kilometers of twists and turns, it finally merged into the sea nearby.

Beyond the distant mountains, the sun is setting on the western mountains, and the sun is evenly splashed on the waves of the gentle river like scattered gold, creating a quiet and peaceful atmosphere.

Roland was bathed in such sunlight, and his body seemed to be dyed golden.

At his side, on a stone table, were several collections of books from local scholars and local gentry families.

In this era when knowledge was extremely precious, those who could keep books at home were basically of noble origin. Through contact and exchanges with those people, Roland had already gained a lot of understanding of this place in just a few days.

But now, Roland didn't bother to read these books. Instead, he was looking at the newspaper "Journal de Savarin", which was delivered by the postman and specially supplied to wealthy families here.

The above title is very gossip, it actually wrote a lot of gossip between himself and Princess Rosa, all kinds of speculation, idle speculation, has begun to develop towards the romance of the century.

"Is it true that these people are full and have nothing to do? Or are the nobles of the Reiner Kingdom happy to see this happen?"

As a human being, it was the first time that Roland saw himself having an affair in the newspaper.

This brought him a rather fresh experience.

He didn't pay much attention to this kind of thing, after all, no one would pay attention to this kind of thing after a while, and the object of the scandal was a beautiful princess who had a long-standing reputation in the Kingdom of Lena, so it didn't mean that his reputation was insulted.

"Master, you have some new emails."

Suddenly, the reminder from the fox-eared lady brought Roland back to his senses.

He turned his head and said, "Oh, what kind of emails are they, read them and listen."

Fox Er Niang immediately opened the envelope, unfolded the letter paper, and began to read.

This is an alternative measure taken by mages who cannot receive timely reminders from Taling when they are traveling.

Some unimportant letters will be automatically transcribed by magic props, packed and sealed by magic servants, and then assigned to the corresponding physical mailboxes for delivery by special personnel.

If it is some small items and the like, it can also be delivered in this way.

After Hu Erniang read it, Roland realized that it was a letter from China that had been accumulated for about a week.

Although the source of magic power can be transmitted over long distances, it still has to follow the unique rules of the local world when crossing planes.

Moreover, there may be only one or two towers serving the entire world, and delayed processing is also common.

To Roland's surprise, his scandal even spread back to China, and even Orvisto knew about it.

His statement is similar to that of Master Watson, and he specially exhorted him.

Roland listened to some other emails again, and was surprised to learn that Poytes, the bard he knew in the past, planned to travel to this world and walk around.

And Sophia, Paulina, has a similar development plan.

This is an opportunity to see the development of Lennar World.

"The Atrein side also intends to add fuel to the flames."

Roland sighed with emotion.

At this moment, his complexion changed slightly, and he touched his belly unconsciously.

"Damn it, the food here is 'clean and hygienic', it's really ecstatic."

"Master, are you eating too much Lingguang fish?" Fox Er Niang said with a bit of helplessness.

"It doesn't make sense, I just ate one or two more with my mouth."

In the past few days, a group of people stayed in this country villa for a short time, and shared various foods tributed by local residents.

One of them is called Lingguang fish, which is a famous local delicacy. The only downside is that it contains a lot of oil, which may be difficult for some people to digest.

Although there are divination magic such as "detect poison" in the spell, it is ineffective against normal food attributes.

Roland didn't think that he was just greedy for a while, and he ate a few more grilled fish, which made him feel sick to his stomach.

In contrast, the two cat-eared girls ate more and had more fun, and they had nothing to do.

Trina was even more exaggerated, she ate two big baskets by herself.

"My stomach, I really haven't exercised enough yet."

The strengthening of magic is subtle, so far, he has not completely reborn.

Roland didn't bother to think too much, so he hurried to the bathroom first.

The toilets in this country house are similar to those of medieval castles where princes and nobles lived. They are built on the outside of the overhanging wall.

In a small space, there is a U-shaped squat pit, below which is a sewage pipe made of bricks and stones, similar to a chimney.

If it is inside the castle, it can be directly excreted in the moat and washed away along the current.

And this country house is led to the river outside by the waterway shared with the lake.

While going to the toilet, Roland remembered an interesting joke, which was the unique killing technique of ancient Roman assassins.

It is said that the English name of the word "assassin" assassin has several origins, one of which is that the ancient Roman assassins would climb up the sewage pipes and attack upwards with spears when the assassinated target went to the toilet.

Therefore, assassin = ass+ass+in!

The simple way of assassination is so brutal, direct and effective!
(Note: Suspected online jokes are not the real source of the word assassin, but with that said, everyone can easily remember this word.)
Suddenly, Roland felt a chill rising from the soles of his feet, and inexplicably felt a very ominous premonition.

His body has been blessed by the talisman, and his basic attributes have been greatly improved. Before that, Lunifuss had given him a gorgeous mana crystal necklace, which was an expensive piece of equipment with a perception +6 effect and worth at least 20 gold coins.

This alone allowed him to raise his perception to the point where it was close to the limit of human beings.

Even in this small stone room, Roland could still feel that a certain evil force was approaching him.

And its source...

It's right under the ass!

Roland was taken aback, as if he had been electrocuted, and leaning on his belt, he rushed forward and slammed his body against the wooden door heavily.

The toilet door opened inward, and he didn't knock it open for a while, so he quickly pulled it.

As a result, a cold spear pierced up from the bottom.

It was the assassin who heard the movement and launched an attack in a panic.

But because Roland had already left the toilet, the blow was of course missed.

"Fuck!"

Seeing this, Roland couldn't help cursing secretly.

It turned out that my own thoughts did not arise for no reason, but super-high perception perceived the danger in the dark, and used this method to warn.

If you are not aware of yourself...

If it wasn't for the blessing of super high perception...

Now the chrysanthemum is gone!

"Master, what's wrong with you?"

The voice of Hu Er Niang came in from outside, she was still waiting outside.

Roland opened the door and rushed out.

He didn't care about answering Fox's mother's question, and quickly chanted the spell.

"~~~~~~·~!"

The super high perception allowed him to catch the movement of the target below, and when he realized that the other party used a method similar to the bone shrinking technique to push the wooden toilet and drilled out of the hole inside, he suddenly aroused the magic power condensed in his palm.

"Serith Power Word - Cut"!
A bloody phantom, like a bronze axe, appeared behind the target, and quickly slashed down.

"squeak!"

The other party let out an exclamation, and fell along the chimney-like passage with the sound of friction and impact.

But the head was forcefully rolled forward, and a huge mouse head was left in the toilet, blood spraying all around.

"Ah!" The fox-eared lady screamed.

Roland was also sincerely surprised.

"Ratman?"

……

"It's indeed a Ratman. It looks like it's a Ratman Assassin!"

Not long after, news of Roland's assassination spread throughout the villa, and the local sheriff also rushed to the scene with militiamen and guards to check.

They retrieved a headless body from the drain under the toilet.

It was a short demihuman with a height of more than one meter, with a beast head and a human body. He was indeed a rat man.

"Although this kind of dead soldiers are generally cannon fodder, and their assassination methods are not very particular, but there is no guarantee that the mastermind behind the scenes has other arrangements. Lord Roland, you'd better be careful."

The sheriff soon determined that this kind of ratman was just a wanderer of the first order, and his strength was very weak.

But the reason why an assassin is an assassin is that he can always choose the right opportunity to suddenly launch an assassination at a time and place that is completely unexpected to you.

At this time, it is meaningless to calculate the power on paper.

Professional assassins, as long as they still have the strength to stab a spear or dagger into the target's skin, or poison and set fire, may complete the task.

Even an archmage is unlikely to be vigilant 365 days a year, so the threat cannot be ignored.

Roland obviously possesses oracle bone divination and various methods of prophecy, but he still neglects many necessary precautions because of his own carelessness.

This is also caused by the lack of experience in being stabbed.

If he was experienced enough, he would have to be tested for poison even to drink a glass of water, and even to go to the bathroom, he would have to bring Cat Ear Girl or Trina with him, and he would set up heavy guards around a few hundred meters, so as not to give the enemy the slightest chance.

But few people can do this step, and it is easy to bring inconvenience to life.

"It's simply despicable, shameless, insidious and cunning! Check, give me a hard check!

You must follow the clues and find out whoever is behind the scenes!

Don't let me know who did it, I caught him and I'll show him on a spear! "

This is a cruel punishment of piercing the human body. The spear goes in through the chrysanthemum and the mouth comes out.

In an unusually rare panic, Roland almost roared and gave orders to the local sheriff and militiamen.

Only this kind of revenge can calm his anger that he almost lost his life.

Everyone expressed their deep understanding of this, and hurriedly followed suit.

After Roland was angry, he gradually calmed down, touched the two cat-eared girls who felt that they were negligent, and said, "I don't blame you for this matter, even I was careless.

It seems that we must always keep in mind that this is a foreign country, and we cannot relax at all. "

"Master, this place is not suitable for staying anymore, let's go back to Savarin as soon as possible."

When the sheriff and the militiamen were tracking clues and reversing the Ratman assassin's infiltration route, Al suggested to him with a little worry.

Roland said: "You're right. It seems that someone has already set their sights on me. It's better to avoid the limelight first."

……

"What, Mr. Roland was assassinated? Is he okay?"

"At the moment, we don't know which organization did it. I only know that it was a Ratman assassin."

"This is neither like the arm of the Restoration Army of Tinyara, nor like the actions of the Shadow Council or the Red Sand Legion, but rather like the dead soldiers raised by the warlocks of the Black Dragon Dynasty.

But, it doesn't make sense, why did they come all the way to East Lena to assassinate Roland? "

"The Ratmen are not necessarily raised by warlocks. There are many wanderers like this in the East and West Lena, beyond the city of lawlessness.

Those assassin organizations are so bold, they dare to take on any mission, they dare to kill anyone... Even the mages of Artline, they just need more money! "

On the side of the capital, the mage group quickly learned about this matter, and everyone talked about it.

They still don't know the cause and effect of the assassination for the time being, and their attention is also focused on the identity of the mastermind behind it.

The Governor's Mansion, Archmage Watson and Archmage Bolas also quickly asked, and learned that Roland was rushing to the capital, and urgently ordered the high-level mages of the legion to respond.

Unlike the outside discussion, they don't care too much about the cause and effect of this matter, and they don't care who made the move.

If something goes wrong, put pressure on the authorities.

For this reason, Archmage Bolas ordered: "Come here, summon Arkham XIV, the Minister of Security, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs...

I will severely reprimand them! "

Because of his family's cooperation with Roland, he still values ​​Roland a lot.

On the day of the incident, Arkham XIV was summoned and scolded bloody.

All of a sudden, the aristocratic circle of Leiner's capital was shaken, and all forces were mobilized to fight in all directions.

The newspapers and the public opinion field were also in an uproar over it.

Even Archmage Holmes and Gallo, who had already gone to Sirena, learned about this matter.

This is a notification from the mage group's internal channels, warning them to take precautions and be careful, and it also made everyone in the mage group really feel the existence of a little crisis.

"What, Mr. Roland was assassinated?"

In the palace, Princess Rosa found out about this matter after a long time.

Because she didn't find out until Arkham XIV came back dejectedly.

"He's fine, it's just a false alarm...

However, the assassination of Master Shangbang is indeed a bad thing, and if it goes wrong, it will be a big cleansing!
We will never allow this to happen, and we must solve the case as soon as possible! "

Arkham XIV thought of the bad consequences of Roland's serious injury and even death, so he couldn't help but took out his handkerchief and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, feeling lingering fear.

At this moment, his eyes swept over his daughter, but he had a plan in mind.

He suddenly had the idea of ​​making amends.

(End of this chapter)