Calamity Crown

2022-04-23

Chapter 220 Secret Talk and Goethe-style ‘saving money’! (please subscribe ~ ask for monthly ticket~)

Bear Castle, Neibao study.

Archduke Scrooge, who was sitting in the main seat, frowned involuntarily when he looked at Anke who was brought in by his eldest son.

Although Archduke Scrooge does not know Anke in front of him, he is quite familiar with it.

Even before the Luster incident, the Archduke had heard of each other’s reputation.

Anke, the last Guardian Knight of the Steinbeck Family.

A Guardian Knight who is proficient in shooting, superb in sword technique, especially in hand-to-hand combat.

But the most amazing thing about this Guardian Knight is his innate talent in transcendent. At the age of 18, he emerged in the Ludex Imperial Family hunting and completed three baptisms.

All Ludexers, nobility, royal family, or commoners who have qualified to participate in this hunt have no doubt that Anke will grow at an amazing rate and eventually become a third rank professional.

So, everyone started to win over the youngster.

But in the face of olive branches from all sides, the youngster chose the long-declined Steinbeck Family.

This surprised the Ludex nobles at the time.

At the same time, it also becomes fly into a rage out of humiliation.

Naturally, there was more ridicule.

Everyone who can participate in the Ludex Imperial Family hunting activities knows the final fate of the Steinbeck Family as ‘outsider’ in Ludex.

In fact, it is.

Three years later, the Steinbeck Family ‘rebellious’ was executed by the entire family.

Only the one-year-old son, Skiffins Steinbeck, was rescued by the opponent, and the two disappeared from everyone’s sight under the pursuit of the Ludex royal family.

Until…

Luster!

The Grand Duke squinted and looked at the Guardian Knight of the Steinbeck Family in front of him, with a real killing intent in his eyes.

Although there was an accident, my nephew’s family was really implicated by the youngest son of the Steinbeck Family.

Especially his nephew, who almost became the other party’s scapegoat.

Feeling the killing intent in the eyes of the Grand Duke, especially the power faintly revealed by the Grand Duke, suddenly made Anke, the Guardian Knight of the Steinbeck Family, tremble in his heart.

Legendary? !

This is Legendary!

Almost instantly, the Guardian Knight of the Steinbeck Family confirmed it.

Then, I admire more and more speculations from the patriarch.

Although this is not the first time since I was a child, this Guardian Knight still marvels at the ability to infer the whole thing based on some news that seems true seems false.

It is also more and more recognized from patriarch that it will be successful.

Thinking of this, the Guardian Knight of the Steinbeck Family bowed and gave a Knight salute.

“Meet Your Highness!”

“I’m here with the goodwill on my patriarch–I hope Your Highness can see a trace of Steinbeck Family bloodline on Young Master Goethe For your sake, give us some help.”

“Of course, I will also give you what you deserve on the patriarch.”

After finishing speaking, the Steinbeck Family member The Guardian Knight bowed again and saluted.

What?

Goethe has a Steinbeck Family bloodline on him?

Semler Gram, who stepped in with the opponent in hand, had a look of surprise on his serious face.

Not only the Grand Duke eldest son, but also the Grand Duke himself.

“Evidence?”

The grand duke, whose killing intent dissipated in his eyes, sat upright, and his power became more and more terrifying, making Anke’s body tremble.

The Gram Family doesn’t take bloodline as seriously as Faber’s nobles.

However, they value their families.

Although to a certain extent the same, but higher than the bloodline.

Simply put, bloodline is not important after becoming a member of Gram Family, bloodline is just an opportunity, and in Faber’s aristocracy, bloodline is everything.

As for the family?

Just a nicer title.

Therefore, Gram Family has always been very important when it comes to family.

Anke, feeling the pressure on him like a mountain, once again laments the terrifying of the Legendary powerhouse, but the Guardian Knight won’t bow down.

Because he represents the Steinbeck Family.

Represents his patriarch on Skiffins.Steinbeck.

“You can ask Young Master Goethe.”

“He owns the Steinbeck Family’s core Secret Technique – [Steinbeck Breathing Technique], and, to a considerable extent.”

“If it weren’t for the bloodline of the Steinbeck Family, it would have been impossible to reach this level.”

“Even…”

“It will only be a disaster. !”

Speaking of this, the Guardian Knight of the Steinbeck Family sneered.

Why was the Steinbeck Family suppressed everywhere in Ludex, and even eventually became a ‘rebel party’?

Isn’t it because of 【Steinbeck Breathing Technique】?

It’s just that those bastards can’t think of the features of [Steinbeck Breathing Technique].

There is no bloodline of the Steinbeck Family. If you want to cultivate [Steinbeck Breathing Technique], you will be courting death. The more you cultivate to a high level, the quicker you die—at first, you just go out and step on shit. At a certain level, you will be choked to death when you eat.

The Archduke stared at Anke.

The Guardian Knight of the Steinbeck Family faced it calmly.

As for the words of the Steinbeck Family Guardian Knight, the Archduke believed half of it.

It’s not just the attitude of the other person.

Also because of Goethe’s innate talent!

Among his three sons, the elder son Semler Gram extraordinary natural talent, as if a mutation had occurred, reaching the level of astonishing ordinary people, and the second son and third son are also extraordinary innate talent, far beyond the ordinary person.

Even the heirs of the so-called Tessin royal family, the great Faber nobles, etc., are far from comparable.

And his nephew Goethe?

He has the same innate talent as eldest son.

It made him very happy.

I’m Junior.

The higher the innate talent, the better.

However, the Archduke was concerned when part of the source of this innate talent was the Steinbeck Family.

The Steinbeck Family.

He is famous both in Tessin and some small circles in Ludex.

Certainly not a good reputation.

‘A madman who is persistent to the extreme! ‘

This is what the small circle said about the Steinbeck Family.

At the same time, there is also the evaluation of ‘unparalleled wealth’ – it is rumored that after the Ludex royal family destroyed the Steinbeck Family family twenty-five years ago, they did not find the true meaning of the Steinbeck Family family. The treasure house of Ludex, but only some ‘sporadic income’ has allowed the Ludex royal family to receive more than ten years of total taxation, so that until now, the Ludex royal family is known for its extravagance in various countries.

Scrooge, the poor parent of the Gram Family, is envious of this.

However, such envy was immediately disappeared compared to Goethe.

He didn’t mind the fact that Goethe knew he had a Steinbeck Family bloodline — what if he had a Steinbeck Family bloodline? Still not his nephew?

What he cares about is whether this ‘crazy’ bloodline will affect Goethe.

After all…

Goethe has a ‘Blood of Madness’ himself.

Once 1+1>2, it is unimaginable.

The Archduke sat there, thinking deeply.

The Archduke eldest son, too.

Both are thinking about a solution.

However, after about two seconds, the two were sighed together.

Not currently available.

Unless Goethe changes his body, but this Secret Technique, with the passing of Little Jasmine, no one can master it.

There’s only one way left…

Fight!

Let Goethe fight and use the passion of the ‘warrior’ road to unleash the ‘madness’!

As for the dangers involved?

That is naturally my responsibility! X2

Almost by coincidence, the Archduke and the Archduke eldest son made a decision.

As Goethe’s uncle (brother), this is a rightful responsibility.

“Semler, you…”

“Forget it, I’ll tell Goethe myself later.”

The Archduke thought about the change. idea.

As a parent, the Grand Duke thinks it’s better to talk to Goethe himself.

The Archduke eldest son, also had no objection.

He respected what the father meant.

Then, the Archduke looked towards Anke.

“What help do you need?”

“If you want to take revenge on the Ludex royal family, don’t say it – Ludex, as the strongest country, is not a trifling The North can be provoked.”

The Grand Duke admitted frankly.

This is not modesty.

It’s a fact.

The Kingdom of Ludex is a country that has been standing for thousands of years before the appearance of ‘Mad King’. Although it has already fallen, it is still terrifying with strong background. The Yatuk also dared not disrespect Ludex lightly.

Not to mention far inferior to Yatouk’s Tessin.

And in the past, it could only be a pull with Tessin, and it was still a little bit downwind of the north?

It is natural to have self-knowledge.

Even if the Archduke is already a Legendary powerhouse.

Because—

Ludex also has its own Legendary powerhouse, and more than one!

Even, the Archduke had always suspected that ‘they’ were in Ludex.

Of course, Yatuk was also suspected by the Archduke.

Because, the rise of Yatouk is so fast that it surpasses everyone’s imagination. It only took less than twenty years for the invincible fleet to emerge from nothing—this is the Really unimaginable.

Although the inland sea is not comparable to the real sea, it is also a sea to some extent.

The North also has its own maritime power, even if it is not strong due to the obstruction of the Tessin royal family.

But because of this, the Archduke understood the value of that armada that could ‘kill two Legendary powerhouses’.

“Of course not!”

“The hatred between the Steinbeck Family and Ludex will only be resolved by the Steinbeck Family, we…”

“Goethe is not of the Steinbeck Family, but of the Gram Family.”

Anke’s words were interrupted by the Archduke.

The Grand Duke spoke directly and emphasized.

“Of course!”

Faced with this emphasis, Anke made no objection.

“Young Master Goethe is from the Gram Family, I have no objection on my patriarch, Ludex hatred, and Young Master Goethe will not be involved!”

The Guardian Knight of the Steinbeck Family promises.

“You swear as a Guardian Knight!”

The Archduke continued to emphasize.

Although it seems a bit cumbersome to do this, when I was young, I was tricked by George VI once, and the grand duke almost died, but he thought it was necessary to do it no matter how cumbersome it was.

It was his good luck that George VI.

But what about it again?

The Archduke cannot guarantee this.

And in the body of Skiffins Steinbeck, the Grand Duke saw the shadow of George VI-although some methods still look a little immature, but they are very ruthless.

At least, George VI paid more attention to interests, and because of ‘them’, he wanted something.

So, be a little gentler.

What about Skiffins. Steinbeck?

That’s really crazy!

That’s not without bottom line!

But when you think you have detected the bottom line of the other party, the other party has repeatedly broken through the bottom line in your cognition – when the Grand Duke was reading the information of Luster, he once sighed more than once, if it was not accidental , Luster has long since been erased from the Tessin map by this time.

And…

Such an accident!

It should be what Skiffins.Steinbeck wanted!

As for why?

The Archduke is not yet clear.

The total impossible is Goethe scruples, right?

With the performance of the other party…

How possible!

Gram Family people may have concerns about their family, each other?

It’s simply impossible!

“I swear in the name of the Guardian Knight of the Steinbeck Family, that I, or the Lord, will never involve Young Master Goethe in the hatred between the Steinbeck Family and Ludex. Lose honor, violent death!”

Anke formally swore.

This was nodded to the Archduke’s satisfaction.

“Well, let’s talk.”

“I hope to participate in Young Master Goethe’s plan this time on patriarch – we will encourage more Faber nobles The heirs came to Bear Castle to participate, so I hope you can declare as the Guardian of the North and the Grand Duke of the North that you will not shoot at Faber for the time being while Young Master Goethe is challenging all Second Rank professionals.”

Anke immediately stated his plan on the patriarch.

The Archduke frowned again.

Skiffins. Steinbeck eyeing Faber?

The information revealed in Anke’s words surprised the Archduke.

According to what Skiffins.Steinbeck did in Lotus, it should be quiet for a while – although the Tessin royal family was attracted by him, the ‘Secret Keeper’ did not.

Except for Alger.Aldrich, the 17-team Captain, the 22-team Captain ‘Simik Zorens’ in the rest period should be chasing Skifens Steinbeck.

Therefore, the other party will let his Guardian Knight show up and continue to hide himself.

This is what the Archduke thought before.

Available now?

As expected of a ‘madman’!

The Grand Duke sighed in his heart.

“Skiffins.Steinbeck promises not to harm the interests of the North.”

“Of course!”

“We are allies—the Steinbeck Family The clan has always kept its promises!”

Anke promises again.

Afterwards, the two sides had a secret conversation for half an hour.

Anke trotted away from Bear Castle as the sun slanted west.

As soon as he walked out of the Bear Fort, the Steinbeck Family Guardian Knight accelerated his pace again. When walking into a jungle outside the Bear Fort, the Steinbeck Family Guardian Knight stopped. .

A moment later, a silhouette appeared.

The other party was a short, thin youngster with white hair and a look of haggard on his face, as if he was sick. .

“Simik Zorens!”

Anke called out the other party’s name in a deep voice.

“Come with me.”

“I’m not in good health and don’t want to do it.”

The ‘Secret Keeper’ Team 22 Captain whispered said.

Anke ignored the words of the other party and took out a scroll from his arms.

“I have something to tell you on the patriarch.”

After speaking, he opened the scroll.

Skiffins.Steinbeck’s illusory silhouette appears in it.

“Good afternoon, Your Excellency Zorrence.”

“I’m running out of time, I’ll keep it short.”

“I’d like a deal to put you on hold The pursuit of us – just a hold, not give up.”

The boss of the Pine Nut Hotel said with a smile.

“oh?”

“While I know I shouldn’t be curious, I still want to know what?”

The ‘Secret Keeper’22 The Captain stretched his tone and tapped the hilt with his left hand, which had been resting on the hilt.

Click, click, click!

The subtle tapping sound, with invisible fluctuations, went all directions.

The living creatures touched all appeared in the perception of the ‘Secret Keeper’ 22 Team Captain.

However, there is no Skiffins.Steinbeck.

Although the result has been known for a long time, the Captain of the ‘Secret Keeper’ 22 team is still disappointed when faced with the fact, especially when the opponent’s Guardian Knight has talked with the Archduke of the North for a long time. , this disappointment involuntarily magnified several times.

Afraid of the Grand Duke’s strength, he did not dare to approach.

Alger .Aldrich told him the true strength of the archduke.

Legendary!

A place beyond their reach!

Even their captain just touched, not stepped in!

Therefore, Simic Zollens told himself to be cautious and restrained in the north.

As everyone knows, the Grand Duke has a bad temper.

He didn’t want to be hollowed out by the Archduke like his friend Alger Aldrich, making a good rest turn into a real bedridden.

Skiffins. Steinbeck noticed the ‘Secret Keeper’ 22 Team Captain’s little hidden behavior.

But he didn’t care at all.

If this is all found by the other party, he will simply surrender.

You must know that this is the distance from the north to Faber, spanning the entire inland sea. If you can find him with this Secret Technique, what terrifying the opponent’s strength can get?

That’s already beyond Legendary!

“There has been a problem with ‘Fairy Lake’ and ‘Dragon Island’.”

“The water of ‘Fairy Lake’ is no longer clear, it stinks , corrupt people’s hearts.”

“‘Dragon Island’, giant dragons have become increasingly rare under the hunting of the Tessin royal family… No, no! To be precise, the bloodline thin giant dragons have already It’s about to become a lizard.”

“If you don’t want the ‘Secret Keeper’ to be wiped out in these two ‘Secret Realms’, I suggest you tell them to evacuate.”

“Of course, you can choose not to believe me.”

“But when disaster strikes, you will be the sinner who will destroy the ‘Secret Keeper’.”

Skiffins Steinbeck said in a flat tone the news that shocked Simic Zorens.

Because, as the Boss of the Pine Nut Hotel said, the water in the ‘Lake of the Fairies’ has become turbid, and people who are close to it will become irritable when they smell the stench.

The giant dragons in the ‘Dragon Island’ have lost the rationality of the giant dragon and become the same as the ordinary wild beast.

“What kind of disaster?”

The ‘Secret Keeper’ Team 22 Captain asked.

Skiffins Steinbeck laughed and said nothing.

“I’ll hold off on the hunt for you.”

The ‘Secret Keeper’ 22 Team Captain promises.

“The world of ‘Secret Realm’ hates you!”

After saying this, the silhouette of Skiffins Steinbeck disappeared.

Anke is also slowly stepping back.

Simik Zollens lowered his head and frowned.

The ‘Secret Keeper’ 22 Team Captain didn’t break his promise.

It wasn’t until Anke disappeared that Simic Zorens left with a dignified expression.

Just after the ‘Secret Keeper’ 22 Team Captain left, the Archduke looked thoughtful and walked out of the shadows – just as he was talking to Anke, he noticed that someone nearby was looking at Bear Castle. Peeping

Just didn’t think it would be Simic Zorens.

I didn’t even think there would be a problem with the Secret Realm of the Tessin royal family.

“Was it the work of that bastard George VI?”

“Or…”

“‘Their’ temptation?”

The Archduke returned to Bear Castle while thinking.

At this point, Goethe was sitting down with Emil Gram and Gegil and discussing–

“I think we can get more!”

“Since Goethe It’s time to challenge all Second Rank powerhouses, and naturally there will be a group of guys who will pay attention, and they will definitely take this opportunity to make a fortune!”

“Why don’t we do it ourselves?”

Emil Gram said succinctly.

Emil Gram, who manages Northland’s finances for father and brother, knows how poor the Northland is.

Otherwise, why would the father go hunting for nothing?

I really thought it was a hobby?

Wrong.

It is a subsidy for household use.

The meat of the prey can feed the Gram Family very well, and some rare things can be exchanged for more golden grams.

Where did the money go?

The environment in the north is doomed to need to buy a lot of food.

The annual snow disaster requires more food reserves.

apart from this is to maintain the army.

The reason why the northern cavalry is called the elite.

It costs money, of course.

Especially the northern war horses are more valuable than people.

The remaining money is used for research and development, both in the direction of mystic and in the direction of normal people’s livelihood.

This is a total bottomless pit.

Even if the Gram Family people have been trying to save, it is an utterly inadequate measure.

Even, why did he set up an Assassin Organization like ‘Shadow’?

The original purpose is to make money.

Now there is an opportunity to make money, how could Emil Gram give up?

“That’s right!”

“We’re going to take this chance!”

Gegil sat there, putting his injured leg on the stool beside him , nodded agrees.

“I have no objection!”

Goethe looked at Emil Gram and Gegil and spread his hands.

“Then who are you?”

Emil Gram and Gegil glanced at each other, casting a suspicious look at Goethe.

“I mean, Emil, your plan is too rough!”

“Simple one-off odds, there will be no small gains in the early stage, but with the battle, I won After more and more times, everyone will buy me to win.”

“In the end, we can’t make much money.”

Goethe sighed.

What a coincidence.

The North is short of money.

He is also short of money.

So, Goethe had already figured out how to make money when he came up with the plan.

“We treat the 80 challenges as a series of games—let everyone guess the winner or loser of each game, and then the winner will receive the final prize.”

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“Of course, winning or losing is not enough. It’s too simple. We can also add how long each challenge will last, how many moves will be shared by both sides, and will it end in a draw?”

“Even, join me in the first few moves to win the opponent!”

“If we integrate these into it, we will make the gameplay more diverse, and we can better control the winning rate, and finally achieve The dealer takes it all!”

Goethe said in a low voice.

Emil Gram and Gegil’s eyes light up.

The two of them are not fools, on the contrary, they are very smart. Even if Goethe is just a brief introduction, he can instantly smell great business opportunities from it.

“You guy, if you go to be a businessman, you must be a big profiteer!”

“How did you come up with this idea?”

Facing Goethe smiled and said nothing at the question of the two.

He will tell the two of them that when he was in his ‘hometown’, he bought football lottery?

“It’s not just these!”

“I’m risking my life to challenge all Second Rank powerhouses, so I’ll charge a ticket, isn’t it too much?”

“We divide the tickets into 1st, 2nd, 3rd class seats and VIP seats. The third class seats must be close to the people. The price of the 1st and 2nd class seats will be doubled proportionally, but the price of VIP seats will be more than ten times. Must stand out, be different! If you attract Faber’s nobles, with the virtues of those guys, they will definitely pay.”

Goethe continued to add.

Emil Gram and Gegil nodded.

“As for those outside stalls?”

“Why should we be in such a hurry?”

“When they put in the golden gram, they’ll all roll up Now, let’s take the other party as ‘illegal’ and serve them with money and money-remember, must be patient, boil the frogs in warm water!”

“Let these guys change from unscrupulous to Trembling in fear.”

“Then…”

“We will drain all the oil and water they have accumulated over the years from these guys!”

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Goethe said with a hard fist.

Hey!

Emil Gram and Gegil sucked in a cold breath.

The two looked at Goethe as if they were seeing Goethe for the first time.

“Wrong, you’re not a profiteer.”

“You guys have a black heart.”

“But…”

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“I like it!”

Emil Gram is all smiles.

He can’t wait to get ready.

“Will these guys be killed after the fact?”

Gegil started thinking about the aftermath.

“It’s hard to hide things like this. It’s the same thing if you don’t kill them. It’s better to use them as waste, throw them into my mine, and mine for me – I’m in short supply there. People, and the transformation of life in the mine will help them recall whether there is any golden gram hidden in it, and they have not given it to us as compensation. Must set a model of surrender, and they will naturally follow suit.”

“You really are, your heart is not only black, but also dirty!”

Gegil tsk tsk said loudly.

Goethe rolled the eyes and said righteously——

“What’s black? What’s dirty?”

“How can you pollute people out of thin air? Innocent?”

“I’m just a member of the Gram Family in the North, and I’m just exercising my rights!”

PS um…the fat dragon is up late… Face!

(End of this chapter)