Episode 1051. I will testify wholeheartedly for you.
Bone root implantation is an extreme form of torture that cannot be tolerated.
Crescent’s chairman Wayne Casey, who was the first to be hit by a trick unprecedented to humans in another world, desperately blinked in excruciating pain.
His spirit became pure in front of the Bunkeungchagol.
The face of the legendary assassination organization and the responsibilities of being its chairman have long since faded from my mind.
At this moment, the last words of Baron Elio Lagoa were repeating in his mind endlessly.
―If you want to talk, just blink your eyes. Understand?
But no matter how much I blinked, the pain did not lessen.
But he didn’t give up and kept blinking his eyes.
Quick-!
The pain, which seemed to last forever, disappeared like a lie after a bone-breaking echo.
Wayne Casey took a long breath.
The air, which should have no taste, was maddeningly sweet.
“Fuck it.”
That awkward comment brought Wayne Casey back to his senses.
The shame came belatedly, but it was already spilled water.
“why? Do you really want to say no?”
For a moment, Wayne Casey screamed hysterically.
“no!”
It was restful, but it was a voice full of sincerity no matter who heard it.
“You won’t be able to talk?”
“You say you will.”
“Then do it.”
“I don’t know what to say. Rather ask what you want to know.”
“This is a man with a lot of hands.”
Elio’s words made Wayne Casey tremble.
All of them are the aftermath of the broken bone.
He was extremely sensitive enough to go back and forth between heaven and hell at Elio’s light words.
“Surprised! Instead, don’t hesitate and answer right away. If you want to roll your head, I will ‘divide tendons and dislocate bones’ once again.”
“Okay.”
Elio nodded at Wayne Casey’s quick reply.
“good. That’s what you do. Start by introducing yourself. What are you doing?”
“I am the chairman of an assassination organization called the Crescent.”
“Crescent?”
As he tilted his head, Anna Logan explained from behind when he approached.
“It’s a famous assassination organization in the capital Petropolis.”
“ah! Why did the Empire’s assassination organization come all the way to the north and try to kill me?”
“I received a request from Count Putokoa to deal with you.”
“Who is that wizard?”
“High Councilor Magus Charles Manson.”
“Chief Councilor?”
“It means that you are the best assassin in the Crescent.”
“Are you the boss?”
“exactly.”
“Did you see me as very watery?”
“...”
Wayne Casey couldn’t bear to say yes.
“So it showed up in two days. is not it?”
Wayne Casey looked at Baron Elio Lagoa with startled eyes.
“Did you know from the beginning?”
“What a difficult thing that is. It’s strange that he doesn’t know when he’s openly following you around.”
Wayne Casey screamed inwardly.
‘That’s something only sword masters can say!’
No, if you think about it, the sword master Clive Fraser killed by Crescent wasn’t even like that.
He noticed it about five days after he went into surveillance.
Suddenly, Elio turned to Anna Logan.
“Sir Logan, I think we’re done. Shall we go?”
“Are you done?”
As he pondered, he heard Elio’s voice in his ears.
“What should I do to play the territory battle with Marquis Putokoa?”
“Are you planning on fighting a territory battle rather than a duel?”
“There’s nothing left to do with a duel, right? It’s good to see the profit while taking revenge.”
“Wouldn’t it be a duel? If the goal is to fight the territory... Putocoa will attract Count Codrantes. The ancestors of the two territories had a mutual defense pact. To ‘If an outside enemy attacks, we will work together to block it’.”
“Did that happen?”
Inside, Elio resented Baron Ashley Nelson.
Encouraging a territory war without even knowing that there is a mutual defense agreement between the two territories!
On the one hand, I understand.
How could the nobility of the empire know about the secret agreement between the nobility of the north?
Still, the land was too precious to give up like this.
“Count Codrantes is a sword master. It is said that the injuries sustained in Hirhera are almost recovered. Besides that, there are still three remaining sword experts. I can’t let Count Codrantes and Putokoa hold hands.”
“You mean you just have to get revenge?”
“It’s a bit forced, but you can ask for compensation even if it’s not the Yeongji War. It might look a bit silly if you ask for revenge as well as compensation.”
“Isn’t it only possible to demand compensation for the Yeongjijeon?”
“If it’s a reasonable level, other nobles will condone it.”
“Are the Alba Nubes mountains reasonable?”
Elio wanted to take away the Alba Nubes Mountains, where the ‘mountain tribe’ lived.
It seemed that if I did that, I would feel less sorry for the ‘tribe of the mountain’.
After thinking for a moment, Marquis Bernardo nodded.
“Since there is no noble family that actually controls the Alba Nubes Mountains... there will be no nobles who oppose it. Of course, it can’t just happen, and it has to be coordinated behind the scenes. I’ll take care of that.”
Marquis Bernardo was willing to go through that much trouble for Baron Helio.
In fact, it is not a one-sided service.
During a series of adjustments, the nobles of the north will learn that Baron Elio is theirs.
Through it, he intended to increase his influence in the north.
“thank you. Then, is it just a matter of beating the Putokoa Countess?”
“Fill out the duel and send it to Count Putokoa. And you can go find him.”
“Simple, right? What if the other person doesn’t respond?”
“Can you not respond? On the way to get there, they hit and break everything. You have witnesses, so no one will criticize you.”
“Aha!”
An exclamation escaped Elio’s lips.
In this world, there was a hot corner compared to the tricky procedures.
Things like Yeongjijeon and duels were more ruthless than Gangho.
Wayne Casey, who had been quietly listening to their conversation, interjected.
“Instead of testifying, there are conditions.”
For a moment, Elio coldly responded.
“condition? it’s funny Is there a kingdom law against assassins, Marquis?”
“Yes. In any kingdom, those who belong to an assassination organization are subject to the death penalty without exception.”
“Did you hear? you are the death penalty I’m glad you didn’t die at my hands.”
Then Wayne Casey spoke in a determined tone.
“I, Wayne Casey, the Chairman, and Eileen Rader, the Vice-Chairman, are nobles for life in the Empire. A noble for life in the Empire is judged only by Imperial law. We demand that you lead us to the Empire in accordance with Imperial law. ”
“Damn it. Marquis. Is there really such a law?”
“There is, but... Applying it even to heinous criminals like an assassination organization is a bit...”
Marquis Bernardo was speechless.
It wasn’t emotional, but the kingdom’s nobility couldn’t just ignore the imperial law.
Everywhere there are those who invent and inflate words.
However, if they found out about this, it was only a matter of time before it escalated into a diplomatic problem between the empire and the kingdom.
Moreover, if the assassins do not testify, the duel lacks legitimacy.
Seeing the Marquis’ lack of confidence, Elio asked Wayne Casey.
“hey. Is Imperial law lenient with assassination organizations?”
“no. In that respect, the imperial law is not much different from the surrounding kingdoms.”
“Are you saying you’ll be sentenced to death?”
“It is very likely. No, I will.”
“Then die here. Don’t make a lot of people tired.”
“I want to be buried in my hometown.”
“I will send you the body.”
“Please allow me to meet the end in my hometown. If you promise me that, I will faithfully testify for you.”
Wayne Casey didn’t give up.
It was because the Imperial Court was more advantageous to them than the Escatos Kingdom, where people and environments were unfamiliar.