Chapter 307: 307, Cecilia Nightblade_1
The ninth day of the night, eight o’clock, the capital of Xi’er Commercial Federation – Haiyan City.
The Xi’er Commercial Federation is essentially a loose federation of states, formed by six large business families.
These six families formed a council and practiced parliamentary politics, and the Chairman of the Federation was alternately held by the heads of the six families.
The current Chairman of the Xi’er Federation is Dreyk Gelsang, the head of the most powerful family among the six, the Gesang Family, and he is a mid-ranking figure in the five-rank strength tier.
On this night, in the banquet hall of the Gesang Family’s castle – the Sea Serpent Castle, a sultry ball was being held.
The ladies and young girls with exquisitely painted faces and tacky clothes, all drank and twisted their enchanting figures in the dance floor.
Sensual and beautiful bunny maids in black stockings welcomed the lustful glances of the males around them, delivering all kinds of fine wines into the dance floor, inadvertently being subjected to lecherous touches.
Dreyk Gelsang was also mingling in the dance floor, dancing to the rhythm of the music with his dance partner – a seemingly innocent debutante of noble birth.
Due to drinking too much wine, Dreyk’s face was flushed red.
Now, aided by the alcohol, he constantly got handsy with his dance partner.
The debutante did not reject him at all, and the two of them gradually made their way to the edge of the dance floor.
At this point, anyone would know what should happen next.
Dreyk pulled the beautiful debutante, ready to discuss life and ideals in his own room.
Just as he was about to leave, an elderly butler in a black suit suddenly appeared in front of him.
“Master, there is a very important matter that requires you to handle,” the butler bowed and said respectfully.
“Can’t you see I’m busy now?” Dreyk, who was drunk, wanted to walk away from the side while hugging the debutante next to him. He had no intention of dealing with his own steward.
However, the old butler moved one step sideways, blocking his master’s road, and said seriously, “Master, the degree of importance is ‘highest’. If you don’t attend to it now, tomorrow you will no longer be the head of the family.”
Dreyk:
Five minutes later, Dreyk Gelsang, whose urgency had been abruptly halted, sat unhappily in a secluded conference room.
Opposite him was his guest – a five-rank assassin shrouded in black mist.
Seeing this guest, his mood got even sourer.
Because he knew this guest, a high-ranking strongman from the city’s gang, [Travelers of Light], named Zackley, and to some extent, they could be considered old acquaintances.
Zackley smelled the alcohol on Dreyk and couldn’t help but chuckle, “Chairman, if I’m not wrong, you must have spent some time with Miss Julia Hayton just now, right?”
“What, you’ve been spying on me?” Dreyk’s gaze instantly became particularly hostile. The Travelers of Light were getting bolder by the day! They even dared to spy on him?
“Of course not, how could we ever spy on the respected Chairman?” The thief Zackley laughed leisurely:
“Your body carries the scent of Miss Julia Hayton. We had a wonderful night together last night, so I’m very familiar with this scent.”
Dreyk:
For some reason, he suddenly felt very nauseous.
He was glad that the butler called him over, otherwise…
He didn’t want to continue this topic, so he waved his hand, “Let’s talk about the main issue, Zackley, what brings you to me in the middle of the night?”
“It’s about a letter.” Zackley’s face was covered in layers of black mist, so no emotion could be read on his face, but his tone gradually became serious, “This letter comes from the Emperor of Lai Yin Empire – Sean Violet.”
“Oh?!” Hearing that it was a letter from him, Dreyk sat up straight in an instant, “A letter from the Emperor of Lai Yin?”
Zackley nodded slightly, with a flick, a pale-violet colored letter appeared directly on his desk.
Dreyk didn’t directly touch the letter on the table, instead he signaled something from the side of the conference room.
A few seconds later, a spell floated over from the side of the room and fell onto the letter.
A few seconds later again, a dull voice came from the side of the room, “Master, there are no traps on this letter, and I have removed the magic seal on it on your behalf.”
“Mhm.” Dreyk nodded slightly and took the letter out of the envelope and began to read carefully.
The general idea of the letter was as follows: The Lai Yin Empire and Wind Chime Empire were preparing to launch a war against the Goldfinch Empire, asking the Xi’er Federation to pick sides, and promised “if they stand by the side of the two empires, they will be given a large number of benefits”.
Dreyk was not surprised when he read the contents of the letter, instead his heart was set.
“Finally!”
The Gesang family had predicted long ago that the Lai Yin Empire would try to win them over, and they had long decided to betray their sovereign nation.
A personal letter from the Emperor of Lai Yin, this was sincere enough!
“You wait here for a while.” Dreyk steadied Zackley first, then ordered the servants to bring pen and paper and began to write the reply.
In the letter, he stated: as long as the Lai Yin Empire is willing to give up sufficient benefits to satisfy them, to expand bilateral trade, the Xi’er Federation is willing to join the Lai Yin Empire in campaigning against the evil Goldfinch Empire, to turn the evil empire of the east into a fertile soil of democracy and freedom…
After finishing the reply, he packaged the letter with a beautiful envelope, sealed it with magic, and handed the letter to Zackley, “Zackley, this is my reply to the Emperor of Lai Yin, please make sure to deliver the letter…”
Just as he said that, the letter in his hand suddenly floated up and dropped out of his grip.
Dreyk hadn’t completely reacted yet.
Suddenly, a gleam of dagger flashed and Zackley, who was shrouded in mysterious black mist, was cut in two at the waist in a blink of an eye.
At the same time, a figure flickered and the fifth-rank mage hidden on the side of the conference room had his throat slit and died instantly and silently.
Then, a female half-elf assassin appeared in the empty space in front of him.
This half-elf assassin was none other than Cecilia Nightblade, a subordinate of Su Yu.
She had been sent out by Su Yu to gather intelligence last night, followed Zackley all the way to the Sea Serpent Castle, and didn’t expect to catch a big fish!
Cecilia flicked the blood off her dagger and waved the letter in her hand, “Impressive, Dreyk, are you planning to betray the sovereign state and seek refuge with the enemy?”
“You are…Cecilia Nightblade!”
Dreyk’s face turned pale, and there was extreme despair in his eyes.
There are just over 20 seventh-rank powers in the human world and Cecilia did not hide her looks, so he recognized her immediately.
But because he recognized her, he felt even more desperate!
How did Cecilia appear here, was she sent by Princess Alysha?
“Lady Cecilia, please let me explain…” Dreyk tried desperately to refute.
“No explanation is needed, you can explain it to Nemesis later!”
Without any further words, Cecilia picked him up by his collar and hauled him towards the sky through the window.