Skeleton King

Viscount Neumann rarely returned to Bad Soden Manor except for important festivals. He either went out to complete the task assigned to him by the Governor of Westphalia, or went hunting in Georgia Province, and then sent a large number of monsters to the manor fur, horns, and some precious flower seeds.

These were not raised by Viscountess Neumann as ordinary flowers and plants, and became her new shawls at the dinner party, and some were sent to auction by her in exchange for precious jewelry.The ladies of the nobles envied Viscount Iman, and other nobles envied Viscount Neumann because he had such a beautiful wife.

However, when Viscountess Neumann was still alive, he seldom returned to Bad Soden Manor, as those ugly monsters were much more attractive than his beautiful wife.However, now that the Viscountess is gone, Viscount Neumann unexpectedly stayed at Bad Soden Manor for a month.

The servants in the manor were spreading rumors that Viscount Neumann stayed in Bad Soden to teach the young master martial arts.Lord Viscount is not only a benevolent nobleman, but also a good father who loves his children!

However, Viscount Neumann was not very satisfied with his teaching results, "It's been almost three weeks, and you still don't feel angry?"

Ace looked very frustrated, "Sorry, Father."

Viscount Neumann: "Have you practiced your mind well after you went back?"

Ace whispered, "I practice every day."

Viscount Neumann: "Lie!"

Ace was frightened by Viscount Neumann's sudden sternness. He froze, and Viscount Neumann walked around him twice, "You definitely didn't practice well! The butler told me that he found it in Angelica's room. According to the mental method I gave you, you only take it to watch one day a week, and you can watch it for three days at most in three weeks. Do you know what kind of people can feel fighting spirit after watching it for three days? Knights of the major provinces The knight commanders are all level 3 knights now, and it must have taken them less than 8 days to learn this when they were young."

Viscount Neumann's voice was still very fierce at the beginning, but then it calmed down, as if he had made up his mind, "The Governor of Westphalia Province was in the same team as me when we were in the Knights. We The relationship is good. He asked me to visit two villages on the coast of the Netherlands. There are rumors that there are ghosts reborn there. I originally wanted to keep you in Bad Soden, but I left, and no one in the manor can control you , you still go with me."

Ace: Father, let me tell you now, I have already felt the vindictiveness, is there still time?

No matter what, Ace still didn't tell Viscount Neumann that he felt the grudge. He didn't want to accidentally break through to level 4 swordsman one day, and he didn't want Viscount Neumann to be happy in vain, thinking that his son Is a peerless genius.

Two days later, Ace followed Viscount Neumann to the coast of the Netherlands.A small incident happened on the coast of the Netherlands. The only son of the president of the Caesar Chamber of Commerce, the largest chamber of commerce in the Pansy Empire, disappeared here.

The president of the Caesar Chamber of Commerce contacted the governor of Westphalia, hoping that he could send someone to look for it.The Governor of Westphalia Province is surnamed Graf. Their family earns the most every year from the chamber of commerce with the same name as their family——the Graf Chamber of Commerce, and the Caesar Chamber of Commerce will voluntarily give up a lot of market share to Graf every year. Fu chamber of commerce, to maintain the friendship between the two chambers of commerce.

At this time, for the benefit of the family, the governor of Westphalia could not ignore the chairman of the Caesar Chamber of Commerce's request for help.

The governor of Westphalia first sent a small group of knights to the coast of the Netherlands. The news they brought back was that the local villagers saw the undead descending and took away Master Caesar.

The governor of Westphalia scolded the knight captain who came back to his command, "How do you want me to tell President Caesar? Oh, my dear president, His Majesty the King failed to protect you, you Your son was taken away by the undead on the coast of the Netherlands, you can only go to the dead world to find him. You idiot! How can there be such an idiot like you in this world! The undead will only stay in the dead world, they will not appear In this world! Otherwise, the world would have been messed up!"

"Unless the necromancer who disappeared for thousands of years reappeared." The Governor of Westphalia muttered to himself, and then said to his knight commander, "The villagers are all ignorant, even if they didn't deceive on purpose You, what they saw with their own eyes may not be true. That damn kid from the Caesar family may have just been fascinated by a certain woman on the coast of the Netherlands, or wanted to disappear for fun to attract his father's attention. I heard he was only 15 years old, young people at this age like to do some stupid things."

Even if he really wanted to die, he couldn't die in the province of Westphalia, the governor added silently in his heart.

In the end, the governor of Westphalia ordered: "Go to Bad Soden and find Viscount Neumann. Although he is only a third-level knight, he is a smart man. Just enough to even out your stupid heads." .”

Although the knight commander under the governor of Westphalia was a little dissatisfied with the governor's trust in someone who was not as powerful as them, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief thinking that someone had taken over this tricky task.

In this way, Viscount Neumann brought Ace to a village by the sea in the Netherlands.He put Ace in the tavern and went to the place where Master Caesar disappeared.

This was the only tavern in the village. Viscount Neumann's entourage bought a large piece of bread and a few slices of white sausage for Ace, and brought them to him.

Ace looked at the food in front of him, lost his appetite, and had a constipated expression on his face.In Ace’s view, the food of nobles on this continent is not as good as the box lunch he bought on the side of the road for 5 yuan in his previous life. It’s not bread, it’s sausage and potatoes, and the only vegetables with leaves are wild vegetables on the side of the road. , it tastes dry and sour.

If it weren't for Viscount Neumann's strict training on Ace recently, and he had to replenish energy as soon as possible when he was resting, he would have suffered from anorexia long ago.

Ace has been on the road for a whole day today, and although he is also very tired, it is not as good as during normal training after all.He forced himself to take a bite of the bread and didn't want to touch it again.

"Master, try this." Suddenly, a small plate of ketchup was placed in front of Ace.Ace turned his head and saw that the owner of the tavern had come out from behind the bar, and he was the one who handed over the ketchup just now.

The owner of the tavern seemed to be proud and coaxing a child, "Slice the white sausage and eat it with bread. It is our specialty here. It is famous in many nearby villages. You can try it again, young master. If you think The taste is monotonous, you can add some tomato sauce."

Ace said, "Thank you." He wasn't dissatisfied with this tavern, he was dissatisfied with the food in the province of Westphalia, or even the entire continent, if they only ate sausages, bread and potatoes.However, Ace didn't want to disappoint the boss's kindness. He cut the bread, put white sausage in it, and smeared tomato sauce on it according to the boss's instructions.He took a bite and it was much better than before.

The hotel owner said happily: "Oh, young master, it's rare to see such a polite nobleman as you."

Ace was a little embarrassed, he asked, "Have you seen many nobles?"

The owner of the tavern: "Young master, although this is a small place, there have been some big people here. This tavern was passed down to me by my father, and I have been here for almost 50 years since I was born. But To say that the one who saw the biggest ostentation was not a nobleman."

Ace was a little curious, he asked the attendant to pull away the chair, and said to the tavern owner, "Sit down and talk."

A noble young master was interested in what he said, and the tavern owner was very happy. He said: "I know why your father, Viscount Neumann, came here because of Master Karl. Karl Caesar, the only son of the chairman of the Caesar Chamber of Commerce, I That's him. When he came to the village, he also came to our tavern. My God, just the entourage almost filled our entire tavern. He brought at least 8 footmen, 8 maids, and there were guards outside. Not to mention what he is wearing, I have never seen it before, even the servants around him are wearing materials that we are willing to wear during the New Year. As soon as Master Karl entered the tavern, his servants were on the chair shop Silk, my goodness, that embroidery is only owned by people from the Finger Empire, and his tableware..."

Ace waited for the tavern owner to finish his emotion, and asked him: "Why did Master Caesar come here? Is there someone he knows in your village, or is there something he needs?"

The tavern owner said both showing off and doubting: "Someone in our village went out to sea and caught a clam. My God, I have never seen such a big clam. It is at least 6 feet long, and only a magician can see it." Count how many pearls are in it. Young master, you may not understand, but for us, this is a chance to make a fortune. The oyster is too big and too heavy. Fortunately, it was a big boat that went out to catch it this time. Otherwise, it would never have been brought back."

However, the tavern owner spread his hands, "Not everyone is blessed to be a rich man. At that time, several villagers worked together to move the mussel from the boat to the shore, but when they walked to the rocky beach, the mussel It suddenly became extremely heavy, and they wanted to take a rest before lifting it up..." The tavern owner's eyes suddenly became a little frightened, "But they can't lift it up anymore."

Ace's heart tightened, and he asked, "Why?"

The owner of the tavern spread his hands, "Perhaps the people in our village are born poor. The clam was placed on the rocky beach, and no one could move it. At first, there were people guarding it day and night. Later, we It would be better if a thief stole it, so that the whole village will always remember it like this."

Ace said: "But, what does this have to do with the Caesar Chamber of Commerce?"

The tavern owner sighed and said, "In the beginning, a thief really wanted to steal this clam. We all suspected it was a bastard from a neighboring village. But at first someone guarded him, but he failed. Later, no one cared, and he moved again. Don’t leave it. The bastard probably thought it was a rare commodity and reported it to the Caesars Chamber of Commerce. But who knows, the Caesars Chamber of Commerce will send Master Karl, and something like this happened to Master Karl again.”

Ace: "I heard that some villagers saw what happened to Carl Caesar with their own eyes. Did you see it too?"

The tavern owner picked up a bowl of ale by the table and drank it in one gulp, "I didn't see it, and the people who saw it were almost frightened crazy. During that time, people often stayed here all night and got very drunk." He leaned into Ace's ear mysteriously and said, "They said they saw the undead."

Ace said: "The soul belongs to the dead world. No matter whether he was good or evil in his lifetime, he will not stay in this world." Although there is magic and fighting spirit in this world, which has hit Ace's long-standing materialistic thinking, he still does not believe in it. Too much belief in the existence of the undead and the dead world.

From Ace's perspective, it's just people trying to explain what they don't know.

"But there was a widow of a fisherman whose husband died in a shipwreck. She said that on that oyster she saw her husband's ghost. She saw with her own eyes that her dead husband hooked Master Karl's neck and took him away. Go to that clam." The tavern owner's voice was a bit sinister, "At that time, Master Karl, his servants, and swordsmen were on the rocky beach to see the clam. The people from the Caesar Chamber of Commerce saw nothing. , Those swordsmen stabbed desperately into the void, but it was useless. The people of the Caesar Chamber of Commerce just watched as if Master Karl was being dragged by something, and was dragged directly into the clam."

Ace: "You mean, only people in this village can see the undead? Did all of them see the dead fisherman?"

"No, everyone sees the undead differently." The tavern owner was silent for a while before saying, "But what the woman said is the most believable, because since that day, her husband has been looking for her every night."

Ace: "She just misses her husband so much that she dreams about it every night."

The tavern owner lowered his head and said mysteriously: "But... not long after, she became pregnant!"

Ace's eyes suddenly became strange.