Throne Steps

Li Chen has three square crystals made with thousands of efforts, which are used to pass them directly to Saenz within a certain range.

The first time he arrived, he found himself in Saenz's mansion, and the second he saw the collapsed man by the wall-even recognized Wiggins.

But he didn't care, his top priority was of course Saenz.

He knelt on the ground for nearly 3 minutes before he reminded again: "Your Highness?"

Saenz didn't know what was going on, and when he heard Li Chen's voice again, he focused his eyes as if he had just woken up from a dream.He glanced at the person kneeling in front of him, then looked at the slumped figure by the wall, and said calmly, "It's dead, clean it up."

Li Chen was taken aback.

But as sensitive as he is, he understands what to do and what not to do at this moment.He got up and walked to the wall, stretched out his fingers calmly and brushed across the neck of the chief minister of the temple, and the figure of the chief minister disappeared instantly.

The death was confirmed, the cause of death was confirmed, and... the "murderer" was basically confirmed.

The "murderer" stood behind Li Chen: "Do you know why he died?"

With his back turned to him, facing the wall, Li Chen stood up slowly, like an animal that dared not disturb the beast: "I don't know."

In fact, Li Chen felt that he didn't need to know.No matter what the real situation is, the chief minister of the temple cannot "die" here, the "death" has to be related to the person behind him.Black Swan will take care of all of this without staining him in the slightest.

Saenz took a step closer to him: "He said...he can replace you."

Li Chen was taken aback.He seemed to have missed the opportunity to look back and could only freeze in place.

Saenz is still approaching: "I said, he can't."

They became so close that Li Chen didn't need to turn his head to feel the heat, pressure, or... the feeling of the human body approaching from behind.

Saenz even raised his hand and stroked the broken hair on the back of Li Chen's neck with his index finger: "I also said that no one can replace you."

"I agree, no one can replace me." Li Chen turned around while speaking, leaning his back against the wall, his hair naturally escaped from Saenz's hands, "In this world, no one can replace anyone."

Listening to his words, Saenz took another half step forward, trapping the black-haired youth between himself and the wall.

"However, the head of the temple will be replaced."

His tone was ambiguous, and his fingers once again teased the young man's long forehead hair.There was no way for Li Chen to avoid it, and he knew that it would be a bad idea to run away directly at this time, so he looked into the other person's eyes as naturally and calmly as possible.

"Are you...have you relapsed?"

Saenz's fingers lightly slid across the side of his face, all the way down to his neck, and then across his Adam's apple: "What do you think?"

Li Chen grabbed his hand, and his tone became serious: "You used the new painkiller?... Are you injured?!"

On the return journey in the Northeast Sea, Saenz's fleet encountered a sea storm. During this period, he suffered a big cut in his back, showed signs of fractured ribs, and countless other minor injuries.

As the pure white color of fighting all the year round and taking the lead, these are actually not a big deal.The problem was that Saenz's doctor had put him on new painkillers.

The medicine is pain-free, but it contains a small amount of "Song of the Siren" ingredients.It may be fine for others to use it for a short period of time, but as a patient who has won the "Song of the Siren", Saenz's symptoms of poisoning can be seen immediately.

To put it bluntly, it is basically a case of relapse.

"……It was my fault."

Li Chen covered his face and wiped it slowly.Saenz described the whole process very lightly, but Li Chen understood how terrible it would be for "Song of the Siren" to relapse.Li Chen himself and Saenz's housekeeper strictly guarded against Saenz's violent mood swings every summer, and in the end they were taken advantage of.

Moreover, it was indeed a long time after the painkiller was on the market that the black swan found out that something was wrong.When a letter from Li Chen flew to Saenz first, intending to remind him, Saenz's investigation of the source of the poison basically focused on painkillers.

The warning letter became an afterthought. In front of Saenz, this black swan must be carried.

"After taking the antidote I gave you, you basically quit. You can use calming tea to take care of you. As for mental dependence, I believe you will not have this problem." Li Chen said again, "It's a wanted warrant, one day earlier It's a day. And..."

"How come I don't have this problem?" Saenz interrupted him, "I was poisoned by you, and you want to drop a so-called antidote and run away?"

The ambiguity caused by these words, this half-closed eyes and casual posture, no matter how it sounds or looks, it seems to be deliberately molesting... Cough, it's embarrassing for Lichen.Li Chen thought to himself, at least this is a mistake, and the half-hidden medicine was passed through in front of Saenz.The leader who was accidentally injured wanted to "play a little temper" afterwards... it's better to bite the bullet and respond.

"I see... I will personally adjust the calming tea for you this season." Li Chen said, "But even if I am here, the matter is still imminent. You still need to pay attention to the arrest warrant. The black swan can be regarded as Waiting at the door of the mercenary guild all the time."

Saenz glanced at him: "I started drafting as early as your first letter came, and it is estimated that the task document will be issued in a few days."

Li Chen nodded, looked carefully at Saenz's face, and asked cautiously: "I...have someone come in and pretend to be Wiggins?"

Wiggins' body is still in Lichen's storage ring. After all, dealing with this matter is the most urgent thing.However, even though he understood that the "motive for killing" that Saenz said at the time was definitely not the main reason, Li Chen did not dare to ask again at this time.After all, the real motive was to directly kill Wiggins, and Li Chen didn't want to add fuel to the fire at this time and lose himself.

In addition, when Li Chen tentatively asked how to deal with Wiggins, he also held a cautious attitude.

However, I don't know if it's because he has been detoxified. When Saenz faced this problem again, he didn't have much emotional fluctuations. He just said: "I said, you deal with it."

This is what it means that Li Chen can make decisions with full authority.

"I see." He bowed his head back.

A few days later, a wanted notice and mercenary mission document that caused a sensation in the entire Raetia Alliance was freshly released.

The official document listed the information of nine people, lined up in threes and threes, from names to known experiences, and even the approximate scope of activities and the place where they were last seen.Bounties are clearly written under the heads of the nine people, and the requirements are to hunt down or kill.

Next to the official document, there is also a warning notice, which can also be said to be a statement of the crimes of the nine people.The words of the notice are sharp and concise, as if everything has been said in a few words, which makes people feel a little unfinished.

As a result, the common people became very enthusiastic about the rare negative incident of Leti Ali. After reading it, they speculated one after another, and after guessing, they even reported it with private goods.For a time, this case of drug production and drug trafficking received the most widespread attention in the entire league.

This rhetorical crusade did not last long, and the heads of nine people were stamped with the official seal of "completion".

The nine bonuses were divided among different groups, including some new mercenary groups stationed in the southwest, who also completed the task very well.

"..."

Li Chen glanced at the words "Deputy Head: Harder" filled in one of the mercenary group's materials, closed the file calmly, and said, "The mission doesn't start from you, and it doesn't end with me. On the bright side, we can come to an end for now.”

Yes, in order to put aside the relationship, the person who released and accepted the task this time is not from Saenz's line, at least not directly.The black swan said that it was waiting for official documents at the gate of the guild, but what it actually did was push these tasks to certain specific mercenary groups in the first place.

"On the bright side?" Saenz glanced at him, "And on the dark side?"

"Secretly, of course you don't need to worry about it." Li Chen paused and sighed, "It's enough to make the same mistake once."

Saenz said again: "Although it is said that it was fooled on the surface, in fact, everyone knows that the extraction experiment cannot be completed by that one alchemist alone. I warned you at the beginning that you must Tighten your tail, I hope you don't forget."

"I have never forgotten." Li Chen replied, "It is undeniable that this time was my major mistake, and I will do my best to deal with this matter to make up for it. Regarding the fact that more than one person will be suspected of doing the extraction experiment, It is already in the detailed plan, do you want to show it to you?"

In fact, this exposed the problem of the operation of the entire Black Swan, but Li Chen obviously planned to take on the matter with his own strength in front of Saenz.While admitting his mistake, Li Chen also conveyed another message: I will handle it properly, please don't interfere.

"But it's okay. But before you do it, give me the plan and the timetable."

Of course Li Chen agreed.Then he felt that Saenz seemed to be in a good mood, and took the opportunity to say another thing: "Wiggins' body will be open to the public starting tomorrow... Shall I go back and have a look?"

The action of the black swan is not unpleasant.On the second day, they picked someone to pretend to be Wiggins to leave Saenz's mansion, and on the third day they deliberately bumped into a local evil force that had been doing evil for many years. The remains of the real Wiggins.

Although the circumstances of the battle did not match the pinch marks on his neck, and even though the time of escape did not match the actual time of death, the evil forces were trampled to ashes by the black swan, and Wiggins' body was escorted by the black swan all the way.It is difficult for others to directly check the details of this matter, so they can only choose to believe.

After Wiggins' body is brought back, a viewing ceremony will be held, followed by the funeral of the temple chief.Saenz could not go to this funeral, but Li Chen, as one of the leaders of Black Swan, had to go.

"...Yes, but I have a question." Saenz looked at Li Chen, "Tell me about the result of your trip to Samuel?"

Li Chen was taken aback.To be honest, he was prepared to face this problem before he came, but he didn't expect to leave or not escape.

Saenz said again: "I didn't ask you about the process, as long as the result, you'd better think carefully before replying to me."

Li Chen thought for a while: "Then can you tell me something about the islands in the Northeast Sea?"

"Li Chen." Saenz narrowed his eyes and said, "Unfortunately, this is not an exchange of equal value."

Therefore, when Li Chen left, he left behind a piece of paper with Dragon Language rubbed on it.

Anyway, I can't translate it by myself, so I leave it to the big forces. Maybe I can find a translator?Li Chen thought so.

As soon as Li Chen left, Saenz's butler knocked on the master's door with the documents.

"Kunta sent a letter asking what to do with the previous agreement after Wiggins died."

The news of Wiggins' death "killed by wicked people" was not hidden from the beginning.It's not surprising that Kunta knew he was dead, and he didn't even ask about the cause of death, probably because he had guessed it himself.

After all, Wiggins had just "saw" someone from him, and he came to Saenz.Such a major secret holder, in fact, is not too unexpected when he dies.

Saenz put the documents on the table in front of him to the side, raised his eyes and said, "He dares to let people see Li Chen today, he dares to let people see me tomorrow, and he dares to ask me for an agreement..."

The butler lowered his eyes: "I see."