A strange world

Chapter 283 Chapter 136. Omen

"I want to celebrate in advance your success in getting a Knight of the Order to side with you?"

On the way back, Ingrid said happily.

"You should say, 'Their transformation has begun to bear fruit.'" Annan corrected her.

"You really want to recruit them?"

"They didn't harm my subjects—" Annan walked on the path among the flower fields. The seeds of this batch of sunflowers were not very good, and the resulting flower disks were only as big as a palm. It's fine for viewing, but don't be tempted to eat it. Use it to fill your stomach and you won't get hungry quickly. "I mean the people. People here don't hate them. It's a waste to let the elites work as hard labor."

The one who deserves to be hated has already paid for his sin with his life.

"But they are members of the Knights, and they have a complicated network of relationships behind them."

"Then let their family members redeem him. They work for us and give us money."

Abby, who was waiting inside, opened the door and let Annan and Ingrid in: "Let them continue the "reform through labor" for a few months... There are four to five thousand workers working in Xingyue Bay every day, and the defense is always It’s not too much.”

There are twenty-four counties in the Ruikaner Kingdom. A few days ago, the New Initials observed that the rat plague has spread to the extreme northern counties. There are less than three counties left before the royal capital... In less than three weeks, the people of the royal capital will see overwhelming rats. The tide appears on the horizon.

What brought some hope was that New Initial discovered the migratory people in front of the rat plague. Their existence is the same as Annan, trying to wake up the sleeping drunk.

The Diatra family and the Lawrencet family successively agreed to join with the solicitation of Annan and Olmedo. Now, only the "mascot" who is far away in the royal capital, the Barros family, is left.

The shops on the street closed one after another, and the two pubs became noisy, and then fell into silence as the night approached.

Crunch - crunch -

In the empty and dead square, the sound of swaying hemp ropes floated.

In the quiet bedroom, Annan woke up from his deep sleep and followed the sound to the window.

A silhouette of a man with slumped shoulders hangs from the gallows in the square, swaying in the breeze.

Why is the gallows still here? Why are all the street lights on the street turned off? The sleepy Annan rubbed his eyes and looked again. There was no one on the gallows.

Crunch - crunch -

The sound of shaking hemp ropes sounded close at hand. An afterimage suddenly fell outside the window, and it was strangled by a rope and hung in front of the window. Its neck was stretched into a twisted and narrow shape, its body surface was covered with rat-man cilia, and its scarlet pupils stared at Annan resentfully——

"ah!!!"

Annan woke up from the bed, his heart gripped by fear, and he breathed rapidly. When he glanced stiffly at the window with his peripheral vision, the mist of the magic lamp spread across the corners of the window.

But Annan still hasn't escaped from the nightmare...

It's not good to run to Layla's room at this time... Lilith's room is not good either... Abby's room is even worse.

This dream really scared Annan. He helplessly hugged the pillow and slipped out of the lord's mansion, running to the blue dragon's lair. Being around Ilimoyas creates a barren sense of security.

Ilimayas graciously allowed Annan to sleep on the gold coin mountain, charging only five gold coins for accommodation, and then invited him to lie down on the gold coin pile.

"how do you feel?"

On a midsummer night, the cold but not wet gold coins are surprisingly comfortable.

"……not bad."

…

When there was a faint light in the east, Annan, who woke up, slipped back into the Lord's Mansion as quietly as he slipped out. Not long after, the maid Abby woke up, took back the fresh newspapers, and prepared breakfast.

Everything went well, Annan thought. No one knew that they had a nightmare last night and sneaked out.

After tearing open the corner of the newspaper, Evelin's clear voice made Annan relax a lot.

The first page of news is still reserved for the McKean clan heading north. Annan appears in the second edition: King of the North Annan Reeves unites with the Janna family, the Diatra family, the Laurentian family, the Barros family, and the North. The fifth of the Twelve Kings attempts to awaken the royal family of the Kingdom of Rekaner, which is still deceived by the Ratmen.

"...It ended with the defeat of the Loyal Knights and the death of the head of the group, Galt. Annan, the lord of Star-Moon Bay, awarded honors to the guards, people and mercenaries who participated in the battle——"

Layla and Lilith came to the restaurant and sat in front of their breakfast.

"No one would believe this magic newspaper when it was sent out." Annan said, pointing to the image of himself putting on a gold medal for the people in his territory.

"I have a hunch that I can catch a 50-pound fish today." Leila hurriedly finished her breakfast and ran out.

Lilith is a quiet girl. Annan picked up the coffee and listened to the news while sorting out the horrible dream...

Ingrid came to the restaurant holding a stack of government affairs:

"I heard that you spent the night at Blue Dragon's place last night?"

"Pfft -" Annan spit out the warm coffee, "Sorry...Abby! Get Miss Lilith a towel quickly! Don't talk nonsense, I just...just have something to ask Ilimoyas."

“Do you still need to bring a pillow when asking questions?”

Annan looked at Lilith with embarrassment as she calmly wiped the coffee stains on her cheeks, hair, and clothes: "I had a nightmare, and I didn't want to disturb my sister, so I had to go to the blue dragon's lair..."

Ingrid sighed: "I can promise not to talk nonsense."

Annan gradually stiffened: "Does anyone else know?"

"Good news and bad news." This sentence that has been circulating for some time is spreading in Xingyue Bay: "From women to guards, from shipyards to industrial areas, from old orcs on the beach to prisoners in dungeons, you Everyone knows the secret of sneaking into the blue dragon's lair late at night with a pillow in his arms."

"...Where's the good news?" Annan asked Abby to bring another towel for him to wipe his sweat with.

"Your reputation is not very good, so this rumor is not painful to you."

Annan tried to defend himself: "But that's true. I dreamed... and after I woke up, I went to Ilimoyasi's place. She also invited me to lie on the mountain of gold coins and feel it."

Ingrid narrowed her eyes: "A dragon lets you touch his treasure?"

Annan suddenly realized that for a dragon, not even the dragon mother and her relatives could touch its treasure.

"Well……"

Lilith made a noise at this time. After Annan looked at her, she said seriously: "It is said that people who bathe in the blood of dragons will improve their physique, awaken their dragon veins, and gain talents. Have you seen any changes?"

"Haha..." Annan let out a desperate smile.

Just when he was about to give up trying to save his image, the teleportation pendant worn by Annan on his wrist suddenly activated——

This teleportation pendant is the one sent to the Barros family in the royal capital.

Fire Crow succeeded? Annan thought, and was about to cast the elementary summoning spell, when a terrifying nightmare suddenly appeared in his mind: the corpse of the Knights' scout turned into a rat man, shaking outside the window...

The teleportation pendant was still flashing ominously, as if a knock on the door rang late at night urging Annan to open the door...