Chapter 100: Ambush on the Road

“I~” Constantine hesitated for a moment, shook her head and said: “I don’t know either!”

“Oh, my God!” After hearing this, Duke Akashic immediately couldn’t help covering his face and said sadly: “‘Don’t know’, that means you have him in your heart. By the God of Elves, how could this happen?”

“I just can’t figure out the situation, how does this prove that I have him in my heart?” Constantine immediately retorted with a red face.

“Don’t deceive yourself, Constantine!” Duke Akashic shrugged and said: “If I ask you, do you like the Third Prince? How would you answer?”

“Of course not!” Constantine said without hesitation.

“That’s right. You know very clearly that you don’t like the Third Prince, but when it comes to Little Stephen, you say you don’t know. This itself proves that you have different feelings for him. Otherwise, you would directly deny it instead of answering me with ‘don’t know’!” Duke Akashic said helplessly.

“This!” Constantine immediately fell into deep confusion.

“Alright, my dear daughter!” Duke Akashic suddenly said: “Actually, I don’t want to interfere with your private life. As long as you like, whether it’s the Elf Prince or Little Stephen, I have no objection. The Hercules Family has always relied on our brains to establish ourselves in the Kingdom, not the next generation’s marriage, do you understand?”

“Yes!” Constantine said gratefully: “I understand! However, I, I might not really fall in love with a rough person, right?”

“Hehe, that’s your business!” Duke Akashic laughed: “I only hope that after you make your choice, you won’t regret it!”

“I understand!” Constantine said respectfully.

“Then you go rest now. I have to see His Majesty early tomorrow morning, so I won’t see you off. Be careful!” Duke Akashic said.

“Okay, but what about the Augustus Family’s matter?” Constantine suddenly said with some embarrassment: “After all, I wronged them! And I hit him in public, making the Augustus Family a laughing stock among the nobles.”

“What else can we do? We can only continue with the mistake!” Duke Akashic smiled bitterly and helplessly: “We can’t tell the truth, right? If we did that, we would be the ones becoming the laughing stock of the upper-class nobles! This detestable Little Stephen, he has really harmed us miserably!”

“Hehe, daughter takes her leave!” Constantine covered her mouth and laughed. Then she turned and ran away.

…

Speaking of Old Xie leaving the Hercules Family, he rested for another night at the Duke’s Mansion. The next day, he went to the family’s Auction House to learn about the auction situation of that Thunder Sword. The Manager excitedly told Old Xie that he had spread the matter all over the Continent. Nobles from various countries were full of expectations for this sword and expressed their intention to participate in the auction. Even the Emperor of the Griffin Kingdom received the news and borrowed the sword to play with for two days, and then he was also full of praise.

It was said that among the Four Sword Saints of the Griffin Kingdom, two had already stated that they must buy this sword. If the Stephen Family’s brand wasn’t hard enough, these two would definitely have come to the door to rob it long ago. After this series of events, the fame of this sword was even greater. It was believed that in the formal auction two months later, it would definitely be a hit.

Hearing this news, Old Xie was naturally very happy. After encouraging the Manager, he left coolly. At noon, after eating and drinking lavishly at that hotel, Old Xie had a nice nap in one of the private rooms until the sun went west. Only then did he order a lot of delicious food to be packed, and then took the carriage back to the Mage Tower.

The carriage carrying Old Xie swayed out of the city gate. Then, a magical pigeon used to pass messages soared into the sky and flew straight into the distance.

In fact, Old Xie had long sensed the small actions of certain people. As soon as he went out today, he detected unfriendly gazes and successfully found a few people following him. However, he was too lazy to bother with small fish and shrimp. If he was going to make a move, it would definitely be on the big fish. That’s why he chose to go out alone at this time, deliberately giving the other party a chance to make a move.

At dusk, Old Xie’s carriage drove into Academy Mountain, but he didn’t take the main entrance of the Academy. Instead, he took a very secluded path on both sides of Academy Mountain. This was originally specially built for transporting goods to Stephen Castle. Because they were afraid that frequent transportation would disturb the students of the Academy, it was opened in a particularly remote place, which happened to give certain people an opportunity.

Sure enough, when Old Xie’s carriage reached the mountainside, an accident happened. First, a few felled trees blocked the way. After the carriage stopped, more than a dozen strong men in black and masked rushed out from the woods on both sides. Although these people were holding sticks, they still couldn’t hide the killing intent on their bodies. It should be known that with the support of various colored Battle Qi they emitted, even sticks could kill people.

“Who are you people? You even dare to stop the carriage of the Stephen Family. Do you not want your lives?” Old Xie’s coachman was an expert sent by the family, a Level 4 Warrior. Although he was surprised at this time, he still didn’t lose his composure. While shouting out his identity, he drew out a hidden Treasure Sword.

“We are just ordered to break that kid’s legs. If you don’t resist, that’s better, it’s convenient for everyone. But if not, not only will your small life be hard to save, but your young master might also lose his life because of it!” A guy who deliberately changed his original voice sneered.

At this time, Old Xie suddenly walked out of the carriage. Seeing this, the coachman hurriedly said anxiously: “Young Master, you go hide first. There are many of them, I might not be able to take care of you!”

“Do I need you to take care of me?” Old Xie couldn’t help shaking his head and sneering.

“This~” That person was immediately a bit silly, not knowing if this Young Master was scared silly. It should be known that from the Battle Qi, those people were almost all Level 2 or above Warriors. The most powerful guy was not inferior to himself at all. Don’t look at them holding wooden sticks, if they really fought, he was definitely not an opponent. Why was this Young Master acting like nothing happened?

Just as he was thinking wildly, the people opposite couldn’t hold back. Seeing the main person appear, the leading guy immediately shouted: “It’s this kid, brothers, get him, beat him hard!” Saying that, he also rushed over.

Then, more than a dozen masked guys in black shouted and pounced together. The coachman was so scared that he hurriedly waved his Treasure Sword, ready to fight with the other side. But Old Xie didn’t show any tension at all, instead revealing a trace of a disdainful smile. He first waved his hand violently, releasing a fierce arc of electricity from his palm. This arc suddenly appeared above Old Xie’s head. The intense strong light made the people in the surrounding circle all dazzled.

“Ah!” Those men in black then let out a scream and covered their eyes one after another.

Then, Old Xie took out an exquisite crystal bottle from his bosom. He slowly poured out the liquid with his left hand, while his right hand suddenly conjured countless afterimages, using his fingers to flick these liquids out at high speed. With Old Xie’s fingers twitching and flicking more than a dozen times, more than a dozen water droplets drew white lines in the air and directly hit each black-clothed person’s face towel. Subsequently, these dozen or so people all fell to the ground and fell unconscious in the time of one breath!

It turned out that what Old Xie was holding was the super hallucinogenic potion ‘Number Four’ recently refined by Pars. Old Xie was very interested in this treasure that could easily knock down a Cyclops King, so he early on ordered Pars to help him refine some. Unfortunately, this stuff not only cost a lot, but the refining time was also particularly long. Even though Pars had some pre-refined materials, it still took a lot of time to make. Old Xie only got it a few days ago. Old Xie roughly calculated that the cost of this bottle of potion was thousands of Gold Coins. If refined normally, it would take at least half a year. So this stuff obviously couldn’t be mass-produced.

However, the high cost naturally brought excellent results. Through the first verification just now, Old Xie fully affirmed the terrible power of this thing. Just one drop of potion could easily knock down a Level 4 or 5 Warrior. This was obviously a very terrifying thing. Fortunately, its manufacturing method was only fully mastered by the Old Mage and Pars. If this thing spread on a large scale, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Seeing that a group of fierce men in black were so easily taken care of by this Young Master, that guard’s eyes went straight, simply not daring to believe it was true. Old Xie was also too lazy to talk nonsense. He directly got into the carriage and said indifferently: “Drive!”

“Yes!” The coachman didn’t dare to talk too much and hurriedly continued on the road.

After Old Xie returned, he first sent the coachman away, and then immediately gathered a group of people, quietly went back, and tied up those who were still unconscious. Old Xie first took off their masks and confirmed that they were the people who had sneaked into the castle last time. He was a bit annoyed at the Little Princess’s lack of understanding of the current situation and secretly determined to teach that little girl a lesson properly.