Chapter 160: Underhanded Move (Part 1)

After Dean gave a discount sufficient to show his sincerity, Long Lang threw down the small bag of gems he had just obtained, and with some spices and several bundles of leather, he left ‘Gem Beauty’ with satisfaction. Moreover, taking his men with him, he went straight out of Vauban City.

Clearly, this black market merchant was somewhat impatient.

In contrast to the collaborator’s impatience, Dean let out a slight sigh of relief.

At least, after launching this cooperation, he would obtain a truly armed force—not just subordinates, but fully armed subordinates.

Of course, some details still needed to be adjusted.

After all, he currently still bore the title of Ferrchelen Knight Order Regiment Commander, and the Ferrchelen Knight Order was the armed force of the Tier Territory, simply put, it belonged to that Baron Tier.

Although, that Baron Tier was also not a cunning and sinister person.

However, what Dean needed was, in the true sense, his own private armed force.

Therefore, the Ferrchelen Knight Order was obviously unsuitable.

However, fortunately, as he was about to become a Lord, Dean would have his own guards—although such guards needed to be recruited by himself, with the existence of the Ferrchelen Knight Order, Dean was not worried.

Even if the number of guards a Lord could possess was only fifty.

But for Dean at this stage, it was sufficient.

As for weapon s and armor three times that amount?

Naturally, they were for the Ferrchelen Knight Order.

After all, from any aspect, the Ferrchelen Knight Order would be his most solid ally, a strength far exceeding any contract!

Dean, carrying the development plan for the next two months, strode towards the temporary residence in the Upper District, while Ike and Chad behind him were somewhat stunned.

For the two young men, witnessing a transaction far exceeding their imagined value, the shock was self-evident.

Even after returning to the temporary residence, they still had not quite reacted.

Dean naturally saw the appearance of his two young subordinates, but he did not say much—this was a form of growth, something they had to experience.

Moreover, growing through their own thinking was definitely better.

Rather than relying on his guidance, this was different from training or sparring; the latter’s guidance would make people grow quickly, while the former’s guidance was merely forcing a thought upon them.

Not only was it a constraint, but it was also spoiling things by excessive enthusiasm.

Dean would absolutely not do that.

As for subordinates going astray?

Dean would absolutely not worry about such things; for these selected subordinates, Dean still had considerable confidence; otherwise, he would not have let them think for themselves.

“Regiment Commander, Regiment Commander!”

Just as Dean returned to his room and before he could step through the door, Theron’s rash shouting rang out.

“What is it?”

Dean turned and asked.

“Miss Lily is looking for you!”

Theron replied.

Is this the persistence of a noble?

Dean frowned, thinking of the attitude the young lady from the Baron’s family had shown earlier, and then, a bitter smile rose in his heart; then, he raised his head and said to his subordinate: “Hmm, I know, I will go now!”

Saying this, Dean walked towards the room of the young lady from the Baron’s family on the other side of the corridor.

And in this short distance, Dean quickly turned his brain, thinking about how to explain his meaning clearly without damaging the relationship between both parties.

The other party’s identity as the daughter of Baron Tier, coupled with the fact that Baron Tier doted on his daughter, forced Dean to be cautious.

He was unwilling to fall out with Baron Tier and push this reliable ally away.

However, the moment he thought of that young lady’s attitude, Dean felt a headache.

A lady blinded by ‘love’ is terrible.

And a lady who adds reason to ‘love’ is even more terrible.

Because the blind obedience of the former is far less than the persistence of the latter.

Very naturally, facing such a situation, even Dean did not think of a proper solution in such a short time.

Knock, knock, knock…

Bracing himself, Dean knocked on the other party’s door.

“Come in!”

The voice of the young lady from the Baron’s family came from inside the room.

Then, under the gaze of the Baron’s guard, which was kind yet slightly weird, Dean pushed the door and entered the room—

“Miss Lily, good afternoon!”

Entering the room, Dean greeted her like this, and at the same time, looked with some surprise at the young lady from the Baron’s family at this moment.

A pure white long dress, with a small fur shoulder shrug, highlighted this young lady’s figure and temperament to the fullest, and her exquisite features and chestnut long hair all displayed her excellence.

Clearly, this young lady, who had quite a reputation in the Tier Territory and even the entire Vauban County, was not famous without reason; otherwise, she would not have made that Baron Janel so fascinated.

However, for some reason, looking at the young lady from the Baron’s family who was so outstanding in temperament and appearance, what Dean instinctively thought of was that wild girl who pursued excitement and madness.

Thinking of her appearance, giggling lightly after being thrown off a horse.

Everything before his eyes, although exquisite and beautiful, seemed… somewhat fake.

Of course, Dean would absolutely not speak out his feelings.

This was already a troublesome matter; if he spoke it out, it would definitely become endlessly entangled.

Therefore, after the ceremonial greeting, Dean just sat silently by the table—compared to Dean’s room, this young lady’s room was obviously much better.

Not only were there two rooms, inner and outer, but the furniture and decorations were complete and extremely exquisite.

“Don’t you have anything else you want to say?”

The young lady from the Baron’s family, who had originally dressed up carefully to surprise Dean, looked at Dean’s calm and silent appearance, could not help but frown, and asked subconsciously.

“Hmm… you look very beautiful today!”

Dean pondered for a moment and praised very reservedly—clearly, Dean, who still had not thought of a best-of-both-worlds solution, planned to play dumb and take it one step at a time.

“And the rest?”

The young lady from the Baron’s family asked unwillingly.

“More beautiful than at other times!”

Dean put on a dull look.

Slap!

No longer able to bear the annoyance, the young lady from the Baron’s family slammed the table hard; the force caused the tea set on the table to crash up and fall onto the desktop, and this young lady bared her claws at Dean like a night cat.

“Speak, are you doing this on purpose!”

Her slender index finger pointed straight at the tip of Dean’s nose.

“On purpose for what?”

Dean looked at the other party blankly, and in his heart, Dean nodded slightly—sure enough, this appearance was much more approachable!

“You, you…”

The finger of the young lady from the Baron’s family pointing at Dean’s nose trembled along with her trembling body.

“Murder! Murder!”

Just as this young lady from the Baron’s family was about to turn around and draw her Longsword to open a few holes in Dean, a shrill scream sounded from outside.

Moreover, it was very familiar—Baron Janel!

At no moment was Dean so grateful to this Baron Janel; he quickly stood up, ignoring the shout of the young lady from Baron Tier’s family behind him, and rushed straight towards the door.

“Take good care of Miss Lily!”

After leaving this sentence for the Baron’s guard at the door, and seeing Huck who also rushed out of the room, Dean nodded, and the two quickly ran towards the middle corridor—the residence arranged by Marquis Vauban was roughly in a ‘concave’ shape, apart from the large open ground in the middle.

There were guest rooms located in the south, north, and middle.

And because of the relationship between the Tier Territory and the Defendi Territory, Baron Janel naturally stayed in the middle position, separating the two lords who had quite some grudges.

Although this was a stopgap measure that anyone could see, that Baron Janel foolishly thought this was Marquis Vauban attaching importance to him, and had been smug about it for several days, showing off his importance in the Vauban County in front of the young lady from Baron Tier’s family quite a bit.

However, just as usual, he received the rolling of eyes from that young lady.

But Baron Janel, just as usual, persevered and enjoyed himself, proclaiming it to others.

But at this moment, Baron Janel absolutely did not have that self-satisfied appearance; not to mention the tears and mucus streaming down his face, the obvious dampness in his crotch area made him look even more miserable.

“Help, Dean, help! Someone wants to kill me!”

And upon seeing Dean and Huck rushing over, this Good-for-nothing Baron scrambled and crawled towards Dean—although he usually feared Dean’s strength, at this moment, he wished Dean were a hundred times stronger.

“Take care of Baron Janel!”

After saying this to Huck, Dean avoided the Good-for-nothing Baron’s pulling and went straight to the other party’s door, where there were three corpses.

Checking the clues on the corpses was undoubtedly very important.

Of course, avoiding someone who smelled strongly of urine was also important—looking at our Vice Regiment Commander being tightly grabbed by the other party, with a frown on his face, wanting to punch the other party but having to endure it, one could know the importance of it.

“Two guards, no reaction, killed by a single sword strike; this attendant holding refreshments was also killed by a sword piercing through the heart before he could react…”

After checking the wounds on the three corpses, a picture appeared in Dean’s mind: the attacker swung his sword across the necks of two guards, then pierced through the attendant’s back, and then Baron Janel shouted for help.

However, a strange sense of awkwardness made Dean frown.

But just as Dean was thinking carefully, a low, hoarse voice sounded—

“I heard that Dean Ken, the Regiment Commander, is about to become a Lord. It seems that because there is no suitable place within Vauban County, you have not obtained any territory, right?”