The Righteous Player(s)

Chapter 623 Fighting the Assassin from Mars

...is it me again?
Annan was speechless for a moment.

Now he very much hopes that Zhou Mu himself can keep a diary or something for himself to read.

But who is a serious person who keeps a diary?
Is Annan a decent person?
……Obviously not.

But he also knew he wasn't used to it.

As a result, Annan himself did not know what the former "Annan" had done.

It always feels like everything is not human.

But I have a subtle feeling that this is indeed something I can do...

Annan was a little uncertain about Vasika's attitude towards him alone.

It doesn't seem like there is any enmity.The sense of familiarity and closeness between them is not fake.

But if it is said that they used to be friends, the deliberately maintained sense of distance in front of them, and the half-smile attitude that Vasika always put on his face... made Annan feel a little subtle.

Just in the cold winter, Annan was already confused.

Considering Annan's acquaintance with him when he was in Noah...

Annan even suspected that maybe he had already gotten into trouble when he was traveling around the world.

"Do you have any clues?"

Because Vasika's attitude was a little subtle, but Annan didn't ask further about the [Beauty of Imbalance] ceremony.

Instead, he turned to look at the three "assassins" who had passed out, and asked Vasika, "These three people?"

"This kind of meaningless assassination, but it seems to be a dead end... There is no doubt that it is a member of the Beilian."

"Northern Union?"

"The Alliance of Six Northern Provinces."

Vasika explained: "That is, the six northernmost provinces of Winter.

"The current general trend is that the scope of the Great Barrier in all regions is gradually shrinking. At first we thought it was the reason for the decline of the power of the righteous god... But according to the latest curse study two months ago, we can now be sure , this is the power of the gray fog starting to increase again."

"The gray fog has increased?"

Annan was a little surprised.

He quickly reacted and understood everything: "Is the result of this research completely public?"

"Rin Dong doesn't have that kind of extra scientific research power to do this kind of research. This is the research of the Theocracy, and we can't suppress it. Scholars know it, and the nobles know it too..."

Catwoman chuckled, raising the corners of her mouth as if mocking something.

The light in the room was already dim.Looking from Annan's point of view, Vasika seemed to have half of his face sunk into the shadows.

During the Icebreaker War, although those local nobles were also sneaky and sneaky, they didn't dare to be so blatant.

After all, the old grandmother seemed to be waking up soon.

When human beings are about to wake up in a daze, they may stay in bed for a while; but for a righteous god who is also a dragon, no one can guarantee how long this daze period will last.

It may not be years, but it may be minutes.

But if at this time, there is any new news that makes them no longer bear it... It is not impossible that they will be cruel to Annan during this period.

The purpose that these local nobles want to achieve is very simple, so simple that Annan guessed their purpose the moment he saw the assassin——

They hope that the young and capable Annan will be killed.Only Demetri, who is not capable enough, is not a superhuman and has no fertility, is left to inherit the Duchy of Winter.Dmitry didn't have that ability, nor did he have the energy to wrestle with so many people.

In this way, the only offspring of the Winter family who can leave behind is Maria.

As long as Maria does not die, the bloodline will not be completely cut off.As the future pope of the old grandmother, Dmitry, he could not convert to the girl holding the cup to perform the "child in the cup" ceremony.

And Maria herself is the Daughter of the Storm, so she might sacrifice herself at any time.Therefore, he cannot succeed as Grand Duke - this will leave hidden dangers in the rule of the Principality.

As long as he can marry Maria and give birth to a male offspring with the blood of the Lindong family... this child will definitely be able to inherit the position of Grand Duke in the future.

This is also the reason why Annan was living abroad, but Ivan was never in a hurry to let him return home.On the one hand, it is the trust in Annan... On the other hand, it is not necessarily safer after Annan returns to China than in a foreign country.

After all, Annan is still underage, and if Ivan is still capable of handling official duties, he cannot immediately succeed to the position of Grand Duke.

As long as Annan returns to the country, he should immediately succeed to the throne—even if he cannot immediately take over the various powers of the Grand Duke, he can immediately obtain the protection of the Hand of Winter.

After all, the Hand of Winter is a secret service responsible only to the Grand Duke.

Even the first heir to the Grand Duke has no right to transfer.This is not just a matter of ritual and rules... Before the Grand Duke handed over the three-color scepter in his hand to Annan, Ivan was still the person the Hand of Winter must obey and protect.

In this way, they could secretly go against Annan's wishes or work against him.

Even if Annan is willing to trust them, Ivan cannot.

After all, there are precedents of Winter Reverser.

Must be vigilant enough.

The Winter's Hand is not an army of golems that is absolutely impossible to betray.

They are an extension of the cursed power of the Heart of Winter.What they are loyal to is only the Grand Duke himself...or the one who holds the three-color scepter among the holders of the "Heart of Winter", not the Duke of Winter.

This is also the reason why the Winter Rebels were able to betray the Duchy of Winter.

Even if his actions harmed the interests of the Principality, they did not harm the Grand Duke himself.So he doesn't trigger the counterspell.

And he fled too fast at that time, and Ivan didn't have time to give him an order... Otherwise, it would be okay to let him confess all the conspiracy, or let him commit suicide on the spot.

The Hand of Winter cannot disobey the orders of the holders of the three-color rod, cannot perform "harmful actions" against themselves, and cannot lie to themselves.

——Even if the winter defiant person advances to the gold rank, this curse will always remain in his soul, and it will never be eradicated.

But if it is not the Grand Duke...

The only duty they had to fulfill was the "order" that Ivan gave them.If they have different intentions, they can easily bypass the rules of the curse.

This is the main meaning of succession to the Grand Duke.

Without the protection of the Hand of Winter, how much self-protection ability would the underage Annan have?
Thinking this way, the local nobles directly dispatched powerful assassins, intending to kill Annan directly before succeeding to the throne.

That's right.

A silver-rank sabotage wizard who can sacrifice his life is already quite a powerful assassin for them.

Just a pity.

Their intelligence lags behind quite a bit.

——They thought that Annan was the great ceremonialist half a year ago.

Brother, your news is too far behind, right?
I'm almost gold, you guys think I'm a rookie who can't even get bronze...

(End of this chapter)