The Righteous Player(s) Chapter 166: The Assassin from Mars

...Is it me again?

Annan was speechless for a moment.

He now very much hopes that Zhou Miao can leave a diary or something for himself to read.

Who the **** keeps a diary?

Is Annan a serious person?

...Obviously not.

But he also knew that he was not used to this.

The result is that Annan himself does not know what the former "Annan" did.

It always feels like everything is not a personal matter.

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

Annan was already a little unsure about Vasika's attitude towards him.

It seems unlikely that there is any grudge. The familiarity and closeness between them is not fake.

But if they were once good friends, the deliberately kept distance in front of them, and the half-smiling attitude that Vasika always had on his face... made Annan feel a little subtle.

Just in the dead of winter, Annan was confused.

Considering Annan’s familiarity with him when he was in Noah...

Annan even suspected that maybe he had gotten into trouble while traveling around the world.

"Do you have any clues?"

Because Wasika's attitude was a little subtle, Annan did not ask further about the [Beauty of Imbalance] ritual.

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

"This kind of meaningless, but seemingly desperate assassination... There is no doubt that he is someone from Beilian."

"Bei Lian?"

"Northland Six Provinces Alliance."

Wasika explained: "That is, the six northernmost provinces in winter.

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

"The gray fog has intensified?"

Annan was a little surprised.

He reacted quickly and understood everything: "Are the results of this research completely public?"

"Lin Dong does not have the extra scientific research power to do this kind of research. This is an investigation by the Theocracy, and we cannot suppress it. Once the scholars know it, the nobles will also know it... …”

Catwoman chuckled lightly, raising the corners of her mouth as if she was laughing at something.

The light in the room was dim. Looking from Annan's perspective, half of Wasika's profile seemed to be sunk in shadow.

During the Ice Breaking War, although those local nobles were also secretly doing evil things, they did not dare to be so blatant.

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

When humans are in a daze and are about to wake up, they may stay in bed for a while; and for a righteous **** who is also a dragon, no one can guarantee how long this period of confusion will last.

It may not be a few years, but it could also be a few minutes.

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

The goals that these local nobles wanted to achieve were so simple that Annan guessed their goals the moment he saw the assassins——

They want the young and capable Annan to be killed. Only Demetri, who lacked ability, was neither a supernatural being nor had the ability to have children, was left to inherit the Principality of Winter. Dmitri doesn't have that ability, nor does he have the energy to argue with so many people.

As a result, the only descendant of the Winter clan is Maria.

As long as Maria does not die, the bloodline will not be completely severed. As an old grandmother and future pope, Dmitri cannot convert to the cup-bearing woman to perform the 'child in the cup' ceremony.

And Maria herself is the Daughter of the Storm, so she may not necessarily die at any time. Therefore, he cannot succeed to become a grand duke - this will leave hidden dangers to the rule of the principality.

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

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

After all, Annan is still underage, so he cannot immediately succeed the Grand Duke while Ivan is still able to handle official duties.

Annan should succeed to the throne as soon as he returns to the country - even if he cannot immediately take over all the 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 Archduke.

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 transfers the three-color scepter to Annan, the person who must be obeyed and protected by the Hand of Winter is still Ivan.

In this way, they can secretly violate Annan's wishes or work against him.

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

After all, there are precedents for those who defy winter.

You must be vigilant.

The Hand of Winter is not a golem army that is absolutely impossible to betray. ~IndoMTL.com~ They are extensions of the cursed power of the Heart of Winter. What they are loyal to is only the Grand Duke himself...or rather the one holding the three-color scepter among the holders of the "Heart of Winter", not the Principality of Winter.

This is also the reason why the Winter Defenders were able to betray the Principality of Winter.

Even if his behavior may harm the interests of the principality, it does not harm the Grand Duke himself. Therefore he will not trigger the counterspell.

And he ran away too fast, and Ivan didn't have time to give him an order... Otherwise, it would have been either to make him confess the entire conspiracy or to make him commit suicide on the spot.

The Hand of Winter cannot disobey the orders of the bearer of the Tricolor Scepter, cannot perform "harmful actions" against them personally, and cannot lie to them personally.

——Even if the Winter Defiant advances to the gold level, this curse will always remain in his soul and cannot be eradicated.

But if it weren’t for the Grand Duke...

The only duty they have to fulfill is the "order" Ivan gave them. If they had different intentions, they could easily circumvent the rules of the curse.

This is the main significance of succeeding to the throne.

Without the protection of the Hand of Winter, how much ability can the underage Annan have to protect himself?

With this in mind, the local nobles directly dispatched powerful assassins with the intention of killing Annan before he succeeded to the throne.

That's right.

A silver-level destruction wizard who can sacrifice his life is already a very powerful assassin for them.

It's just a pity.

Their intelligence lags far behind.

——They thought Annan was the great ritual master from half a year ago.

Brother, your news is too late, isn’t it?

I’m almost golden, and you still think I’m a rookie who can’t even reach bronze...