Chapter 89: Investigation
Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales
Abel could also sense that the Knight of Rodney’s fighting power had been drained. However, after he heard what the Knight of Rodney had called him, a murderous desire flashed from his eyes. No one could know about Abel’s unique combat qi ability. Otherwise, he would become the mutual enemy of all Knights. Just think about it, if a Knight realized something could not only suck up their combat qi but use it to increase their own strength, of course, they would want that person dead.
Abel viciously squeezed with his legs around the neck of the Knight of Rodney. The Knight of Rodney was already defenseless by that point. With that immensely powerful squeeze, all the Knight of a Rodney could hear was a loud cracking sound coming from his neck. Soon, his head was hanging motionless on the ground, soft like jelly.
“I’ve only killed the Knight of Rodney out of self-defense. All of you in the crowd can testify this!” Abel said as he stood up. Since things had already progressed to this point, he no longer wanted to hide his ident.i.ty.
He lightly lifted his face mask; the youthful face of Abel appeared in front of the crowd. From the innocent smile on his face, no one could have guessed this youngster was the killer of an elite knight.
“Master Abel!”
“It’s the Lord of Abel!”
The guests in the crowd could recognize Abel in one glance, and his fame was too wildly spread in Harvest City. Although it hasn’t been long since Abel had become famous, he already became the role model of how each family in Harvest City should educate their child. Outstanding, gifted, hardworking, ambitious, was just some common words people would often describe Abel as a person.
The crowd also knew that they had no choice but to expose their ident.i.ty as well. Since he had killed an elite knight, Attending a black market auction was pale in comparison.
As the crowd revealed themselves one by one, most of them were businessmen, which only a few of them being n.o.bles. The person who led Abel into this auction was a young n.o.ble.
At the time, Kree’s auction stall had already sent out all their guards and attendants to clean up the mess in the hall. The people in the crowd were being treated accordingly to their status. Abel was sitting on a chair, drinking a dense, aromatic coffee while chatting to that young n.o.ble.
“The honorable Lord of Abel, I am Polly, Cuiqi. It’s my pleasure to meet you!” Said that young n.o.ble as he bowed to Abel.
“h.e.l.lo, are you from the Cuiqi family?” Abel had heard of the Cuiqi family. Although they did not have an estate, they were a famous n.o.ble family specialized in trades.
“I am the wildest son of the Cuiqi family. I am so glad you heard of us. It is my honor!” Poly seemed to be very well mannered. He gave another bow after he finished his sentence.
Abel slightly bowed back, “as long as you been to Harvest City, who would not know about the Cuiqi family!”
“It’s a pity that this glory of my family will soon get dimmer because of me.” Said Polly with a bitter smile.
Abel knew that Polly’s father, the current inheritance of the Cuiqi family, was a lord. According to the law of The Duchy of Carmel, in order to become to inherit all the possession of a family, one must become a knight. Therefore, Polly had to become an official knight before his father pa.s.ses away.
Polly looked at Abel with admiration. He said with his eyes fixed on Abel “I will one day to be like you, becoming a n.o.ble with an estate!”
Seeing someone a lot older than him looking at down with admiration, Abel couldn’t help but let out a smile. He then said, “hope your dreams come true! Harry Castle will be glad to welcome you for a visit.”
Polly was very excited by Abel’s invitation. The social circle of these n.o.ble with estates were very hard to join. Forming a strong relations.h.i.+p with Abel would definitely make it a lot easier, and undoubtedly bring along a lot of benefits in the future.
Abel didn’t often socialize much with people. Since Polly seemed like a nice person, he decided to gave Polly an invite. Although he did not set a time for an invitation, it sent a signal to every n.o.ble nearby that Harry Castle had accepted Polly as a friend.
Abel then turned his head towards that young female elf who stood still at the exact same spot. Abel stood up and approached her. He asked with a nonthreatening voice “where are you from? Is there anything I can do to help you?”
The young female elf turned her big sparkly eyes towards Abel. She doesn’t seem to understand what he was saying.
“The honorable Lord of Abel, this elf could not understand human language.” Said an old man with a silky suit, as he approached and bowed to Abel.
Abel gazed at the young female elf with a hint of pity, being thrown into a completely unfamiliar environment, and not knowing a single word of its language was like adding salt on top of a wound. Abel then turned towards the old man and asked: “Who are you?”
“The honorable Lord of Abel, I am Kree” said the old man in a silky suit, as he bowed to Abel again.
“Are you the owner of this auction stand?” Asked Abel as he lightly tilted his head towards Kree.
“Yes, it is a property of your humble servant,” Kree replied.
“I’ll buy this elf, when things had settled I will take her away,” said Abel in a stale tone. The outcome had already been confirmed by these words of Abel. He would not need to take Kree’s opinion into consideration.
“The honorable Lord of Abel, consider this elf as a gift from Kree’s auction stand,” said Kree, his voice came across as well-intentioned.
“Do I look like I don’t have enough money to pay for it myself ?” Abel didn’t care about money. He just didn’t want to have any affiliation with these black market auction stands. Since Abel still hadn’t fully calmed down from the fight he just had, he raised his voice as he said this, sending a light wave of impose into the atmosphere of the hall.
“Dong.. dong..” the sound of gla.s.ses falling on the floor. Abel’s wave of impose had knocked a few gla.s.ses of coffee off the hands of some n.o.bles. It had completed caught them off guard, and the rest of the crowd had suddenly become quiet.
Luckily, Abel was still an intermediate Knight. His impose didn’t hold any damaging power. However, due to the interference of his pale gold combat qi, the area his impose was able to cover was even bigger than those of an elite knight.
Kree was directly facing Abel. He realized had deeply angered Abel, so he immediately fell to the floor. The surrounding crowd also looked at him with despise. Who did Kree thinks he was, a mere elf could settle the anger of the Lord of Abel? Not only that, but he still wanted to become a friend of Abel. No one with a mind would dare to do a stupid thing like this.
Abel took out 150 gold coins of a hundred value from his pocket and threw it in front of Kree. “the deal is complete!”
Suddenly, a noise came from outside the stand. It was a Harvest City public security guard. These public security guards are the law enforcement of Harvest City. However, they do not have any control over the n.o.bles. If a n.o.ble broke a law, they could only be reported to the n.o.ble arbitral tribunal.
When the public security guard saw the Lord of Abel, they gave out an amiable expression. They stepped up and asked Abel ” the honorable Lord of Abel, did you get hurt?”
Abel replied, “h.e.l.lo public security guard. I’ve attended a little event within Kree’s auction stand and got attacked by an elite Knight. I even exposed my ident.i.ty to him, but he still attacked me with his combat qi.”
“My goodness. An elite knight has the guts to attack the Lord of Abel in Harvest city?” The face of the public security guard immediately changed. Attacking a n.o.ble with an estate was a very serious matter, let alone the person committing the crime was an elite knight. This situation at hand must be very troublesome.
“Of course, everyone here can testify it. I swear to the spirit that everything I said was true!” Said Abel, pointing at the crowd in the hall.
“I swear to the spirit that everything the Lord of Abel had said was true!” No one in the crowd had the guts to offend the Lord of Abel for a dead elite knight, especially when Abel really was telling the truth.
“The honorable Lord of Abel, where is the guy who had attacked you?” Asked a public security guard.
“The guy is there” Abel replied, pointing at a dead body on the ground.
The public security guard stepped up and flip the dead body around. When he saw the face of the dead body, he can’t help but call out in fear “it was the Elite Knight of Rodney.”
Of course, the public security guard knew about the Knight of Rodney. In fact, he was very familiar with him. Ever since the Knight of Rodney had become a knight of the City Palace, he was responsible for arresting and killing countless intermediate and elite occupation holders. He was definitely one of the most powerful knights in the city.
However, the public security guard knew fully well that, since the Knight of Rodney was the one who attacked the Lord of Abel first, getting killed was inevitable. No matter what had happened, no one could ever insult the dignity of a n.o.ble.
“Which superior killed the Knight of Rodney?” Said the public security guard with a bow.
“I killed him myself.” Said Abel with a monotone voice.