Chapter 55: The Three Great Sires

  Tudor Empire, private chamber in the Right Chancellor's residence.

  The Marquis of Pansonne and the Right Minister sat facing each other.

  Poor Right Minister, his face was still wrapped in bandages, only revealing a pair of slender eyes.

  "Has Li Xie gone to Chrysanthemum City?" asked the Right Minister. He had been recuperating for several days and didn't know much.

  Marquis Panseng nodded: "Just left today."

  "Hmph! I must kill him!" The Right Prime Minister's slender eyes gleamed with a cold, sinister light, and he had come to hate Li Xie. Being beaten by Li Xie in public not only made him lose face, but also disrupted his plans.

  Marquis Panson said: "Chrysanthemum City is close to Sunflower City, I heard that Mercedes VII also sent Van Dyke to follow, and Jack Rothschild has already handed over the military affairs, soon he will also go to Chrysanthemum City. These two people followed Li Xie, I'm afraid Li Xie's trip to Chrysanthemum City is not so simple!"

  You Xiang coldly smiled: "Li Ye sits and possesses three city pools, can recruit 1.5 million soldiers, what else does he need to guess?"

  "What should we do then?"

  "Hum! Send someone to kill Li Xie! Also, instruct the people on the side of Chrysanthemum City to restrict Li Xie's development! Whether killing Li Xie is successful or not, make him have a hard time in Chrysanthemum City!"

  Marquis Panson shook his head slightly: "He has that guard named Zain by his side, whose strength is no less than mine! Now that Vandy Sel has joined him, and the hundred guards around him are not ordinary people, it will take a lot of manpower to kill them, and Mercedes VII will surely detect it! And it's also very likely to let Li Xie escape!"

  A sinister glint flashed in his right eye: "Of course I know, our strength is not enough to kill him! But in this world, life can be measured by its value!"

  Thinking of those 50 million gold coins, the Prime Minister's eyes became even more venomous!

  Marquis Panseng understood the meaning: "The Right Prime Minister means to kill him? Ordinary killers are probably not enough to kill him! Do you want to invite the top killer? They don't accept gold coins!"

  "I know, however, gold coins can buy what they want, they lack a way in, we have it!"

  Marquis Panseng sneered coldly: "Right Minister, why bother with a detour? Why not just have them kill Mercedes VII directly! He has no children and no brothers! As soon as he dies, the Tudor dynasty will belong to you and me!"

  "You can't afford to kill him now! Let's take care of Li Xie first! Once the Daye Dynasty attacks, Mercedes VII won't be far behind!"

  "Good! First kill Li Xie!"

  Li Xie didn't know that his name would soon appear at the top of the kill list. At this moment, he was on his way to Chrysanthemum City.

  All the way south, on the spacious official road.

  A team of horses drove slowly by.

  There were over a hundred carriages, grand and imposing, on a scale no less than that of the merchant convoys traveling between cities. In the middle of this convoy of carriages, there was one carriage that stood out in particular - it had a spacious, gold-edged black metal carriage compartment, and was drawn by eight black horses.

  The luxury of the carriage indicates that it belongs to a rich man, and the specifications of the eight fine horses indicate that it belongs to a person with an extremely high status. Looking at those eight black horses again, they all have dense black scales on their bodies, aren't they the Black Scaled Horses of the Tudor Dynasty?

  The person inside the carriage is none other than Duke Xie, the only one in Tudor who can afford a carriage of this caliber. The eight black-scaled horses were exceptionally bestowed upon Li Xie by Mercedes VII.

  Li Xie's carriage was surrounded by the entire team of stars, while Van Dyke and Zeinna Jackson rode a fine horse in front of Li Xie's carriage, and Kano served as Li Xie's coachman.

  Li Xie himself was lying in the carriage, resting his head on Lily's thigh, eating grapes peeled by Lily, looking like a second-generation ancestor! If it weren't for the cat drinking wine on his stomach, he would be an overbearing second-generation ancestor.

  "Kano, what's a kill list?" Along the way, Li Xie got bored and started chatting with Kano and others, and happened to mention the Right Minister's affairs.

  In Li Xie's view, that guy Right Prime Minister will definitely not let him off easily and will definitely send someone to kill him. Li Xie also thought that the people of Right Prime Minister are not capable of killing him under the protection of Van Dyke and Zernard, so the most likely possibility is to hire an assassin!

  So, it's on the kill list!

  "Sir, the Kill List is a ranking list released by the Continental Mercantile Federation. It ranks some of the top assassins on the continent, and the top ten are known as the Kill List."

  "Oh? Continental Chamber of Commerce? I've heard of it, what's the specifics?"

  "The Continental Merchant Guild, the Summoner's Association and the Mercenary Guild are collectively known as the Three Great Guilds of the Continent. They are a certain type of organization outside of the various imperial dynasties on the continent, with powers that cannot be matched by any single empire. The super-strong individuals within them are even more powerful than empires, in fact, these three great guilds are the true rulers of human society on the Divine Continent."

  "Oh? Stronger than the Empire? Then why not form an empire or sweep across the mainland of the gods and unify the world?"

  "The adults are just joking, the three major guilds are composed of people from various countries, how can they fight against their own country? Moreover, they are nominal organizations that lack a main body. Another point is that they do not interfere with national affairs unless you have money to spend! For example, the Summoner's Association aims to jointly develop the limits of humans and magic beasts, cultivating super-strong people on the mainland, most of whom are martial arts enthusiasts; while the Mercenary Guild is mostly composed of adventure-seekers or poor people who participate, as long as you can afford it, they will help you with your affairs, even if it means overthrowing an empire. However, the cost would be so high that not even ten empires could afford to pay, so theoretically possible but practically speaking, the higher-ups of the Mercenary Guild would not go to war for any empire. As for the Continental Chamber of Commerce, everything is about money transactions. In short, the three major guilds seem to have unwritten rules, they do not disrupt the balance between countries on the mainland and respect royal power, which can be seen from the fact that they do not set up offices in the imperial capitals of various countries. As for the specifics, Kano is also unclear."

  "Oh. Then how strong are they?"

  "The president of the Summoner's Association is said to be a legendary summoner, and some even say he's a demigod. As for the president of the Continental Merchant Guild, his actual strength is unclear, but his bodyguards are definitely stronger than those of any emperor. And as for the president of the Mercenary Guild... everyone on the continent knows about his strength!" Kano changed to a tone of reverence and said: "He's Martin Weig, the King of Mercenaries, a 12th-tier divine swordmaster!"

  Li Xie couldn't help but stare blankly: "So many powerful beings on the Continent of Gods?"

  Kano smiled and said, "Generally, those who exceed the 10th rank become independent legends, detached from their countries. Only a few without combat power remain in the country, such as priests. Usually, when we talk about experts, it's against the backdrop of various countries on the Continent of Gods. In fact, there are not many strong people on the entire continent. But actually, there aren't that many either. People like Vandy and Zean can be considered top-notch experts on the continent, so don't worry about your safety, sir. Unless a super expert from the 11th rank profession comes, no one can threaten you."

  Li Xie ate a grape and furrowed his brow: "Off topic, just now I asked about the kill list, is there anyone above 11th rank on the kill list?"

  "Really!" Carano replied: "The number one killer on the wanted list, Raymond Hao, is actually an 11th-tier legendary summoner."

  "My goodness!" Li Xie exclaimed in shock: "If Right Minister that guy invites Raymond Huo to kill me, I'm done for!"

  "Ah! It's settled then!" Kano nodded in affirmation.

  Li Xie's mouth twitched, and he said in a gloomy tone: "Kano, you're really something. Are you hoping I'd drop dead? You're talking about such a huge threat so calmly!"

  "Ah, sir, I didn't mean it that way. The thing is, the top killers on the assassination list won't take on tasks easily, and they don't want money either. They want something special, and their conditions are all very strange. It's almost impossible to satisfy them, and even if you could, they might not accept the task anyway. For example, Raymond Huan will only help kill someone if you can help his magical pet advance to the twelfth rank of divine pet. No one can meet that condition. And apart from Raymond Huan, none of the other top killers on the list have reached the eleventh rank yet, so sir doesn't need to worry too much."

  "An open spear is easy to dodge, a hidden arrow is hard to defend against! I'd be worried if I weren't! Tell Vandy and Zane that if any strong warriors approach, notify me immediately. If there's even the slightest unusual movement, kill without hesitation!"

  "Yes, sir!"

  The richer one is, the more fulfilling life is, and the more afraid of death. Li Xie is now quite afraid of death.

  Mei Mei was eating the grapes peeled by Lily, but Li Xie's heart was filled with some regret. He should have ignored Mercedes VII and gone to kill Right Minister long ago! That way, he wouldn't have to be on tenterhooks all the time! No, he should have killed Viscount Panseng too, otherwise that guy would definitely hire an assassin!

  "Grandma's words: from now on, one must be ruthless! If you're not ruthless to your enemies, you'll be worried and frightened for yourself and might even lose your life because of it! Lily, don't you agree?"

  "Huh?" Lili was just diligently peeling grapes for Li Xie, and didn't even have a chance to think about anything before being suddenly asked by Li Xie, and somewhat at a loss, hastily replied: "Whatever the master says is right."

  "You'll just say that." Li Xie felt a bit depressed, the slaves around him were too obedient, so obedient that it was impossible to have any interaction when talking to Li Xie.

  Either Li Xie asked, and the slave answered, or it was just this sentence "Whatever the master says is right." In fact, all slaves on the mainland of gods were like this. The slave nature had penetrated deep into their bones, and the distinction between noble and humble was more important than the nobles themselves.

  "Later..." Li Xie said: "Whatever you want to say in your heart, just say it out loud, don't be too reserved, got it?"

  "Yes, master." Lily smiled and replied.

  Li Xie also knew that it would be difficult to change Lily's mind for the time being, and he looked a bit disappointed. Lily saw him like this and thought Li Xie was unhappy, so she anxiously racked her brains and said: "Master, how about I tell you a mythological story?"

  "Uh, okay." Anyway, the journey was boring, so it's good to listen to those nonsense talks. But suddenly I thought of something strange and asked: "By the way, why do people here all speak Mandarin? Oh, I mean, why do we all speak this language?"

  This point has always made Li Xie feel strange, originally thinking that the Tudor dynasty was a bit special, and it just so happened that the language was the same as the common language of the earth, but after the five-nation delegation visited, it became clear that at least six countries on the mainland of gods spoke the common language, and Zaynarde also spoke the common language, which also explained that the dragon clan would use this as a language!

  On earth, even in a small town, the languages of two neighboring villages may differ. What more between countries, and even between species!