Chapter 223

“…”
Ming Hu was so dumbfounded by John’s words that he couldn’t say anything.
“How long have you been an earl…
I became an earl today. Or, to be more precise, I became an earl a few minutes ago. I can’t help but laugh at the fact that I already have an assassination order.
‘Some assholes…’
Of course, it wasn’t because he was in a good mood that he laughed. Ming Hu looked at John with a cold smile and opened his mouth to speak.
“…Where are you?”
I was really wondering where he had gotten the request to assassinate himself so quickly.
“It’s…”
John’s voice trailed off slightly as he looked at Myung-Hoo, then continued.
“Count Altoran and Count Frank.”
“What? Where?”
“…Count Altoran and Count Frank.”
“…”
Ming Hu, hearing John’s words, said nothing.
‘Count Altoran… Count Frank…’
Ming Hu immediately opened the quest window.
<First internal crackdown
The Emperor of the Helioca Empire, Alkan Helioca, is troubled by the corruption of his nobles. As he pushes outward to open up unexplored lands, he wants you to audit the nobility. Audit the nobles designated by the Emperor to determine the truth of the corruption and bring back evidence!
[Count Altoran: 0 / 1].
[Count Frank: 0 / 1].
[Torrent Author: 0 / 1].
[appendix author: 0 / 1].
[Baron Magnus: 1 of 1].
[Baron Debeck: 0 / 1].
Difficulty Level: A
Quest Reward: Helioca Merit 5 million + ???
The two houses that commissioned him to assassinate them, the Counts of Althoran and Frank, were surprisingly the ones he had to thank.
"Huh, is this how it works?
I thought it would take a long time, but the way things are going, it looks like we'll be done sooner than I thought. Ming Hu looked at John.
"…"
John remained silent, watching Ming Hu's eyes, and at his reaction, Ming Hu smiled and opened his mouth.
"I have a favor to ask."
"Yes, my lord."
"Do you have any information on the two families?"
"Sure."
John nodded his head in agreement with Myung-Hoo's words.
"So can I see that?"
"I told them to get it even if they didn't."
John replied with a smile.
smart
"Master, I got it."
Just then, there was a knock on the door and Alex's voice came through.
"Come in."
Toward the door, John called out.
Profit
Soon the door opened and Alex walked in. In his hands, he held a very large box.
"I can't carry three at once, so… I put them in a box."
Alex said, setting the box down in front of Myung-Hoo.
"So…"
Setting the box down, Alex bowed slightly to Ming Hu and headed back outside.
Sigh
When Alex left, John stood up, walked over to the crate, reached over, lifted the lid, and began reaching inside to pull out the boxes.
"The blue box was Baron Devereux, wasn't it?
The first thing that came out was a blue box containing the information on Baron Debeck that he had meant to look at the last time he was here, but had decided to save for another time. As soon as John set the blue box down, Ming Hu reached over, opened it, pulled out a scroll, and began to read.
Swoosh swoosh
As Ming Hu pulled out the scroll and read it, John finished pulling out the box containing the information on Count Altoran and Count Frank, set it down, and returned to his seat.
"Hmmm…"
Ming Hu, reading the scroll, let out a short sigh and thought.
"This place is going to be over sooner than I thought.
Once again, the scroll was filled with negative information about Baron Deveck, but unlike Magnus, it was easily verifiable and provable.
'Illegal gambling parlors, illegal slave markets. What kind of shops are there?
Ming Hu made a mental note of the locations of the illegal gambling houses, slave markets, and other places listed on the scroll, then covered the scroll. He placed it in the box, closed the lid, and set it aside.
"Which way is this?"
Setting aside the box containing Baron Devec's information, Ming Hu reached for the box on the right, which was imprinted with a strange symbol, and turned to John.
"Count Altoran."
"Really?"
At John's words, Ming Hu lifted the lid of the box and pulled out a scroll.
That was the moment.
"Count."
At the sound of John's voice calling out to him, Ming Hu looked up from his scroll, glanced at John, and then back at his scroll.
"Why?"
"How do I… ."
"Request?"
Ming Hu, who had been reading the scroll, looked up and looked at John, who nodded in understanding, and then went back to reading the scroll and continued.
"What exactly did they ask you to do?"
"That is… Count Altoran wanted the assassination to be done as quickly as possible, by any means necessary… Count Frank said he didn't care how long it took, as long as the tail remained."
"Did the counts themselves come to both places?"
"Yes."
"That's right…"
Ming Hu nodded in understanding at John's words and put down the scroll he was reading. Then he smiled wryly and looked at John.
"Leave it alone."
"…Yes?"
"Just leave it out, anyway. I'll clean it up in a minute."
With that, Ming Hu looked down at the scrolls with a sullen expression. To his surprise, the first scroll he read contained negative information about Count Altoran. No, to be more precise, it only contained information about Count Dazhure, the head of the Altoran family.
"…crazy bastard.
But Count D'Azur's negative information was enough to bury Count Altoran. If the information on the scroll was true, Count Dazur was indeed a madman. No, madman wasn't even the right word.
"I see."
John nodded in response to Ming Hu's words. At John's reply, Ming Hu pulled out another scroll from the box and began to read.
"…Hmm?"
Ming Hu, reading the scroll, shook his head and muttered under his breath.
"…Any problems?"
In response to Myung-Hoo's reaction, John asked.
"Oh, no big deal."
After a while, when he had read all the scrolls containing Count Altoran's information, he closed the lid of the box, set it aside, and took a scroll from the box containing Count Frank's information and began reading it.
"…Hmmm."
Ming Hu took out the scroll and read it, then shook his head again and muttered to himself. Then he put the scroll down, looked at John, and said, "I'm sorry.
"There."
"Yes."
"According to the information here, the estates of Count Altoran, Count Frank, and Baron Debeck are all attached."
To the right of Count Altoran's estate was the estate of Count Frank, and to the right of Count Frank's estate was the estate of Baron Debeck. Ming Hu continued with a questioning look.
"Is there a Torrens author attached?"
John nodded at Myung-Hoo's words and opened his mouth to speak.
"Yes, Baron Deveck's next-door neighbor is Viscount Thoren's estate. I should add that Viscount Thoren's next door neighbor is Viscount Appen's estate."
Ming Hu frowned slightly at John's words.
'It's all stuck…'
The six families' estates that needed to be investigated were Count Althoran, Count Frank, Baron Debeck, Baron Thoren, Baron Appen, and Baron Magnus.
"You can't be…
Ming Hu had a sudden thought and opened the quest window once more to check the quest.
<First internal crackdown
The Emperor of the Helioca Empire, Alkan Helioca, is troubled by the corruption of his nobles. As he pushes outward to open up unexplored lands, he wants you to audit the nobility. Audit the nobles designated by the Emperor to determine the truth of the corruption and bring back evidence!
[Count Altoran: 0 / 1].
[Count Frank: 0 / 1].
[Torrent Author: 0 / 1].
[appendix author: 0 / 1].
[Baron Magnus: 1 of 1].
[Baron Debeck: 0 / 1].
Difficulty Level: A
Quest Reward: Helioca Merit 5 million + ???
"…nobles, apparently designated by the Emperor.
As the quest states, the six families were designated by the Emperor.
'That's when… You said it was the beginning, right?
As we were traveling to the knighthood ceremony, Alkan said to me, 'This is the beginning,' 'The estates will continue to grow.
"That means…
I couldn't be sure, but despite what the quest said, the purpose of the quest didn't seem to be internal enforcement.