Mystery: The Returner of the Stars

Chapter 296 Negotiation Skills, Window Theory

So things go back to the original question, who took 008 from Ince Zangwill and arranged for Ince Zangwill's death?

Regarding this question, Leonard once asked the old man, and the answer he got was to be careful of the audience, so he thought that the new owner of 008 should be a high-sequence powerhouse of the audience path.

But now he definitely can't tell the Goddess's Eye of this answer directly, so as not to dig out other connected questions.

Seeing that Ms. Illya hadn't spoken for a while, Leonard silently shifted his gaze to the car window. Because the sky had just dawned, there was still a little bit of starlight left in the starry sky where the crimson moon had dissipated.

The steam train kept heading towards South Wales. Leonard naturally thought of Hastur, who came here to be the lord. If he has free time, he can also go to Hastur's castle.

A few days later, the steam train came to the platform in South Wales, and the group of them chose to change to a carriage.

According to the Debi Augustus who bought the ticket for Ince Zangwill, he met Ince Zangwill suddenly on the way to the steam train, and all his attendants were killed Light, only when he heard Ince Zangwill chanting about Backlund all the time, and wittily offering to buy a ticket to Backlund for Ince Zangwill, did he finally survive.

According to Debbie Augustus's description, they found the place where he first contacted Ince Zangwill.

It has been more than half a month since that encounter, and the traces left here have already been washed away by the rain.

Anyway, Leonard couldn't find any clues about Ince Zangwill from here.

But the lady Ilya, who is called the Eye of the Goddess, was able to find relevant clues and lead everyone to the depths of the dense forest.

Leonard was in admiration in his heart, it really deserves to be the eyes of the goddess, no wonder people often say that there are only wrong names, not wrong nicknames.

The eyes of the goddess are the eyes of the goddess, observing the world instead of the gods.

……

In the Purning Harbor Hotel, Alfred Hall received two letters from Backlund, one from Earl Hall and one from Audrey.

He first read Earl Hall's letter. In the letter, he was happy that he had returned to the Kingdom of Loen, and he also affirmed his idea of ​​making contributions, but he wanted him to return to Backlund for a while.

After a moment of silence, he opened Audrey's letter again.

The letter was not so depressing, but only gossip. At the end of the letter, it mentioned a young Earl named Hasta Campbell, who would assist the Grand Duke of South Wales in managing coastal defense issues in the future.

Alfred Hall thought for a while, and wrote back to his sister first. As for Earl Hall's reply, he hadn't thought about it yet.

……

In the study room of the ancient castle, Hastur finally waited for the pressure from Backlund to South Wales, and also waited for a letter from Audrey.

Early this morning, the Grand Duke of South Wales invited him to discuss issues related to coastal defense.

This is a signal, which means that the Grand Duke of South Wales will give up part of the coastal defense rights.

Hasta's appetite at this stage is not too great. Of the eight main ports in South Wales, it is a good start for him to get three ports first.

"Miss Audrey's second brother intends to stay in South Wales to make contributions... It depends on his own performance."

Hastur did not take the initiative to contact Alfred's idea.

After he finished writing the letter back to Audrey, he took Azshara with him, followed by four attendants, and rode in a carriage to the villa of the Grand Duke of South Wales.

This is a very troublesome journey. After all, his castle is located in a remote place. After the matter with the Grand Duke of South Wales is settled, he will temporarily stay in the port. Puning Port is a pretty good choice.

Facing the arrival of Hastur, the Grand Duke of South Wells also warmly entertained him as before, and deliberately mentioned the pair of sisters who had given away in his words.

Hastur said with a smile: "They are very suitable for cleaning the house in the old castle."

"..."

The Grand Duke of Nanwei's face became more gloomy. The delicate flowers he spent so much effort to cultivate were for people to worship at the head of the bed, instead of letting them do some vulgar chores of cleaning the room.

"They are also good at pruning flower branches. After a year or two of training, they should be qualified for the position of gardeners."

The Grand Duke of South Wales took a deep breath, did not discuss this topic with Hasta, and took the initiative to mention the coastal defense issue of South Wales.

When the Grand Duke of South Wales tentatively asked Hastur what he thought of the coastal defense issue, Hastur stood up from his seat and delivered an impassioned speech.

From the whole navy to the offensive tendencies of the Southern Continent, and then to the international situation.

This made the Grand Duke of South Wales and many accompanying nobles stunned.

"Cough cough."

The Grand Duke of Southwell cleared his throat and interrupted Hastur's tirade.

His head can't remember so much content. He almost fell asleep just now. After scanning around, the other nobles basically did the same. Some people had closed their eyes slightly and began to doze off.

The Grand Duke of Nanwei waved his hand and told Hasta to sit down first, before he said: "You are very good, the issue of coastal defense must also be taken seriously, how about this, you go to Hughes Port to try it first, and see the actual effect .”

Hughes Port is one of the eight major ports, but it is located in the northeast of South Wales. It is the northernmost port and the least economically developed port with the least oil and water.

Hastur immediately rejected the arrangement of the Grand Duke of South Wales, saying that he wanted to unify the coastal defense of the entire South Wales, and eight important ports were indispensable.

Such a big appetite made the fat on the face of the Grand Duke of Nanwei tremble. This is no longer giving up a little profit, but cutting his flesh with a knife.

Of course, it was impossible for him to agree to such a condition, and he deliberately said: "You have just come here not long ago, and you are not familiar with the situation here, so you should come later and take over other ports slowly."

The accompanying nobles also echoed what the Grand Duke of South Wales said.

Hastur swept them around and said calmly: "Hughes Port is the northernmost port. There are 1500 permanent defenders, of which the navy has 800 personnel. It has 4 medium-sized warships and 12 small warships."

"Harker Harbor is a port located below Hughes Harbor. The economy is slightly developed. There are 1200 permanent garrison troops, including 600 naval personnel. It has three medium-sized warships and 10 small warships."

……

"Puning Port, the southernmost large port, is the most important hub connecting South Wales and the southern mainland. There are 3200 garrison troops and 1800 navy personnel. It has 1 large warship, 8 medium-sized warships, and 25 small warships. ..."

Hastur slowly spoke out the information sent by Caius, which was equivalent to slapping the Grand Duke of Nanwei in public.

The Grand Duke of South Wales stared at Hastur in astonishment. According to the information sent back, the Earl of Hastur Campbell spent most of his time in the castle. How could he know so much about these ports?
Even so, it is impossible for him to hand over all the coastal defense lines to Hastur.

After a heated and tense debate... After bargaining, Hastur finally let go.

First it dropped from eight ports to six ports, then down to four ports that were divided into half, and finally took a step back and only had three ports.

This is a result that both parties are satisfied with. It seems that Hastur has given the Grand Duke of Southwell a lot of face. He retreated again and again, and even the nobles who acted as lobbyists were embarrassed to say anything.

Sure enough, the window theory is applicable no matter which world it is in.

The Grand Duke of South Wells, who was in a good mood, entertained Hasta to play in the city for another day. Regarding this, Hastur sighed in distress and reluctantly agreed to his kindness, which made the Grand Duke of South Wells feel even better.

……

Port Purning, the Red Gloves team that followed the trail all the way from Backlund, left the depths of the dense forest, and came to Port Purning where Ince Zangwill first appeared in South Wales,

According to the memories of several old people who got up early to look at the sea, it was in the early morning of a certain day when the sun had just risen.

They found a figure swimming from the sea to the beach, wet and in a state of distress, it looked like it had been drifting on the sea for several days.

That unlucky guy was Ince Zangwill.

They also gradually recovered the whereabouts of Ince Zangwill through the accounts of other eyewitnesses in Puning Harbor.

Then, following the clues, they found the home of the Viscount Stedan who was killed by Ince Zangwill.

Through the investigation of the surrounding people, I learned that there was a natural phenomenon that night, and fireballs continued to hit the ground, causing damage to many houses.

Because what happened that night was too abnormal, many people still clearly remember what happened that night.

Ince Zangwill has been hunted down a series of times since he left Backlund!

This is the conclusion reached jointly by the members of the Red Gloves team, including Ms. Ilya who has the title of Eye of the Goddess.

Ince Zangwill was also involved in the last steam train explosion in East Tucker.

And the Black Emperor suddenly appeared offshore, and happened to meet Ince Zangwill's ship.

All of this was so just right, perhaps Ince Zangwill had already lost 008 before this, which made his situation so difficult.

Ilya said with emotion: "Those who betray their faith will eventually be cast aside by fate."

Leonard sat on the sidelines, wandering off in his thoughts.

He had inquired that Puning Port was not far from Hastur's territory, and it would take about half a day to go there by carriage.

"Leonard, what do you think about this matter?"

Faced with the question suddenly thrown by Ms. Eliya, Leonard was embarrassed and said very seriously: "I think that the current 008 may fall into the hands of a high-sequence expert in the audience path. S Zangwill's various coincidences and accidental fates."

(End of this chapter)