Extraordinary Rise: Starting Contract with the Silver Dragon Countess

Chapter 244: A light shines above the head, and the green man panics!

Cohen's eyes flashed with meaning as he asked:

"When exactly did Baron Gillivorth Gyan leave the Gaunt family?

Have you heard from him since you left?"

Sandro shook his head and said:
“No, this was something that I found very strange when I was a child.

Ever since Baron Gian suddenly disappeared from the family one day, no one in the family, including the servants, talked about this name anymore. Even the courtyard where Baron Gian once lived was demolished and rebuilt.

I suspect that my father secretly issued a ban within the family.

The entire Gaunt family acted as if this person had never existed.

Sometimes I wonder if my father secretly killed Baron Gian."

Cohen then asked:

"Why do you have this suspicion? Does your father have a bad relationship with Baron Gian?"

Sandro shook his head and said:
"I can't really describe the relationship between him and my father. If we say it's bad, he has been my father's tutor for many years and he has never been replaced by my father.

Well, my father treated him just like an ordinary member of the family, without any special care.

By the way, Baron Jian seems to have no immediate family, has never been married in all these years, and I've never heard him mention his family."

Cohen nodded thoughtfully and said:
"One last thing. Draw me this portrait of Baron Gillivos Gian!"

……

Asuna tugged at her adventurer's leather jacket and said to Cohen,
"Your Majesty, I am a duchess. Why should I dress up as a lowly adventurer to take office?"

Cohen rested his head on Asuna's plump thighs, admiring the beautiful view from the top of the mountain, and said:
"Once we deal with that Gillivos Gian, I will definitely let my Red Dragon Duchess take office in a grand manner."

Asuna gently pressed Cohen's forehead and asked:

"Sir, are you so sure that it is this Baron Gian who is colluding with the devil?"

Cohen closed his eyes, enjoying the warm touch and delicate massage, and said:

"I'm 70% to 80% sure. From Sandro's description, this Baron Gian is definitely not just the tutor of the former Grand Duke of the Southern Territory.

There must be a deep blood relationship between the two of them.

And Silvermoon Shoals, where the aboleths appeared, is also a big problem."

Asuna asked:
"Don't we already have a portrait? Can't we just send people to search?"

Cohen's voice was filled with mystery as he said:

"My target is not Baron Gian, a stray dog who made a deal with the devil.

Without the support of the Grand Duke of the Southern Territory, he can't make any waves on his own. I want the demons he's colluding with behind the scenes!"

Cohen opened his eyes slightly, his pupils flashing with concentration.

He looked through the traces of the devil collected by the Military Control Commission and some video footage of the scene.

Based on some experience from the game in his previous life, he deduced that the demon that Baron Jian was colluding with was at least at the gold level.

Gold-level demons are already high-level demons. Demons of this level generally would not look down on a baron noble from a human principality.

To put it bluntly, a high-level demon would not bother to make a deal with such a person.

Cohen suspected that the demon appeared in the southern border for other reasons and that Gillivos Gian was just one of his puppets.

Cohen needs to understand clearly why this high-level demon is so painstakingly supporting a puppet in the Southern Territory, or what is so attractive about the Southern Territory.

Therefore, he could not alert the demons, otherwise they would probably disappear.

We must find their whereabouts and catch them all in one fell swoop while they are still cooperating with Baron Gian.

Not long after, the temperature inside the carriage dropped significantly. Cohen looked over the mountain and saw a delicate and cold jade-like face appear beside him.

Meilansha stared at the two of them, snorted, and said:

"We are still a day's journey from Fontaine County, where Silver Moon Shoal is located, and we haven't found anything unusual."

Cohen sat up and said:

"It's getting late, let's rest today. I remember this is the southern border... Red Stone County?

The hometown of Baron Gillivos Gyan?"

Roselanda nodded:
"The mayor of Red Stone County and the chief of the Southern Border Military Control Station are already waiting at the front.

The former sheriff of Redstone County was killed for participating in the rebellion, and the new sheriff is a relative of Prime Minister Angus and is trustworthy.

Cohen nodded slightly and said:
"Okay, then go meet them."

After saying that, the three of them drove the carriage forward. Not long after, two middle-aged men with serious expressions appeared on the side of the road.

Seeing the carriage, the two men quickly came forward. One of the middle-aged men, who was obviously older, immediately bowed and lowered his voice:
"Redstone County Governor Evans greets His Majesty and His Royal Highness the Grand Duke."

Cohen waved his hand and said:

"Don't tell anyone. Just tell everyone we're your relatives and let us go into the city."

Arriving at the arranged hotel, Cohen looked at the head of the Southern Border Military Control Station, who had been following silently behind him, and asked:

"Have you figured out the general situation of Silver Moon Shoal?"

The stationmaster of the Southern Border Station took out a document and replied:
"Your Majesty, I understand now.

It was originally the private property of the Gaunt family, used for breeding marine fish.

It is usually guarded by the guards of the Gaunt family and is difficult for ordinary people to approach.

As for the sign of the devil that was noticed not long ago, it came from a fishing boat in the shallows.

We secretly investigated and found that this fishing boat originally belonged to the Gaunt family. After the Gaunt family rebelled, the owner of this boat also died in the rebellion."

Cohen asked:

"From Silver Moon Shoal, can we directly reach the Endless Sea?"

The stationmaster of the Southern Border Station nodded and said:
"Yes, Your Majesty, it will take about a day and a night to reach the Endless Sea.

Oh, yes, this is also the only place in the South Territory besides Golden Sail Port that can enter the Endless Sea."

"I see."

Cohen flipped through the information about Silver Moon Shoal in his hand, a look of deep thought appearing between his brows.

If a demon appears on a fishing boat, it means that the demon has used the boat more than once.

A gold-level demon needs to use a fishing boat, which means that the place he is going to must be very far away, and the magic power of the gold level alone is not enough to support him to reach the destination.

Then his destination is most likely the Endless Sea.

What would a demon do in the Endless Sea?
Cohen closed his eyes and recalled the plot of the game in his previous life——

The fifty-eighth pillar of the demon god Ami, the devil, the endless sea...

What is it that ties these things together?
Suddenly, Cohen opened his eyes abruptly, a trace of horror appeared in his pupils, and cold sweat broke out on his back.

He remembered a legend about the fifty-eighth demon god Ami in the game of his previous life!
If the legend is true, then the identity of this Gillivos Gian may be even more terrifying than he imagined!
Cohen breathed a sigh of relief, his eyes moving slightly. Such a difficult enemy actually appeared in his own country... No, maybe he could turn a bad thing into a good thing!

Cohen's thoughts raced, and he soon came up with an idea.

However, you still need to verify your guess. If you guess wrong, it would be a big mistake.

How to verify it? If Gillivos's identity is as he imagined, then he must be able to find other evidence.

While Cohen was thinking, a slightly resentful voice sounded from the bedroom:
"If you don't come in, go find the Grand Duchess next door!"

Cohen smiled bitterly, suppressed his thoughts, pushed open the bedroom door, and saw Rosalina pouting and staring at him angrily.

Cohen coughed lightly and said with a smile:

"Sorry, sorry, I was so engrossed in thinking about something that I accidentally neglected the beauty."

After saying that, without waiting for Rosalina to speak, he carried the girl into the bathroom.

Soon, a sobbing voice sounded from the room...

……

"Has there been any women in the Gaunt family who died tragically in the last three generations?"

Facing Cohen's question, the stationmaster of the Southern Border Station frowned and thought for a moment before saying:

"Your Majesty, what do you mean by 'no happy ending'..."

Cohen explained:
"They are the kind of people who don't live to their full lifespan and die prematurely from illness or accidents.

For example, a bronze-level transcendent should have lived for a hundred years, but died in his sixties or seventies.

Well, it would be best if they were direct descendants of the Gaunt family, the closer the better."

The stationmaster of the Southern Border Station's eyes lit up and he said:

"If that's what Your Majesty says, then Haliana, the grandmother of the former Grand Duke of the Southern Territory, Kruger Gaunt, meets the criteria.

Kruger's grandmother was a sixth-level extraordinary being. Logically, she should have lived for nearly two hundred years, but it seemed that she died after only living for more than seventy years.

The explanation given by the Southern Territory is that he had an acute illness."

Cohen's eyes flashed with a hint of sternness, and he said:

“That’s her!

Find out all the details about this Harliana, including the places she's been to since she was a child, the people she's met, and everything else. Bring it to me."

"it is good."

With the personal order from His Majesty the King, the Military Control Commission acted extremely quickly and collected all the information on Harliana in less than a day.

Cohen quickly flipped through the documents and soon stopped at an inconspicuous text -

On a certain day of a certain month and year in the Continental calendar, Grand Duchess Haliana of the Southern Territory went out to sea and disappeared for three days.

After returning, he looked haggard, as if he had been frightened. According to the guards on the ship, he encountered a black storm and got lost.

Cohen continued to look through the books and found that exactly one year after the Grand Duchess disappeared, she died of an unexpected illness.

Cohen closed the document and turned to the Gaunt family chronicle next to it. Comparing the time, he found that three years after Harliana's death, the Grand Duke also died, and was then succeeded by his son, who was Kruger Gaunt's father.

It almost matches. Cohen's speculation has been verified. The next step is to force Baron Gian out!

He immediately took out the communication stone, contacted Adele, and arranged a task for her.

After that, he no longer mentioned going to Silver Moon Shoals, and stayed with Asuna and Rosalina in the residence arranged for them by the governor of Redstone County.

Every day, he helped Asuna sort out the complicated relationships between the officials and nobles in the southern territory, and at night, he and Rosina tried all kinds of new tricks, having a lot of fun. Until finally, a decree came from Florence -

"Investigate all the former Gaunt family's properties. The properties will be taken over by the Royal Guards."

A list of industries was also attached, and Silver Moon Shoal appeared prominently on the list.

After receiving the news, Cohen took Rosalina and Asuna and secretly left Redstone County.

……

Bell Polk is the sheriff of Fontaine County in the southern border, and is related by marriage to the Gaunt family, the former Grand Duke of the Southern Border.

Or it can be said that anyone who can become a county-level administrative chief in the southern border has more or less some connection with the Gaunt family.

When the South rebelled, Bell Polk was very self-aware and did not participate in any rebellion.

In addition, they were not closely related to the Gaunt family, so when the Gaunt family's power was liquidated, Bell was not affected.

Late at night, in Bell's mansion, he stood respectfully beside a strange middle-aged man, whispering something.

After finishing speaking, the middle-aged man raised his head slightly, revealing a handsome face full of the special charm of a middle-aged man.

After a brief silence, a deep voice sounded, with a barely perceptible hint of coldness:

"Why would you suddenly send the Guards to take over the Gaunt family's estate?

Wasn't it already agreed that less important industries would be taken over by the respective regional administrative heads?"

Bell sighed:
"Maybe the royal family is short of money again!

The Queen's recent national performance review campaign extorted a large sum of military pay from many nobles.

I heard that Earl Austin of Helios Province donated most of his property to the royal family as a contribution.

Your Majesty's elite troops are simply too expensive."

The man snorted coldly and said indifferently:

“Will Effiin be short of money?
Isn’t their King hooking up with the heir to the richest family on the continent?

If he just moves his lips, the girl with golden wings might be able to bring him a mountain of gold."

Bell gave a wry smile and thought, who would complain about having too much money?

He suppressed his thoughts, carefully selected his tone, and said:
"My lord, if this continues, Silver Moon Shoal will soon be taken over by the royal family, and you may not be able to sail from here..."

The strange middle-aged man looked thoughtful and said in a low voice:

"Can you do some work? It's just a small fish farming industry, so one more or one less shouldn't be a big problem."

Bell looked embarrassed and said:
“It would be fine if it was a provincial commissioner, but this time it was the Royal Guards who were sent directly.

Each of the royal guards is passed down from generation to generation, and their roots are the group of people who followed Corleone's ancestors to build the empire.

I really can't find the connection there.

Furthermore, given Her Majesty the Queen's temper and methods, I don't think anyone would take such a risk to help us do this."

The middle-aged man fell into deep thought again, and a ferocious look appeared faintly on his handsome face in the darkness.

Bell hesitated for a moment and said:
"Sir, why do we have to sail out from Silver Moon Shoal?
Besides this place, there are other places in the South Territory that can lead to the Endless Sea. There is still work to be done at Jinfan Port..."

The middle-aged man's voice was still very cold:
“Thanks to your family members who wanted to continue their lives, the Military Control Commission has already detected the demon’s presence in the southern border.

All passages and ports have been secretly set up with detection arrays, and Jinfan Port is no exception. Can you work around the detection arrays?"

Bell was surprised. He really didn't know this news.

The middle-aged man's voice returned to indifference:
"When will the next fishermen from Silver Moon Shoals go out to sea?"

Bell wiped the sweat from his forehead, thought for a while and said:
"Three days from now, in the morning."

The middle-aged man then said:

"Arrange a boat for me in three days.

Also, prepare a few more space storage devices for me, the more the better."

Bell nodded repeatedly, then asked hesitantly:

"Sir, are you available recently?"

The middle-aged man glanced at Bell, with a hint of amusement in his voice:
"Why, is there someone who is reluctant to die again?"

Bell's face showed embarrassment. After a moment of silence, he said:

"I...my talent should have reached its limit. Level 6 is the pinnacle of my potential..."

The middle-aged man's eyes were filled with sarcasm, and he said lightly:

“How many years do you want to live?”

Bell couldn't help but widen his eyes, his voice a little hoarse:

"a hundred years!"

The middle-aged man glanced at Bell, a hint of disdain appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he said calmly:
"With your physical condition, you can't withstand such a huge infusion of life energy."

Bell's face turned pale and he asked:

"How long can that last?"

The middle-aged man spit out a number:
"Thirty years."

Bell suddenly dejected, this number was far different from his expectation.

But he had no choice. Judging from the situation, the person in front of him was about to leave Red Stone County at any time. If he didn't hurry up, he was afraid that he would not be able to last even these thirty years.

The middle-aged man reminded:

"I won't be leaving here anytime soon. Please take care of my affairs first."

Bell nodded quickly and said:
"Don't worry, sir. I will arrange everything."

……

Three days later, in the early morning of Silver Moon Shoal, Bell led the handsome middle-aged man to a fishing boat that was about to go out to sea to fish.

The middle-aged man looked at the crew members on the ship and asked:

"Are these people reliable?"

Bell patted his chest and assured:
"Don't worry, sir. These people are my trusted subordinates. I promise not to leak any information."

The middle-aged man nodded, got on the boat, and sailed towards the depths of the Endless Sea.

The sea is like an endless piece of dark blue silk, merging with the lead-gray sky in the distant horizon, with the boundaries blurred and difficult to distinguish.

The sea breeze blew past with a salty and humid air.

A fishing boat was sailing on the vast ocean, and the hull was shaking slightly due to the waves.

The middle-aged man stood on the deck, his sight seeming to penetrate the endless waves and reach the deepest part of the sea.

As time passed, the captain walked onto the deck and said to the middle-aged man:
"Sir, if we go further, we will be close to the Endless Sea. I heard that there are often pirates there, and there are even many powerful monsters.

Shall we continue on?"

The middle-aged man said calmly:

"Keep going, and we'll talk about it when we reach the Endless Sea."

The captain's face turned unhappy, but County Mayor Bell had told them to obey this man's command in everything before he left, so he could only complain secretly in his heart.

Commanding the crew to continue moving forward.

After sailing for a while, the fishing boat seemed to be approaching a special sea area. The originally turbulent sea surface seemed to become docile here, and the waves were not so violent.

But the more this happened, the more nervous the crew members on the fishing boat felt.

This is already the waters of the Endless Sea. They have heard many rumors about this mysterious sea area full of dangers and opportunities.

Just as the captain was thinking about whether to ask the middle-aged man again, the middle-aged man took the initiative to speak:

"Stay here and don't move until I come back.

It will probably take me a day.”

The middle-aged man's words immediately made the captain feel relieved, and he quickly replied:
"Okay sir."

The middle-aged man's eyes became much more serious as he stared at the seemingly calm sea in the distance. He stepped lightly on the deck, turned into a golden light, and flew towards the depths of the sea.

We hadn't flown far when the originally blue sky and calm sea suddenly changed.

The sky was instantly covered by thick leaden clouds, which spread like ink, swallowing up all the light between heaven and earth.

The calm sea suddenly began to shake violently, and a sea monster as huge as a mountain broke out of the deep sea.

The middle-aged man's eyes were stern. He lightly swiped his palm and a dark ray of light flew towards the monster.

This seemingly inconspicuous light descended on the top of the monster's head in just an instant, and then concentrated in the middle of the monster's huge body. There was no deafening explosion sound, nor was there a strong flash of light.

But soon, the huge body of the monster slowly split in the middle, as if it was pried apart by a pair of invisible giant hands, and split into two halves.

The two parts of the body slowly sank into the sea, and the cut was flat and smooth, as if it had been cut by the sharpest blade.

Only then did blood gushed out from the incision, instantly dyeing the surrounding sea water blood red.

The middle-aged man didn't even glance at the corpse of the monster. Without a trace of emotion in his eyes, he gently shook his cloak and muttered:

"Silver-rank monsters have already appeared around the Endless Sea. It seems this continent is really on the verge of complete chaos..."

The middle-aged man stepped lightly into the void, turned into a golden light, and continued to walk deeper.

After flying for more than two hours with the strength of a gold-level transcendent, the middle-aged man finally stopped. At this moment, he seemed to have entered another world. Gazing into the distance, he saw the sea surface flashing with a strange light, not the ordinary azure, but a deep purple, like a huge gem exuding mysterious temptation.

The color of the sky is also very strange. In the distance, the huge sea fog is like a white wall, separating this sea area from the outside world.

Suddenly, a chilling and cold aura quietly rolled over, and several benthic devil fish broke out of the water, accompanied by a large amount of water splashing.

The benthic devil fish is more than one meter tall, with a slender body covered with slippery scales and a strong and powerful tail. When it swings from side to side, the water it stirs up is like a series of small whirlpools.

The demon fish swam around the man without any intention of attacking.

The middle-aged man waved his hand slightly, and the magic fish sank back to the bottom of the sea. He was about to follow the magic fish into the sea when a young voice suddenly rang out:

"You must have spent many years training such an obedient aboleth.

Mr. Gillivos Gyan!"

(End of this chapter)