Extraordinary Rise: Starting Contract with the Silver Dragon Countess

Chapter 76 Cohen's Plan

Andre is gone?
Cohen looked at the message sent by Tang Nuo and sneered.

Andrea must have made some kind of deal with Sandro.

It seems that the deal is done if we leave now. It seems that we need to find time to meet with the second young master of the Southern Territory.

Late at night, at the front desk of Old John's Tavern, a little kid ran up to the front desk and announced Mr. Duke's name.

Although the receptionist at the tavern was puzzled, he still handed a heavy package to the other party.

Cohen, who had escaped into the shadows, sneered. This man was quite alert.

Cohen followed the child slowly. In the darkness, the child turned around and around and finally went into a back alley.

The package was handed to a young noble.

Cohen followed and took a look, and was immediately amused.

It was Sandro Gaunt!

The one who offered 10,000 gold coins to assassinate his pseudonym "Lord of Shadows" was actually the second son of the Grand Duke of the Southern Territory!

I was still thinking about how to deal with this second young master, but I didn't expect that he would come to me on his own initiative.

Sandro looked around warily and took the package.

He sent the child away, straightened his clothes, and strode towards the guesthouse.

Suddenly, a cold voice sounded:

"Second Young Master, why are you running around outside so late at night instead of staying at home?"

When Sandro heard the sound, his face turned pale instantly, his body tensed up, and he looked towards the source of the sound. A huge fear gripped his heart.

Cohen smiled faintly while wearing a mask:
"Why, you don't recognize me after just a few days?
Didn’t you pay 10,000 gold coins to assassinate me? Wow, that’s quite a bit!

Are all the people from the Southern Territory so rich?"

Sandro suddenly came to his senses, with horror in his eyes, and his voice was distorted by extreme shock:
"Yes...it's you...you are also from the Black Tomb!"

Cohen sneered:
"Black Tomb 'Silver Medal 207', oh no, I should be Gold Medal 'Shadow' now, I have met the Second Young Master of the Southern Territory."

Sandro felt a great sense of absurdity that the killer he commissioned to assassinate the "Lord of Shadows" was actually the "Lord of Shadows" himself.

Is there anything in the world more dramatic and absurd than this?

He suddenly realized something and was about to shout for help when he suddenly felt a sharp pain at the back of his head and fell into unconsciousness.

Prince Hauge looked at the corpse-like Sandro indifferently and asked:

"What to do? Kill him directly?"

Cohen shook his head:
"No rush, take him back first. I'm very curious about what Andre talked about with this kid.

Judging from the boy's state just now, he seems quite excited!"

When Sandro woke up, he found three people standing around him.

A burly, faceless middle-aged man, the masked "Lord of Shadows", and a lovely lady dressed as a warlock.

Cohen uttered a soft sigh:
"Isn't he dead? Give him some more."

Sandro's eyes were filled with panic and terror, and his voice became distorted due to extreme fear:
"Don't... don't kill me. I'm the son of the Grand Duke of the Southern Territory. If you kill me, you won't be able to escape!"

Cohen let out a creepy laugh:

"What kind of person is the Grand Duke of the Southern Territory?
There are more turtles in Emerald Lake than people like him.

We even dared to assassinate your king, what qualifications do you have to let us not kill you?"

Sandro's legs went weak and he couldn't stop falling down, crying and saying:
"I...I have money, I have a lot of money, I can redeem my life."

Cohen shook his head.

"If we kill you, won't the money on you belong to us? It's not very attractive."

Cohen looked at Sandro, who was huddled in the corner, and cursed him in his heart as a waste. He could only remind him out loud:
"However, we at Black Tomb are quite interested in the situation in Effiin. Do you have any important information that could buy your life?"

Sandro seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw and immediately said:
“Yes, I do!
I know the Kingdom of Ceylon wants to incite my father to rebel!

Does this count? "

Cohen's eyes moved slightly and he asked:
"Is it the person you were with during the day?"

Sandro looked horrified:
"You...you have been watching me for a long time."

Cohen snorted coldly:
"I asked you to answer the question, not to ask it. If you don't want to answer..."

"Yes, it's him. His name is Andre, and he's the special envoy of the Third Prince of the Kingdom of Ceylon."

Looking at Sandro, who was so frank, Cohen felt a sense of boredom. If all his opponents were like this, it would be too unchallenging.

"How did he instigate this? You've been talking for so long, you must have some plan."

Sandro immediately hesitated.

Cohen said coldly:
"killed."

"No, I'll tell you, I'll tell you!

It was Andre who promised to provide us with a thousand 'elite' troops in the southern border, the [Oath of Ceylon].

Help us to go to the capital to support the king and put down the rebellion of the evil queen.

He also promised that once the rebellion was successfully quelled, the Kingdom of Ceylon would acquiesce in our Gaunt family ascending the throne..."

Nephthys, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke:
"He's still hiding something."

Sandro's eyes were wide open, and his eyeballs seemed to be about to pop out of their sockets.

Cohen sneered:
"I forgot to introduce you. This is the Psion. If you try to play tricks again, you'll have to say goodbye to this world."

Sandro's eyes showed despair, and a hoarse voice came from his throat:
“He…he also gave me a sacred fruit of the elves, saying that there was some formation sealed inside.

It would have detonated my brother's wounds, making it look like he'd died at the hands of the Queen.

The first heir to the Southern Territory has died, and my father will definitely not let it go.

With the support of the Kingdom of Ceylon, I can persuade my father to launch a rebellion."

Prince Hauge, who was standing by, sneered when he heard this:
"What a scene of brotherly love, Sandro. You are quite a man to have achieved this."

Prince Hauge's ridicule seemed to have aroused Sandro's few remaining bloods, and he shouted loudly:
“I just want to kill him!

I just want him to die!

Why do all the good things belong to him since he was a child?

He wants to snatch the toy I like.

He wants to snatch the woman I like.

Who the hell is he? He just spends all day showing off his pitiful talent.

The toad wanted to eat the swan's flesh, so he talked nonsense outside and brought disaster upon himself, and had one of his arms broken off.

But he wants me to take the risk and come here to get medicine for him!

Why?
I just don't have good talent, and I haven't done anything harmful, so why should everyone revolve around me? "

Cohen sighed softly and looked at Sandro who seemed a little crazy.

I secretly thought that Andre was really cruel, forcing brothers to kill each other.

If it weren't for Andre's instigation these days, the usually cowardly Sandro would never have had this idea.

What a cunning and vicious fox!

Yes, if Sandro, that loser, were to take power, he would be much easier to control than his brother.

What's more, if Sandro succeeds, he will have the leverage over the other party. It's a perfect plan.

Cohen found the holy fruit of the elves from Sandro, and there was nothing unusual about it just by looking at its appearance.

Listening to Sandro's roar, Cohen stuffed the Elf Holy Fruit back into his body and said slowly:
“Yeah, why.

Second Young Master, you did the right thing. If you don't fight for some things, people will think you don't want them.

So, we have to fight for what we have to fight for!"

Sandro stared at Cohen with wide eyes, speechless.

Cohen chuckled:
"But I don't think Andre is a good person either. He probably supported you to take power just because he thought you were more suitable to be a puppet!"

Sandro whispered:
"So... so you mean I can still go back?"

Cohen said:
"Of course, not only do you have to go back, but you also have to continue to follow Andre's instructions. The only difference is that you'll have an additional superior now!"

Sandro is not a fool. Cohen's words clearly require him to work hard for him in the future.

Sandro nodded heavily:
"I agreed!"

Cohen smiled faintly:
"It's not enough to just talk about it!"

Nephthys snapped her fingers and chanted a spell. The legendary ring "Insight" on her finger emitted a faint light, and soon, a black rose slowly appeared.

Then, in Sandro's horrified eyes, it penetrated into his body.

(End of this chapter)