Daily News: Insect Girls' Heavy Dependence

Ok……

As expected.

Richard could clearly feel the claws piercing into his chest cavity on both sides.

The ten hooks locked onto the ribs.

However, he did not sit idly by and wait for his doom!

Even after the Thunder Demon Insect was overloaded, it still forcibly activated the Blade Insect Cocoon...

Suddenly! A longsword slashed horizontally!

The skinny bird-like man suddenly tilted his body to the side.

His head escaped the attack, but an arm was severed. However, he managed to grab it firmly, preventing it from falling into the shopping street below.

Richard's plan, even if he couldn't risk his life, to leave the killer with severed limbs, also failed...

Then, the gaunt birdman ignored the gasps of pedestrians on the street.

He was enraged by his prey's dying counterattack.

Using the joint of his severed arm, he aimed it at the prey's head.

Clang! Clang! Clang...!

It was smashed violently dozens of times!

Until the bones in his own arm broke.

Richard's entire head was deformed, and blood covered his face...

Furthermore, due to external damage, the backlash and depletion of his own strength, his body became limp and his limbs drooped.

There was absolutely no more struggle or reaction.

"Hehehe? Sir? Are you unconscious or dead? Oh well, they didn't say they wanted you alive anyway, hehehehehe..."

They didn't even glance at the security personnel appearing on the street.

The gaunt birdman gripped Richard's ribs tightly, flapped his wings, and flew away.

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This is the horse farm.

Inside the council chamber.

Dressed in her finest attire, Yekaterin communicates via telepathic sea snail worms...

I heard everything that was happening on Richard's end!

She was supposed to be signing the acquisition agreement, but her face was terribly gloomy...

The young men and women around her could clearly see her unusual behavior.

What's wrong with Catherine the Great? She clearly acquired the royal family's horse farm at a low price; shouldn't that be something to be happy about?

This thought simultaneously appeared in the minds of these top young elites.

They had never seen such a terrifying expression on the usually kind Miss Ekaterin August's face before...

"Lady Yekaterinburg, the handover ceremony..."

A blonde noblewoman with a close relationship with Yekaterin whispered a reminder.

"...I...understand, Lady Cassandra...please bring me along..."

Yekaterin tried her best to maintain her composure. She had to hold back her tears and sobs...

She couldn't afford to be impolite here. Even though having Cassandra attend the handover ceremony in her place had already been a huge blunder.

But she really couldn't stay calm at that moment.

She heard every single one of the dozens of heavy blows to Richard's head. They struck directly at the very spot of her deepest fear…

She simply couldn't bear to think about the worst possible outcome... She had just emerged from the shadow of her father's death, and now she was about to face the devastating news of Richard's death?

Kassan Isa and other young dignitaries who were close to Yekaterin. Although they didn't know exactly what had happened, they all tactfully refrained from pressing her further.

Instead, they asked people to postpone the handover ceremony.

Regardless, as Yekaterin's friends, they absolutely did not want this ill-fated duchess to suffer any further harm.

More than ten minutes of awkward silence...

A tall, handsome man with blond hair and golden eyes once again shooed away the people from the horse farm who came to urge them on.

Return to the team and ask:

"Miss Yekaterin, what happened?"

Yekalin naturally wasn't in the mood to answer; she had already contacted her family.

No matter how big the conflict is between her and the August family now.

Members of the royal family were attacked in New Rome...

This is an unforgivable dereliction of duty! A unified investigation must be launched now! This matter must be resolved before the news gets out!

Otherwise, at this point in time when the kingdom's powerful and wealthy are gathering in the new Rome... the August family will just have to wait to become a laughing stock among the top nobles!

Yekalin finally suppressed her inner fear, realizing that a little woman's crying and wailing would not solve the problem at all!

If even he himself couldn't believe Richard was still alive, then in this unfamiliar new Rome... he was truly dead!

The neighing of the white night stars transformed into a roar, and they finally arrived at the horse farm before the time requested by their master.

Whispering instructions to Kassan Isa, Yekalin ran out of the council hall without any regard for her image.

The chariot crashing against the stars in the white night.

Two eight-legged steeds roared once more and charged up the nearest elevated road through the clouds.

The goal is very clear.

Head straight to the central castle complex.

The very core of it all! The giant building that those old fogies at Buck would talk about.

Now the only option is to swallow your pride and ask them for help... otherwise, with Yekaterin's influence, she simply cannot mobilize the knightly legions of New Rome.

Watching Yekalin leave in such a hurry.

The sons of the powerful and wealthy at the horse farm truly sensed that a momentous event was about to occur that would shake the entire city of New Rome.

That was definitely not just a petty tantrum by Yekalin out of a momentary girlish temper!

They all began to gather their vehicles, wanting to find their family elders and find out what had happened.

But it's a pity!

Cassandra intercepted them directly:

"Gentlemen, Lady Yekaterin has important family matters to discuss. It would be best if we did not interfere in the affairs of the August family!"

The blond youth, who had previously been ignored by Yekaterin, was no longer buying it:

"Even if there are family matters, there's no reason to leave us here alone. Miss Cassandra, can you tell me what Yekaterin said to you?"

That's extremely rude of you! To eavesdrop on the private conversation of two noble ladies...

However, the crowd was not too surprised by the blond youth's rude behavior.

This eldest son of the Duke of Donghai has been infatuated with Yekaterin for quite some time.

Within the social circle of these elite aristocratic youths, they naturally speculated about the relationship between the two, believing that only he was worthy of Yekaterin…

Because among his peers, even among royal princes... there are few who can compare to this noble young man who is destined to inherit the title of Duke of Donghai.

After all, there is only one crown for the king, and the princes of the Kingdom of Kiel have little real power...

Cassandra clearly didn't care about the blond young man's identity. It was as if everyone was a descendant of a duke!

Moreover, she didn't have a good impression of this guy's impetuous remarks earlier.

He casually addressed the blond youth by his full name:

"Leonardo Sotus...stop your nonsense. Lady Yekaterin is already annoyed enough; do you really want to get involved?"

Leonardo has clearly not given up.

This was the first time he had ever seen Yekalin in such a distraught state.

His intuition told him that this was definitely not a family matter!

Even if Yekarin herself didn't say it, the fact that she had fallen out with the August family was something Yekarin herself was aware of.

These privileged young people had also heard their elders in the clan mention it, intentionally or unintentionally.

They were even directly warned not to interfere in the August family's affairs!

But Leonardo couldn't do that; he just wanted to get involved!

He had had enough of Yekaterin's indifference towards him!

If I could use the power and influence of the Duke of Donghai to intervene in the internal affairs of the August family...?

What if it succeeds?

Not only could he win the heart of his beloved... his own father would probably be happy to see it too!

The Sotus family in their generation.

You can also hold the titles of duke in both the North and the East Sea at the same time!