What were you doing before the end of the world? Are you going to be an assassin?

The general could sense his [Eagle Vision]? Was it enhanced by the blood of the super dangerous species or his own keen perception? Connor kept his heart beating at the frequency that a normal person should have when in close contact with the general. In short, it was beating very fast.

"Come on, send him down to freshen up, and then change into clothes suitable for the party. My subordinates cannot be dirty."

"General..."

"The strong can dominate the weak at will, right Kitty?"

Esdeath let go of Connor, and a thin layer of frost appeared on her fingers, which quickly fell to the ground and disappeared. She called two waiters and invited Connor to a room inside the banquet hall.

After a quick wash and a shave of the beard that had accumulated over a month in the wilderness, Connor waited for the waiter to deliver new clothes - a light grey silk gown, jet-black high boots and a long black satin cape. The chest of the shirt was embroidered with the same pattern as General Esdeath's, which was the mark left after the general conquered the imperial weapon.

To be precise, this was the product of the local chief executive using public funds to pursue celebrities, creating "peripheries" for General Esdeath. He sold those brightly colored and luxurious items to the wealthy and powerful, earned a lot of money, and donated it all to the general in the name of "suppression pay." Without exception, all the money was distributed by Esdeath to his subordinates.

By the time Connor returned to the banquet hall wearing this outfit, the banquet was about to begin.

Six incredibly large and dangerous yaks were slowly turning on the barbecue skewers. They had been turning in the kitchen for several hours and were now moved to the banquet hall. The kitchen helpers next to them were busy applying butter and herbs until the meat was roasted to a crispy and greasy texture.

The table was piled high with beets, strawberries, and freshly baked bread, and a large number of waiters shuttled between the tables, constantly delivering drinks and more food.

There was thick venison soup, which was a far cry from the bland soup provided in the hunter's camp; there were cold beets, spinach and salads sprinkled with nut crumbs, including pine nuts, a specialty of the North; there were also plump salmon caught from the running water under the ice cap of the great river; there were sweet breads, pigeon pies, lemon cakes and the like, and there were countless others.

The lavish banquets of the powerful and wealthy are something that the displaced poor cannot and dare not imagine.

Clothes make the man. After changing into a set of exquisite clothes, Connor was brought before General Esdeath.

There was a whispered commotion in the banquet hall.

He no longer had a messy beard or a hood covering his face, and he was no longer wearing those old clothes. His tall and handsome figure, coupled with his neatly trimmed blond hair, made many people look at Connor with something amiss.

Connor could even hear some of the powerful ladies openly and enthusiastically discussing, cheering, cheering, and whistling.

"Lion? When did a hunter with such a symbol appear in our northern border?"

"No, no, I think it looks more like an eagle. Its chest is as broad as an eagle's wings. Oh... look at those eyes. If..." A noble lady covered her mouth with a handkerchief and whispered to her companions, "It would be great if I could dig out these eyes and keep them as my collection."

Cruel words came out of those gentle lips, but neither the noble lady, her companions, or their servants saw any problem with it.

"Dig out the eyes?" his companion retorted, "Don't you think it's more rewarding to train the eagle?"

"Little Eagle, come to me."

Esdeath's voice interrupted the noble ladies' fantasies. It seemed that the eagle already had a buyer.

The interest of the noble ladies was immediately dampened. They were not foolish enough to compete with the notorious imperial general for someone.

When Connor, who had changed his clothes, sat down with the three beast warriors, there were only two beast warriors seated. When he sat in the seat closest to Esdeath, Esdeath re-examined him.

Sure enough, Xiaoying, who has such eyes, looks pretty good after being cleaned up.

"How old are you this year?" After the banquet started and dealing with the local dignitaries, Esdeath asked casually.

"24, General."

"Really? That's a pity." Esdeath did not hide her regret. If only the little eagle could be five years younger, no, just four years younger would be enough.

Connor's current ambition, strength, courage, and background all meet her requirements, except for his age.

She wanted to find someone younger than herself so that she could dominate him.

42. The General’s Test

At the banquet that followed, Connor was really happy eating and laughing while eating the food.

Esdeath did not show any abnormal behavior, but occasionally looked at Connor through the wine in the glass.

Although she was very powerful, she had finally reached an age where she wanted to fall in love, to borrow the minister's words.

Esdeath is not a general who only knows how to fight and kill. She also has a clear understanding of politics. It’s just that her overly powerful strength allows her to break away from the rules of the game and do only what she likes - war.

She still has some sense of politics.

I had just started to think about having a relationship when Connor suddenly appeared.

This hunter met almost four of the five conditions that Esdeath had not yet organized into a systematic idea of a lover, except for the age. Esdeath was mixed with joy and regret, and began to suspect whether there was a conspiracy.

There are definitely people who meet one of the requirements, there are also people who meet two or three of the requirements, and there are probably no more than a handful of people who meet four or five of the requirements in the entire empire.

Did a traitor leak the news, or was it that the minister was worried and sent someone to monitor her? Or maybe...

Esdeath thought of the Imperial Assassination Force, the Oberg Assassination Society, and the Revolutionary Army.

Especially the Oberg Assassination Society, and Maillard Oberg in this organization, this woman even wanted to sleep with her once.

If it was true that these organizations had collected intelligence that might be leaked from channels she didn't know about, and then sent assassins of the corresponding type to kill her, Esdeath smiled playfully, isn't that underestimating her?

Play with the little eagle first, then Esdeath drank the wine in one gulp, a faint blush appearing on her face.

"If you are an assassin who comes to kill me... I can give you a chance to challenge me. After all, your eyesight is really great."

"If you are not an assassin with ulterior motives, and you have finally met such a coincidental candidate, you might as well relax the age limit..."

General Bing wants to dominate someone, so why does he care about the other person's age?

Among the three beast warriors, there is the transvestite Niu, who is only one year older than Esdeath, thirty-year-old Daidas, and forty-year-old Leva. Which one of them is not dominated by her?

Wasn't the prince of the northern ethnic group also young and handsome? Didn't he end up being a boot-licking dog?

However, that kind of control is not what Esdath wants.

"Little Eagle," As the banquet was drawing to a close, Esdas came over and patted Connor on the shoulder and said, "Come out with me alone tonight and solve the dangerous species that the governor is worried about."

The test has been set, which side are you on?

The aroma of wine and the cold scent of General Ice filled his face. Connor clutched his knees, leaving several fingerprints on the silk clothes.

I said that it is impossible for someone who can become a general to trust others so easily!

If one wants to gain the recognition of the highest-ranking general in the empire, be successfully brought into the imperial capital or even the palace, and get close to Minister Ernest, it takes more than just the heads of a hundred dangerous species. Defeating an imperial weapon user who doesn't use an imperial weapon is just the icing on the cake.

It seems that the most crucial test will be tonight.

When facing dangerous species, one must appear brave and fearless, which is consistent with the previously created character of "a hunter who wants to be a general."

If there is any slightest revelation, Esdeath said she came with nothing, and she can really destroy a country with nothing.

Connor calmed down and said calmly that he would definitely not let the general down.

……

That night, Esdeath and Connor set out empty-handed to defeat the dangerous species.

According to the prefect's description, it was a dragon-shaped dangerous species. Because it had wings and the ability to fly, the prefect had hesitated several times between level one and level three dangerous species when assessing the dragon-shaped dangerous species.

Connor had already defeated three first-level dangerous species, such as earth dragons and ice dragons, but this was the first time he encountered a flying dragon-shaped dangerous species.

"From the North? For a month?"

Connor stroked his smooth chin, and he seemed to have some idea.

"If you have any ideas, just tell me. Being a general requires more than just wielding swords and sticks." Esdeath walked lazily in front of Connor, exposing her back to him, looking completely defenseless.

Unfortunately, Connor didn't consider Esdeath as an assassination target at all.

"A month ago, a hunter in the hunter camp said that there had been unusual movements of dangerous species in the wilderness. I also hunted three level one dangerous species in a month."

Connor speculated: "The only thing that can make a level one dangerous species abandon their territory is a higher level of danger."

The appearance of super-dangerous species is tantamount to a natural disaster, but there has been no change in the northern wilderness; Esdeath carries the blood of the super-dangerous species of the imperial weapon, but a month ago Esdeath was still in the imperial capital.

Then it can only be the extremely dangerous species that moved south.

By piecing together the information provided by the governor, it is easy to link the changes in the northern wilderness to the dangerous flying dragon-shaped species that came from the north a month ago.

"Extra-dangerous species?" Esdeath didn't care. If it was a super-dangerous species, the kind used to make imperial tools, she might still be interested. But a super-dangerous species... the kind that could be killed instantly was not as interesting as testing Kotori.

Along the way, Connor did not forget to maintain his character and captured many traces of suspected dangerous species. His keen and meticulous observation skills made Esdeath silently give Xiaoying a point.

The two men arrived at the edge of a towering stone wall, one after the other. The stone wall was more than ten meters high, and there was a small river below.

Connor and Esdeath tacitly agreed not to show their heads outside because they both smelled a fishy odor.

"Xiaoying, just use that one, you know." Esdeath stood on tiptoe and whispered in Connor's ear.

Esdeath did not think that Connor's special abilities were the work of the imperial equipment. The empire was so large and had existed for nearly a thousand years, so there would always be some gifted people. Perhaps their ancestors were hybrids of humans and dangerous species (the leader of the Anning Dao in the original book was one of them).

Just like how Esdeath herself could hunt dangerous species alone when she was a child and possessed extraordinary strength, it is not surprising that Connor can see even farther.

An eagle's cry sounded in his mind, and Connor's perspective had changed to a commanding look down from above.

[Eagle Eye Vision] had been discovered by Esdeath a long time ago, otherwise she wouldn't have kept calling "Little Eagle, Little Eagle".

"What beautiful chestnut eyes, really like Kitty Hawk's."

It was the first time that someone was watching Connor using Eagle Vision, and Esdeath immediately noticed the changes in Connor's eyes.

"Target found, flying dragon species confirmed."

43. The capable little eagle

There were lush forests growing in the valley, and the flying dragon species did not surprise Connor. They were terrifyingly large in size and were already classified as extremely dangerous species.

This extremely dangerous species flew into the sky at dusk, attacked the flocks of local shepherds, feasted on their flesh and blood, and then returned to its valley to sleep.

Esdeath had no intention of taking action and let Xiaoying do what he wanted.

With the help of [Breath Blocking], Connor found a place in the valley not far from the flying dragon species. Hiding behind the dense bushes, he drew his bow and shot an arrow into the gap between the ribs of the flying dragon species lying on its side.

But this arrow with a dragon-tooth tip did not penetrate the flesh. Instead, it bounced off a rock and landed on the slippery rocky beach by the river.

"The scales of super dangerous species are much stronger than those of first-level dangerous species." Although Connor failed in his attempt, he also gained a general understanding of the surface defense of super dangerous species.

The special flying dragon species woke up from its sleep, raised its bloody head, and turned its eyes around to look for what animal dared to disturb its sleep. In its open, pointed and long mouth, you can see a few balls of wool hanging on its jagged fangs.

Now the dangerous creature's chest was facing Connor, so Connor did not hesitate and immediately shot a series of arrows, one of which was aimed at the unprotected heart, and the other was aimed at the dangerous creature's open mouth.

Unfortunately, it failed to hit the target again. The arrow rolled down to the feet of the special-grade flying dragon species, and the aura of the first-grade dangerous species on it made it crazy.

The red crown is erected high, the short and thick neck is swollen with anger, and the strong and powerful tail is clamped between the legs, ready to strike with a devastating blow at any time.

Connor threw his bow and quiver aside and drew the enchanted battle axe from his belt.

The blades of the three-dimensional mobile device are too brittle. Even cutting bones will break the blades, let alone this kind of extremely dangerous species with hard scales.

Sure enough, the special flying dragon species that had been the overlord for a long time rushed out spewing white gas. Its wings flying freely in the sky could not hinder its rushing forward like a gale on the ground. The knuckles of its wings acted as forelimbs, and with the powerful push of its legs, it was more ferocious than the bulky first-level dangerous species that Connor had hunted.

It's not running, it's catapulting!

The special-grade flying dragon roared in a low voice, and all its muscles trembled suddenly. The dense scales on its body stood up like knives.

Connor felt his hands go numb from the shock and he stepped back repeatedly until his back hit the rock wall. The protruding rocks made him feel a burning pain in his back.

【Adaptive Defense】Open!

It is indeed not something that a normal human can do to confront a super dangerous species head-on. Fortunately, the quality of the battle axe is good enough. The axe blade with armor-piercing function was pierced through the scales on the chest by the super dangerous species' own momentum and cut into the chest for a full ten centimeters.

A wound ten centimeters deep was not considered a serious injury to the overlord of the sky, but being injured at the hands of such a small human was like having the sheep stabbed in the throat while eating it.

Although he was also puzzled as to why the little thing could break through his scales, the Overlord had limited brain power after all. The axe blade was blocked by the sternum, and the Overlord pecked at Connor with its sharp beak. If it bit hard, even the hardest skull of a level one dangerous species would be poked with a hole.

With a thud, the Overlord's mouth hit the rock wall behind Connor, stirring up countless gravel.

Connor dodged it narrowly, pulled out his axe, twisted the bulge on the face of the dangerous creature, and boldly stepped on the head of the dangerous creature.

His experience in operating three-dimensional maneuvering devices allowed him to stand firmly on the head of the special-grade flying dragon species and aim at the eyes of the dangerous species and chop them down.

There is no such thing as an invulnerable and indestructible defense. It's just that we haven't found the right weakness.

Eyes, internal organs and excretion holes without scale protection are the inevitable weaknesses of these dragon-shaped dangerous species. Thousands of years ago, the founding emperor made super-dangerous species that were more powerful than extra-dangerous species into imperial weapons in the absence of imperial weapons.

The sharp spike of the battle axe smashed down, and in an instant one of the eyes of the special flying dragon species turned into a fountain of blood. The severe pain made it shake its body violently, shaking Connor away.

Climbing up from the ground, Connor grabbed a huge rock and threw it at the dangerous creature. Such a rock would have shaken the wooden house in the hunter camp, but the dangerous creature was not hurt at all. Its hard black skin and scales were stronger than armor, protecting its body firmly.

The huge rock smashed into the scales and shattered instantly.

It seems that only the battle axe in his hand can directly break the scales of the special flying dragon.

Connor began to look for opportunities to use his battle axe to inflict as many wounds on the flying dragon species as possible. His extraordinary agility allowed him to dodge countless attacks. This time, the dangerous species' body could not withstand it, and the sharp axe blade chopped deeply into its body along the previous wound.

The pain made the dangerous creature even more angry. It turned around and tried to bite Connor, but Connor seized the opportunity and used the bone dagger sharpened from the sharpest fangs of the first-level dangerous creature to pierce its last intact eye.

Roar--

The special-grade flying dragon species straightened its body, which was straighter than a tree trunk, and rushed forward like an arrow, turning the river valley into a mess.