Chapter 300 The New King's Hospitality

The conflict with the thief worm was an accident, but Clayton also confirmed through Edwards' performance that he did not really have the ability to read minds.

This information is very important.

If Edwards can only judge whether others are lying, then Clayton has a way to avoid it.

The reason why he always suspected that Edwards was not a qualified partner was because most of the statements made by this dark wizard about this country were actually lies. Edwards was not making a one-sided contribution. The people of this country gave him equal value in rewards.

Edwards helped the people of this country to eliminate desires and resist corruption, and at the same time absorbed these desires to regain the ability to enjoy.

The first thing that the servant of the devil devours is his own emotions and desires.

And Clayton also came into contact with another person who had experience in serving the devil-the spider priest Athena Prug.

Although the two sides did not actually deal with each other many times, Clayton could still see that the woman was obsessed with it. She only had goals in her eyes, and she didn't even care about her own children. Enjoyment was an unnecessary activity for her.

Theoretically, the Spider Priest, who has lived for less than three hundred years, is better than Edwards, who has lived for at least three hundred years, but the reality is that Edwards has richer emotions.

The closer people are to him in the court, the more "lazy" or "bored" they appear, because he absorbs the desires of others to retain his humanity.

The entire country of this side is a country of only Edwards.

Only when he wants to communicate with people will he return the desires and let those puppets regain their vitality.

Such behavior is completely untrustworthy. No businessman wants to find a partner with low credibility. If it weren't for the fear that Donna would be corrupted by the fairyland, Clayton would immediately terminate the cooperation with this bluffing black wizard-no one knows how many loopholes a black wizard can find in a simple agreement to exploit.

If the people of this country have been completely dominated by Edwards, perhaps Clayton will be brought to the world and killed after opening the door to the fairyland, or forced to sign some contracts with strict terms and be a servant forever.

Many scammers said they could take people to the colonies to make a fortune, but if someone who didn't understand the local language followed them, they would be sold as slaves as soon as they went out to sea.

Clayton had seen many such tragedies during his service.

Taking this into consideration, Edwards's idea of ​​trying to bring other citizens of this country back to the world was to have other intentions.

However, it is not certain whether the citizens of this country today deserve Clayton's sympathy, and he does not intend to seek justice for a group of strangers.

He just wants to change a partner.

But people who are dominated by Edwards will never tell him other options.

So, are there still people in this country who oppose Edwards?

Of course there are.

"Let Louis talk to the scarecrow." Clayton said to his niece.

After a while, a pigeon was released by the witch.

They were worried that other spellcasters or archers loyal to Edwards would take the initiative to intercept the messenger, but most people in this country have become lazy and stupid because of their desires, and they don't have such ideas at all.

"What should we do now?" Donna asked nervously.

She knew nothing, but the experience of being attacked by magic still made her alert. The originally peaceful castle became full of dangers in her eyes.

"We?" Clayton shook his head: "You should go to bed."

"I slept before dinner."

Donna looked at Clayton's face and said seriously, and the scene of the spear piercing it appeared in her mind again.

Clayton knew that he could not convince her, so he could only sigh and handed her the list of living sacrifices given to him by Edwards.

The girl took the list and began to read it in confusion, and then her face became more and more angry as she read. After reading all the content, she tore the paper into pieces, and stepped on the scraps of paper several times in a hurry, as if she was afraid that someone would put them together.

"Let's leave here now!"

"No, we have to find out if there is anything I want here first, which is why I asked you to inform Louis."

Donna was silent and said nothing.

Clayton began to focus his attention on Clara.

From the beginning, Clara had been looking at them curiously, but she didn't say anything.

After the party, her growth speed accelerated a lot. Some light red synapses grew out first, followed by bones and flesh, and finally skin.

Clayton could already see the white collarbone. He couldn't help but feel touched as if he saw a butterfly larva cocooning, but he was also worried because she looked more and more like Athena Prug.

"Clara." Clayton called her name and warned: "Don't talk to Edwards, the pretentious gray-haired guy."

"Hmm--"

Neither good nor bad, Clara made a thoughtful expression.

This was enough to surprise people.

But being smart is a good thing.

Clayton checked Clara's situation with Donna again, confirming that they could not match Edwards with their abilities, let alone modify the desires and emotions of others.

The curse left to her by Principal Fatia of Brakola can only passively protect her memory, but cannot be used actively.

But with the help of a powerful enough spellcaster, she might be able to try to use the seal to contact Bracora.

This is rare good news.

When the morning bell rang on the "next day", they came to the auditorium according to their respective identities.

Edwards was waiting there, looking like he had some questions to ask, but there was something more important than Creighton's possible suspicion.

"A guest from this world is here, and it's time for you to receive her," he said.

"So fast?"

Edwards was in an unexpectedly good mood. He smiled slightly and answered Clayton: "There is a whole world of people dreaming outside of Wonderland."

The first visitor Clayton received was a girl with flaxen hair. She looked about the same age as Donna and had a ladylike temperament by contemporary standards. She looked at the gorgeous decorative racks in the castle and the retro costumes of the attendants, acting confused and curious. She stopped from time to time, turned around and looked around, as if she thought she had really entered a beautiful country that only existed in fairy tales.

Clayton looked at her repeatedly, but he couldn't see any difference between this body temporarily shaped by the dream and his own.

He feigned hospitality to the girl, and under his deliberate inducement it was not difficult to understand the visitor's experience.

The girl's name is Alice, and she is also Dornish. While playing in the garden, she accidentally stepped into a rabbit hole, and then when she opened her eyes, she came to Wonderland, not knowing how she got there.

"Go to the doctor first when you wake up." Clayton warned her. The child had obviously fainted.

Although she didn't know why the king said this, Alice obediently agreed to him.

Afterwards, she was sent to stay with Princess Donna to eat cookies and drink juice.

Creighton did not mention the Fairy Gate to her, and even Edwards seemed uninterested and did not accuse the king of his negligence.

Because no one would expect such a little girl to kill twenty-one people, even if she was paid to kill.

But soon, a second visitor appeared.

This time it was a playwright from the Republic of Trelles. He seemed curious about everything around him, but unlike Alice, he was unwilling to say his name, and he also did not trust the people in this country. For everything he said, he was just addicted to his own world, believing that everything he saw here was a prank made by his friends, and everyone in this country was an actor.

In a sense he was right.

But this also made Edwards' deception impossible.

No matter how much they tried to persuade them, the playwright just sneered and said that he would not be the butt of the prank. Instead, he would record everything and treat them as characters in the next comedy for them to play. The audience provides the jokes.

Cretton admired the playwright's firm will, but his counterattack displeased him.

Edwards seems to be used to the appearance of this kind of character, and even the gestures to summon the executioner are so skillful.

"Offending His Majesty is a capital crime. Come and hang him on the gallows!"

There was a bit of genuine anger in his tone. If he really thought about Clayton, our King would probably be moved.

Death does not exist in Wonderland, but the pain of injury will not be reduced by half.

Creighton mercifully exchanged the death sentence for twenty lashes.

This was not only revenge on the playwright for making him into a comic character, but also the truth to prevent the playwright from finding himself in Wonderland if he survived the hanging. If he knew the truth, he might become greedy and be tempted by Edwards' conditions.

In order to open the door to fairyland, Edwards was willing to pay the entire country's gold, which was not a small sum. The gold pounds exchanged for Dorne were at least two million pounds.

After seeing off the two visitors, Clayton thought he could rest for a while, but a third visitor followed.

The third guest seems to be a low-end criminal who can work in the black market. He calls himself Beamon and comes from a small country near the Mediterranean where even the rules of fairyland cannot translate the specific name (maybe both of these information are false) . He is short in stature, has fingers that look like an anteater's tongue, and has a very vulgar expression. He looks like the kind of person who would often squat down and cut off other people's wallets.

This Mr. Beamon is the complete opposite of the previous playwright.

The playwright rejects everything, while he accepts everything, but this completely amplifies his own untrustworthiness.

"This may be hard for you to accept, but we need twenty-one lives to open the door." After figuring out this man's ability, Clayton could finally say these words fearlessly.

"Compensation is not an issue," Edwards stressed.

Hearing the word "reward", Beamon immediately patted his chest and straightened his waist: "No problem, my brother just grabbed a Mansis ketch at sea, which was full of people. As long as you give With enough gold, it’s not a problem for me to kill a hundred people!”

Edwards patiently taught him how to arrange the magic circle, while Clayton looked at Beamon's chapped mouth and white robes that were more suitable for wearing in the desert, and had doubts about whether he lived by the sea.

Although the dark wizard has powerful magic, he obviously does not have a clear understanding of people who grow up in different geographical locations.

Clayton tried not to laugh at him, lest the strangeness be noticed.

Without his reminder, after getting the arrangement method of the magic circle, Mr. Behemoth also asked for a high deposit, and said that without the deposit, no one would be killed.

Edwards, who finally discovered his unreliable nature, punished him with every kind of punishment in the country.

This measure made Clayton, who was leaning on the throne, suddenly want to eat, and the screams awakened the werewolf's appetite.