At the moment of his death, Paderson fully understood.
Especially since he had attended the worship of Linley's father, he knew that Linley's father was dead.
It's ridiculous that he wanted to leave alive just now, but now he fully understands why Linley did it. Paderson has a deep unwillingness in his heart, and he is unwilling to die like this. With the strength of his seventh-level warrior, it is not difficult to live for two or three hundred years.
He has a long time to come.
"I'm dead, Clyde, don't think about it." When Paderson's soul was swallowed by the underworld, all he had in his heart was a kind of resentment, resentment towards Clyde.
…
Witnessing Paderson's death, Linley also returned to his normal form.
"Clyde, the person behind turned out to be Clyde." Linley frowned deeply.
Clyde himself was a ninth-level powerhouse, while Linley was completely dragon-like, and he was only entering the eighth-level. It's not on the same level as Clyde at all. Even with a sneak attack, Linley couldn't injure a level 9 powerhouse at all. The gap is really too big.
And Clyde's power is also very strong.
The king of the dignified Finlay Kingdom, how could he have few troops? And over the years, Clyde, as the king of Finlay Kingdom, the head of the six kingdoms under the Holy Alliance, has a very good relationship with the Holy See of Light. The foundation is also much deeper than his own.
Whether compared to his own strength or his people, he couldn't compare to Clyde.
"Perhaps, I just have the advantage of being in the dark." Linley kept thinking about how to deal with Clyde.
Dering Cowart emerged from the Coiling Dragon Ring and immediately urged Lin Lei: "Lin Lei, don't waste your time, all you have to do now is to quickly eliminate all traces that might reveal your identity. You have to get back to you as soon as possible. The mansion. Otherwise, if you go back too late, you may suspect you in the future to find out who killed Paderson."
Linley suddenly woke up.
right!
His only advantage is that he is in the dark, and he can't make Clyde alert him anyway.
"Destroy the corpse and destroy the traces." Linley immediately sent out dozens of flame balls, and dozens of flame balls directly wrapped Paderson's body. With Linley's current mental power, the temperature of the flame balls formed was still extremely high. High.
Paderson's body was quickly burned, and at the same time a very unpleasant smell was emitted.
The peculiar smell of burning corpses made Linley frown.
"Linley, and your clothes." Dering Cowart reminded.
Linley looked down, and sure enough, after the 'dragon transformation', his clothes were completely damaged. Linley took his belongings, then took off his coat and pants without hesitation, and immediately set the clothes on fire.
Linley immediately opened the mechanism.
"Quack~~" The stone gate opened again, and Linley walked out quickly, then immediately closed the mechanism.
In any case, the stone gate should be closed, otherwise, if it is opened, the smell of burning corpses will soon attract people.
"There should be clothes in this small building." Linley looked at the underwear on his body. Naturally, the damaged underwear could not be passed on. This is sure to arouse suspicion from others. Linley immediately stepped into the next room and opened the closet.
A set of clothes is hanging in the closet.
Linley chose a black suit that was more similar to what he wore when he came. After putting on his clothes, Linley used wind magic again to dispel the faint smell of blood and burning corpses around his body.
"Go back early, don't let people be alert." Linley jumped up quickly and jumped directly out of the courtyard of the small building. Came to the front yard almost seconds later.
At this moment, there are a small number of noble guests chatting and laughing with each other.
"Ah, Lord Linley, you haven't left yet?" Earl Juno was also walking outside at this time, when he saw Linley not far away and greeted him warmly.
Linley smiled and said, "Well, I had a stomachache just now, so I went to the toilet."
Count Juno immediately walked side by side with Linley.
"Lord Linley, I like your stone sculptures very much. I bought the three pieces that you exhibited and auctioned at the Proxima Hall for the first time." Count Juno proudly told Linley. The thing that Earl Juno was most proud of was probably buying the three works of Lin Lei's first exhibition.
As for Linley's three works, I am afraid that each of them is only worth six or seven thousand gold coins just from the perspective of the works themselves.
But…
Linley's identity is different now. He is the master sculptor who sculpted "Dream Awakening", and his identity is not much different from that of Proux and Hopkinson. How can the price of the three works of such a character be low for the first time
According to estimates, it is because of the significance of the works that the three works collected by Count Juno cost at least 100,000 gold coins each!
This is probably the most proud collection of the Earl of Juno. Count Juno also decided that these three works should be kept in the collection. He believed... The higher Linley's achievements in the future, the more valuable his three works will be.
"Lord Linley, walk slowly." The housekeeper at the door of the Debs family mansion respectfully said to Linley.
Linley nodded, said goodbye to Count Juno, and entered his carriage.
"Go back." After entering the carriage, Linley ordered calmly.
"Yes, my lord."
The seventh-level soldier of the Holy See of Light bowed to answer the order, and immediately drove the carriage towards Linley's residence.
"It took about fifteen minutes to be with Paderson." Linley took out his pocket watch and glanced at it.
This pocket watch was one of the gifts from many guests, Hershey, after Linley was made a marquis. Because I like the style of this pocket watch, Linley also wears it close to his body.
"Fifteen minutes. Earl Juno and the others are almost the last guests to leave. If I don't investigate carefully, no one should suspect me." Linley thought to himself, "There is one more question, Paderson said that his butler knew He wants to see someone, but he doesn't know who he is seeing."
Linley frowned, "But I can't fully believe this. Perhaps Paderson's housekeeper knew that Paderson was seeing me. And Paderson may have reassured me that he deliberately said that."
Linley also thought of this possibility.
Paterson's Butler!
A loophole indeed.
Also... If you investigate carefully, I'm afraid others will find out, where did Linley go in the last fifteen minutes? It was just that the nobles chatted casually at that time and left in a chaotic manner. At that time, it would be difficult to find out a certain person in that situation.
"At least no one has seen me meet Paderson with their own eyes. The waiter I met has already been killed by Paderson." Linley thought to himself.
At most, others doubt themselves, but there is no evidence to start against them.
"Boss, what are you thinking?" Beibei lay on Linley's lap, raised her head and looked at Linley.
"It's nothing." Linley touched Beibei's head and completely calmed down.
"Sir, here we are."
Linley lifted the door curtain and looked up to see the endless night sky. At this moment, the night sky was full of stars, and Linley couldn't help but feel a joy in his heart, and his heart to kill Clyde became more and more determined: "Padson is dead today, and it will be Clyde's turn next."
…
On the first and second days of Paderson's disappearance, no one other than Paderson's housekeeper realized that something was wrong.
In the living room of the Debs family, there were only Bernard and a middle-aged man with blue hair.
"Bernard, did the Duke leave your place on the night of Kalan's engagement?" the blue-haired middle-aged man asked. This blue-haired middle-aged man is the housekeeper 'Lodi' of the Duke of Paderson's mansion.
Bernard's heart was full of grief.
Your duke is gone, you ask me
Bernard knew that Duke Paderson didn't even tell him when he saw him that night, and he didn't say a word when he left. How would he Bernard know
"The Duke has left. There is no Lord in my mansion." Bernard replied directly.
On the second day of the engagement ceremony, Bernard sent someone to dispose of the body of the waiter, and his men did not find any trace of Duke Paderson in the small building.
"Oh." Lodi frowned, then looked at Bernard, "Bernard, if you find any trace of my family, you must tell me. This matter can be serious or even serious. The smuggling of your Debs family has also been exposed."
Bernard's expression changed.
"Okay, I'll go back first." Lodi left with a heavy heart.
Seeing Lody's back leaving, Bernard felt a little uneasy in his heart, and immediately decided to go to the small building that Paderson had been to.
In the secret building of the Debs family mansion.
Bernard stepped into it alone, and the body of the waiter who had died at the entrance of the living room of the small building had long since been cleaned up by Bernard. Bernard looked at the small building and frowned: "Paderson The duke said he wanted to see a guest here, but he didn't go back. Could it be..."
Bernard thought of a possibility.
Few people in the Debs family knew about the secret room of this small building. Naturally, the subordinates who cleaned up the corpse would not know, nor would they go in to investigate.
In this secret room, Bernard told Duke Paderson, and he also told Duke Paderson that no one could eavesdrop on discussing matters in the secret room.
"Impossible, that kind of thing can't happen." Bernard walked quickly into the living room, and then immediately walked to the secret room's secret room and turned on the secret.
"Quack~~"
The 'stone gate' that looked like a wall slowly opened again, and at the same time, a stench of blood and burning corpses hit the nostrils.
Bernard's face couldn't help but look ugly.
Walking quickly into the secret room, there are several cracks on the marble floor, and there are bloodstains at the same time. Next to it was a pile of burnt-yellow human bones and broken ashes.
"Someone's dead." Bernard knew very well.
However, the man was burned to ashes, and Bernard couldn't tell who it was.
"Ring!" Bernard suddenly saw a silver-grey dirty ring in the ashes. Bernard saw the style of the ring, which was very similar to the ring that Duke Paderson often wore on his hand. .
Bernard's face suddenly turned bloodless.
"Paderson, I'm afraid he's dead." Bernard's mind was suddenly confused.
This time, the Debs family spent more than half of the family's funds and a large number of manpower, and worked together with Duke Paderson to start the business of smuggling water jade ore. The business is still important to the Debs family. But once this business is made public...
That is not a loss of money, I am afraid that the Debs family will be directly raided by the angry Clyde!
The entire Debs family may be over.
"No, it's impossible to die. Duke Padson is a seventh-level soldier. How can he die so easily? With his cautious personality, he will never secretly meet someone who is stronger than him alone." Bernard couldn't accept this. result.
Indeed, Duke Paderson was very cautious, but it was a pity that Paderson did not calculate Linley's true strength.
…
The entire city of Finlay was still peaceful, and Linley still practiced quietly in his mansion. However, when Duke Paderson disappeared for half a month, His Majesty King Clyde, who had been in silence, finally gave an order. First, they directly arrested 'Lodi', the housekeeper of the Duke's Mansion, and then conducted a thorough investigation on a large scale.
In the living room of Linley's mansion.
"Lord Linley, Your Majesty has an order to invite Lord Linley to the palace."
Looking at the orders brought by the court attendant in front of him, Linley felt a little confused. What exactly did His Majesty Clyde call him for
"Please wait a moment, I'll change my clothes and go to the palace right away." Linley replied with a smile.