Exquisite candlestick chandeliers hang from the ceiling of the restaurant, illuminating the entire restaurant.
Kane and the others are sitting at the dining table, eating delicious food and wine, and chatting.
Only Catherine, Marcus, Horst and his few trainee extraordinary followers were invited this time.
Compared to the bustling living room on the other side, there were only a few people talking softly in Kane's place, and the atmosphere seemed a bit deserted.
As if in order to break the quiet atmosphere, Horst said: "Speaking of which, on the way to Rijit Territory, I heard that His Majesty Andena seemed to intend to start a war against the orcs."
Andena Weiss, the current king of Dylan Kingdom, has regarded his ancestor Kailos as a target since he was in power.
He imitated the other party's reforms many times, but most of them ended in failure. In recent years, he has turned his attention to the Beast Empire, vowing to completely take down the other party's land. This move has made the domestic nobles miserable. Spend several times more money.
Kane sighed: "It's about to start another war. It's been less than two years since the last war with the Orc Empire."
Marcus echoed from the side: "His Royal Highness Andena's move, I'm afraid it will be opposed by the parliament."
Catherine continued to bury her head in her mouth, she never cared about current affairs or war.
It would be better to say that she is looking forward to a new war, so that she can hone her sword skills on the battlefield.
Horst chuckled: "Marcus, you guessed it right. Those old fellows in the council did speak out, but unfortunately they were persuaded by the sixth-order powerhouse invited by His Majesty."
"What!? Sixth order!" Catherine asked in surprise.
Horst nodded: "That's right, not only is he a sixth-level legendary powerhouse, it is said that he was invited from the kingdom of the dark elves."
Kane frowned, realizing that something was wrong, he asked, "Then Uncle Horst, will the other party participate in the war against the orcs?"
Horst was also not clear about this, he said: "Who knows, maybe His Majesty Andena has something in mind."
Kane remained silent, picked up the wine glass with his left hand, and took a sip.
After that, he looked at the red wine in the glass and meditated.
Perhaps Horst, Marcus and others were not clear, but Kane had already seen the situation clearly.
In the hundreds of years after the founding of the country, humans have also made friends with some intelligent races, such as dwarves and elves.
But he has never allowed foreigners to interfere in his internal affairs, and now, this Andena has been allowed to do it.
You know, when the Kingdom of Dylan was founded, it never attached itself to any race.
I'm afraid that even King Deli of the previous generation could not have imagined that his descendants would hook up with the dark elves.
At the same time, as the leader of the kingdom, Andena is often on the opposite side of the nobles. Combining the above two points, this is not good news for the kingdom.
Suppressing the thoughts in his heart, Kane decided to deal with the current enemies first, and then think about the affairs of the kingdom after Horst finished.
He put down his glass and started talking to Horst again.
The dinner ended with everyone's glances and words.
Raising his hand to let the servant enter the dining room to clean up, Kane rubbed his forehead a little dizzily.
Tonight was too much hospitality, first I drank two glasses of red wine with the soldiers in the living room.
After that, they clinked glasses with Horst, Marcus, Catherine and others several times.
Now his body's ability to drink is far from as good as in his previous life, Kane has already drank sugar water no less than several times in order to sober up.
As for the rest of the people, except for Catherine who was already sound asleep, they were considered to be sane.
Marcus was trying to wake up the sleeping Catherine on one side, while Horst on the other side was chatting with several of his followers with a flushed face.
Suddenly, Horst called Kane.
"Kane Gerrard."
Although he was still dizzy, Kane noticed the abnormality in the other party's tone.
"What's the matter? Uncle Horst."
"I will arrest you for treason, and I hope you will be arrested without a fight."
As soon as the words fell, a white halo emerged from Horst's body, covering all the subordinates around him one by one.
The halo of spiritual source is an ability unique to the second-order knight. Its effect is to enhance the strength and speed of the target attached to the halo, and form a set of temporary armor.
"Why!?"
Before Kane could react, the subordinate with a silver halo rushed towards him and Marcus and Catherine beside him.
Kane, who had been on guard for a long time, pulled her behind the moment the opponent was about to slash at Catherine.
Catherine, who fell to the ground, woke up in a daze, and what was oncoming was a long white sword.
"clang."
Kane hastily blocked the opponent's offensive.
He ordered Catherine, who was still in a daze: "Take up your weapon, the other party has moved."
Marcus on the side also reacted, raised his hand and shot a sword at the followers.
It's a pity that it was broken up by Horst who rushed over.
"Marcus, give up, you will have a better future with me."
As a knight loyal to Rigit, Marcus said righteously: "I'm sorry, Lord Horst, I refuse your invitation."
Horst was not discouraged: "Very well, I like your loyal attitude."
After finishing speaking, Horst raised his long sword and stabbed at the opponent.
On the other side, Kane and Catherine struggled to face the five subordinates.
Because of the blessing of the halo, the opponent's strength is basically equivalent to that of a first-order transcendent.
Finally, accidentally, Kane was chopped off his right arm.
The golden red blood soaked his sleeves.
The five people on the opposite side also began to attack him heavily. Although Catherine tried his best to protect him, the scars on Kane's body continued to increase.
One of the subordinates even seized the opportunity, raised his sharp sword, and was about to stab Kane's throat.
Unexpectedly, it was Kane's reddened eyes that greeted him.
A violent aura continuously emerged from his body, and his sharp claws pierced into the body of the subordinate without knowing when.
In the astonished eyes of the other party, he pulled it out, and immediately blood splashed everywhere.
"Weird. Weird. Thing."
The subordinate held his stomach and twitched continuously, and slowly fell down.
White hair grew wildly on Kane's body, and his two canines were exposed again.
Moonlight fell on Kane through the floor-to-ceiling windows of the dining room.
An unprecedented sense of comfort appeared in his heart.
Kane dropped his decorative longsword.
"Kangdang..."
Condensing the spiritual source on the claws of both hands, he raised his scarlet eyes and looked at the four followers who kept retreating.
"Ants."
Disdainful words spit out from his mouth, it seems that Kane's personality also changed at the moment of completing the werewolf transformation.
Kane started to move, he walked towards the four followers, the speed was so fast that only afterimages remained.
Before the first subordinate could react, he grabbed and crushed his head.
Immediately afterwards, a streak of platinum gas killed the second person who was about to escape.
Before the third subordinate could see Kane's movements clearly, his sharp claws tore his body apart.
The remaining fourth survivor gave up resistance, he threw away the long sword, and said helplessly: "Don't kill me, don't kill me, I can help you."
Before he finished speaking, he was cut into three parts by Kane.
"A boring trick."
Kane picked up the poisonous dagger hidden behind the opponent and fiddled with it.
Thanks to Jamila for the reward
(end of this chapter)