Episode 7: The Heavens Turned Upside Down Chapter 14: Hess City

Linkwort was rendered speechless by Linley’s inquiry.

“Linley, let me tell you, as long as just a little bit of crushed black yu is mixed in amongst a weapon, the hardness of that weapon will be raised to a very high level. If the entirety of a weapon is refined from black yu. You would just send it to a Saint Domain expert to fight, and it would be impossible for a Saint Domain expert to destroy it.”

Drinkwater was truly helpless.

Linley clearly didn’t have a full understanding of the preciousness of black yu.

“Then, Grandpa Delin, I can refine this black yu into a ‘heavy sword’, right?”

Ever since the last time he’d heard Delinquent Corvette talk about the benefits of ‘heavy swords’, Linley had been eager to obtain a heavy sword. Originally, Linley had been prepared to buy a good heavy sword to use. But now that he had obtained this ‘black yu stone’, he naturally wanted to make good use of it.

Today’s Linley didn’t lack money at all.

“Refining with black yu stone? A heavy sword is rather large, so one should use Black Yulite as well as some other ore materials in conjunction with it. Of course, I don’t know much about refining weapons. However, I’ve heard that it’s not a simple matter to utilize Black Yulite to refine a weapon. Black Yulite is too hard, and to melt it, an average master smith can’t do it.”

Drinkwater said with a smile.

Linley nodded secretly in his heart.

Black Yolite, that was a substance that was difficult for even a god-level expert to destroy, but since Black Yolite could be refined into a weapon, there must be a refining method. It was just that the method was too difficult.

“I see.”

Linley nodded.

Linley and Second Prince Shaq’s group continued to advance towards the north, the further north they went, the fewer magical beasts there were, especially today, Linley and his group had advanced a full three to four hundred miles, but a magical beast hadn’t even appeared in those three to four hundred miles, and some of the towns and villages here hadn’t died either.

However, many of the cities and villages were very sparsely populated, presumably because many people were worried about the danger. They all migrated towards the north.

“Haha, fortunately, this Hess Kingdom didn’t fall.”

Shaq said with a big smile, “It’s been days of traveling, so I can finally rest and take a break.”

Shaq said as he looked towards Linley.

Sitting on his steed, Linley sat like an old tree with roots, not shaking at all, the whole person was very stable. Linley, whose face was indifferent without uttering a sound, also naturally had a calm and steady temperament. For Linley. Shaq was in a touch of awe. Although he was still a few years older than Linley. However, he always respectfully addressed Linley as ‘Lord Linley’.

“Lord Linley, look, there’s the barracks up ahead.”

Shaq said as he rode side by side with Linley.

Linley nodded.

This Illuminati had clearly decided to set up a line of defense at the border of the Hess Kingdom, and just by looking at that continuous barracks formation, one could tell how many soldiers were here.

“Two major kingdoms, five major duchies. Almost a third of the Holy Alliance’s territory. I believe that the Illuminati aren’t willing to step back any further.”

Linley said with a faint smile, Linley’s group when advanced to the barrier was easily released.

This barrier was to beware of the magical beast swarms.

For the humans. Rather, they weren’t blocked in the slightest.

“Second Prince, where do we stop?”

Linley was calm on the surface.

“Hess City, one of the locations I set with my father, it’s still more than three hundred miles away from Hess City, if we hurry, we’ll be able to make it by the end of the day.”

Shaq replied without reservation.

“Hess City!”

Linley memorized the name in his heart, “Clyde, Hess City is the place where you will die.” ……

Running along, Linley, Shaq, and the other thirty or so people drove their steeds, leaving a trail of smoke and dust on the road. When Linley, Shaq’s group of people saw Hess City, the sun hadn’t completely set. The rays of the setting sun shone down on the earth, reflecting it in a reddish color.

“Hess City, the royal capital of the Hess Kingdom, just slightly smaller than Finlay City.”

Linley’s heart was also shaken as he looked at the outline of the enormous walls of that Hess City.

To be able to build such a huge city. How much manpower and material resources would it take?

“Hilary,” Linley’s group of people were stopped at the entrance to Hess City.

“Dismount.”

The Hess City city guards chided loudly.

“Why are we dismounting?”

Shaq shouted angrily.

Seeing that Shaq’s group of people came from an unusual background, that city guard replied, “His Majesty has ordered that no horseback riding is allowed within Hess City today. Ladies and gentlemen, Hess City is already overcrowded nowadays. There simply isn’t enough room to ride a horse, it’s better for you all to dismount.”

“Dismount.”

Linley said to Shaq with a smile.

Shaq nodded.

Linley and Shaq and the others could also imagine that they were afraid that many of the people who had fled from the two great kingdoms, the five great duchies, and those close to Hess City, many of them had fled to Hess City. The population of those two kingdoms and five duchies was hundreds of millions.

Even if ninety-nine percent of them died, there were still millions of people alive. What’s more, there were hardly any magical beasts in the hundreds of miles near the Hess Kingdom. Most of the residents there didn’t die.

“So many people.”

Stepping into Hess City, Linley, Shaq, and the rest of the group couldn’t help but be surprised. The entire Hess City generally held a maximum of a million people. However, Linley estimated that the population within Hess City at the moment was at the very least several million. This was because the roads were crowded. In Finlay City, Linley had never encountered such a situation before either.

“Go find a hotel to stay in first, and you’ll meet me here immediately.”

Shaq immediately ordered his men to book a hotel room.

“Lord Linley, let’s go eat dinner first.”

Shaq said with a smile, and of course Linley wouldn’t refuse. This Shaq immediately led Linley and a group of others to step into the hotel next to him, which was full of places on the bottom floor, but there were still private rooms up there.

“Three private rooms.”

Shaq said with great bravado.

But when a group of people sat down. Shaq was a little dumbfounded when he saw the price list. Shaq grabbed the waiter next to him and roared in dissatisfaction, “Do you take me for a fool? According to your prices. Doesn’t my table of dishes cost several thousand gold coins? You’re ripping people off.”

Although this hotel grade is high, but Shaq what identity, high-grade hotel naturally went in.

In a hotel of this grade, a table costing a hundred gold coins would be very good.

“My lord, you don’t eat, you can leave.”

The waiter believed very much, “Nowadays, Hess City is overcrowded, which also leads to soaring prices for the people from the big families who fled here. But all of them want high-grade consumption land.”

These words immediately made Shaq freeze.

Yes, most of the people who fled from the two kingdoms and the five duchies were powerful people with strength, or some big families with elite escort teams. Those big families, naturally, were not willing to spend low.

“Hmph.”

Shaq grunted, but in the end, he still ordered for the food, and by the time Shaq, Linley, and the rest of the group had already eaten for quite a while – “Your Highness, the Second Prince.”

The man who had gone to look for hotel accommodations returned.

“Well? Has the place been found?”

Shaq inquired.

That guard shook his head and said, “Now that the rooms in all the major hotels have been customized, even though I only ran through five major hotels. But I also felt it. There are too many people booking rooms. Your Highness, we came to Hess City too late, the five great duchies, and some of the great families of the Hammu Kingdom can be faster than us.”

Shaq nodded.

“You sit down and eat first.”

Shaq looked at the other short turquoise-haired guard, “You’re full, aren’t you? You go and help me look for a mansion and buy it outright. I reckon that the price of mansions in Hess City is also expensive now, but even if it’s expensive, buy one. Remember …… not to buy one that is too conspicuous and too big. This mansion. It’s just a place for Father and I to live temporarily.”

“Yes, Your Highness.”

That guard immediately answered the order and began to go find a mansion for Shaq.

Linley was quietly drinking at the side, just watching everything blandly.

“Mansion? I’d like to see which mansion it is. When that Clyde comes, he’ll probably go to that mansion as well.”

After knowing where Clyde was going to be, he only needed to wait for the rabbit. He could wait for Clyde to come and die.

Hess City, an ordinary mansion on Kyan Street.

In normal facts, a mansion in Hess City that was not in the center of the city would normally cost around 200,000 to 300,000 gold coins. However, Prince Shaq had spent one million gold coins to purchase this mansion. The influx of a large number of rich nobles into Hess City had also caused the price of land in Hess City to skyrocket.

That night.

Linley also stayed in this mansion.

“That Clyde. After all, he should be staying in one of these two or three rooms.”

Linley walked through the mansion, carefully looking at the layout of the mansion. In order to prepare for killing Clyde in the future.

The night wind was cold, but Linley was carefully watching the various parts of the mansion.

“Lord Linley, why haven’t you rested yet?”

The enchanting princess, standing at the doorway of her room, shouted softly at Linley.

“It’s stuffy inside the house, so I’m outside getting some air.”

Linley replied casually.

“I feel a little stuffy too.”

That Wangfei walked out of the room towards Linley. The winks that looked at Linley’s ground were causing Linley’s heart to flutter, and he immediately said, “Then the crown princess will take some air, I’ll go back to my room and rest first.”

Linley said and quickly left.

That Wangfei couldn’t help but hum in dissatisfaction when she saw Linley leave. ……

The next morning.

“Second Prince, Crown Princess, Princess, I still have things to do, so I’ll leave first.”

Linley started to say goodbye.

“Lord Linley, why are you in such a hurry to leave? Wait until my father comes to the land.”

Shaq immediately retained.

Linley sneered in his heart, “Wait for your father? If Clyde sees me in your place, I’m afraid I’ll have to kill him openly. The likelihood of succeeding in killing him openly is not as good as killing him in secret.”

Linley had already suffered a few losses.

This time, Linley made up his mind.

“This time. Must endure, until that Clyde is not with Caesar. When Clyde is alone, I’ll kill him again. That will definitely work.”

Linley understood that if that Caesar was there, he wouldn’t be able to kill Clyde for a moment.

But if Caesar wasn’t there, he would definitely succeed.

“Then I wonder where Lord Linley is going?”

Shaq inquired.

“I’m going to leave Hess City and continue north. As for a definite location, it has yet to be determined.”

Linley replied, “Alright. Second Prince, Crown Princess. Palace Master, I’ll leave first.”

With a slight bow and salute, Linley took Bebe and directly left this mansion. ……

That night, Linley, however, stayed in another small courtyard on Ke Yan Street. The mansion that Shaq had bought covered a relatively large area, and it wasn’t even too crowded for thirty or so people to stay there. This small set of courtyards that Linley had bought, on the other hand, could actually only accommodate three or four people.

This set of small courtyards, Linley had also spent fifty thousand gold coins to purchase. Normally, thousands of gold coins would be enough for this kind of small courtyard.

“Da, Er, have you seen someone enter that mansion?”

Linley sat on the dining table and inquired to the two men.

“No.”

These two men were the ones that Linley had casually hired on the streets today, now that they had fled to Hess City. In addition to the nobles there were many commoners, those commoners had fled to Hess City without food or shelter. They can only beg and do hard labor, and Linley easily hired them. A day’s salary of two gold coins, but also food and shelter, which makes a group of fleeing people grab for this job.

Linley saw that these two brothers belonged to the more down-to-earth category, so he chose these two.

“You can sleep at night, but you can keep a close eye on me during the day. Whenever a stranger enters that mansion, especially a large number of strangers, be sure to notify me. Watch out for a person without hands.”

Linley once again instructed.

There was no need to monitor at night, as the gates of Hess City were not open at night.

Moreover, Linley believed that with these two people keeping an eye out during the day, he would definitely be able to spot Clyde’s people himself as soon as they arrived. That Prince Shak and a group of others still thought that Linley had left Hess City, but they didn’t realize that Linley was living in a mansion not far from them.

“Clyde, I’ll wait here to death, I’ll see when you come.”

Linley’s gaze was chilling.

Those two brothers couldn’t help but feel their hearts tremble when they saw such an expression on Linley’s face.

“Go down.”

Linley commanded.

“Yes, my lord.”