Chapter 161 Reactions from all parties
“The latest flyer from the Burning Kingdom!
"The righteous warriors who assassinated the Red Dragon were completely wiped out!"

"The Lionheart Knight was ambushed!"

The newsboy was shouting and hawking on the street, holding a stack of leaflets he had picked up.

The leaflets of the Burning Kingdom seemed to be made with some advanced technology. The paper was fine and the ink was clear, which was deeply loved by the residents. Even if the content was discarded, they could have many uses, not to mention that there were a lot of eye-catching messages in them.

These guys wandering the streets had long discovered the business opportunities in these free flyers and began selling them on a large scale.

At first, this indirect act of helping the Burning Kingdom spread propaganda was not allowed by the Principality and could easily lead to arrest. But as the number of leaflets dropped increased and the profits grew, the patrol team could only turn a blind eye.

"I want to buy one."

A pleasant female voice was heard, but at this moment the voice was filled with anxiety.

The newsboy looked up and saw that the man was wearing a long robe with his face covered by a hood, but it still couldn't hide his tall figure and the fair and delicate skin.

He guessed that this might be a noble lady or young lady who had secretly gone out, and quickly put on a flattering smile.

"Five coppers, ma'am."

"it is good."

“Good luck with your day.”

The newsboy handed over the flyer, took the copper coin, and an unconcealable smile appeared on his face. He thought to himself that these naive noble women were so easy to cheat.

In the hidden alley, the noble woman who was buying newspapers took off her hood, revealing her beautiful and delicate face - she was Olivia "Silver Star", the incarnation of the silver dragon.

She scanned the words on the flyer, her expression solemn, and read aloud softly:

"The court wizard of the Principality of Rackman, these despicable villains from the United Kingdom of the North."

"They set a vicious trap in an attempt to assassinate the great Burning King."

"But the might of the dragon will put an end to everything."

When she read this, Olivia's brows were already furrowed, and her blue-gray eyes were full of worry.

The report mentioned the assassination of the Red Dragon and the failure of the operation, but there was no detailed process from beginning to end, nor was there any information about what she cared about most - the news about the Golden Dragon.

In other words, his life or death is unknown now.

Olivia looked up at the sky and couldn't help muttering to herself:
"Angel, are you still alive?"

She originally hated this Golden Dragon, hated his secretiveness and his cleverness.

But since the last conversation, Olivia had a strange feeling in her heart. Jin Long's righteous words and final entrustment left a very deep impression on her.

For the first time, she felt the charm of Jin Long, who was full of justice and idealism.

Perhaps it was due to the silver dragon's kindness in nature, perhaps it was due to her concern for her own kind, or perhaps it was due to other complex emotions, but she now desperately wanted to find the whereabouts of the golden dragon.

"I hope to see you at the next Arcane Hermitage."

"Angel"

"I don't want to complete your troublesome entrustment."

Olivia lowered her eyes, put her hood back on, and disappeared into the alley with the ripples in space.

……

The Palace of the Grand Duke of Bosque.

"My lord, this is the latest intelligence from the Burning Cinders Kingdom."

"Well, go down." Duke Leo Bosc picked up the flyer handed over by the servant and read it carefully.

Unlike the majestic and violent image of a lion that he always shows to the outside world, Leo is actually a very calm person in private. In fact, it is not difficult to see this from his series of experiences.

Thirty years ago, this duke, honored as the "New Lionheart King", defeated the coalition of northern nobles and held the famous "Lionheart Alliance".

He integrated the nearby territories, and after more than three hundred years, he re-established the Principality of Bosk's status as the overlord of the entire United Kingdom of the North, allowing himself to regain the honorary title of "King of the North", but he did not often call himself that.

At this moment, Duke Leo's brows were furrowed, his expression was extremely solemn, and his lion-mane beard seemed to be tangled.

“They didn’t succeed.”

"What a pity. I shouldn't have sent the Lionheart Knight to meet them."

"Cassius Klaubeu Norichius."

Duke Leo pronounced word for word the name that had repeatedly frustrated him.

Since the Lionheart Alliance, the Principality of Bosk has been developing smoothly and becoming increasingly powerful. Duke Leo has not encountered this level of setbacks for a long time.

In this operation, he did not expect to really kill the red dragon, he just hoped to test it out. If he could really restrain it, it would be great. However, he never expected that the Lionheart Knights who rushed to the rescue would be wiped out.

Fortunately, the person he sent out was the "Black Lion Knight" Fried, whose loyalty was questionable and whom Duke Leo had long wanted to replace.

He turned and looked at Count Trischka who was not far away.

"Trischka, has there been no response from Holy Fadlan yet?"

Count Trischka spread his hands helplessly. "This rebellion is unprecedented in scale. All the forces of the empire have been mobilized to suppress it. They are only willing to send the northern border standing army. As for the 'descendants of the gods' of the Lieyang Legion, not a single one can be mobilized."

Duke Leo said in a heavy tone: "This is of no use at all. Only legendary-level power is enough to fight against this red dragon."

Telischka reminded: "Sir, have you forgotten something..."

"I know what you want to say, the Midnight Demon Tower, the Dragon Mad Black Mage Wagnad, right?"

Duke Leo shook his head and said, "He is a complete lunatic. I have tried my best to buy that scroll. A normal human being simply cannot cooperate with this damn lunatic."

Trischka whispered, "Sir, we don't need to cooperate with him. We just need to make him and the Red Dragon lose both, so that our interests will be maximized."

"Um……"

Duke Leo stroked his messy beard, looking thoughtful.

Suddenly, the sound of a door opening interrupted his thoughts.

The messenger knight rushed in hastily.

"My lord, it's bad, the Principality of Norton has been captured!"

"what?"

"How can this be!"

Duke Leo slammed the table and stood up suddenly, his eyes full of disbelief. Even he, who was always calm, was shocked.

There were even cracks on the table.

The Kingdom of Embers, a newly emerging country that had only been established for a few months, directly conquered the Duchy of Norton without any prior warning or notification. How was this possible?
"Are all the intelligence agencies in the Principality of Bosco useless and should be sent to the guillotine?"

Duke Leo was rarely truly furious.

The knight who sent the message said in a trembling voice, "They were too fast. It only took one day from the time they marched to the time they captured the city."

(End of this chapter)