The next morning, Dongfang Jiang was still in dreamland.
Yesterday’s battle had consumed a large amount of his energy.
Pandana was resting her head on Dongfang Jiang’s arm, curled up in his embrace.
A knock came from the room, waking Pandana.
She poked the sleeping Dongfang Jiang.
“Someone is here for us, wake up, Mister Dongfang.”
“Oh.”
Dongfang Jiang and Pandana quickly tidied their clothes.
After opening the door, Dongfang Jiang saw two expected figures.
One was the butler who had escorted them out of the Noble District yesterday.
The other was the duke they had met yesterday.
The duke had changed into plain clothes.
Dongfang Jiang and Pandana let them in.
Dongfang Jiang closed the door.
Pandana snapped her fingers, and Swamp Moon circled around her.
Swamp Moon released energy, enveloping the four of them.
“Like this, we can avoid being eavesdropped on.”
Pandana put away the Swamp Moon, which had become a crescent.
She smiled and explained to Ignatius.
Ignatius nodded and introduced himself to Dongfang Jiang and Pandana.
“Mister Dongfang, Miss Douglas, I am the current head of the Baden family, Ignatius Bader. On behalf of all members of the Baden family, I thank Dongfang Jiang for saving my life.”
Ignatius had investigated Dongfang Jiang last night, and thus discovered Pandana, who had already become Dongfang Jiang’s guardian.
“You’re welcome, Lord Bader.”
Dongfang Jiang smiled and responded to Ignatius.
Ignatius examined Dongfang Jiang.
Dongfang Jiang’s demeanor was neither servile nor arrogant, which pleased Ignatius greatly.
Ignatius glanced at the butler.
The butler understood and brought out a safe, placing it on the table.
After opening the safe, inside was a large money bag, enough for two people to live for a lifetime.
“This is a simple reward, as well as a down payment for the next task. Mister Dongfang, I have to be frank. Yisela is my beloved daughter. If you want to take her away, you need to pass my test.”
“Quite a generous offer… What do we need to do?”
“Pursue the owner of the Valen Ring, Kaxiu.”
“Deal, but there’s one more thing. After this is over, I need to take possession of the Valen Ring.”
Dongfang Jiang had not forgotten Nata’s commission.
He looked at Duke Ignatius, who was lost in thought.
The Baden family also used Sun Energy, and this ring was quite tempting for them.
“Alright, I agree to this deal.”
Ignatius thought for a while and finally agreed to Dongfang Jiang’s request.
The reason was simple.
The Valen Ring involved King Valen.
His Majesty would not allow him to possess such a ring.
So it was better to go with the flow and give the ring to Dongfang Jiang.
Ignatius showed the ring in his hand to Dongfang Jiang, then told him the current situation.
“For now, the only ones who can threaten Kaxiu are you, me, Yisela, and Miss Douglas. I need to attract Kaxiu’s attention on the surface. The rest will be up to you and Yisela.”
Duke Ignatius’s plan was simple: he would use himself as bait to lure Kaxiu out, and the task of killing Kaxiu would be left to Dongfang Jiang and the other two.
“Hmm, if he’s cautious enough, he should be on guard against Mister Dongfang and the young lady. My suggestion is to wait until we rendezvous with Xue before making the next move.”
“That’s a good suggestion, but the key is that we don’t have enough time.”
Ignatius looked at Pandana and shook his head regretfully.
If they could gather one more Guardian as Pandana suggested, then taking down Kaxiu would be a sure thing.
“That’s a pity then.”
Pandana was a bit regretful.
Dongfang Jiang took over from Pandana and asked Ignatius his question.
“How much time do we have?”
“Essentially none. We’ve already tracked down Kaxiu’s location, so he could attack us at any moment.”
“I see… Does Yisela know about this?”
“She knows.”
Ignatius was a bit puzzled by Dongfang Jiang’s question, but he answered it honestly.
“Hah, since it’s Yisela’s choice, we have no reason to refuse… Yisela and I will protect the duke on the surface while attracting Kaxiu’s attention. As for Pandana…”
“I’ll go find Kaxiu’s trail. He doesn’t have any information on me yet, so I’m the best person to verify the intelligence the duke has gathered.”
Pandana placed her hand on her chest, a confident smile on her face.
“Is that so? Then let’s do it that way.”
Before Ignatius could finish, Dongfang Jiang nodded.
Ignatius looked at Dongfang Jiang and Pandana, the words he wanted to say stuck in his throat.
Because this was the best choice.
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“Then I’ll go ahead. Mister Dongfang, please take care.”
“Ah, you too. If you encounter Kaxiu, don’t try to fight him. Just run away.”
“Mm, I will.”
Pandana winked playfully at Dongfang Jiang, then, following Ignatius’s information, she infiltrated the Royal Capital’s sewer.
Although it was called a sewer, the environment there, aside from being a bit smelly and a bit dirty, was not much different from the slums.
Therefore, all sorts of people who entered the Royal Capital by various means chose to live here.
In other words, this was the lawless zone of the Royal Capital.
“A user of Sun Energy hiding in a place like this?”
Pandana carefully walked through the sewer.
She moved cautiously through the sewers.
After searching for a while, she found no clues related to Kaxiu.
“Let’s try detecting with energy.”
After finding no clues, Pandana condensed a wisp of energy onto her index finger and gently touched the sewer wall.
Through the detection of Swamp Energy, Pandana discovered that the Royal Capital, which appeared to be divided into several parts on the surface, was actually connected together through the sewers.
“I see. That’s not a complete loss.”
Pandana nodded, recorded the structure of the sewer, then removed her finger from the wall.
Pandana was about to leave when someone bumped into her chest.
She immediately summoned Swamp Moon and was about to retaliate, but the person immediately apologized to her.
“Sorry, sorry, I didn’t mean to bump into you… QAQ”
Pandana put away Swamp Moon and looked at the blue-haired girl who had bumped into her.
The girl was about 155 cm tall, slightly shorter than Pandana.
She wore a well-tailored plaid work outfit.
On her exposed collarbone was a mole, and her blue hair, like a waterfall, hung down to her waist.
Around her neck hung an ID card.
Pandana looked at it carefully.
Xi Fritz was a newspaper reporter.
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