Xu Yue successfully reached a consensus with Duke Negan.
Faced with life and death, Duke Negan chose to compromise.
Both assassination attempts had possessed a high chance of success without all the interference, especially the second one. He had already caught the scent of death.
There was great terror between life and death.
Especially for a great nobleman who had yet to have his fill of worldly splendor.
As for how exactly to break the deadlock, he planned to discuss it slowly with his colleagues. He happened to have arranged a meeting with Count Hall, and it would be best if he could gain Evernight's support. That would make things more secure.
At the same time, Xu Yue had already revealed some information about Silver City, greatly arousing Duke Negan's interest.
This assassination attempt had made him understand that only power held in his own hands was reliable. Otherwise, who knew how he might be stood up next time.
Under the effects of that potion, he had already felt a natural closeness and goodwill toward Xu Yue. On top of that, Silver City's interests were involved.
He immediately agreed to transfer large tracts of land in the Rosted Islands as an investment.
Meanwhile, after Klein was rescued and revived, he could not help but let out a huge sigh of relief upon hearing that Xu Yue was not the one who had died.
He then honestly cooperated with the Storm Church's investigation.
Since he had been the great contributor who discovered the Demon Dog in the first place, and since he had entered the scene because of that key and seriously wounded the opponent this time, the Storm Church suppressed some of its own temper and released Klein peacefully, only requiring him not to leave Backlund in the near future...