"Humph." Little Yennefer let out a short hum from his nasal cavity.
"Do you think I am accompanying you? This time we came out not only to help Dick, but also to find Tyson. The Secondary Mutation instrument should be very important to you demon hunters, right?"
"That's right." Dick interjected, "That instrument is indeed extremely important. According to the news we received before, Professor Seir should have successfully developed the Secondary Mutation instrument. By then, your strength will have improved a lot."
"Then after I finish my mutation," Russell said with a smile, "Dick, let's compete again and see if I, my senior brother, can still defeat you?"
"Of course, you can't ask for it." Dick said with a smile.
Seeing Dick's genuine smile, everyone looked at each other secretly.
They didn't know what happened to Dick, and a thought came to their mind:
Dick may be really crazy, I just hope he can get better in the future.
Two hours later, everyone finally arrived at their destination - Cez.
Although Bacchus Empire's Cez is not the capital of the empire, it is extremely rich.
It is backed by the Panda Continent's rare freshwater lake - Lake of the Goddess. With this advantage, Cez has made a lot of profits, and it can be regarded as a land of plenty for the empire.
No one went to meet Emperor Marius immediately.
After being separated from Tatum, they were taken to a huge palace by palace personnel, which was the temporary residence of Emperor Marius.
After dinner, Dick washed up in the room and then took a rest.
As evening approached, Dick changed into home clothes, when someone knocked on the door gently.
Opening the door, there was a gentle man with an elegant and easy-going temperament.
He leaned forward slightly and saluted, "Hello, Mr. Dick, the grand leader of Witcher Order. I am Stephen, the royal steward of Emperor Marius. You can follow me now to meet His Majesty."
"Where are the others?"
"They were one step ahead of you and entered His Majesty's office first. But they were only a little earlier than you."
On the columns inlaid with diamonds, the reliefs of successive emperors have traces of modifications.
The scepter of a certain late emperor was changed into the sword of Marius, and the face of the former Duke was newly engraved with a snake pattern mask, as if to prevent this period of history from being easily forgotten by the years.
In front of the door at the end of the corridor, there are two Shadow Knights guarding it.
After Dick handed the weapons to them, Stephen gently opened the door and motioned for Dick to enter.
As soon as he entered the room, he noticed that the room was very spacious and there was a huge oil painting hanging on one wall.
The portrait shows a scene of two armies confronting each other. One side is obviously the knight of the Bacchus Empire, and Emperor Marius is commanding in the formation;
On the other side, there are snakes dancing wildly.
Is this an abstract painting?
Dick secretly thought that it should be a confrontation between the forces of Emperor Marius and Snake Cult.
In front, Geralt, Little Yennefer and Russell are all sitting on pine chairs.
Beyond the sight of several people, behind the long mahogany desk, a person was looking over majestically - it was Emperor Marius.
The emperor waved his hand to the steward, who bowed slightly, walked out quietly, and closed the door behind him.
"Dick, you are finally here. I know that you demon hunters are informal, so those red tapes will be dispensed with."
Dick nodded lightly, didn't say much, and found a seat facing Emperor Marius to sit down.
"Dick, you behaved very well before."
"Very good? What do you mean?"
"I mean when you defeated Manslayer, you seriously injured Snake Cult's priest.
Witcher Order played an extremely important role in that battle.
Two-Faced Priest has been captured alive by me and will be beheaded tomorrow. Your actions will greatly reduce the pressure in the Bacchus Empire."
Dick was surprised. "You can actually capture Snake Cult alive to sacrifice?"
"Dick, not all nobles are weak and incompetent, especially Bacchus Empire. There are countless strong men. It is not difficult to capture the seriously injured double-faced priest alive!
In addition, I pried out a lot of information from the priest, and there are indeed many experts in the army who are good at interrogating prisoners."
Dick nodded, "Then you called us here this time just to talk about this matter?"
Emperor Marius clapped his hands, and the door was pushed open by the manager again.
He held a silver tray in both hands, filled with gold Kelang.
The manager explained, "This is Emperor Marius's reward. If converted into silver Kelang, the total will be ten thousand. I hope the friendship between the Bacchus Empire and Witcher Order will last forever."
Dick looked at Russell, and Russell shook his head.
His eyes turned to Little Yennefer again, Little Yennefer stood up with a smile, gently opened the embroidered space bag on his waist, slowly put all the gold Kelang in, and said with a smile:
"Grand leader, this is the fund from Witcher Order."
Dick nodded.
"Emperor Marius, tell me what you have to say. A few days ago you were still chasing me and Xiya, but now your attitude has changed. Sorry, I am not an honors student who graduated from Oxenfurt University, so I don't understand what you mean."
Emperor Marius looked around at the others, "Can you go out for a moment? I want to talk to Dick alone."
Russell was about to say something when Dick nodded slightly towards him.
In the room, Emperor Marius and Dick were sitting face to face.
"Dick, I have investigated all your actions. You have been an assassin and assassinated 6 Bacchus Empire nobles."
His first words made Dick's pupils shrink suddenly.
"However, I don't blame you. In short, the matter is over. In the past year, everything you did has made the entire Panda Continent better.
And I also have a plan that can promote the development of the mainland. I believe you have always had this idea and hope to promote positive changes in the process of the entire continent."
"Emperor Marius, if you say that, I know what you are going to say next."
Dick chuckled and tapped the mahogany table with his fingertips, "You want me to cooperate with Witcher Order and unify the entire Panda Continent?"
Marius raised his eyebrows, "I do have this idea, but the time is not yet ripe."
"Huh?"
"After all, you are not a politician. You have to do everything step by step and slowly. What I mean is that there is a commission I want to entrust to you at the moment, regarding my nephew.
His name is Jimmy, and he is my heir. My manager will explain the detailed entrustment tasks to you at that time.
You happen to appear in the Bacchus Empire, why don't you help me solve this problem? After that, we will talk in detail about the plan for the entire continent."
"Emperor Marius, I have accepted this commission."
Dick thought for a moment and decided to accept this demon hunting commission. After all, it can improve his strength. "But I have no interest in helping you unify the entire continent."
Emperor Marius remained silent.
His knuckles tapped the table gently in rhythm, and after a moment he spoke:
"We'll talk about this later."
Dick nodded and asked again, "Emperor Marius, can I make a request?"
Marius was slightly surprised, but still motioned Dick to continue.
"Can you leave the task of executing Two-Faced Priest to me?"