Super Righteous Player
Chapter 951 - 9 What Harm Could a Kitten Have

Chapter 951: Chapter 9 What Harm Could a Kitten Have

Although Annan hadn’t spoken to Tower Master Hugo yet, he had roughly guessed... Tower Master Hugo perhaps wanted to officially pass on the position to Salvatore.

During the previous battle with the Spiritual Guardian Monk, Tower Master Hugo had burned too many souls in order to further stimulate his Elemental Power.

Solely based on frontal combat power, even possessing the Philosopher’s Stone, the "Spiritual Guardian Monk" Bernadino could not confront the "Flame Pilferer" Hugo.

Tower Master Hugo was not just an ordinary Gold Wizard.

He was the most powerful transformation wizard in this world with the strongest direct combat power. That holy fire which burned eternally, fueled by wisdom and will, could burn souls directly, ignoring all defenses.

Any material that tried to block him would be twisted into another form through his transformational spells.

Rocks that couldn’t burn would turn into withered trees, and walls of sturdy metal could turn into coral—and once the holy fire landed on someone, as long as there was still thought and a clear will, the intense holy fire would use the soul as fuel and burn ceaselessly.

Therefore, even the Spiritual Guardian Monk, who came armed with various spirit-targeting tricks, had never thought about directly defeating Hugo.

Even in such a situation, if Hugo had been a bit more ruthless and burnt all his students to death with the holy fire... as long as they weren’t used by the Spiritual Guardian Monk to make Philosopher’s Stone materials, an equipped Spiritual Guardian Monk could have been directly counter-killed by Hugo, unable to even escape.

At that time, having attained infinite mana, all the Spiritual Guardian Monk could do was wait until Hugo’s life burned out.

...But using his limited Elemental Power to confront the perpetually replenishing Spiritual Guardian Monk was still a highly exhaustive act for Tower Master Hugo.

According to Silver Baron’s words at the time, Hugo burning his own soul to maintain the peak offensive could last about fifty-two hours.

And Annan had prepared everything and arrived at the Marshland Heath Tower of Black within a day.

Tower Master Hugo had also told Annan that he could live for at least a few more years.

Long enough to live until Salvatore advanced to Gold and could protect Salvatore through the succession ceremony.

Now, only a little over half a year had passed.

...Could something unexpected have happened to Tower Master Hugo?

Although Annan didn’t want to readily assume the worst... but with Hugo suddenly asking Annan to come see him, and not wanting Salvatore to know, it was probably just that.

Annan was never one for unnecessary actions.

Since Hugo had spoken thus, Annan truly hadn’t mentioned this matter to Salvatore.

Hugo was an elder, Salvatore’s mentor, and a top-tier powerhouse. Most importantly, he was a guardian of this world, a successor of the "Flame Pilferer" Prometheus, much like Maria.

As the Master of the Wizard’s Tower, they were mostly guarding something, inheriting something, watching over something.

When the elder called, Annan naturally dared not refuse.

He briefly consulted with "Beauty of Imbalance" Vasily and decided to move up the plan originally scheduled for mid-July.

So some adjustments were needed.

Maria and Dmitry couldn’t leave Winter for now, otherwise the Rasputin family would not be stable.

However, Annan could indeed leave first.

Maria had already returned to the Tower of Storm—she had to go back there from time to time. Thus, the candidate to take Annan’s extra work was only Dmitry.

In fact, in terms of administrative matters, there weren’t many things that required the Grand Duke’s personal signature.

The Hand of Winter, an institution of great authority only responsible to the Grand Duke of Winter, could in many respects act as a "deputy grand duke" to oversee the government.

Annan had only just ascended three months ago and had hardly any interaction with the Hands of Winter.

They had yet to realize that Annan had already lost control over the life and death authority of the Hands of Winter. Plus, Annan had started arranging for players to blend in—among the new recruits along with Husky from Thirteen Spices, several were potential candidates for the Hand of Winter.

Therefore, even if Annan left the duchy directly, there was no need to worry about any problems in the short term.

Annan had long anticipated that he might frequently leave the Duchy of Winter—apart from the sacred day in December and Annan’s birthday on March 14th, where he must stay in the Duchy of Winter, leaving at other times wouldn’t pose any issues.

For the sake of safety after a previous assassination attempt, Annan, a "fragile fifteen-year-old boy," refused any private meetings unless absolutely necessary.

What constitutes a necessary situation?

Then you might first want to ask His Highness Dmitry to see if the Grand Prince Annan’s older brother thinks your situation is necessary.

—The result was, with Dmitry working overtime, almost all the work was halted at Dmitry’s hands. Dmitry had even complained to Annan about it.

Because he had already heard some strange rumors that Prince Dmitry had sidelined his younger brother...

"Hey, did I sideline you? I actually did sideline you, didn’t I? That important matter, you let me make decisions on my own—am I the Duke of Winter then? But if it’s you, you don’t care about the government affairs of Winter at all... But why do I still need to handle your affairs without even a vacation?"

Are those who sideline others these days all this hardworking?

Mr. Dmitry’s voice was filled with fatigue and dissatisfaction.

Clearly, he was not as good at working overtime as Salvatore.

But he would grow eventually.

Annan cast a kind look at his complaining elder brother.

— Sooner or later, Dmitry would adapt to this state of Annan not managing affairs. By that time, he would stop complaining.

Annan had not made a public appearance in informal settings for a very long time.

The next event that required Annan’s personal attendance was the Rotting Day on October 10th. On this day, all the farmers needed to sacrifice some pre-prepared rotting plants in the name of the Mothmother to increase the fertility of the soil.

Because this involved two True Gods directly, rulers from various nations and the Pope were all required to attend and give speeches.

This meant that Annan could afford to wander outside for another four months before returning home...

However, Dmitry indeed did not need to wait that long.

Another month would pass, and once the issues in the Underground City were resolved, Annan could pick up Dmitry and Maria for a "family outing" to the United Kingdoms.

He would leave the entire duchy’s mess to Vasily and let her go fishing.

She would indeed put on a great performance and force all those noted in Annan’s little notebook to come forth. When they had become rampant to the extreme, the old grandmother would groggily wake from her dreams.

As soon as she opened her eyes, she would see her innocent and weak descendants being mocked and bullied by a bunch of old geezers—

What bad intentions could a little kitten have?

Of course, Annan wasn’t talking about himself.

He was referring to Vasily.

Because Vasily really was a little kitten...

If Annan hoped to rebuild the great barrier and unify the five nations, that would also be the best opportunity. Hence, Annan planned to travel to each country personally before his grandmother woke up to see what the situation was really like.

An invasion from The Void World could happen at any time, and The Worm seemed to have already escaped its confinement.

Although everything seemed unusually peaceful now, only a few knew that the crisis was in fact drawing closer.

Theoretically, The Holy Nation should have the best countermeasures... but clearly, they couldn’t discuss it with the players.

Annan still had to make a trip there himself in the end.

After all, staying in the Duchy of Winter, there wasn’t much to do. Considering that Lord Hugo had already begun summoning Annan, his body might not hold up much longer—and since Annan had returned from the Kingdom of Noah at the beginning of April, he had already been in Winter for two months and indeed was getting restless.

So, Annan made a swift decision—

To go to Noah again... ahem, to make a business trip to Noah.

Annan himself could leave with the Winter’s Testament, which had already devolved into the "Two-Toned Scepter."

Meanwhile, Dmitry would be left behind to handle the government affairs and keep other visitors at bay.

To avoid alarming anyone, Annan did not bring any of the "Fingers" or a Hand of Winter on this trip. Instead, he only followed 13 Incense and Husky, two oddly shaped players, to board the "homebound" subway.

—Of course, Annan didn’t report this to Maria.

Because she would definitely not agree.

To avoid the eyes and ears of this ubiquitous "storm," Annan even specially applied his strongest makeup when he left the duke’s mansion—

He had long been unseen as David, "the Final Work."

If he were accidentally discovered, Dmitry would still be the one to take the beating.

Just like a brother taking his younger brother to the internet café—If the brother gets beaten up, the older brother takes the beating; if the younger brother goes to the internet café alone, the older brother still takes the beating.

In this regard, Maria’s thinking had always been quite flexible from childhood...

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