Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 1431 1403. Bet

Being stared at calmly by someone like Lan En, even if the hostility and murderous intent in the eyes are not clear, but more like interest, but this alone is enough to make most people who are stared at feel physiological Sexual discomfort.

Their bodies will have uncomfortable reactions because they sense too much danger.

But Dijkstra is not an ordinary person. Although he does not know magic and is not a special human being, his position and work content have long tempered his mind to an extraordinary level.

"Hahaha!" Dijkstra suddenly laughed. This burst of laughter was quite unexpected in the banquet hall, so it attracted the attention of many people.

"Vezmir will give me rewards and rewards for every mystery I solve. Being passionate about work allows me to live a decent life. You can laugh at me, but I have a wife and children to support."

"That's not funny at all, Dijkstra."

Lan En said while eating lobster meat dipped in mustard sauce.

"Of course you can work hard to support your wife and children, but if you don't mind, please don't come to me to cause trouble. In my opinion, this hall is full of valuable mysteries."

Lan En's tone was very cold. In his opinion, the kings of the four northern kingdoms are now so recklessly advancing and are about to cause a big mess. Those who engage in intelligence cannot escape the blame.

For their own positions and purposes, only God and themselves know how much private information they added to the information they submitted to the kings.

‘Spring and Autumn Brushwork’, ‘Journalism’. These things are simply self-taught for those who engage in intelligence and public opinion.

The decisions of the kings depended on the comprehensive judgment they made after receiving various information, and who was responsible for delivering the information to the king during this process?

This kind of person is Dijkstra standing next to Lan En.

When so-called strategic misjudgments occur, it is often because of problems with such people.

Lan En was currently thinking about pressing ahead with those stupid kings before they had even implemented their stupid things, so it was hard to avoid feeling a little unhappy when he saw Dijkstra.

But this fat and strong intelligence chief seemed to be waiting for this sentence.

He took over Lan En's words extremely smoothly.

"As you said, sir." He said respectfully and politely, "The entire Aretuosa is a big mystery. I think you must have noticed that the atmosphere here tonight is a little unusual."

"Of course, just to clarify, I'm not talking about these weird magic candles."

Lan En curled his lips and said, "I don't understand."

"I completely believe you, sir." Dijkstra began to put food on his plate, "because I can't understand it, but I really want to understand it."

"Have you noticed something? Something that seems extremely obvious to me: why is there not even a single person wearing a crown in this luxurious and magnificent hall?"

"I'm not surprised." Lan En picked up another piece of salmon with a beautiful texture. "Because the kings definitely prefer traditional banquets. They can play at the table covered with sauce and beer until the early morning, and then pour it under the table. A deep sleep, and more importantly”

"Those fools wearing crowns have sent their trusted eyes and ears. Through these eyes and ears, they can know all kinds of secrets and information. Isn't this enough?"

Dijkstra had no reaction to what Lane called the king, he just mentioned another name.

"But Vilgefortz, a member of the association, is still making sure that all the spies are absent."

Dijkstra looked at the giant beside him calmly, "He gathered all the royal spies here. Those who were not qualified to come in even sent out invitations in a roundabout way. Why did he do this?"

"You mean Wilgefortz?"

The appearance of this name made Lan En rarely stop eating snacks during the conversation.

He couldn't say that he didn't know this young talent among the mage group.

Because not long after the Battle of Soden Mountain ended, the already-famous Archmage came to Aretussa to stay for a while under the ridiculous excuse of "rebuilding the foundation."

But after just one meeting and one conversation with Lan En, his process of 'rebuilding the foundation' suddenly ended.

The young and promising Archmage is planning something more profound and grand, something that ordinary people don't even know about and can't detect.

Lan En didn't know much about him. He just had a vague feeling about him, but he didn't know what he was pursuing.

A guy with superb means and outstanding abilities, but whose goal is never known to anyone, is undoubtedly terrifying.

If you don’t know his goal, you don’t know what methods he will adopt, what he will be obsessed with, and to what extent he will be obsessed with it.

Once one does not understand a person's true goal, it means that most of the person's existence is actually hidden in darkness, cannot be understood by others, and cannot be estimated by others.

No one knows what he will do or what he can do.

"We can make a bet, sir." Dix said confidently. "You come to this banquet with your own purpose, and of course, everyone at this banquet has a purpose."

"Even if you just want to put aphrodisiacs in the wine and find a partner to have fun with for a night, that's the purpose."

"But I can guarantee it, sir." The fat and strong spy stuffed a pickled olive into his mouth without expression and spit out the olive core.

"Each purpose will have consequences and confrontations, and within two hours, Vilgefortz will seek a private conversation with you. If I'm wrong, I'll eat the whole plate."

As he spoke, he pointed to a silver platter with a tiny live octopus sliding slimily on it.

The secret agent smacked his lips in disgust: "For the sake of the plague, who thought of this thing as a dish?"

"Then what will I eat if I lose?"

"No need for anything, sir." Dijkstra looked around quickly, "If you are willing, I just want to hear what you talked about. Correspondingly, you can also see what I think after listening to those things. What a reaction."

Deliberately leaking some information to a specific person, and then watching that person's reaction and actions, and looking at the information hidden under those actions and reactions, is a common trick used by spies.

And with Lan En's ability to perceive and observe people's emotions, even if Dijkstra's performance is excellent, it is almost impossible to escape Lan En's observation.

Lan En just smiled at the spy chief's bet, and then walked away without saying a word.

The spy chief himself also showed no emotion.

And indeed, almost an hour and a half later, Lan En naturally and unsurprisingly lost the bet——

The young talent among the wizards approached him.

——

Under the kind eyes of Tisaya and Henry Gedimidis, Lan entered the chat circle of these archmages as if he was coming to find his two female companions.

They chatted happily with each other. Even the great mages whom Lan En was not familiar with, just looking at the attitudes of Tisaya and Gedimitis were enough to make them show off a hundred times. Twenty percent goodwill.

The two of them are the strongest pillars among the entire northern wizards.

Even though they didn't know Lan En well before, and even had some misunderstandings about him because of the rumors, in this situation, they still had to put on a smile when they should.

Yutisaya started the conversation and led Lan En to Henry Gedimidis, saying that she wanted to 'check his heart'.

This move spread to all the people participating in the banquet in a matter of seconds through whispers.

Because this is equivalent to directly announcing to the outside world who cured the heart disease of this oldest and most powerful mage in mankind.

Many people thought of the experimental project that was rumored to involve demon hunters. Many people had even known about it before and even invested in the experimental project.

But they were not only surprised at Hen Gedimitis's complete recovery, but they were even more surprised that the crystal cultivation project had developed so quickly that it could directly perform organ transplantation?

Or an organ like the heart?

As a result, the archmages became even more enthusiastic about Lan En.

Although most of them are not worried about their life span, organ replacement is indeed a cutting-edge field nowadays.

Everyone wants to know about it.

Henry Gedimidis already seemed a little tired. Although his heart was fine, this new style of banquet undoubtedly did not please him.

So apart from the exchange with Lan En, there were only a few polite perfunctory words left, and the intention to leave the table and rest was clearly expressed.

'Valley Daisy' Francesca Findabel's big and bright eyes were as clear as ice, but Lan En only felt that the way she looked at him had special meaning and implied wariness.

Alto Terranova seemed to have a cheerful personality, and he even had the intention to make a funny face before saying hello to Lan En.

At that time, a group of people were chatting happily. Margarita and Triss looked at the young witcher, while Lydia, the sorceress who often followed Wigfortz, covered herself with a lace fan. The lower half of his face looked at his master.

Vilgefortz only exchanged a few words with Lan En, and then suggested finding a place to chat alone.

From Lan En's point of view, it seemed that only Tisaya and Hen Gedimitis showed some surprise.