Chapter 304: It's All Rumors

"My god, brother! So Miss Vivian on your ship is that powerful?"

"That's for sure, I saw with my own eyes that day Miss Vivian summoned a super invincible huge golden holy sword, and stabbed the sea monster Kraken to death in one go!"

"Wow, golden holy sword, what kind of golden holy sword is that, I have never seen such a miracle in my life! Brother, you are really lucky!"

"That's for sure, we are the warriors carefully selected by His Highness the Prince, only then can we have the qualification to follow behind Miss Vivian."

"Then... holy sword..."

"Oh, listen to me, the holy sword looks like..., it's just like this!"

……

"Brother, brother, drink, drink! We are really admiring the warriors on your 'Golden King'!"

"Hahaha, easy to say, easy to say, but this journey is really hard!"

"That's for sure, only maritime warriors like you brother can follow His Highness the Prince and Miss Vivian to roam the ocean and kill sea monsters! Hey! By the way, was that sea monster Kraken really killed by Miss Vivian? I really feel it's incredible, is that something humans can do?"

"Of course it was Miss Vivian who killed the sea monster Kraken. I saw it clearly at the time, the blood of that Kraken dyed the seawater red!"

"Some people say Miss Vivian is an angel descending, I think it's true! How could mortals be so powerful and beautiful!"

"Shh! I know about this, I'll tell you quietly, don't go out and talk nonsense. Miss Vivian is really an angel, how could humans be so powerful and beautiful, only the legendary angels are reasonable!"

……

"Humph! Stop bragging! You guys from Golden Port only know how to brag, humans cannot defeat sea monsters, don't treat us all as fools, okay?"

"What? You actually don't believe it? Everyone on our ship saw with their own eyes Miss Vivian driving away the sea monster and saving His Highness the Prince. How could something seen by so many eyes be fake!"

"How could it not be fake? That's naturally you all lying! A bunch of liars!"

"What? You damn guy, die!"

……

In Duke Ross's study in the Governor's Mansion.

The butler finished reporting all the intelligence collected by sending people down to contact the crew of the 'Golden King', and then lowered his head and waited quietly for the Duke's instructions.

"Killing a sea monster, an angel descending, rescuing the prince, eating the sea monster—it's as if the sea is stained red with blood and ink is smearing the entire surface! Hehehe, Karl, oh Karl, you are still too young after all." Duke Ross took a puff of a premium cigar produced on his own plantation and nodded with satisfaction. "If you want to intimidate me, you should at least make your story consistent and perfect. There were so many people on that ship, yet they couldn't even keep their stories straight. As expected, they look shrewd but are actually trash!"

The butler presented an exquisite silver snuff tray in real time, carefully catching the cigar ash.

"The General is right; this Prince Karl is actually not worth fearing! However, that Miss Vivian..."

"Vivian? That woman who was propped up, what about her?"

"My Lord, although it is certainly impossible for that Miss Vivian to have defeated the sea monster, according to the results of the probes conducted by the personnel I arranged over these past few days... Miss Vivian is indeed a very powerful 【Paladin】!"

"Hehehe, I had already thought of that! No need to worry too much. If that woman were an idiot, that brat Karl wouldn't be propping her up! Alright, this intelligence I..."

"Father! It's bad! Father! It's bad!" Before Duke Ross could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by a series of "it's bads."

Young Master Lude pushed open the study door and rushed in, and then Duke Ross saw a face resembling a pig's head appear before him.

"Father, it's bad!"

"Slap!"

Duke Ross could no longer hold back and swung a palm hard against Lude's face.

Adding insult to injury!

"You bastard, who are you saying is 'bad'? Huh? Who are you talking about? And how many times have I told you? Knock on the door before entering my study! Knock! Knock!"

Duke Ross was the Governor of the Pales Archipelago; he naturally didn't need to knock, but he could knock on Lude's head!

Young Master Lude dodged while loudly protesting his innocence.

"Father! Father! Father! I know I was wrong, I will definitely knock next time, I've remembered, I've remembered!" After taking a few hard hits, Young Master Lude hurriedly brought up the real business. "Father, I came here for something important, a big deal!"

Duke Ross gave a disdainful smile and casually had the butler relight his extinguished cigar.

"It would be a good thing if you bastard didn't cause me trouble; what big deal could you have! By the way, what's wrong with your face? Did you cause me trouble again?"

"No, no! Father, this time it's for real, listen to me." Lude habitually shrank his head. "It's like this, Father, I discovered that what that bunch of people at the restaurant on the 'Golden King' said is true. After I..."

"Get out~"

The deafening sound wave shook half of the Governor's Mansion, which fully proved that the General's strength had not diminished from his younger days!

Young Master Lude scrambled out of the study, nearly colliding head-on with Prince Karl and Mr. Archer, who had come to find Duke Ross.

"Young Master Lude, you are..."

"It's nothing! I'm fine!" Young Master Lude was a man who cared about his image; naturally, he didn't want outsiders to see such a shameful appearance, so he hurriedly got up and ran away, leaving the two of them standing there in the wind.

Fortunately, the wide-open study door allowed Duke Ross to see the Prince, and the Duke immediately stepped out to greet him.

"I am truly sorry, I have let the Prince see a disgrace! He is unfilial, unfilial!"

"No, no, Young Master Lude is still... still... quite... quite @￥%&!"

Karl tried hard to recall Young Master Lude's merits, but in the end, he declared failure and had to quickly mumble his way past it.

"Let's not talk about him, let's not talk about him. It's all my fault for not teaching my son well, letting the Prince see a disgrace." The Duke clearly did not want to chat with others about his son and hurriedly asked about Karl's purpose. "I wonder why the Prince has come to find me?"

Karl finally breathed a sigh of relief; this had been too difficult for him.

"Ah, it's like this! Because of the Duke's help, the repair work on the 'Golden King' is almost complete. In a few days, we will set sail to continue the mission of searching for 'Treasure Island'!"

"Oh, that is truly great! Does the Prince need any more help from me?"

"No, no, no, the Duke has already helped us too much! It's like this: we are about to set sail, and we have no way to repay the Duke's help, so we... we could only help you capture some pirates to make a contribution to Pales Island. I hope the Duke likes it!"

Ding!

Duke Ross's mind went into high alert!

It's here, it really is here!

A warning and intimidation from the royal family!