Chapter 3665: Opportunity

The gas lamp in the prison cell dimmed and then stabilized. Su Xiao, who was sitting cross-legged and meditating, opened his eyes. The crystal wall in front was slowly rising. A guard pushed a dining cart inside. Although this identity was currently trapped in prison, he was, after all, a Beastman Lord.

Before long, several delicacies with distinct Beastman characteristics were placed on the dining cart. The so-called Beastman characteristics were naturally large chunks of meat full of juice, and a large beer mug as thick as a bowl mouth filled with malt ale. The warm yellow liquor looked like beer, but it was actually a type of strong liquor with a sweet and fierce taste.

The guard who delivered the lunch bowed slightly to Su Xiao and then retreated outside the prison cell. It was not until the crystal wall, which was several dozen centimeters thick, fell back down that the Beastman guards outside relaxed a bit.

Su Xiao tasted a piece of meat with average appearance; the taste was unexpectedly not bad. He also drank a mouthful of malt ale, which was also not bad, except that the liquor was laced with colorless and odorless fierce poison. Others might not be able to taste it, but Su Xiao felt it affected the taste a bit.

He tasted a mouthful of stewed meat again and savored it carefully. Hmm, the food was also laced with fierce poison. This was clearly intended to put his identity, that is, Lord Gewen, to death.

Su Xiao casually threw the tableware into the dining tray and picked up the mouthwash. Just after drinking a mouthful, he discovered that it was also laced with poison. This made his brows furrow a bit. After rinsing his mouth with the water cup on the bedside cabinet, the strange taste of the fierce poison in his mouth finally disappeared. The person who prepared this fierce poison had a high level of skill in manufacturing poison agents, but in terms of taste concealment, it was typical third-rate goods.

Su Xiao looked at the food on the dining cart. In his view, this matter could not have been done by Grand Commander Kane. Although the other party had a grudge against his current identity, Lord Gewen, one could see from the way Grand Commander Kane cleaned up Lord Gewen that this Grand Commander Kane must be a super old schemer.

If Lord Gewen were poisoned to death in prison, the one who would be the most uncomfortable would definitely be Grand Commander Kane. Everyone knew that the two had a grudge. Lord Gewen was locked in the prison cell just because he intended to assassinate Kane's wife, waiting for the Beast King to make a personal ruling.

At this critical juncture, if Lord Gewen were poisoned to death in prison, Grand Commander Kane would be unable to defend himself. At that time, Kane's enemies would take the opportunity to fan the flames, and the Beast King would have to give an attitude.

Do not think that Beastman Lords were third-tier power holders. These Lords with fiefs were actually various Grand Dukes. Some Lord families had existed since the Dark Age. After the rise of the Beastmen, they inherited their fiefs generation after generation.

The Beastmen had one main city and seven high-walled cities. The main city was naturally guarded by the Beast King, while those seven high-walled cities were controlled by the seven most powerful Beastman Lords, or rather, seven Beastman families. It was like the power centers of seven kingdoms, distributed in different directions of the main city, and then the main city became the power center of these seven high-walled cities.

Ordinary Lords guarded one large city, coupled with numerous subordinate cities, thereby forming a complete fief. In terms of comprehensive strength, the top priorities were naturally tax revenue, food production, mineral resources, and the combat power of the legions under each Lord.

Su Xiao's existing identity disguise, that is, Lord Gewen, although he had lost his fief and his family had declined to the point where only he remained, he was still a Beastman Lord before the Beast King's ruling.

The most important point was that the other hundred-plus Lords could not be sure that they wouldn't have a day of decline. Would Lord Gewen's fate today become their tomorrow? It was precisely because of this that once Lord Gewen was poisoned to death in prison, Grand Commander Kane would be the most uncomfortable person.

Grand Commander Kane never intended to kill Lord Gewen. Regardless of the reason, killing a Beastman Lord was a big deal, coupled with the fact that no one dared to touch the dignity of the current Beast King.

What was even more fatal was that this Beast King was already showing signs of being old and frail. He was no longer the War King he once was, and the successor he chose always had grudges with several major families. The War Bear, Jackal, Snake Witch, Astrologer, Storm, and Iron Pattern Beastman families had long wanted to push a Beast King up and were not prepared to let the Steel Feather family produce another Beast King. Regardless of what was said, the Steel Feather family had already produced three Beast Kings in a row.

At this critical juncture, if the matter of Grand Commander Kane poisoning a Lord were to spread, regardless of the real situation, the Beast King would have to come forward. After all, Grand Commander Kane was the right hand of his left and right hands, an absolute confidant.

One didn't need to think to know that the one who poisoned him this time must be Grand Commander Kane's enemy, or one of the seven major Beastman families.

Su Xiao looked at the food in front of him and felt that his luck had turned for the better. He raised his hand to signal the Savage Bear captain outside to come in.

"Mr. Gewen, what is this?"

"Go find Kane and have him come see me."

"You are joking. How could a small person like me see Grand Commander Kane? This is really making things difficult for..."

"This food has been poisoned. I shouldn't be able to last long."

Hearing Su Xiao's words, the Savage Bear captain's heart shrank, and the fur on both sides of his cheeks stood up. He leaned down to sniff the food and malt ale on the table, then signaled his subordinates to come forward. After he whispered something to his confidant, a Minotaur, the Minotaur hurried away.

Although the Savage Bear captain had checked the food before the meal, he was exceptionally uneasy at this moment. Before long, the Minotaur brought back a cage containing several small animals that looked like ground rats. The Savage Bear captain took some food and stuffed it into the cage. After just ten-plus seconds, the few small rodent creatures all died.

Seeing this scene, the Savage Bear captain supported the wall with one hand on the spot. He said extremely sincerely and concernedly: "Lord... Lord, you must hold on! I will go find a doctor immediately!"

By the end, bloodshot eyes appeared in the Savage Bear captain's eyes. Thinking about it, it was true. Under his watch, a Beastman Lord was poisoned to death, coupled with the fact that this matter involved a Grand Commander, regardless of the result, the Savage Bear captain would definitely not have a good end.

"I haven't died yet. What are you panicking about?"

Su Xiao casually threw the shackles he was wearing onto the table. At this juncture, the Savage Bear captain and other Beastmen couldn't care about these details.

"You go tell Kane first..."

Before Su Xiao could finish his words, the Savage Bear captain interrupted:

"But Lord, you need a doctor more."

"……"

Su Xiao tilted his head and stared at the Savage Bear captain for a few seconds. The Savage Bear captain swallowed his saliva. Although his official position was not high and he was only a small captain of the prison, after the initial panic, his mood stabilized. Weighing it for a few seconds, he decided to report this matter to Grand Commander Kane first.

As for how the Savage Bear captain could contact the Grand Commander, it was naturally impossible in the past, but the Savage Bear captain was currently watching the other party's enemy. With the means of several confidants under that Grand Commander, such details would naturally not be missed.

The opportunity at hand allowed Su Xiao to see a possibility, a possibility to reverse the existing disadvantages at the fastest speed and turn all the disadvantages of his current identity into advantages.

As long as he handled the Lord status and obtained a fief, things would be much easier. At that time, the four types of bounties on the "Hunter List: Blood Pact" could be handled.

Whether it was "Wolf Tomb," "Hunting Death God," or "Slaying the Spellcaster Absolute Strong," these were all very important matters. As for finally calming the dispute between the Beastmen and the Sea Race, before entering the Star Fall Continent, Su Xiao still held a lottery attitude and invested 10 ounces of Space-Time Power. After all, it was a 500-fold return.

But after understanding the situation of the Star Fall Continent, he knew that these 10 ounces of Space-Time Power had been thrown into the water. The ultimate goal this time was to find the "Initial Imprint." The importance of this matter was in the highest tier, followed by the development of the "Jiela Zerg," then finding "Wolf Tomb," then "Hunting Death God," and finally "Slaying the Spellcaster Absolute Strong."

The subsequent few matters were not urgent for now and could be carried out synchronously and step by step. But in terms of searching for the "Initial Imprint," he could not relax at all throughout the process. After entering this world, Su Xiao learned a piece of bad news: because the contention battle between the Reincarnation Paradise and the Dawn Paradise was too intense, when the Dawn Paradise launched the "Initial Imprint" into this world, it was not very smooth.

The specific process was not clear, and there was no need to delve into it. The situation at hand was that the "Initial Imprint" shattered into many pieces. The piece discovered by the Sea Race was the largest one, and it was also because someone attempted to activate this piece of "Initial Imprint" that all the imprint fragments scattered across the Star Fall Continent were activated.

These semi-activated fragments had the possibility of being found. Simply put, any Qiyuezhe, Hunter, Battle Angel, etc., within this world, when approaching within a certain range of these Initial Imprint fragments, would receive a prompt from the Tree of the Void.

What was even more tricky was that due to the characteristics of the Initial Imprint, there was no way to store this thing in the storage space. That is to say, once an Initial Imprint fragment was obtained, one was either the hunter or the prey.

Coupled with the lineup this time, which included Ruthless Brother, Magic Scythe: Tailide, Black Demon, the Ranger four brothers, the three from the Undead faction, Nightmare: Kain, Water Brother, etc., just thinking about it, one knew how dangerous the situation would be after finding an imprint fragment.

Holding a fragment and fleeing to a place where no one was around to hide? Doing so had no meaning. In the final analysis, the Initial Imprint itself was not particularly precious. This thing was more like a key. It could open the corresponding "Storage Device." Inside that "Storage Device," there was at least 2 million ounces of Space-Time Power. This was the key.

This also led to the fact that grabbing a small piece of the key had no meaning. When the world progress of this world ended, the person who possessed the most "Initial Imprint" fragments would be the only winner. All the imprint fragments in the hands of everyone else would belong to this person.

Even those Initial Imprint fragments scattered in various places of the Star Fall Continent that had not yet been discovered by the Qiyuezhe would be directionally recovered due to the notarization of the Tree of the Void.

Therefore, in this world progress, wanting to take all the imprint fragments was almost impossible. How to become the person holding the most imprint fragments was the point.

Or rather, how to kill the person holding more imprint fragments than oneself. How many fragments one got actually didn't count as the point. As long as no one had more than oneself, that was the winner.

Su Xiao didn't wait too long. Dozens of Beastman guards wearing deep red armor and with murderous auras stood in two rows outside the prison cell. A figure with white hair and beard, a thin physique, an aura like an eagle looking at a wolf, and holding a cane stopped outside the prison cell. Those eyes, which appeared turbid but actually hid sharpness, looked into the prison cell. This made all the guards and sentries around lower their heads, not daring to look him in the eye. The aura was too strong, strong to the point of making people feel a sense of suffocation.

Grand Commander Kane walked into the prison cell with his cane. After sitting down, he let the accompanying doctor check the food on the dining cart. A moment later, the accompanying Snake-man doctor shook his head, indicating that the fierce poison in the food was already unsolvable. If it had been within a few minutes of poisoning, he would have had a way, but now it was already beyond saving.

"Perhaps you won't believe it, but I never intended to take your life. This is disadvantageous to me. Letting you stay in the prison cell is what I want to see."

Speaking to this point, Grand Commander Kane sighed as if with emotion. He raised his hand to let everyone retreat. This made the two confidants who came with him shocked, but they dared not disobey Kane's order and could only retreat very reluctantly.

"This old thing of mine actually won't live long. Do it. I lost this round. The Beast King couldn't come down personally. My old partner and I were two against seven; it was indeed powerless."

While Grand Commander Kane was speaking, the imprint on his heart had already quietly taken effect. This was his backup plan, or rather, he was going to 'die' here today, so as to dismantle this arrangement of the seven major Beastman families.

As for whether it was a real death or a fake death, it was definitely a fake death. If things went well, this was all a part of Grand Commander Kane's plan.

The situation was already very clear. The ones who poisoned him were the alliance formed by the seven major Beastman families. They were preparing to drag the Beast King family, that is, the Steel Feather family, off the throne. A new generation of Beast King would be selected from the seven major Beastman families. Afterward, the Steel Feather family would return to the family alliance, and that new Beast King family would become independent and check and balance with the family alliance.

That is to say, now it was the two Grand Commanders representing the Beast King, secretly competing with the family alliance. Interestingly, the mutual competition here basically had no impression on the war situation with the Sea Race, or rather, because they had been fighting all along, the Beastmen and the Sea Race were used to fighting, and they had long practiced the ability to fight while fighting for power. Coupled with the fact that it was not only the Beastmen side that was like this, the inside of the Sea Race side was even more chaotic.

Su Xiao looked at Grand Commander Kane sitting steadily opposite him. He estimated that everything happening at the moment was nine times out of ten within the other party's calculations. If things went well, once this matter passed, there would be a counterattack against the family alliance.

If it followed the normal process, Su Xiao, in order to continue maintaining the existing disguise identity, would be forced to take action. Other things aside, just with Lord Gewen's fierce means, not killing his enemy at such an opportunity would inevitably appear abnormal.

It was just that Su Xiao was not prepared to use Lord Gewen's identity, but was prepared to use this identity as a stepping stone. More importantly, he was not prepared to get involved in the dispute between Kane and the family alliance. Stabilizing the Lord status as soon as possible and obtaining a fief were the important matters.

"It is a pity to interrupt your plan. Judging from the current situation, this fierce poison still can't poison me to death."

Su Xiao spoke. Hearing his words, Grand Commander Kane opposite him showed suspicion. What he was suspicious of was not the content of what Su Xiao said, but the demeanor and tone when Su Xiao spoke.

"So, you can't die?"

Grand Commander Kane was calm, but actually probing in secret. It looked like his thumb habitually brushed over the gem on the cane, but the two guards who were hiding their figures behind him had already quietly protected him on the left and right. This old guy was more cunning than imagined.

"If it were the original Lord Gewen, he would be dead by now."

As soon as Su Xiao said this, Grand Commander Kane made a gesture to get up and leave. After he stood up slowly and agedly, he said: "This is the Beastmen's own business and has nothing to do with your Paradise. Later, I will arrange for you to leave here."

After saying this, Grand Commander Kane walked outside the prison cell.

"Is that so? It has nothing to do with the Paradise lineup, but does it have anything to do with the Arcane Eternal Star?"

Hearing Su Xiao's words, Grand Commander Kane's footsteps paused, and he said: "Perhaps you have a grudge against the Arcane Eternal Star, but this is not a reason for our two sides to join forces……"

Grand Commander Kane's words stopped abruptly, because he saw the Law-Breaker imprint Su Xiao gathered with Qing Gang Ying energy, and felt the aura that was outrageously oppressive. He pondered for a moment and asked: "Who are you?"

"In the Void, most people call me Law-Breaker."

"Are you that Law-Breaker who blew up the resource stars of the spellcasters?"

After saying this, Grand Commander Kane's eyes clearly became more vigilant. Although the Arcane Eternal Star was currently cooperating with the Sea Race and that side was the enemy of the Beastmen, anyone who dared to blow up the resource stars of the Arcane Eternal Star must have the guts to blow up the main city of the Beastmen.

"Just rumors. That was dirty water splashed on me by the Arcane Eternal Star."

"Many people witnessed this matter with their own eyes."

"They are all in collusion with the Arcane Eternal Star. Just rumors."

"Then, let's just consider it a rumor."

After saying this, Grand Commander Kane sat down and looked at Su Xiao up and down again. He figured out why he felt something was wrong before, or rather, when Su Xiao first spoke, Grand Commander Kane felt that this was different from the past Lord Gewen. As an enemy, Kane naturally knew Lord Gewen very well; otherwise, there would be no way to arrange the other party so clearly.

"You came this time to deal with the spellcasters here?"

Speaking to this point, Grand Commander Kane was already smiling. He did not want to cooperate with a Qiyuezhe of the Paradise lineup, but if the other party was a Law-Breaker of Shadow, it was another matter. The reason was that both sides had a common enemy, which would make the cooperation tend to be stable.

Actually, the high-level officials of various forces in the Star Fall Continent were not hostile to the Paradise faction, but the Qiyuezhe were too capable of causing trouble. The painful experiences in the past made these indigenous people very headache-prone. Now seeing Qiyuezhe, they all felt their heads buzzing.

"I didn't come specifically to deal with spellcasters. It's not convenient to disclose the specifics."

"Hmm, this is understandable, but if you say you came to retaliate against the spellcasters, it is easier to facilitate the cooperation between you and me."

"I am a person who rarely lies, and I am not good at power schemes."

"Don't say this if you are the one who blew up the resource stars of the spellcasters. I am already old, and it sounds terrifying."

"……"

Su Xiao was silent for a few seconds, completely ignoring what happened. After turning the page on this topic, he said: "I did come here this time for a matter related to dealing with the spellcasters."

"What matter? Is it convenient to tell me about it?"

"Hunting the Absolute Strong on that side."

"Oh~?"

An inexplicable brilliance appeared in Grand Commander Kane's eyes, and he turned to ask with a bit of probing: "If you face spellcasters of a similar strength level to you, how many can you deal with at the same time?"

"Haven't tried it, a few hundred should be no problem."

"I have always had a bit of good feeling for Qiyuezhe of the Paradise lineup. In any matter, one must have the courage to try boldly. For example, cooperating with Qiyuezhe who do not act recklessly is a very good choice."

The smile on Grand Commander Kane's old face became more and more amiable, and the coldness of turning around and leaving before was completely gone.

Seeing this, Su Xiao said as if chatting: "Actually, I have two friends I can introduce to you. They can both become the main force in dealing with spellcasters and the Sea Race."

"Oh? There is such a thing? Then I must introduce them."

"They are both from the Undead faction..."

"I think this matter cannot be decided rashly."

Grand Commander Kane directly changed the topic. This cooperation talk was too ups and downs.

"How much do you know about our situation here? For example..."

Grand Commander Kane did not continue.

"For example, the contradiction between the current Beast King and the family alliance?"

Su Xiao was not prepared to pretend to know nothing about the Beastmen. Since they were going to cooperate, he had to show some sincerity. Furthermore, whether he could use Lord Gewen's identity as a stepping stone to turn disadvantages into advantages depended on this face-to-face talk.

"Since you know, then you have to stand on our side and clash with the family alliance. In this regard, what suggestions do you have? Of course, you and I are just chatting now, no need to be too serious."

Grand Commander Kane's tone was easygoing, as if they were really just chatting.

"The internal affairs of the Beastmen have nothing to do with me."

Su Xiao spoke, having already removed the disguise permission and restored his original appearance. If things went well, he wouldn't need this disguise permission later on.

"Law-Breaker, since you want to cooperate with us, you cannot stay out of this matter."

Grand Commander Kane's expression began to be a bit cold, and his gaze also began to be cold.

"I will leave after finding what I need and cleaning up the spellcasters. The internal affairs of the Beastmen have nothing to do with me."

Su Xiao took out the sheathed Zhan Long Shan from his storage space, pressed one end against the ground, and pressed his hands together on the end of the hilt, looking at Grand Commander Kane opposite him with a calm gaze.

The two sides looked at each other. Ten-plus seconds later, Grand Commander Kane showed a smile on his face and nodded with satisfaction. He had been probing, probing whether this collaborator would seriously interfere with the internal affairs of the Beastmen. From the current situation, this possibility was not high.

"Then tell me, what benefits can you bring to our Beastmen? What do we need to pay?"

"Contain all the spellcasters here."

"You say this reliably. I guess as long as you show up, they will definitely want to get rid of you more, and won't have the heart to deal with our Beastmen."

Grand Commander Kane laughed half-jokingly, but changed the topic and asked with a cunning style: "What do we need to pay?"

"Lord status, and the corresponding fief."

Su Xiao did not hide his purpose and spoke directly, which made Grand Commander Kane opposite him furrow his brows a bit, saying: "Law-Breaker, you just said that the internal affairs of the Beastmen have nothing to do with you, and now you want a fief."

"The symbolic significance of me obtaining a fief is far higher than the actual significance."

"This statement has the characteristics of your Paradise faction. How did I forget this? That is to say, any fief is fine for you, as long as it is vast enough, even if the resources are scarce and it is remote, it is no problem?"

"Of course."

Su Xiao was particularly satisfied when he heard the last point about the fief being remote. It must be remote. If it wasn't remote, how could it be convenient to hide a Zerg Hive hundreds of meters high?

"I can't make the decision on this matter. After all, it is a Lord inheriting his Lord status to his nephew. I have to get the King's nod."

After leaving this sentence, Grand Commander Kane got up and left. The other party's meaning was very simple. From now on, Su Xiao was Lord Gewen's nephew, and it was Lord Gewen who inherited the Lord status to him. In this way, not only did he not need to appoint an extra Lord, but it also saved a lot of subsequent trouble.

More than an hour later, Grand Commander Kane returned and left after a brief conversation. As expected, the Beastmen could not refuse the condition of having someone contain the spellcasters. They were truly stunned by these magic-type cannons.

First of all, Su Xiao could leave this prison at any time, and his Lord status was already stable, but the fief was not so easy to get. He checked the newly appeared faction mission, the content of which was as follows:

【Faction Mission: Lord Dignity.】

Difficulty Level: Lv. 84～Lv. 86.

Mission Information: Existing reputation value is higher than 100 points.

Mission Deadline: 10 natural days.

Mission Reward: Obtain the fief corresponding to the Lord status.

Mission Penalty: Lose the Beastman Lord identity, and Beastmen reputation value -50000 points.

……

This faction mission seemed not difficult, but in reality, it was not. Su Xiao's current faction reputation value was -38950. That is to say, he had to obtain more than 39050 faction reputation points to complete this faction mission, thereby obtaining a fief.

Although Su Xiao was currently a Beastman Lord, he had neither Beastman legions nor a fief under his command. Nearly 40,000 faction reputation was not a small number. The 【Silver Moonlight】 Technique-type set was only worth 78000 reputation points. One could imagine how high the gold content of Beastmen reputation points was.

No matter how one looked at it, the Beast King and Grand Commander Kane's thoughts were that not only did they let Su Xiao attract the hatred of all spellcasters, but they were also not prepared to take out a fief, etc. Regarding this, Su Xiao already had a way to deal with it. It was not by relying on the War Lord title, nor by summoning the Zerg, but a title he had developed for a long time using Faith Power: Sun. It could be said that the Faith Power: Sun that continuously poured into the Sun Ring from the Sael Star side was all absorbed by this title.

Su Xiao took out the title embedded in the Sun Ring. For so long, he didn't know to what extent the Sun Lord title had been improved. Only by digging this title out of the Sun Ring and temporarily interrupting its improvement could he view the star level and attributes of this title.

Su Xiao's index finger pressed on the Sun Lord title, pushing it out of the Sun Ring. With a crackling sound, sparks like sun embers flew everywhere, and a prompt appeared.

【You have activated Title: Sun Lord (★★★★★★★★).】 ===== CHAPTER 3666 =====