Chapter 210: Kelin Was Captured by the Demon King?!

"What? Mr. Kelin was captured by the Demon King?"

In the manor of the Andes family, Grand Duke Edward, sitting at the tea table, showed a surprised expression upon hearing the report from his subordinate.

Andes, sitting next to the tea table, was the same, his face also full of surprise.

That Roxay Kelin didn't feel like someone who would take risks, so how did he suddenly get caught by the Demon King?

Could it be that he was careless and failed while trying to show off in front of the Princess?

"Your Highness... this is incredible news." Putting the teacup back on the tray, Andes said with a serious expression, "The late King just pacified the threat of the labyrinth, and the entire Os Continent knows our achievements, but it's only been a year, and such a thing has appeared on our land... and it's a guest from the Empire."

There was one more thing he didn't say, and that was the matter of Kelin Mining Company.

If it was fine in the end, that would be okay, but if this Mr. Kelin really met with misfortune, the market value of hundreds of millions of gold coins would all turn into bubbles!

Thinking of this, Andes couldn't help but sweat in his palms, wishing he could immediately notify his butler to hire the strongest mercenary group on this continent.

As long as Mr. Kelin could be saved from the labyrinth, it would be worth no matter how much money it cost!

"I know, of course we can't leave Mr. Kelin alone."

As he spoke, Edward stood up from the table, looked at the servant kneeling on one knee, and ordered in a majestic voice.

"Notify Governor Wilson, and Commander Charles, I want the infantry regiment of Lei Ming City and the Trident Knight Order to set out immediately, and follow me to Baron Guss's territory!"

This concerned not only his majesty but also the majesty of the Campbell family!

His father had just defeated the Demon King, and such a thing happened not long after he succeeded to the throne.

He couldn't afford to lose face!

However, conversely, if he could save Mr. Kelin from the Demon King's hands, not only could he take the opportunity to sell the other party a favor, but he could also prove to people that he was more worthy of the "Light of Eulogy" than Erin Campbell.

Of course.

The premise of everything is that the person is fine.

He hoped this gentleman would be fine!

The servant kneeling on one knee looked solemn and immediately took the order.

"Yes!"

Following Grand Duke Edward's order, the entire Lei Ming City boiled like a pot of boiling water.

At the station of the Trident Knight Order, urgent bells rang, and cavalry in heavy armor mounted their horses and gathered in the open space outside the city gate.

And at the same time, on the other side, the military camp of Lei Ming City was the same; soldiers carrying firelocks lined up in neat squares on the square, and under the command of the commander, they set off to the outside of the city wave after wave.

Such a big movement was hard not to attract the attention of others.

And just at this time, small news came out that the respected Mr. Roxay Kelin encountered an attack by the Demon King's army while traveling with Princess Erin to visit the southern area of the Silver Pine Forest.

To cover for Princess Erin, Mr. Kelin was unfortunately captured by the Demon King's army while retreating.

This news stirred up a thousand waves, especially the "Red Leaf" tea shop in the Queen's District, which welcomed the first wave of the tide.

Those fanatical people rushed to the counter like crazy, smashed gold coins on it, asked the clerk for numbers, and then, regardless of the tea served, rushed toward the person standing on the high stool like a whirlwind.

"Don't panic, everyone! One by one—" the clerk standing on the high stool shouted, but his words hadn't fallen before they were drowned in the boiling sound wave.

An old gentleman with a face full of wrinkles flushed his neck with excitement, holding the ticket in his palm high, the top hat originally on his head didn't know which corner it had been squeezed into.

"I have 200 shares here! Children, look at my sixty-year-old age, let me go, hang it up for me first!"

At this moment, he had completely thrown away his decency.

Those bloodshot eyes were as ferocious as a devil, and the young clerk sitting on the high stool was scared pale, even his heartbeat stopped for half a second.

Looking at the old gentleman who wanted to pounce on him and tear him apart, his lips trembled and he said.

"You, how much do you want to hang..."

"10 gold coins—no! 9! 9 gold coins per share! Just give me 9 gold coins!" The old gentleman shouted, as if he had grasped the last straw.

9 gold coins!

The clerk sitting on the high stool was startled.

He vaguely remembered that this old gentleman seemed to have bought these stocks at a price of 12 gold coins per share before.

At that time, the old man's elegant and decent demeanor left a deep impression on him, especially when he took off his top hat gentlemanly when talking to himself, so he remembered it particularly clearly.

And the people gathered around were even more shocked when they heard this.

Although they didn't know this old gentleman, they remembered that the most recent transaction price before this was 20 gold coins!

From 20 gold coins to 9 gold coins...

This was not just a waist cut, but even one gold coin more than a waist cut!

Everyone was scared by this price, and for a while, no one offered.

Seeing that no one wanted the stocks in his hand at all, the old gentleman showed a desperate expression, shouting to the crowd in an almost pleading voice.

"Everyone, do a good deed... please, buy it! Just 9 gold coins, and you can become a shareholder of Kelin Mining! That's diamonds! It can't be cheaper!"

No one did a good deed.

And no one pitied him.

And just when he was crying and shouting, a young man in the crowd suddenly raised his trembling hand, and in the expectant eyes of the old gentleman, said in a trembling voice.

"8.5 gold coins... 50 shares, sell order, help me write it up!"

Those 50 stocks were bought from a bakery owner for 750 gold coins after he hesitated for a long time.

At that time, the bakery owner who sold him the stocks also had a face full of hesitation, which once made him feel he had made a profit.

Kelin Mining Company is the future of Lei Ming City, and also the future of the Campbell Principality; buying it is equivalent to buying the national fortune of the Campbell Principality!

He believed in his cognition and also believed that fate would give him a gift in the near future.

However, what he didn't expect was a head-on blow.

No one would have thought that Kelin, who had nothing to do with the Lei Ming County labyrinth, would be captured by the Demon King's army.

Judging from the large-scale mobilization of the city's troops, the rumors were clearly true.

And if something really happened to Roxay Kelin, the stocks of Kelin Mining Company would undoubtedly become worthless!

Those 750 gold coins were his entire fortune.

Fortunately, he was still young and could afford to lose.

If he couldn't get it all back, he at least had to find a way to get half back, so that next time there was a chance, he could make a comeback...

As soon as his words fell, the crowd was in an uproar, and the old gentleman who had just hung the sell order screamed in despair.

"No—!"

The soaring blood pressure almost stunned his brain; he waved the cane in his hand and smashed it fiercely toward the young man's direction.

"Are you crazy! 8.5 gold coins?! Do you know the value of this company at all! Saint Xisi is above, I have never seen a stupider guy than you!"

Originally full of fire, and inexplicably hit by a stick, the young man rushed up angrily to punch the old man, but was stopped by the crowd.

"Forget it, young man."

"He's old, don't be the same as him!"

"Let go of me!"

Unable to break free from the hands of the crowd, the young man could only roar angrily.

"You old thing, it's none of your business that I sell my stocks! If you think I sold it cheap, you pay for it!"

The old gentleman's lips trembled with anger, his breathing became more and more urgent, and as a result, he couldn't catch his breath and fainted.

The scene was chaotic.

Some were busy saving people, some were busy hanging new orders, and some were even taking advantage of the fire, stealing the black tea that no one cared about and the hat that fell in the corner from the counter.

As for the young man and the old gentleman, their grievances were already insignificant, because shortly after their sell orders were hung, the sell orders on the blackboard were refreshed by new numbers.

"7 gold coins!"

"Saint Xisi is above! 6 gold coins! Are you serious?! Think about it again! That's a deal between the Andes family and the Kelin family! This is already lower than the auction price, it can't be lower!"

The clerk sitting on the high stool groaned in despair, trying to persuade the crazy crowd, but it was of no use.

If he had money, he would rather pay out of his own pocket to buy it, but unfortunately, his monthly salary wasn't enough to buy even one share.

But that was only temporary.

By one hour before get off work, the stock price of Kelin Mining Company had fallen from 20 gold coins per share to 4 gold coins.

Although his salary was still not enough to buy, his savings were enough.

Just...

Who would use their savings of several years to buy an asset that keeps falling?

Moreover, now all the citizens of Lei Ming City knew that Mr. Kelin had an accident.

The sell-off tide at the door of the "Red Leaf" tea shop finally alarmed some big customers, especially those wealthy people with tens of thousands of stocks, which triggered a larger-scale sell-off, finally welding the stock price of Kelin Mining Company to the position of 1 gold coin, with no one trading for a long time.

The jumping numbers not only caused the old gentleman who had been pampered all his life to lose his decency, but also taught the Saint Xisi believers who adhered to the creed of honesty to learn to lie.

Looking at the crazy crowd and the price that was almost waist-cut, Jack, standing outside the tea shop, was full of surprise, and then not long after, that surprise turned into admiration.

Others didn't know who Mr. Kelin was, but he knew clearly that it was just a vest of the Demon King walking outside.

As expected of the Demon King.

This step is really ruthless!

At this very moment, Jack didn't know that his Demon King actually didn't think so much. After all, Grand Duke Edward's sudden visit wasn't even known to Andes in advance, and if the latter was in Campbell Castle, it would be impossible to react so quickly, let alone mobilize the troops stationed in Lei Ming County so quickly and leak the news.

However, whether it was his plan or not was no longer important.

Due to a series of chain reactions, the despair of the citizens of Lei Ming City was advanced by at least a month, and it was in a posture that no one had ever imagined.

At this time, a man with a fierce look walked up to Jack, lowered his head in shame, and reported.

"Sorry, Godfather, there are too many people there, and even the inspectors on this street are selling stocks, we really can't maintain the order there..."

Someone used stones to smash the shop window, someone tried to damage the blackboard hanging at the door, and someone stopped others from hanging orders.

The guards on Queen's Street couldn't manage these trivial matters; originally, they were all managed by the Brotherhood, but now they didn't dare to take the lead at all, so they could only let the chaos continue.

Jack was silent for a long time, sighed, and said.

"Lost so much money, let them vent."

Anyway, decorating the store wouldn't cost much money; at worst, he would pay the bill in the end.

After a pause, Jack continued.

No errors, no omissions, read it all at once!

"The price of 1 gold coin is almost the bottom, it can't be lower, you go and hang a buy order of one million shares for me first. If a big account smashes the tickets in their hands to us, you hang another one million buy orders up."

The man standing in front of Jack hesitated slightly and opened his mouth.

"But... do we have that much money?"

"Don't worry about money," watching the tea shop surrounded by the crowd, Jack said calmly, "The bank of the Andes family will lend it to us."

The panic mood permeated the streets of the Queen's District of Lei Ming City, and the manor of Baron Guss was also full of gloom and heaviness.

Princess Erin's personal guards returned without success; this time, not only was the Baron not saved, but Mr. Kelin was also involved.

The continuous bad news made Baroness Marina cry into a tearful person, and her three children were also heartbroken, unable to accept this heavy reality.

And the bad news didn't stop there.

After returning from the south of the Silver Pine Forest, Erin Campbell suddenly fell ill in bed, with a high fever.

Theresa knew very well that this was the side effect of using the Light of Eulogy.

Although calling the ancestor's descent could bring a huge power boost to the user of the Light of Eulogy, making them break through the limits of their own power, this borrowed power ultimately had a price...

"Theresa..."

A weak voice drifted from the bed, interrupting Theresa's thoughts.

Looking at Erin, who opened her eyes, she hurriedly held her hand and said in a gentle voice.

"Princess, I am here."

Erin's face showed a comforting smile, and after coughing lightly, she said.

"How long have I slept..."

Theresa said in a deep voice.

"About a few hours."

"A few hours... that's good, I thought I slept for a whole day."

Hearing that it wasn't as long as she imagined, Erin breathed a sigh of relief, a look of relief appearing on her haggard face.

Just then, her gaze suddenly fell on the pocket watch on the bedside table, and a pain flashed in her eyes.

She used her shoulders to try to sit up from the bed.

Watching Erin, who was acting recklessly, Theresa hurriedly held her shoulders and let her lie back down.

"Princess! Please don't joke with your body! What you need most now is rest—"

"I'm fine, let me get up..."

"Do you think you look like you're fine now?" Theresa looked at her without giving in, rarely using a tone that didn't allow refusal, "If Mr. Kelin is fine in the end, but you fell down because you were worried about him, do you think he would be happy?"

Erin bit her pale lips and finally obediently lay back on the pillow.

After a long time, she opened her mouth softly.

"Mr. Kelin... is there still no news?"

Theresa was silent for a moment, shook her head, and said.

"Not yet... but I have sent people to look for him, I believe there should be clues before long! And, Mr. Kelin's strength is not weak; although he doesn't have the Saint-blessed bloodline and the legendary power bestowed by hero blood like you, he is a noble of the Empire after all, and has received professional magic training in the Northern Academy, so a few little demons shouldn't be able to trap him."

Erin lowered her head.

"But that little demon... seems to have Gold-tier strength, and you know the habits of little demons; they never act alone."

Saying this, she was silent for a moment, her eyes full of self-blame, her hands gripping the quilt tightly.

Theresa was speechless for a while.

Erin was right.

Little demons often act in groups and can share mental power, let alone a Gold-tier leader, even Silver-tier ones are enough to give people a headache.

Looking at the heartbroken Princess Erin, she didn't know how to comfort her for a while, so she could only hold her hand silently, hoping to pass some warmth to her.

Time passed in silence.

Theresa hesitated for a while and finally suggested softly.

"Princess, at least... you should eat something first."

Erin looked at her, squeezed a weak smile from her haggard face, and said softly.

"Theresa, thank you for your concern, but I'm not hungry yet, can you let me... stay alone for a while?"

Theresa had never seen such an expression on Princess Erin's face, and after a moment of silence, she finally nodded.

However, just as she was about to speak, a familiar voice suddenly came from outside the door.

"I'm afraid not."

The moment she heard that voice, a flush of blood rose on Erin's pale face, and she sat up from the bed in surprise.

"Mr. Kelin...?!"

For a moment, she almost suspected she was dreaming, until she saw the familiar face at the door.

Saint Xisi is above!

He really heard her prayer and let him return safely to her side!

Theresa turned her head back sharply, looking at Kelin standing at the door, showing a surprised expression as well.

"You're back? When?"

He was wearing a black robe, and apart from some traces of being cut by thorns, it was no different from when he set out, just looking a bit flustered.

Theresa also noticed that he was holding a tray in his hand, on which was a bowl of cream mushroom soup and a basket of bread cut into small pieces.

"Just now, with Baron Guss; he is reuniting with his wife in the main building. I heard that the Princess fell into a coma after returning and didn't eat anything, so I ransacked his kitchen without permission. But considering I saved his life, I believe he definitely won't mind this little loss."

Erin couldn't help but laugh, and said angrily.

"You still have the mood to joke... do you know how worried I was about you?"

As soon as this sentence was spoken, she blushed with embarrassment, but didn't want to take it back.

She hoped the other party would reflect on it properly.

Perhaps because the worry in her heart was suddenly unloaded, she suddenly felt a hint of hunger, even though she had no appetite at all.

Just then, the aroma of food entered her nose, making her stomach growl uncontrollably, and the crimson on her cheeks instantly crossed her earlobes and climbed to her neck.

"Sorry to make you worry."

Luo Yan smiled apologetically, walked to the bedside, and gentlemanly placed the tray on the bedside table.

"My business can wait; what you need to do now is eat something, and then have a good sleep, everything can wait until you wake up."

Embarrassed to let the other party see her wolfing down food, Erin said softly with a red face.

"Thank you, please put it here first, I will eat it in a while..."

"That won't do, I still have to return the borrowed plate, so please don't make it difficult for me, Princess."

Luo Yan shook his head, rarely showing a tough side, his gaze chasing those dodging eyes.

Although this excuse couldn't be called an excuse at all, neither Erin, whose heart was pounding, nor Theresa, who was worried about her health, chose to expose it.

Even if that sentence alone might have slightly crossed the boundary—

"If you insist on hurting yourself, please forgive my rudeness."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 211 =====