The Righteous Player(s) Chapter 269: Annan’s plan

While Annan and Kaifni were talking quietly in the corner of the main hall, old Merlin appeared out of nowhere.

"His Royal Highness Annan."

Old Merlin did not look at Kafni, but whispered to Annan: "His Royal Highness Dmitry is looking for you."

His skinny face showed no emotion at all.

His silent and cold atmosphere is very similar to Dmitry.

But even with the same expressionless face, due to the difference in appearance and clothes, Dmitri showed an awe-inspiring sense of majesty; but if it were placed on Merlin's deeply sunken cheek But it just feels like a scary monster.

Here in Noah's Kingdom, extraordinary persons who break the law are generally only issued "soft warrants".

That is to say, his name was put on the wanted notice and notified to the grassroots, but no pursuit troops were actually sent out. But wanted people are just like normal wanted criminals. They cannot cross the border, cannot borrow money, cannot get married and have children, and will not enjoy the protection of the law.

By depriving extraordinary persons who have violated the law of their legal rights, they suppress the scope of activities of these extraordinary persons and provide punishment that is better than nothing. Only when they really commit a serious crime will they send out extraordinary troops to hunt them down.

This is actually a kind of compromise and tacit understanding. As long as you have the self-awareness of being a mouse, keep a low profile and don't mess around, then the kingdom will treat you and the crimes you commit as if they don't exist.

After all, if an extraordinary person jumps over the wall, the threat will be too great... and if you really kill him, it will only leave a new nightmare.

But it’s different in the dead of winter.

Especially in the turbulent winter years, when the Duke of Winter is nervous, the snowstorm will also minimize the negative impact of the death of the extraordinary person. Moreover, the population density of the Principality of Winter in winter was originally much smaller than that of the Kingdom of Noah.

So they won't make any compromises.

The Hands of Winter are the special operations forces responsible for hunting down extraordinary beings.

Even if a transcendent kidnaps an ordinary person as a hostage, the Hand of Winter will never make any form of compromise. Even if a transcendent kidnaps a noble or even a member of the Winter family, the Hand of Winter will completely ignore the safety of the hostages and kill them mercilessly.

The Hand of Winter relies on this harsh style of conduct, which makes no exceptions and does not accept any negotiation, to maintain the stability of the Principality of Winter.

According to Annan’s understanding, the Grand Duke of Winter in this generation... is Annan’s father, Ivan Winter. When he was only a teenager, he was kidnapped once:

That was a group of seven extraordinary people. There are four silver, one gold, one bronze... and even a ritualist.

They kidnapped Ivan and Ivan's brother. Of course, they couldn't have asked for money.

Their purpose was to force the then Grand Duke Yuri Winter to release a political prisoner.

The specific background and name of the political prisoner were vague in the information Salvatore brought, and Annan did not find out. All I know is that he was also a native of Lingdong, and even a nobleman. He was later imprisoned as a political prisoner.

But even when his two sons were kidnapped... Grand Duke Yuri did not compromise with the kidnappers.

Grand Duke Yuri sent troops to surround the target and negotiated for two days and three nights. And at the end, when the kidnappers' patience was about to run out... the Winter Hand troops broke in and carried out a lightning strike, killing six people and capturing one person.

But in this unsuccessful rescue, Ivan's younger brother died unfortunately.

The person in charge of this operation is Merlin.

But not only was he not held accountable for the failed rescue, he was instead credited for his decisive actions, successfully capturing one person, and interrogating the conspiracy behind it.

According to what Annan learned in Nightmare: The White Tower, Merlin should have retired five years ago due to a leg injury. At the beginning, Annan thought that Merlin was really mute...it wasn't until the end of The White Tower that Annan saw that Merlin had a tongue.

As for ordinary Winter Hands, their tongues will be cut out when they retire. The information is like mysterious knowledge, which cannot be written down after being encrypted. It can only be delivered through words a limited number of times.

So cutting off the tongue is the best solution.

But looking at it now... Merlin should have been granted a special license and still retained his ability to speak.

He was even able to gain the trust of Grand Duke Ivan, allowing him to protect Annan and Dmitry on their way to Noah.

Does Grand Duke Ivan have no feelings for his younger brother?

In light of Dmitry's situation, this is unlikely.

Annan speculated that this was because Grand Duke Ivan had a high level of trust in Merlin.

Why on earth would a silver-level disabled wizard... be trusted so much by the Grand Duke?

The Principality of Winter is not without gold-level talents. And there are several more.

But this time, among the escorts who followed Demetri and others on the subway to Noah, the highest-level transcendent was Merlin.

Unfortunately, Annan did not see Merlin take full action in the White Tower...

He decrypted it too quickly.

Annan doesn't even know what Merlin's curse is now.

Presumably Dmitri and the original Annan should have some understanding.

Annan vaguely realized that if this nightmare could not be successfully overcome by his own strength... he would have to find some way to borrow Merlin's power.

But how can he get Merlin's help without revealing his identity? What is the approximate level of power Merlin holds?

Many thoughts flashed through Annan's mind.

He soon had some concerns.

He stood up and nodded silently.

Annan gave Kafni a look and motioned her to stay here.

Kafni looked at Annan seriously and expressed that she understood.

She knows what Annan is going to do this time

Three minutes ago, Annan said this to Kaifni:

"I need to visit those six places. But I can't escape Merlin's pursuit...I need your help."

"...?"

Kafni tilted her head silently.

She is not very sure what kind of help ~IndoMTL.com~ Annan needs.

But after that, Annan explained his plan to Kaifni:

He needs Kafni to take him into a private room with a secret passage. Then Annan will go out from the other end of the secret passage. During this time, Kafni needs to keep pretending that Annan is still in the room.

Until Annan comes back.

And such a private space is easy to find.

Kafni is more or less a princess.

Her own room meets all of the above needs.

Annan is a little worried whether Kaifni, as a child, can understand his plan...

Another worry is... As a stranger of the opposite **** whom she meets for the first time, will Kaifni be willing to take Annan into her room?

But Kaifni hesitated and finally agreed.

Then the remaining problem is Annan's.

Annan stood up, straightened his clothes, and followed old Merlin to Dmitri.

He wants to ask his brother Dmitri for a leave of absence.

Let him know... that he will follow Kaifni to a more private place; and convince him that he does not need Merlin to follow him.

...This seems not very simple.