Chapter 162: Falling Out and the Baron's Back-Up Plan [Subscribe Please]

Golden subtitles floated through Chen Xuan's mind.

[Roasted lamb legs with charcoal at just the right temperature]

[Chicken liver stewed with apple cider pickled white mushrooms in Magtan City's secret sauce]

[Black Forest wild boar tenderloin baked with honey and fruit vinegar]

[Finely stewed desert veal with puff pastry]

[Boiled Amber Lake freshwater crayfish]

[Corn vegetables with slightly sweet mushroom soup]

[Chicken puff pastry box for appetizer]

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[Chicken puff pastry box with sleepy grass juice]

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Chen Xuan's eyes were like torches, sweeping over every dish and drink on the table.

It made him feel a little dazzled.

The information fed back by [Insight] allowed him to grasp the status of these foods in real time.

For example, at the end, he found a strange food.

It was still an appetizer, and it was placed on Mrs. Zuzana's table.

The banquet had a large amount of dishes, including some dishes and ingredients that looked quite strange.

You don't need to cook whatever you want, as there is a dedicated maid standing beside each person.

They will use the public tableware to take out the appropriate amount of food according to each person's requirements and put it on their own plates.

It is a one-on-one luxury service.

Only the appetizers and snacks before the meal are served separately.

And this is where the problem lies.

However, except for the appetizers of the Baroness, there is no problem with the food in front of others.

Ophelia glanced at Chen Xuan, who nodded slightly.

This made the half-elf lady know immediately.

Before attending the banquet, the master and servant had a series of discussions and agreements.

Chen Xuan would check most of the details for her, and she only needed to play the show tonight.

When the glasses on everyone's table were filled with wine.

Ophelia took the initiative to raise her glass.

Red-haired Ursula stared at her with a gloomy smile and raised her glass.

They are guests and should abide by the necessary banquet etiquette.

Then, Baron Bezos and Lady Zuzana, the hosts, raised their glasses.

"Thank you, Lord Bezos, for your hospitality."

"The first glass of wine at the dinner is for the respected Lord Bezos and Lady Zuzana."

"I wish you both longevity and good health!"

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Ophelia said loudly, and Ursula also said a few polite words.

Then the four of them clinked their glasses lightly and took a sip each, completing the process of opening the wine.

"No need to be polite, please enjoy the dinner."

Baron Bezos greeted again and glanced at Ophelia and Ursula respectively.

After he spoke, everyone picked up their knives and forks, and the maids serving beside them began to prepare food.

The air was filled with the tempting aroma of food.

Chen Xuan stood by the wall, paying attention to the situation at any time.

The Baron's castle was shrouded in unknown magical interference, so he could not perceive the space.

Ophelia got his signal and ate with peace of mind.

Naroa is not a primitive continent. Even if this exquisite meal was placed on Blue Star, it would cost thousands of yuan per person, not to mention that there were foreign maids serving them.

The atmosphere at the banquet was very strange. No one spoke for the first few minutes.

Ursula cut a piece of roasted lamb leg with a knife and fork, staring at Ophelia while cutting, not hiding her fierce eyes.

The baron and his wife ignored it and whispered to each other.

Ophelia, who was in the vortex, looked calm. She picked up a piece of tenderloin slowly and put it into her mouth to chew.

The dullness did not last long. Mrs. Zuzana, who had just finished the appetizer, touched her stomach.

Then she yawned for a long time.

"Huh..."

"I'm a little sleepy."

"You feel sleepy so early today."

Her eyes were already a little blurry. After putting down the cutlery, Baron Bezos winked, and immediately a waiter came forward to help Mrs. Zuzana up and sent her to the room to rest.

After she left, the atmosphere suddenly became strange.

Chen Xuan found that Baron Bezos and Ursula both breathed a sigh of relief at this moment.

It seemed that with the departure of Mrs. Zuzana, some obstacles no longer existed.

"Ahem..."

"Miss Ophelia."

Baron Bezos coughed lightly and spoke first.

Ursula wiped the corners of her mouth with a napkin, trying her best to restrain her hatred.

Ophelia had almost finished eating at this time. She silently put down her cutlery, turned her head to look at the baron, nodded and replied: "Please go ahead."

She probably knew what the baron wanted to ask.

Baron Besos raised his mouth slightly and showed an elegant smile, then he slowly spoke.

"As a local lord and a baron of the kingdom, I have the responsibility to confirm some things with you."

"About the source of the magic tears of the White Rose Caravan."

"Excuse me, do you have a distribution license issued by the Royal Alchemy Association?"

His smile was very warm and his tone was very relaxed, without showing an aggressive side.

But there was a hidden meaning in his words.

This was to use the authority of the Lord of Magtan City to ask Ophelia from an official perspective.

But Ophelia lifted the light golden hair on the side of her face and shrugged her shoulders as usual.

"Currently, the daily shipment of magic tears of the White Rose Caravan is no more than 2,000."

"According to the law, this amount does not require a distribution license."

"In addition, all the operating income of the White Rose Caravan has paid the business tax of the state city on time."

She picked up the wine and drank it slowly.

These business strategies have long been planned by the shrewd halfling steward.

Whether it is the legal principle of the Kingdom of Duroya or the normal business operation rules, they are impeccable.

For this answer, Baron Bezos showed an expression of "as expected".

"You have inherited Mr. Ansetus's shrewdness."

"I wonder if Miss Ophelia has any idea of ​​expanding the scale of shipments recently?"

"Magtan City Merchants can cooperate with you and sell more Magic Tears spot every day without responsibility."

"You just need to give the goods at the normal distribution price."

Baron Bezos took the initiative to bring the topic to the sales of Magic Tears from the shallow to the deep.

But this is obviously not his real purpose.

But Ophelia shook her head and said with a regretful tone.

"I'm sorry, sir, White Rose's Magic Tears inventory is limited."

"So we can't expand the number of shipments per Naroya day for the time being."

She didn't intend to agree to any of the other party's requests, and was aiming to kill the topic.

Baron Bezos pondered for a moment and continued.

"Then the Magic Tears supplier..."

"Sorry, this is a secret of the White Rose Caravan."

Ophelia interrupted him somewhat rudely, which was considered to further express her attitude.

At this point, many things are self-evident.

"Hehehe..."

Baron Bezos laughed and picked up a piece of toast on the table and started eating.

"I'm presumptuous."

"Please continue eating."

He clapped his hands, and immediately a maid added wine for everyone.

At the same time, the kitchen also brought a few desserts.

The snow-white pudding was drizzled with some yellow honey, and it glowed attractively under the white crystal chandelier.

Chen Xuan used [Insight] as usual to take a look.

Immediately, golden information appeared.

[Honey milk pudding mixed with dream vine juice]

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This is the information displayed by the dessert in front of Ophelia.

At the same time, there were fine footsteps coming from the door of the restaurant and the terrace.

Looking at the dessert on the table, Ophelia looked at Chen Xuan again.

Chen shook his head slowly and tilted his head slightly to the right, which was a dangerous alert posture.

Seeing this, Ophelia did not dare to neglect it. She pushed the pudding plate forward and her other hand seemed to touch the space storage bracelet worn on her wrist inadvertently.

No one stipulates that you must eat dessert after the meal.

But this move made Baron Bezos and Red-haired Ursula frown immediately.

The snakeman butler spit out his tongue and held a small copper bell in his hand behind his back.

The atmosphere at the table became tense. Chen Xuan communicated with the storage compartment with his mind and was ready to take out the [Thunder Surge] sword at any time.

In such an occasion, the M2 heavy machine gun may not be as useful as a magic sword.

He was a silver-level warrior after all, and he had the ability of a plug-in that could defeat the heavens. He could counterattack quickly in an emergency.

Baron Bezos knocked on the table with his knuckles.

The remaining chairs of him and Ursula seemed to slide down and quickly retreated to the back.

At the same time, leather belts emerged from Ophelia's chair, binding her hands, feet, waist, abdomen and neck.

The snakemen waiters immediately leaned towards Chen Xuan and pulled out their curved daggers with a cold light.

The snakemen butler on the other side gently shook the copper bell.

"Dinglingling..."

"Bang!"

"Hua La!"

The door of the restaurant was pushed open, and a team of armored Bangcheng garrison soldiers walked into the restaurant quickly.

There were also noises from the terraces adjacent to the restaurant, and rangers wearing cloaks and holding crossbows and longbows surrounded the restaurant.

"Hehehehe!"

"Little bitch!"

"Where can you run to!"

After the fight, Ursula, who had been holding back for a long time, laughed wildly.

She stood up and walked to Baron Bessos, holding his arm affectionately.

"Sorry, Miss Ophelia, I don't want to do this either."

"But you are too stubborn."

"Now, please tell me the supplier of the magic tears of the White Rose Caravan and the whereabouts of Ancetus, and I can consider letting you go."

Baron Bessos took out the napkin in front of his chest and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

Ursula beside him looked vicious, but did not interrupt again. Obviously, they had reached a consensus.

The situation seemed to have become irreversible all of a sudden.

Chen Xuan glanced at the daggers on both sides of his throat and the crossbow archers around him.

According to conservative estimates, at least 20 to 30 archers were aimed at him and Ophelia.

As long as the two dare to move, they will be shot into sieves in the next second.

This is clearly a Hongmen Banquet.

It is actually very simple to solve the crisis at the frontier. The problem can be solved by cheating.

All the means that Baron Bezos and Ursula know are in line with common sense.

Only cheating is really unreasonable!

Chen Xuan stared, took out the [Thunder Surge] sword, and then activated [Time Stop] in one billionth of a second.

Invisible space ripples spread out in an instant.

Now [Time Stop] lasts for five seconds, and Chen Xuan can launch it more times in succession when he is fully energetic.

It is no exaggeration to say that as long as he wants, he can completely control the enemy to death!

Without any delay, the [Thunder Surge] sword in Chen Xuan's hand burst into lightning.

The huge arc of lightning swept everywhere, and the snakemen waiters standing on the left and right sides were immediately separated. Pure white copper-level magic elements emerged from their bodies, and quickly dimmed under the sweep of the lightning arc.

Chen Xuan input a large amount of magic elements into [Thunder Surge], allowing the sword to exert its due power.

After separating, he immediately rushed towards Baron Besos without the surrounding garrisons and archers.

To capture a thief, first capture the thief king. As long as the baron is captured, these ambushes on the scene will not be a concern.

Five seconds is not a long time, but the mobility of the silver-level strongman is not vegetarian.

With the blessing of magic elements, Chen Xuan can move forward several meters with every step, and the solid stone ground is also stirring up dust.

When he came in front of Baron Besos, the [Thunder Surge] sword in his hand suddenly slashed out.

The arc of lightning spread like a tree branch. If you look from a distance, it seems that a thunderbolt hit the baron.

His dress was scorched, but soon a layer of light green magic emerged.

[Time Stop] is undoubtedly a very heaven-defying [plug-in] effect.

It can even prevent the magic jewelry that automatically protects the body from taking effect.

But it cannot limit the magic element of protection.

Because magic element belongs to the individual's own power, its body protection rules have a very high priority.

In some ways, it even exceeds time.

Even if the magic element practitioner is in a scene without the passage of time and the change of space, the magic element body protection can still work as usual.

At least this is the case in the Naroa continent.

So this sword only damaged the baron's dress, and consumed about one-tenth of Besos's body protection magic element.

The effect of the first [Time Stop] ended, and Chen Xuan immediately continued with another one.

The [Thunder Surge] sword in his hand kept slashing at Baron Bezos.

The light green protective magic element became faint at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The magic element is indeed a turtle shell, but there is no reason why it cannot be pierced under the time stop!

"Pop!"

It was not very strenuous for Chen Xuan to fight with the same level.

After only two rounds of [Time Stop], the magic element on Baron Bezos was exhausted.

Just as Chen Xuan continued another round of [Time Stop], quickly took off his accessories, and put the sword on his neck, a sudden change occurred.

When the tip of the sword touched Baron Bezos's skin, the next moment a deep blue light flashed at the original place.

That was the light representing the singularity of space.

Chen Xuan watched Baron Bezos disappear on the spot!

The opponent had a backhand and actually got out of the control of [Time Stop].

He left the scene and disappeared!

However, this backhand did not completely get rid of the restrictions of the time stop, but simply ran away!

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