293: Two people running in both directions

Chapter 292: Two People Heading Towards Each Other

The atmosphere of the luncheon was excellent. Although Leon wasn't very good at socializing, Dick and Pairo were experts in this regard, and the two had endless topics to discuss.

Throughout the entire luncheon, Leon seemed to be the protagonist, while Dick and Pairo transformed into the strongest hype men, constantly providing Leon with 'speaking rights' and creating an extremely comfortable chatting environment.

So much so that in the end, Leon even became a chatterbox. After all, he could chime in on almost anything and say a few words about everything.

And Dick and Pairo both indulged him, providing maximum emotional value, so the luncheon was always filled with Leon's cheerful laughter.

If he weren't going to the auction house with Dick later, Leon would have probably stayed overnight at the winery.

Several hours later, at the entrance of the winery.

Pairo smiled as he saw Dick and Leon onto the carriage, and cleverly sent over a whole carriage of fine wine, all of which was trundle wine that he brewed himself.

'Young Master Leon, Earl Grudia, the winery is always welcome for you to visit again,' Pairo bowed respectfully and said, 'You are always my distinguished guests.'

Leon nodded lightly, patted Pairo's shoulder, indicating that he was very satisfied with today's luncheon, and that the Bit Family's reward would arrive shortly.

After a few pleasantries, the carriage drove away from the winery.

At the same time, Dick also received an encrypted voice transmission from Pairo.

'Dick, my little friend, please allow me to call you this, as I believe we have become close friends.'

After receiving the voice transmission, Dick wasn't surprised, because during the luncheon, he had already initiated a voice transmission with Pairo; this was merely a continuation of that.

In fact, two conversations were taking place simultaneously during the recent luncheon.

On the surface, Dick and Pairo were chatting and laughing with Leon, but behind the scenes, they were transmitting voices to each other, engaging in secret talks that couldn't see the light of day.

After just a few simple probing words, Pairo revealed his intentions. He hoped that Dick could become a main war faction member in the Aimiya Empire and join the cause of resisting the Toya Empire.

Although Pairo was already 168 years old, he never forgot the shame of his country's demise, and at the same time, he never gave up resisting the Toya Empire.

In the years since he came to the Eternal Frost Forest, Pairo appeared to be a winery owner who was content with the world, but behind the scenes, he was an extremely radical terrorist.

Dick had guessed wrong. Pairo was not a member of the Wizard Association, but a member of a well-known organization in the Northern region, named the 'Anti-Toya International Alliance'!

As the name suggests, the ultimate goal of this organization is to overthrow the Toya Empire, and its members are people whose countries were destroyed and families ruined because of the Toya Empire.

For nearly ten thousand years, no matter which emperor ruled the Toya Empire, its main national policy was outward expansion, destroying countless small countries.

Pairo's homeland was called the Duchy of Sloven. 157 years ago, it was destroyed in the Toya Empire's war of aggression and has now become a small border town of Toya.

When he was defeated that year, Pairo was only 30 years old and was still the crown prince of the Duchy of Sloven. To avoid the pursuit of the Toya army, he was forced to flee to the Eternal Frost Forest.

As a neutral zone in the Northern region, the Eternal Frost Forest is a natural political sanctuary. Many people who have nowhere else to go choose to flee here to try their luck.

Pairo was very lucky. Relying on his superb winemaking skills, he successfully gained a foothold in Bit City and changed his surname to Trundle.

At first, the Toya Empire also tried to wipe out Pairo, constantly sending assassins or hiring bounty hunters to deal with him.

But Pairo's strength was too great. He withstood wave after wave of assassinations, and eventually, the matter was dropped.

After all, the cost of killing someone of Pairo's terrifying level was too high, so the Toya Empire could only give up. In any case, Pairo always stayed honestly in the Eternal Frost Forest and didn't go anywhere.

However, in reality, Pairo had always been very actively participating in activities against the Toya Empire. Most of the money earned by the winery was invested in this.

Although Pairo didn't say it explicitly, Dick knew that he must have plotted the assassination of Victoria, and he might even be the assassin himself!

However, for now, Victoria is still safe.

After all, no matter how crazy Pairo was, he couldn't directly cause trouble at Bit Manor. There were a large number of high-level Elf professionals inside, and the assassination would definitely fail.

But Victoria couldn't stay at Bit Manor forever. As long as she left, it would still be very dangerous. It seems I'll have to escort her back to her country later.

'Dick, my little friend, in the secret voice transmission during the luncheon, I've been telling you about my past...'

Pairo's tone became intriguing. 'So, I also hope to hear your story. After all, friends must understand each other.'

Hearing this, Dick shook his head and chuckled. He knew what Pairo wanted to understand.

'Heh heh, I am a favored person in the eyes of the current Empress of Amyria. This is a well-known fact. Even my title was personally bestowed by the Empress of Aimiya!'

As soon as he heard this, Pairo could hardly conceal the joy in his heart.

Dick's identity meant that he held great power and could greatly influence the decisions of the Empress of Aimiya!

If Dick could be drawn into the 'Anti-Toya International Alliance' and become a great international warrior, the cause of overthrowing the Toya Empire would take a huge step forward!

Everyone knows that among the Northern Countries at present, the only one that can contend with the Toya Empire is the Aimiya Empire.

It's just a pity that the current Empress of Aimiya, Elizabeth, seems to be a person who advocates peace and has no intention of actively going to war with the Toya Empire.

But now it's different. Dick will become the opportunity to break the deadlock!

'Dick, my little friend, actually, I have something to ask of you...'

Listening to Pairo's extremely solemn voice transmission, Dick's lips curved into a smile, and he slowly interrupted, 'Speaking of which, friends need to help each other and cannot just give unilaterally. Only then can such a friendship last, don't you agree?'

'Uh... that's true...'

'I am very willing to help you with anything, but on the condition that you also help me with some things.'

After the secret voice transmission during the luncheon, Dick completely understood that when Pairo fled to the Eternal Frost Forest back then, he most likely encountered a fortunate opportunity.

He most likely encountered the real Trundle, that Level 74 Overlord Demon Ape!

Undoubtedly, Pairo is currently the breakthrough point for the World Task 'Depressed Trundle'.

What Pairo didn't know was that in order to complete the mission 'Rise of the Empire', Dick had originally planned to overthrow the Toya Empire.

The two of them were actually heading towards each other.

However, Dick concealed this point, as he still needed to use Pairo to obtain clues about the Overlord Demon Ape.