Extreme Cold Era: Shelter Don't Keep Waste-Chapter 654 - 616 Intrigue

After a while, accompanied by a dazzling red light flashing through the snow fog, the roaring that had been echoing in the valley suddenly ceased.

And Beifa also carried a giant head and flew toward where Perfikot was located.

"Master, the head you wanted." Beifa raised the giant head single-handedly and brought it before Perfikot.

It was only then that Perfikot saw clearly that this giant head surprisingly had no eyes, and that so-called human face was actually a piece of white skin with strange wrinkled patterns.

"Put the head down, Shay, you take people over there and bring back the body." Perfikot didn't meticulously examine the head, after a simple check to confirm there was no possibility of resurrection, Perfikot didn't pay it any more heed, merely instructing Shay to tidy up the body and prepare to take it away. 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

Even though she had instructed Beifa not to kill it, since the head had already been chopped off, Perfikot didn't think anything was wrong with that.

These ancient beasts, according to the explanation of the god of wisdom, have extremely low intelligence, and are fundamentally incapable of being tamed or trained, they can even forget they've been hit and turn around, with memory inferior to that of a dog.

Capturing such a thing alive indeed is gratifying, but accepting one dead isn't necessarily unacceptable.

Moreover, besides this one that has a broken hand, there is another one that is not incomplete, capturing that one alive wouldn't be impossible either.

"Where's the other one?" Watching Shay lead people to tidy up the corpse of the slain ancient beast, Perfikot asked the civil officer of the investigation team beside her.

"In another nearby valley, where there's a geothermal hot spring, the environment there is better." The civil officer hurriedly answered, but his words also advised Perfikot: "Lord, you could rest a bit first, that giant beast has no intention of escaping or leaving, our people are closely watching it, you..."

To this, Perfikot merely waved her hand, unconcernedly said: "No need to say that, my time is tight, I don't have the leisure to dawdle, have the Flying Airship come over to take us there."

"Yes, my lord." The civil officer couldn't defy Perfikot's will, he could only nod and then ordered the investigation team to call up the Flying Airship which had been on standby.

The Flying Airship descended, Perfikot and Beifa boarded it, and the others quickly followed suit, leaving a small number of people and another Flying Airship behind to handle the corpse of the ancient beast that had been killed.

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While Perfikot went to deal with the matter of the ancient beasts, Beloburg's Imperial Center was also discussing matters about Perfikot.

Regarding Perfikot, the Imperial Center actually didn't have many objections; with her, the primary issue was the different political standpoints leading to opposing opinions.

Apart from that, there were no major contradictions.

Or rather, those who had major contradictions with Perfikot had long been cleaned out by her.

After all, Perfikot's title of Bloodthirsty Count is not a slur, but rather a title stained with actual blood.

And the blood that stained it is not only from those rebellious elements suppressed by Perfikot, but also from those nobles who clashed with her.

This is also why the Imperial Center's attitude towards Perfikot is extremely conciliatory; it's not that they don't dare use hard methods, but nobody wants to become the next evidence of the Bloodthirsty Count's title.

"That Count has recently left Chernobyl again, this time she didn't use a stand-in." A noble official informed the others of the latest news he had.

"That means she won't be gone long, and she hasn't left the Northern Territory." Another official removed the monocle from his eye socket, took out a lens cloth to wipe it, and seemed uninterested in this topic.

However, the noble official who spoke didn't think so, he elaborated: "Although that's said, the Northern Territory is too vast, and no one knows what secrets are hidden here.

At least I've heard that the Count left Chernobyl this time because something strange was discovered."

"If you have any ideas you shouldn't, I advise you to dismiss them early; currently, the Empire's stability can't do without that Count, if she as much as grazes some oil paint, the whole Northern Territory would have an earthquake." After wiping the monocle clean and putting it back on, another official spoke sternly.

He could certainly understand the implications of the other's words, it was nothing more than creating some kind of rumors to lure Perfikot out from Chernobyl's protective layers, and then doing something to change the political pattern between the Imperial Center and the Northern Territory.

Assassination is undoubtedly a very effective method, or perhaps capturing Perfikot and putting her under house arrest, thereby dismantling the political forces in the Northern Territory.

These are the usual methods in political struggles.

Fake political struggles are full of deception and intrigue, back and forth in political circles, true political struggles are smearing, fabricating rumors, and actual physical destruction in reality.

Yet the noble official shook his head, denied: "While it is true that I've entertained such thoughts, considering that I only have a few Knights and one or two household Assassins, it would be mere child's play compared to that Count's elite Assassin organization, so I don't have that delusion.

What I really want to say is, aren't you interested in what kind of thing could attract that Count to go into action personally?"

"You mean..." Hearing this, another official finally showed interest.

And others who were listening to their conversation also finally shifted their attention.

"The Northern Territory is vast and boundless, which is something everyone knows, and this wild land has in numerous past ages been scarcely ventured into even by the local indigenous people in its deepest parts." The noble official explained in a tone full of temptation, as if giving a speech: "Think about it, that Count can even find a long-extinct dragon in the Northern Territory, becoming the Empire's new generation Dragon Slayer after Saint George, aren't you curious what else the Northern Territory might be hiding?

If we can find one or two dragons in the unexplored wild areas of the Northern Territory, tame them and present them to Eldest Princess, it might be able to enhance Annie's prestige, allowing her to regain some ground in front of that Count, don't you think?"

"Although it sounds a bit fanciful, if we could really get a dragon for Eldest Princess..." Someone muttered quietly, voicing what others were thinking.

"It doesn't sound like it would require much resource, we could each pitch in a bit, send a team out to explore the Northern Territory, if we can find some rare legendary creatures..." The noble official continued to entice the others.