When the dark clouds of war filled the sky, even without any notice or rumors, the oppressive air could make people feel a little suffocated. So, after several days of turbulence, the special envoys of the Lane family mercenary king secretly arrived at Noland City.
Just taking a breath of heavy air, he knew that the situation was already very urgent.
He contacted Ilita through the internal means of the mercenary king line, and under her guidance, he met Aranza in the lord's palace of Noland City.
Aranza sat on the large animal skin sofa extremely uncomfortable. After several repairs, the temporary office finally became a formal dedicated office. However, Aranza was missing. Although she rarely gave him advice, she could give him advice.
He guided Hancock, which made him feel that the large animal skin sofa was a waste of materials.
He threw his body in the middle of the sofa and tried to stretch his body, but he still felt uncomfortable, so he had to squeeze to the left side of the sofa out of habit, even though the right side was empty.
It was early in the morning, and the cold wind outside the window was the most raging moment. However, the heating magic array had been installed in the office, and streams of warm current flowed out from the red magic array in the corner, so Aranza and Ilita indoors
, and the special envoys of the Mercenary King, the three of them did not feel the cold.
The special envoy carefully placed a beautifully carved and large box on his desk.
"Well, what is this?"
"Li."
Elita gave Aranza a look of disdain, then turned to the envoy and said: "Open it."
The special envoy nodded in agreement, and then recited a spell. The big box immediately made a soft sound, but only one of the locks was opened. The special envoy recited several magic spells in succession, and unlocked the other locks that closed the big box one by one.
, the process is not easy to describe, and the last lock requires a drop of Elita's blood to be opened.
After all the locks were unlocked, Elita opened the box with her own hands, and the translucent stone wrapped in Li came into view.
Aranza couldn't help but secretly wonder, not only the cumbersome means required to open this box, but also the materials used in the box itself. It was not until the moment it was opened that Aranza's soul sensing ability could capture Li's soul point, and also
In other words, the material used in this box is absolutely rare and has the property of preventing soul exploration. From this alone, you can guess that the cost of building this box has reached an extremely high level.
Aranza couldn't help complaining: "Well, are you too careful..."
Ilita did not pay attention to him immediately, but took the stone out of the box very carefully. For fear of accidentally breaking it, she raised the stone in front of her eyes and observed it carefully. After confirming that there was nothing abnormal, she
Then he breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at Aranza and said: "Now you should know how much we care about Li. Maybe you don't feel the danger, but if Li has any shortcomings, the latest ones to suffer will be me and mine.
Family lineage, do you understand?"
"Well, I'm sorry."
Ilita heard the seriousness in Aranza's words. She turned her head in surprise, only to find that Aranza had turned away awkwardly. So, Ilita couldn't help but chuckle and said: "Ha, so you are
I will also admit my mistake!”
Aranza picked her fingers and pretended not to hear.
"I'm starting."
Elita put the stone that wrapped Li away and reminded Aranza, "You'd better remember the spell I recited, maybe you'll need it in the future."
But before Aranza could react, Ilita blurted out a series of long spells, and the surface of the stone gradually shone with rays of light, and slowly shrunk at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Not long after, Li had escaped from the stone, or in other words, the stone had been absorbed by Li.
The little Fulan girl Li did not wake up immediately, but lay on the table. Everyone could feel her breathing, and she was actually asleep.
"She needs to rest," Elita explained.
"Um."
Aranza nodded, and with a thought, a message was transmitted to Longlong's brain through the soul link. Before Aranza could continue to explain anything, the pink dragon immediately appeared in the window, so fast that even Aranza's eyelids couldn't help but
One jump.
"Master! Master!"
Longlong lay outside the window and shouted: "Is she awake? Is she awake?!"
"Look how worried this little guy is."
Aranza pointed at Longlong and said to Elita: "Well, let Longlong send Li back to rest. It's time for us to talk about other things."
Elita had no objection.
Aranza opened the window, let Longlong in, and gave it a few instructions to let it carry Li to Elita's residence. And Elita's care for Li was so meticulous that before Longlong left, she even
Instruct the envoy who is a magician to cast a magic to maintain temperature on Li.
There were only three people left in the office, and the special envoy also used a soundproofing magic to exhale with confidence.
Aranza sat down again, looked at the special envoy with a smile, and said, "Well, I don't know what your department plans to talk to me about."
"In fact..."
The special envoy skillfully paid attention to Ilita's expression with the corner of his eye, and said to Aranza: "In fact, I was not expecting you to come to the rescue."
"oh?"
Aranza said playfully: "Well, in fact, your system didn't make any moves, which I didn't expect."
"Aranza!"
His tit-for-tat tone made Elita frown, but perhaps because she didn't want to face such a problem, she warned Aranza: "Grandpa must have a reason for doing this, and you have no right to blame him!"
Aranza shrugged and said, "I didn't target your grandfather, well, you added it yourself."
"..."
Elita was immediately speechless.
At this time, the special envoy suddenly turned to face Elita, bowed deeply towards her, and said in a sincere tone: "I must apologize to you on behalf of my family for this matter, Miss Elita..."
He then straightened up, his eyes were deep, as if he was lost in memories, and said: "At that time, we were ready to make a scene in the execution ground, but Elder Lampman prohibited us from going to Ix City. At first, we were quite unhappy about this.
I understand, but when I saw outside the castle, waiting for my relatives, I maybe understood. Miss Elita... Elder Lampman is your grandfather, and he is the person who wants to watch you grow most, but at the same time
, he is also our leader, and he must be responsible for the entire Mercenary King family. I think... you will understand his pain."
Elita opened her mouth, but did not say anything more about this matter. Instead, she changed the subject and said: "Now that I have been rescued, what should I do next?"
"The current situation may be the worst for the Thorn Mercenary Group."
The special envoy analyzed: "The purpose of Duke Alsis is not difficult to guess. He needs to consolidate his position and even ensure that his successor can sit in the position of the head of the family. Therefore, he planned to use this execution to kill the mercenaries."
The Wang family was tied to the same ship as the Thorn Mercenary Group, and they cleared us out justifiably."
"Before the execution, he had already guessed that we would definitely rob him, and only in this way would he have every reason to deal with us. But...he didn't expect that the mercenary kings and his family did not participate in this robberies.
For Duke Alsis, it is the most favorable situation, because he still has enough reasons to eradicate the young lady's Lord Aranza, and there is no enemy of the mercenary king series. In this way, he can deal with the isolated thorns
The mercenary group is the worst situation, and it is also quite embarrassing for the mercenary kings."
"Awkward?"
Aranza narrowed her eyes slightly and guessed: "Well, so this time, the mercenary kings still don't plan to rebel?"
"Yes."
The special envoy did not hesitate at all, and nodded extremely decisively, and explained: "We missed the best opportunity. Now, even if we really rebel, not to mention the possibility that we can successfully reach Noland City,
The airships in various cities around the headquarters have been mobilized by the family. Even if Duke Alsis does not send troops to deal with us, by the time we get here, the war will probably be over."
"Oh."
Aranza snorted coldly and said, "But it might not be over yet."
"You're right."
The special envoy's subsequent reaction was actually to agree. His expression changed faster than flipping a book. He suddenly lowered his voice and said: "Your Excellency Aranza... This is the purpose of our secret conversation with you. We hope that you can... delay the war."
process."
Hearing this, a flash of light flashed in the corner of Aranza's eyes. He thought that the Mercenary King's line would once again be inactive. Unexpectedly, the other party had another plan.
"All right."
Aranza nodded and said: "But for me, delaying the war is more troublesome than winning. You'd better give me a reason."
"The reason is the information you revealed to us."
The envoy turned around and looked around. The information Aranza revealed to the Mercenary King and his group was the half-orc Bakulang they met during the robbery, and what Bakulang said. These words are enough to prove that Alsis
There is an alliance between the Duke and the Orcs. The envoy seemed a little worried, and stretched out his hand to add a soundproof magic, and then said cautiously: "The master of the house colludes with the Orcs, this is not a trivial matter, no matter what his purpose is, to us
, but this is a good handle... We don’t need to rebel, but... to protect the honor of the family!"
Perhaps what Alpha Lane didn't expect was that the Mercenary King had the same plan as him and formed an alliance with the son of the Hero King. Likewise, at this time, the three people in the conference room also didn't expect that Alpha Lane
He also grabbed this handle, but also reached some kind of agreement with Aranza's representative in the Lane family, Elder Goethe.
The secret talks are still going on, and every conspiracy is like every node. They are connected to each other, and eventually they form a big sheet, covering everyone, but they are entangled with each other, and no one will try to struggle to escape from this sheet.