Unlike everything over there in the mine, which is orderly, things are a bit more chaotic here at Fulgen's Tavern.
At the beginning, Ike hired the most trustworthy people he could find to take charge. In addition, some nearby private workshops also came to join forces, so the situation seemed stable.
However, as the news of the mine explosion spread, I don't know who also spread the news that "Fander and Hilko are finished".
The number of people peeking into Fulgen's Tavern suddenly increased.
In Zaun, Fulgrim's Tavern can also be regarded as a "landmark building" because Fander is the most reliable middleman in Zaun. The tavern itself also represents the basic order established by Fander.
An order that is better than nothing is also order, and insignificant power is also power.
Now, after hearing that Fandel was finished, some people naturally had different thoughts.
To be on the safe side, these people with different intentions didn't just send people into the tavern to test them outright.
Without knowing whether the news was true or false, they just sent out reliable personnel to keep an eye on the tavern.
In less than an hour, almost all the alchemy barons sent their men to stalk around Fulgan's Tavern, trying to find out whether the rumors were true or false.
While staring at Fulgen's Tavern, the flexible person also sent people to look for Hilko - if Hilko was also missing, then the truth of this rumor would be much higher.
Of course Hilko couldn't be found.
However, considering that Hilko has always been mysterious and difficult to find, the Alchemy Barons still ordered to focus on surveillance, and no one dared to take risks.
Except Finn.
Finn was somewhat of a participant in this matter.
After all, when Hill contacted Piltover Law Enforcement Officer Marcos, it was through his relationship.
Although it is impossible to know Hilko's full plan, Finn can at least be sure that today's explosion is inseparable from Hilko.
So, after getting the news, Finn immediately sent out his men, not to keep an eye on Fulgen's Tavern, but to try to contact Marcos - and then, he got a shocking news.
Marcos was seriously injured and is now lying in the hospital in Piltover!
Finn was so excited when he heard the news that he almost threw away his lighter.
A fight has begun, this is definitely a fight!
With Finn's position, he obviously wouldn't know that the Senate had received a notification letter from the Noxians, nor would he know that the person behind the entire bombing was actually Cassiopeia, from his perspective.
, what happened is this:
Silko contacted Marcos through his own connections and wanted to cause trouble for Fandel.
The specific actions are not known, but what is certain is that during this trouble, Marcos was seriously injured, and the other law enforcement officers were probably very uncomfortable.
Then, news came out that Fandel and Hilko were finished.
From Finn's point of view, there is a high possibility that this news is true, especially when he traced the source and found that the first person to spread the news was a bad guy who once worked for Hilko.
very good!
Combined with the fact that Hilko "borrowed" the rune steel armor that he bought at a large price before, and also poached Seveka who can be beaten by Fulgen Tavern No. 2...
Finally, Finn reached a "reliable conclusion":
Fandel and Hilko are both injured!
At this time, Zu'an is in a power vacuum - if we don't take action now, how long will it take?!
As long as you act fast enough, you can use this short vacuum period to directly replace Fander and become the most powerful person in the entire Zaun just like you did when you became the Alchemy Baron!
Of course, just like when he became the Alchemy Baron before, he needs a little help from Piltover.
With this in mind, he tried to contact Marcos' law enforcement officials.
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The effect of this risky contact was surprisingly good - before the Noxian ambassador jumped out, Piltover actually had no idea what was going on.
Now that the Zaun people have taken the initiative to contact him, they are naturally happy to learn about the situation from Finn.
In this way, Finn met the members of the Piltover Parliament for the first time.
The congressman who met him was named Levi Cantera. He was a congressman who spent a lot of money to lobby for his election. He had no real power family support behind him and was the most soft-spoken person in the congress.
Generally speaking, this kind of congressman is here to make money - he needs to double, triple or even ten times the money he invested in the election during his term as a congressman.
But Levi is different from other guys who only know how to make money. He has greater ambitions.
As long as it is done properly, members who make money may not be unable to become members with real power!
Levi and Finn are similar in many ways. They are both out-and-out speculators, so they hit it off immediately.
Levi needs to build his own base, and Finn needs help from Piltover.
After a brief meeting, they split into two groups. One was in the council to collect information, and the other was in Zaun to investigate the situation. The two sides exchanged information.
If everything goes well, Finn will be able to get a large number of orders from Piltover through Levi; and Levi will get the lowest processing price, which is a win-win situation!
As for the relationship between Zaun and Piltover in this incident, the purpose of the Noxians, Hex Technology...
Neither Levi nor Finn cared about these things at all.
Finn sold Zaun without any pressure.
If Levi was not unqualified, he would definitely be the first to sell Piltover to Noxus.
In this way, Finn quickly learned the news from the Council, including that the mine was blown up by the Hex crystal, including Fander and Silko, etc. - As for the Noxus part, Levi
It didn't say anything at all.
In the face of the notification letter from Noxus, no one in the Piltover Council cared about Fander and Silko.
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Mel is trying to balance the relationship between his family and his career; most of the other congressmen are at odds with each other, not wanting to delay their own money-making due to this matter.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Finn took action.
He did not storm Fulgrim's Tavern foolishly and with great fanfare, because that was to inform the other Alchemy Barons that he had received definite news that Fander was finished.
The situation of heroes competing for the throne is not what he wants to see!
In order to deceive others, Finn sent his men to keep an eye on Fulgan's Tavern, and also on other Alchemy Baron's men, while he intensively planned his own middleman base.
Finn could clearly see that Fulgrim's Tavern had a greater symbolic meaning, but in terms of function, it was just Zaun's most reliable middleman.
As long as he is prepared to become a middleman here and firmly controls the working channels of Pi City, he will completely replace Fander - no, not replace, but his authority will far exceed Fander!
At this moment, Finn was full of confidence.
He had already thought about it. When he had set up an intermediary framework, he would directly reveal the news of Fander's demise, just like throwing the bones to a group of vicious dogs, and let the other alchemy barons fight for the tavern.
Headache and bleeding.
At that time, I can launch my own intermediary agency while Fulgen's Tavern can no longer act as a middleman!
Hahaha!
After completing all the arrangements, Finn returned to his factory with satisfaction, sat on his large boss chair, and played with his shiny lighter again.
Now, only those workers in the factory are fuel.
When the plan succeeds, the entire Zaun will be his fuel!
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Unlike Finn, who has "someone up there", the other alchemy barons' connections are obviously quite different.
But these greedy guys were not willing to give up this opportunity easily, so they sent out their most reliable people to keep an eye on Fulgen's Tavern.
At the beginning, everyone was very restrained.
However, after nightfall, maybe some people became impatient, or maybe the night gave people the confidence to act arrogantly. The gangsters who were performing surveillance missions outside the tavern finally couldn't hold back any longer.
No one wants to be the first person.
No one chooses to go to the pub to find trouble.
But this does not prevent them from finding fault with each other.
Fighting outside Fulgrim's Tavern is obviously a good way to test - not only to test Fulgrim's Tavern's reaction, but also to test the opponent's level.
There are many people guarding the tavern in Forgan's tavern, but those who are the most elite, most reliable, and most able to fight have followed Fander to the mines, and the rest are either not strong enough to fight, or are in panic.
If gangsters from outside really come in to cause trouble, they will naturally raise their fists without hesitation.
But if they fight each other outside...
Then let them be!
In this way, these gangsters who were under the command of various Alchemy Barons and were responsible for tracking and inquiring about information, physically mingled together on the street outside Fulgan's Tavern.
At the beginning, they just insulted and spat at each other.
While they were cursing, some people became impatient and simply raised their fists.
After the fist came the stick and the brick.
By midnight, people were already using sharp objects.
Under this situation, the surrounding Zaun people avoided this tavern at a distance - in the night, Fulgen's Tavern seemed to have become an isolated island surrounded by garbage.
As the fight outside gradually escalated, everyone in the tavern began to become a little unable to sit still.
They don't know if Fander is still alive.
According to Ike, there was a mage on Fandel's side, so there was a high probability that he would be fine - but the kid later said that he had a way to save Fandel, and he didn't know where he went.
Ike's disappearance undoubtedly greatly affected the morale of the tavern. Although the lights were brightly lit, the atmosphere was so heavy that it seemed suffocating.
After midnight, the battle outside finally came to a winner.
The victors lifted up the fallen losers as if they were throwing away garbage, and threw them into the ditch not far away. After patrolling the tavern twice with satisfaction, they finally made up their minds.
Without changing their clothes, they knocked on the door of the tavern covered in blood.
Tuk-tuk-tuk——
Every knock on the door seemed to knock on the hearts of everyone in the tavern.
Everyone in the tavern looked at me, and I looked at you, and finally chose to open the door.
"Forgan's Tavern... never closes." The young man who opened the door pinched his thigh and read out the welcome words set by Fandel, "It's late at night, what do you want for a drink?"
"Whatever you want." The leader, the purple-haired victor, made a pun, "The bartender isn't here anyway."
"It's about mixing drinks, not mixing drinks." The young man obviously understood the meaning of the other party's words, and corrected him, "Forgan's Tavern does not mix drinks."
"It's just a drink, don't be so sensitive." The other party shrugged as if he didn't care at all, and found a place to sit down casually in front of the bar. "Have some strong drinks, I like strong ones."
"There are plenty of exciting ones." The young man picked up the cup and chose the liquor with the highest alcohol content as the base, "I'm afraid you won't be able to drink it."
"Ha, what's not to drink?" The other party took out a bag nonchalantly and smashed it on the bar. "Besides, I can't drink it alone. If we all drink it together, we can drink it, right?"
The mouth of the bag was not tied tightly. At this moment, everyone in the tavern saw the yellow light belonging to Jin Hex in the bag.
Clear attitude.
The young man bartending the drink did not take up the challenge, but kept silently mixing the drinks - but judging from the fact that he did not close the lid tightly when shaking the shaker for the first time, it seemed that his heart was not at all calm.
Seeing his state, Zi Mao let out a satisfied smile.
very good.
It seems like that guy Fandel is really finished.
Moreover, it wasn't just Fandel who was ruined.
Bensuo, there are many hard-fought people who are not here...
Great!
Thinking of this, he reached out his hand with satisfaction and grabbed the glass of wine.
When he took the wine glass into his hands, the biting coldness almost made him unable to hold it - he blinked in confusion and did not react for a moment.
When that guy made the cocktail just now, he didn’t add ice cubes either?!
Just when he was confused, a familiar voice came from behind him.
"The rules of the tavern are to pay first and drink later - don't you have enough money for this strong drink?"
The green-haired gangster's eyes finally widened at this moment. He stood up and turned his head to look at the door.
Then...he saw Fander.
And there are many tough things that he was thankful for just now that "all are over".
"You, you, you-"
"You can't eat the Overlord's meal even if you stumble." Fandel came to him, like an eagle catching a chicken, and picked him up by his collar, "Don't you think so?"
"Yes, yes, yes, yes!" The other party nodded like a fool, and simply put down the cup without asking for the money, "I'll leave right away -"
Fander let go of his hand.
Then, just as he was about to stumble out, a sheet of frost spread throughout the tavern, and the shoes of these gangsters were all frozen to the ground.
"Fander let you go." Ino pressed the hilt of his sword with a calm expression, "But I didn't say you can leave."