A long time ago, when Xue Hua's level was less than level 20, he visited Lu Gaoyin.
There, due to certain investigative needs, he came into contact with the mysterious place "Dark Alley Area" through Warev.
It was a gray area in the abandoned sewer network system built underground in Lugaoyin. It is said that as long as you have money, you can buy anything there.
Xue Hua once conducted an in-depth investigation and finally learned that the leader of the dark alley area was a mysterious being named "The Faceless Man".
But until the end, he never saw the true face of the Faceless Man.
Although after the battle of Lu Gaoyin, he heard Drognan and Farah talk about what happened that night in the dark alley after the devil bottle was blown up, and he also knew that the so-called "faceless man" was actually named Ekri Frankfurt.
Nicknamed "Ghost Blade".
This guy is a weirdo with a weird personality. He went to the second world and came back immediately after being promoted to the legendary level.
Then he became keen on forming underground forces in the gray areas of major human kingdoms, becoming a gang boss, collecting protection fees, and fighting with surrounding gangs to grab territory...
However, although this guy has a lot of misdeeds, he never touches anything that violates the bottom line, and many of the underground forces in the human kingdom that have been integrated by his hands have become more orderly after that.
Therefore, the parliament was too lazy to take care of this guy's weird and special hobby.
He came to Lugaoyin from a small jungle kingdom in the southern part of the Eastern Continent a long time ago, and used the abandoned underground waterways to build a dark alley area as his base.
Originally, the dark alley area was becoming more and more orderly and getting closer to his requirements, but Randall and the Hell Demon's plan ruined all his hard work.
After the Lugoin incident, Ekri left there and crossed the barrier mountains to Port King, where he began to plan to form his underground kingdom again.
However, who could have imagined that his "Black Port Society" had only been established less than two years ago, and everything was just on the right track, but the civil strife in King's Port was about to break out again.
Moreover, regarding this civil strife, his intelligence staff sent him a lot of very distressing news.
For example, the True God Religion intervened, and Westmar took advantage of it...
All in all, if this civil strife breaks out completely, it will be another devastating blow to the Black Harbor Society that he has finally established step by step.
Therefore, if he does not want the Lu Gaoyin incident two years ago to happen again in King's Harbor, he must find someone strong enough to help him, who can put an end to the matter completely and preferably someone who knows the root cause.
Although he is also a legendary powerhouse in his own right, the current underground undercurrent in King's Port is too mixed, and he alone cannot handle anything.
At this time, the news that Xue Hua had put down the demonic invasion of the second world and was about to return triumphantly to the first world and was preparing to go to the Haworth Islands reached his ears.
When he heard the name "Xue Hua", he immediately identified his best helper.
When he was in Lu Gaoyin, although Xue Hua was well-known, his level was too low, so although Ekri had the intention of "investing" in him, in the end he had been hanging on the sidelines.
It wasn't until Xue Hua became famous in Kurast and Harrogath that he began to regret it.
Later, when the news came back that Xue Hua led his "insect swarm" army to march forward and completely destroy the Purgatory Fortress, Ekri regretted that he almost didn't rub off the fat on his belly...
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This is what he is like, he likes to invest in young talents with talent and potential, and hopes to expand his future contacts and relationships, but he has always had poor vision and luck.
But this time, even if he missed the opportunity to "help Xue Hua in times of need", he decided to do it anyway to "put the icing on the cake".
So he gritted his teeth and decided to use the most precious piece of information in his hand about the King's Harbor incident as a gift to ask for directions. This would not only make Xue Hua owe him a small favor, but also help Xue Hua calm down the civil strife and relieve him.
With the Black Harbor Society in danger, what's wrong with killing two birds with one stone?
However, what he didn't expect in his dream was that Xue Hua would come so quickly, and so...well, directly...
Unlike Xue Hua, who had only heard of his name before, Ekeli had met Xue Hua.
In the dark alley area back then, no new face could escape his surveillance network.
So he recognized the person in front of him at a glance, it was exactly the person he had always wanted to see.
After the brief awkwardness of the sudden meeting, Ekri immediately corrected himself.
He knew that he was no longer the senior of Xue Hua back then, and even in terms of his contribution to the human world, Xue Hua was definitely ahead of him.
So he moved a chair to Xue Hua's side without the burden of his predecessors, took the wine glass on the side, and poured him the fragrant ice dew wine with his own hands.
After that, he also used the same wine bottle to add a little to his own wine glass, and then drank up the wine in one gulp to show that the wine was clean and had not been tampered with in any way.
When things have come to this point, Aikli has given Xue Hua enough face.
Faced with the other party's extreme politeness, Xue Hua couldn't take advantage of it, as that would seem too uninteresting.
So he sat on the chair, raised the wine glass filled with ice wine and gestured towards Aikeli, and then took a sip. This meant that the previous matter was over here, everything had been revealed, and there was no need to mention it again.
"Mr. Xue is indeed as I expected, a generous man."
"Don't take your generosity seriously. There is no need to say these compliments. Your Excellency has spent so much effort to find me here today. What is the important matter? Please get to the point quickly."
Xue Hua put down his wine glass and raised his head to look at Aikli.
His relationship with this guy couldn't be called an "old friend," and even their acquaintance could only be regarded as reluctant.
Therefore, this guy's previous reference to "an old friend" in his letter was clearly a connection.
And judging from this guy's current attitude, it's obvious that he wants something from me.
However, after hearing Xue Hua's words, Aikeli burst out laughing.
"Hahaha... Mr. Xue, you misunderstood. I came to you today not to ask for anything from you. On the contrary, I have a big gift to give."
"Oh?" Xue Hua was stunned and frowned slightly.
Giving a big gift for nothing is not a good feeling!
As the saying goes, those who take advantage of small things will suffer big losses. He didn't want to be tricked by this old and sophisticated old man.
However, before he could express his refusal, Ekri had already placed a black box in front of him and signaled him with his eyes: "Whether you accept this gift or not, please open it and take a look first."
Xue Hua's brows furrowed even more tightly.
He thought for a while, but still did not refute the other party's face, so he took the black box, slowly opened it, and took out a small scroll.
However, he just opened the scroll and glanced at it, and the expression on his face immediately changed!
