The chaotic situation finally made the dignitaries of Banshee Castle feel nervous about the war. They began to seriously consider the reality that the war was about to break out, especially since the enemy was building the fortress faster than imagined.
"If you want to build the fortress faster than anyone else, you have to spend money." Bishop stood on the balcony of his residence facing the street, looking down at a broken wheel scattered on the street.
A few nights ago, because of the false news that war was coming, the whole city was in a commotion. In the middle of the night, hundreds of wealthy families living in the city suddenly drove on the road, preparing to escape to a safe place they imagined.
There was no command, no organization, and even the news spread was contradictory. You can imagine how chaotic that night was. The wheels on the street fell that night, and I don’t know whose carriage broke down?
In addition, due to the chaos that night, two important figures were found dead the next day.
An old baron was killed in his carriage, and his body fell into the arms of his mistress. The young and beautiful mistress was still dreaming of becoming a baroness, but she was splattered with blood by the more than sixty-year-old baron.
When Bishop saw the mistress, she was crying, and deliberately leaned her plump breasts against him, trying to find another baron as a backer. He didn't think much about it and accepted it with a smile.
After inspecting the scene, the old baron was slashed through the main artery on the side of his neck with a sharp blade. The knife was very precise. The magic protective gear he was wearing was also broken instantly, which shows that the murderer's weapon has the effect of destroying evil and is very cruel.
This was not a death caused by an ordinary street quarrel, it was definitely the work of a first-rate assassin.
The old baron left a large fortune after his death, and a war over property has broken out. In addition to the legitimate heirs, there are also a bunch of illegitimate children.
The second person to die was a big grain merchant, who was also killed while fleeing in panic at night. There were more than a dozen adventurers around him acting as bodyguards, but they were not guarded at all.
The negligent bodyguard later told Bishop about the situation, saying that they were enveloped by a sudden darkness. When the wizard among the bodyguards used flash magic to disperse the darkness, the fat merchant, who was as fat as a pig, also had his carotid artery cut open.
The bodyguards swore that it only took three seconds from darkness to flash. They reacted very quickly, but they didn't even see the shadow of the murderer. This only meant that the level gap between the attacker and defender was too big, and they were completely defenseless.
Behind the grain merchants was the largest group of powerful people in the Banshee Castle, and they were also faced with the division of family property after their death. This time it was not an internal fight among the heirs, but the involvement of more than a dozen powerful people who had taken stock.
This is by no means an ordinary death, nor is it an accidental death in chaos.
Mr. Friedman was furious the day after the incident, saying that he wanted to find out the murderer and punish him severely, and that he would never sit back and let such a vicious incident happen again. However, he froze the property of the two deceased people, or to be precise, confiscated it.
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Behind his back, Friedman called Bishop and boasted a lot, saying that the assassin he had found was good, his timing was very good, his attack was clean and neat, leaving no flaws, and he also said that he wanted to meet this assassin, so as not to
He accidentally slipped into the city lord's mansion.
Bishop was sweating profusely at the time and didn't know how to answer. He wasn't the one looking for the assassin at all, but he was the one responsible for the death. The two people who were killed were idiots who had their name with the city lord.
Sigh..., what a headache.
Friedman currently needs a large amount of gold coins to enhance his military strength, including paying the military expenses of more than a dozen coalition forces in the North. These expenses can all be covered by Banshee Castle.
In addition, the monsters in the Black Forest are building fortresses, not only in Dense Fog Town, but also in many traffic arteries including Green Valley Town. Once these fortresses are built, they will not only be used for defense, but also for offense.
I have to say that Victor Hugo played this skill beautifully, causing the Northland nobles to be in chaos. Originally, they were thinking of a slow mobilization, but now that is no longer possible.
Building a fortress in the middle of winter is inconceivable in itself. Indeed, no one would have thought of it. But in order to counter Hugo's fortress offensive, Banshee Castle must also build a fortress accordingly. This costs money.
Bishop’s current job is not so much punishing ‘idiots’ as it is raising war funds for Friedman. But he doesn’t know who is ‘helping’ him behind the scenes.
The two deceased people had many enemies. No matter from any angle, they were full of evil deeds and deserved their death. But hiring a top-notch assassin was definitely not as easy as imagined.
Not long after standing by the balcony, a servant came to announce that the carriage was ready. Bishop had to rush to the prison in the city, and his men caught two smugglers, who were also 'genius' smugglers who used corpse collectors' carriages to transport goods.
"Why do idiots always use corpse collectors' wagons to transport goods? How many times has this old-fashioned method been investigated? These two idiots are simply insulting my IQ."
Bishop went out and got into the carriage, and the coachman drove it. He sat in the carriage with his eyes closed and meditated, thinking about how to deal with the two idiots he saw later and how to find out the supporters behind them one by one.
"This should be able to find more money, half a million or even millions of gold coins, which should be able to support the Butch family in the upcoming war."
Bishop silently calculated the possible profits in his mind, and also considered whether he would still be of value afterwards. Regardless of whether he won or lost this war, Banshee Castle would definitely be liquidated.
"Either the enemy is liquidating us, or we are liquidating ourselves. Maybe I should also consider making some money from it so that I can leave at the right time."
The wheels rumbled across the road, and there were accompanying knights guarding the carriages in front and behind. There were three carriages in the team, and Bishop randomly rode in one of them - he had been particularly careful recently, fearing that some unknown assassin would come to his door.
"Master, the wizard in the car in front asked us to slow down." The guard beside the carriage approached the carriage and conveyed the message.
"What do you mean?" Bishop opened his eyes in the carriage, "What does the new prophecy wizard want to do?"
"He said someone is using arcane magic to spy on us and wants us to..."
Halfway through what the guard knight was saying, someone threw a large wooden box with a shabby appearance on the roadside where the carriage was passing. The box suddenly exploded violently.
A hemispherical shock wave appeared out of thin air and spread rapidly around. The entire street collapsed in front of the shock wave. The walls of the houses near the explosion point collapsed, and the roofs were overturned and flew into the sky.
The loud noise was accompanied by the spread of thick smoke, which quickly covered most of the street, and outsiders could no longer see the internal conditions. However, the violent vibrations caused by the explosion quickly spread throughout the city, causing endless panic.
Adrian raised his telescope on the roof of a building hundreds of meters away. After a moment, he could feel the airflow coming from the shock wave. He shouted in surprise: "The lord still said that this explosive is weak? Is this called weak? This is
It’s almost blowing up the whole street.”
Mondino and Old Bank, who were next to him, were also stunned for a long time. The chief undead asked the chief prophecy: "Are you sure you can avoid such an attack?"
The chief prophecy could only smile bitterly and said: "It is better to avoid becoming the target of such attacks."