The door of the room was gently opened. The room was neat and clean. A young man in black robe was reclining on a recliner and eating the fruit that had just been brought into the room.
The servant carefully walked into the room after getting his permission.
"Are you here to clean the room?"
"Yes, my lord!"
"Well, the floor, walls, and ceiling are all covered in dust. They really need to be cleaned. I'll make some space for you and clean the room as soon as possible."
After saying this, the young man in black robe actually stood up from the recliner, opened the door and walked out, leaving the servant who came to clean the house alone in the messy room. The servant looked at the nearly spotless room and froze in place for a long time before he finally came to his senses.
Start working, no matter how outrageous this adult's request is, he just needs to implement it, even if the floor is thinned, he has to continue cleaning.
The young man in black robe on the other side went out and walked into the yard. This is the manor of the Ancora family. As a viscount family, the Ancora family has pretty good financial resources. Not only is it established in the city of Clays where land is extremely valuable,
The manor also decorated the garden very luxuriously. Not far after walking out, the young man in black robe saw entwining trees and a marble fountain in the yard. The carved patterns on it had a strong elven style, which made this long-sleeping man
The envoy was stunned for a moment and fell into memories.
After a few seconds, he came back to his senses and said with a mocking smile on his face:
"The noble elves have actually fallen to this level, and finally allowed these lowly humans to rule the core territory of the Elf King's Court."
Just as the young man in black robe was talking to himself, several people around him had already noticed him. This was no longer the remote house just now. Although it was actually the inner courtyard of Ankola Manor, there were also several servants there.
While working here, a strange and handsome face suddenly appeared, which inevitably attracted the attention of several people.
The young man in black robe didn't care about these looks, he just wandered around in the garden by himself, not thinking there was anything wrong with him at all.
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"Lord Viscount, the amount of money and food sent to the First Prince's army was not enough. The First Prince's staff sent people to urge them again."
"Here we go again! The Charmains are so greedy."
Viscount Ancora didn't feel that there was anything wrong with occupying the land at all. Instead, he regarded these lands as his own property. The eldest prince wanted to take a large piece back, which was like cutting off his flesh.
In the past two days, I tentatively handed over some food and tried to get through. However, I was soon discovered by the eldest prince's shrewd and capable subordinates, who immediately sent someone over to urge me.
"Forget it, let's make up for them. I want to see how long the Charman family can keep going."
"Yes, Lord Viscount!"
Viscount Ancora complained, and the butler beside him was used to it. The butler himself is the son of the Ancora family, and his fate has long been bound to the Ancora family. He is an absolutely trustworthy confidant of Viscount Ancora.
In addition to their status as nobles of the kingdom, they are also secretly believers of the Rising Sun Cult. However, relatively speaking, the Ankola family belongs to the wall-riding sect. Apart from a relatively small number of people who have firm beliefs and are willing to fight for the church at any time, the head of the Ankola family
They can only be regarded as pan-believers. Maybe the family head several generations ago was a firm believer, but after the Ankola family has enjoyed a wealthy life for several generations, there is only a little faith left in the Lord of the Rising Sun. Now,
According to Viscount Ancora, which side to take depends entirely on interests.
Now that there is a huge crisis in the kingdom, and the royal family is constantly "damaging" the interests of nobles like them, the Ankola family's butt has naturally tilted towards the side of the Rising Sun Cult. A nobleman like the head of the Ankola family who has no bottom line,
He has no psychological burden on surrendering and leading the way. As long as there are enough benefits, he can betray anyone.
For example, it is definitely in line with his wishes to cooperate with the assassination of the eldest prince. However, although he is willing to cooperate with the assassination of the eldest prince, it does not mean that he is willing to sacrifice his wealth and life. The Viscount of Ankola is still distressed about paying the money and food.
At that time, a close aide suddenly ran up to Viscount Ancora and whispered something in his ear. Viscount Ancora's expression immediately changed.
"Didn't you let him stay in the house? Why did he run out! Don't you know that the entire Clay City is looking for him?"
"What are you doing for food and you don't know how to persuade him?"
"How did that adult come out? No one saw him at all..."
The envoy of the Lord of Shadows is at least a Saint-level powerhouse, and he is also a Holy-level powerhouse who is good at hiding. It is indeed not something that one or two ordinary people can watch.
Viscount Ancora doesn't care to pursue too much now. He is greedy, but not stupid. On the contrary, he is quite smart and has a full understanding of the power of the kingdom in Clais City. Now the spies in the city are going crazy.
Looking for the person hiding in his home, it would be fine if he didn't show his face. Viscount Ancora was still sure to hide him completely, but if the other person ran out at will, it would pose a great risk to Viscount Ancora.
Viscount Ancora was fully aware of how powerful the kingdom was in Clais City, otherwise he would not have cooperated honestly with the eldest prince in clearing taxes and inspecting land.
"How many people have seen him now?"
Knowing that anger was of no use, Viscount Ankola quickly began to think about the aftermath. At first he thought it was just a simple job. He could show his goodwill to the church first, and then wait for the orcs to attack and the church gained power. His Ankola family would also
He could continue to maintain wealth, but he didn't expect that this man was like a time bomb. Not only did the assassination fail inexplicably, but before he left, he actually hid in his own home and prepared to carry out a second assassination. Putting the Ancora family in danger
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"Only a few people saw it, and they were all from trustworthy families."
Upon hearing this, Viscount Ankola breathed a sigh of relief, as things were still within control.
"Take some people and seal off the inner courtyard first, not allowing anyone to come in or out. Control those who have seen the people and confine them to the inner courtyard, and don't let them come into contact with anyone."
"Yes, Lord Viscount!"
"Come on, let's go over and take a look."
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As soon as the envoy of the Lord of Shadows appeared in the inner courtyard, someone noticed it, and a note was handed over before Viscount Ankola sealed the inner courtyard.
Although the Ankola family has been passed down for several generations, and there are many loyal family sons in the family, the existence of the Black Prison has a longer history. Some of the children have actually been placed by the Black Prison from the first generation.
The Black Prison is definitely the first-class intelligence agency in this era. In a place like Clays City, no noble family lacks spies from the Black Prison. These spies may be the family owner's trusted servants, or they may be sleeping in the same bed.
The person next to you, or even one of his unappreciated descendants, may develop into a spy in the dark prison.
The Black Prison is definitely an existence that is hated and feared by the officials and nobles of the kingdom. Although these nobles and officials have made a lot of efforts to abolish the Black Prison, the kings of the Golden Dragon Kingdom have never left the Black Prison.
Fool, the leader of the black prison can be changed or even executed, but this organization has only been strengthened and never weakened.
In cities like Clays City that are close to the royal capital, the power of the Black Prison is particularly huge. Among the sons of the Ankola family guarding the inner courtyard, there happens to be a spy from the Black Prison. After discovering the inner courtyard,
After seeing this handsome and unfamiliar face, he immediately thought of the previous order to find the person, and then used the special messenger method of the black prison to pass the news out.
Less than two minutes after the news was delivered, Viscount Ankola rushed to the inner courtyard with his people.
Before several servants in the inner courtyard could react, they were controlled by the guards brought by Viscount Ancora, and they might not be able to regain their freedom in a short time.
"Sir, you shouldn't come out. There are people searching for you everywhere. It's too dangerous."
"Oh, are you ordering me?"
The elf envoy in black robes turned his head and stared at Viscount Ankola who spoke irritably. His eyes narrowed slightly, sending an extremely dangerous signal.
Viscount Ankola, who was still a little angry at first, suddenly woke up as if he had fallen into an ice cave after being glanced at by the other party. Don't let the other party stare at him, his knight-level power seemed to be locked directly.
He felt like he was paralyzed, unable to move at all, the hairs all over his body stood up, and his back was soaked with sweat.
Only then did he realize what kind of existence this person was. Although the opponent failed to assassinate the eldest prince inexplicably, crushing him to death was no more difficult than crushing an ant.
"Don't dare, don't dare."
"But, sir, for the sake of safety, you should stay in the house as much as possible and avoid being discovered by outsiders. The eldest prince's men and the people from the Black Prison are looking for you all over the city."
Sir Ancora, who had woken up, paid a lot of attention when he spoke, and even stuttered under the intense gaze of the other party.
"Why, are you afraid that I will implicate you?"
Viscount Ancora could only remain silent. He did think so in his heart, but he was afraid of offending the other party by directly admitting it.
Fortunately, the black-robed envoy did not continue to be willful. After being dissuaded by Viscount Ancora, he saw the waiter cleaning the room coming out. He turned around and walked towards the room. Viscount Ancora breathed a sigh of relief.
In fact, this envoy of the Lord of Shadows did not take Viscount Ancora seriously. His condescending mentality was much more serious than that of the priests of the Rising Sun Cult. At this time, the Ancora family was just a little bit in his eyes.
It's just a use value. After all, the accurate location information of the eldest prince needs to be provided by such local snake nobles.
Finally, the envoy of the Lord of Shadows said something that gave Viscount Ankola some peace of mind and hope:
"I will take action personally this time and I will never let him run away again."
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In another mansion in the city, the note sent from the Ankola family's manor had been quickly delivered to the eldest prince and Richard.
A note was circulated between Richard and the eldest prince.
"Brother-in-law, do you think that mysterious man in the Ancola family is the envoy who controls those shadow assassins?"
"pretty close!"
"Damn the Ankola family. They are the worst family to invade public land. This time they even colluded with assassins!"
"I'm going to mobilize the Iron Guard right away. I hope my brother-in-law will also take action against those assassins!"
"Um!"
Richard nodded in agreement.
Although there is no absolute evidence, the eldest prince has decided to take action immediately. He has already determined the fate of the Ankola family in his heart. Although this assassination seriously threatens his life, at the same time, the eldest prince also
The case was regarded as an opportunity, an opportunity for an attack. He wanted to use this assassination to make the nobles of Clay City cough up some profits.
Richard's judgment was probably based on the appearance characteristics obtained by the spies in the Black Prison, as well as the Ankola family's behavior in hiding it. Although it is almost the same, it does not rule out that the head of the Ankola family is good.
There is a possibility of masculinity and beauty being hidden in a golden house, and the eldest prince has decided to take advantage of this opportunity to bring out the Ancora family to set an example and show blood to the nobles of Clay City.
As expected, the Charman family are all ruthless people. After being assassinated, they immediately considered how to use the assassination to gain more benefits.
Richard realized that the eldest prince wanted to take this opportunity to expand the scope of the attack, and even wanted to use him, Richard, the strongest man in the kingdom, as a sword to clear away obstacles.
But Richard still agreed. Anyway, he had already offended the kingdom's old nobles, and he didn't care if he offended him any more. The eldest prince wanted to suppress the nobles but was afraid of causing a violent backlash, so he had to find some way to use it. He
However, Richard directly killed Shunchang.
After receiving Richard's affirmative response, the eldest prince was obviously more confident.
