The berth belonging to the Ima Chamber of Commerce in the dock area of the Holy City

A middle-aged fat man wearing a luxurious robe and wearing ten gemstone rings of different colors on the ten fingers of his hands walked in surrounded by a group of entourage, and the private soldiers of the Inca Chamber of Commerce guarding here not only did not dare to stop but also hurriedly saluted, because this Cortés Inca was one of the seven deacons of the Inca Chamber of Commerce, and he was the most powerful contender for the archdeacon.

Unlike the young Montezuma, Cortés has been a deacon for more than twenty years, and he is in charge of the commercial area of the Holy City of Light, where most of the Inca Chamber of Commerce members are his henchmen, and he also controls a number of trade routes, including smuggling routes to the court of Warsong and the surrounding foreign countries, so he is the most vocal in this election for archdeacon.

Walking into the private mooring area of the Inca Chamber of Commerce, looking at the four huge ships in front of him, a smile appeared on Cortez's lips, and he said, "Montezuma's luck is really good, and he actually met the fleet returning from the far east." ”

"My lord, according to the news from the people who were placed next to Deacon Montezuma, the people from the Eastern Continent have been arranged to go to the hotel, but the sailors on these four ships are still here."

A tall and thin man beside him spoke: "I have arranged for people to approach, but these sailors are very guarded and do not allow any outsiders to board the ship, and ...... These sailors are probably quirky too. ”

"Weird?"

Cortez frowned, turned his head and said, "What's going on?" ”

"There are too many sub-humans among these sailors, and the races are extremely mixed, orcs, half-orcs, elves, half-elves, dwarves, etc., and even centaurs, have you ever heard of centaur sailors?"

In the continent of Thanreth, the centaurs are not a branch of orcs but a separate race, most of them inhabit the steppes in the northwest of the continent, and are natural elite cavalry, but they are also known for their inability to swim, because their bodies are too heavy and they sink when they enter the water, so the centaur sailors are of course a joke.

And the sailors who beg for a living at sea, although there are all races, but the vast majority are still humans, after all, many sub-human races do not have a tradition of sailing, and only a very few dare to go to sea to adventure, so it is normal for sailors to have a few alien races, but it is not normal for the number to exceed one-fifth.

After a deep sigh, Cortez said, "So how are you investigating the owner of this fleet?" ”

"I only know that it is a merchant from the Federation of Kosoya, and you also know that the joining city-states are in chaos, and that is the territory of Deacon Kodonan, if you want to investigate further, you need his help."

The man said, "Now it seems that the owner of the ship has probably become a vassal of the people of the Eastern Continent, and he is just transporting goods for His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

"Prince? Ha. ”

Cortés obviously disagreed with this title, and his tone was full of sarcasm: "I have not read the notes of the people who have returned from the Eastern Continent, and the people there are extremely stubborn and conservative, and despise the sea, and also despise us 'barbarians' in their mouths, do you think that a noble prince would risk great danger to come to this land of barbarians in their impressions?" Hmph, in my opinion, even if they are not liars, they are probably just some Oriental mainlanders pretending to be nobles. ”

However, this time, the man did not agree with his boss's opinion, but said: "This is because you haven't seen those people from the Oriental Continent with your own eyes, my lord, if you have seen it with your own eyes, you wouldn't think so." ”

The man has been following Cortez for decades, and he has done many things for him openly and secretly, Cortés trusts him very much, and he looked at him with some surprise at the moment, and said, "Those people ...... Outstanding? ”

"Your Excellency, you can see it yourself."

A flash of amazement flashed in the man's eyes as he spoke, and the group of breathtaking beauties couldn't believe that they would really appear, just one or two, it was actually a group of ......

As they spoke, they had already walked to the vicinity of the "Sea Dragon", and several members of the Blood and Fire Pact who were on duty and guarded greeted them, and said in a deep voice: "This is private territory, please stop." ”

"Yes, private territory."

Cortez smiled: "So why don't I know that in my private territory, there are more people I don't even know?" ”

"This is Cortez Inca, the deacon of the Inca Chamber of Commerce, and this dock berth was built by the Lord!"

The man on the side immediately spoke: "So, why don't you step back quickly, let your stewards come out to greet your lords!" ”

These guards on duty are all elites selected from the hundreds of people in the Blood and Fire Alliance, of course, they are all humans, and they are a little embarrassed at the moment, if this person is really a deacon of the Inca Chamber of Commerce, then he is really not qualified to stop him, after all, Montezuma is just a deacon.

As soon as they hesitated, the people around Cortez immediately rushed up, these people were Cortez's henchmen, and several of the guards were famous mercenaries hired by him at a great price, and their strength was extraordinary, and the guards were immediately dispersed under the current surge.

"My territory, my territory, I see who dares to stand in my way!"

Cortés sneered: "Get on the ship, I want to see what is hidden on the ship, if there is contraband, it won't ruin the reputation of my Inca Chamber of Commerce." ”

"Yes, my lord!"

More than a dozen people beside him clamored together, and then rushed towards the "Sea Dragon".

"Stop—please stop!"

A figure flashed in the midst of the urgent cry, but it was the assistant who was pretending to be Montezuma at sea, he was left here by Montezuma to take charge of the affairs of the four sea ships, and when he heard the news, he hurriedly rushed out but did not want to see Cortez at a glance.

Damn, how is he!

The assistant named Lin Bai suddenly secretly shouted that it was not good, this Cortez was Montezuma's biggest rival for the position of archdeacon, and the relationship between the two was not good, and this time Cortez was clearly finding fault.

"When did a dog dare to bark in front of its owner? Dare to order me to stop, I don't know whether I live or die, I don't know what to be respected, let me take the place of Montesuma to control my incompetent subordinates today! ”

Cortez snorted coldly and pointed at Lin Bai with his right hand, one of the gemstone rings he was wearing on his five fingers suddenly flashed, and a pale light suddenly shot out and shone on Lin Bai.

The incident happened suddenly, Cortez didn't have any action of casting spells at all, just raised his hand and pointed at it, so Lin Bai didn't have time to react at all, and was suddenly shot by the pale light.