On the open-air platform of Royce Manor, Count Mario stood on the edge of the platform, looking into the distance with a gloomy gaze. Judging from the green tendons on his hands holding on the guardrail, it can be seen that Count Mario's heart is by no means calm at this time, and because of the force, his knuckles have been faintly white, everyone knows that the Earl is extremely angry at this moment, but no one knows why he is angry.

Even Martin, who was most trusted by Count Mario, was only standing to the side with his head bowed at the moment, and did not step forward, let alone the other dozen or so knights.

At this moment, a door connecting to the platform suddenly opened, and a magician in a black robe walked in quickly. I don't know what it is, but at the moment when he saw Muds come back, Martin suddenly felt a little relieved, and he whispered to the earl: "My lord, Muds is back." ”

Mario nodded, but didn't look back, still staring into the distance.

It wasn't until Muds walked up to Mario's side that the ambitious count finally spoke: "How's it going?" ”

"I don't know where those two little ghosts have gone, and I can't find any trace of them." Muders shook his head, "After that, I stayed in the village of Seroda for another three days, and I still didn't wait for them, but the room they rented at the village of Serroda is still there, and I understand that they paid half a month's rent in advance." ”

"What the hell are these two little ghosts doing?" Mario's brow furrowed.

"Rest assured, my lords, I have summoned a little one to play with them, and as long as they return to the village, they will definitely fight the little one." Mudus whispered, "We can't see them fight, but we just need results, don't we?" ”

Count Mario finally nodded heavily, and said in a deep voice: "Indeed, I only need the result, as for the other means, it is just for the result." …… If those two little ones show enough potential, then they are eligible for my attention. The amount of potential he can show is as much as it deserves my effort. ”

When he said this, Mario's momentum still maintained the arrogance of being a nobleman. It was as if he was willing to come forward to invite Sean and Cecilia to give them the greatest affirmation and face, and they should be grateful to Dade for accepting it—at least, including Muds, Martin and others, all had a deserved expression.

After a moment of silence, Mario glanced sideways at Mudus, and his voice became a little sharper: "What is the situation on the side of the Medusa Chamber of Commerce?" ”

"I'm sorry, Lord Count." Mudus's voice was calm, and he couldn't hear the slightest apology, but his head was slightly lowered, which was already the greatest respect he could show, "The Medusa Chamber of Commerce can't provide you with any assistance for the time being. Polar Silver ...... Having revoked Birwell's status as a merchant and fully withdrawn from the dispute, the Black Cat Chamber of Commerce can now devote all its strength to fighting us. ”

"What about the attitude of the Pan-continental Chamber of Commerce Alliance?"

"Acquiescence." Muders whispered, and everyone fell silent in an instant.

After a long time, Mario suddenly slammed his fist into the stone railing on the platform.

"That little imp from Durune has already started to fight back." Mario's face was furious, "Although he doesn't know that the fire dragon poison is caused by us, he also knows that he intends to compete with him for the lord's inheritance." In terms of the laws of the kingdom, he has a higher priority than me, so now that he is starting to meddle in the rectification of the territory, I can't intervene at all. ”

Mario accentuated the word "we", and his attitude was very obvious, which was to drag the Medusa Chamber of Commerce into the water as well.

There is no doubt that if Durun knew that Medusa was also among the people who harmed his father, then at least in the Tindes territory, the Medusa Chamber of Commerce would not have to do business. And in addition to the Tindes Lord, other lords who can be regarded as allies with the Royce family will definitely refuse the entry of the Medusa Chamber of Commerce's goods, so when the Medusa Chamber of Commerce chooses Count Mario, they have no way out.

"Durune has expanded the garrison in Tindesburg." Martin whispered to Mulders about the events of the past few days, "The veteran has taken over as an officer of the Tendesburg Defence Force, and the entire Tindesburg garrison is under his command. …… Lord Earl, who was asked to return by Durune in the name of foreign affairs, was not allowed to enter Tindesburg until the scale of the defense of Tindesburg was reorganized. ”

Muds now finally knows why Mario would be so angry, it's a blatant distrust. Although I don't know whose idea it was, there is no doubt that if he gives an order in the name of such righteousness, unless Mario turns his face with Durune on the spot, he can only leave Tindesburg in disgrace, which is a slap in the face of everyone for Mario, who is very concerned about face.

"What is the size of the garrison in Tindesberg now?" Mulders asked.

"Two days ago, the rectification began, and a number of people who fished in troubled waters were cleaned up, and now there are less than 100 people."

"Lord Earl has no real power, and can only allow a maximum of fifty guards, in that case, leave fifty people, and the others will go to Tindesburg to sign up." "But the knights don't need to go, they won't be trusted." …… Let's choose to hibernate for the time being, and when the time is ripe, as long as Du Ruen doesn't know that the fire dragon poison is ours, there is no need to worry at all. ”

Martin smiled bitterly: "My lord arranged for people to sign up for the defense force early in the morning, but ......"

Mulders raised an eyebrow.

"The veteran named Peter, who was dealt with according to the vetting system of the kingdom's regular army, and nearly two-thirds of the soldiers were eliminated." Martin looked helpless, "And now that these people have revealed their identities, it makes Durune's little ghost suspicious, and it is not suitable to hide it anymore." ”

"Let them go to the mercenary union." Mudus didn't even think about it, "But be careful, don't let them all be in the same mercenary group, it's better to spread out into four or five mercenaries, and then select a small group of people to join other mercenary groups and muddy the water." ”

Hearing Muddes' proposal, Martin's eyes suddenly lit up, and he immediately understood the insidiousness of Muddes's move. Anyway, those people have flipped from the dark side to the bright side, so they will be dispersed and thrown into the command of some other mercenary groups by the way, so that Du Ruen will be suspicious of those mercenary groups, even if the other party knows that this is likely to be an illusion, but he will never dare to use these mercenary groups to do things again.

From this point on, it can play the role of isolating Durune.

Mario immediately understood the intention of Muders' move, and the look on his face looked a little better: "So, about the ceremony?" ”

"It's all set." It was only at this time that Muders took out a dark red gem from his bosom and handed it to Count Mario, "If it is not necessary, please think carefully, once you use this gem, you will have no way back, even if you win this war, you will not be able to inherit the Tynders Domain." ”

This time, Mario didn't say anything, but his gaze became much more sinister. After a moment of silence, he finally took a hard breath, and then exhaled heavily, as if to increase his inner determination, and then put the dark red gem away.

At this point, Muders naturally didn't say anything more, and even Martin and the other dozen or so knights were very unanimous in keeping silent.

It was only when everyone's eyes looked at the gem that they showed a hint of unease.

……

Dozens of kilometers to the west of Royce Manor, a black hand suddenly burst out of the ground and smashed all the stones that covered the ground.

Judging from the slight shaking of the ground and the constant trembling of those tiny stone chips, it was obvious that this punch broke through the ground and used some kind of extremely special ability, otherwise it would not have been possible to produce such a strong follow-up reaction.

I saw that the black hand was on the edge instead, and after a while, a second hand with the same black reached out, and these two hands were propped up on the edge, and with a little force, I saw a figure emerge from the ground. After climbing up from the ground, the man glanced around very vigilantly and made sure that there was no danger before he crouched down and reached back into the ground behind him.

This person is Alfred, who wears a defective Bavarian armour.

The entrance to this crypt passage was covered again after everyone entered, and it was no wonder that Muders couldn't find anyone after he came.

Alfred reached into the crypt and pulled Cecilia out, and then took out the weapons of the cave demons, as well as the package that Sean had been carrying behind his back. It's just that there is no compressed instant dry food in this package now, and these foods have already been eaten by them, after all, they have spent twelve days in this cave, and now this backpack contains the only remaining spider egg in the cave before and the ten grams of amber hard armor taken from the crypt demon.

"Move fast! Those damn Earth Demon Spiders are here again! ”

Below, Sean's somewhat frightened cry was heard.

Hearing this, Alfred did not dare to slack off, stuffed the backpack in his hand into Cecilia's arms, turned around and leaned in again, and quickly dragged Sean, who was in charge of the palace, up from the crypt. When he crawled out of the crypt, he didn't forget to slap a demon spider back into the crypt that was about to come up from Sean's shoes, and at the same time turned around and swept all the rubble and other things around him back into the crypt, completely filling the crypt.

After all this was done, Sean and Alfred lay on the ground in large shapes, panting for breath, quite a sense of pleasure for the rest of their lives.

For twelve days, from departure to finish, they not only faced the problem of insufficient food, but even encountered countless dangers and troubles on the way back. Even if it is Sean, the clothes on his body have become messy at the moment, and there is blood spilling out on his back and thighs, which is obviously not lightly injured; And Alfred, there are more than a dozen more scars on his body, but fortunately it is not a fatal injury, otherwise it would be impossible for these two people to come back alive due to the amount of bleeding alone.

The only thing that was okay was Cecilia, who was well protected, but even so, she still had a wound about three centimeters long on her left side of her abdomen, which was scratched by the front sting of the human-faced spider.

"Whew." After resting for a while, Sean finally gained a little strength, but he was also a little dizzy from hunger.

If it weren't for the ability of [Desperate Life] at work, as early as the moment of running out of food, Sean and the others could really only wait in the crypt to die.

"Let's go, let's go back to the village of Seroda." Fighting his spirits, Sean stood up, "After resting in the village of Cerroda for two or three more days, let's leave Tindes and bring back to the Kingdom of Serion." …… It's also time for us to start thinking about our mercenary group. Don't worry, as long as we stabilize, we will definitely come and pick up your daughter. ”

Alfred didn't say anything, just nodded heavily, and there was a little more hope for a new life in his eyes.

And Sean, after seeing Alfred nodding, he also glanced at his personal panel-

[Combat Class: Warrior 7, Scholar Level 3]

[Proficiency Points Remaining: 8]

[Personal attributes-force: 14+8 (18); Stamina: 15+3 (20); Dexterity: 12+8 (17); Wisdom: 10+5 (16); Will: 12+5 (19)】

"I've finally met the conditions for a job change."

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