Chapter 45 Dangerous Cooperation
Yunxiao Commercial Bank, in a simple study.
The big shopkeeper put down the ledger in his hand, looked at the news that had just appeared on the magic token with a slightly surprised expression, and couldn't help but shake his head and sigh: "Making such a big move, it still makes people run away, and now the church and the imperial family can't become any climate." β
The big treasurer's words were naturally Arthur and Joan. The commotion that night was too great, first in the Imperial Palace, and then in the southern city, the dark magic erupted, and the Sea Clan corpses and harpys escaped. There were countless witnesses that night, and the news spread throughout the city within half a day, and the names of Arthur and His Highness Eleven were mentioned again after the bloody night in the imperial capital.
No one could have imagined that in the face of the joint search of the Dragon Scale Guard and the Inquisition, the two of them would escape again. This result was a real shame for the royal family and the church.
The shopkeeper groaned for a moment, then quickly wrote a line on the magic token.
It didn't take long for Debrasie, the hostess of Junxiao Building, to appear in the big shopkeeper's study.
"How did those two little ones escape from Fast?" asked the shopkeeper directly.
"The Fisca family is involved, and the two dark archmages of Zach and Berlanka actually appear at the same time. β
"That's weird, Arthur is just a small person, and the high-ranking members of the Fisca family didn't hesitate to risk sneaking into the imperial capital for him?
Debrasie smiled, "You know, those dark mages don't come to my Junxiao Building, and even the business houses don't have much information about them. β
The big shopkeeper muttered: "It seems that we will strengthen our attention to dark mages in the future, they have grown too fast over the years, and people like this Fisca family now have the strength to snatch people from the Inquisition." β
"I will immediately arrange for the strengthening of intelligence gathering in this area, but it will certainly be difficult. They operate in family units, and there is little contact between the various families, so it is difficult for outsiders to obtain relevant information. Debrasy gave a rare look of embarrassment.
"The more this happens, the more attention must be paid to them. In the past, the Church of Light suppressed them, so we didn't take them seriously, but now it seems that we are underestimating them. Arthur and his mercenary group are just small fish in the way of the merchants, and I fear that those guys who are hidden in the dark will ruin our big things. β
"I see. What about Arthur?" asked Debrasy tentatively.
"He's messing around with those guys in the dark now, and I can't let him continue to grow. Neither the church nor the imperial family can count on it, so let's do it ourselves. The big shopkeeper said lightly.
After the Divine Judgment, the Church, and the Imperial Family, another behemoth has its sights on Arthur.
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Arthur, who did not know that the crisis was coming, made an unexpected appearance at this time in Wuyun Village, a remote village two hundred miles southwest of the imperial capital.
He and Aretha were separated on the night of the black market auction, and this was the place where they had agreed to meet.
In addition to Joan, Arthur was now surrounded by ten more people, Berlanca, Chiro, and Shellyl, as well as seven other dark mages from the Fisca family.
Keeping these dark mages with Arthur was part of the deal that Elder Zack made with Arthur.
It would be naΓ―ve to think that the Fisca family took such a big risk and price to save Arthur just to save Sheryl's favor and invite him to join the family. Only great benefits would make the Fisca family take risks!
The Fisca family's intelligence channels had long known Arthur's whereabouts and knew that he was leading a force to fight the Sea Clan on the battlefield. This is exactly what Zach Sr. wants, and he wants the magicians in the family to help Arthur's army in battle, on the condition that the corpses and souls of the Seaclan warriors on the battlefield belong to the Fisca family.
Arthur instantly saw through old Zack's ambitions. The strong and tall corpses of Sea Clan warriors are an excellent material for the "Necromantic Reincarnation", and the dead corpse warriors made from the corpses of Sea Clan warriors are even stronger than the average Terran warrior. With enough materials, the Fiskar family can create an army of Sea Clan corpses!
Controlling an army of dead corpses is the ultimate wish of every powerful dark mage, and this war just gave Zack Sr. and the Fisca family that opportunity.
The corpses of the Sea Clan warriors that the Fisca family had previously controlled in the imperial capital were purchased by them through various underground channels, and the number was extremely limited, and if they wanted to build a large army, they had to go to the battlefield.
It's just that in the entire Terran countries, no general dares to openly cooperate with the dark mage family.
The Fiskar family got the gamble right in this adventure, and Arthur was the exception. He is not afraid of the Church of Light, no matter what he does now, the Church will not let him go, and more importantly, he does not reject dark magicians and dark magic.
So when he old Zack proposed to cooperate, he only calculated the risks and benefits and then happily agreed.
Working with the Dark Mage, Arthur embarked on a path that he could not have predicted on his own.
Arthur and Joan entered the village with Shiryl and the others, and Aretha flew out.
"You two are not small, can you escape if you are about to fall out of Arantis?"
Aretha had long known what had happened in the imperial capital in the past few days. Cloudy Village is no ordinary village, but a secret stronghold of the Thieves' Guild, where Tony has arranged their settlement and messaging.
It is precisely because of Tony and the thieves behind him that Arthur and the cavalry regiment will not be blind and deaf even if they go to an unfamiliar battlefield.
"Thanks to the help of the friends of the Fisca family, we both escaped. Arthur introduces Berlanca, Chiro, and the others to Aretha one by one.
As a ranger and mercenary, Aretha does not reject dark mages, but is a little worried about Arthur after hearing about the terms of cooperation between Arthur and the Fisca family. Now that Arthur had decided, Aretha did not object. This is Aretha's greatest advantage, she does it spontaneously, she doesn't force herself or others, since Arthur has chosen this path by himself, let him go by himself.
Aretha didn't let Arthur and the others go into the village to rest, but said directly: "It just so happens that the food and equipment you purchased before, McGinn has already sent it through Tony's channel. We have been out for a long time this time, so hurry back to join the troops, and don't have any accidents. β
Aretha may have just said it casually, but unfortunately she was right.
It has been nearly half a month since Arthur and the others left, and Isaac's army is now in a desperate situation. The troops had run out of food, and the remnants of Locke's army, which also had little food, refused to lend food to Isaac's army.
Forced to do so, Jennings had no choice but to set up his troops to grab food, and although the army was no different from bandits, it was the highest priority to keep his soldiers alive.
The Isaac army robbed the food of the Locke people, which also completely angered the remnants of the Locke army, and the two sides almost clashed directly. Although they eventually avoided killing each other, they also parted ways between the two armies, which were not of the same mind. General Tianlu led the remnants of the Locke army directly into the Gyeonggi region, the imperial capital, and took the initiative to seek to return to the Bright Empire.
The Isaac army did not dare to enter the imperial capital without the promise of the imperial capital, so they had to continue to roam the border area of Locke.
The people of Locke, who were robbed of food, held a grudge against this Isaac army and took the initiative to reveal the information about the location of the Isaac army to the Sea Clan army.
A large army of the Sea Clan and a Norman army are quietly surrounding the border......