The fluctuation of the magical elements and the screams of the guards caused Earl Ron and the Duke of Chester to turn their heads sharply.

However, I saw that in the flickering of light and fire, almost all of the dark areas that extended from the center of the carriage to the invisible flesh were covered with thorns, and the ordinary guards had already died on the spot under this magic, and the death was very miserable, and almost none of the corpses were intact.

The spikes rising from the ground were like a dense stone forest, the corpses of the guards hung on them, the two yellowish lights on the northern edge of the stone forest were very conspicuous in the darkness, and the two magicians supported the broken magic shield, and the Duke of Chester's servant happened to be with the magician, and he picked up a life.

At this moment, a slight weapon concussion sound was heard, which was almost inaudible to the ears of ordinary people, but under the perception of the Duke of Chester and the Earl of Ron, this sound resounded in the ears like thunder.

A shiny dagger appeared behind the Duke of Chester as if out of thin air, and then a figure holding a dagger appeared, this person was wrapped in black, wearing a black hat, and a pair of blood-red eyes with cold murderous intent under a pitch-black mask.

The Earl of Ron wanted to loudly remind the Duke of Chester, he opened his mouth wide, and the Duke of Chester also spotted the assassin at the first time, and his body instinctively wanted to dodge, and his back muscles also vibrated violently with the big tendons of his body, and his heart began to beat at an accelerated pace.

But it was too late, the Earl of Ron's warning was not shouted, and the Duke of Chester himself was not able to dodge the fatal blow.

"Puff"

The foul-smelling dagger pierced the Duke of Chester's steely muscles and pierced him in the heart.

"Wow!" the Duke of Chester spit out a mouthful of blood, a tight breath poured out, the bulging muscles and the muscles and skin of the whole body returned to normal, and then, the Duke of Chester's body was weak, and his limbs could not exert any strength in an instant.

"Damn!" Beside him, the holy power around Count Ron more than doubled under his anger and anxiety, and his entire body jumped up with his roar, and the steel sword in his hand slammed down in mid-air...

"Whew..."

The strong wind that erupted from Count Ron's blow caused the tiles around his body to turn in dust, and before the attack could arrive, the real air pressure emitted by the steel sword in Count Ron's hand caused a little blood to ooze from the top of the head of the assassin who assassinated the Duke of Chester.

"Plop"

Unexpectedly, the Assassin suddenly went limp, and fell to the ground at about the same time as the Duke of Chester, and his blood-red, bright eyes began to turn white in the dark darkness.

This was not Count Rhon attack at all, the sudden situation made Count Rhon jump in the air for half a year, and under his holy power induction, the life force of this assassin had long since dissipated.

Seeing the assassin's chest visibly shriveled down like a deflated skin, Count Ron couldn't help but subconsciously exclaim: Die of exhaustion!

In order for this blow to succeed, the assassin did not hesitate to mobilize the essence of his whole body!

And he himself died because of the overdraft of his essence and life force.

Count Ron's fierce attack was suddenly retracted the moment it fell, he glanced at the assassin who had fallen to the ground and was no longer breathless, picked up the Duke of Chester and jumped to the side, dodging the two magic arrows of the opponent's archer, and at the same time, the holy power flowed on the Duke of Chester's body.

"Ahem" The Duke of Chester coughed twice, coughing up a pool of viscous and pungent black blood.

"Elemental poison!" Count Ron's face changed.

"Quick! this way!" At this moment, a few torches shook in the darkness in the distance, and the dense footsteps carried the shouts of a group of people from far and near.

At this time, the three assassins on the opposite side whispered a few words that Count Ron did not understand, decisively gave up the intention of continuing the attack, and disappeared into the surrounding dark night in the blink of an eye.

Earl Ron did not dare to be careless, he dodged behind a fireplace chimney, and looked at the Duke of Chester, who had already collapsed, and his heart was not startled.

At this time, the Duke of Chester was already unconscious, and his vitality was rapidly fading, Earl Ron hurriedly straightened the Duke of Chester's body, pulled out the dagger as quickly as possible, and then desperately drove the holy power to pour into the wound desperately, and after the bleeding was stopped, he yelled at the two remaining magicians and Wright: "I'll go to the church, you go to the academy to ask for the best doctor, be quick!"

With that, Count Ron's holy power exploded again, and he jumped up after looking in the direction of the church.

...

Meanwhile, the banquet at the Prime Minister's residence was drawing to a close, and before that, Bailly took the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Earl Stu, for a private meeting with the Prime Minister for an hour and a half.

The talks were a breakthrough, Count Stu no longer objected to the war with the orcs, but some details were not negotiated, such as the imposition of additional taxes on merchants, the scale of the war, the recruitment of new soldiers, and so on.

After the three of them had finished talking, the important guests at the banquet were invited to the prime minister's study.

Perhaps because of the atmosphere of the banquet, everyone gathered in the study and did not talk about business for the first time, but talked about some cheesy times, such as women, fine wine, and their respective collections.

When the atmosphere reached the highest point of some kind of harmony, Bailly, the governor of Lion Castle, suddenly said in a half-joking tone: "After today's meeting, the whole empire is talking about 'your war', Duke Nick. ”

"This is not my war, it's the war of the entire empire. Duke Nick waved his hand to refuse the cigar that Duke Enshi had handed him, he walked to his desk, picked up his pipe, lit it with a match, and said, "This is the war of all of us." ”

Duke Eric looked at Count Stu, "If the Central Empire can't come up with the money to deal with this war, the Jean family can provide a loan. ”

Count Stu smiled, "Don't bother so much, if you have money, you can deposit it directly into the Imperial Bank." ”

"Even if I throw my money into the sea, I won't deposit it in the Imperial Bank!" said Duke Enhy exclaimed, "Of course, if you can solve some of the problems within the bank, I can consider it. ”

Duke Gna smiled strangely, raised a glass of red wine and said, "Merchants of the Empire, with their money, as long as the Cabinet declares the Empire to enter a state of total war, the Cabinet has the right to impose additional taxes on them in accordance with the laws of the Empire. ”

"You must move the major chambers of commerce in the empire?" Count Stu frowned.

"What do you think?" Duke Nick asked rhetorically, "they have enjoyed almost the same rights as the nobles of the Empire all these years, but they have never taken up their responsibilities, Count Stu, the nobles of the Empire have been able to become nobles not because of their noble blood, but because of the responsibilities they have assumed since the days of human nomadism. ”

"It's a joke when you talk to him about responsibility. Duke Eric shook his head, "In the eyes of businessmen, there are only interests, this is the biggest difference between nobles and businessmen, although we also pay attention to interests, we will not forget our duties!"

Duke Enxi took a hard puff of his cigar and said, "Duke Nick, I want to remind you, don't forget the goblins, maybe they really intend to help the orcs transport soldiers, if the elite troops of the orcs appear in the rear of the empire, it will be a disaster!"

"Everyone—" Duke Gner suddenly interjected, "Duke of Chester and Earl Ron don't seem to have arrived yet!"