The sound of the jade dice turning came from far and near, and the man in the suit who had been hiding in the shadows slowly appeared, with a smile on his face, this person was Raphael, the manager of the Imperial Arena.

"You... How did you end up here..."

Cook looked at that smiling face and felt extremely frightened, he seemed to have a premonition that something bad was wrong, and his voice became trembling.

"Lord Cook, I haven't been able to sleep lately about the last business conversation, and I wonder if you're interested in continuing to think about it. ”

Raphael handed the cane to Yukiko beside him, then took out a handkerchief from his pocket and spread it on a relatively flat rock, and sat opposite Cook.

"You... Take advantage of people's danger... What do you think of Lao Tzu's current situation... Can I talk to you about business..."

"I think it's okay. ”

Raphael smiled, the ruby ring on his finger glowing with blood.

"You... You dare to threaten Lao Tzu... Raphael... Do you think I'm going to give in to you... Dream... Don't forget that this is Lao Tzu's territory!"

"Oh, is it?" the smile on Raphael's face became even more obvious, "Lord Cook may think too highly of himself, you are just a tool man supported by the Empire, and the true secrets hidden in the Sea Prison, I think you know better than me." ”

"You... How are you..."

As if someone had locked his lifeline, Cook's momentum suddenly weakened, and he wanted to question, but when his gaze swept over Yukiko and Suiko, he still chose to be silent.

"Raphael, it's all for the Empire, is it necessary for us to be so-for-tat?" Cook knew that his advantage had been lost, so he began to change his strategy.

"So, I'm waiting for Master Cook's final decision. ”

Raphael put away the dice and put on a pair of white gloves instead.

"My decision—" Cook's face suddenly turned fierce, "that's to get rid of you!"

The distance between the two was already very close, and Cook broke out coldly, pulled out a dagger brought out of the safe house, and stabbed Raphael in the chest.

Even Yukiko and Suiko didn't expect this sudden turn of events, and when they reacted and were ready to strike, Cook's dagger was already hanging above Raphael's head.

"Master, be careful!" exclaimed Yukiko and Suiko at the same time.

But Raphael was unmoved, and he moved his white gloves for a moment, and then one of his eyes under the brim of his hat looked up at Cook.

Looking at each other, it was just a moment, a curtain of blood rose in front of Cook, and a dark red moon shadow appeared on Cook's back, and then was cut in half by a cold light, and at the same time, Cook's left chest was pierced in an instant, a finger-sized hole directly through his already fragile heart.

"Thank you for giving me one more reason to kill you. ”

Like a Western aristocratic fencer, Raphael had asynchronously reached a place ten meters away, holding a thin sword similar to a Western sword in front of him in his right hand, with no blade but extremely sharp, and his left arm behind his back like a gentleman, with an indescribable elegance and sharpness.

Under the surprised gaze of Yukiko and Suiko, Cook's body fell behind Raphael's back like a punching bag, and he had an expression of disbelief on his face until he died.

"The Sea Prison, the Raven Order, the Empire's higher-ups, all end up being performers in my perfect play, making wedding dresses," Raphael smiled as he slipped his sword back into his cane, "and we were the ones who received the flowers and applause at the curtain call." ”

Raphael looked at Cook on the ground, who was miserable and dead, and he took off the white gloves on his hand and threw them on Cook's body.

"I'm also interested in the study of those orcs," Raphael looked at the scorched earth under the Sea Boundary Tower, "One last stumbling block is missing, Duke Arondait should also hand over the jurisdiction here to me, I wonder what kind of surprise the Lord of the Green Valley Defense Line can bring me." ”

The light of the fire reflected Raphael's cheeks, and although he always had a smile on his slightly pale face, no one knew what evil was hidden under this mask, a man-eating devil had just been slain, and another more dangerous demon had been reborn in the ruins.

"Deal with this guy," Raphael walked past Yukiko and Hoko, "and then take Hoko back to the Imperial Arena as soon as possible to recuperate for a while, you two are doing well, but..."

Raphael suddenly stopped, the short silence made Yukiko feel extremely nervous, as for why, she couldn't say, just inadvertently moved her gaze to the direction of the city center, and then Yukiko sank her head in a panic...

"It's nothing, I'll reward you when this is over..."

Raphael glanced at Yukiko slightly, the glint in his eyes flickered, and then continued to walk forward, and as his figure gradually dissipated, Raphael also completely disappeared on the top floor of the Sea Boundary Tower.

"Sister, sister?" Suiko's condition improved a little, and she called Yukiko several times in a row, "What are you thinking?"

"Oh, it's nothing," Yukiko, who came back to her senses, retrieved the kunai from the stone slab, "The matter explained by the master should be dealt with as soon as possible, and it is not appropriate to stay here for a long time." ”

"Oh. Suiko frowned and looked very cute.

In a short time, you can see in the distance that another fire has ignited above the ruins at the top of the Sea Boundary Tower, and it quickly gathers with the other remnants of fire around it, and the flames are mixed with thick smoke.

The stragglers under the Sea Boundary Tower began to clean up the ruins after the battle, but the top of the Sea Boundary Tower, which they could not reach, was destined to burn for a night.

The "Wanbang Lantern Festival" in the imperial capital Xinlan is not destined to be peaceful, the attack on the Haijie Prison has not completely subsided, and the royal family's parade convoy has been attacked by unknown persons at the junction of the business district and the administrative district in the city center.

At the beginning of the battle, the soldiers of the Empire urgently dispersed the citizens of the nearby area to prevent large-scale riots and panic, but after all, paper could not contain the fire.

In the face of these extraordinary visions, it is not difficult to guess that something unquiet must have happened in the area under the blockade of the Imperial soldiers.

Several nearby neighborhoods had been emptied, and a large number of Crusaders and royal convoys were rushing in from the direction of the Imperial Palace.

In the center of the battle, there were already a large number of corpses of Imperial soldiers lying here, their corpses scattered by the force of the force.

It was indeed a little calm at the location of the royal parade carriage, for the attackers had not yet broken through the outer defenses, and the most luxurious carriage in the middle of the convoy was more unafraid, and it was the supreme ruler of the Josephic Empire, Queen Catherine, who sat in it.

As for the equally beautiful carriage behind the queen, it was the Duke Arondait, the seat of the authority of the Josephs Empire, and the other carriages with a little less grace were the cars of other royal nobles.

Two teams of golden-armoured soldiers guarded the Queen's carriage with their spears in high order, while hundreds of carefully selected crusader elites flanked the convoy and were equally on guard.

And sitting at the front of the convoy is one of the highest combat power of the empire, the "Crusader Sergeant Major" - Niz, and sitting at the end of the convoy is a guy in purple armor, compared to the high-profile Niz, he is very low-key, and even most of the people present do not know the origin and identity of this person, only know that the guy who can sit on one side in an emergency is definitely not a good stubble.

Sitting on the seat of the carriage's mobile platform, he looked boredly at this guy who dared to attack the royal parade convoy, as if in his opinion, these guys were just killers hired by other living organizations in the neighboring country, this is not the first time that similar situations have happened, but they can't escape the end of being hanged.

In the area where the fighting broke out at its most intense, the nearby houses and shops had been destroyed, the walls were blasted open with unparalleled destructive power, the ground was collapsing, the nearby gravitational field was distorting, and in the center of the conflict, two strong guys rushed towards each other.

"Boom!" another shop selling flowers was smashed into a pile of rubble by brute force, and the flowers that were still alive were now trampled under their feet and turned into mud overflowing with the fragrance of flowers.

An almost mutated muscular palm emerged from the broken wall, and he swept over it to knock it down, and behind the smoke was a rhinoceros horn forged from steel, owned by a human who resembled a rhinoceros by all accounts.

The rhinoceros's thick armored skin can withstand most physical shocks, the rhinoceros's thick and powerful limbs, and the terrifying giant horn, which is not artificially cast, but is connected to his skull, and it seems that this creature was born with this mutated ability, or another more appropriate name - "Alien".

"Crusader Captain Bull, owner of Ability 89 'Raging Bull', this guy is not easy to deal with. ”

A graceful girl crouched on the top of a bell tower and watched the battle, the girl was wearing a tight night gown and a mask, and she couldn't see the slightest flaw at all, but the charming eyes made people a little distracted, and on the girl's shoulders was a crow that had always been small.

The brute bull spewed rough air in his nostrils, and his eyes glowed red as his fighting instincts were activated, looking around for his opponent.

Suddenly, a large banner painted with skeletons fell from the sky and planted straight in the middle of the street.

The moment the battle flag appeared, the nearby gravity field suddenly distorted, and the bull's legs slumped with it.

"Wow, I didn't expect Daddy to invite this guy here?!" The girl's voice was full of adoration, "'Flag Soldier' Udil!"