Chapter 0723: Crimson Grand Butler
Throne of Fire, third floor.
In a magical chamber, Gargamel, the crimson chief of the Crimson Chief, listened to his subordinates' reports with a gloomy face, while the delicate and cute wizard girl Emmelia sat next to him, boredly playing with a delicate natural pendant.
The five subordinates were dressed as mercenaries and adventurers, and at first glance, they chose to take refuge in the peripheral forces of the Crimson family. And in the corner of the secret room, there was a gloomy guy in a black robe, standing in a dark place where the light could not reach, silent as a piece of wood.
“…… He is the eldest son of the Andorran family and has the first right to succession......"
“…… When he left the Scattered Tallinn Society, he was received by the elders of the Society, but it is not known what they talked about......"
“…… He was accompanied by two family wizards, both of whom were only 1st order ......"
“…… It is said that he had a certificate of lordship issued by the association......"
“…… I'm hurrying to the Flame Throne right now, and I'm probably spending the night in Giethoorn tonight......"
A few of your subordinates have said a word, and all the information revolves around the new lord of the association who is about to take up his post here.
As the human settlement slowly took shape, the honeymoon period for the Throne of Fire and the Scattered Tallinn Society officially ended. For a long time to come, the Scattered Tallinn Association will choose to force the Flame Throne to force them to join the association obediently and become a member of the inner group.
And this obviously does not coincide with the development tone set by the head of the family, Grim!
Of course, a lame trick of blatant provocation is unlikely to happen. However, once the new lord takes office and remains hostile to the Flame Throne, then the Crimson family's material replenishment and resource trading will be greatly affected.
This must also be a strategy of scattered Tallinn.
If the Scattered Tallinn Association does not choose a suitable lord for a long time, then the Crimson family represented by the Flame Throne will use the advantage of the Witch Tower to extend the family's influence to every land and everyone in the Elovis region.
From now on, any human or monster that wants to inhabit and develop here must look at the Crimson family's face. Without the nod of the Crimson family, it would have been difficult for them to gain a foothold here.
However, once the new lord sent by the Scattered Tallinn Association appeared in the Elovis region, the Crimson family could only control their influence within ten miles of the Flame Throne according to the sorcery contract signed with the association. In this way, it will undoubtedly lose nearly two hundred kilometers of forest resources south of the Flame Throne.
And this part of the Black Forest has been continuously 'purified' by the Wu Tower, and the harm to human beings is no longer to be feared, and it is basically the most suitable 'cooked land' for development. Throwing it away in vain is undoubtedly a huge loss for the Crimson family.
Moreover, the Flame Throne went deep into the interior of the Black Forest, and the territory next to him did not belong to him, but to a human nobleman who was deeply hostile to him.
This...... It will undoubtedly make the Crimson family very uncomfortable!
Using a human nobleman to choke the Crimson family's only access to the outside world, slowly torturing the new wizard family in this way. If one of the Crimson families can't help but choose to fight back, then the Scattered Tallinn Association hidden behind the scenes will jump out as a peacemaker and thin mud.
Of course, no matter how much mediation is done, the final result is unlikely to favor the Crimson family.
Anyway, there are so many human nobles that the Crimson family wants to kill them. After the killing, the Crimson family will probably have to pay an unimaginably high price for it!
Therefore, as a hindrance to the Scarlet Family sent by the Scattered Tallinn Association, this new lord is undoubtedly extremely sad. He was destined to pay with his life in order to obtain some unattainable benefits for the Scattered Tallinn Society.
Therefore, the Crimson family, who had received information in advance, were full of rejection and disgust at the arrival of this new lord.
It's just that this poor guy is a bait thrown by the other party, and killing him will only allow the Scattered Tallinn Association to find a suitable entry point in the Elovis area. If the Scattered Tallinn Association really allows the Black Hand to enter this area, it will undoubtedly be very detrimental to the long-term development of the Crimson family!
So even if the new lord was just an ordinary nobleman, Gargamel, as the Crimson Grand Chief, still had to be cautious.
"Father, if you don't like the human lord, I'll just kill him, why bother?" asked Amelia, who was sitting on one side, confused. A human girl who looked like she was only fifteen or sixteen years old, she didn't have the slightest nervousness or caution when she talked about killing, and it seemed as relaxed as drinking afternoon tea.
"You can't kill it easily!" Gargamel sighed helplessly, "He may not be insignificant, but the Andorran family he belongs to is a subsidiary of the five wizarding families of Scattered Tallinn, the Blaibante family. Once the cause of death is investigated, the other party will have an excuse to put his black hand into the territory of our Crimson family. ”
"Then just give him some trouble and make it impossible for him to gain a foothold here. Amelia said disdainfully: "Those human nobles are all lazy and extravagant, and the environment here is so bad, see how long he can last then......"
Gargamel was very much in favor of his daughter's proposal.
The wizards also knew what virtues those human nobles had, and it was simply wishful thinking to want them to start from rags and rags with those poor villagers.
After hundreds of millennia, the wizards have established a ruling order that would be impossible to resist with civilians without any supernatural powers. Therefore, as the minions and lackeys of the wizards, these human nobles have also become human beings, enjoying a luxurious life that is unimaginable to ordinary people.
And this Baron Wilms, as the first heir to the family, was actually selected to this place, which makes people have to suspect that he may have become a victim of his family's infighting, and was thrown out like a pawn.
He was accompanied by two family wizards, which further affirmed Gargamel's knowledge.
With the protection of the wizard, it is even less likely that this Wilms will die by accident or at the mouth of a jungle beast. In the entire Elovis region, only the Crimson family was able to kill him under the protection of two wizards.
You can't kill him, but you can't condone him to do anything wrong here and compress the actual control of the Crimson family. So Gargamel frowned, and then smiled coldly.
"Take these away...... Remember, find a way to put it in the new lord's food. One pill a day, a month's worth of ......" Gargamel pulled a vial of potion out of his bosom and tossed it to a man dressed as a thief. Seeing the other party's hesitant expression, Gargamel immediately comforted again: "Don't worry, this is not poison. As long as it was incorporated into the food, even the two wizards couldn't detect anything. ”
As for the rest, Gargamel didn't say much to the men.
Emelia on the side sniffed lightly a few times, and quickly discerned the function of the bottle based on the smell of the potion wafting through the air.
Enchanted Elixir!
This is a witchcraft potion extracted from psychedelic grass, and taking it once or twice will not cause any harm to the human body, but will give people a sense of relaxation and indulgence of mental emptiness. If you take it too often, it can easily lead to mental dependence of the receptor and cause drug addiction.
Of course, this 'insignificant' side effect is of no use to wizards at all, but it is terrifying for humans with weak mental control!
If it weren't for today's incident, it would not have been possible to refine this witchcraft potion for a mortal as a Gargewitch apothecary. Only this potion was able to evade the wizard's 'toxin test' and successfully enter the mouth of the Baron Wilms.
After dealing with the matter of playing the new lord in a simple and clear manner, several of his subordinates reported the latest situation in the Black Forest region north of the Flame Throne Witch Tower.
According to the feedback of mercenaries and adventurers, a group of evil eyes, numbering about two hundred, have emerged near the Misty Mountains, occupying an underground cave there, frequently running out to harass the place......
In Crystal Canyon, some good quality crystal caves were also found. However, there are a group of harpies hoarded there, and there are not many of them, only about a hundred or so, but it is still more than enough to pack up the average team of adventurers......
The group of Wyverns and Wyverns who were originally entrenched near the Flame Throne were forced to move to the depths of the Black Forest after realizing that they were unable to fight against the wizards. After several years of searching and exploring, the location of the new lair of the Wyvern was also found by the adventurers......
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As the head of the Crimson family, Gargamel needs to arrange all of these things, one by one, and extremely trivial affairs. But there was no way, the entire Crimson family was almost rich in battle wizards, and all the family wizards either hid in their residences and laboratories, or ran around searching for the necessary knowledge and resources.
Seriously, there is only one wizard who can be as diligent as Gargamel and spend a lot of time on these mundane tasks.
It is precisely because he understands that Gargamel's position cannot be replaced, so even those family wizards whose wizard level is higher than Gargamel must be polite when facing him, and dare not be contemptuous in the slightest.
And Grim is well aware of the importance of Gargamel's existence, and has specially sent a group of 30 metal magic weapons to protect him. This made Gargamel surround him with a large group of metal magic weapons when he went out to run errands, and it was indescribably pompous.
As for Gargamel, he also knows where his value lies, so he has worked harder and harder to do things for the Crimson family!