Smoke billowed into the sky, and the smell of blood lingered for a long time.

The wails of the wounded had stopped, and inside the collapsed concrete wall, workers had carried their wounded companions to the infirmary, outside which there were no wounded, only the dead.

The chief steward of the factory smiled at the edge of the gap in the wall, and said compliments to the hero who came to the aid of the enemy when the wall was broken.

"I don't know what your Excellency is called?" asked the archsteward, "and my lord, Viscount Berardi, will be thanked for his great gratitude in the future." ”

"Charles McGardenen. Charles reported his name, "I met the viscount many years ago, and you greeted him on my behalf." ”

The chief steward was shocked when he heard the name of Ru, and the words of compliment came out vigorously, like water coming out of a water pipe dug by an excavator.

Without saying anything more, Charles turned and left the mill along the main road.

After Linda left, he spent a few days in the kingdom of Bischberg, where similar battles were encountered, and each time those who attacked the factory were attacked from behind by him, and finally defeated.

Soon after, Charles came to the city of Messina, the place he had visited many years earlier.

At this time, it is the season of flowers, walking in the city is still full of flowers, and the nose is also intoxicated by the fragrance of flowers.

Charles put on a little makeup, for fear that someone would recognize him.

"I am the Earl of Maccaden, you garbage scum shall die quickly!"

A child's shout almost knocks someone into a girl on the street.

He turned his head and saw a group of seven or eight-year-olds playing games in the alley across the street.

A boy in a white mask and a yellow hat stood on the steps, brandishing a wooden sword and slashing at the children who were supposed to be playing the role of water pirates.

However, this old brother is not popular, everyone doesn't want to play with him, they just want to beat him, and the "Earl of McCaden" was soon hugged by the "water thieves" and pressed to the ground, and the "water thieves" took off his shoes and scratched the soles of his feet.

The children made a fuss for a while, and then re-cast lots to choose the man who would play the role of "The Earl of Maccaden".

Charles shook his head and smiled, then walked to a store selling slime gummies on the side of the road and tossed the clerk a silver dinar to each of the children.

In a humble tavern in the middle of the city, Charles found an empty table in the middle and sat down.

There were several empty cups upside down on the table, as well as a kettle.

He took five cups, put four down, one upside down on two cups, and then took the jug and poured water on the bottom of the cup.

Cool boiled water is poured over the bottom of the cups and then flows into the bottom four cups.

When the guests in the tavern saw Charles's behavior, they immediately reached out and grabbed their weapons, and their faces were not good.

"Knock...... Boom...... Knock ......"

The tavern owner, whose leg was replaced by a wooden stick, came over with a hunched body, his hand casually cleaned up, and the guests immediately relaxed, and those who drank continued to drink, those who ate meat continued to eat meat, and those who flirted with the waiter continued to touch the waiter's thigh.

The tavern owner looked like a young old man in his old age, and his teeth were about to fall out.

He sat across from Charles, took a pipe out of his pocket, stuffed it in and took a few puffs.

Charles didn't smoke much in this world, but he could smell the tobacco as high-end.

"The cups were very clean. The boss said.

Charles placed the upside-down cup in front of him, with only a little water at the bottom of the cup, but Charles's movements were still like a tea ceremony.

"My pocket is cleaner than it's. Charles said.

The boss asked, "How many things can you put in your pocket?"

Charles replied, "Two white flowers, round and bulging (⊙⊙)." ”

The boss looked at Charles carefully and asked, "Which one did you follow?"

Charles replied, "Red poisonous spiders." ”

The boss's eyes widened suddenly, and his eyes became sharp as he looked at Charles.

Charles's face didn't change, he didn't know if the other party was testing himself or if there was a problem with his answer.

The boss took a few puffs of his pipe, and the tobacco inside quickly burned out, and he knocked the ash to the ground and asked, "Murder or intelligence?"

Seeing that the other party began to talk about business, Charles breathed a sigh of relief.

This "black bat" organization that has survived in the shadows of the continent for an unknown number of years is difficult to find, and it took Charles a lot of effort to find it.

It wasn't the first time he had dealt with Black Bat, as he had Ah Fu contact them and pay them to eliminate Allen's teammates.

It's just that he didn't follow Ah Fu's path this time, but relied on a friend's relationship to contact them.

When Charles helped Tarantula detoxify in chapter 680, he never thought that this haunting pawnbroker on the mainland had a connection with the "black bat".

Charles said: "I have two businesses, one long and one short. ”

"I want to work with you for a long time, and I need all the information related to the 'Wool War' in the Kingdom of Bischberg. ”

"The short business is the information of those people who broke the seal of the demon god in the knowledge city not long ago. ”

The boss took out the shredded tobacco and stuffed it into the pipe again, and after smoking a bucket of cigarettes, he said, "We will take this list, and she will go to you when the time comes, and you will discuss the cost." ”

Charles was shocked, it seemed that he was exposed, the biggest possibility was that there was a problem with the joint code given by Tarantura, and she was probably not inferior in the "black bat".

With that settled, Charles Chao left the tavern, took a few turns to shake off his stalkers, and returned to the busy street.

Compared to the place where the smoke of gunfire began, the city is still peaceful and stable on the surface.

It's just that no one knows how the situation and how it will develop, when the battle will take place in the city.

The chaos that comes with war often means opportunity, especially for those who lick blood from the tip of a knife.

Charles made his way to the Adventurers' Guild's tavern, intending to hear anything new.

By this time it was time for dinner, and he ordered some of Messina's special flower dishes for dinner.

The fragrant tea made from fresh local flowers is a must-have drink for people here.

The waitress recommended a new dish for him, boiled pork belly cut into slices and stacked on a plate, then stirred with garlic, shredded flowers, sesame oil, sugar and a pinch of salt, drizzled with a spoonful of mixed oil, and poured over the meat slices.

Charles gave his sister a tip, and she mysteriously told him that the dish had been learned from the Principality of Andorra by adventurers from the south, and that the tavern chef had made some improvements.

Ru nodded, it seems that the source of this dish is the garlic and white meat made by his apprentices.

However, the local chef made some adjustments to make this dish bring the fragrance of flowers and turn it into white meat with flowers.

There is also scrambled eggs with flowers, which probably evolved from the chive omelette, and he thinks it tastes pretty good.

Then there is the tempura made from moon flowers, which has a long history of making it and tastes delicious and crunchy.

While someone is feasting, he doesn't forget to listen to the news, and an interesting word appears frequently in everyone's conversation.

"Stake Knight", Charles didn't react for a moment when he heard the word, and it took him a while to figure out what it meant.

Contrary to the previous practice of giving land to knights, the factory owners came up with a way to increase their strength, and they took out a portion of the shares of the factory and gave it to the newly canonized knights.

Charles had to admire the cleverness of these new capitalists, and the stake in the textile mill could indeed attract powerful civilian adventurers and mercenaries to join their ranks.

These new knights are bound to defend their own factories as well as their own land.

Charles couldn't help but wonder what impact this "industrial aristocracy" from the "landed aristocracy" would have on the world in this world of sword and magic with extraordinary powers, and how far they could go.