The Republic of Karnas is located on the southern side of the Republic of Altinia and is the third largest country on the continent after Altinia and Albania. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 However, unlike the first two, Karnas was not ruled by the royal family or the nobility, but was purely elected by the people, so the merchant class, which dominated the economy, had a strong influence in the country, and they were the people who ruled the country behind the scenes.

As the headquarters of the Federation of Chambers of Commerce, the largest merchant organization, it was naturally also set up in Argos, the capital of the republic. The most commercially developed city in the whole continent, both in terms of population density and city size, is one of the best in the whole continent, a large number of buildings are densely built in the center of the city, and the most conspicuous of them is naturally a tower-like building that serves as the headquarters of the Chamber of Commerce Alliance. And the top floor of the building belongs to Baron, the richest merchant in the mainland, and almost all of his daily activities are completed here.

At this moment, Baron, who was usually busy with official business, was leaning on the welcome sofa in his room with a frown, and on the coffee table in front of him was a report on Hurst College. As the richest person in the continent, Baron has a huge intelligence network distributed throughout the continent, no matter where it happens, as long as he wants to, he can get the latest and most relevant information as soon as he wants. So early the morning after the Nightmare invaded the Academy, he had already received several detailed reports on his hands.

"Damn, that stupid girl! she was already targeted by nightmares, but she insisted on refusing to take the guard I arranged for her! He slammed his fist into the coffee table in front of him.

"Lord Baron, please calm your anger first, since the other party has taken the young lady away, he is bound to want to use her as a bargaining chip to threaten you, so the other party will definitely take the initiative to contact you at that time. The personal attendant on the side admonished.

"I naturally know what you said, but the other party is the nightmare of the most vicious criminal organization in the whole continent! I'm afraid it's not for money. He pushed aside the materials in front of him, "Go and give me the second book from the right in the second row of the bookshelf." ”

"Yes!" he trotted over the book and handed it to him respectfully.

"These are the lists of some of the veterans of the previous Chamber of Commerce. Baron opened the book and laid it out on the coffee table, only to see that it was full of names. Three of them had their names smeared with red paint, making them stand out.

"Are these people?"

"Yes, including Natalie, the whereabouts of everyone with the badges are unknown, and the other party's purpose is very clear, that is, to collect all the badges. ”

"Do you want to control the entire Chamber of Commerce through this method?"

"It seems that someone is indeed secretly playing this idea, as long as you get all five badges and get rid of me, you can take the real power of the entire Chamber of Commerce. Now that the flags that can be used have been collected, the next target is me. ”

"Don't worry, in order to ensure your safety, the most elite troops of the entire republic have been placed nearby, and the Chamber of Commerce has hired many high-ranking adventurers, even that nightmare may not be able to do whatever it wants. ”

"So the other party went to great lengths to get Natalie away, if they... Baron didn't say more, but put his hands to his forehead.

"Knock knock—" There was a knock at the door, and Baron, who was deep in thought, nodded to his attendant, who quickly stepped forward and opened the door to the antechamber.

A messenger-like man walked in with a special scroll.

"Lord Baron, there is a letter for you, please sign for it. ”

"For me?" Baron stood up alarmedly.

After the messenger exited the room, the attendant carefully unfolded the scroll and laid it out on the coffee table.

A hexagonal array of imagery appears in the center of the scroll, and as the magic remaining on the scroll activates the magic, an illusory image appears in the air of the room.

In the picture, Natalie is seen wearing a thin coat and sitting there with a dull expression.

"Father, if you still want to see me, take the last badge and go alone to the forest on the southwest side outside Argos at dusk, and if you do anything you can do, you will get my cold corpse. After Natalie said this expressionlessly, the entire image disappeared, and the magic circle on the scroll gradually disappeared.

"There's something strange about Miss. ”

"It must have been inflicted some kind of mind control magic. Baron's face turned pale, and his heart was extremely painful for his daughter to be reduced to such a state.

"So what are you going to do?"

"These damn guys! I'm not going to let them go!" Baron quickly picked up his pen and scribbled something on the letterhead.

"This is ... Seeing what Baron had written, the entourage on the side was obviously a little surprised.

"Now I can only rely on them. ”

"But haven't you always been very resistant to that organization ... ”

"At this time, I can't care about so much, no matter how much I hate the things they do behind their backs, I can only endure it now. He quickly folded the letter, "Help me get it into their hands." ”

"Yes, my subordinates understand. The attendant took the letter and walked out of the room quickly......