The auction is underway.

Kress looked at Lin An, who was separated by two seats, on the viewing table, picked up a glass of juice with his right hand, and after Andre applied a toxin detection next to her, she took two sips, a light smile suddenly flashed in his eyes, slightly hooked the corners of his lips, and also took a glass of brandy in his hand, and lowered his head to drink.

At this time, the auction was in full swing, and many people took a fancy to the "Plastic Hand" of the Plastic Energy Staff produced by the archmage who was being auctioned, and joined the auction one after another, but Andre, who he originally thought would be interested, was absent-minded, and looked around the venue with a casual gaze, and only occasionally glanced at the auction table or two.

Kress was not surprised, and thought to himself that this Mage Andre was probably looking for his nemesis.

Just as the "Plastic Hand" was preparing to close, a buzzing noise was generated in the venue, and then gradually increased, spreading from the back row to the front row.

The auctioneer raised the auction hammer high, but the hammer did not fall for a long time, the expression on his face seemed to be frozen, and he opened his mouth slightly to look out of the long window on the side, as if he had seen something incredible.

"Oh my God, what's that?!"

"Why is it graying?"

"What's going on over there?"

The low noise had long since faded into Kresss's ears, and he turned his head to look out the window like everyone else.

When he saw the scene outside, the glass with the brandy in his hand fell to the ground with a bang, and the thick carpet did not shatter the crystal-textured glass, and the glass gurgled and rolled under the seat, and a drop of expensive liquor worth a gold coin seeped into the carpet.

The sky outside the long window in the east was no different from before, but the sky outside the long window in the west was covered with a layer of gray veil at some point, and then soon under the gaze of people, two long columns of smoke took shape.

"Oh! The goddess is above. That's a forest fire! ”

“…… It's up, it's on fire! ”

The guests, who had already realized what was happening, screamed in shock, and as soon as the sound sounded, the hall immediately exploded!

"What! Caught fire?! ”

"Oh my God! It's not going to burn here, is it? ”

"My little Nandy is still in that attic! Go find him! ”

"No, no! Is the fire coming? Let's run away! ”

"Calm down, dear! The place where the fire started was a pine forest, and we were safe here! ”

The screams of the ladies and the comforts of the men as calmly as possible kept the whole venue in a clamour.

The auctioneer held a small mallet and kept beating it, trying to calm people down, and the "plastic hand" that was originally being auctioned has long been forgotten by the people on and off the stage.

Thankfully, the auctioneer's efforts. It didn't work out at all, and people gradually turned their attention back to the stage at the sound of the hammer, and then came to their senses under the appeasement of the auctioneer. And the gentlemen who just quieted the lady. I also asked the auctioneer what happened with the attitude of being as graceful as possible.

At this time, the auctioneer glanced at the door, a waiter bowed to open the door, and a guard in white leather armor hurried in from outside the door and said a few words to the auctioneer. The auctioneer nodded slightly and smiled.

"Rhodes auctioneer, what did this guard say to you? Speak up and let us be at ease! A nobleman shouted.

The auctioneer waved off the guards and raised his hands to signal everyone to be quiet.

“…… Paradise Island is surrounded by water, there are several small lakes and rivers on the island, and our people have professional fire prevention procedures. As long as part of the forest is cut down and the river is used to stop the fire, the forest fire will not be able to spread to this side at all.

The Green Fort as we know it is absolutely safe. Our guards have also been dispatched to confirm that no guests are trapped in the fire, and the fire will soon be brought under control, so please rest assured - this is what I got from this guard!

You can treat this encounter as a fresh experience, in absolute safety. Watching a fire engulf a woodland is not something anyone has ever experienced. ”

The auctioneer jokingly said.

Seeing that he was so confident in the safety of the island. The guests calmed down.

The aristocrats like to show their aristocratic demeanor when they encounter accidents, and most of the people present have not encountered a scene, most of them have returned to normal, and some people even chuckle along with the auctioneer's jokes.

The ladies were infected, and when they looked at the gray pillar of smoke in the sky outside, they were no longer alarmed.

Kress secretly praised in his heart, this auctioneer was personally selected by him, and he really lived up to his expectations, he thought to himself that after this incident, he must give him a heavy reward!

But Kress was still not in a good mood at this time, and there was a word to deal with the two cousins, and a sense of foreboding gradually rose in his intuition, and instead of fading, the dark gray outside the window slowly increased as if to verify his feelings.

The guests gradually changed from calm to a little agitation, because from the long window on the west side, thick soot had filled the entire sky, as if it was still spreading.

"The smoke is spreading abnormally, and it looks like there is more than one point of fire!"

Kress heard someone nearby whisper, and he chuckled as if he understood something.

But before he could react, a high-pitched female voice cried out like a chicken being choked by the neck, "Look! Look to the East! ”

The crowd and Kress followed the sound, and they were surprised to find a thick column of smoke rising from the window in the east.

The smoke did not spread half of the sky in a short period of time like in the west, but the smoke was very thick, like black ink slashing on the curtain of the sky, hideous and ugly!

The wind was blowing from east to west, and the heavy smoke had drifted into the venue through the window, and some people immediately choked.

"Ahem...... Close the window! ”

"Oh no! Are we already surrounded by fire?! A noble lady screamed, and immediately her body went limp, and she fainted.

Similar situations happened everywhere in the venue, and the venue was completely chaotic, and this time the auctioneer had three heads and six arms, and he could not calm down the guests, because he was also surrounded by excited guests jumping on the stage.

Kress didn't care about this, and he was stunned when he saw the smoke rising from the east.

Just then, a voice screamed.

"Oh my God! No! No! There, that's where the Strings of God is moored! Are we going to be stuck on this island?! ”

The voice was hidden in the middle of the crowd. But it was very sharp and sharp, and many people heard the content clearly, and even many gentlemen who were still calm and appeased the lady panicked:

The "Strings of the Gods" is also on fire! This means that they are likely to be stranded on this island, which is about to be consumed by smoke and fire!

"No, it can't be!"

People still can't believe the facts in front of them, and they don't understand how a quarter of an hour ago, everything was fine, but in a short period of time, it became like this.

- It can't be!

That's what Kress is thinking.

It's just that the impossibility in his heart is aimed at the voice hidden in the shadows to provoke. Because the location of the "Strings of the Gods" is only known to a few people on the island, and the other party is purposefully targeting Paradise Island. Kress has realized that this qiē is all man-made.

This realization calmed him down, and the mage beside him nodded and disappeared into the crowd, while Kress's fierce gaze roamed the crowd:

The voice that just rang out was not accidental. That must be someone trying to create chaos!

In fact, what he suspected for the first time was Lin An and his gang, but they were swept away, but they were always in his sight, and at halftime. He didn't give up on them either, and they didn't seem to have a chance to do anything.

Kress thought of a way to control the situation, but he didn't wait for him to come up with it. Another voice rang out:

"It's Paradise Island, Paradise Island covets these tens of millions worth of lots and the money we carry, and they will lead us to the island with people inside and outside, and they won't let us go back alive!"

The crowd roared even more. The panicked aristocrats were skeptical:

Most of the people present were nobles with status, and they couldn't believe it. It is appalling that Paradise Island should have the audacity to try to take the lives and property of so many noble people!

"That's not right! The people behind Paradise Island are spies of the Holy Empire, and they plan to hunt us all down and use them to threaten the Empire! ”

"They encouraged us to leave in batches, maybe the guests who left before have already fallen into their hands!"

"Once Paradise Island burns down, our families will think that we are dead in the fire, and then the spies of the Holy Empire will smuggle us out, and then secretly contact our family members to blackmail them into betraying the Empire!"

"There is a strange auction on the 'Strings of the Gods', those dead nobles were assassinated!"

"Yes, I saw it too! At that time, I thought it was just a delusion! ”

"Me too!"

"I also saw that the middle-aged nobleman was obviously killed!"

People who were skeptical of the original belief have now completely believed it, and an unknown voice revealed the truth in just one sentence, and then the people who "understood the truth" immediately automatically extended many associations:

"Maybe those spies are hiding with us right now!"

"Be careful, there are a lot of guards outside the door, those are all from Paradise Island!"

"Isn't there going to be a problem with the food and drinks?"

"I said, "There's something wrong with the statue," and that's true...... It's all your fault! ”

"Blame me for what? Didn't you hear, the group that got off the boat first didn't make it back at all, and maybe they're being tortured in some dungeon on the island right now! ”

"Oh my God! Honey, I'm feeling a little dizzy—"

“…… Take off the mask, take off the mask! Don't let spies get mixed in with us, we all know who we know, we can't let ......"

Saleen watched as the mage beside Kress was led in the other direction by the sound of his own sound induction, and chuckled in the crowd, looking at the already chaotic scene with satisfaction.

For a moment, the chaotic shouts of the guests drowned out some of the relatively calm shouts that tried to organize the people.

He saw that Kress had no time to clone himself, and he didn't even care about their side, exchanging glances with a few of his companions.

Shiryl and Bedika quietly left the venue, hiding their bodies with invisibility powder, and ran towards the exit of the castle, waiting outside to be answered.

He and John's glanced at each other, and tacitly quietly moved closer to Kress, who had already left the mage and was being restrained by the Comilly siblings, while Andre stayed where he was, pressing for the two of them.

Kress didn't know that a crisis was coming.

His martial arts were not bad among the nobles, but he also did not have much actual combat experience.

Most of all, he was distracted by the situation in front of him and the words of the Ke Milli siblings, and the scene around him was chaotic. The drawbacks of the Confusion Technique Mask were revealed at this time, except for the Ke Milli brothers and sisters who were known to be next to him, he couldn't tell who was who was around him at all, and he lost the trace of Lin An and the others in the blink of an eye.

Saleen and Johnm approached Kress and his party without difficulty, and there was not a single guard around them.

Saleen's previous use of phonology to provoke and unleash Paradise Island in the crowd was one of the purposes of the Holy Empire's spies, and for this reason:

When Lin An and the others specified the plan, they did not underestimate Kress's ability, and in the early stage of creating riots, Kress was entirely likely to take the initiative to stand up and control the situation. And the claim that Paradise Island is a spy is enough to make Kress dare not show up at such a time.

So. Not only did it rule out the variable of Kress's uncontrollable factor in this situation, but Kress didn't dare to show up, and he didn't realize that his identity had been exposed.

-- When Lin An was specifying the plan. A death order has already been issued, anyone can let it go, Kress must be controlled, and it must be alive!

John was already a dozen paces away from Kress, and was bumped into Kress in a seemingly panicked manner, and Saleen leaned behind Yumir -

At this time. The mage who had left flashed out of the crowd, and Salin and Johann continued to move closer without hesitation, only to see the middle-aged figure with two knives behind the mage. He didn't wear a mask, and came to Kress with an anxious face, the double knife on his back was missing, but the slight bulge around his waist, obviously with a sharp weapon.

Saleen and Johnham couldn't help but hesitate!

This hesitation. Immediately lost the opportunity, and the middle-aged man with two knives seemed to perceive the killing opportunity. Leaning sideways in front of Kress and looking up sensitively, Saleen and John immediately retreated into the crowd.

As soon as the two of them retreated into the crowd, a figure jumped onto the auction stand.

"Quiet!"

A loud male voice resounded throughout the audience, suppressing all the noise, and the guests with a bad heart only felt that the blood was beating all over the body, and the eardrums were rattling.

People's eyes immediately focused on the stage, and the voice was suppressed a few degrees for a while.

"I'm Yokatetan, everyone stay calm! Men take good care of their female companions and be quiet! ”

The man on the stage unveiled his mask, revealing a face that was familiar to many people, with the prominent features of black hair and blue eyes, so that even those who had never met the prince of Yorkydan had no doubt about his royal bloodline.

"It's the Fifth Prince!"

"His Highness Yorkiadan!"

"Quiet!"

There was no doubt about the authority of the Merlin royal family in Merlin, and most of the nobles present quieted down after seeing Yokyadan's face.

And several nobles who were originally standing on the auction table even spontaneously protected Yokjardan and Galileo beside him, so as to prevent His Royal Highness from being assassinated by "spies" hidden in the crowd.

"Now, people who know and companions stand together, distance themselves from those around them, maintain order, and remove their masks! If there is an unfamiliar face or suspicious person you don't know, point it out immediately! Also, watch out for people with weapons around you! ”

Surrounded by nobles, Yokyadan continued to speak calmly with amplification, and the calmness revealed in his voice calmed the panicked crowd very well.

At this time, many Merlin nobles immediately expressed their allegiance to the royal family in the bloodline, as well as the natural obedience of the soldiers, even at this time, the smoke gradually dispersed into the venue, the smoke was filled, and the crowd choked and coughed, but even the ladies who were screaming were trying to be quiet, obeying orders, and showing great discipline.

The rest of the people who did not want to show their faces or did not have the testimony of acquaintances, saw this situation, but they were a little panicked and walked around blindly like flies.

Salin Johanm, who was hiding in the crowd, stood together.

"What should I do?" John asked.

Salin glanced at the stage, "The fifth prince appeared much earlier than expected, isn't he a little weak-hearted?" Looking at him, it looks like he doesn't know? ”

Doubts flashed in Salin's heart, in his discussion with Lin An, they were led to the island by Galileo's gamble, and they had already stamped one of the masterminds on Yokyadan, in this case, in order to avoid being involved, Yorkiatan had to come forward. It should be a little later.

You must know that the Holy Empire spy is indeed a thing, and in the face of so many nobles whose lives are threatened, I am afraid that it will be difficult to clear the suspicion of Paradise Island at once, and it is more likely that the person who secretly creates chaos will expose the matter of his cooperation with the Holy Empire, which is a great blow to the prestige of Yokyadan.

After a moment of doubt, Saleen let go of the matter, and after calming down, he said to John:

"No matter what he thinks, we're going according to plan."

John understood, and the two separated. Following the crowd of people walking around, they approached Kress and the others one after the other.

At this time, it was less than twenty breaths before the order was given, and the people walking around were at their most chaotic.

Saleen approached Kress and the others from behind. The middle-aged man with his back to them stood in front of Kress.

As if someone had hit him, Salin slammed into Yumir's back, and a silky ray of light flashed behind Yumir's head, and the mask on Yumir's face was like a coincidence. Fall to the ground with a bang!

"Ahh I know you, you're a guest at the Truman City Lord's Mansion, that Pere nobleman! Don't...... Could it be that Lord Truman is also treasonous?! ”

"Oh my God, Lord Truman has also committed treason! The Holy Empire and Perret are in the same boat! Catch them! ”

John screamed, and at some point a candlestick appeared in his hand and stabbed at Kress.

Bite!

A dagger collides with a candlestick. The tip of the candlestick was cut off, and Cress stood in horror behind Lucaugh, who was holding a dagger. His face was full of fierceness.

"Oh my God, he's got a dagger, he's a spy of the Holy Empire! Five princes be careful! ”

Salin tacitly tackled the two stunned eyes that were silent and light-free, and pushed Yumir towards Kress, then used falsetto to make the sound come out in another part of the nearby crowd.

Kress subconsciously hugged Yumir.

At this time, the eyes of the people around them were already focused on them. Yumir's face, which was typical of southern features, was suddenly visible to everyone.

The same is exposed to the eyes of the people. There was also Lucafe, who stood in front of Kress with his dagger out of his sheath, while John across from him was holding a severed candlestick.

The people around Kress and his party distanced themselves from them, and some nobles who had been practicing martial arts all year round immediately grabbed things like table legs and plates in their hands, and stood in front of them hostilely, facing Kress and his party.

"What are you talking nonsense!"

Kress was aware of his situation and threw off his mask, "I'm Kress. Merlin! Who dares to slander royal blood to their face! ”

He held his head high, and as he spoke, he looked at the stage with great righteousness, which was the direction of Yokjardan, as if he wanted Yokotanine to help him prove it.

Standing under the protection of the nobles, Jokjadan's face was dark, and his eyes changed lightly when it seemed to Kress, and Galileo, who was standing beside him, showed a slightly stunned expression.

There was a moment of silence.

And it was this brief silence that was immediately captured by Saleen, and something seemed to be understood in his mind:

They're not in a bunch!

Just this thought, Saleen has already decided to bet, he has never been afraid of gambling, the more thrilling the gamble, the more exciting it is!

So in the crowd, a strange voice sounded again:

"Not only do I know you're Cress. Merlin, the son of Lord Truman, also knows that you are the true master of Paradise Island, and you have great financial resources and forces behind you to support you in building this island to collect wealth and information, do you dare to admit it? ”

The faces of Yokjadan and Kress who were surrounded on the stage changed drastically!

The crowd surrounding Kress was abrupt.

Cress' eyes were red and he glared at the crowd, "Who! Who's stirring the cracks? Do you dare to come out? ”

Those who were swept by his gaze avoided it, and at the same time suspected that maybe there were really spies hiding in the crowd, creating chaos and sowing discord in the dark.

But the strange voice didn't care about being spotted stirring up, drifting around the crowd:

"Yes, I didn't dare to show my face, and that's because I was afraid of the Holy Empire's retribution! Your Highness Yokyadan, the purpose of your visit here is to catch the spies of the Holy Empire, I didn't expect such a big fish to slip through the net!

Your Excellency Kress, His Royal Highness Yokjardan is the only person we trust, if you want to prove your innocence, do you dare to say it in public, you are not the behind-the-scenes host of Paradise Island?

Hehe, Paradise Island is built on Onda Lake, and it attracts nobles to collect information, but it is a huge source of gold and intelligence! You don't want to think about it, if it weren't for the support of huge forces, how could Paradise Island be established......"

The strange sound became more and more ethereal, and gradually fell silent, but the questions left behind made everyone silent.

Surprise, shock, and incredulity flashed in the eyes of everyone who was transparent, and even the people who were choked were made to forget for a while by this drastic change and continued to cough!

In the silence, Yorkiadan's eyes flashed, and he took a step forward-

"Yes, the purpose of my trip to the 'Strings of the Gods' is to learn of a plan of the Holy Empire's spies and come to trap them."

Kress's eyes changed instantaneously and he swept towards the stage!

(To be continued)

ps：

Thank you ixixi for the big pink ticket! o(n_n)o~

Ouch mom, this tangled and chaotic situation, at this time finally set up the line, in other words, in the whole game, everyone is a chess player and a chess piece, everyone has the inside information they know and the inside information they don't know, and even there are misunderstandings with each other, mainly divided into four parties:

Lin An and the others, Kress and Paradise Island, Jacob and Galileo and the party that reached an agreement to use Lin An as bait, and Remus the party that played soy sauce.

Misunderstanding and ignorance also have their own misunderstandings and ignorance:

Lin An and others misunderstood that Jacob's faction and Kress were in the same group;

Kress misunderstands Remus's interest in Lynn, and is also unaware that Jacob is capturing the nail of the Holy Empire;

Jacob didn't know that Kress was the old A man he was trying to find his weaknesses day and night.

So who can't understand this situation?

Now there is a certain soy sauce player who did not come forward, and he is the most unmisunderstood and uninformed person in the whole chess game, and he is also the most thorough spectator who did not join the game......

ps: Anyway, I had a cold last night, and I was dizzy when I got up in the morning, but the plot was designed a long time ago, and I didn't have too much brainpower, and it was played out smoothly, I thought I had to change it today, who knew that the task would be completed while playing~, I hope you can like it.