Looking at Brandon's incomparably sunny smile, Loren was very suspicious, did he really believe in himself? Or could he just not find any evidence for a while, so he pretended to trust?

But isn't this what "trust" is called? The black-haired wizard couldn't help but laugh at himself in the bottom of his heart—for him, or for an honorable "nobleman" like Brandon, the other meaning of the word "trust" was that there was no evidence of deception and betrayal for the time being, nothing more.

On the contrary, if he patted himself on the shoulder and said something like "Don't live up to my trust", Loren might be even more uncomfortable.

"Okay, now that the problem of the Nine-Pointed Star Holy Grail has been solved, let's get back to business quickly!" Brandon said with a smile: "It's still the same sentence just now, it's the second prince of the empire, and there are actually a lot of things I can give, so the key to the problem is...... What do you want?"

"I don't quite understand. "Loren deliberately played dumb.

"As far as I know, you've turned down the two big families of Bellini and Corona, so the usual rewards probably don't appeal to you either. His Royal Highness the Second Prince spread his hands helplessly: "So I'm going to change the way, for example...... How about being my wizard advisor?"

Well?

"It's just a temporary title, and you don't have to worry about Rubén Fried getting you in trouble for it – although he's more likely to get me in trouble. Brandon didn't forget to laugh at himself: "It's just an expedient measure, at least this status allows you to return to the imperial capital of Golovin with me, and then I can make arrangements." ”

The black-haired wizard frowned slightly.

"I don't know what you want, but I know what you need, Lord Loren Turin. Brandon smirked, "You need an identity that carries enough weight that Rut Infinit and the entire Night's Watch don't dare to touch you easily, and don't dare to hurt the people around you easily." ”

"If a person as capable and powerful as you doesn't want to be used and blackmailed, then getting a title with enough weight is your only option, and I can give it to you. ”

"Let me guess. Loren said indifferently: "Your Highness's promise is not free. ”

"I said I wanted to make an alliance with you. Brandon gave a natural smile: "Ebolden and the Nine-Pointed Star Wizard Tower can only be regarded as the beginning. ”

"......," Loren mused.

If he just became the other party's wizard advisor, Loren didn't have any scruples, but the crux of the problem was not here, the crux of the problem was ......

"Your Highness Brandon de Salion, what do you want?"

"Me?" Brandon paused, chuckling slightly stiff.

"That's right, you said it's an alliance, and since it's an alliance, we must take what we need. Loren smiled, "But now you're just offering your price, and you haven't told me what you want from me?"

A moment later, a surprised Brandon suddenly chuckled:

"Your Excellency Loren Turin...... We're going to get along quite well!"

"Since you've asked, why don't you start by becoming my wizard advisor?" His Royal Highness asked casually, "It just so happens that I need a help like you right now!"

Just as the two of them looked at each other, a middle-aged man who looked like an officer walked in from outside the door of the council hall, stopped in front of His Royal Highness the Prince with a black face, and gave a military salute very stiffly.

"Let me guess. Looking at the other party's ugly expression, Brandon couldn't help but sigh: "It's not good news, right?"

"Our hundred-man team on a blockade line south of the city was raided. The officer bowed his head heavily: "All the staff are killed, and no one survives!"

Brandon and Loren glanced at each other, and their playful expressions narrowed: "Did the monsters do it?"

"It's not like a monster did it, and there are no signs of bites, the wounds on the deceased's body are more like they were torn open by a sword!"

"And ......," the officer paused, and a hint of fear could be heard in his voice: "It's likely that they'll be killed......

It's all the same weapon!"

The atmosphere suddenly became a little cold......

The smile gradually faded, and Brandon de Salion, who was expressionless, turned his gaze to the black-haired wizard on the side: "I have to trouble you to run, Your Excellency Loren Turin, the wizard advisor!"

"We're here to help, Your Highness Brandon. ”

A meaningful reply, Loren bowed slightly.

The deal is done.

.................................... When Loren arrived at the site of the ruins south of the city, it was almost evening.

When a patrol soldier was attacked, of course, it was impossible for such a big thing to be without any movement at all. The commander of the legion immediately cordoned off the surrounding area, and dispatched the surrounding troops to tighten the city defense and monitor the southern city gate.

This is a very reasonable judgment, if the murderer really committed the murder in the south of the city, and mercilessly killed the entire hundred-man team, from officers to soldiers, there is no one alive, obviously the other party accidentally exposed his whereabouts, and his identity is special, and then, his purpose is likely to infiltrate or leave Ebolden, otherwise it is impossible to appear in the civilian area at such a time.

The entire Imperial Legion had only 3,000 men, and the whole city was already stretched under martial law, and the patrols in the south of the city, which were naturally reduced to ruins, were the most scarce.

The only pity is that since the whereabouts of the other party have not been discovered again, no matter what the murderer's purpose is, it is likely that he has already succeeded or is about to succeed.

Walking into the ruined streets, the brooding black-haired wizard looked at the corpses strewn across the ground with some absent-mindedness - thanks to the special instructions of His Royal Highness Prince Brandon, the entire crime scene was not devastated, except for the initial discovery, and even the dead soldiers were not removed.

"What do you see?"

The female elf looked at him a little strangely: "Why do I feel that you have been wandering all the time?"

The black-haired wizard coughed twice and looked a little embarrassed when he glanced at Leah who was following behind him - the little wizard and the two night watchmen were recuperating in the Wizard's Tower, and Peter Fasa had to stay behind to look after them, so the "volunteer" female elf came with him.

Loren remembered the meaningful look at him when the officer who had brought them over had just left......

I guess I'm thinking too much, right? I guess......

"Ahem, ahem...... The first is where they fell to the ground. Coughing lightly, Loren walked to the middle of the ruined street and pointed to the corpses of the soldiers on both sides: "Judging from their position, the murderer only attacked when he walked to the center, so I speculate that the other party was probably accidentally discovered." ”

"Identity?" Liya frowned slightly: "Could it be that it is still some kind of big shot?"

"That's the second question. The black-haired wizard nodded slightly: "It can defeat an entire team of hundreds, even in the case of a surprise attack, the opponent's skills are probably extraordinary; ”

"The most important thing is ......" Loren paused and looked serious: "There are two of them. ”

"Two people, but the soldiers didn't say the wounds ......?"

"It's all caused by the same weapon, yes, but this only proves that the other party has a swordsman who is very good at using a sword, not the number of people. ”

The black-haired wizard turned around and pressed the elf's shoulder as if to deduce what had happened, and Leah, who was "in his arms", didn't care at all: "If I'm not mistaken, those two people may have been in this position at that time - one of them was in charge of answering the enemy, and the other was standing in the back." ”

"So, the other person is still a wizard who can use magic, just like you?"

Loren nodded slightly, this was the only thing he was puzzled about.

There are indeed a few remnants of the Void in the surrounding ruins, but they don't quite look like high-level spells, closer to... The power of the evil gods of Asriel.

But it shouldn't be... Could it be that there is another evil god lurking in Ebolden? But if that were the case, it should have appeared long ago when the evil god's body was summoned.

"Wait!"

The female elf who suddenly spoke interrupted his train of thought, and the black-haired wizard looked up to see that Lia was crouching next to a corpse with a solemn face: "The wounds on their bodies are all caused by the same person, right?"

"It's the same weapon, to be exact, but I think it's the same thing. Loren frowned slightly: "What's wrong?"

"I've seen this kind of skill, and weapons that can inflict this kind of wound. Leah slowly turned her head and looked at him with a heavy expression:

"That knight of the guard next to Farnesis, he did it!"