Oulu City, Commander's Palace, Banquet Hall.

"Did you hear that? Was the flaming red lips razed to the ground last night? A slightly plump aristocratic young woman with a lace fan covered her mouth and smiled at the lady on the other side.

At this time, four or five of them were standing around a dessert table, taking food and exchanging gossip and opinions in life.

"Don't you say, Lord Chandler's family next door was in trouble last night, and almost all the servants were sent out to the place where the flaming red lips were pickled to rescue their master who was buried under the wall." A young aristocratic woman who had managed to share the latest gossip chuckled, apparently satisfied that she had successfully inserted into the topic.

And the extremely long one next to him also covered his mouth and chuckled.

Their etiquette is not much different from that of the noblewomen of the traditional empire, as if it was printed out of a mold. In other words, when the Northern Alliance was established for several centuries, no matter how native the turtle-born family is, they will not feel that they imitate the life of the "superior people".

lest I be excluded from this circle because of my etiquette and the difference between myself and others.

"The tigress in Chandler's house must not tear him alive." A noble lady who does not have first-hand gossip can only make inferential guesses based on the existing knowledge and experience system, and make appropriate responses.

"That is, otherwise, Lord Chandler, why didn't he come to the Commander's Mansion today. As far as my husband didn't see in the Finance Department, he went to visit once in the evening, and his face was swollen, and I am afraid that he will be absent for the next week. In the audience, because her husband was in an important position, the tall and thin noblewoman broke the news proudly.

In other words, what made her even more proud was that she had successfully nominated her husband, who worked as a deputy in the Union Finance Department.

Sure enough, the surrounding noblewomen immediately let out a dry laugh, cheering for the "humor" that the tall and thin lady vaguely mentioned that "Lord Chandler was not smashed by the wall, but was injured by his wife at home".

As for Zhao Xu, who was standing a few meters away and silently observing the upcoming banquet, it was a group of ladies who were obviously wearing well-groomed dresses, but their mouths were sharing the misfortunes of other people's lives with fragments.

No matter which time he heard these gossips, he felt extremely exciting, even to the point of being bored.

And this "incident", which in their eyes is a joke for men who like to mess with flowers and grass at home, is essentially idle and the focus of the alliance's official attention today.

Even the Boldragon Cyrus and the Holy Warrior Vivien, who were resting at the house of Donde's brother-in-law "Frere", were interrogated because of outsiders.

It's just that Cyrus has already directly transformed into his appearance according to Zhao Xu's arrangement, and in the lack of means to identify the deformation such as true knowledge, as well as the reason why Freer personally urged him, the inspection ended quickly.

As for the fact that they broke into the altar under Frey's bedroom, incidentally disturbing the demonic Lord Grazt, that was the key "message" that would really detonate the entire Northern Alliance.

But Zhao Xu was also a little strange, according to his observations, there were no major changes in the entire Commander's Mansion all day today, and even the mansion of Fu Lei, who he hid and kept an eye on, did not even have a superfluous person who came to check.

It wasn't until late evening that the only daughter of the Commander Donde, Frey, rushed back from outside, and changed into a luxurious and shiny dress.

It's just that these are all like "Grazt", the demonic lord, and he didn't tell Tang De the details.

If Tang Deming knew this and could still be so forbearing, then Zhao Xu would have to consider avoiding his edge for a short time.

The leader of an alliance is a believer in the "Demon Lord", unless Tang De thinks that he believes in a good god during the whole process, or that he does not know the whole thing, otherwise he basically has nothing to hide under the intervention of the church.

And Frey's mansion, because the demon altar continues to release breath, if you want to not be contaminated, you have to wipe it with a bottle of holy water for 25 gold coins from time to time.

The one who can arrange people to do this without a trace is either Frey or Tang De.

At this time, Zhao Xu happened to spend a good time, observing Tang De standing on the front platform.

As the supreme commander and commander of Oulu City and even the entire Northern Alliance, Tang De was surrounded by waves of people from the moment he first entered the banquet hall.

Most of the young people who were waiting for the opportunity to appreciate were introduced by several high-ranking officials of the alliance, and they also briefly introduced a few words, and then they were squeezed out by another wave of people waiting for introductions.

Everyone knows that this is also a short impression in front of Tang De, and they don't know if the name can be spent overnight, but this kind of opportunity still makes everyone rush to it.

Zhao Xu also realized that Freer personally promised him to introduce him to the "Commander Tang De" was actually a "very valuable" thing, or only a relative like him could make a package ticket like this.

It's just that Zhao Xu is holding a tall glass with wine, constantly shaking the inside, as if silently tasting the fragrance, and also hiding the traces of his observation.

Tang De's expression was calm and easy, and he even patted the shoulder of the young man who came over from time to time, as if there was no burden in his heart.

At this time, Zhao Xu's eyes carried a certain transcendent "thoroughness", like a cunning old fox who had been in the mall for many years, and he could easily see through the opponent's mind.

If the skill level is not enough, then spells will make up.

For tonight's observation, Zhao Xu deliberately cast a "heaven-level" second-ring spell "Cunning Gaze" on himself.

The gnomes of Gilargo use any form of knowledge to ensure that they achieve their primary goals when negotiating and socializing, so they developed this spell to use their superior skills and abilities to recognize the feelings and desires of the other person in order to suppress the other person's opinion.

Relying on spells, Zhao Xu's four negotiation skills, namely bluffing, negotiating, intimidating, and observing words and feelings, have all been strengthened by the 10th-level insight bonus.

Now, it seems that with a single interlaced look, he can see through the motives and desires of the target creature.

The young women just now were exactly what he tried to do.

Zhao Xu, who was wearing a robe, seemed to be an "observer" in this lively banquet, and he was wearing a robe, which also invisibly reminded everyone of his identity as a "mage".

So much so that everyone didn't dare to get close to Zhao Xu's surroundings.

Finding that Frey's palace had not moved all day, Zhao Xu and Antinoya discussed it, and finally decided to rely on the "Tang De" who observed the mastermind behind the scenes to tear out this huge net behind the scenes.

Otherwise, with him tonight, it would be the cardinals, the heads of the archdioceses of the good gods.

"Mr. Midsummer, come, it's our turn."

Frerell, who had just disappeared, suddenly appeared beside Zhao Xu, took his hand directly, and walked all the way to the center of the venue in front of him, and Frerell's attendants also opened up a way for them.

"Commander, let me introduce you to this benefactor who saved my life outside the city." At this time, Frell walked a few steps away from Tang De, and opened with a hearty laugh, raising his hand by the way, so that everyone followed his gesture to look at Zhao Xu in the center.

For a while, many participants in the venue who were silently paying attention to the situation here all looked at this mage who looked a little withdrawn.

"I'm glad that there are such talented young people in the league again." Tang De also smiled happily.

In his eyes, there seemed to be another kind of soul shining.