In the dark cage, a man covered in bruises and deformed spines lay motionless inside, and if it weren't for the slight heaving of his chest, everyone who saw this scene would have thought he was dead.

The sound of footsteps came from outside, and a fat human, following a few guards, made his way through the dark passage.

No one spoke, except for the fat man, who paced in front of the iron cage a few times, and asked the guard next to him:

"How long has this been going on?"

"It's been like this since he came, unless he wants to move, otherwise we can't make him move, if he lies down and sleeps, no matter who he can't wake up, or rather, he doesn't want to wake up, I've never seen someone so strong-willed!"

The guard said with a frightened expression.

"En......"

The fat man nodded, and did not speak, when a guard next to him came over and whispered:

"Master, the best sword instructor in the city has arrived."

"Well, let him in."

The fat man commanded, and soon in came a tall, lanky man with a mustache, who was clearly the best swordsmanship instructor in the city.

"Your Excellency."

The swordsmanship instructor saluted the fat man, who nodded and said:

"I need you to train this man, he has a strong will and will become a very strong fighter!"

"I see, sir."

The swordsmanship instructor said respectfully.

"Woo......"

"My lord! Ah Fei woke up! ”

Just as the fat man was about to leave, the guard suddenly shouted at him, and the man turned around excitedly and saw Ah Fei, who was covered in bruises, standing up, his face full of determination:

"So what's the task today? Did you survive the beating again? ”

"No, boy, today's mission is to defeat me, by all the means you can think of!"

The mustachioed swordsmanship trainer said.

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Bond, the goblin informant, received the shocking news from Cherry, and immediately passed this information to the Merchant Alliance, which wrote a letter to Count Nicholas not long after.

"Suggest I investigate the treasures of the Sighing Wilderness?!"

Since becoming Lord of Winterfell, Nicholas has learned many secrets that he didn't know before, and of course he has a lot of troubles, such as this letter of advice that came out of nowhere.

Although the suggestion in the letter is only to investigate the treasure of the Sighing Wilderness, it is obvious that from the current information, Lord Sherlock is also very interested in the treasure of the Sighing Wilderness, and even he took the initiative to accept this request, also for this reason, right?

Nicholas didn't want to be an enemy of Lord Sherlock, after all, he was a high-ranking demon with a deep family background, so he wondered which demon king his father was? The Samael incident before, maybe it was a fight with my uncle?

What's more, Sigh Wilderness, this place, Nicholas has never heard of it!

As for this letter, nine times out of ten, he came to frame himself, if he didn't investigate the Sighing Wilderness, then the inside of the Merchant Alliance would definitely appear - Nicholas cared more about the interests of the Eternal Kingdom Dungeon than the interests of the Merchant Alliance!

But if you investigate, your relationship with Sherlock-sama will inevitably deteriorate, so what should I do now?

Just when Nicholas was worried, Master Sherlock, who was always good at helping others, had already arrived in his office.

"Lord Nicholas, Lord Sherlock is waiting outside to see you."

Nicholas's beastman assistant knocked on the door and said.

What the? Lord Sherlock is here?

Nicholas quickly put away the letter he had received, and then walked in the direction of the door, saying:

"Where's Master Sherlock?"

He opened the door, and immediately followed him to see his beastman assistant, standing outside the room with Sherlock.

"Lord Sherlock?!"

"I haven't seen you for a few days, and the city lord of Nicholas is still as good as before."

Sherlock looked at the pale and bloodless face of Count Nicholas, the vampire, and asked:

"May I come in?"

"Of course, go make a cup of tea for Lord Sherlock."

Sherlock walked into Nicholas's office, the two sat down, and Sherlock said straight to the point:

"Actually, this time I'm here, I have one thing I want to tell the city lord of Nicholas, the task of clearing the ogre fortress has basically been completed, although there are still a small number of ogres, occupying the depths of the fortress, and resisting stubbornly, but it won't pose much of a threat, but ......"

"Ah, Lord Sherlock, rest assured! I, and all the people of Winterfell, will remember the terrible price paid by the dungeons of the Eternal Realm to clear the ogre fortress, and of course, the pension is already being prepared, so please don't worry about it. ”

Nicholas said quickly.

"Ah, I'm completely relieved about this, Lord Nicholas, but that's not what I'm trying to say." Sherlock said wistfully:

"Actually, while our Eternal Realm dungeons were fighting the ogres to the death, a group of humans, along with goblins and elves, quietly came to the vicinity of the ogre fortress and established a stronghold."

"I also wanted to purge the depraved human camp at the beginning, but their leader, a duchess named Lilo, is too strong, and our first wave of attack was completely thwarted by this group of humans called Victoria, but don't worry, out of kindness to Winterfell, we will fight this group of humans to the end, and there will be no additional payment for those who die during the period."

After Sherlock finished speaking in a row, Nicholas was surprised:

"No, no bereavement fees? But Lord Sherlock ......"

"No need, I know your kindness, but this is no longer just a matter of Winterfell, but a matter of the entire underworld, as a responsible, idealistic, and ambitious young high-ranking demon, the dungeon city lord, I feel that it is necessary and more obligated to help the underworld fight against the human camp."

Sherlock said righteously, and interrupted Nicholas as he was about to speak:

"Needless to say, City Lord Nicholas, this matter is completely covered with me! Of course, I'm also a little selfish, those human, elf and elf loot belong entirely to our Eternal Kingdom dungeons, no problem, right? ”

"Of course there is no problem! Lord Sherlock, you are really touching, I am really ashamed to be able to do this for the sake of the underground world, if it weren't for the fact that I just became the lord of the city, and many things have not yet stabilized, I would definitely follow Lord Sherlock to drive out the human goblins and elves who invaded our underground world from our homeland! ”

With tears in the corners of his eyes, Nicholas silently took out the letter, choked up and said:

"Actually, the Merchant Alliance already knows about your recent actions, and has also conducted some additional investigations, but Lord Sherlock, don't worry, this is definitely not the opinion of most of the high-level leaders of the Merchant Alliance, it is just a small move made by some people who can't see me become the city lord, or have other intentions, by the way, Lord Sherlock, have you seen any suspicious people recently?"

Sherlock took the letter from Nicholas's hand, and after reading it for a little bit, he touched his chin and said helplessly:

"Tsk, at first glance, it doesn't seem like there's anything wrong with such reasoning......"

"Huh? What do you say, Sherlock? ”

"Ah, I mean, I didn't expect the people within the Merchant Alliance to oppose you as the city lord so vicious, but you can rest assured that the relationship between the two of us will definitely not be shaken by this, and the relationship between the Eternal Kingdom and Winterfell will definitely not change."

Sherlock smiled and said quickly.

"Of course!" Nicholas said with confidence.

"Of course, I also need to make some explanations for this, the so-called Sigh Wilderness is definitely not a treasure land, but our side has given this name to the wasteland near the Ogre Fortress for convenience, and the group of depraved guys from the surface world seem to be planning to occupy the Sigh Wilderness as their camp, the reason may be that the minerals there are relatively rich, and the location of the fortress is also very suitable for defense, and it has a wide field of vision, I guess this is probably the reason, but don't worry, They weren't very numerous, and I could handle them. ”

After Sherlock finished speaking, Nicholas also breathed a sigh of relief:

"I'm relieved that Lord Sherlock said that, then I'll report this matter and solve this misunderstanding, so Lord Sherlock, don't you really need our help in Winterfell?"

"No, now that Winterfell has just suffered a tribulation, and all the situation has not stabilized, let's wait until it stabilizes, after all, whoever will be the city lord will not be happier than you Nicholas City Lord, and if you get into trouble because of this, it will not be a good thing for us in the Eternal Kingdom Dungeon."

"I know, then Lord Sherlock, you must be more careful, if you need reinforcements from my troops, you can say directly, in addition, although you don't want a pension, but I still decided to personally fund Lord Sherlock some weapons and equipment, please don't refuse!"

Nicholas had a determined look on his face, and Sherlock couldn't excuse anything, so he nodded in embarrassment:

"I can't help you, okay, okay. By the way, there are more Beastmen to play, and I'm going to start recruiting Beastmen recently. ”

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