Dinner parties were a favorite way for aristocrats and wealthy merchants to show off their strength.

Residents of the entire city of Akcala tonight know that an all-night gala dinner is being held in a mansion in the southern district of the city.

It is said that the owner of this villa has just negotiated a big deal worth more than 3,000 gold coins.

So he was excited and eager to share his joy with the people around him.

Of course, this kind of behavior, in the eyes of outsiders, is no different from the nouveau riche. Therefore, even if the owner of this villa sent invitations to almost all the nobles and wealthy merchants in the entire city of Akara, none of the nobles who came to accept the offer, and even the wealthy merchants laughed at it.

Thankfully, the wealthy merchants and small merchants, who were about the same size or inferior to each other, came with such a good deal of face that they did not make the owner of this villa feel embarrassed and deserted.

But in fact, all of this is just a façade.

In a study on the third floor of the south wing of the villa, eleven people were holding secret meetings.

If there are veteran people who are familiar with the situation in Akara City, they will find that among the eleven people sitting in this room, there are seven of the big names in Akcala City today: two barons for life who are seeking a territory, three wealthy merchants with assets of more than 50,000 gold coins, and the leader and deputy head of the Dark Guardian Mercenary Regiment.

The combined forces of these people, even if they can't compete with Earl Endri, are enough to make them scruple.

But now, these people gathered here under the name of the banquet, but they did not show the lively conversation and laughter that people in the outside world had guessed.

Instead, almost everyone shivered like a quail.

And it was all because of the man sitting in the middle of the room.

Byrons. Gunn, a middle-aged man in his forties.

He has features as hard as a knife, and when he is not smiling, he feels very serious and indifferent. Perhaps because of his age, the hair color that was supposed to be dark maroon has also changed to light maroon. However, although the years have left indelible marks on him, it has also made his momentum more calm and majestic.

seems to be an ordinary middle-aged man, but his real identity is the vice president of the Fallen Hand, a real hero-level powerhouse.

Now the fallen hand of the entire North is under its rule.

All the people sitting in the room, except for the Dark Embrace Mercenaries, were all members of the Fallen Hand.

It stands to reason that such an internal meeting convened by the Fallen Hand would not be eligible to participate in the Dark Guardians Mercenary Regiment, which is not even a supernumerary. However, at the request of Byrons, Vail and Seibers could only come obediently after receiving the invitation, and did not even dare to have the slightest idea of resistance.

At this time, Byrons's eyes glanced coldly at the people sitting in the room.

Almost everyone who was swept by his eyes couldn't help but shudder.

"Tell me, what's going on?" Byrons's gaze stayed on Vail and Seibers for the longest time, about two seconds or so, which made them break out in a cold sweat.

"The target has returned to Acala with the Storm Mercenaries." It was a middle-aged man sitting on Byrons' left hand side who spoke.

The middle-aged man's physique was very burly, like a bodybuilder, but there were four scars on his face, which should have been considered handsome, as if it had been swept over his face by the claws of some kind of fierce beast. But in terms of destructive power, he is already blessed by the goddess of luck if he does not die, and as for disfigurement or something, it is already a trivial matter in the face of death.

He is Byrons' right-hand man, and he is also the henchman he brought to the city of Akara, a master with the strength of a hero candidate.

Kane.

He had fought Tony once in private, and on the surface he seemed to be invincible to Tony, but in fact Tony also knew that he couldn't kill Kane in a one-on-one situation. But if you have to talk about the advantage, it is that Kane is already entering middle age, his potential has almost been developed, and it is impossible to step into the hero level in this life, while Tony is still very young, and he has at least ten years to sprint.

"So, our people have failed?" Byron raised his eyebrows, and his tone became low, "What about them?" ”

"Didn't come back." Kane spoke.

Of all the people present, he was the only one who dared to defy the wrath of Byrons. So usually he is responsible for reporting these things.

"Are you trying to say that the five master-level masters we sent out can't help the Storm Mercenary Regiment?" Byron turned his head and looked at Kane, "Even, their whereabouts are unknown." …… Can I understand that they may have died? ”

"I don't think it's a possibility, it's a fact." Kane said in a deep voice, "Based on what we know about the Storm Mercenary Regiment, even in their heyday, they would not have this kind of strength, let alone the current situation. So all the problems are with the father of the target person. ”

Speaking of this, Kane's gaze couldn't help but turn to Vail and Sebes: "Mr. Vail, this seems to be a big mistake with the information you said before. ”

was named by Kane in public, and Vail also knew that he couldn't do it if he didn't speak.

He knows very well that a large part of the reason why the Fallen Hand will take a fancy to his mercenary group and let Seibers succeed is because his mercenary group has no bottom line and principles, and is willing to do almost anything, as long as the other party can afford to pay the price. Of course, part of the reason is because of his strength - he is also the only person willing to go along with the Fallen Hand and is in the top 10 of the Silver Mercenaries Guild in Acala City.

But these are nothing to the Fallen Hand.

They just don't want to reveal their identities, after all, the Fallen Hand is now an organization in the North that has been named and severely punished by the Prince.

"He played me that day, and that's how strong he showed." Fan took a deep breath before replying, "It's not that my information is wrong, it's that the other party is hiding his strength." …… Even I couldn't see it. ”

When he said the last sentence, his tone was clearly sad.

Originally, he thought that the strength of himself and Su Yan was almost the same, and that the failure was just because of his carelessness. If it is a frontal life-and-death fight, he has absolute certainty and confidence that he can kill the other party.

Unexpectedly, from beginning to end, the other party did not look at him squarely.

"Even you can't see the other party's hidden strength?" Byron raised an eyebrow.

"Yes." Vail's mouth was a little bitter.

"In that case, he should have hero-level strength." Byron nodded slightly.

But as soon as these words came out, everyone in the study looked horrified.

Especially Vail, the expression on his face was extraordinarily exciting: "This can't be! ”

"Only a hero can do it without revealing the slightest momentum." Byron said lightly, "You know that Kane is stronger than you, and that's because his momentum affects your perception all the time. You know that I am stronger than you, and that's because you know me, but if you don't know me, and I'm standing in front of you, will you know the fact that I'm stronger than you? ”

Vail opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say.

Everyone in the room seemed a little silent.

"So could he be...... David? Kane's brows furrowed slightly, but as soon as he said this, he directly overturned it, "Probably not, Prince Ahrens will definitely not let him leave Northern Winterfell at will." And they didn't know that our branch was here. ”

David. Akaf is the chief of guard of Prince Ahrens, and he is a hero-level strength like Prince Ahrens.

And he and Prince Ahrens are also two hero-level powerhouses that are now well-known in the north.

This is also the perception of all the inhabitants of the entire northern territory today.

However, both David and Prince Ahrens actually know about Byrons. Gunn represents the Fallen Hand's infiltration and expansion work in the North. The previous encounter in Northern Winter City happened to be because David was not there, otherwise Byron might not be able to retreat with his whole body, because David also has the strength that is not weaker than Prince Ahrens. In other words, the strength of Byron and David is almost the same, so he can't defeat Prince Ahrens and David with a one-on-one victory.

And this is also the most difficult problem of the fallen hand today.

"The fourth hero of the North." Byrons' brow furrowed slightly, "Is it possible to absorb the other party into the hands of the depraved?" ”

The last sentence was asked by Byrens to Vail.

"I don't think it's likely that the other side will agree." Vail shook his head.

"How do you know without trying?" Byron said in a deep voice, "Kane, you want to find a way to get close to the other party and test the ......"

"I don't think so. He wouldn't have said yes. ”

Before Byron could finish his sentence, he was interrupted.

This made Byrons's face sink immediately, he didn't expect that someone would dare to interrupt his words. But soon, both Byron and the others in the room realized that the voice that had just spoken was not anyone in their room.

It was an unfamiliar voice.

"Who!" Byron shouted in a deep voice, and the momentum on his body rushed out of the door.

Then, the door was quickly opened.

The person standing outside the door was none other than Su Yan, who had already sneaked into the villa.

He had been standing outside and listening for a while, listening to everything that had been said word for word. It wasn't until the topic had turned to him at this moment, making him feel that there was no more information to obtain, that Su Yan finally spoke: "I am the person you were discussing just now." ”

"It's you!" Vail reacted immediately.

Because the contradiction between Su Yan and him was so strong that he couldn't forget it at all.

However, in addition to Fan Er, there was a second person in the room, and he had already reacted the moment he saw Su Yan.

This man was none other than the Vice-President of the Fallen Hand, Barrons. Gunn.

"Levy!"