In the other side hall, Princess Elenor just came here and saw Duke Anderson sitting on the sofa with his eyes closed, his figure belongs to the tall and strong type among many nobles, because he is from the army, it feels like a heavy sword, hard and unyielding, and thunderous at every turn.

Behind Duke Andre stood a middle-aged man, whose temperament was not as outstanding as Duke Anderson, and was no different from ordinary men on the side of the road, but he was recognized as one of the strongest knights in the Kingdom of Barron, and he usually followed Duke Anderson to protect his safety.

Duke Anderson held his side face with one hand, opened his eyes, and asked, "Has the letter been forwarded to Mr. Adrian?" ”

Princess Elenore took out the red wine from the cupboard, poured a glass for Duke Anderson and put it on the table, and said respectfully: "Of course, Uncle Anderson, but even Iris recognizes Mr. Adrian's strength, do you still need our reminder and protection?" ”

Duke Anderson's eyes did not hide a cold anger: "No matter how strong the strength is, the spellcaster is the spellcaster, the strength of the unsuspecting spellcaster will not be much higher than that of ordinary people, Mr. Adrian is a rare talent in the kingdom, and his death is definitely a price that the kingdom cannot bear." I haven't been back to Norton for twenty or thirty years, and it's rare to come back to my house, and I should clean it up. ”

Princess Elenore sat down opposite the duke, took a sip of red wine, and a trace of worry appeared on her delicate face: "Claiming to be the king in the sewers is indeed an offense to the majesty of the royal family, so does Uncle Anderson have any information?" ”

Duke Anderson just picked up the red wine and put it down, shook his head, and his tone revealed a fierce killing intent: "I sent someone to investigate a month ago, their base camp should be in the sewers of Dongcheng District, who would have thought that the sewers originally designed to clean up the city's filth have become a place to hide filth." When I first came back to Norton, I wondered why Norton had so many more mutilated beggars when the kingdom was not at war, and the economy and medical care were better than before, and I found the answer there. ”

"Smack!"

The glass was crushed, and Duke Anderson's hand lit up with a white light to protect his palm, and he laughed angrily: "What a good deal, in Norton, if the beggar does not pay enough money on a regular basis, he will have his hands and feet sawed off, starting with one, and sawing off the second if he is not enough, the beggars with incomplete limbs are more likely to be pitied by people than ordinary beggars, but no one will pity these beggars except for charity." ”

After listening to Duke Anderson's description, Princess Elenor looked at the red wine in her hand and imagined the picture of people being sawed off their hands and feet, and somehow suddenly felt a little sick to her stomach.

"Elenno, you've been in Norton all along, haven't you noticed anything unusual about the city? Let these despicable villains raze the kingdom's capital to the ground. ”

Princess Elennor shook her head lightly: "Where there is light, there is shadow." ”

"But the inside of the shadow is moldy and rotten, and it has become a breeding ground for maggots, and it should be taken out and exposed to the sun."

Princess Elennor was not optimistic, "Uncle Anderson, from Vaughan Hale's connection with the King of Rats, you should also know the connection between the King of Rats and the many noble factions in Norton, no matter how dirty and cruel he does, as long as there are nobles, the King of Rats will never disappear, unless you plan to cut off those noble factions." ”

"This is your job, the empress is about to abdicate, no matter what, I hope she can abdicate in peace, Elenor, if you can't complete this task, I will choose to support the other crown princes. I don't know who gave them the courage to assassinate an earl and a nationally famous writer, this kind of action touches the bottom line of morality and law, and if they repeatedly regress, will they be able to kill nobles or commoners at will when opinions do not conform to their political intentions in the future? With that, Duke Anderson brushed his sleeves and left, followed by the guards.

Princess Elenard, who was still tasting red wine, looked at the tongue of fire in the fireplace and whispered to herself, "It's a pity. ”

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The open balcony of Norton Royal Concert Hall faces the street and offers a view of the street below.

A young man in civilian clothes sat in a chair with his eyes closed, holding a round white sphere in his hands, the surface of which was constantly splashing with strange ripples.

"How's it going?" Someone pulled out a chair and sat next to the young man, and the white sphere seemed to be affected by the sound, and after a tremble, it was like dry ice evaporating away.

The young man opened his eyes and replied with a solemn expression: "There is one hidden in the alley of the D1 area, which should carry a weapon such as a steam gun, and there is no shortage of magic items, and there are three drunks in the D2 area, judging from what they are talking about, they should not be participants in this assassination operation." ”

The person sitting down didn't care about picking up the fruit on the table and nibbling on it: "There is so little information? This time, their assassination targets were an earl and a family, and it was impossible to send only one assassin. ”

The young man shook his head: "This is the limit of my ability to probe, don't underestimate the other party, I can guarantee that the other party also has someone who has awakened the ability of the bloodline, according to Costa's intelligence, our opponent is not just an underground organization." Pay attention to protect the target, and in case of any accidents, give priority to protecting the Duke. ”

The person who sat down smiled disapprovingly: "What's there to worry about, our Iris is the strongest knight in the kingdom, even if the person who awakens the bloodline, we ourselves are the best among the knights." Then again, did you just listen to the symphony with your ability? ”

"No, I can't waste my energy on that."

"It's a pity, but this performance is the most shocking performance I've heard in decades, and the Duke praised it so much that he went to see the orchestra conductor."

As they talked, another man came in, nodded to them, and got up to leave the place with serious expressions.

They are members of the Iris Knights, Iris is the representative of the royal family of the Barron Kingdom, the Iris Knights is a special army established by the founding emperor of the Barron Kingdom, specializing in adopting some children with bloodline abilities and training, each official member has the ability to fight against a hundred, with the reduction of war, the Iris Knights not only did not disband, but also split into two departments.

Also codenamed Iris is that one performs the duties of the original Iris Knights, while the other is directly controlled by the royal family.

They belong to the Iris Knights under the management of Duke Anderson, and they carry out various tasks during non-war periods, such as collecting valuable materials, cleaning up some magical beasts that ordinary people can't control, or secretly investigating, and the report of the assassination of Harvey is collected by an iris intelligence officer.

The informant was originally ordered to spy on Norton's underground organization to find out the King of Rats, and intercepting the information on the assassination of Harvey was a complete windfall, so the Iris Knights also wanted to use this assassination to find out the main members of the other party.