Just as Ruan Chi and the others were on an adventurous group mission, in the Court of Liberty in Nugel City, the capital of the Free Federation, two members of the Knights of the Bloody Hand who had just completed a secret mission, Duncan and Cohens, had just returned.

"What, Lord Ron was assassinated a few days ago?" As soon as they stepped into the door of the Court of Freedom, the two of them heard such heavy news and hurried to the room where Ron was.

However, when the two of them met Ron, there was another knight in the room who was also wearing red armor, this person was not very tall, and even quite short in the human race, but his cold face made people shudder, especially the two scars on his face like tears, which made this person's appearance look even more strange.

"Chia? When did you get back? Duncan couldn't help but look at the diminutive man standing beside Ron.

"What's so strange, I came back naturally after completing my mission." Chia's voice was magnetic and surprisingly good, out of place with her strange appearance, but when she spoke, her tone was calm, as if there was no trace of emotion.

"If I'm not mistaken, Chia, it seems that your mission object is the fire dragon Gu Onardo, one of the four dragons of the dragon clan, have you really completed the task and killed this fang?" Cohens asked.

"Nope." Chia still said calmly.

"Since you didn't complete the mission, what are you doing here?" Duncan looked at him a little speechlessly.

The corners of Chia's mouth twitched, and she looked at Duncan with a sarcastic gaze, "If I hadn't come back suddenly this time, those assassins would have succeeded four days ago." ”

"What do you mean? Do you want to say that we are derelict in our duties? Duncan's eyes were like torches and Kia made eye contact.

Cohens smiled bitterly, "Forget Duncan." This is indeed a mistake on our part. I almost fell for the Nine Ghosts' trick to divert the tiger from the mountain. ”

"Enough. You don't have to blame yourselves. ”

Ron's acclimatization sounded just in time, and he got up from his seat, only to see a thick bandage around his abdomen, and faintly visible blood stains.

"I arranged for Duncan and Cohens to go on this mission to track down the Nine Ghosts, and you must not blame them for Chia." Ron explained to Chia himself.

Qia's eyes lowered, and he bent down at Ron and said respectfully: "Your Excellency doesn't need to explain to your subordinates, your subordinates just know that the duty of our Bloody Hand Knights is to protect you." Everything else is secondary. ”

"Alright, I admit that this time we are derelict in our duties, there is less than a year left before the reincarnation of Lord Ron, and now it is a period of weakness, if it were not for our carelessness, the assassins of the Platinum Consortium would not have had a chance to approach the Court of Freedom." Duncan gritted his teeth.

"Duncan is right, we are indeed careless this time, if Your Excellency wants to punish you, we will bear it." Cohens also said expressionlessly.

Ron held up his hand and motioned for them to say no more, while he sat down again. Said slowly: "Now is not the time to hold anyone accountable, because compared to these." The assassination of us by the Platinum Consortium this time is a sign of something else, and we must take the next step to prevent it. ”

"What do you mean, Your Excellency?"

"Gather all the members of the Knights of the Bloody Hand back to the Court of Freedom." Ron raised his hand to hold his beard and said in a deep voice, "I'm going to investigate the inside of the Platinum Consortium and find my old friend Leevich. Smith came out and had a good talk. ”

"That's right, in this assassination incident, the old man Li Wei, the chairman of the Chamber of Commerce of the Platinum Consortium, is definitely the most suspicious, and I must ask him clearly, is he trying to provoke the authority of the Free Federation?" Duncan said.

"No, Lord Ron probably didn't mean to question Mr. Leewich." Cohens said suddenly.

"Not to question him?" Duncan frowned.

"Cohens's guess is right, I believe that Leewich does not have the guts to send the 'gray' executioners to kill me, the power within the Platinum Consortium has always been very decentralized, although Richwich is the chairman of the Chamber of Commerce, but after all, it is only in name. In this assassination incident, I am more inclined to the fact that there are other power centers within the Platinum Consortium who want to kill people with a knife. Ron said.

"There are still forces infiltrating various races within the platinum consortium, and it is indeed possible that foreign forces are secretly manipulating." Duncan suddenly realized, nodded in agreement.

"I understand, since this is the case, my subordinates immediately ordered someone to inform Boss Tang Shide that they would come back." Cohens said immediately.

"Remember, this is to be done in secrecy and not in silence." Ron commanded.

"Yes."

"By the way, what's going on with the envoys right now?" Ron asked suddenly.

"At your orders, West expelled them from the Court of Liberty and Nugel, but the tip replied that they had applied for an adventure party in the Adventure Guild in Fortinchel and had now taken a mission to the Kingdom of Newcard."

"Adventure party?" Duncan, who was next to him, heard this and couldn't help but interject and ask, "Cohens, you're not mistaken, right?" The White Elves' envoys run away as adventurers? ”

"Make no mistake, the tipper was reported to me by West himself." Cohens said lightly.

"Tuk Tuk ......" Ron tapped his index finger on the table, muttered for a moment and looked up, "Leave those White Elf envoys alone, most of their targets are the Platinum Consortium, as long as it doesn't hinder us, we will just turn a blind eye, maybe they can help us in some situation." ”

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On the other hand, Ruan Chi and the others, just like the information received by Cohens, have just arrived in the territory of the Newkahn Kingdom.

System: You enter the Kingdom of Newcardn.

System: You discovered the town of Norma Continent.

The moment he walked out of the teleportation array, a new hint appeared in front of Ruan Chi, and a town full of primitive style also appeared in front of him. According to Guldia, this small town in Norma is a well-known town in the Kingdom of Newcard, famous for archaeological tourism and other industries, because there are many underground ruins near this town, which attracts many adventurers and adventure groups to explore and hunt for treasures.

"No wonder there are so many people here." Now that Ruan Chi looked around, he saw that the streets of the town were crowded with people, and there were a lot of small vendors on both sides, most of whom were selling all kinds of artifacts dug up from the ruins. That kind of strong archaeological atmosphere. It makes this town seem so lively.

"Ruan Chi, look. Lots of fun gadgets here? Betty was also attracted by the lively atmosphere, especially when she saw the things on top of the small vendors, and her two pale red eyes couldn't help but light up.

"If you like it, I can buy it for you." Ruan Chi said as he made a gesture to pay for it.

Seeing this, Rachel hurriedly stopped, "Stupid, do you think we're really here for an outing?" She pointed to the two wagons full of goods behind her and said, "Don't forget our work, come and help!" ”

Originally. Ruan Chi's 38 Women's Association was too low-level, so the job assigned to them in this mission was to guard and transport the materials needed for the expedition.

Asked Rachel to mention the task, Betty stuck out her tongue a little embarrassed, pulled Ruan Chi and said, "Ruan Chi, let's do serious things first." ”

Ruan Chi shrugged, and climbed into one of the carriages with Betty and Deep Blue.

Rachel and Guldia also got into another carriage, and the five of them followed the group through the crowded streets to the outside of the town, and soon came to the outside of Norma Continent.

Beyond this town, there is an endless grassland, this time the leader. He was selected by all the adventure groups involved in this mission, and it is rumored that he is the leader of the only A-class adventure group here. And this person, Ruan Chi, they also know, is the blonde young man named Mahe who provoked them earlier.

This man claimed to be a member of the adventure party of the Guilty Eleven, and his prestige here seemed to be very high, but he stood up and announced: "The destination of our expedition this time is the underground ruins of Norma Continent, which is an extremely dangerous place, if you don't want to die, you better cheer up." ”

Ruan Chi sat in the carriage and saw where Ma He was talking, and couldn't help but be a little disappointed, "I was willing to accompany the person named Nia from the Platinum Group to explore the ruins, but I didn't expect him to come in the end." ”

It turned out that after announcing the conditions and rewards for the completion of the mission in front of the south gate of the city this morning, Nia and Eluvia did not participate in the next adventure mission, but let the adventure group choose Maher as the leader of the expedition.

Ruan Chi originally planned to try to contact the top management of the Platinum Group in this mission, maybe he could find some useful information, but he didn't expect to be unsuccessful in the end.

"It's rare for task publishers to be involved in tasks, and it's normal for them not to come." Gulydia said.

"Since you know, why didn't you say it earlier?" Ruan Chi raised his forehead.

"It's good that they didn't come, didn't the woman next to Nia see you? If she sees through your disguise, we're in trouble. Rachel disagreed.

"You're right to say that......"

Ruan Chi looked depressed, but Betty beside him suddenly shouted, "Ruan Chi, everyone is leaving." ”

I saw that after Ma He finished speaking, the large team slowly moved in the direction of the ruins, and Ruan Chi had to pack up his mood and pull the carriage to follow him, although no one came over from the Platinum Group for this mission, but as long as the task is completed, you can still contact the senior management of the Platinum Group when the task is delivered, but maybe there will be a chance.

The adventure group set off with hundreds of people, and the destination was the underground ruins located more than 20 kilometers away from Norma Island, where I heard that it was once the ancient tomb group of the Newkan Kingdom.

Speaking of the Newkarn Kingdom, Ruan Chi also learned from Gulydia that this small Terran country was very prosperous for more than 2,000 years, and at that time, Cheng Dù was more than the only central empire of the Terran Race, and it was a first-class superpower.

"Why has such a powerful country become like this now?" Ruan Chi, who was bored sitting in the carriage, was very curious, from the time this country came in, basically all he saw were very simple houses, although the tourism industry was very developed, but other industries were really ordinary, just like a dilapidated small country.

"Because the Kingdom of Newkarn was slaughtered by the dragons during the Second Battle of the Throne, and it was almost destroyed at that time, although it has been more than two thousand years, it is not bad to be able to restore it." Gulydia said.

"Aren't the Terrans very strong? How could it be slaughtered? Ruan Chi asked again.

"Have you forgotten? The victors of the First Battle of the Throne and the Second Battle of the Throne were the Dragons, and the Terrans at that time were very weak, no, it should be said that it was the weakest at that time. Rachel interjected suddenly.

"Were the Terrans once so weak? So why did it become so powerful? ”

"The appearance of a man." Rachel's tone became low, and she said slowly: "For the Terrans, they gave birth to a hero, but for other races, a nemesis appeared. ”

"Who is holding that?"

"The Knight King Meseliban!"

"Huh? That's a familiar name. "It's not the first time I've heard this name, when I quarreled with Elena before, that guy also seemed to have mentioned the Black Flag Army of the Knight King Meseliban.

"Knight King Meseliban, a Terran man who has been active since the Third Battle of the Throne, he is like a son of a god favored by the God of Chaos, leading his Black Flag Army, defeating the most powerful dragon clan at that time with a momentum like a bamboo, it is said that even the dragon king Sidon Leon, who almost obtained the godhead back then, was also killed by him, and since then, the dragon clan has been defeated like scattered sand, and the human race has become the overlord of the Miracle Continent to this day." Gulydia said quietly.

"Didn't Elena say that the Silver Wings of your elven clan used to be the strongest legion in the Miracle Continent, could it be that they were defeated by this knight king?" Ruan Chi asked.

Guldia was suddenly a little embarrassed, and said with a wry smile: "Elena also loves face, in fact, the Silver Wings were indeed the strongest before the Black Flag Army led by the Knight King came out, but since the appearance of the Black Flag Army, the name of the strongest has long since not belonged to our White Elves." ”

"Elena also said that she was not afraid to meet the Black Flag Army, so she was bragging?" Ruan Chi raised his forehead.

Rachel couldn't listen to it a little, and said loudly: "What kind of bragging, we are also very strong, it's just that the Black Flag Army back then was too strong, and almost no one in the entire continent was their opponent, even if we lost, we lost gloriously." ”

"Since the Terrans have such a powerful army, do you still have the confidence to fight the Terrans in the Fourth War of the Throne?" Ruan Chi asked.

"Not in the past, but not now." Rachel affirmed.

"Huh? Where did you get your faith? Ruan Chi asked curiously.

"It's longer than life." Rachel straightened his chest and said: "The lifespan of the human race is short, even if the Black Flag Army is still there, after so many years, their descendants are estimated to have died about the same, and the method of using war left by the knight king Messeliban is estimated to have been lost a lot after a thousand years." Even if there is a Black Flag Army now, it must not be as powerful as it was a thousand years ago. ”

"What kind of confidence is this......" Ruan Chi was a little speechless by Rachel's thoughts.

Betty had been listening, but she was a little stupid when she heard this, and raised her hand to ask, "Sister Rachel, since that knight king is so powerful, is he still alive now?" ”

Ruan Chi was also attracted by this question, although Rachel just said that the human race has a short lifespan, but since it is a super strong person thousands of years ago, it is not impossible to live until now.

However, Rachel's final answer was beyond everyone's expectations.

"He's missing."

"Missing?"

"Well, just after the end of the Third Battle of the Throne, on the day when the Terrans ascended to the throne of the Overlord of the Miracle Continent, the Knight King Messeliban disappeared, and it is still a historical unsolved case."

"Huh?" (To be continued......)