Chapter 280: The Predecessor of the Peace Council

After the White Tower's higher-ups announced Orlando's crimes to everyone, the White Tower, which had been calmed down, boiled again.

Leaking the White Tower's key defense intelligence and blowing up the White Tower's defensive barrier are enough for the White Tower to execute Orlando. So far, Orlando has only been imprisoned but not executed, and it is said that it is only because the top management of the White Tower wants to know who exactly leaked the defense map to the White Tower in Orlando.

Although nearly four figures of wizards died in the first wave of raids by the gods, it was actually the huge amount of money that Orlando had swindled out of that really made the wizards furious.

You know, there are not a few wizards who give their entire family fortune to Orlando.

Because Orlando's fundraising plan is just too tempting. There are even wizards who sell real estate, borrow money, etc., and put more money into Orlando. Now Orlando has been arrested, but the White Tower executives have not found the huge amount of money he defrauded from his temporary residence in Orlando.

To say that it is huge is by no means an exaggeration. Although theoretically speaking, this money is less than half of Baita's total assets, but it is already more than a third. As long as Orlando can escape from the White Tower, he can use the money to buy a marquis's title and a large piece of land in Suze, or buy a small island in Titan, and build an overseas principality.

According to the preliminary estimates of wizards, the money swindled by Orlando was about 300,000 El Cat gold coins, which is close to 4 million when converted into silver coins, and if the nearly 20,000 pounds of silver are melted into silver ingots, the stacks weigh more than eight tons.

Even if all this money were exchanged for gold coins, it would be enough to fill a room. But this huge amount of money that was enough to make everyone's hearts tempted seemed to evaporate out of thin air, and countless enchantment wizards searched the entire White Tower and couldn't find where the money was hidden. Whether it's "Finding Wealth", "Finding Lost Property" or "Detecting Metal". None of them could get any useful information.

Because of the evaporation of this huge amount of money out of thin air, the economic system of Baita collapsed almost instantly. Prices fluctuate wildly and are extremely chaotic. Coupled with the external market that is stuck because of poor turnover, even the wizards of the White Tower, who usually have no shopping habits, are completely panicked.

No merchant will have mercy on the White Tower. Opposite. They all fell in love with this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, desperately squeezing oil and water from the White Pagoda of the Six Gods and Masters. Constantly exacerbating the chaos inside the White Tower.

The entire White Tower gradually fell into a frenzy. Intense uneasiness, anger, despair, and suspicion plagued their emotions, and most wizards gradually shed their scholarly garb and fell into a state of confusion, trying to get guidance and help from others.

At this time, out of nowhere, the rumor came that when Orlando was arrested, the White Tower higher-ups had already obtained all of Orlando's assets - they just didn't want to return them to the wizards.

Indeed, this is a huge sum of money that anyone would be tempted by. Even if it is the empress of Su Ze. Or the same with the emperor of Titan.

The wizards did have the right to wonder if someone had embezzled the money. At first, it was only skeptical, but then, at some point, when wizards began to talk about it, they began to tell conclusive accounts of how a certain department hid this large sum of money, although most of their statements were "I heard", "I think", "who said that".

This is because the initial version of the notice did not indicate which department was actually interrogating Orlando, and the department that issued the notice did not put its own label at the end of the notice. So in the rumors that gradually fermented later, there was almost everything.

Some say that the medical department melted the gold and silver and hid it in an ice cellar in a medicine bottle; Some say that the Waste Bureau hid a large amount of gold and silver in the discarded goods; Some say that the search and rescue bureau guards stole themselves, and the search and rescue personnel found the location of Orlando's hidden money but did not announce it. Just keep the money there. Some people even say that Scott and Anvilia saw that the situation was not right, and they were ready to abandon the White Tower and flee with the money, trying to rebuild the White Tower elsewhere.

Not to mention, each version has a very complete storyline. It's as if they had watched these people do it in the first place, and there are even texts of the so-called "Orlando confession" as evidence in several versions.

Because of such a sum of money, disputes gradually arose within the White Tower. The contradictions between several factions in ordinary times were suddenly exposed. Some are more aggressive. The members of Jin have already had a physical altercation.

At such a critical moment, those great wizards were still busy tinkering with the Great Enchantment. Can't get in touch at all.

Later, the news somehow. It spread to the outside of the White Tower, which was supposed to be completely sealed. After smelling the fishy smell, many deadly wild dogs began to gather near the White Tower, regardless of the army assembled by the gods, in an attempt to find the legendary "wealth enough to build a nation".

Ignore what is outside the Barrier. The contradictions within the White Tower have intensified to the brink of getting out of control, and it only takes one spark to generate great turmoil.

However, as the central figure of the incident, "Orlando" is surprisingly mild.

"In this case, except for your eyes and hair, everything else will be pretty much the same."

Esther tossed away the ponytail stained with herbs in her hand and looked at someone in front of her.

Except for the length of her hair and her silvery pupils, the rest of her body was identical to Esther.

But no one would have thought it was a mirror—after all, the man standing in front of Esther was more than a head shorter. And he sat on the ground, his hands tied to the cross behind him, and his ankles were bound several times by chains, in stark contrast to Esther standing in front of him.

“…… Oh yes, and your height. ”

"Height doesn't matter."

Roland shook his head: "In order to prevent anyone from dropping the bag, no one will be able to reach me, and no witchcraft can work on me...... Anyway, Scott, who is in charge of the final identification, you just need to let those who have seen your appearance look away and make sure that I am you. Of course, in order to achieve this purpose, it is necessary to prepare some small models of torture equipment. By the way, I really didn't expect you to be a makeup master......"

“…… What did you say? ”

"I mean, I didn't expect you to know how to make up an assassin."

Roland didn't have the fear of being sent to the execution ground at all, but said with a smile: "To be honest, did you use makeup to deceive people at the beginning?" ”

Esther just shrugged.

"I don't need that myself, and no one who can see through my lies will be fooled by my half-baked makeup skills. In general, this is for the dead. You're the first person who can still breathe when I'm wearing makeup. ”

As she said this, Esther walked around the side of the cross: "What about your hair and eyes?" ”

"As for the color of my eyes, I just have to close my eyes. As for the hair......"

Roland thought for a moment, then said casually, "...... Sure enough, I cut it. ”

"Anyway, you and I are both brunette, just different lengths. You cut my hair to the same length as you. ”

"It's best if you agree," said Scott, pulling Roland's long hair together and tugging at it suddenly, "Okay, it's done." ”

In an instant, Roland's long hair was neatly parted from his shoulders, as if he had been carefully cut.

"I'll take your hair. The fairy hair should sell for a good price in Suze......"

"Feel free to keep it if you want. Speaking of which, your Origin Ability is really useful......"

Suddenly, Roland's expression became serious: "By the way, Esther—"

Almost simultaneously, Esther interrupted Roland's words in a soft voice with an expressionless face: "If it is to recruit me to believe in the Elder Sleep Teacher, needless to say, of course Elukado has not been able to convince me." I'll leave after I pay what I owe you. ”

"No, that's not what I'm talking about."

Unexpectedly, Roland shook his head and dismissed Esther's speculation.

"Oh?"

Immediately Esther became interested: "What's that?" Let's hear it. ”

"You...... Ever heard of Yali? ”

Just as the situation of the first meeting between the two was reversed, Roland's words made Esther stunned.

“…… What do you want to say? ”

Naturally, he would not think that Roland was so stupid as to forget that it was he who pulled Roland into Arry.

Rather, Roland remembered that he had made a name in Arry, but it was not what Esther had expected.

"It's just a cliché about 'I have a dream.'"

Roland whispered to the shadow below him, "Elukado too, come out and listen together." ”

After about ten seconds, when Elukado emerged from Roland's shadow, Roland's voice rang out in the dim candlelight of the basement: "The beginning of the matter is about to start here......" (To be continued.) )