Alberta shook his head and said, "I knew you were a miser, and you wouldn't have an extra copper coin!" ”

Lieutenant Colonel Elta laughed, and said with a little helplessness: "I don't have that much money, and the total funds of the spy organization in the entire Principality of Casdilipa are only more than 10,000 gold coins. You have such a big mouth, you want 10,000 gold coins at once! I can't give it back. But I can tell you, there is an Imperial, who took refuge in Faltober! He wants to trade with us by the hand of Faltober! We don't yet know what the Imperials who want to trade with us want from Faltober really want! But if you can figure out what's at stake, the full benefits of trading are yours! ”

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Alberta hurriedly interjected: "But the risks involved, and if this person is the eyeliner of the Empire, then I take all the risks!" And I've become a thunder rider, you just have to sit back and enjoy its achievements. Is that right? If this is an imperial conspiracy, then I will die for the rest of my life! Alberta's words were very bleak, as if he had once again become Lieutenant Colonel Erta's bait and food...... Alberta was tired of Lieutenant Colonel Erta's danger of doing this.

Just after Alberta complained that he was in danger, Lieutenant Colonel Elta's face immediately turned solemn, and showed a very pious appearance, Lieutenant Colonel Elta said very solemnly: "Therefore, I have already made a trip to the convent to ask the high priest to pray for you for a whole day, and it cost me three silver coins!" ”

Alberta wanted to cry without tears, and he didn't know how to respond. Lieutenant Colonel Elta said, "Alberta, I need you!" Now, my spy war with the Empire has reached a fever pitch...... I can't even tell the tendencies of one of the subordinates I trust so much! If he betrays me, then ...... I'm going to be hit very badly! I can't help you, but if you really want to contribute to the Principality, you must be fearless in this task! ”

Alberta's eyes moved, and he stopped talking...... Lieutenant Colonel Elta saw his state and said to Alberta, "Alberta, you don't have to feel desolate for yourself, this is the battlefield of our spies!" If you can't adapt, then you're dead...... If you can survive, you are a survivor of the battlefield! Then your power will be immeasurable! It's not my cruelty to you, it's a spy battlefield, that's it...... Even if I don't do this to you, the enemy and this battlefield will do this to you......"

Alberta sensed a call to call him, but he kept his composure as he told Lieutenant Colonel Elta, "I will!" After that, he said to Lieutenant Colonel Elta: "I was assassinated in the city of Abercinka, I don't know ......."

Lieutenant Colonel Erta was stunned: "You are being targeted?" ”

Alberta said, "Don't you know about it? ”

Lieutenant Colonel Erta shook his head: "I only sent someone to watch you later...... I don't know who is going to assassinate you in Apercinka! ”

Alberta pondered for a while: "I suspect it should be an imperial person...... I think it's my affair in the port of Epalai that has been revealed a bit! But he probably didn't know who I was, otherwise he wouldn't have used assassination......"

Lieutenant Colonel Erta said to Alberta: "In short, in Faltober, if the Imperials are not conspiracy, then he will bring you great benefits!" If it's intelligence, you can deal with it as you like. In the intelligence market, the price of advanced intelligence has risen. If it's a benefit, it's directly at your personal disposal! So...... I think you're worth stepping on this thunder! And don't be like Mr. Otayat, a businessman should go into business and think about political and military things! That's what needs to be done by politicians and military men! Defending the safety of the citizens and the security of the principality should also be done by the military. And for the well-being of the people, it should also be the behavior of a good official. And it is our duty to protect the citizens in secret and silently protect the safety of the country! Okay, I've got to go, time doesn't allow me to keep talking to you! ”

Alberta smiled helplessly: "So I still have to go to Artemt?" Go to that place to step on the thunder for you? ”

Lieutenant Colonel Erta said solemnly: "If you are fighting for the faith, for the Epacleas, for the good people of your port, for ideals and beliefs, I think you are qualified to take risks, and you should go fearlessly!" Moreover, the arrival of the Faltober tycoon, who has been operating in the port of Epalai, to the town of Artemt, which is under fire, represents a great benefit, although there is danger, but if you win, then the benefit is all yours, and this is the moment when you gain power! With that, Lieutenant Colonel Elta turned and left.

Alberta jerked at Lieutenant Colonel Elta and said, "Hey, how is that young man I gave you, that shoe-shiner Urke?" ”

Lieutenant Colonel Elta said to Alberta: "He's fine, don't worry!" ”

With that, Alberta shouted to Lieutenant Colonel Erta, who was far away: "Hey, you pay attention to safety! Don't go to the monastery and ask the priest to pray for me, and pray for yourself! ”

In the distance, the distant lieutenant colonel stretched out his hand and waved at Alberta with his distant back and outstretched arms, and for a moment, Alberta thought of the lieutenant colonel's words: "For the faith, for the people of Epaclea, for the good people of your port, for ideals and beliefs...... Alberta felt that there was always an indescribable sense of mission calling to him! He had never experienced this feeling, at the beginning of the invasion of the Empire, in the port of Epalai, he was only fighting for his girlfriend and father, and then his father and girlfriend left him one after another, he did not know what he was fighting for, he wanted to be hit by a stray bullet and die! But he survived, he lived only to live. Later he saw an Epale woman who had been bullied. He suddenly burned with the will to fight the enemy! He repelled the enemy and had the conviction to defend the Epacleas. So he met Lieutenant Colonel Erta. To be honest, Alberta has never felt the feeling of wanting to defend a certain faith or conviction. But at this moment, he clearly felt the call of the mission! He felt that the justice he upheld was a mission, the justice he upheld was a faith, and his fight for the Epaclea people was a belief. Although his ideals cannot be said to be fighting for world peace, he really longs for world peace! In a world like before the Empire went to war, he is a fisherman who can chase big fish to catch fish, fight rapids on the waves, and live in everyday chores. You can even feel annoyed or happy about the divorce and engagement with your girlfriend! In short, he felt some kind of call to duty! He's going to keep fighting. He is not willing to be a coward, he wants to stand up and hit the enemy with his bloody fighting spirit!

And, Alberta thought of Lieutenant Colonel Erta's words: "Power is your only friend in troubled times." Alberta didn't think that this sentence was a conflict that Lieutenant Colonel Erta told him about beliefs. Alberta does need a lot of power, because these are troubled times. The peaceful life was shattered by the invasion of the Empire, and he thought of the words of Mr. Otayat, the rich merchant who was simply a man without morals. He even went so far as to say, "The Empire invaded because the Empire was not afraid of death to experiment with iron ships when everyone thought they would sink to the bottom of the sea...... In the Age of Discovery, where everyone feared the sea, the Empire was the first to explore geography and sail the seas! Therefore the Empire is qualified to invade the world! ”

Alberta was very angry with Mr. Ortayat's words, as Lieutenant Colonel Erta said: "A businessman should go about business and think about political and military affairs!" That's what needs to be done by politicians and military men! At the same time, Alberta was very tired of Mr. Otayat, and he thought that there were too many people who thought like Mr. Otayat, otherwise the invasion of the Empire would not have been so appealing......

It was at this moment that Alberta thought about leaving the train station as well, and he found a donkey cart as fast as he could, hoping that the driver would take him to the town of Artemt. He saw with his own eyes the people of Singlet, the nearest city to the town of Artemt, who had been living by donkey carts on a donkey cart, but now under the persecution of the war, they have become a different form of homeless people...... They watched everyone who came to the city, but they were timid and careful to communicate with them......

So when Alberta said to the gentleman about going to the town of Artemt, the gentleman hurriedly said, "I'm not going there, there's a war going on there!" Insecurity! ”

So Alberta found another gentleman who was driving a donkey cart, and when he heard that he was going to the town of Artemt, he gave the exact same answer as the previous gentleman, and he hurriedly said to Alberta, "I'm not going there!" It's too dangerous there! ”

Alberta approached several people in a row, and they all said the same thing. So Alberta was in the middle of his frustration when a man on horseback came up to him and said to Alberta, "I can give you a ride!" ”

Alberta looked at the man on horseback carefully, this man on horseback was not a kind person, Alberta could see at a glance, but Alberta was in dire need of a means of transportation to the town of Artemt, so he hurriedly said, "Good! ”

But the man on horseback said, "But you have to pay twice as much!" ”

Alberta immediately nodded and said, "I'll pay three times as much!" Just take me to the town of Artemt. ”

On the way, the man on horseback asked Alberta: "Your Excellency, what do you want to do in the town of Artemt?" I heard that there is already a fire in the sky! You'll need a good helper, or you'll be in danger there! I'm a capable man, and I have some friends in both the army and the rebels of the Imperial Parliament! I even know friends from General Athos Guards and General Ake's Guards, General Pickering's Guards and General Ames Guards! I think...... You should simply keep all your wealth behind, otherwise, it will be difficult for me to guarantee your safety! ”

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