Located on the border of Bavaria, the land of mercenaries, the town of Glen has always been a lively town, serving as one of the gateways to the central mountain range, and the town welcomes countless mercenary adventurers every day, and pubs and inns are full of frustrated and rewarding adventurers.

The crowd and liveliness of the town are one of the characteristics of the town, but today's town is strange. The Grand Boulevard is deserted, and the taverns scattered on both sides of the street are also unusually closed.

At the southernmost and northernmost entrances to the town, a team of soldiers from the Kingdom of Lancerens was already standing guard. Tom led a team of guards to guard the northernmost entrance, and after throwing a shell into his mouth in a bored manner, Tom looked at his listless men around him, and became angry. "Hey, stand up for Lao Tzu, if Commander Jack comes over in a while, and sees you cowards, Lao Tzu will be scolded by Chief Jack again!" Tom scolded after kicking the nearest soldier to him.

"Boss, the brothers are really tired to death. If you have a lot of them, please be considerate and considerate of us. The soldier, who had been kicked for no reason, said to Tom with a smile on his face. "Get out of the way, let Lao Tzu be considerate of you, who will be considerate of Lao Tzu? Damn, let Lao Tzu come here in the middle of the night, there is nothing else to do except stand guard. It's really a toss to die. ”

"Boss, do you know that Commander Jack will let us get here? This is the land of the Duchy of Bavaria, so we will come in like this and seal off this town, and it will be fine!" another soldier asked curiously, running up to Tom's side.

", no matter how powerful the Archduke of Bavaria is, he is just a mercenary leader, and he dares not to listen to the words of our Lance Lens Kingdom? What's more, this Archduke of Bavaria was given to him by His Majesty the King, and we are just here to check on the matter. Tom smeared a mouthful of phlegm on the ground and continued, "As for what it is, you know that too?"

Tom slapped the soldier on the head, and then said angrily, "Don't worry about it. Just stand your post, and I'll go to Commander Jack to report the matter. With that, Tom turned and walked back into town. "Phew, I don't know, what kind of big-tailed wolf is pretending, saying that I am going to report work, it must be because it is hot here, and I ran to where to cool off. Watching Tom's figure fade away, the first soldier who was kicked by Tom said fiercely. "Hey, don't talk about it, be careful that he puts little shoes on you. Another soldier persuaded.

"Hmph, can he still kill me?" said the first soldier, nonchalantly. "Hey, buddy, let me tell you, you know what I saw just now when we entered this town?" "What did you see? Hurry up!" "I saw Captain Jack accompany a nobleman into the town's sheriff's office. The third soldier said mysteriously.

"Isn't it just a nobleman? We've seen a lot of them in Avino City, what's so strange about that. When the other soldiers heard the third soldier's revelations, they booed, and it was clear that this soldier's revelations were not interesting. "Then did you see Commander Jack groveling to the nobles of the city of Avenor? The third soldier said proudly.

"Really?" The surrounding soldiers obviously didn't believe what this soldier said, after all, Commander Jack was already a big official in their eyes, and they would never believe that Commander Jack would treat a nobleman like this. "Believe it or not, a bunch of uninformed hillbillies must not know that there are other high-ranking officials above the nobility. The third soldier said disdainfully.

"As far as you know, what did you say Commander Jack said to them, and why did you let us come here?" the third soldier's words clearly provoked the anger of the crowd, and the other soldiers all said in a bad tone.

"Well, I don't know. I just saw them enter the police station......" the third soldier whispered. "Cut, the guy who dares to show off just when he sees something. When the other soldiers saw that there was no other news, they ignored the soldier and returned to their original posts.

Tom walked on the Grand Boulevard, naturally he didn't know what the soldiers were discussing after he left, and he was not interested in paying attention to those stupid people now, and now Tom was thinking about only one thing, and that was what Commander Jack had called him and the other squad leaders over last night to talk about.

Tom's head grew at the thought of this, and last night Commander Jack had told them that there might be a war in the near future, and that they were ready to go to war at any time. How is this possible, since the War of the Roses, how long has it been since the Lancerence Kingdom has not had a war, after all, the current Lancerence Kingdom is one of the most powerful countries in the main plane, especially after His Majesty the Kingdom became the Holy Third Emperor, who else would dare to attack the Lancent Kingdom in such a single and bold manner?

Tom didn't believe it at all, but from last night to now, Tom couldn't help but believe it, especially when Tom saw the flag. The people under him didn't know what the flag that arrived in the town of Gran today represented, but Tom, who was once a nobleman, knew very well that the flag represented the golden dragon banner of the royal family of the Lance Kingdom.

The Holy Third Reich, which inherited most of Julius Caesar's Holy Second Empire, also inherited most of the Second Empire's traditions, especially the currency and flags. The Golden Dragon Banner that was once planted all over the main plane is still a powerful manifestation among the countless countries of the main plane. Among the four imperial electorates of the Holy Third Reich, the Kingdom of Lance is the most orthodox and the country with the most emperors elected as Holy Third Reich.

Therefore, the golden dragon banner of the kingdom of Lancerence is the golden dragon banner of the Holy Second Empire, which has not changed in the slightest, while the other three countries, the golden dragon banner of Bartonnias is not so much a golden dragon banner as a silver dragon flag, and the silver-white dragon is only dotted with a trace of gold thread. The Kingdom of Seres and the Kingdom of Kanwald directly gave up the use of the Golden Dragon Banner.

Now, the golden dragon banner representing the royal family of the kingdom has appeared in the small town of the Duchy of Bavaria, so it means that what Commander Jack said to them before is very likely to be true, and the war is very likely to break out recently, and it is not a small war, I am afraid that it is a big war that has swept many countries, otherwise, the kingdom would not be so tense.

In the Gran Township Sheriff's Office, Campbell sat at the top, indifferently staring at the trembling Jack Jones, the commander of the garrison of Evano City, and Gemma Burns, the president of the Gran Township Mercenary Association.

"President Gemma, I believe you know the purpose of my visit, and I wonder if there is any news from the Elder that I want to know. Campbell's expression was cold, and his tone was even more cold, as if people were falling into an abyss of ice. It's no wonder that Campbell is angry, no matter who it is, he will be angry when his vacation is disturbed.

As the fifth heir to the throne of the Kingdom of Lance, Campbell knew that he would not have a chance to inherit the high throne in his lifetime, so Campbell was also open and unwilling to compete for the throne with other extremely brothers, and Fernand, who had the best chance of getting the throne, Campbell's brother also reciprocated and let Campbell get the position of the most oily and water-rich director of the finance department.

In order to make his future life better, Campbell of course "worked hard" and "stayed up all night", making himself very hard. The Marquis Fernand, who saw his brother working so hard, told Campbell's father, the Emperor of the Holy Third Reich and the kingdom of Lance, that Campbell was too tired to work and that he should let him rest.

As a result, Campbell was sent to the south of the kingdom of Lancerence to take care of several Mithril mines that were being excavated, and to take a break. Unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived here, Campbell encountered a terrible thing. The Mithril Mine was attacked, and it was the largest one, and the garrison troops, a thousand soldiers of the Lance Kingdom were all killed, and none of them survived.

It happened so suddenly that Campbell was caught off guard. The attack on the Mithril Mine made Campbell's situation even worse. After all, his rest was only an official rest, and the real reason was that Campbell's actions in the Finance Department were too big for his brother Marquis Fernand to accept. If the matter of the Mithril Mine is also counted on his head, the other brothers who are worried about not being able to kill themselves will definitely not let go of this opportunity.

Therefore, even if there is a chicken and dog jumping here, or even a war, Campbell doesn't care, as long as he diverts this attention, protects himself, and dies a little bit of nothing. If you want to achieve such an effect, then you need your subordinates to cooperate with you.

"Is there something wrong with the dwarven kingdom in the central mountain range, or is the orc kingdom on the north side of the mountain dishonest again?" Campbell's tone was a little heavier.

"Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, what the Mercenary Association has learned so far is that only the defenders of the largest Mithril Mine, the Mithril Mine No. 1, have been attacked, and no one has survived, and no corpses have been left in the station. As for the Mithril kept in the station, not a single ounce was lost. Gemma Burns thought for a moment and replied stiffly.

"Oh, according to President Gemmar, the defenders of Mithril Mine 1 were caused by natural evaporation from the human world and no other force, or is it that President Gemmar doubts the loyalty of the soldiers of my Lance Kingdom and thinks they have defected?"

"Oh, Mars is on top, how could President Gemmar make such a mistake today, it's obvious that Prince Campbell wants you to make a murderer!" Just as Jack wanted to help President Gemma explain, Campbell glanced at Jack coldly, causing Jack to swallow all the words he was about to say back into his stomach.

"President Gemma, I remember that your Mercenary Guild also has a Mithril mine in the Andvil Mountains, and it doesn't seem to have been attacked. After all, even if a thousand troops are wiped out, it will take some time, and a large army will need to be dispatched. And the only way to do this in the Central Mountain Range is the Orc Kingdom in the north of the Central Mountain Range and the Dwarven Kingdom in the mountains. Campbell kindly looked at President Gemmar and reminded.

Just as President Gema frowned and wanted to speak, Jack, who was afraid that he would say something that would upset Prince Campbell, hurriedly forced his mouth in front of President Gemmar and said, "Returning to Your Royal Highness the Prince, not long ago, the remnants of the Dwarven Kingdom, the lost golden city of Kuskes, underwent a mutation, and then the Dwarven Kingdom used this as a reason to seal off Mount Andvilma. And the attacked Mithril No. 1 mine is the closest Mithril mine to Kuskes City, Your Highness, you also know that the dwarves like rare metals the most, it must be the dwarves who attacked the No. 1 mine, and because of the heroic resistance of the defenders, the dwarves have no other strength to attack other Mithril mines, so only the No. 1 mine was attacked. The dwarves, fearing that they had done it, took all the bodies of the defenders with them. ”

Hearing Jack's words, Campbell nodded with satisfaction, this is the answer he wants, as long as the responsibility for the destruction of the Mithril Mine is put on whoever is responsible, as long as those who want to kill him in the royal capital can't get the handle.

"Your Royal Highness the Prince, Jack's words are probably not true. Recently, due to the recent mutation in Kuskes City, the dwarves have shifted all their energy to the ruins, how could they attack a m mythril mine that is not very productive at this time. What's more, if the dwarves mobilize a large number of troops, then our mercenary associations, including the explorer association, will not have any news. President Gemar said sincerely.

"President Gemma, you've just returned to town from Avino City, and you don't know what's going on recently, so please don't jump to conclusions. Seeing that President Gemma was still talking about those who did not know what he had, Campbell had not yet become angry, and Jack, the garrison commander of Avino City, had already reprimanded loudly.

"Commander Jack, please pay attention to your words, as the garrison commander of the Lancerence Kingdom, you do not yet have the right to reprimand a prefect who is above you, especially since I am also an official of the Bavarian Kingdom, and I have nothing to do with your Lancerence Kingdom!" President Gemmar spoke in a tough tone, not giving any face to those present.

After President Gemma finished speaking, the attendant, who had been standing beside Campbell with his eyes slightly closed, opened his eyes in an instant, revealing a glimmer of light. "It's so strong!" The moment the attendant opened his eyes, both Jack and Gemma felt that they would die here in the next second.

"Alright. Martin. Campbell stood up, smiled and stopped the squire Martin beside him, and said to Gemma and Jack with a smile: "I spoke to make the two masters misunderstand what I meant." The two masters also know how urgent the need for Mithril is in our country. The largest Mithril mine in the southern part of the kingdom has been attacked again, and all the defenders are missing, which is a big deal for that country, so please forgive me for my anxiety. ”

Campbell paused and continued, "Since President Gemmar has questions about what happened to the Mithril Mine, there's no problem with that. If we can't come to a conclusion today, how about we go there tomorrow?"

Hearing what Campbell said, Jack breathed a long sigh of relief, His Royal Highness the Prince was willing to do this, so it means that he should not have paid attention to what President Gemmar said just now. It is also true, how could President Gema be so ignorant and say such things in front of the Sect Master and the Prince. It seems that the fact that the Duchy of Bavaria wanted to secede from the kingdom of Lancerens was not fake.

In recent years, there has been a rumor circulating in the southern frontier of the Duchy of Bavaria and the Kingdom of Lancerence that after the abdication of the current Mercenary King, the successor Maharaja of Bavaria, the Archduke of Bavaria, will break away from the control of the overlord Kingdom of Lancerence and become an independent state.

Although, many people think that this is fake news, after all, the independence of Bavaria, the Kingdom of Lancerence will definitely not agree, and the strength of the Duchy of Bavaria is not strong enough to fight one of the most powerful countries in the main plane. But there are still many people who believe in the independence of the Duchy of Bavaria, and the reason is very simple, the Kingdom of Lancerens is paying more and more taxes to the Duchy of Bavaria, which has led to more and more mercenaries in Bavaria, a mercenary country, being charged more and more service fees by mercenary associations, and many mercenaries, especially those large mercenary groups, have been protesting against this behavior.

There is even news that the independence of the Duchy of Bavaria is supported by the Kingdom of Bretonnias, which is also one of the chosen empires of the Holy Third Reich, and the Allivian Empire, another power on the mainland.

This is an undercurrent between the Duchy of Bavaria and the suzerainty of the Kingdom of Lanceens, and it is something that cannot be brought to the table to be discussed. And President Gemma almost broke it just now. If His Royal Highness Prince Campbell wants to pursue it, then even the mercenary group behind President Gema can't stop it, but it seems that His Royal Highness Prince Campbell doesn't plan to pursue this matter.

Just when Commander Jack was relieved, he was ready to go back to Mt. Yesli tomorrow to find out what had happened to Mine No. 1. Campbell suddenly said, "Mark." Then, as Jack looked at him in surprise and President Gemmar in disbelief, Campbell's squire, Mark, plunged a sword into President Gemmar's abdomen.

Campbell walked up to President Gemma with a cruel smile, looking at Gemma with disbelief, hatred, and fear, Campbell didn't speak, just took Mark's hand, and with a gentle force, pierced the sword through Gemma's abdomen.

After taking out a white handkerchief and wiping away the non-existent blood stains on his hands, Campbell walked up to the stunned Jack and said with a smile: "Commander Jack, I am very optimistic about you." ”