The snow is getting heavier and heavier.

The veteran tightened his cloak and walked into the manor with the delegates who had arrived from the canneries south of the city.

The children had already been driven back to the house, and the manor's vigilante team confirmed the identity of the veterans and checked the representatives, before they made way for the passage.

"At noon today, our people noticed that those who caused the conflict were not our people." The veteran turned his head to look at the deputies: "Just now the representatives of the Arsenal and the Foundry also confirmed that those people are not their people. ”

"It's definitely not our people, those people are full of accents from the central provinces of the empire, and we northerners can't stand with them." This was stated by the representative of refugees from the North.

The central province of the empire he spoke of was a thing of the last era, and now, that place is the center of the western human world, the Divine Kingdom...... Of course, it can no longer be said that it is sacred, and their gods are dead.

"I'm curious how they got in, there must be one of us...... Traitor. Another local delegate cursed.

The veteran was silent, and he pushed open the door to the council chamber in the center of the manor.

"Everybody's already here." The veteran gave way to the passage, and when the deputies entered the hall, he unbuckled his cloak and closed the door: "Someone wants to sow discord between us and Mr. Marin and let us go to war with the town hall. ”

"Those people have to be found, I've had sensible kids go out on the streets." The director of the slaughterhouse said this, and looked around at everyone present: "We are all people who have received the kindness of Mr. Marin, without him, I would not be able to sit in this position, my children will starve, my wife may have run away with someone else, so we must find those guys." ”

"And then what to do?" As the representative of the accounting office, the young apprentice looked at everyone: "You are all mortals, if those guys come prepared, they will definitely not be good gentlemen, can you really defeat them." ”

"I have experience fighting Chaos in the north, and I have trained three squads in the self-police team using military methods, all of which are the latest fast guns, explosives, and magic scrolls." The veteran said this and looked at his colleague sitting in the corner: "Jacob, what about you." ”

"I have seventeen people, almost the same equipment as you, I hunted a Chaos wizard with my teammates when I was younger, I have experience dealing with the transcendent, we have fast guns, we have explosives, and distance is the key to defeating them."

This one-eyed man was a second lieutenant in the Northern Kingdom, and after retiring from the army, he returned to his hometown to farm, but because of the great famine, he had to go south with everyone.

After he finished speaking, he looked at the elf leaning against the wall: "Long ears, how many people do you have there?" ”

"I brought three apprentices, and my life was given to me by His Excellency Marin." Wearing an iron mask, his voice didn't sound like an elf, but his posture was not fake: "As long as you have the courage, I don't mind having more helpers on the way to hunt down those bastards." ”

"You've got only four men and four spears, and I've got hundreds of gunslingers here." The former leader of the fast gun gang in the west of the city, the current captain of the security team, pouted his big mouth: "The question now is not whether we have the strength or not, but we must find those bastards in the fastest way and then kill them all, the conflict at noon is not something we want to provoke, but now those big businessmen of the business guild and their dogs have put all the blame on us, we should do something." ”

"What can we do?" The representative of the dwarven craftsmen was a little eager to try: "Tonight, a fire will blow up those broken newspaper offices?" Then again, you human machinations are disgusting to us dwarves. ”

"There's not a lot of people here who aren't human, you idiot, can you think a little more before you speak." His companion slapped him from behind, and then looked at the veteran who was rolling his eyes: "Veteran, you have been following Mr. Marin for a long time, and he also believes in you, you say, what are we going to do." ”

"yes, what can we do?" The halfling representative looked at the veteran while 'polishing' his nails with the dagger in his hand.

"In my hometown, dogs that bite people are hanged, and I know Mr. Marin's bottom line, which is not to shed blood, but today this bottom line was broken at noon, and our children who have read in the church say that this should be someone who is in the fire, and these people who provoke conflict want to see rivers of blood...... We make Him perfect. ”

"The Fort Carter Light newspaper in the east of the city said that it was to drive out all the non-Fort Carter people, saying that these vampires had taken away the jobs of the locals, but in our eyes, only lazy people and moths were not worthy of work, and everyone who worked for Mr. Marin was a person who worked hard to survive, and we were united by Mr. Marin regardless of each other, region, or color...... So, Barry, can your man let the newspaper owner accidentally stumble into the sea while drunk? ”

"Yes, but do you really have to?" The captain of the security team raised an eyebrow.

"Okay, still no." The veteran looked at him.

"I'll do it myself." The man nodded vigorously: "He will definitely die in the icy sea." ”

"I didn't let you kill him." The veteran shook his head.

This made Mr. Captain a little puzzled: "If you fall into the sea in this weather, you will definitely die." ”

"He would have died of severe pneumonia after falling into the sea, and if he hadn't died, he would have fallen into some disease, all of which was a heavy debt that would be difficult to repay in his wallet." The boss walked up to him, stretched out his hand, and patted him on the shoulder: "Mr. Marin handed you a bottle of potion worth a thousand gold and relieved your pain for you, and he, Mr. President, who looks very decent, does not have a Mr. Marin as his boss, I think, this is probably life." ”

"Yes, sir, my life was given by Mr. Marin, you are not wrong, this is life." The man replied reverently.

"Remember, Mr. Marin said, mercy is a gift to a friend, and death is the best gift to an enemy." After the veteran finished speaking, he stretched out his hand, and the latter nodded, then took the veteran's hand and kissed it lightly on the war service ring, which symbolized rights and obligations.

This is a ring that only comes from birth to death with Mr. Marin, a medal that Mr. Marin has given to those he trusts, and it is a dream for countless people in the group.

"Elf." The veteran looked at the iron mask.

"What's wrong?" The elf stood up.

"I know you don't want to do dirty work, but here's a job that suits you best, the president of the local business guild has seven large warehouses that everyone knows, but few living people know that he also has a warehouse in the old town west of the city, which contains some shady things, burn it, let's reduce the burden on Mr. President's wallet."

"There, okay, leave it to me, my apprentice and I have touched it, it's not a problem to get rid of it, but if you want to block the news, you have to get rid of all the people there, and the last time I went there there were about thirty people, dressed as outcasts, and I need a team of helpers." The elf looked at the veteran: "Just come with a team of people, and the marksmanship is better." ”

"I'll give you a team." The one-eyed man looked at the veteran after speaking: "What about us." ”

"The rest of you and my people wait for news, and when we find those guys, we will go and cut off their heads, they provoked a conflict between us and the police, killed seven workers, and put the breadwinner of forty-two families in prison, this sin must be washed with blood."

At this moment, there was a knock on the door of the council hall, and the veteran heard the rhythm of the knock clearly, he opened the door and looked at the half-sized man covered in snow, although the latter was shivering with cold, but he still gave a good news with an excited face: "The little cub of the halfling found a few of them, they are in a small block in the new district of Chengbei, there are not many people nearby, and it is very suitable for starting." ”

"Haha, it was our kids who found them." The halfling smiled and clapped his legs: "There are more alleys there, and our people can ambush those who run away with crossbows." ”

"Yes, tell everyone, use crossbows and revolvers, and don't shoot until you have to." After speaking, the veteran looked at One-Eyed: "Let's go." ”

"Take us, we dwarves have a knack for hand-to-hand combat, and, kill them all." The dwarven representatives quickly followed the queue.

"No, if you can, leave a few alive, and we'll ask the instructors from their mouths."

"That's okay, in addition to being good at using axes, how to use sticks is also our strength."

When the people in the council hall were empty and standing in the corner, and Lady Liana, who had been treated as air by everyone, finally put away the newspaper in her hand, and Lady Anna's maid sighed in some surprise: "What a surprising meeting, I thought at first that they would storm the town hall like a mob, fight with the police, and then beat all the bear-eating guys in the business guild to death." ”

"You're not talking about workers, you're talking about thugs, Lena." Lady Anna stepped out of the open portal and looked at the closed door: "This boy is really good at working miracles, I didn't know why he made the workers read and write, but now I finally really understand the true meaning of the phrase knowledge is power, knowledge is not just the poisonous wine that the tongue bird gives to mortals, Lena." ”

"Yes, Anna, but it really doesn't matter if they send the president of that newspaper into the sea?"

"It doesn't matter, since you already have the consciousness of being a weapon, you should understand that the long sword will break, the spear is easy to break, and all the soldiers in this world will eventually be broken one day."

After Anna finished speaking, the portal opened behind her: "Since we've seen the excitement, we should go, Lena." ”

"Do you want to go back and tell Goethe?"

"Tell him, or he'll think his Fort Carter is going to be someone else right under his nose."

………………

"The guests at the newspaper next door are really happy today." Orange Peel came to the counter with a new menu, and the Thamanan meow passed the menu to the boss.

"When our guests are happy, we can make more money." The boss of the southern Thai man said as he handed the menu to the kitchen window behind him: "Wife, it's time to add dishes again." ”

"They can really eat."

"You can only be healthy if you can eat."

There was laughter in the kitchen, and the boss looked down to see his wife cooking with the spirits.

As a chef, his wife is cutting the large steak into pieces, and some of the spirits are boiling the base, some are finely chopping vegetables, some are peeling, and some notice him, the manager: "What's the problem?" The black-skinned cat spirit asked.

"No...... I just don't think my guests really get out of the food. ”

"We're not going to be bald like you!" The black-skinned cat spirit screamed and launched what was called a vitriolic rebuttal.

The boss touched his shiny head, and finally rolled his eyes, he turned and looked at the orange cat: "Your companion is really difficult to deal with. ”

"yes, meow, black skin has always been like this." The cat spirit monster stands on the earth.

"Dear Tynan cat, I have to add vegetables!" There was a greeting from the guest's section, and the orange-skinned spirit ran over as fast as he could.

The store manager sitting at the counter stretched out his hand and caught the messenger fairy flying over, he glanced at the news it brought, then looked around, took out a special note and pen from the corner, and wrote four words on it.

The guests were there.

………………

“…… Another roasted sarohon hind hooves and two large bottles of rice wine! After ordering, Mr. Merchant, who was middle-aged, smiled and waved his hand to his guest: "Don't worry, Mr. Lawyer, the food and wine here are all great, although they are also considered spirits, but don't worry, they don't eat people." ”

"I know they don't eat people, but sir, something really happened at noon today." The old lawyer said with a frown.

But his patron didn't listen at all, and he and the president of Fort Carter's Light drank exotic rice wine and laughed loudly, as if everything had settled.

This made the old man even more worried, and only yesterday his companion by telegram warned him very vaguely - take it as you see it, old fellow.

If someone else said that, the old lawyer was afraid that he would never say a word to him again, but this peer was the senior who helped him back then—yes, it was an elf lawyer.

Whether it is in terms of age or time in the industry, his existence is completely exploded, and only he can say that he is an old guy.

Because the old lawyer is old, and he is still young.

This warning reminded him a little about what kind of person Marin was, he was the king's son-in-law, the darling of the church, and the old lawyer had never seen a person of his stature suffer such a loss.

But he just ate, and then, like a man who was fine, all day either helping out in the church or talking to his workers, thanks to him, the workers kept their cries in a very rational voice.

But it all happened at noon today...... It's all over.

Seven workers died, and nearly a hundred were arrested.

If it were in those parts of the Northern Kingdom, I am afraid that there would have been a river of blood between the workers and the police.

But there was no, and the workers retreated, a very formidable rationality, and these workers showed a terrible solidarity that made the old lawyer tremble.

The members of the Chamber of Commerce felt that this was over, that the workers were not working, that Marin could not pay the workers indefinitely, and that they could only press Marin, the black sheep, to death at Fort Carter if they only needed to extend the investigation time limit.

It's funny who they forgot who is the one who is moving against the tide of history.

The old lawyer suddenly became a little bored with his job, and even more fatally, in the evening, his assistant told him that they had not found Casaman Sarian for a day.

This made the old lawyer vigilant - it is impossible for a person to disappear suddenly, and they immediately called the police, but the police officer only took the case, but did not take any action, they did not investigate, they did not confirm, and they did not go to those estates and factories to look for possible traces.

What is it possible that the officers did not go to someone?

There are two possibilities, one is that they already know that he is dead.

The second is that they already know that he is 'protected'.

If it's the former, then why don't they arrest people? The old lawyer didn't dare to think of this answer - because it was likely to be a Chaos Believer, and only the Chaos Believer died Isn't it just dead, and no one will do justice for them.

And if he is protected...... How is it possible, only the Chaos Believers who have been captured alive will have to be treated with such strict protection.

All in all, the old man was a little unable to see the truth of this, and what was even more fatal was that the old man found a problem - since Mr. Marin's workers were so self-disciplined, how did the conflict at noon today happen?

Tonight he had to go back and rewatch the footage.

There were some doubts that he had to figure out.

As a lawyer, he doesn't want to be able to live for a hundred years, but at least he can't leave a stench for 10,000 years.

As he thought so, he noticed his apprentice waving at the door of the shop.

It was the young man who said he was unwell tonight, and said that he was going to stay at the hotel, but why did he come at this time.

The old man got up and walked over: "Is there any problem, Vadar. ”

"Teacher, I've just looked at the footage and someone is stirring up ......a dispute," the young kid said in a very anxious tone.

"What to say." Glancing at the long table, he noticed that no one had noticed this, and the old man hurriedly asked.

"Someone is stirring up a clash between the police and the workers, I see several people, they are agitating, teacher, please come back with me."

"Okay, you wait for me, I'll go get my coat."

After the old man finished speaking, he turned around to get his coat, and expressed his apologies to the big merchant who had invited him: "My apprentice has a problem that I need to see, and he is out of company. ”

Bidding farewell to everyone, the old man put on his coat and followed his apprentice out of the hotel.

………………

The orange-skinned cat spirit watched the old man and the young man walk out of the storefront, and turned his head to look at the boss on the counter: "Do you want to take care of it, that young man is all stinky." ”

"Don't meddle with things." The boss snorted and was about to turn around to take a look at the progress of work in the kitchen, when suddenly he and the orange peel turned their heads to look outside the store at the same time.

"Someone followed." There was a smile on the orange-skinned cat spirit's face that couldn't be hidden: "That old gentleman is a good man." ”

"He's a good guy, and really good guys are going to laugh and come back to life." The boss snorted, then sighed with some relief.

Eventually, he attributed his joy to the fact that no one had died in the alley near his shop.

Yes, no one.