In the small restaurant of Château d'Agu, the Hollander family is enjoying dinner.

It's cold outside, but it's still warm inside, and Hollander sits at the table in his light pajamas and cuts a five-ripe steak, the soft light of which reflects the fine marble texture of the steak.

Holland was in a good mood, waving his knife and fork so fast that the steak on his plate looked like a rioting refugee slaughtering him. In his mind, the plan for the sneak attack on Iron Pine was flawless, and the execution process was accurate. At this moment, the main force of the refugee army is still waiting for assistance at the mouth of the canyon, and the lair behind them will soon be swept away by the Wolf Warrior Mercenary Regiment. What he has to do now is to wait for the good news from the front, and then issue an order to let the Spirit Snake Mercenary Group send troops to the mouth of the canyon, and cooperate with the Wolf Warrior Mercenary Group to completely solve the problem of the refugee rebellion in one battle.

"Today's steak is just right!"

Hollandster takes a boxy piece of beef to his mouth and chews slowly, savoring the tenderness of the steak melting on the tongue.

"Huh, Selena, why don't you eat it?"

Out of the corner of his eye, Holland suddenly found that his daughter, who usually likes to eat steak the most, was staring at the beef on the plate in front of her in a daze, and refused to take the knife.

"Selena, you don't seem to have much of an appetite?"

Madame Ogu also seemed to notice her daughter's abnormality, so she asked with concern.

"I'm fine!"

Selena, who didn't know what to think, reacted after hearing her parents' question, and hurriedly cut it with a knife, and the steak was cut open, revealing pink flesh at the incision, sometimes with a few traces of bright red blood.

"Gross!"

Looking at the bloodshot in the steak, Selena suddenly felt a tumult in her stomach, and she covered her mouth and ran out of the table.

"What's wrong with you, Miss?"

The maid who was waiting next to her hurriedly followed.

"I'll take a look!"

Madame Ogu stood up and walked out with her, a worried look on her calm face as she left the door.

"What a perfect magic array, it's a pity!"

After the lady and daughter went out, Hollanster put down his knife and fork, leaned heavily on the back of his seat, and looked up at the roof, where two magic arrays were in operation, all of them by Allen.

"My lord, urgent military situation!"

Just as Hollanster sighed that this world might never be able to produce the same perfect magic array again, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps outside the restaurant.

"The good news has finally arrived. ”

Hollanster stood up a little impatiently, and then the smile on his face froze.

Outside the door, a blackened, bloodied soldier staggered in, accompanied by the guards.

"My lord, we've been tricked. ”

As soon as the soldier entered, he fell to his knees and cried out: "Walker and Cecil are killed in battle, and the Wolf Warrior Mercenary Regiment is wiped out!"

"What!"

When Horranst heard this, he only felt that his eyes were dark, and his body staggered back a few steps, and he didn't even have the strength to stand firm.

"Your Excellency, you have to hold on. ”

Outside the door, a dark shadow flashed, and Barry House, the chief of the guard, appeared beside Hollanster and helped him. House also received the battle report from his subordinates, and knew that the situation was not good, so he hurried over.

"House, tell me, what the hell is going on? How could Walker and Cecil, one of them be a great swordsman and the other a great magician, could they have died in battle?

Hollander sat back in his chair with the help of Barry House.

"My lord, the news is true! There are traitors in the Wolf Warrior Mercenary Regiment, our plan is clear to the enemy, Walker has been ambushed, and Cecil has been killed by the traitor Quake. And..."

Barry House paused, looking sad, Walker and Cecil were old friends of his for many years, and the death of both of them hit him just as hard.

"The Dragon Yin mercenary group has rebelled and sided with the nomads, this matter has been a conspiracy from the beginning, and the Flying Eagle mercenary group that went into the mountain to rescue is also finished!"

Barry House took two deep breaths before revealing even more desperate news, the mutiny of the Dragonbard Mercenary Group and the complete destruction of the Eagle Mercenary Group meant that the balance of power between the warring sides had changed radically, and the ancient city of Okuzan would no longer be the dominant side in the war from this moment on.

"It's really annoying to me!"

Hollanster screamed, his throat hot, and a mouthful of blood spurted out.

"Your Excellency!"

The guards and servants pounced.

"I'm fine. ”

Spat out a mouthful of blood, Hollanster felt much more relaxed and calm, he struggled to sit down again, and the servant next to him handed him water to rinse his mouth.

"Send someone to bring Archmage Herbert over at once. ”

Hollanster commanded, but he immediately changed the order:

"House, it's better for you to go on a trip in person, and say that the ancient city of Aogu is at a critical juncture, and ask him to pull the brother again regardless of his previous suspicions. ”

Soon after Hollanster sent Alan south on a mission to assassinate the Pope, Herbert learned the truth, and the old man came to the door to angrily accuse Holranster of being stupid and stupid, and that his plan to frame Allen would completely destroy the future of the Agu family. At that time, Holland was not aware of his mistake at all, and still made all kinds of excuses for himself, and even blamed Herbert for betraying the friendship between the two people for many years in order to maintain Allen, and finally the two broke up unhappily, Herbert moved out of Ogu Manor directly after leaving, and never came to see him again.

"Yes, sir!"

"Also, try to keep today's events as secret as possible and don't spread the word. ”

"I understand!"

Barry House agreed, and turned down the hill to ask Herbert. Along the way, he devised several sets of rhetoric to persuade Herbert to return to the mountain, but it turned out to be completely useless, and he arrived at Herbert's house, and before he could make sense, Herbert had already offered to come to see Holancest.

Hearing that Herbert had arrived at all odds, Hollanster rushed out of the castle to meet him without putting on his coat.

"My lord, if you had listened to my kind words and persuasions, why did you get to this point today? ”

As soon as they met, Herbert was a little angry and blamed.

"Old friend, I apologize to you for my previous words and deeds, you are right. But now the ancient city of Okugu has reached the point of exhaustion, and only you can save us. ”

Hollanster took the arm of the old magician, whose beard was white, and wept bitterly.

"It would have been nice if Alan hadn't gone south!"

The old magician sighed, and the situation that had once given him infinite hope was not only gone, but quickly crumbling to the point of crumbling.

"Archmage, what are you talking about Eren now? It is imperative that we find ways to stop the refugees and reverse the unfavourable situation. ”

Barry House said with some dissatisfaction.

"To solve the problem, we need to find the root cause, do you really think that this rebellion was started by nomads?"

"Isn't it?"

"Of course not! The only person who can respond to the call of the ancient city state of Okuro and make the nomads and the dragon bard mercenary group bow down to their ears, Allen!"

"Poof!"

Hollanster fell headlong to the ground.