Evening.

The mayor's dining room was still lit.

The protagonists of the restaurant are still Rodriguez and Lancelot. But unlike this morning, the atmosphere in the restaurant was eerie.

The lord of Rodriguez was happily slicing the steak, humming an unknown tune as he ate. Paladin Lancelot's face did not have a smile on his face, but his face was gloomy, and his eyes were as vicious as a sword staring at Rodriguez.

"Why, you're so happy to have a squire dead?" Lancelot scoffed, "Looks like you've sold him for a good price!" ”

"If I'm not mistaken...... Rodriguez slurred words as he shoved a large chunk of juicy steak into his mouth, "...... That good price seems to be yours. The son of a low-ranking aristocratic family was exchanged for alchemy fertilizer worth 380 gospel gold coins, and even I was a little jealous. ”

Although he said this jealousy, Lord Rhode's eyes did not show any dissatisfaction, but gloated more.

"You always describe your Knights of the Hand of the Holy Inquisition as pitiful, and any department of the Church of Light can send you...... But now it seems that you guys are fat on this errand! The alchemy fertilizer that can't be bought is 5 carts as soon as you give it, tsk......"

"Hmph." Lancelot's face turned a little green, "That's half a year's quota for the farm under my own name!" ”

"Yo, I remember when I hired cannon fodder, it was a few hundred gold, but I was very generous at that time, why do I feel sorry for this few hundred gold now?" Rodriguez smirked.

“…… That's public money, and it's a budget ......," Lancelot whispered.

"Oh? What the? Didn't I hear clearly? "Rodriguez deliberately put on a tentative look, you are louder.

Lancelot's face became even more gloomy, and he sat down in his chair and did not speak again.

The two men fell silent.

Even though Rodriguez had finished his sumptuous dinner and began to enjoy the red flame fruit, the two of them still didn't say a word.

A storm was brewing between the two big guys, and the weird and dignified atmosphere weighed down the surrounding soldiers who didn't even consciously lighten their breathing, for fear that the loud voice would attract the attention of the big guys.

The two of them remained at a stalemate until a report from a black-armored squire broke the frozen air.

"My lord, she's back."

"Oh?" Rodriguez raised his eyebrows, looked at Lancelot, who was silent, and nodded, "Okay, call her in." ”

"Yes." The attendant departed.

A short time later, a woman in a black dress and a bandage around her chest and right hand walked in.

"Lord Lord, Lord Paladin." The woman bowed and stood at the table with her hands tied.

"Looks like ...... Are you a failure? Rodriguez's eyes flashed with solemnity. Although he gloated about what happened to Lancelot before, after all, he was the one who made the decision to arrest him. I thought he was just an insignificant little person, but now it seems that this is not the case.

A character who can escape from a 4-star high-level professional is not a threat to himself as a lord, but in some cases, a ring-holding person with the purpose of pulling his back legs can be even more of a headache. So the question now is to figure out who that person is, what is his strength, and then decide on the follow-up strategy after evaluation.

"Yes. Your Lordship. Blake Ruth bowed her head slightly.

“…… Moreover, it also suffered. ”

"Yes."

"So, that person isn't actually a 1-star ring holder, is he?" Lord Rhodes speculated, "Although you lost the core cards, I also know your strength, after all, you are a famous 4-star powerhouse, I believe you still have some inventory at the bottom of the box, let's talk about it, how did you suffer?" Are you reluctant to give up cards? ”

"Of course not." Blake Ruth said respectfully, at this time, she couldn't see the way she looked before, and she didn't know if she was hit by Chen Yin, or if she was a little afraid when facing the most powerful man in the Rhodes Collar.

"That's how it was ......"

Poison Rose was the original commander of how Chen Yin shocked others, how to escape the encirclement, and how he was forced to show up to chase Chen Yin, and how did he shoot and delay...... Even when it comes to her lust (meow) seduction and schemes, there is nothing to hide.

“…… He shattered my shadow shield with two shots in a row, and if it weren't for my quick reaction, maybe I would have died there. He has a very powerful projectile, somewhat similar to the rifled cannon invented by the dwarven master Rodman Copperbeard, but the projectile is larger, heavier, and slower. If I switch to rifled artillery, I won't be able to react at all. ”

"Oh? Only one projectile flew out? Is this a new smoothbore gun? Paladin-sama? Rodriguez thought for a moment and found that his knowledge could not explain the problem, so he turned to Lancelot and asked, "After all, you graduated from the advanced examination department, unlike us who have completed the first four years of study and are kicked out of the seminary before the examination is completed." ”

The corners of Lancelot's mouth unconsciously curled upward, and he forcibly controlled his emotions, and said with an expressionless face: "I'm also casually saying that for this situation, the possibility of a new smoothbore gun is not very likely." I guess he still worked on the projectile. But the person didn't catch it, so naturally he didn't know what kind of alchemy technique he used. ”

"It doesn't sound like anything special." Rodriguez shook his head, "If it's just this level, I'm sure he's no match for you." So, Miss Poison Rose, you shouldn't be done yet, are you? What were you doing while he reloaded? Or what happened? ”

“…… He ...... "Poison Rose hesitated.

"How?" Rodriguez frowned in displeasure, and suddenly a superior momentum rushed to his face. As a 6-star knight and a lord with a huge territory, Rodriguez holds the power of life and death of many people in every sense, and this momentum of giving and giving is by no means something that a low-level civilian Poison Rose can resist.

"I'm sorry, I just don't know where to start, because I still can't believe it." Blake Ruth paused slightly, but still gritted her teeth and expressed the doubts in her heart.

He ...... Obviously, it's just a one-star card ring, even if I'm wrong, so many people's feelings shouldn't be wrong. But...... But when he was loading, he didn't know what method he used, and he actually filled his card ring with a full 6 soul crystals at once! ”

"Lie!! How can a 1-star card ring be filled with 6 soul crystals!? Rodriguez roared, and even Lancelot, who had not spoken all this time, frowned, obviously not believing what Poison Rose said.

But at this moment, a black-armored squire behind Rodriguez suddenly spoke, and the voice was actually a woman!

"Father...... Lord Rod, although the woman arrested earlier didn't say anything, the bloody hand who had contact with the 1-star ring holder said something. At first, I thought he was lying to me, so I didn't dare to mention it to you, but now ......"

"Oh? What is it? ”