Chapter 166: The Price of Growth (Part I)

When night falls, it is also the time when many people start to get excited.

The city of Gray is a city that has been unified for many years, different from the war-torn areas where wars have broken out for many years, after nightfall, the whole city begins to be noisy, people come out of their homes, go out into the streets, enter the various entertainment venues, and start the nightlife like the old times.

On the road in front of an extremely luxurious restaurant, a luxury car came from a distance and finally slowly stopped in front of the restaurant. After a few moments, a meticulously dressed old driver who looked to be fifty or sixty years old got out of the car and respectfully opened the door in the back.

As the car door was opened, an old man in gorgeous clothes walked out, the old man looked older than the driver, his face was already full of wrinkles, he was holding a cane inlaid with gorgeous gems in his hand, and his back was already rickety, but his eyes were unusually bright, but there was a thick worry in it at the moment, and the next moment in the respectful eyes of everyone, he tried to straighten his waist that was already rickety, and tried to slow down his pace, and walked towards the restaurant.

The restaurant looks luxurious from the outside, and after entering the restaurant, it is even more luxurious to the extreme visual impact, but what is unusual is that there is no guest in the restaurant tonight, not only that, the original neatly placed tables inside are messy, more than a dozen tables and chairs have been shattered and fallen to the ground, the expensive carpet is contaminated with all kinds of wine and food, and the air is filled with the smell of alcohol and blood.

One meter after the entrance to the restaurant, a man in a black suit was lying down, the man had fallen into a coma, and the scars on his face showed that he had just gone through a fight, or had been beaten up.

The only table that existed in the dining room was a five-meter-long dining table, which was filled with all kinds of delicious food and a few bottles of good wine, and although there were no guests in the dining room at the moment, there were still quite a few people, of course, who were not guests, as evidenced by their respectful formation in a neat line and their armed guns.

They were wearing uniform battlefield combat uniforms, their faces were almost numb without the slightest expression, their number reached about a hundred, just standing there, an indescribable momentum emanated, making people's hearts chill.

More than a hundred of them were standing there, but one was sitting.

The seated person was a woman, not pretty, but extremely attractive, dressed in a wide camouflage uniform, with a very satisfied smile on her face, who was concentrating on the delicious food in front of her, ignoring the old driver and the old man who had walked in.

"This beautiful young lady is very honored to have you in the City of Gray, I wonder if the food in this restaurant will satisfy you?" The old man's posture and tone perfectly interpret the aristocratic etiquette of the old era. However, the only deficiency was that when the old man said this, his body was actually trembling slightly, and he seemed to be nervous, as if he was not facing a woman, but a cold killing machine.

Alice didn't even lift her eyelids, still concentrating on the food on the plate, then she paused and said lightly, "I don't like to be disturbed when I'm eating." With that, she closed her mouth again and continued to enjoy her meal.

The old man's hand on crutches trembled even more, and cold sweat even began to break out on his forehead, and when he finally waited for Alice to finish wiping his mouth, he immediately couldn't wait to speak, but the aristocratic temperament of the old era on his body immediately disappeared by half: "May I ask what the old man wants to call you?" ”

Looks like a sycophantic old pug.

Alice's gaze finally moved to him, smiled, made an invitation to sit down, and said, "You can call me Phantom." ”

The old man sat down with a grateful expression, and immediately said, "Miss Phantom, you are very welcome to the city of Gray, but the old man has some things to figure out and wants to ask Miss Phantom." ”

Alice laughed lightly, shook her head and said: "Smart people will not be like you, you don't have to have a fluke mentality, and you don't need to ask me anything, my purpose is as you can see, you see, the most powerful master here has been beaten down by me, although the strength of this so-called Gray City is not very good, and the scenery is not as good as I imagined, but I still decided to take over this city, you should know the truth of the law of the jungle better than me." ”

The old man's face turned miserable when he heard this, and he trembled and said, "Miss Phantom......"

Alice waved her hand violently to stop what he was about to say, and then her face quickly turned cold, and she frowned and said: "I don't like chattering old things, respecting this kind of ghost thing is worthless in my opinion, if you still want your little family to exist in this world, then keep the mentality of absolute obedience, otherwise, the Gray family will disappear!" ”

The old man kept wiping his sweat, his heart was numb for a while, he didn't know what to say, he couldn't imagine that the woman in front of him was so strong, just used less than an hour to destroy all the defensive forces of Gray City, not only that, but the proudest seventh and eighth order master in Gray City directly became a joke in the eyes of the more than a hundred warriors in front of him, just like the man lying at the door, the master of the eighth order strength in the Gray family, in front of the man whose eyes were as sharp as falcons, it didn't last more than a minute before he was directly knocked down.

He knew very well that although the total number of people in front of him was only more than a hundred good people, when it came to combat effectiveness, it was more powerful than the combat power of the warriors in the entire Gray City combined.

Under the conditions of absolute obedience put forward by such a powerful invader, even if he is a little famous in the entire Northwest Lands, and in the eyes of many people is extremely strong, he is facing a psychological breakdown at this moment.

No one wants to die, and no one wants to give up everything they have to others, but in the face of death, everything is not a problem in comparison, so he just thought for ten seconds, and then said in a bitter voice: "The Gray family, happy to work for Miss Phantom......"

Alice stopped talking, just waved her hand a little impatiently, the old Gray breathed a sigh of relief, and then left quickly twice as fast as when he came in, before leaving, he did not forget to take the man lying at the door away, paused when he walked to the door, and then quickly squatted down, and the hand that was not holding the cane had already grabbed the man who did not know life and death, and burst out with strength that did not match his appearance, and dragged out of the restaurant door like a dead dog.

Seeing this, Alice shook her head slightly, poured herself another glass of wine, took a sip lightly, then sighed softly, and slowly closed her eyes, no one knew what she was thinking.

Hawkeye, who was standing in the team, walked out slowly, walked to Alice with an expressionless face and stopped, and said coldly: "Will we force him to do something like a dog jumping off the wall?" ”

Alice's eyes were still closed, and she said softly, "So what? A dog is just a dog after all, don't try to challenge the dignity of the hunter, if he does, he will find that the wall is higher than he imagined, and he can't jump over. ”

Hawkeye acquiesced to what she meant, and continued, "I'm going to report that the two soldiers sent out to intercept the Fifth have been confirmed dead. ”

Alice seemed to have already guessed this ending, and just asked lightly: "No. 5 killed them and won't chase them anymore?" ”

Hawkeye's face was a little solemn, and he said, "The purpose of the fifth seems to be just a temptation, I believe he has already guessed that it is us." ”

Alice said, "So what? This is a doomed thing, not to mention his arrival, I believe that many people in the entire Northwest Land are watching here. But you don't have to worry, what should be done, still have to be done, what should be done, continue to complete, the king's mission is more important than everything! ”

Hawkeye subconsciously said respectfully, then was silent for a moment, and said, "What are you going to do next?" Oh, I'd suggest you should cause a little trouble for the Fifth to see how far he's got now. ”

Alice opened her eyes and said, "Say." ”

Hawkeye said expressionlessly: "A newly rising city will have too much energy demand, according to the information I know, the new Inquisition will develop, the first thing to do is to find steel energy to make weapons to enrich their defensive strength, now we take over the city of Gray, I will send people to destroy the energy resources of the Inquisition, forcing them to find new energy, the fifth is a smart person, in the face of our strength, the Inquisition District will not choose to fight with us head-on." ”

Alice was silent for a moment and said, "So you want the Inquisition to go to war with Watt City?" ”

Hawkeye said: "Yes, Lord Phantom, I think the most important thing now is to know the overall strength of the Inquisition, so that we can formulate strategic objectives, this is the fastest way in my opinion, and in the war, the growth rate of the Fifth will also be accelerated." ”

Alice frowned and thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "Yes, just do as you say!" ”

Hawkeye respectfully should step back!

Alice closed her eyes again after saying this, and seemed to be a little tired. And in her mind, Su Qin's resolute and handsome face appeared, and the ten fingers of her hands were subconsciously crossed together, slowly placed on her lower abdomen, and her fingers unconsciously flicked gently. The movements were extremely gentle, and a mother was stroking her own blood and bones.

Su Qin, this is the price you need to pay to grow up! I just hope you can be faster, faster!

Alice muttered to herself.