The Intramural city of Voott is located in the south-central part of Breeland, and a tributary of the Dagger River passes through the northern shore of the city, and on the southern outskirts of the city is the vast King's Forest. This sprawling city was founded more than a century ago and belongs to the realm of Queen Nan, one of the five descendants of the Galifa Empire.

The abundance of the Plains, the tributaries of the Dagger River and the King's Forest, makes the city come alive. Possessing the best alchemists and magical technology in the continent of Kovarley, Breland is the industrial center of the entire continent.

In the middle of the end war, they even built a huge flying fortress that floated in the air, the city of Argens. During the Battle of the Leaning Tower, due to the capture of the Leaning Tower Fortress by Thrennes, Breland was once in danger of destroying the country. It was the city of Argens that replaced the Leaning Tower fortress as the last line of defense against Serein.

The development of magic technology has made the streets and alleys of Woot full of alchemy supply stores. Fischl Strasse is one such shopping street that specializes in magical supplies. However, unlike other shopping streets, the shops on Fischl Strasse are mostly run by some of the big families in the royal city.

In some of the boutique shops here, you can even see high-end structures with a sense of simplicity. Of course, the price of this Iron Guard is also quite expensive, and almost only some large families have the financial resources to buy it.

As an emerging aristocrat with the dragon pattern of animal husbandry, the Cross family also has a boutique protective gear store on Fischl Street. At this time, the current head of the Cross family, Phil, the half-elf, is holding the leopard-print chinchilla named Avar in his shop.

In fact, Phil didn't come here to take care of the Cross family's business, and at such a critical juncture, the half-elves didn't have the heart to focus on business. He came here because a batch of magic tools secretly acquired by the Cross family arrived, and this batch of magic tools will be used in the Dragon Crystal Vein Project, and there is no room for error.

"Speed up the loading speed, all goods must be delivered to the suburban estate before sunset!" Phil had a serious face and gave orders to the shop's servants.

Looking up at the sun outside the window as it began to set west, the half-elf's face was full of melancholy. He received very bad news yesterday, a message from the Cross family's spies who had infiltrated the periphery of the Red Rose Order. Leo Foster, the chief of guard of Prince Felix, had a secret meeting with Shepis yesterday afternoon.

After this meeting, Red Rose gathered more than twenty high-level powerhouses. According to this secret agent, almost all of these strong men have the level of earth warriors, and some of them are even close to the strength of the Sky Knight Sappis.

Such a powerful force is already comparable to the elite team of the Twelve Dragons Family, and this news made Phil shocked and couldn't sleep at night.

If Shepis did carry out an assassination mission, there would be no single force or family in the city of Voot that could match it, except for the regular army. If the target of the assassination is the Third Prince, they can break through the Cross family's suburban manor head-on and forcibly kill Brian.

The only thing that made Phil feel fortunate was that Shepis had only gathered his men and had not taken any action, and he himself had been staying in the basement of the tavern without leaving the house.

Thinking of this, the half-elf patriarch was afraid for a while, but fortunately he entrusted the task to Shepis one step ahead. With Red Rose's rumored credibility, the third prince Brian should still be safe until he is officially rejected.

Phil had decided that if Red Rose made a move, or officially rejected their commission, then the Cross family could only immediately send the third prince Brian out of the royal city of Warot. Once the eldest prince Felix has the help of the Red Rose, there will be no safety in the royal city for the third prince Brian.

After an all-night of intense negotiations last night, Brian and Phil finally came to an agreement. That is, the eldest prince Felix should also have learned the news of the dragon crystal vein, otherwise, he would not have found the Red Rose Organization after them.

This realization made the two of them frustrated, judging from the time, this news would not be leaked by Red Rose. Then there is only one source of leakage - the Northern Army.

The Northern Army as a whole, nominally, they supported the third prince Brian. But this support is not allegiance, and the only people they owe allegiance are the real King Breland. Since they can't fully control the Northern Army, it is inevitable that there will be a few opportunists in the army who will put their chips on the eldest prince Felix.

The third prince, Brian, was decisive by nature, and after getting the news, he immediately decided to increase his chips and win over the Red Rose organization, which was still hesitating. If it weren't for today's important shipment, it is believed that the half-elves would have been on their way to the tavern liaison office by now.

"Patriarch, all the goods have been packed and ready to go!" Joey walked over to Phil and whispered.

"Well, Joey, you lead the escort to send the convoy to the manor!" Phil looked at the sky, hesitated for a moment, and said, "I'm going somewhere else." ”

"Patriarch, it's too dangerous, once we separate, there won't be a few guards left with you." Joey was taken aback, and immediately objected, "You are a thorn in the side of His Royal Highness the Great Prince......

"They don't keep an eye on me all the time! The Red Rose hasn't settled on it, so I'm really relieved! The half-elf waved his hand worriedly, "That's it, you take the convoy back to the manor, and I'll go to the tavern of Red Rose." As long as they take the task, I'll ask them to send someone to escort me back! ”

"Please be careful!" Joey sighed and headed out with a large group of guards.

Looking at the departing convoy, Phil pondered for a moment and beckoned to a shop servant beside him, "Come here, take off your clothes!" ”

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"Lord Leo, the Cross family's convoy is out!" An assassin dressed as a coachman casually walked up to a small vendor on the side of the road, crouched down and picked at the stall.

"Have you seen their half-elf patriarch!" The little vendor in a tattered felt hat looked up and said in a deep voice. On his slightly blue face, the scars at the corners of his eyes were slightly red, and it was none other than Leo Foster, the chief of guard of the eldest prince Felix.

"I've seen it with detection magic, only that old butler Joey, no half-elf Phil!" The coachman whispered.

As the two were talking, a bright magic lamp suddenly lit up in the window of a shop somewhere on the street.

"Hey, wait, the target has appeared, and there are only five or six guards around......"

"See, act!" Leo stood up, took out a demon mask from his bosom and put it on his face, and his huge body rushed forward.

"Protect the patriarch and retreat into the store!"

Seeing countless black-clothed men with sharp blades appearing from all corners of Fischl Street, the face of the Cross family's guards changed drastically, and they stopped Phil behind him and quickly retreated into the family's magic armor shop.

The servants in the shop ran out of the shop crying and out of the store, scattering into the street......

"Rush in!" Leo's face turned ruthless, and with a wave of his hand, the dead soldiers under his command immediately rushed into the Cross family's protective gear shop through the doors and windows, and exchanged hands with the guards in the store.

Leo, who followed behind, walked quickly to the door of the store, and was about to enter the door, but his face changed, he paused, and turned his head suddenly.

"Bang!" A strong wind swept through Leo's ears, making a terrible popping sound on the lintel beside him, and splinters of wood rubbed several bloody streaks on the face of the retired head of the Royal Order.

Leo's sharp eyes just swept away, and in an instant, he saw a small pebble deeply embedded in the lintel that had blown out a big hole.

"Stones?" A hint of doubt flashed in Leo's eyes, and he couldn't help but turn his head to look in the direction where the stones were flying.

I saw that in the direction of the street where the stones were flying, passers-by were running in all directions in a panic. However, among the fleeing crowd, a middle-aged servant dressed as a clerk caught Leo's attention.

Behind the middle-aged servant, followed by a cute golden tanuki, Leo shook his whole body, roared wildly and flew away.

"Leopard Totoro?! He's Phil! ”