The Blood Knight, one of the members of the Sage, was sent to the Dark Police Office directly under the Archduke of Eastwood at the suggestion of the Red Comet Marthas, and Aldrich Tris, who had learned during his months as a Night Watchman that different military and political branches followed certain rules, pondered for a moment and did not object.

When the two of them escorted Lockner to the Dark Police Hall, Titus, who had known the news of the arrival of the two Grand Knights in advance, was still speculating about their origins, and his deputy and partner Raul Blanc advised the Night Knight Captain not to put on a grand scene to greet them, but to keep a low profile.

Having served in the Secret Police Department for many years, dealing with rats in the sewers and gutters, he has a keen sense of smell and can easily deduce that something terrible is going on from the identities of the two men.

As expected, when the Blood Knight with a broken spine was sent to the Grey Live, he voluntarily confided what he had said to Aldrich Triss and Marthas before he could accept the punishment, but the veteran judges Fran Sisco and Stiller did not believe the confession without blood and tears, and according to the rules of the Gray Live, Lockner was tortured without a single intact skin on his body, so he was satisfied that he closed his eyes forever.

The alchemists raised by the Secret Police Department had been waiting for a long time, and they were busy taking out the hollow blood pith needle that absorbed the essence of flesh and blood, stabbing it into the heart of the vampire who had been squeezed out of his full potential by the punishment, and unhurriedly poured six crimson "bloodstone rings" that looked like cockscomb agate.

"Strange! Its blood source is less than fifty percent, but the concentration is surprisingly high, and it doesn't look like a knight-level vampire at all. Six rings that provide a source of spell casting, I believe many people will be interested. Give the ring to the intelligence officer, Monton, and it will sell for a good price through his channels. ”

"Your suggestion is very constructive! Thinking about the interests of the Secret Police Department in everything, I finally think of myself as a member of the big family, unlike in the past, I always think about myself first. Os, alchemist, welcome to join us. ”

Stiller, who had been with Aldrich Triss in the sewer battles, patted him lightly on the shoulder, something that could not be done by Fran Sisko, who was a nobleman.

The bombastic swindlers who swept away a large amount of gold and turned their backs on their old master, Walter Schultz, relied on the name of the Secret Police Department to escape the pursuit of the Schultz family, and of course most of the money was forced to pay in exchange for the hope of survival.

In addition to money, he secretly collected a lot of hole cards, such as the "Snake Eye" monocular, the thief's amulet "Hand of Glory", and most importantly, the knowledge stored in his head.

Due to the special status of the person being interrogated and the most unrestrained and fanciful confessions that surpassed the most dissolute of all the people in the Dark Police Department, Titus had to use his authority to summon all the Night Knight Captains and call for Master Elliott to return to his position, that is, the position of Deputy Director.

After reading a thin confession stained with blood and tears, the master couldn't help but shake his head slightly, and then learned that the prisoner had been poured into "bloodstone" according to the procedure, and he was very angry. In order to appease his anger, Oss had to sacrifice a ring and hold back tears to blame himself.

After a routine beating of the newcomers, Elliot expressed his willingness to sign the confession, in fact, after returning to the secret organization Yaba formed by the master, he had already learned the general plan of the undead in the south from a secret channel.

After all, the legacy of the old era, many hidden spellcasters, especially the lich, chose to join hands with vampires to tide over the difficult times, after a hundred years of recuperation, I believe that they have recovered and have quite strong strength, and must have a lot of hole cards in their hands.

"The news from the dark line buried in the south is that the undead are divided into two major factions, the blood clan wants the hegemony of the continent, the lich wants revenge, and the biggest thrust behind them is the lord of the manor who rules the vast territory during the day, and the economic system that follows the old era is becoming more and more fragile, even if the labor is replaced by the black continent to capture and plunder the Beamon orcs, the production cost is still much higher than that of the western soil of the machine industry, not to mention the countries of Middle-earth including the mother country of Wilsec. ”

The water mirror projection appeared in the figure of Master Edmundo, the head of the eight leaves, who walked around the room, and even the secret joint meeting was busy and did not want to stop.

"That is, the climatic and geographical advantages, the yield of cash crops and staple grains in the southern plantations is very considerable, even if we secretly cultivate very good varieties, but unfortunately the natural limitation of three crops in two years, there is always a shortage of grain. ”

As a follower of the Oak Tree, Felix's voice in this regard is recognized by all the masters, and more importantly, he has a Druid Order friend in the south who has known him for many years, which proves the correctness of the information that Yaba Yukiyuki has painstakingly planted in the dark line.

"The Western Turkish Customs Union and the Northern Four-Nation Alliance are fighting with the Harolds in the northern seas, and the Southern Undead Empire has chosen to attack at this time, and it has to be said that they have grasped the most correct time. ”

An old man with a long silver-white beard hanging limply like a wave, who had been lying on the nautical chart on the table to deduce the first battle of the new warship with compasses and triangles, and after listening to the talk of his colleagues, he raised his head and pushed the round-rimmed glasses hanging from his nose back with the back of his hand.

"Caples is right, we can't win two battles at the same time in two battlefields, the battle with the three North Sea countries is about to be decided, and the undead in the south, who may have known and deeply befriended in the past, although their hearts are blinded by the anger of revenge, but their strategic vision is still very old-fashioned. ”

With prophecy and astrolabe, he lifted the skirt of the goddess of fate to get a glimpse of the dazzling truth, and Karkus, who has a very special position in the secret organization Yaba, although he has lost a sharp eye like a falcon forever, has repeatedly pointed out the most favorable direction at the crossroads of choices at critical moments, not the most correct.

Edmundo is the head of the eight leaves, then he is the brain with the eyes attached, and if it weren't for the obscure poetic prophecies made in a state of absence that are known to be ambiguous and difficult to decipher, Calcus might not be in fourth place.

Elliot, who was in the secret room of the Dark Police Hall, was thinking about a unique and creative countermeasure, and suddenly remembered the experience of the black prince seizing the throne in "The Legend of Kings", and considering that the self-proclaimed Sun King of Middle-earth Fryon has the strongest Sun Knights in history, he believes that the army of the undead will be hit head-on.

When he spoke out about his countermeasures at the joint meeting, Master Edmundo rarely stopped his walking steps and slowly turned to face the sparkling water mirror: "According to the information from the dark line in the south, the first group of forwards to the north is the Slave Legion formed by the Beamon Orcs. The Children of the Beast from the Black Continent are a newly discovered primitive race, cruel and tyrannical by nature, although bathed in the light of civilization, they are still wild and untamable, and they still retain the barbaric customs of the Black Continent in their bones. Of course, they also have a relatively crude caster system, a type of support called Warsong, which may have been transformed from a shaman who ruled the forces of nature. After the research and refinement of the undead, many branches have been extended, which are roughly divided into evil curses applied to enemies and brilliant blessings that amplify one's own. ”

"This information must be communicated to the mother state of Wilcek through the channels of the Grand Duke as soon as possible, and perhaps it can be used in exchange for benefits to the countries of Middle-earth. ”

Elliott made a big splash at today's joint meeting, but his speech was supported by half of the masters, and Edmundo considered that revealing this kind of information that does not involve the core should not expose the dark lines planted in the south, so he also nodded in agreement, and as for Caples, who is the eye of the eight leaves, he has always remained silent.

Information on the movements of the many southern principalities was soon sent to the Archduke Eastwood, where they were hotly discussed at meetings of the Customs Union, while the strategy of trading space for time ensured that it was confined to the upper echelons of the core.

The construction of new warships was immediately accelerated, and the Huoyuan Pharmacy Factory, in which Aldrich Tris had a number of key people under the name of him, doubled its staff, and the non-stop production still could not keep up with the consumption of the North Sea front, so some orders had to be sent out.

There are many faces around him that are unfamiliar to the members of the Scavengers' Guild, especially Phils Bargan, the Knight of the Rings, who has formed a battlefield friendship when the Fourth Knight goes to the North Sea to gild, and is pulled by Trith to the Guild as his right-hand man.

In addition, there is also Bruce, the only son of senior Rep. Wayne, who is also known in the world of All Souls' Day, and others, with the support of Grand Knight Aldrich, he started to create a secret organization, and recruited some of the little nobles who have not yet graduated in Rotin Academy, and really brought them into the magical world between the unreal and the real.

Witness the only undead hero in the castle necropolis summoning undead minions, making a pledge to lead skeletons to sweep the swamps, and even bestowing arcane items like the Ice Ring to infuse them little by little with the source of spellcasting, creating the latent mental symptoms of "demonic addiction".

The Undead Knight "Wesley" holds these young men firmly in his hands and secretly influences his family through them in the real world, forming deep friendships and bonds with the scavenger guild.

As for the parents of the nobles, they are very interested in the veritable Fourth Horseman after the certification of the son of war, Marthas, especially the scavengers' guild founded by Aldrich Triss, who has basically mastered the order of the docks, and the reputation of the impartial and the tough hand of taxing smugglers with swords have made many nobles who have a strong demand for luxury goods lower their status.

In addition, Aldridge's background in the Vigilant Eye Tris family, the family of the twelve city builders, made him from the branch inherit the territory of Cold Mountain very high.

After gaining a foothold and wealth in Eastwood's rather exclusive upper class, Aldridge began to give back to his inheritance, and he filled the family house with nothing after his father had borrowed money from merchants at higher interest rates in order to maintain a decent living.

More than half of the members of the scavengers' guild were from the knights of Tris, who were also "driven" home by Aldrich, and many of them planned to take their families to live in the city, and the fields were sold back to the lord at a flat price, and Tris took them all and paid double the price.

After hearing that he had returned to his hometown, several nearby lords had formed a grain sales pact, including Mulder Stoker, who Aldrich had sent to the castle to study at the other side when he was a child, and was also a branch of the Stoke family, but he was also fortunate to survive in the tide of the commodity economy.

After listening to the repeated complaints, Tris also had a deep understanding of the difficulties of his neighbors, and thanks to the convenience of transportation, the steel saw blades ordered in the workshop area were also in the accompanying carriage.

Aldrich understood that it was better to teach a man to fish than to teach him to fish, and he explained to the lords that there was no need to cut down trees after winter, but now that the war in the North Sea was in full swing, a lot of wood was needed. Cut down vigorously in their respective territories, and as long as they can replant the saplings in time, the business of buying and selling timber will bring the first pot of gold to their territory.

It is a good choice to pay off debts, buy small machinery and equipment, and switch to expand the production of industrial products.

In short, Tris provided a solution, and at the same time drew a large dough that could be hoped and reached, and the lords, who were in dire need of liquidity, immediately made up their minds.

Aldridge then said that the scavengers would have a batch of second-hand hosiery machines, and asked the guests if they were interested, and this familiar and unfamiliar routine made Mulder Stoker, who had watched him grow up, cry and laugh.

But business is business, and favors are favors. Tris, who expressed his willingness to underwrite all kinds of socks that meet specifications and have different textures, and sell them to the market, still receives a flood of praise.

Between the staggered and staggered, with the help of the dizziness of the drunken brain of fine wine, Aldrich successfully obtained the right to purchase the timber produced in each territory first, and of course, not a single tree in Tris's territory could be cut.

Solidify his foundations, forge friendship with nearby neighbors, and form allies with common interests, and it is expected that a messenger from the Leng Yamamoto family will soon appear in front of him.

In the palatial mansion's master's study, covered with a thick Elan carpet, and the corners of the walls are rearranged with Heerick's stone carvings from the classical era, the original nouveau riche temperament does not look ostentatious at all under the seat of Aldrich, who has the strength and fame of a great knight.

However, the opening dialogue between the two sides is not the indifference and antagonism that long-separated family members should have, especially the messenger from the family, who is said to be Aldrich's uncle, after a routine formulaic salute, just sat down and began to beat.

"It is rumored that you will return to the home of Cold Mountain alone, take out the legacy of the old era collected by the Tris family, the crystallization of the alchemy skills of the floating city, and the blueprints of the floating thunder cannon, and improve it into a stronger elemental cannon. Not to mention the fact that you didn't go home at all, to be able to improve the masterpiece of the alchemy master, when did you start as a knight and have such extraordinary abilities?"

Aldrich pondered for a moment, and did not rush to fight back: "I have probably heard of the matter of following the path of virtue in the old era and being promoted to the rank of Grand Knight, and swear by the source of my faith, the drawings of the elemental cannon are indeed true, and I have personally improved the barrel structure in it, after all, the metal smelting process of the old era...... Uh-huh, a little old-fashioned. ”

PS: Originally, one chapter was 8000+, but after thinking about it, it was split into two chapters, and it was really good to drink