Chapter 152: Prevention Before It Happens
Hayek rode his dark horse through the deserted streets, and as it approached midnight, the small kerosene of the streetlights on both sides of the road burned out, and the once orange glow was now dimly about to be extinguished.
The figure of the nightcrawler wandering through the streets and alleys flashed in Aldrich's vision from time to time, he was not a nosy person, especially now that he was preoccupied, and he would not waste his energy for a few habitual thieves and thieves.
It's a pity that Tris doesn't provoke them, but someone secretly fights the idea of the Fourth Horseman, especially the scavengers' guild with a sword to tax some dark forces in the underworld involved in the smuggling business.
"Whoa!" As the men and men approached the factory area, a dozen gray shadows suddenly appeared in the street, blocking Tris's path tightly, and showing a strong hostility without the slightest scruples.
"Get out of the way! I don't have time to play with you!"
Aldrich snorted coldly, and found that the other party was not only indifferent, but also used all kinds of weapons, he immediately realized that something was wrong, and his legs lightly clamped the black horse Hayek, and the surging source of faith synchronized himself and the spirit of the mount to an extremely high level.
"War trampling!"
The majestic Hayek hissed and leaped to his feet with all four hooves on the ground, and Tris stood up on his stirrups at the same time, a breath of murderous death rising sharply from nothing.
"Disperse!"
The best of the nightkin who dared to participate in the encirclement and suppression of the Fourth Horseman had a keen sense of danger, and when they sensed that something very terrible was about to happen, they immediately opened their mouths to warn them, and then rolled sideways and fled for their lives in a very embarrassed posture.
"Boom!"
The dark horse Hayek landed heavily, his muscular body and tonnage weight helped Aldrich's battlefield knight skills to the limit, only to see a circle of white air waves surging and drowning the nightkin in front of him, except for a certain leader who avoided in advance, other people who were not expected to be caught by the violent shock wave.
The intense dizziness knocked down the relatively weak nightcrawlers, they were like drunken sailors who had just come ashore, staggering and unable to stand their bodies, feeling that the sky was spinning, everything around them was spinning, and they had to lie on the ground in order to stabilize their bodies, like a group of wild beasts surrendering to the feet of Tris, the lion king.
The only leader who narrowly escaped the scope of the trampling power of the war, a well-known thief guild from the underworld, unfortunately even after seeing the big scene, was frightened by Aldrich's strange tricks of the people.
"Fourteen good hands in the organization, all of them were put down in one face, isn't the rumor of the Fourth Knight a joke, the Scavenger's Triss President has really transformed into a Great Knight?"
"Although I am walking on the path of the knight of virtue, my tolerance is limited, and it is impossible to forgive offense again and again without indifference. Bring me this sentence to the dark forces of the underworld, I don't have time to play children's games with you. ”
Aldrich didn't want to cause trouble, but that didn't mean he was afraid of trouble, some flies were flying around in front of his eyes, which was too annoying to the eyes.
He drew his sword out of the sheath, and the cold sword light appeared like water, and his appearance was extremely good, which was essentially a basic swordsmanship that combined penetrating strength. With every step Hayek took, a combat-ready Nightkin lay down forever, his unconscious body getting cold, but there were no scars left on his appearance.
This terrifying sword technique frightened the sole survivor's whole body trembling, and the two rows of teeth chattered unconsciously, which seemed particularly harsh in the quiet midnight street.
Tris didn't leave him alone, and rode forward gently, leaving the factory area along the banks of the river, and heading straight back to the scavengers' union in the Shiying neighborhood.
The scavengers he created are now so big that he can't just leave, so he has to make arrangements in advance, as he left Eastwood two months ago and responded to the call to board the Penguin to go to the North Sea to gild.
It is a pity that he underestimated the pressure on the union, and he was able to maintain his strength while he was still there, and when he left openly, there were still enemies or opponents in the open and covert, who invariably suppressed the scavengers, and had to retreat to the base of Shiying Block, until Aldrich returned safely from the front with rich military achievements.
The official attitude has not been a problem since he attended the secret meeting and obtained the affirmation and approval of the sales committee and the senior senator, Baron Federi. The only headache in the dark forces of the underworld,There happens to be a group of fools who don't think about themselves automatically sent to the door.,Presumably the big guy who is worried about him and the strong rise of the scavenger union has been warned.。
Tris felt that he could leave Eastwood City for a while, and in the meantime he would not have to worry about his future and roots, after all, someone would take care of him if the stakes were at stake.
After returning to the station, he refused the help of enthusiastic union members and took care of the dark horse Hayek himself. After many days, it was once again trampled by war, and its mood was a little excited, and it remained in the stable and refused to rest, and if Aldrich had Aldrich not tried to appease him, he might have woken up his sleeping companion in the stable.
"Sorry for you, my friend, tomorrow is a pretty difficult journey, so rest early. ”
His muttering clearly worked, and Hayek's hissing became quieter and quieter, and his eyelids began to droop heavily, and finally Triss quietly fell asleep.
Aldrich had designed the scavenger guild to function without him, but in the time he was away, there had to be someone who could take the idea, and the first person Tris thought of was Master Felix.
After all, the current inertia and sophisticated structure of the scavenger guild are things that are researched by combining the wisdom of the two, and the followers of the way of oak can definitely call the shots instead of him, but a stranger from the outside suddenly parachutes into the scavenger, I am afraid that it will cause unnecessary insecurity and even panic among some people, so Aldrich did not hesitate to kick out the most suitable person and decided to let Mrs. Lovett take charge of the scavenger.
First of all, she owns a certain stake in the brewery under the name of the union, although she has transferred it herself, but a large part of the union members are already familiar with and know her identity, especially the internal lords from the country knight's manor, and will definitely not treat her as an outsider.
Secondly, Lovette's womanhood and connections in the circle of noble ladies will be her strengths and strengths, and the silent support of the scavenger union behind her will help to improve Lovett's status in the social world, and in turn she will help to change the image of the scavenger union, and change the overly aggressive power of the sudden rise in the past.
In addition, with the assistance of the chief butler Gorgo and others, Aldridge was convinced that during his absence, according to his own design and planning, the union would become stronger.
With the plan settled, Tris extinguished the oil lamp and went to bed and slept in his clothes, and for safety, he ordered the gnolls skeleton soldiers to keep watch over the room.
That night, Aldrich put his mind down and slept soundly. On the contrary, the underworld was greatly shaken, and the power of the almost complete version of the war trampling caused a certain thief guild directly involved in and led the matter to lose a lot of stalwart life.
The Dark Police's ace quietly dispatched, and the vulture-like Nightkin left the hunting ground in panic and hid in their lair, frightened by the Night Knight's fierce hunt.
The boss behind the thieves' union soon received a sternly worded verbal warning, and the aide to one of the senior congressmen in charge of the message told his dirty paws to immediately stop touching the president of the scavengers' union, Tris.
As the initiator of the War Bond Act, Aldrich's name has a pretty good reputation both in the official town hall and among the ordinary citizens who have been favored, and as for the well-informed underworld, there are extremely mixed emotions about what the Fourth Knight has done.
With the help of the spoils of war in the limelight of physical exchange of bonds, the major dark forces in the underground world took the opportunity to sell the backlog of goods in secret warehouses, and many unknown thieves easily bleached and appeared in shops or markets for different classes.
Thanks to the help of Aldrich Tris, although he stubbornly did not say anything, many grievances were clear, and the big man who judged the right and wrong of things recognized his feelings in his heart, so when the president of the scavenger guild sent a stern warning, the dark forces of the underground world that were originally scattered could not gather a consensus at all and join forces to deal with the Fourth Horseman.
On the contrary, there was a certain big man who had been weakened, and his seat at the dark round table seemed to shake slightly, after all, the pretenders and the forces that tried to challenge wanted to replace him all the time.
With a secret connection to the official upper echelons, coupled with the situation that the major forces contain each other to maintain balance, Aldrich's killer has not been retaliated against, and it is surprising that the extremely terrifying war trampling and mysterious internal sabotage sword skills have gradually made the nickname of the "Fourth Horseman" gradually come true.
The next morning, as soon as the yellowish light appeared in the distant sky, Aldrich woke up from a dreamless night's sleep, washed up briefly, exercised in the wasteland behind the union headquarters as usual, wiped his sweat with a dry towel, and went to the public canteen of the whole wheat bakery, where the early members of the union talked and laughed and enjoyed breakfast.
Nowadays, with the gradual improvement of status and status, the scavenger union spontaneously divided into hierarchical classes, and Tris either lived alone, or sat with the top management of the union such as the chief butler, and could no longer enjoy the extremely warm atmosphere of the past, which was an inevitable stage in the development of the union, and it was also the only way to reshape the scavenger.
Aldrich stayed in the corner by the window, looked around and saw the circles that had been formed, and sighed secretly, but said nothing.
The routine inspection of the properties under his name, because they were all in the Shiying district, the process was somewhat short, and then he summoned the people of Gore and others, and gave them some advice, and formally introduced Mrs. Rovet to the upper echelons of the union, and arranged the relevant checks and balances, and he, who firmly grasped the faucet of the wealth, immediately set off for the fiefdom of the Gushan Tris family.
As for Aldridge's long journey, he turned a corner and rode the dark horse Hayek up the cold mountain in one go, no one knew, including the big man who was staring at him, after all, the empty wilderness, it was impossible to keep an eye on a person.
With the undulating cold mountain range, it took Tris, who vaguely knew the specific location of the Mage Tower, to find the right place, and of course, with the help of the successor contract, through the guidance of Taling Christine, arrived at the first-line heavenly canyon where the Knife Spine Peak was located.
Awakened from a slumber and re-online to take over the Mage's Tower, Christine warmly welcomed Master Tris's return, and when she learned of Aldrich's intentions, she hesitated for a moment before nodding her head in agreement.
The blasting powder, which had been optimally processed, was easily prepared in the alchemy workshop on the third floor of the Mage Tower.
From the memories of past lives, I know that granularity is the right way to increase power. Explosive powder, which is similar in nature to Black Flame Elixir, can make leaps and bounds at any time as long as the right binder is found, Aldrich tells Taling about this theory and asks for help.
Christine was delighted, she responded enthusiastically, actively searched the memory bank, found hundreds of potion recipes, according to the scarcity of materials, quickly eliminated most of them, and the remaining twenty-three trial binders, unfortunately none of them were successful.
This embarrassing result made Taling almost crash in frustration, but fortunately, Triss kept encouraging, obviously a failed example, and insisted on finding a formula that was not suitable for the adhesive, and it was this positive and optimistic attitude that reactivated Christine.