Xiao Chen stood on the top of the bell tower and watched the city guards downstairs gather in this direction. They closed off several roads through the bell tower to other places, but they didn't get too close. After he left the cottage, he waited here for the reaction of the Marquis de Bardini.

About an hour later, a horse-drawn carriage in the distance came this way and stopped at the bottom of the bell tower. Six people got out of the carriage. Four of them were warriors dressed as mages and the last one was the Marquis of Bardini. One of the warriors was carrying a twin sword, and it was none other than Marco.

However, to Xiao Chen's surprise, the six of them discussed below for a while, and the marquis did not choose Marco to follow him up, but asked a middle-aged man in his forties to accompany him upstairs with the mage.

But at this time, Xiao Chen said on it: "Marquis Bardini, my note says that you must go upstairs alone. You'd better stay down there with a few of your guards, or I'll refuse to continue the conversation. ”

He stretched out a hand and held a scroll of paper, the bell tower was about five or six stories high, and from the bottom up, the people below could see his movements clearly.

"This is a teleportation scroll, if I see someone else coming in, it means that you are very insincere, I still hurry up and destroy the city defense barrier is more reliable, then I can just teleport away." ”

Marquis Bardini felt that the way the man above spoke was somewhat familiar, but he had never seen that look, and he said, "I have not seen you, how do I know that you are not an assassin." ”

"If we can cooperate, I will naturally not hurt you. If you choose to be hostile, you don't have to come up at all now. If you want to wait for the price to sell, then we can talk about the details. Heh, you don't mind if you hear something secret, it's okay to just talk about it. ”

After Xiao Chen said this, he quietly waited for the other party's reply, for him this is the benefit of the bell tower, the bell tower has opened up the distance between the two sides, giving him enough buffer time, even if the other party wants to take any action, he can see it in his eyes, and he has time to react in time.

After a few people below discussed for a while, the Marquis of Bardini replied: "As the lord of a city, I must be responsible for the safety of the entire city, and I cannot easily enter the danger, this has nothing to do with courage, only with responsibility.

Although your request is a bit excessive, I can take a step back now, and I will send my adjutant Gary to speak on my behalf, and he will go upstairs alone, Gary Riot is the person I trust the most, and can make many decisions on my behalf, and even if there is anything uncertain, he can always come down and ask my opinion.

That's my final bottom line, and if you don't say yes, then we have nothing to talk about. ”

Xiao Chen pondered for a while, and the other party's request was also reasonable. If it were him, he wouldn't easily agree to others and go into danger alone.

"Well, then I'll be waiting for you up there. Don't bring weapons, I hope it's a friendly meeting. He said.

He saw the middle-aged man who had planned to accompany the Marquis up, unsheathed the sword at his side, and then walked up alone.

"I don't feel that the attitude of the Marquis de Baldini is not very clear. Xiao Chen's soul came from Master Kona's voice.

"I'm aware of it, too. However, as long as his position can be determined, it is not in vain. Tasia and the others have found their place and begun to infiltrate the center of the city defense enchantment, and we are not without the power to fight back now. ”

Between Xiao Chen and Master Kona's conversation, footsteps sounded on the spiral staircase downstairs, and the middle-aged man named Garriot walked upstairs.

The top floor of this bell tower is not small, it looks like more than ten square meters, and it is a square space. An iron spiral staircase leads up from the middle, creating a circular hole in the middle of the room, and an iron fence around the edge of the hole.

Xiao Chen leaned on the windowsill on one side of the bell tower and watched Gariott walk up little by little. From a closer distance, the man was older than he looked from afar, his skin was rough, and there were many wrinkles on his forehead and eyes, and he looked full of weather. However, his eyes were very attentive, and as soon as he went up to the top floor, he looked Xiao Chen up and down, as if he wanted to see him through.

"Patine, it must be a pseudonym. Your appearance is also fake. Gariott spoke.

Xiao Chen said: "Mr. Garyot, it doesn't matter, as long as I can represent the Tower of China." I wonder what your attitude is?"

"Well, Pattin, or whoever it is. The Marquis of Bardini wants to know what he will gain if he puts the city into your hands if he does not resist?" asked Galliot.

"First of all, he will gain a corresponding status in the system of the Tower of China. Although he will no longer be a ruler, we will need to negotiate with the important local people in the management of the land under our rule, and he will have his own voice. Secondly, his property will be protected to the greatest extent, and we are willing to provide an additional generous reward. Finally, as the first important official of the kingdom to cooperate with us, he will become a benchmark and a symbol, and his fame will continue to spread throughout the continent as we expand, and finally leave his name in history. ”

"That's all you give a marquis?" said Galliote's expression was strange, as if he had heard something funny.

"What the Marquis de Bardini needs, so to speak. These conditions are not non-negotiable. Xiao Chen said.

"I heard that there are no nobles in your realm?" asked Garriott.

"That's right. ”

"No wonder you don't understand what the nobility wants. "The Marquis of Bardini, or any other marquis, wants nothing more than to be a duke, with more territory, more soldiers, and more wealth, and then pass it on, so that his sons, sons, and generations of descendants will inherit these powers." This is what the aristocracy values most. And what you are talking about, except for wealth, means nothing to him. ”

"Is this what you want to replace the Marquis of Bardini?"

"It's not. Garriot smiled a strange smile: "Marquis Bardini doesn't need any of this anymore. Because what you can't give, we can give!"

Before he could finish speaking, his body rushed towards Xiao Chen like a cannonball, and when he was in mid-air, green scales appeared on his arms, which started from his upper arms and extended to his palms, and his fingers also turned into extremely sharp claws at the top.

Xiao Chen hurriedly flew back to dodge and summoned an ice shield to block in front of him, but the ice shield that looked very thick was shattered by a blow from the claws.

"Imperials!" shouted Master Kona.