The Victor Family, Duke's Palace.

As the second largest building after the royal palace, although the area and appearance are far less magnificent than the royal palace, the architecture and decoration in the ducal palace are not even comparable to the royal palace.

Especially after Charles III became king, the once powerful Charles family began to decline, and under the strategy of Duke Balke's Taoguang and obscurity, the Victor family developed in a low-key manner, and already had overwhelming power in their hands, and even the control of the army, it was not difficult for him, the duke, who had fought for several years and was named one of the gods of war.

Charles III and Balk were of the same age, but both of them were too weak in terms of personality and city, so much so that they were seriously injured by the Assassins in public, not only did they not win the sympathy of the people, but even supported the Duke of Balk more and more.

There was no news in the palace, and it was not to avoid its edge.

At this time, outside the Duke's Palace, several strong guards blocked the door, and the cold murderous aura in their eyes made the nearby passers-by avoid one after another, and no one dared to approach the Duke's Palace at this moment.

The strength of these guards was all in the fourth order of silver, but even with this kind of strength, they could only stand outside the mansion to guard the gate, but they did not have any complaints, but there was a hint of arrogance in their expressions.

After all, he is doing things for the Victor family, even if he is regarded as the dog of the Victor family, his status is still superior.

At this moment, a black dog snorted and swayed.

Black earth dogs are not uncommon in the royal city, but even a dog, after feeling the momentum of several guards, should be frightened to flee away, but the reality is the opposite, the black dog is lying at the gate of the duke's palace and does not leave.

The black dog squatted next to him, in stark contrast to several majestic guards, and after glaring at the black dog a few times, the guards found that the other party did not pay attention to it at all, but licked the fur extremely hard.

"Stupid dog, get out of here. ”

The guard didn't act on his own, but stood there and whispered viciously.

However, the black dog only glanced at him and continued to lick his fur.

The guard raised his eyebrows, and the dog's eyes were full of mockery, could he have seen it wrong?, but soon he heard the ridicule of his companion, and he became angry.

"I can't cure you if I don't believe it!"

The guard strode towards the black dog, as if he wanted to teach him a good lesson, but the black dog remained unmoved, until the guard reached out to grab it, and the black dog turned his back with lightning speed, leaving a bloody trail on the back of his hand.

"Holy. ”

The guard covered the back of his hand and quickly stepped back.

He didn't have time to react at all, or didn't expect that the dog would suddenly scratch him, but when he reacted, the black dog didn't know where to go.

"Damn, that's a shame!"

The guard cursed and did not chase after him, and after everyone had laughed, he continued to scrupulously guard the door of the Duke's Palace, and the black dog had already circled to the other end of the Duke's Palace.

Xiao Hei glanced at the ten-foot-high wall, then bent his hind legs backwards, jumped up suddenly, and landed steadily on the wall, with a set of movements that were extremely dexterous.

Xiao Hei quickly jumped off the wall, and then shook towards the interior of the Duke's Palace, and the guards at the door didn't expect to be killed, but the earth dog was unaware and blended into the Duke's Palace behind them.

The most central building of the Duke's Palace is where the Duke of Balk received his guests.

At this time, this hall was already full of people, all of these people were the magnates of the royal city, most of the upper echelons of the Norton Kingdom were present, and all of these people were supporters of Duke Balk, although some people were reluctant in their hearts, but the strength of the Victor family was there, and no force would be his opponent.

Duke Balk was in the first seat, and the two young men sitting not far from him, namely Reynolds and Steele, although there were no less than fifty people in the hall, it was extremely quiet, and only Duke Balk was calmly drinking black tea.

Duke Balke's dress was extremely simple, but the momentum of the whole person was like a sharp sword, and the coercion contained in every word was so coercive that no one present dared to contradict it.

"I think you've already understood my request. ”

The duke's voice came faintly, and everyone was silent for a while, and the atmosphere became extremely heavy.

Suddenly, Marquis Terrance stood up and said.

"Lord Duke, I fully support your decision. ”

Hearing the words of the Marquis of Terence, everyone looked at each other, and some directly showed disdain.

"Hmph, it's just a lackey. ”

"You!"

Terrance pointed at the middle-aged man who was insulting him, and the other party glared at him not to be outdone.

For a moment, the two sides became tense, as if they might collapse at any time, but Balk still calmly observed the two of them before slowly speaking.

"General Hank, do you have any comments?"

Everyone looked at the middle-aged man, and when they heard Duke Balk speak, the middle-aged man named Hank stood up, first glanced at Terrance with disdain, and then stood in the middle to look at the Duke.

"If you want to start a civil war in the kingdom of Norton, I will never agree. ”

Hank's identity is very special, he is a general in the city defense army, although the number of troops he can mobilize is only a thousand, but in the royal city, the city defense army is already the largest force, and the city defense army is different from the real army, Hank does not respect Duke Balke, and he is from Horace's side.

"What's the benefit of being loyal to the Charlie family, everything I do is to make Norton better, as for the civil war, it will definitely not happen, I have my own countermeasures. ”

"Hmph, no wonder your reputation is not as good as that of the old marquis, your ambitions are too great. ”

Hank didn't care about Balk and everyone present, so he turned around and left.

The corners of Balk's mouth rose slightly, and then Reynolds, who was sitting nearby, suddenly made a move, and a cold light flashed from his waist, and hit General Hank who was walking out.

Hank was highly concentrated from beginning to end, so he immediately sensed the danger, but this sword was menacing, Hank turned around and blocked the attack with a sword, and immediately rushed out with all his strength.

Now that the Victor family has already made a move, Hank has no choice but to escape from here, so after blocking Reynolds's attack, he fled at full speed to the Duke's palace.

It's just that he underestimated Reynolds's strength, thinking that as long as Duke Balk didn't make a move, he would be able to leave safely, but he didn't expect Reynolds to fall with a sword and directly block his retreat.

"Reynolds, are you going to do something to me?" said Hank, angrily.

"Nope. Reynolds shook his head with a smile, and then said coldly, "You are already a dead man." ”