In the end, after a long period of thinking, Viscount Lane agreed to Murry's conditions.

But after agreeing to the conditions, Viscount Lane said again: "Although I have agreed to all your conditions, I must remind you that you do not have much time, because the Holy See and the Empire are ready to march at any time. ”

Murray nodded and asked flatly, "So, when do you think the Holy See and the royal family will attack you?"

This time, it was Uncle Raul who replied: "They don't have an excuse yet, and they need a suitable excuse to send troops to the Viscount." ”

Murray continued to ask the Viscount, "Then what does Your Excellency the Viscount think will be the excuse of the Empire?"

Viscount Ryan fell silent, as if in a state of confusion, as if he did not know what kind of excuse the Empire would use to send troops to him.

After waiting for a long time, it was Murray himself who said: "The Eastern Crusade, I am afraid that the excuse of the Empire and the Holy See, is a new round of Eastern Crusade." ”

"Crusade?" the other three people in the room were startled, and looked at Murray in disbelief.

The latter continued: "Don't wonder how I guessed, the deployment of the Empire over the past year, as well as some of the priorities of the Holy See, almost all indicate that the Holy See and the Empire must have reached some kind of agreement, and they are ready to go on another crusade to complete the great work that has not been done for many years, and to completely conquer this world. ”

The other three looked at each other, all feeling a little incredulous, especially not understanding why Murray knew about the Empire's troop deployment?

Uncle Raul couldn't help but ask first, "How do you know about the Empire's troop deployment?"

Murray smiled and looked over: "Hey, hey, Uncle Raul, you seem to have forgotten that I am the 'dragon's mechanic', and your mechanical skills are all derived from our dragon country, and it is easy for me to get information." ”

was stunned for a moment, and then Uncle Raul muttered: "Yes, yes, now all the information of the empire is processed through a differential machine, that thing is simply a toy to you, and it is really very easy for you to intercept information from it." ”

Then he raised his head sharply and stared at Murray and said, "So, you destroyed that difference machine in the town hall?"

Murry touched the tip of his nose and said a little embarrassedly: "I don't want to, but I didn't expect that the manufacturing technology of your differential machine is too rough, at that time, in order to obtain some new information, maybe I started a little heavier, but I didn't expect to break the differential machine, of course, I still got the information inside." ”

At this time, after listening to Murry's words, all the things that happened in the steel capital of Viscount Lane these days have been clarified.

Originally, everyone thought that the difference machine in the city hall was destroyed by the witch when she fled into the steel city to avoid the query of the difference machine, but in fact, it was damaged before the witch came in.

According to Murray, even though it was damaged at the time, he made an illusion that it was not damaged and planned to take the time to repair it.

As a result, the book was not written by coincidence, and due to the sudden arrival of Saria, the pursuers of the Holy See naturally had to go to the city hall differential machine to make inquiries.

When querying, when the differential machine is running, it will naturally lead to the damage of the differential machine on the spot.

Viscount Ryan was actually present at the time, after all, it was a big deal for a witch to appear on his own land.

So at that time, Viscount Lane, the consul of the town hall, and the bishop of the Viscount Church were all present.

Viscount Ryan recalled the situation at that time, and couldn't help but shake his head and sigh: "At that time, we all thought that it was the witch who destroyed the difference machine so that we could not use the difference machine to find her traces, but we didn't expect that we were all tricked by a teenager. ”

At this moment, the other three people in the room finally understood that they had finally underestimated the young man from the Dragon Kingdom in front of them.

It's not hard to understand when you think about it, after all, how can anyone who dares to come to the West alone to look for a lost dragon be as weak as it seems?

Viscount Ryan clapped his hands and said, "Well, since you are so confident, and your abilities are also revealed, then we will officially cooperate?"

Murray smiled and stood up and responded, "Okay, then I wish us a happy cooperation." ”

Speaking of this, Mori, who had already walked in front of the viscount, stretched out his palm towards the viscount.

Viscount Ryan hesitated for a moment, but finally stood up and shook Murry's hand very seriously.

The handshake between the two indicates that the two are cooperative, not subordinate, and that Murray is not a subordinate of Viscount Lane.

Saying goodbye to Uncle Raul, Aunt Shanna, and Viscount Lane, Murray and Salia leave Uncle Raul's house together.

On the way back, the two of them were still walking in silence at first, and neither of them had any intention of speaking.

After a long silence, Salia finally couldn't help but ask softly: "Viscount Lane is an iron-fisted conspirator, you had better be careful when working with him." ”

Murray turned his head and smiled at the witch: "Hehehe, don't worry, he needs me, so he must cooperate with me." ”

"Do you really want to help him rebel against the Empire? The Empire is no longer the Empire it used to be, now that the Empire has mastered the power of machinery, and has reached a consensus with the Holy See and the Wizards Association, the rise has been achieved, do you think a Viscount Ryan can fight against the Empire?"

Murray smiled and said: "As long as the imperial family still has the idea of unifying the entire West, then the contradictions with these lords with fiefs are destined to be irreconcilable, and if the empire wants to rise, it must first solve these lords." ”

Salia asked suspiciously: "Since you know this, then you should also know that the determination of the Empire, do you think Viscount Lane can stop it?"

Murry nodded and said confidently: "Simply those troops and resources in the hands of Viscount Lane are naturally impossible to stop the army of the Empire and the Holy See. ”

"But if I help, Viscount Ryan will naturally increase his chances of winning, at least not as cannon fodder for a short time. ”

Hearing this, Salia couldn't help laughing: "You're really getting more and more arrogant, and what's the point of not being used as cannon fodder?"

Murray continued, "Quite simply, it just won't be used as a victim of the Empire's cleanup of the overly self-reliant fiefdom lords. ”

Salia stopped laughing and asked strangely: "Do you think that if it weren't for you, Viscount Lane would become cannon fodder? Being used by the Empire and the Holy See as an example of deterring other fiefdom lords? Are you also underestimating Viscount Lane? Judging from the current situation of Viscount Lane, it seems that Viscount Lane is still very strong here, and it won't be easily solved by the Empire, right?"

The calmness and indifference on Murry's face disappeared, his expression gradually became solemn, and he said in a deep voice: "I'm afraid, Viscount Lane's strength may not be as strong as he thinks on the surface." ”