As the family base of the Earl of Parrington and a coastal town that has controlled maritime trade for decades, the prosperity of the border city is almost no less than that of Spartacus, which is booming.

The bustling harbor, the thick and towering walls, and the heavily guarded dockyard had been closed to foreign merchants for months, and although there had been no clear wartime mobilization, the clouds of war were not far away from the solemn expressions on the faces of the mages who came out of the Magic Guild.

It all stemmed from a bitter quarrel in the Elven Council a few months ago, at which Earl Grote and Marquis Skelly together accused Earl of Parrington of betraying centuries-old friendship and loyalty between the ancestral teachings and the three human realms, flattering the Sea Clan and betraying the interests of his compatriots, and demanding that he hand over the culprit responsible for the destruction of more than a dozen warships in Misty Island and compensate them for the damage.

Parrington naturally refused such an unreasonable request, and bluntly said that not to mention that Tina was his wife, even if it was a subordinate in his earl's palace, he would not give them a hair.

In the end, under the pretended mediation of the Great Elder of the Elven Council, although the three of them did not fight on the spot, Grout and Skelly both carried out a large-scale recruitment operation in private after they returned, and there was no need to think much about what the drunkard's intentions were.

The Earl of Parrington also made a resolute response to the small actions of the two, and directly sent an additional swordsman battalion, a sharpshooter battalion and a griffin brigade at the junction with the Marquis of Skelly.

They maintained a rather ambiguous attitude towards the disgraceful elven council between the three of them, except for a few elders who persuaded them to save face during the quarrel at the meeting, they turned a blind eye to this kind of confrontation with open fire.

You must know that Eli still belongs to the land of elves and dwarves after all, if they have the intention to intervene, the three lords will have to weigh it carefully even if they want to start a war, but the attitude they showed undoubtedly greatly stimulated the three people in the hostile relationship, and the thunderclouds of a war quickly condensed in this atmosphere.

On this day, the Earl of Parrington had just summoned the barons and nobles in his realm to listen to the recent border situation, and before he could give his own instructions, the meeting was suddenly interrupted by the intruding chief of the guard, Bam.

"Get out of here, don't you know we're having a military meeting?"

The Earl of Parrington, who was forty years old but still looking forward to the wolf's appearance and full of leadership, was very angry at the guard's faux pas, and even a little annoyed that he was usually too gentle with his subordinates to distinguish between the important and the serious, but although he scolded the other party loudly, he still had no idea of severe punishment.

"Your Excellency, a guest has arrived!"

In fact, how could Bam not know the importance of the meeting that was going on now and that it should not be disturbed, and even the security work of the venue and the surrounding area was carried out by him personally, but the way the guest appeared was too abrupt, and then the way he greeted him was too brutal, so he had to risk the Earl's wrath to come in and report it.

"No matter what guest makes him wait! Isn't there also a person from Tiga before, so let them talk first!"

Parrington was really angry.

"However, the guest said that he was from Spartacus, and that he ......"

Bam was a little hesitant and didn't know whether to say it, he naturally didn't have to doubt his loyalty after serving the earl for more than ten years, but how loyal the noble lords in this battle were.

"Say!"

Parrington had an eagle eyebrow on his head, and he was already thinking about whether to teach Bam a lesson after the meeting.

"That guest killed the guest from Tiga as soon as he arrived, and now he is waiting by the corpse, and he also said that his name is Lear, as soon as you hear it..."

"Why didn't you say such an important thing earlier!"

Parrington suddenly got up from his seat, glared at Bam angrily, walked out a dozen steps like a gust of wind, and then turned and yelled at the conference hall, "The meeting is suspended! No one is allowed to leave their seats until I come back!"

After saying this, he disappeared at the end of the corridor with a few strides, leaving Bam and the barons and knights, you look at me, I look at you, you don't know what's going on.

A headless corpse wrapped in a black robe lay across the living room, and the strange thing was that what flowed from the broken neck was not red blood, but a viscous liquid similar to rotting moss, and the thick death air emitted from it made the soldiers on duty outside the door a little dizzy, but the young man in the hall was quietly admiring the relief painting on the wall with his hands behind his back as if nothing had happened, and a hideous human head with a frightened expression quietly rolled down at his feet.

"Go down, all of you, and command that no one should come near here. ”

A majestic magnetic voice suddenly came from outside the door, and Lear looked back, only to meet Parrington's solemn eyes in the air.

Just a simple glance to determine each other's identities, but also save the effort of greeting politely.

"Your Excellency's methods are much more decisive than I imagined. ”

After stepping into the living room, Parrington walked straight in front of Lear despite the open door, shrouded in the spiritual power of a red-robed mage, and if the other party didn't mean to, he believed that no one would be able to overhear their conversation.

"Both left and right are dead, since I met first, then I will do it for His Excellency the Earl, and I hope you don't think I am overstepping. ”

Lear replied lightly, then reached out and clasped his right hand, which had stopped in the air.

"Hahaha, sure enough, the hero is a teenager, and I am more and more sure that my choice is correct. ”

From beginning to end, Parrington didn't look squarely at the corpse lying on the ground, as if it were a random decoration in the living room, and even the pungent smell of corpses could not make him frown.

"I can save the gossip for later, Your Excellency the Earl, I have only come this time to bring you a gift and meet you by the way, and I will leave later. ”

It was only a few glances that Lear could already determine that Parrington was indeed a man who could do practical things, a character that he undoubtedly admired, because it would save a lot of boring and polite time.

"Oh? ”

Sure enough, Parrington didn't mind Lear's attitude at all, but immediately became serious.

A ring glowing with a faint blue light appears in Lear's hand.

"This is the complete design drawing of the musket and artillery, and Spartacus's current manufacturing capacity is no longer sufficient to meet the needs of the war that will unfold in the future, so I need your help. He said solemnly.

"This!?"

Although he knew that Lear's offer would never be cheap, even Parrington was surprised to give such a precious gift when they met for the first time, and even Parington was surprised by such courage and trust.

You must know that Spartacus's firearms have always been the most desired thing in Parrington, although he has also ordered the dwarven craftsmen in his territory to take apart the finished products and study them, but the most critical piece of gunpowder research and development has never been a clue, for a lord who is about to face war, this gift is incomparable to any gold, silver and jewelry.

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