At night, when Maltis is lit up, and the imperial capital is enveloped not only by night, but also by alcohol, drugs, women, gold coins, and lust, and the city has the darkest, dirtiest, and craziest time of the day.

Mick, who was supposed to take a magic elective, was sitting in Alexander's private office, rubbing his hands anxiously.

Karl across from him also looked uneasy, as if it was not a sofa sitting under his buttocks, but a hot charcoal fire.

In contrast to their lives are the relaxed Alexander and the great arms dealer Eric, who are sipping red wine and talking and laughing.

Looking at the appearance of the two of them strolling leisurely, Mick couldn't suppress the evil fire in his heart and rushed to the top of his head, and finally broke out: "I said, will Your Excellency the Frozen Calamity come tonight?

Alexander and Eric looked at each other and laughed in unison.

Alexander put down the red wine in his hand, moved his ass to the sofa, put on a posture of being in control, and then waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, this guy Buckhouse has a strange temper, but he is very trustworthy, since he promised me, he will definitely come tonight." ”

"But we've been waiting for him here for two hours, and he hasn't even been seen. Mick said hatefully.

Alexander shrugged helplessly and said, "He only said that he would come tonight, but he didn't say when." ”

"But we can't just wait, can we?"

"How about it else? Let a Holy Order Lord wait for us?"

Mick was stunned, unable to refute it.

At this moment, a gust of cold wind blew open the window, and more than ten magic lamps that should not be affected by the breeze flickered abnormally at the same time, and then several people in the room felt that the temperature had dropped significantly.

Mick suddenly felt a palpitation in his heart, as if there was a terrifying shadow standing behind him, and the hairs on his body instantly exploded.

Shocked in his heart, he subconsciously pulled out the blackwood wand he had just made, and at the same time quickly activated the Eye of Insight, and suddenly looked back, only to see that there was nothing behind him, only the window that had been blown open by the wind opened and closed, creaking.

Mick's eyelids jumped inexplicably, and his heart suddenly turned his head, and at this moment, he only felt an icy and slippery thing flash around his neck.

Although the Eye of Insight could see the origin of all things, it was surprisingly fast, and he could only see a vague shadow, unable to distinguish between real and illusory.

It all happened in a split second, but Mick felt as if a long time had passed, and the pressure was so great that his heart was beating fast and he couldn't breathe. He gasped heavily, and streams of cold sweat ran down his forehead.

Just when Mick was about to collapse, a low and majestic voice suddenly sounded in the room: "The low-level upper-level combat bloodline, only the third level, the age is more than 18 years old, and it can reach the level of eight or nine levels at most in this life, it is of no great use." ”

"Eighth-ninth level is not of great use?" Doppler, who was attracted by this cold aura, had just opened the door when he heard this cruel comment, and his face twitched unconsciously.

"But...... I think he is quite pleasing to the eye, and it was recommended by you Alexander himself, I accepted this student, and let him come to the military intelligence department alone tomorrow to find me. ”

After saying that, the cold aura in the office dissipated instantly, and Mick only felt that the mountain-like weight on his body disappeared out of thin air, and he suddenly sat down on the ground with a sad expression.

Alexander looked at Mick's embarrassed appearance and smiled backwards: "Dear Mick, this is the price of your unscrupulous words and casual discussion of a Holy Order master. ”

As he spoke, Alexander raised his chin at Doppler and ordered, "Doppler, you take Mr. Karl to pick out a decent sword, and tell him the basics of martial arts, so as not to be tossed too badly by Buckhouse tomorrow." ”

Doppler nodded, and led the stunned Karl out of the office, leaving Alexander, Mick, and Eric alone.

Mick gradually freed himself from his weak state, he crawled onto the couch with his hands and feet, grabbed a large glass of cold water, and poured it down his throat, then wiped a handful of cold sweat from his face, leaned heavily into the soft couch, and exhaled a long breath.

The smile on Alexander's face slowly disappeared, and his tone became much more solemn: "Mick, there are no outsiders now, I want to ask you, what project have you been working on recently? In just two weeks, it cost 200,000 gold coins." ”

Mick was stunned: "There are so many?"

Alexander nodded.

"It's a very important project," says Mick, "and it could affect my alchemy career, or ...... Change the landscape of magical alchemy. ”

When it comes to secret alchemy, Alexander has always had a lot of confidence in Mick, and listening to Mick say that it is so important, he can't help but be a little more serious.

"Mick, a lot of things have happened in the imperial capital recently, and I am very short of money here, but I think your research is worth the investment, so I will try to meet your needs first. ”

Alexander pondered his words and continued: "There is only one point, you have to speed up the batch of equipment of the military department, on the one hand, you must leave enough time to improve the opinions of the military department after the first review, and on the other hand, we urgently need this matter and this money to make some articles. ”

Mick thought to himself, it seems that Alexander's group of forces is engaged in an invisible war with some force, and it is still at a disadvantage, otherwise it would be impossible for him to be as cunning as he would have confessed to himself like this. I wonder what kind of force can force the mysterious Alexander to this point?

Mikloy hesitated for a moment and said, "Give me two more weeks, and I will give the military department a satisfactory answer." ”

Alexander nodded with satisfaction: "Very good, there is one more thing." I found out that on the night of your assassination, the Church suddenly sent a large number of elites to investigate, and several teams were not far from the gold and dreams. ”

Mick's pupils shrank, and his heart was suddenly shocked. It seems that the Divine Eye opened automatically that night, and he had already exposed himself. Fortunately, the Divine Eye was only activated for a moment, and if it took a little longer, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Still, it is difficult to say how much of an impact this incident will have on him, and one can only pray that the people of the church have not yet discovered his true secret.

Mick was terrified, but his face was silent, pretending to be ignorant: "What did you say? What does the dispatch of people from the church have to do with me?"

Alexander stared at Mick deeply, shook his head and said, "You have personally experienced the power of the Holy Order powerhouse tonight, so I want to tell you two things.

First, Buckhouse was definitely not at the top of the Holy Order, and there were more than one or two Saint Rank powerhouses in Maltis. Second, since I can ask Buckhouse to take Carl as a disciple, then others can also ask them to kill you!

Although some of the guys are relatively restrained for the time being, with my protection, as your influence gradually increases, it's hard to guarantee that they won't jump off the wall in a hurry. ”

Mick's face suddenly darkened. In fact, when Buckhouse's breath had just left, he thought of this, but he didn't want to face it, and as soon as Alexander said it, he immediately felt a huge and cold shadow appear in front of him, lingering.

Especially the cold feeling that came from his neck just now, if the other party had the intention to kill him, I am afraid that he would have fallen to the ground in that moment.

It feels bad to be slaughtered, and Mick hates his weakness immensely.

As he was gritting his teeth, Alexander suddenly sighed tiredly and sighed with emotion: "Mick, there is not much time left for us......