"What?!" a gloomy-looking young man jumped up in a hidden basement, his eyes widened, and he exclaimed, "Say it again!"

Standing in front of him was a middle-aged man in a gray robe with a face almost as gloomy as his, who had no expression on his face and replied in a tone without any ups and downs: "The Count of Good Horse claims that he has found something from the capital from the assassin he killed, and he believes that the assassin was sent by a certain marquis, and asks the marquis to explain this." Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"

The young man was dumbfounded, and after a long while, he asked with some confusion, "You have something with you that has the characteristics of the capital of the Federation of Gold Coins?"

"Of course not, nothing in us is completely invisible. ”

"That'...... Why did he say that?"

"I don't know. ”

Only then did the young man remember that his subordinate was very reliable, but if he needed to use his brain...... That's not going to work.

He may have been clever as well, but as an Assassin, he was very strict about his duty, doing things without thinking.

An assassin is a sword, and a sword should not have a mind of its own.

This is naturally excellent in normal times, but when the person holding the sword himself is at a loss, things are a little worse.

The young man is the leader of the killer organization, and he is still a rookie who took over the organization from his father, who died of a sudden illness not long ago, which can be seen from the fact that he will take on such an intellectually frustrated task. But rookies are rookies, and he still knows what to do - his task is to try to provoke a civil war in the Gold Coin Federation, not a civil war among the aristocratic faction!

In fact, he was quite smart, and after taking over the task, he did not rush into action, but took the elite troops to lurk in the territory of the "Good Horse" Count on the border, and waited patiently for the opportunity. It was not until the border patrol was attacked that the assassination was carried out.

According to his estimates, those who attacked the patrol on the border should have the same purpose as himself, but the strength was much weaker than his own, so he chose the means of attacking the patrol soldier as of little significance. That may really make the atmosphere on both sides tense, but it is absolutely impossible to let the merchant faction and the aristocratic faction fight by killing a few big soldiers!

What is the point of dying a few soldiers?

Not to mention the noble faction, there are tens of thousands of soldiers under his command, even if he is the leader of an assassin organization like himself, he will not take three or five lives to heart.

If you want to provoke a fight between the two sides, it is conservatively estimated that you will have to kill hundreds of soldiers.

Putting aside the risks of doing that, the bigger problem is that after killing so many people, the most likely reaction of both sides is not to fight like a cockfight being provoked, but to find a powerful adventurer and find out.

The young man had also been an adventurer, and he knew a lot about that group, and knew that there were many characters with unique skills that people would not underestimate.

That's why he chose to take the risk of attacking an earl, in order to make the earl angry with fear and desperate to retaliate.

Unfortunately, it seems that his plan failed, and he lost three good Assassins in vain.

After a long silence, the young man sighed and said, "Continue to lurk." ”

"Yes. ”

"And ...... Contact the 'Black Brokers' and tell them that I'm going to recruit a few necromancers. ”

"Yes. ”

"Go ahead and be careful. ”

"Yes. ”

When the middle-aged man left, the young leader of the Assassin Order frowned, returned to his bed under the ventilation window, and sat down on it in deep thought.

He has to carefully refine the new plan, and this time it must be successful!

A few days later, another group of people also received news of the Earl's assassination wound and his announcement that the Assassins might have come from the capital and belonged to the central aristocratic faction.

The middle-aged man, who had been silent that night, was a little dazed, and he frowned, trying to figure out what was going on.

Could it be ...... Is it a coincidence?

He shook his head, thinking that things shouldn't have been so coincidental.

The killer industry is a very serious industry, and ideas such as "coincidence" and "coincidence" will never appear in the mind of a sophisticated killer.

In his opinion, those who assassinated the Count were probably taking advantage of the opportunity they had inadvertently created for them.

But...... Why would they take advantage of this opportunity? What exactly do they want?

The old killer, who had been living in the shadow of the sword for many years, was silently calculating, at first he thought that the other party might have similar thoughts as himself, all to provoke a war between the merchant faction and the aristocratic faction, but after thinking about it, he felt that something was wrong - if that was the case, why would the other party leave something with the characteristics of the central aristocratic faction?

He didn't take into account the possibility of the Earl's fraud, and he couldn't think of this aspect at all, so his thinking quickly fell into a misunderstanding and began to drill into the horns.

After a long time, he finally made up his mind to go back and contact his employer again.

At this time, it may not be useful to assassinate the soldiers on the border again. If he could, he thought he might be able to change his target and attack the people on the merchant side.

Let's say attacking a caravan or something...... It should work.

Even if it doesn't work, at least you can loot some supplies and boost morale.

His subordinates were pirates, and although they were usually obedient, they were always difficult to change their pirate nature. If you don't get enough of them, morale will soon go down. When the hearts of the people are scattered, it will be difficult for the team to lead, let alone complete the task.

Let alone...... He wanted something good for himself.

Being in the middle ground between the aristocratic faction and the merchant faction of the Gold Coin Federation, no matter which side of the trouble is, you can run to the other side of the sphere of influence to escape, and there is no better condition in the world. If he doesn't take advantage of this opportunity to make a big profit, he himself feels very lost!

When he told his subordinates not to cause trouble for the time being, he set out to contact the intermediary and ask the intermediary to send his advice or request to the employer.

At this time, contrary to the conspirators who were not going well, the situation of the joint exploration team was going well.

There are indeed silver mines here, and the reserves are not low. On the first day of their search, they found several pieces of silver ore, all of which were in good condition.

After returning to camp to discuss, Hops and the others checked the map, estimated the possible location of the veins, and then gathered their men together and sent them all to the area as if they were casting a net against a school of fish.

Of course, including themselves.

In the days that followed, good news continued one after another. First of all, someone found a rock containing a lot of silver ore, although digging down these rocks did not dig up subsequent veins, but at least it greatly boosted everyone's confidence. Hopps himself found a small silver mine in a natural cavern, and although the reserves were not high, there was a large amount of Mithril in it.

The first news was not enough, the second news really boosted everyone's morale, and even the person in charge of the Gold Coin Federation was alarmed, regardless of the rugged terrain, risked the danger to go to the cave and carefully study the silver mine.

Silver ore is not a big deal, but Mithril is a good thing! Soft armor woven with Mithril brushed silk threads is worth at least 3,000 gold coins.

Of course, this thing is really worth the money, although this kind of soft armor that looks like an ordinary long shirt can't withstand heavy weapons, and it's not much use against hammers and axes, but as long as you wear it, ordinary daggers, short knives, and even stray arrows will definitely not hurt you.

Especially for those big people, wearing it under their clothes can effectively reduce the risk of being assassinated. Therefore, it is also an indispensable talisman for those big people who are worried about being assassinated, and it has never been in short supply.

After scrutinizing the silver mine, the veteran miner from the Gold Federation came to a conclusion that made everyone excited.

The Mithril here is worth at least 20,000 gold coins!) )