In the business district, there are many buildings that can be called landmark buildings, but for the local residents of Miria City, there is only one building that can represent the luxury and prosperity of the business district, and this building is the 200-storey Xinghai Hotel.

The designer of the Xinghai Hotel is the famous designer Belmiki of Velon, and his design of the Sky Temple in Megalika, the Mausoleum of Cleopatra in Savile and the Red Tower Square in the Kingdom of Maris are all classic examples of Velon's architecture, which are the objects of imitation by all architects.

Ten years ago, the owner of the Xinghai Hotel, the philanthropist Rupert Fitz, offered a sky-high price to invite the reclusive Belmiki to re-emerge from the mountain, design and supervise the construction of this gorgeous hotel, and Belmiki also exhausted his efforts to build this hotel, and died the next day after the completion of the hotel, which also made this hotel Belmiki's posthumous work, adding a touch of mystery.

The whole hotel adopts an all-steel structure, and it is made of special steel from the Kingdom of Mares. Even in a large steel-producing country like the Mares Kingdom, there is not a lot of special steel produced every year, and most of it is made by the Mares Kingdom steam ships and steam airships, and it was completely Belmiki's face that Xinghai Hotel was able to get so much special steel back then.

The exterior wall of the Xinghai Hotel is the same as that of most high-end hotels now, and it is made of special glass, but the special glass of the Xinghai Hotel is different.

This glowstone can absorb a large amount of external light and heat during the day, and will be released outward at night, making the whole hotel seem to be surrounded by starlight, which is also the origin of the name Xinghai Hotel.

In addition, the interior decoration and furniture of the hotel are extremely luxurious, so much so that a common saying has formed in Miria City, that is, if you can stay in the room of the Star Sea Hotel for one night in your life, you will leave with a smile until you die.

However, the owner of the Xinghai Hotel is now in the top floor of the hotel, and the most expensive king suite, standing in front of the huge floor-to-ceiling windows, overlooking the whole of Miria City like a god, without the slightest smile on his face.

Behind him, dozens of Miria magnates dressed in all kinds of high-end clothes stood with their heads bowed like children who had been taught, waiting for the thunderous wrath of their master.

There was silence in the room for a long time, and only then did the dignified-looking Rupert open his mouth and ask the officials of the Continental Council that he had secretly funded, "I wonder why the Council passed the complaint so quickly, and why didn't you stop it?"

"Mr. Fitz, we stopped it, but the meeting was presided over by the Speaker himself, and the members of the meeting passed the complaint before we could react, as if they had discussed it, and there was nothing we could do. One of the dignitaries stepped forward to explain to everyone.

If anyone who is familiar with the officials of the Continental Congress at all levels is in this room, they will surely recognize the magnate who opened his mouth as the chief magistrate of the Continental Congress, whose duties are to oversee the order of the meeting, to drive out any member who he deems to disrupt the proceedings, and to have the right to veto issues once a month, almost as much as the Speaker of the Conference.

"Why didn't you use your veto power to veto the question?" Rupert asked, turning his head and looking coldly at the Chief Magistrate.

The Chief Magistrate explained: "In order to exercise the veto, you have to submit a veto proposal, and I had prepared the rejection proposal before the meeting, but the folder where the proposal was placed at the meeting was stolen, and my assistant was attacked on his way to get a backup proposal, and in the end I was unable to prevent the petition from passing." ”

A magnate who is also an official of the Continental Congress defended: "This incident was premeditated, they first used the skeleton to distract you, and then attacked and forced the passage of the ......."

"Enough! Since you have done something wrong, don't quibble, explain that your mistakes are just a sign of incompetence, and think about how to make up for your mistakes and how to prevent them. Rupert scolded, interrupting the magnate's argument and saying, "I can allow my people to make mistakes, but I must not allow incompetence." ”

As Rupert's words fell, the room immediately fell silent, and everyone lowered their heads, not daring to make any more excuses.

"I hope that tomorrow the issue of the Duke's special status not being suitable for court and being replaced by someone else will be successfully passed, and if you can't handle this matter, then there is no need for you to sit in this position anymore, and there are many people who are willing to take your place. Rupert glanced at everyone coldly, turned his head and continued to look at the night view of Miria City outside the window, and said, "You can leave, go through the secret passage, I don't want to be found out at this time and have something to do with you." ”

These magnates couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when they heard Rupert's order, and they were glad that today's pass had passed smoothly, and they bowed down one after another.

Just as these magnates exited the room and closed the door, the air around Rupert was flooded with light like water waves, and then a mysterious person covered by a burqa appeared in that place, and said to Rupert: "None of these guys can be trusted, and you still leave the matter to them, aren't you afraid of messing up?"

"I never believed them," Rupert looked very calm, and there was no trace of the annoyance on his face that he had just shown, "The secret safe of the Skull and Bones Society has been opened, and the ledger inside has also been taken, there is evidence of their bribery, they think that the two of them took it, of course they are in a hurry, where are they still in the mood to do things now, but I am afraid that when someone comes up with something related to the ledger in front of them, they will immediately betray me and switch to a new master." ”

"Aren't you worried?" asked the mysterious man curiously.

Rupert said expressionlessly: "They are just chess pieces, the chess pieces that lead me out all the targets, and the things that will eventually be eaten, why worry about them?"

"What a cold fellow!" the mysterious man did not seem to be afraid of Rupert, and after a joke, he asked in a deep voice, "Do you need me to help you get the ledger back?" You should know that with my abilities I can definitely do it. ”

Rupert turned his head and gave the mysterious man a cold look, and said, "When did your wizards' guild start to be interested in this kind of Game of Thrones?"

"Just keep up with the times!" the mysterious man smiled.

Rupert unceremoniously despised the other party and said, "It's a pity that your reputation is too stinky, and whoever cooperates with you will be unlucky." As he spoke, without waiting for the other party to get annoyed, he said again: "All the guys in your assembly have done something in Lan Xi Cage City, and they have been driven out by the Aknaya Church in Cage City. Although my people used the method of selling benefits to let the workers leaders of the cage city suppress this matter, if you continue to do things according to your methods, something will happen sooner or later. I don't want to be distracted by helping the Duke fight for the throne and help you clean up the mess, so until you have the results here, you should go to other countries. ”

"Are you trying to end our collaboration?" asked the mysterious man in a deep voice.

Rupert looked at the mysterious man calmly, and said in a cold tone: "If I were to end the cooperation, I wouldn't talk to you like this, and I would drive you away directly." ”

The mysterious man didn't say anything more, he bowed slightly to Rupert, then turned around and walked towards the glass wall, and hit the wall directly, the glass shattered and his whole body disappeared into the glass, and then disappeared, along with the cracks in the glass.

"A bunch of rats!" Seeing the magical ability displayed by the mysterious man, Rupert did not show any abnormal expression, but snorted coldly with extreme disdain, and then picked up the bell on the coffee table next to him and shook it.

After the crisp bell rang, there was a knock on the door of the room, and after Rupert said in, a well-dressed butler walked in, saluted Rupert, and asked, "What do you command, sir?"

Rupert thought for a moment and ordered: "Use the best invitation to invite all the powerful people in the city who have the ability to influence the decision-making of the continental council, I will hold a banquet in the Silver Moon Castle tomorrow night, as for the arrangement of the banquet, you can decide for yourself, there is only one thing I ask to satisfy the guests present." ”

"Yes, sir. The butler took note of Rupert's request and exited the room.

When there was only one person left in the room, Rupert turned and went to the wine cabinet to pour himself a glass of wine, and walked to the piano in the room with the glass, and sat down to play a cheerful tune very skillfully.

From the music he played, it was not difficult to hear that he was in a very happy mood at the moment, and was not affected by the current bad situation of Duke Derwin, if there were others, there might be an illusion that he did not care whether Duke Derwin could become Emperor of Farran.

In the hotel in Fish City, Leo had been eating meat for three hours in a row, and he barely chewed with his teeth, so he swallowed it directly, and even then his energy storage value had just exceeded 100.

The people in the hotel have gradually become numb from surprise, even if they feel that Leo has such an extraordinary appetite, they don't look like a human at all, but because of Leo's generous action, they take the initiative to ignore these unusual things and do their own thing with peace of mind.

When Leo had devoured the fiftieth serving, he raised his hand to signal that the waiter who was waiting by him could stop, and then took out fifty gold flanges as a tip and gave it to the waiter and the people in the kitchen.

After the waiter left, he closed the door, put on his coat and other clothes, put on his backpack, pressed the bill of one hundred gold flanges under the inkwell on the desk, then opened the window by the street, jumped straight down, and left the hotel.

If it weren't for the shocking behavior of today, he wouldn't have left this decent hotel, and now he needed to find a suitable temporary shelter.

Leo went to the black market before leaving the fish city, and it was the old man who was in charge of receiving him.

"I would like to buy some materials in Gamorei. Leo asked directly.

"There is no information. The old man shook his head, and then said, "But we can find someone to teach you." ”

"How much?" asked Leo.

"Don't want money. The old man shook his head again and said, "Just help him go to a place and retrieve one thing." ”

Hearing such familiar conditions, Leo tried to confirm, "The place you're talking about can't be Nine Golden Oak Street, right?"

The old man nodded.

Leo frowned and asked, "Is he the only one in this world who knows Gamorei?"

"Gamoret is the exclusive language of ancient wizards, it is said that the language contains the power of the gods, ordinary people will go crazy at a glance, listen to a sentence will go crazy, of course, these are just legends, guests you can listen to it, don't take it seriously. The old man smiled and explained, "But the Gamoree language is very strange, it cannot be learned in words, it can only be learned through one-on-one teaching." There are also many people in this world who have tried to solve the mysteries of the Gamorei language, but have never succeeded. While we can't be sure if there is anyone else in the world who knows Gamorei, the only one who knows is that gentleman who has truly mastered Gamorei. ”

When Leo heard this, his face became a little gloomy, no wonder the old man looked fearless.

After a moment of silence, Leo asked the old man, "I need detailed information on all those who have disappeared at 9 Golden Oak Street, including servants and servants, especially those in the dark world. ”

The old man couldn't help but be stunned for a moment when he heard Leo's request, and said to tell him to wait, and then walked to the counter and told Leo's request to the people in the counter, obviously it was the first time he had heard such a request.

After a while, the old man came back and said, "We can get the information of these people, but in addition to the cost of the information itself, we also need to pay an additional fee." ”

Leo looked a little displeased, and questioned, "Didn't you say that all the information at 9 Golden Oak Street is free?"

"Yes, the information at 9 Golden Oak Street is all free. The old man smiled, "But not No. 9 Golden Oak Street?"

"How much?"

"A million gold flanges. The old man gave a number.

When Leo heard this, his glasses narrowed slightly, and his eyes swept over the old man, and there was a look of doubt in his eyes.

Two days ago, he got a million gold flanges from the Skull and Bones Society, and now this black market is offering a million for those materials, such a coincidence makes Leo wonder if the other party is deliberately using this incident to test him, to test whether he is the one who killed the president of the Skull and Bones Society.

But after careful observation and data analysis of the paracerebral system, he found that this incident was really just a coincidence, at least there was no trace of temptation from the old man in front of him.

After confirming that the other party was not a temptation, Leo began to consider whether the million should be spent, and whether it was worth it.

If it was before going to the Skull and Bones Society, Leo wouldn't have thought about it at all, and just turned around and left, but now he had not just one wizard's note in Gamorei, but four, three of which were in the same vein, and they must contain a complete inheritance, so this million was not worth it.

After thinking about it, Leo immediately made a decision: "I'll pay for this fee, arrange a room for me, and I want to see the information immediately." ”