Chapter 556: Trust Causes Trouble
The moonlight was like a bath, Alice stood on the balcony, staring quietly at the night sky, Beeri and Kumorogosha had each led their troops out of Yellowstone Province three days ago, but Alice did not leave, perhaps because she was cowardly in her hometown, or because she didn't want to see what happened to some people, or because she wanted to collect the refugees who had escaped, she was very determined to stay. γγ
The whole mansion was quieter than usual, and the mercenaries of the big alliance also left with Anfei, only Himpella's regiment remained in the city, and the personal guard team trained by Himpella officially took up their posts and began to take charge of Alice's daily security.
"Now that the weather is cold, wear more clothes and pay attention to your body. Suzanne said as she walked over and draped the cloak in her hand over Alice's body.
"Susanna, thank you. Alice said softly.
"You......" Suzanne shook her head, she didn't like Alice's etiquette that she would never forget, but she couldn't say anything.
"The news of Anfei has already gotten out, right?" Alice changed the subject.
"Hmm. Suzanne lowered her voice and said, "If those guys are really going to do something, it's definitely been these days." β
"You have to be careful!"
"It's you who should be careful. Suzanne smiled and said in a confident tone: "I have it, what are I afraid of?!" After speaking, Suzanne patted the long sword on her waist, and being able to reach the pinnacle of a professional is the most basic factor to have the belief that she must win, and even if she doesn't have self-confidence, what can she talk about overcoming all kinds of difficulties? Even Nade Shelett didn't believe that An Fei could kill him at the last moment, which is enough to prove what kind of self-confidence he has.
"If they really were West's people, it wouldn't hurt me. Alice straightened the cloak on her shoulders with her hands: "Anfei uses me as bait...... Something was wrong, because I always felt like their real target was Amphi and you!"
"Oh?" said Suzanne froze, frowning.
"Susanna, be careful. Alice said solemnly.
"Alright, alright, I know. Suzanne smiled and grabbed Alice's arm: "Let's go in and talk, it's cool here." β
It is more than 300 meters away from Alice's official residence. In an ordinary house, two groups of black-clad men with masked faces were facing each other, and the atmosphere was very tense.
"Douglas, we said we were going to act together, what do you mean when you suddenly want to quit?" one of the men in black roared in a low voice, his voice even trembling slightly. Apparently furious to the extreme.
"When did I say quit?" said Douglas, who was standing opposite, softly, although his face was tightly covered by a black cloth, his smile could still be heard: "Walter remembers that I told you to find a way to make up for your mistakes, but what did you do?
"What does this have to do with today's action?!"
"It's ridiculous. Douglas shook his head: "Walter, you have been carried away by hatred! Actually, he didn't know anything at first, but you and your sister specifically reminded him, and then you didn't make up for it. Do you really think of An Fei as a child? An Fei knows that we exist. But at this time, he left the province of Yellowstone. There must be a ghost in there!"
"Douglas, don't think that everyone else is a fool!" Walter said coldly: "Before the operation, my people had already sent the news that An Fei was indeed in the province of Shanhe, and he also personally killed several rebellious nobles and a dozen guards on the spot. Beeri, Saul, Stig, and the others have all gone to the province of Flash, and no matter what tricks An Fei is playing, only Suzanne can pose a threat to us in the city. I'm weird. What are you worried about?Anfei is a person after all, so he won't be careless?!"
"That's good. Take your men and kill them. Douglas shrugged his shoulders: "I'll stay here so as not to rob you of your land." β
"You ......" Walter was a little angry, only Suzanne could pose a threat to him, and it was true, but the assassination was not a one-man battle, and the battle must be ended in the shortest possible time, and if the mercenary group of Himpella was alarmed and thousands of mercenaries surrounded them, the consequences would be unpredictable. What's more, he knows Alice's newly formed pro-guard team very well, most of them are still willing to work for the forces represented by An Fei, which is also the purpose of their joining the pro-guard team, even if his people deliberately disrupt the pro-guard team, they can still wield a certain amount of combat power.
"How am I?" Douglas pouted secretly, in fact, he despised Walter for acting on his own initiative when he first came to Yellowstone, forcibly saving people, and before he could go to Walter to settle accounts, Walter's sister Julie sent someone to assassinate Susanna, and after learning the news, he was almost fainted, according to his original plan, he could be quietly arranged and waited in secret, even if he couldn't kill An Fei, he could also cause heavy damage to An Fei, and now everything is over.
"Douglas, you really don't plan to act together?!" Walter said word by word, he had lost his patience, Walter was not married, his only relative was Julie, and now he had to endure Julie's cries, moans, and even screams from nightmares every day, his spirit was overwhelmed, today was his time to avenge Julie, no one could stop him, he must let Anfei taste what kind of pain it was!
"Huh...... Threaten me?" Douglas laughed contemptuously, "I've only heard of forced buying and selling, and you still want to force me to kill for you?"
Douglas's men also let out a low laugh, and of course they would be on their side, Walter gave Douglas a deep look, and turned to walk out the door, when the night cry of a raven was heard outside.
Walter gasped, his hand was also on the hilt of the sword, Douglas took off his mask, and said with a smile: "It should be my people, Walter, don't be nervous." β
"You told anyone about this place?" said Walter angrily.
"Is this still a secret after tonight?" said Douglas casually.
There was a rhythmic knock on the door outside, and after a while, a young man in a magic robe walked in slowly, and Wal looked at each other, the other party was about twenty-four or five, handsome, and wore a high-level magician medal on his chest, which was very rare to become a high-level magician at this age!
"Brunfield, have you brought me good news or bad news?" asked Douglas softly, his eyes full of admiration for the right-hand man in front of him, who had never spared his expression.
"Good news. Brunfield's gaze swept over Walter and whispered, "But...... This made me feel even more confused. β
"Oh?"
"An Fei is indeed in the Shining River Province, do you think this is normal?" Brufeld paused, "With what we know about An Fei, he can't be so careless, and ...... Beeri and Kumorogosha led hundreds of thousands of troops to attack the province of Shem, where he was not needed, he should stay here!"
Douglas frowned, Walter's eyes also showed hesitation, what Brufield said was exactly what he had been unable to figure out and unwilling to think about, he couldn't have so many scruples, avenging Julie and relieving his master's worries was the most important thing!
"It's ridiculous that Anfei took Christin's people with him. "He is very busy, "he is even busier than BΓ©eri, and even sends mercenaries to capture towns before the army...... The war was commanded by him. β
"I see!" Walter suddenly lost his voice, and Brunfield's words gave him an inspiration.
"What?" Douglas was stunned.
"I understand why Anfei is!" Walter said slowly: "For merit! It's not just Chrissy who has to go, if Anfei wants to get more, he must also appear on the battlefield! BΓ©elli has always taken good care of him, and Berelli is a marshal, he doesn't need to fight with Amphi at all, these credits will definitely be credited to Amphi and Christie." β
"You have some truth ......," Douglas mused, and then turned his gaze to Brufeld: "How's Brufeld's performance in the Flashriver Province?"
"Very high-profile, even in person, as if afraid that others would not know that he was coming. Brunfield said softly, "So I suspect someone is impersonating him, and it took a while to find out." β
"It's even more obvious!" Walter decided: "He's just trying to scare us into thinking he's still here!"
"I have another question, why didn't Anfei take Suzanne with him? and let Suzanne stay instead?" said Douglas.
"Do you need to ask?" Walter laughed contemptuously, and he finally took revenge: "Anfei doesn't know who we are, let alone who our target is, and Alice has been attacked repeatedly, so he has to leave someone to protect Alice!" The only people Anfei can use are Anthony and Susanna, and it is always inconvenient for Anthony to stay, Susanna is the best choice. β
Douglas's brow slowly relaxed, and there was some truth in Walter's analysis.
"Also, Anfei only knows about my existence, you haven't made a move, Anfei thinks that leaving a Susanna and Himpella's mercenary group is enough to deal with us, so he is not considered a risk. β
Douglas's eyes fell on Brufeld, and he still couldn't make a decision, so he had to ask for Brufeld's opinion.
Brunfeld pondered for a moment and nodded slightly: "It makes sense that I've heard about Alice's assassination, too." β
"Good!" said Douglas, putting his mask back on, his right-hand man, he had always trusted not only Brufeld's character, but also Brufield's intelligence, but no one noticed that when the shadows crept out of the house one by one, a wicked smile crossed Brunfield's eyes.