Ten years ago, the little Baron Wimbledon was assassinated by an unknown wizard, which led Victor to suspect that his arrival had something to do with the wizard and the otherworldly existence behind the wizard.

Finding out the wizard's roots may have a chance to catch the tail of the transcendent being, but the wizard who murdered the little baron is suspected of being attacked by witchcraft and died in the basement of a hotel in Castle Black. Victor was still very weak at the time, for fear of arousing the suspicion of others, and even more afraid of touching the attention of the supernatural being, so he never sent someone to investigate the details of the wizard's death, and the clue seemed to be interrupted.

That is until Victor captures his assassin in the territory. According to the killer, he was ordered by Raymond Peter to purge the Moon Elf nobles of the human realm, and at least two nobles died under his dagger, one was the noble girl Michelle and the other was Queen Seuss's lover.

The nobles and the commoners are in two worlds, and the nobles of the Moon Elf bloodline are even more protected by the great nobles, how can the violent civilian assassins assassinate the nobles of the Moon Elf bloodline? Even if they succeed, how can they escape? Once the assassin is caught, can the mastermind still be able to escape?

Raymond knew his cousin's whereabouts well, and it would not be difficult for him to kill Michelle, but it would leave very visible marks, and Queen Eleano's lover was heavily protected, and it stands to reason that the throat-cutter had no chance of assassinating him. However, he managed to kill the queen's lover and was able to get away with it. This shows that the assassination of the Queen's lover by the Throat Slitter was secretly promoted by the Grand Lord of Seuss, which may be a warning from the Souss Lords to the Eleano family, but it also shows that Raymond's attempt to kill the Moon Elf nobles has been seen by the Grand Seuss nobles.

The Kamen Brotherhood serves both Borui and Seuss nobles, and it is not surprising that the Throat Slither uses the channels of the Kamen Brotherhood in the Seuss Kingdom to reveal his identity and purpose.

Warned by the Grand Lord of Seuss, Duke Peter quickly found out the truth and decisively executed Raymond's personal butler, stripped him of his family inheritance, exiled him to Nanfeng Harbor, and arranged for him to participate in a military campaign to infiltrate the Gogan barbarians.

The Throat Cutter is a paranoid madman with hatred for the nobility in his heart. Was Raymond Peter also a madman? If he wasn't crazy, or if he was under the influence of witchcraft, he would do such a crazy and reckless stupid thing.

The broken thread is back in place. Raymond Peter came into Victor's sight.

After that, Raymond presided over the Southwind Chamber of Commerce to combat the Wimbledon Chamber of Commerce's business network in the Kingdom of Dodor, and he used the power of the Kamen Brotherhood. Mercury not only seized the Blood Guard's chameleon, but also had a close encounter with the mysterious wizarding organization.

Victor has reason to believe that the lair of the wizarding organization is in the Eastern Alliance, and they have nothing to do with the referee, considering the factor of the paladin hunting the wizard, the two sides should be in captivity. Wizards with cunning methods are unwilling to be pigs in the inquisition, and they have the ability to prop up an agent of the nobility.

Raymond Peter, the future prince of the kingdom of Seuss, was a good choice......

Victor didn't have the ability to do it before, but now, His Highness Randall can try to put an eyeliner next to Raymond Peter.

The specific plan is: Todd defects to Jacob Ludwig as a ranger Duncan, trying to trick him into attacking Master Peter, who is patrolling the defense line of the Twilight Forest; Todd plans an assassination operation for Jacob, and recruits Wamon, the former magistrate of Ascending Rock City, to participate in the attack on Raymond Peter, in return for the favor and help of Jacob Ludwig, and if the assassination is successful, he pays atonement for them, helps them get rid of their status as prisoners, and then joins the royal family of Gombis.

Vamun is the shadow chosen by Mercury.

He was convicted of the assassination of the Earl of Kinrique, stripped of his family name and noistocracy by the Marquis de Vermick, and sentenced by the Inquisition, along with his family and vassals, to 10 years of hard labor in the Dusk Forest Defense, followed by exile to the Eastern Alliance.

When Nelson led the bears in a night attack on Hora Ludwig, Sheriff Wamon left Hora behind and led his family to break through first. Vamon and his family endured the harshest punishment of the nobles, but at least they did not fall victim to the Count of Hora, temporarily sparing the lives of their children.

Mercury's evaluation of Vamun is: selfish, cherishing family, judgmental, and decisive.

Such people will not listen to Todd's words, not to mention that they themselves do not have deep friendships. Vammon could not be sure that the Ranger Godfrey was Jacob Ludwig, and Todd would not have introduced him to Jacob. This in itself is a trap laid by mercury, with Jacob, Valen, and Raymond all in the game.

Todd did not directly encourage Jacob to assassinate Raymond Peter, which was the most stupid thing to do. As long as Mercury creates a fatal chance encounter and provokes a chaotic conflict, he is not afraid that Jacob will let his fiancée's murderer go.

Jacob had no idea beforehand, how could Todd have introduced Varun to him? Vammon did not see the victim and immediately knew that it was a trap that had killed him. However, from the moment he was found by Todd, there was no way back for him.

Vammon could not complain to the priest. Because he was a prisoner of sin, his words carried no weight, and he could trample on them at will, and his nobility saved him once, but he couldn't save him a second time. He has no evidence in his hand, the assassination has not yet taken place, and it is a capital crime to slander and slander a high-blooded knight nobleman, so he can only go on according to Mercury's script - pretending to agree to participate in the assassination operation, and Todd and Snake, spying on the ambush plan, countering the water at a critical time, and trying his best to rescue Young Master Peter in distress.

If he fails to rescue Raymond, he will inevitably die, but if he succeeds, he may be favored by Raymond Peter. Valen is not an uninformed civilian, he can make judgments in his favor, and he will inevitably seize the opportunity to change his fate.

Assisting Todd and assassinating Raymond is tantamount to killing himself, leaving aside the matter for the time being. Depending on the identities and factions of the two sides, one is Jacob Ludwig, the princely son of Cambys, and the other is Raymond Peter, the eldest son of the Grand Lord of Bores and the future prince of Seuss. Valen had offended the Marquess of Wimbledon by assisting Raymond Peter's Southwind Chamber of Commerce against the Wimbledon Chamber of Commerce. With this connection, it was not wise for him to defect to the Blue Sparrow of Cambys, and the hostility of the Marquess of Wimbledon could not be tolerated, but Raymond Peter was more likely to accept him.

Valen knows who to help with her ass!

However, it was all Mercury's choice for him.

The wonderful is still to come, assuming that Wammon successfully aids Raymond and gets the favor of the other party, he must not tell Raymond the truth, otherwise he will not report it and have bad intentions. He pretended that he did not know anything about the assassination plan, and even if he was sued, he would have to grit his teeth and refuse to admit it.

This leaves a handle on the mercury.

Of course, it was Todd who Valen wanted to kill the most, but his worries were purely unnecessary, because Todd would not only not sue him, but would also try his best to cover him up, find a suitable opportunity in the future, and then slowly concoct him. And Jacob didn't know him at all, and there was no way he could have dragged him into the water.

He couldn't tell him beforehand, he couldn't confess afterwards, and Valen should be able to think that he was being targeted by a big force, but he had no choice but to jump into the pit that mercury dug for him.

Victor was also amazed after reading the plan presented by Barol. At a young age, Paul Randall had a belly full of intrigues and tricks to play with the knight Vammon in the palm of his hand, and he was even better than his teacher Barol.

In fact, this is a good reflection of the huge gap between organizations and individuals. The information that Mercury has, the manpower mobilized, and the resources he controls are beyond Vammon's control, and even the high-ranking knights Jacob and Raymond Peter have become Mercury's targets and pawns.

Before you know it, mercury has grown to this extent...... Victor couldn't help but be complacent, the whole plan was planned and executed by Mercury, and he was only responsible for giving orders, and did not interfere. During this time, he lived in the royal family's holiday estate, engaged in the study of the secret method of the soul and blood, and mercury could not contact him, the implementation of the infiltration plan, the accidents that happened in the middle, how many alchemy militias Mercury sacrificed, whether Vamun was dead or alive, and whether he was taken in by Raymond Peter...... Victor doesn't know these things now, in fact, he doesn't care too much about the result.

If you fail, you can do it all over again, and Mercury now has this ability.

His Royal Highness Randall smiled at the corners of his mouth, and seemed to be in a good mood, and Tenis tried to ask, "Your Highness, do you see this matter......"

Turning his gaze back to Tenis's face, Victor smiled and said, "My friend, you should think of yourself now. ”

Tenis was the first court nobleman Victor knew, and the two sides remained in close contact, even becoming part of the Golden Regiment. Befriending Viscount Randall gave Tenis some help. But as Victor's status became more and more honorable, help became an obstacle to Tenes's career. The most noticeable change was that he was transferred from the Tax Office to the Ministry of the Interior by the Regent, and his fiancée was changed from the granddaughter of the Marquis de Ludwig to a cousin, who was also a female knight.

Turnis was supposed to be at the helm of the kingdom's tax office first, and he would have spent a few years in the most hated position, and the Marquis de Ludwig would help pave the way for his grandson-in-law, and the position of Home Secretary was intended for him. In the future, it is not impossible for him to wear the palace ribbon.

Now, Victor has been promoted to His Royal Highness and ascended to the throne of the Guardian of Gombis, and Tenis's career is completely over.

There is more than one guardian in the kingdom, and if each guardian meddles in the internal affairs of the kingdom, it is tantamount to challenging the bloodline and authority of the royal family, and it will only cause the kingdom to collapse from within. Therefore, the Guardians determine the direction of the kingdom and have the final decision-making power, but they cannot interfere with the rights of the king or cultivate henchmen in the court.

Tenis has Randall's label on his body, and it is inevitable that he will be refrigerated by the kite bunker.

Facing the concern of His Highness Randall, Tenis was gloomy in his heart, but said very sincerely, "It is a great honor for me to serve His Highness. ”。

Victor shook his head and smiled: "Tenis, you are full of knowledge and have the ideal ambition of assisting the king, it would be a pity to only be the liaison officer between me and the Kite Castle...... After a pause, he changed his words and said: "The Ranger Godfrey and Peter's Raymond clashed because of a misunderstanding, Godfrey was captured, he is now a prisoner of Raymond Peter, according to custom, his family has the right to use the ransom to His Excellency Peter in exchange for Godfrey's freedom...... I just don't know how many of the Peter family's guards Godfrey killed, and if any knights and nobles died at his hands?"

It is up to the Peter family to decide how many people died, how much compensation they needed, and how much ransom it would take to release Jacob. The Blue Lane Bird family has been inherited for thousands of years, and the wealth accumulated must be considerable, but the Peter family cannot be allowed to open his mouth. To put it bluntly, there must be a limit to how much Jacob is worth, and this limit depends on how much affection the middleman has.

Ternis's eyes lit up, and he said respectfully: "Your Highness is willing to help, and our Ludwig family will have the heart to offer it." ”

"If I intervene to mediate, there is really no hope for your future. ”

Victor waved his hand and smiled, and said in a deep voice: "Actually, we have a great nobleman in Gangbis who can easily solve Ludwig's troubles. ”

"...... the Marquess of Sophia Wimbleton. ”

Tenis's face was full of surprise, and then he looked thoughtful.

Victor didn't give him more time to think, and said directly: "You go and ask the Marquess of Wimbledon for help first, if she refuses to come forward, it will not be too late for me to come forward." ”

With that, he pulled down the rope that tied the bell, and the carriage quickly stopped, and the attendant pulled the door open from the outside.

"My friend, you can go back to your wife now. ”

Tenis hurriedly bowed and left the carriage quietly. The attendant led the horse, but he failed to step on the stirrup twice in a row.

Through the car window, Victor saw a reluctant Tenis gradually walking away, and a smile appeared on Victor's face.

The guardians of the kingdom do not interfere in the internal affairs of other families, and of course, His Highness Randall of the Centaur Hills cannot directly interfere in the affairs of August's court.

Victor has no intention of undermining the Guardian of the Kingdom system, but the Kingdom's tax and financial policies are related to the development of the Golden Regiment. Not only does he want to control the Golden Regiment, but he also wants to let the Golden Regiment pass unhindered in the human realm, so that he can't bring in the royal families with strong political aspirations. The exclusion of powerful royal families harms the interests of the kingdoms. One can imagine how they will react to the Golden Regiment.

The trade tax can solve the potential conflict between the Golden Regiment and the various royal families. In fact, with the development of agriculture and handicrafts, trade will only become more developed. With such a large trade industry, whether you want it or not, the kingdoms have to levy a trade tax.

No one likes to pay taxes, and those who advocate a trade tax are bound to be beaten up. Williams tried to collect a trade tax, but was met with full resistance from the lord of the fief and the lord of the fief, and finally failed. The chief officer in charge of tax reform ended even more miserably, was framed and convicted, and was sent by the regent to the Minsk fortress as a small logistics officer.

If the top-down road doesn't work, then you can only go from the bottom up and muddy the water. The king would take extraordinary measures to encourage the small lords to collect taxes indiscriminately, and the situation became more and more chaotic, until the people's resentment boiled, and the priest jumped to his feet, at which time, the king would come forward to clean up the mess and implement tax reform.

In order to let the kings fool around, it is better to grasp the leading power of tax reform and formulate a trade tax policy that meets the needs of the gold group and can open up the field of financial services to gold.

If His Royal Highness Randall did this himself, he would definitely be strongly opposed by the four princes and lords of Kite Castle, even if it was beneficial to the royal family. In fact, Victor didn't want to offend all the lords, he was not only the guardian of the kingdom, but also the Earl of Goldeneye.

Only the Marquess of Wimbledon was not afraid to offend people. The Marquis of Wimbledon is about to relinquish the dominance of the Chamber of Commerce, and in exchange, Sophia will lead the Wimbledon family into the kingdom's center of power. Tax reform, which no one wants to take over, is a very good breakthrough. Sophia pushes for tax reform, and the four princes of Kite Castle are ostensibly on the side of the lord and stumbling on her, but behind the scenes, they will only try to facilitate it.

It was in the interest of the royal family to levy a trade tax, and the four princes and the royal family were really one.

However, Sophia lacks a suitable spokesperson. Because she is a high-ranking female knight herself. There has never been a precedent for a high-ranking knight to serve as Minister of State in the Kingdom, not counting the Minister of War, a position that has always been held by a core member of the Augustian royal family.

Viscount Ternes Ludwig was the best person Victor could think of. He himself was a member of the Ludwig family, married a female knight of the Ludwig family, and his heir was also surnamed Ludwig. He was willing to join the Marquis of Wimbledon and preside over the tax reform, although he had to bear pressure from all sides, but once the tax reform was successful, the four princely families could accept Tenis as the Chancellor of the Exchequer of the Kingdom.

If he were a scholar from another family, the eve of the success of the tax reform would be his downfall.

The most important thing is that Tenis is already a member of the Golden Regiment, and he doesn't know it.

Putting Turnis in the post of Chancellor of the Exchequer is not in vain for him and I to know each other...... Victor was triumphant, pacing off the carriage and looking out over the sparkling Lake Basel.

Suddenly, a sailless boat catches Victor's attention.

It is about 17 meters long and 4 meters wide, with a pointed bottom configuration and three pairs of long oars on the side of the ship, which are supposed to be driven by oars. However, its oars are deep underwater, not rowing back and forth at all, but doing semi-rotational motions, and sailing only slightly slower than the oars. At the bow of the ship stood a graceful and slender figure, she was wearing a women's scholar's robe, her white and gold hair was braided on her chest, and a pair of crystal glasses were on her straight and delicate nose.

Isn't it the eldest princess of Roland?

Victor looked at the strange boat, itching, took Caligula with him, walked quickly to the dock, and asked the guard for a small fishing boat.

"Aka, you go paddle, I'll take the helm. ”

Caligula sat down with a smile and paddled hard, Victor pulled up the sails, stirred up the currents, blew the sails, and the little fishing boat drew a white line on the water, and sailed quickly towards Roland's boat.

Roland also saw Victor, she turned around and ordered, the ship actually began to speed up and escape, obviously not letting Victor get closer.

Victor is known as the child of the wind, and the wind he evokes cannot move the big boat, and it is no problem to drive the small fishing boat. Roland's escape made the stupid big man playful, manipulating the oars to match the current, and the ordinary small fishing boat was turned into a speedboat by two transcendentals, and after a while, he caught up with Roland.

"What are you chasing after me?!" said the eldest princess, standing at the bow of the boat, stamping her feet and whispering to Victor.

Victor stroked his chest and said with a smile: "When I saw the most beautiful eldest princess, I couldn't help but chase after me to greet him...... Your Highness, can I come up?"

Roland was very satisfied with Victor's answer, the corners of his mouth curled up in a happy arc, and he said, "Come up." ”

Victor and Caligula jumped onto the bow deck and immediately observed the ship's drives. It had no bilge deck, and the entire cabin was exposed to Victor's eyes. Sixteen sailors sat below, in groups of two, three on the left and right, and two at the stern, and they stepped on the pedal wheels, the connecting rods of which drove the oars to spin.

"It's ...... Is this a boat?!" Victor's eyes widened in surprise.

"Well, Princess Ben invented it!"

Roland pushed his eyes on the bridge of his nose and saw that the dwarf Lorraine was struggling to climb up the bow deck, so he added, "Lorraine is my assistant, and he ...... a little bit of help."

“...... Only a little bit. She stretched out her right hand and pinched the tip of her little thumb, emphasizing that a little bit was really just a little bit.

When Caligula saw his acquaintance, he bent down and carried the jumping dwarf from the bilge to his eyes, and greeted him with a smirk: "Little man." ”

Looking at Caligula's bull's eyes, Lorraine was silent for a moment and greeted softly, "Hi, Acre, I'm so glad to see you...... Today's weather is good, the sun is shining, the temperature cannot be hot, the wind is not too strong and not small, suitable for fishing...... Aka, do you know how to fish? Shaking the head doesn't show ...... It's okay, I can teach you...... Can you put me on deck? gently, like putting a baby, yes, that's it, well done...... You stupid big guy. I, Uncle Lorraine, have defeated a stupid giant with my wit!"

Kicking Caligula hard, the dwarf flashed behind Roland, poked his head out, and said loudly: "The most beautiful, the wisest, the bravest, the noblest eldest princess, your most faithful servant has taught a giant a lesson today, and this glory belongs to you!"

"Well done, Lorraine. The princess affirmed the dwarf's achievement.

Caligula looked around in confusion, looked down at the gnome who grimaced at him, and said to Victor, "Master, the dwarf is a liar, there are no giants here. ”

"...... Aka, you are indeed a little taller to Master Lorraine. You'd better sit in the bottom cabin. ”

Victor bowed his head to the gnome and asked, "Lord Lorraine, you invented these oars?"

"I invented it!"

"It was invented by Her Royal Highness the Princess!"

Lorraine jumped out, waved his arms, and explained: "Yes, yes, yes, it was invented by Princess Roland, and I am honored that Her Royal Highness the Princess accepted Lorraine's little suggestion." ”

"What kind of advice can be accepted by Her Royal Highness?" asked Victor with a curious expression.

"Paddle steamers are stupid and stupid, I don't know which fool invented it. Lorraine, the master craftsman, said disdainfully: "The wheels are bulky and laborious for sailors to step on; the structure is complex and easy to be damaged, and it is not easy to repair; half of it is on the surface of the water and half is underwater, which increases the resistance and affects the stability of the ship's navigation; and the volume is too large, and a collision accident will occur when it is docked...... Her Royal Highness the beautiful princess lamented why the paddle steamer could not be as nimble as a fish? Lorraine suggested to the princess that the bulky wheels be replaced with fins and tails. Her Royal Highness the Princess, who accepted Lorraine's trivial suggestion, invented the Flying Fish Boat with a long oar on the side of the ship instead of a fin, and a long oar at the stern instead of a fishtail. ”

Victor's eyes lit up, and he said in surprise: "Yes, there are long oars on both sides and the tail of the ship, the long oars go deep underwater, the wading area is small, not affected by the wind and waves, and the resistance is also small...... I have to admit that Exocet is better than paddle steamers. Well done, Lord Lorraine. ”

"This is an invention of Her Royal Highness the Princess, and I just made a small suggestion. Lorraine corrected Victor's erroneous statements.

Victor smiled and said, "Your Excellency's small advice is of great help to the kingdom, and of course, it is all the credit of Her Royal Highness the Princess...... However, you can consider having the pedal wheels of the two wings linked, so that the movement of the long oar underwater will not interfere with each other, but will be in harmony. ”

"Linkage, linkage, linkage...... I want to think, I want to think...... Let me see. The dwarf poofed, jumped into the bilge, and began to observe the structure of the pedal wheels and connecting rods.

"Victor, you don't seem to be angry?" Roland asked curiously, looking at the intelligent dwarf who was engrossed. Lorraine explained that the inventor of the steamship was a fool and that she kept snickering.

Victor smiled and shook his head: "Without countless fools who walked in front, there would be no great inventors behind, at least the pedal wheels and connecting rod structure of the paddle steamer are still valuable." ”

Roland opened his mouth, was speechless for a moment, and shrugged his shoulders.

At this moment, there was a sudden sound of alarm bells from the direction of Port Cali, and the two of them looked back together, and saw that the beacon of the port church was lit, and the billowing smoke was rising, which was a shocking red, like blood burning!

"Church Red Smoke! Guardian Oath!"

The eldest princess of Gombis could not help but change her color, and turned her head to look at the distant mountains on the left side of the lakeshore. Another striking red smoke was reflected in the turquoise eyes.

"It's from the north, could it be that something happened to the Sassang Empire? It can't be that the Church's beacon messenger lit the wrong beacon fire, right? No, the red beacon needs the approval of the patriarch to unseal the secret oil...... It's over, it's over, I'm so excited!" Roland said excitedly, holding his blushing cheeks.

The red beacon represents the crisis of the entire human kingdom. Once the Church is lit with a red beacon, the knights of the human kingdom must keep their ancient oath of guardianship, prepare for battle, and travel thousands of miles to help. The last time the Church lit a red beacon was three thousand years ago, when the Ogre King attacked the capital of the Human Empire.

A once-in-a-lifetime event in three thousand years was bumped into by Roland, and she couldn't help but feel a hero's yearning. The disturbance of the two elemental systems of wind and fire around him suddenly subsided and silenced, and a deep aura spread to the surroundings, and the ripples of the air and water surface froze. Roland turned his head to look, only to see Victor's dark golden eyes shining like a rainbow, floating up the corner of his eye.

"You...... You, are you crying, or is it a new talent of the Soul Blood Secret Method?" Roland asked with a stammering mouth. This was obviously the embodiment of the Void Water Element and the Void Wind Element, but she couldn't sense any elemental disturbance on Victor's body at all. But that big, deep breath is like substance...... In smooth water!

Could it be the special manifestation of the Void Fire element?

Victor's voice seemed to come from the cold wind of the abyss, hollow and cold, cold to the bone.

"I've been ...... Damn, like the ant plague back then, I'm not ready for it...... Turn around and go back to Hong Kong, let's go back to the royal capital. ”

"Prepare for battle!"