Aphrodite took Surdak to several trading houses in the city of Highlandza, and finally took out thirty sets of magic pattern structures sent by the merchant Malakum from the warehouse, and Surdak ended the trip.

The two had dinner at the Three Bears Barbecue Restaurant, and when they were leaving, they happened to see Karl and Lance, Viscount Emmett, and a few nobles who Surdak did not know getting out of the carriage at the door of the restaurant.

Karl is now Grand Master of the Knights of the Guard Battalion, and Viscount Emmett has long since taken a back seat.

Lance Wizard has now become the most competitive successor to the Hylantha Wizardry's Law Enforcement Mission, and will take over the position only when Head Gerald retires next year.

Almost all of these people were very famous nobles in the city of Highlandsa.

Where did the waiter of the restaurant dare to be lazy, he immediately pouted his ass and ran out to greet him, and he didn't even dare to raise his head when he saluted.

Surdak and Aphrodi chose the corner of the hall, and it was almost impossible to see it from the outside or in the hall.

So the two of them didn't rush to leave, Aphrodite slowly cut the medium-rare steak into neat squares, smeared it with black pepper sauce, and even the cauliflower that served as a decoration on the side of the plate was perfectly divided, and then stacked on top of each meat square, and then pushed the plate to Surdak.

"Are you really going to open the merit exchange list to that group of indigenous warriors?" Aphrodite asked.

At present, the merit exchange list of the Western Route Army is not only open to the entire Western Route Army, but also to those adventure groups outside.

Although this matter is not completely single-handed, the brokers can find the soldiers in the barracks to trade, and Surdak is completely blind to it, which means that he has a laissez-faire attitude.

"Of course! I'm not just talking. ”

With that, Surdak shoved a chop into his mouth.

"I need to let this group of natives of the Aigrod clan understand the outside world as soon as possible, and adapt to the way of life of the Grimm Empire as much as possible, so that they can avoid being exploited by merchants for a period of time in the future, and this integration will change their lives, so there will definitely be some old-fashioned tribal natives who have some resistance to this."

Seeing that Aphrodite was a little incomprehensible, he went on to explain:

"They need to understand the prices of goods on the side of the empire, and everyone needs to establish a price list in their hearts, and understand the advantages and disadvantages of the high and low......"

Aphrodite rolled her golden eyes. (Her hole was originally purple.)

This is the succubus's natural ability 'disguise', and she asks Surdak:

"There are so many indigenous warriors in the North Pass camp, have you thought about it...... Once they all have a demand for the items on the merit exchange list, what kind of huge exchange power is that, and how many rewards do you need to prepare to meet their needs? ”

"I wish they needed more, and I would lose money on these meritorious rewards......" Surdak said indifferently.

"Okay, you decide!" Aphrodite said.

The two also ordered a bottle of white wine.

It's the best tasting wine in Three Bears Rotisserie, with a sour aftertaste with a hint of bitterness and sweetness, and it tastes even better when chilled, at least that's what Surdak thinks.

Surdak had only drunk half a glass, and Aphrodite liked the feeling of being slightly drunk after the meal, so she drank and blushed slightly.

Even the waiter on the side was attracted by her beautiful appearance, and couldn't help but always peek at Aphrodite's side face.

At this time, in the city of Hailanza, the red sun happened to be hidden in the mountains.

Once the sun goes down, it gets dark very quickly, and the dusk here is shorter than anywhere else.

The number of pedestrians on the streets is decreasing, but the horse-drawn carriages are still flowing, and it is clear that the city of Highlandsa is much more prosperous than before.

There are even people waiting in line at the entrance of the restaurant, and the owner has set up a canopy outside as a waiting area, and the long row of chairs inside is almost full.

The magic caravan in which Carl was riding was parked on the street outside, with two knights of the guard battalion standing by him, seemingly chatting with the coachman.

Aphrodite, who was looking down at the cutlet, looked out of the window with some confusion, and Surdak's attention also fell outside, just when he was a little puzzled about what was happening outside, a surging magic wave suddenly came from the air.

There was some unknown danger with that aura, and it was a very strong black magic aura.

Surdak turned to look at Aphrodite before she asked, "You found it too?" ”

Surdak nodded, then asked Aphrodite, "Dark magic?" ”

Aphrodite didn't answer, her eyes fell on a roof across the street, and when Surdak looked over, she saw a black-robed magician flying out of the roof on a magic broom.

In the Grimm Empire, the city is a no-fly zone, except for the law enforcement team of the Magic Guild, all magicians are not allowed to fly around on magic brooms within the city limits.

The magician across the street exudes the smell of black magic, and it is obvious that he is a black magician.

Truth be told, the Black Mage has been disappearing from the city of Highlandsa for at least five years, and many people have even forgotten what they did.

His face was hidden in the shadow of the cone, and it flew so fast in the air that it was difficult to see his face.

However, almost as soon as Surdak's eyes fell on him, he controlled the magic broom to hover in mid-air outside the Three Bears Restaurant, and through the window, he could be seen chanting a spell, and a clear six-pointed star-shaped magic pattern circle appeared on his chest, and a black shadow arrow appeared in the center of the circle.

Aphrodite was still wary at first, but seeing that the dark mage's target was not them, she dispersed the condensed mana.

Instead, Surdak sat aside and said a little silently: "Not good, their target is Karl!" ”

As he spoke, he rushed out of the table, drew the sword of Kurwin at his waist, and slashed the dark magic that suddenly burst into view.

But Aphrodi reached out and pressed his shoulder, saying, "I'll deal with this matter......"

As he spoke, he took out the Mithril mask and put it on his face, then stretched out his slender and slender fingers, and tapped it in front of the glass window facing the Three Bears Restaurant, and with the sound of the glass exploding, Aphrodi stepped out of the restaurant.

And Surdak also knew what Aphrodi meant, and it was indeed inconvenient for him to show up at this time.

So taking advantage of the broken window, Surdak decided to leave a few silver hammers on the dining table, and took advantage of the chaos to go out into the street and huddle with the pedestrians in the corner of the street.

He moved super fast, and everyone's eyes almost fell on Aphrodite who broke out of the window, and no one noticed him quietly blending into the crowd.

The Shadow Arrow had been fired, piercing the glass window on the second floor of the restaurant and exploding in a room on the second floor......

Then a magician with a golden light shield on his body could see that his body was affected by the explosion just now, his handsome face was scratched with a scar, and the magic robe on his body was also a little torn.

The magician with a magic shield looking out of the window was none other than Lance.

This guy casually tore a third-level magic scroll 'magic shield', which looks really generous.

Surdak sneered in his heart.

Karl was not seen in the dining room, and Surdak did notice that he and Viscount Emmett were leaving the staircase on the second floor.

At this time, Aphrodite did not give the black magic a chance to release the second black magic, did not release the 'charm' and 'hypnosis' that she was best at, nor did she release the summoning circle to summon her demon servant 'evil eye', but only tore open a magic scroll at the moment when the black magician finished chanting.

A ball of flame flew out of Aphrodite's palm, and the fireball barely left any trail in the air, exploding in the dark mage's face at a flash of speed.

The flames engulfed the Dark Mage's entire face in an instant......

After the black mage screamed, his hands covered his face almost at the same time, but he forgot that he was suspended in the air on a magic broom, and after not having the continuous input of his own mana, the magic broom fell instantly.

The black mage fell straight from the air, accompanied by a series of miserable screams, which made his full assassination style disappear in an instant.

Maybe it was because he fell too hard, the magician lay on the ground for a long time and couldn't get up, the knights of the guard battalion guarding around the magic caravan had already rushed into the three bears barbecue shop at this time, and the knights of the guard camp who followed behind saw that the black mage who assassinated Grand Master Karl actually fell from the sky, and immediately surrounded him, put the knight's long sword in his hand on the black mage's neck, and did not let him speak at all, and raised his foot and stepped on the black mage's stomach.

The Dark Mage was about to recite the incantation when he was interrupted by the knights of the guard battalion, who could only curl up on the ground and hold his head and howl.

Aphrodite looked at the other ridge, and without saying a word, she took out a magic broom, mounted it, and flew towards it.

A black mage immediately popped up from the roof ridge and flew out of the city without looking back, riding a magic broom.

Aphrodite didn't chase the dark mage either, and wandered back around here on a magic broom.

……

Surdak didn't believe in a well-planned assassination, and the Dark Magic Retreat hidden in the shadows sent only one or two ordinary Dark Mages.

At this time, he looked into the restaurant of the Three Bears Barbecue Restaurant, and saw the embarrassed Karl being surrounded by a group of guards and camp knights, rushing out of the staircase on the first floor, but they did not choose to run out of the main entrance of the restaurant, but turned around and walked through the cold storage corridor of the restaurant where fresh meat was stored, and walked out of the back of the restaurant.

When Surdak saw this, he only had time to curse 'stupid' in his heart.

At this time, it is far safer to run out of the back alley than from the main entrance.

Carl's magic caravan was waiting on the street in front of the Three Bears Restaurant, and a group of guards and knights had already rushed to Carl's side, as long as they boarded the magic caravan, these dark mages might abandon the assassination.

But Carl chose to run from behind, even if there were a few more knights of the guard battalion around him, there were already dark mages waiting in the alley behind.

Surdak sighed, and could only turn around and run down the narrow alleyway next to the Three Bears restaurant toward the back street.

As he ran towards Houjie, he saw two black magicians flying out of the alleyway, and the two black magicians were surprised to see Surdak just stopping in front of him, and separated left and right in front of Surdak.

Surdak couldn't intercept these two magicians at the same time, so he could only select the black mage flying around on the left side, rush to his flight path in advance and wait.

The black mage who outflanked the past from the left never expected that a simple assassination mission would actually encounter human powerhouses one after another.

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When he flew to the T-junction of the roadway, he took the opportunity to look behind him when he turned, and found that Surdak had not caught up from behind, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief......

But when he felt a fierce murderous aura in front of him and turned back in a hurry, he found that the nobleman with the long sword was actually standing in front of him.

Surdak barely gave the magician a chance to react, but when he saw the dark mage flying over with secret joy, he jumped head-on towards the dark mage.

For the culling of a second-turn powerhouse, this black mage almost didn't have time to make any moves, and suddenly his head was in a different place.

The magic broom beneath him also fell with the black mage's corpse, and exploded into a cloud of magical flames.

Surdak saw that no one was chasing him on the left and right, and immediately hurried out of the alley.

Aphrodite once again dealt with the two dark mages who had blended into the crowd, and then quietly left in the dim light.

Surdak also hid in the crowd and left the garden square of the city of Hylandsa.

It didn't take long for the embarrassed Karl to hurriedly board the magic caravan under the escort of a group of knights from the guard battalion.

Surdak, who then joined Aphrodite, quipped, "This assassination ...... Carl is probably the most embarrassed Grand Master of the Guard Battalion in the history of Highland City......"

After the two met on the streets of Dorunval, Aphrodite took Surdak back to the house she had rented.

"Why did someone assassinate Carl?" Aphrodi turned to Surdak and asked.

"Presumably, someone wants to take advantage of the opportunity to weaken the forces around Lady Mariana, and then little by little to drive her out of the position of consul." When Surdak said this, his face turned cold a little.

"So Carl became the first target......

Aphrodite added.

Surdak's face became even more ugly at this time, and it seemed that more than half a year after he left the city of Highlandza, someone had once again set his eyes on the big cake on the plate......