"Okay, I got it. ”

Although she was a little surprised by the unusual appearance of the old prime minister, the blood leopard still agreed at the first time, on the contrary, Zero did not react, and she was still thinking about how to intercede for Chelsea after Butler came back before she understood the meaning of Butler's words after she came back...... It seems that the talk has collapsed.

Indeed, what Butler didn't expect was that Wall actually brought a considerable number of elites of the Wind and Sand Legion, and their reinforcements, which were also the main army of the Wind and Sand Army, were also on their way north at this time. There was still a little more than a day before the Legion arrived, and this day was also an ultimatum for Wall and Hoss to Butler, either to tie themselves out of the city and face the trial of the party in the name of treason, or to wait for the arrival of the Windsand Legion and the two sides to fight to the death.

And the reason why the Wind and Sand Legion dared to make such a move was because the orc tribe in the south, which was instigated by the Nolan clan, withdrew under the pressure of the Holy Kingdom of Solan on the Prude border after making a lot of noise and rain.

Butler and Gurney still underestimated the Solan Cult's homicidal intentions for the Nolan clan, and although they did not receive a letter from Hoth, the eyes and ears of the Cult still more or less learned that the turmoil in Prude seemed to have the shadow of the Nolan clan, which made the Cult immediately send a willingness to cooperate with Wall in the name of the Holy State. They can send troops to fend off the orcs to liberate the Stormsand Legion on only one condition, and that is to allow them to send an elite squad to follow the Windsand Legion to deal with the rebels and completely eliminate the Nolans hiding in Prude.

"Damn...... Solan Sacred Country, a group of gods who are usually idle......"

Sitting down in the main seat of the living room, Butler finally couldn't hold back his face and said angrily.

"Lord Chancellor, but I'm really sorry for that, maybe it was the incident in the Monster Forest some time ago that made those gods wary of us, and it seems that they can't accept that our clan, which should have disappeared, has been involved with the high-ranking of Loris and Prude. ”

Gurney was also very annoyed, when he was standing on the city gate with Butler to negotiate with Wall and the others just now, he who originally had a deep enmity with the Solan Cult of God recognized at a glance that in the team behind Wall, the corner of the team with the style of the Cult of God, if it wasn't for strong self-control, he would almost use his ability on the spot, no matter what, he would have to kill a few.

In the face of Gurney's apology, Butler didn't say anything but shook his head, what could he say, the Divine Cult team that came with the Wind and Sand Legion may be full of masters, but in such a large army battle, the role of a small team of masters is not so important, Gurney and King Kong's strength can contain a hero-level powerhouse if they are used well, not to mention that they seem to have their own subordinates.

"Alright, this is the end of the matter, and it won't help to say this here, so please ask Mr. Gurney to inform Mr. King Kong and your men to get ready, at least I hope that my soldiers don't have to go to war with the priests and knights of the Cult. ”

"Of course...... Vengeance against the Cult of God is what we should do. ”

Gurney said with a grimace and said goodbye to Butler before walking out briskly.

"Then, Prime Minister, I ...... too."

As he spoke, the Blood Leopard prepared to withdraw to explain the preparations for battle, but Butler stopped him with his eyes.

"Blood Leopard, wait a minute, go and get that box from the dark compartment in my study. ”

"Okay. ”

As Butler's most trusted confidant, Blood Leopard naturally knew where Butler was talking about the dark grid, but if he remembered it correctly, the contents should have no combat use......

Puzzled, the Blood Leopard carried out Butler's order as soon as possible, and after the Blood Leopard left, Butler looked at the remaining Zero in the room.

"Zero, next, I have a very important task for you. ”

Zero, who had already understood the current situation, nodded despite some confusion, she didn't know what else she could do, could she let herself go out of the city now to assassinate the leader of the other party? Not to mention that Wall himself is a hero-level master, the strength of the Wind and Sand Legion that has been fighting with the orcs on the border all year round is even stronger than the Iron Blood Legion stationed in the Umer corridor, and the strength of the non-commissioned officers in the elite troops that can be brought by Wall should not be the level that she can easily assassinate.

Butler only said the beginning, and did not go on, but suddenly found something and looked at Zero.

“...... But until then, Zero, it looks like you're coming to me for something?"

That's right, Cheruth's business!

Zero nodded hurriedly.

"Well, Prime Minister, I'm here for...... For a friend of mine. ”

"Oh? friend"

Butler's eyes narrowed, and somehow he suddenly remembered the "Northland Wolf" and her sister who had been missing.

Butler, who had been busy arranging the suppression of the capital and negotiating as soon as he returned, did not receive any information from his subordinates about the aftermath of the arena, so he did not know that Cheruth was the culprit who saved Hoss in the private room and buried his plan, and that the culprit was saved by Zero without permission. However, this did not prevent him from speculating on who Zero's "friend" was, after all, as far as he knew, no, under his intentional control, Zero's social circle was pitifully small, and only the wolf sisters who accidentally saved Zero were not under his control.

"Well......" Zero looked at Butler's kind expression, and somehow there was an inexplicable cowardice in his heart, "That's it, as I said before, Cheruth, the sister of the virtuous wolf Herlo." ”

Unconsciously, Butler's fingers tapped on the table.

"Oh, I remember the kid, what's wrong with her. ”

"Cheruth had accidentally broken into the arena before...... She didn't mean it, she just didn't know what to do when she was in the city...... I wanted to get her out of the city, but her sister Harrow was waiting outside the city, and they just wanted to go to Lloris. ”

Zero stammered, and the chestnut-haired girl tried hard to make the fool of what Chelus had done, but she didn't seem to be doing it well because she had no talent for language.

Butler, however, surprised her not to delve into it, but only nodded.

"I see, they're just irrelevant people, and when you go on a mission, I'll arrange for her to leave. ”

Sure enough, the Prime Minister is a good person.

Zero, who didn't expect to succeed so easily, was overjoyed to think that he wanted to run back immediately to tell Chelus the good news, and Zero calmed down and spoke seriously.

"Thank you, Prime Minister...... Prime Minister, what do you mean by mission?"

Butler smiled slightly, seemingly pleased with Zero's performance.

"Zero, do you know what the City Magic Network is?"

"Urban Magic Network...... The Prime Minister is talking about those street lamps on the streets?"

Zero asked, somewhat puzzled, that despite being able to fight with a magician, she had never systematically learned anything related to magic and magic.

"Hehe, there's nothing wrong with that, after all, all it has done so far is lighting," Butler said, with an inexplicable look on his old face, "yes, everyone, even the Loris people who came to help install the network, probably didn't know that the City Magic Network could be used like this...... The Loris royals would probably never have imagined what the technology they were proud of was developed in the first place...... What a genius......"

In the end, Butler was almost talking to himself, and Zero looked at such an old prime minister with some fear, and he didn't say anything.

Just then, the Blood Leopard walked in from outside the room.

"My lord, I've brought something here. ”

Butler quickly regained his usual composure, took the box from the blood leopard's hand, took out a roll of old-looking parchment from the box, put it on his hand and stroked it gently.

"Wall, and Hoss, since they want to capture Kells, let them try, they won't know, for Kells now, taking the tall wall that has been guarded for hundreds of years is just the beginning. ”

With that, Butler abruptly tossed the parchment to Zero, who looked at him with some confusion.

"Open it, that's your mission. ”

Zero slowly opened the scroll of paper, and was greeted by a dense pile of magic runes and unknown wiring.

"It's ...... Uh-huh......"

Zero, who was about to ask a question, suddenly felt a bright light in front of him, and almost at the same time a sharp pain in his mind, as if something had suddenly exploded, and Zero lost consciousness in an instant.

In the eyes of Butler and Blood Leopard, who were outsiders, from the first glance when Zero opened the parchment scroll and began to look at it, an astonishing blue magic light appeared from the parchment scroll, and the magic light instantly turned into countless runes, arranged into several strings of characters and poured into Zero's eyebrows, and Zero was like a puppet, standing in place lifeless in his eyes, passively accepting the influx of those runes.

"This, this is ......"

The Blood Panther was taken aback and instinctively tried to protect Butler behind him, but Butler raised his hand to stop him, and instead stood up with a somewhat unusually excited look, looking at Zero.

Soon, the light dissipated, and all the runes poured into Zero's eyebrows, and Zero stood there with his hands holding the parchment, his eyes blank, as if he had been a lifeless sculpture.

"Prime Minister......

"Blood Leopard," Butler said calmly, looking at Zero, "haven't you always wondered why I'm so interested in a 'tool'?"

The Blood Leopard was silent, witnessing everything just now, and although he didn't understand what was going on, he also knew that Zero was not at all what he thought he was before, just a little girl combatant who had undergone a body modification.

"Actually, I never told you the truth, nor did I tell Zero the truth, she is not a 'tool'...... It's part of the 'tool,'" Butler said, stepping down and touching the top of Zero's hair as she stood still, "she's the controlling core of the city's magic circuit...... No, with her, it shouldn't be called an urban magic circuit. ”

As he spoke, Butler picked up the parchment from the ground and slowly spread it out despite the Blood Leopard's resistance, staring at the jerky runes on it for a long time.

"Blood Leopard, with Zero, we need to go to the Wizard Network Control Tower first. ”

"Yes...... Prime Minister, do you have something to say about the little wolf girl that Zero said?"

Butler waved his hand nonchalantly.

“...... At this point, none of the uncontrollable factors can exist, let your subordinates deal with it, I want you to personally take charge of the garrison of the magic guide tower. ”

"Understood. ”

Nodding in satisfaction, Butler turned to look out the door, in the direction of the south of the city.

“...... Prepare to fight this city, Windsand Legion. ”