When the Isttalen saw the Sword Keep, the first thing that caught their eye was the giant Sword Tomb in the middle of the city. After the death of the North Wind Sword Saint, he buried his sword in the center of the city, and his descendants built a 72-meter-high rock giant sword on top of it to commemorate the glorious experience of the North Wind Sword Master in his life.

The greatsword stood above the earth, and from a distance it seemed imbued with an inoffensive majesty. But now this majesty has been seriously desecrated, and from a high vantage point, the outskirts of the Sword Castle are dotted with refugee camps, like ugly scars, destroying the beautiful environment around the city.

Despite its reputation among the upper echelons of the kingdom, the city area of Sword Castle was not very large, and its permanent population did not even reach 10,000. On the outskirts of the city, there are now 30,000 refugees. The amount of food consumed by 30,000 people in a day is an incalculable amount, and the wheat fields near the city have long been gnawed into wasteland, leaving not a single grass root, raw or cooked. As for the other aspects of eating, drinking, and Lazar, not to mention, the Sword Fort has been closed for twelve days, so you can imagine how dark and smoky it has been.

Although he expressed his dissatisfaction with the closed door of the Sword Castle, when El saw the scene in front of him, he also began to understand the distress of the owner of the Sword Castle. If it were him, it would be impossible to lift the lockdown at this time, otherwise even if the contagion of the plague was not considered, the influx of these 30,000 people would have crushed the city alive.

Until last night, El had not taken these northern refugees seriously, but the facts quickly gave him a resounding slap in the face. He thought that the so-called brotherhood of masonry was nothing more than a rabble gang, but the other party had a good game of chess that surprised Lolana.

Shortly after Eltail left the manor with Baron Farrah, some "zealous people" knocked on the doors of the other manors and explained to them in a very urgent tone a shocking conspiracy that Baron Farah was going to resell the grain to smugglers, and he had already absconded with the money!"

At this moment, no one still had the heart to verify the truth, and almost all the lords quickly got up from their beds, and sent out the private guards in their manor to kill Baron Farah in a majestic manner.

Not long after the main force of their manor left, that is, when El saved Baron Farah's life, another mob took advantage of the situation and stormed the manor of these lords. Armed with torches and weapons, they dragged the nobleman and their wives and children out of their homes and hanged them at the door, and then plundered all their valuables and set the whole estate on fire.

Baron Farah simply lost his wife and property, and his friends had nothing left. After daybreak, El's scouts sent to find out the information that the few small nobles who had gathered Baron Farah together had not escaped the catastrophe of last night, and that nine manors had been burned down, and that no one had survived, men, women, and children.

Of course, what is even more shameful is that after the murder and arson, this group of murderous and arsonist thugs even left a handwriting in a grand manner, writing on the wall with the blood of the dead that "this is the fate of fools who disobey Ixtalon...... and so on, and a shit basin was firmly buckled to the heads of Istalen.

After evacuating from Isttalen, although he had experienced large and small battles and tribulations, Elr had really never encountered such a strange thing, which made him deeply understand the feelings of those enemies who had been played by Lolana in the palm of his hand. And Luo Lana, who is the chief wise man under him, was also stimulated a lot after being put on this path. Since last night, the smile on her face has been so strange that you can't look at it directly.

The messenger to the Sword Castle once again brought back the news of the rejection, and the Sword Castle expressed regret and mourning for the tragedy of Istalen, but also said that he was also in a state of self-care, and had no ability to provide assistance. Before, everyone had used this thing as a meaningless social rhetoric, but now it seems that the situation over there is really not optimistic, at least Elr is sure that there will be no good fruit to eat in front of this group of refugees backed by the Masonry Brotherhood.

As the Sword Castle came into view and was about to make contact with the refugee camp, the exile team cautiously stopped, and Tiana and El came together again to discuss their next steps.

The meeting consisted of Androf, the current steward of Tiana's staff, and Lolana, the secretary, as well as two involuntary guests at El's hand, Thomas and Baron Farah. In fact, these people are arguably the most nimble characters in the exile ranks. Regardless of their position, they must now come together to solve the difficult problem at hand.

"I probably already understand the situation, so there is at least one wise man who is good at planning in the opposing camp, and he also has a very strong force of execution. Tiana frowned slightly, pondered for a moment and asked Baron Farah, "Mr. Baron, what you just said about the serious illness of Michelo, the current patriarch of the North Wind Family of Sword Castle, is it a rumor or a confirmed fact?"

"This is a fact beyond doubt, noble lady. Baron Farah said in a deep voice with red eyes, his mental state had not been very stable since he learned of the tragedy of the other manor owners. Although these people were cheated because of greed, those old grains can't be said to be hurtful for these little nobles, in fact, these people usually have a good relationship with him, and even have relatives and blood ties, otherwise they wouldn't trust him so much. And now that the perpetrators are still alive and well, but those innocent nobles have suffered a flying disaster, how can Baron Farah be at peace in his heart?

"The current head of the family suddenly fell ill last month, the old head of the family is a great sword master whose strength has reached the silver rank, and he has always been in good health, no one expected that he would suddenly fall ill, and he did not deliberately hide the news at that time. Because of the sudden illness of the old family master, the eldest lady who was practicing in the sword tomb had to stand up and preside over the overall situation. Although the eldest lady's ability in this area was limited due to her lack of experience, with the prestige of the North Wind family in the Sword Castle, some of the problems that usually arose were properly solved until the news of the outbreak of the plague spread, and refugees from the north poured in......"

Baron Farah slammed his fist on the table and gritted his teeth and said, "It must be the conspiracy of those untouchables!"

"Mr. Baron, I beg you to be careful. Tiana looked at the emotional Baron Farah and sighed but did not stop him from venting, the girl turned her head and continued to ask Thomas: "Mr. Thomas, you are a well-known businessman in China, and you know more about the Masonry Brotherhood than we do. Could you please share your views on this incident? ”

"You've won the prize, Ms. Lanstadt. Thomas put down his teacup and bowed in a bow, and he put himself in a humble posture in front of Tiana, although he did not know the specific identity of this lady, but it was impossible to overestimate her as a person who could be equal to El in this team, and who could make the demon lady a secretary.

Thomas then settled down, thought about it carefully, and said, "To be conservative, we can't confirm that the opponent is the legendary Masonry Brotherhood, but this style of behavior does have their characteristics. Once a simple organization for the protection of collective interests, the Masonry Brotherhood has grown into a secret gang that rules the underground gray industry in the north. Although they still nominally protect the rights of their gang brothers, in fact, these gang people do all kinds of evil in private, and robbery and kidnapping tickets are commonplace. ”

"But that's just for the general situation, in fact, this kind of petty fight will not be on the table after all. Large-scale operations like last night don't quite look like they can play with. But if they did do it, it would be perhaps only one person who could do it, and that was Muhammad, the current Prophet of the Masonry Brotherhood. ”

"Prophet, I have not heard of a prophet in the kingdom of Oakland. Tiana looked at Androv suspiciously, who was equally confused.

This is only his self-profess, and like the cultists who do not know what to believe, Muhammad also claimed to have received a parable from God. Thomas smiled bitterly and said: "But this person is more worthy of the name than his predecessor, I don't know the specific situation, but in the last ten years, it is this person who has further developed and expanded the Masonry Brotherhood, and has developed believers and organizations in various provinces." In addition to him, another well-known figure in the Masonry Brotherhood is Hercules Hagnan, but that one is definitely not a person who can use his brain. ”

"If that's the case, then there is a plausible explanation for the refugees we are looking for. Tiana nodded and said to El: "In my experience, it would never have been possible to escape so many refugees from the epidemic area without a special organizational action. If we assume that the Masonry Brotherhood mobilized its hidden forces in the various provinces to bring these refugees together in an orderly manner, then a lot can be explained. ”

"You mean that although these refugees outside look like refugees, they are actually a team of similar nature to our side organized by the Brotherhood of Masonry?"

This time the problem ...... Something troublesome. (Go read OM) (Jiangsu.com)