By the end of October, the Gallic Magical Guild branch had lost more than a dozen excellent magicians in order to track down the wanted criminal of Theronia, Argus Bart Cranfield, which was undoubtedly a heavy blow to the head of the Gallic Magical Branch, Ikabold Weiss.

Yes, the opponent is too strong, so strong that none of his excellent subordinates can come back, the branch chief Weiss doesn't know what happened, but he can't track it down, as the branch chief, he can't help but think about the lives of his subordinates...... "Royal magician, is there still no news?"

"Yes, Chief, we haven't heard of support yet!"

"Whew, I know!" Sighing, sitting at his desk, Wes, a forty-nine-year-old branch chief of the Empire, put down the quill pen in his hand, frowned, and said, "Jerry Belfort, that bastard, is probably trying to take Weston's place now, and he can't take care of this side for the time being......" As he spoke, he slammed the table and couldn't help but curse.

"Chief," said a magician hurrying in as he heard the sound of hurried footsteps, "Report, Alcock has spotted Argus!"

"Alicock?" Wade couldn't help but be stunned, knowing that Alicock was the lord city of the Galic region, and the branch of the Magic Guild was located here, in other words, that Argus had come under his nose.

"That bastard......"

"Minister, should we send someone to keep an eye on them?"

"Keep an eye on them? How do you keep an eye on them?" Wade couldn't help but sneer, then sighed slightly, adjusted his mood, waved his hand and said, "Order everyone to withdraw the branch, Argus's business...... We don't have to meddle anymore!"

"This ......" the magician seemed hesitant.

"It's an order, Alton!"

“...... Yes!" The magician named Alton nodded hesitantly, and was about to turn to leave, when suddenly another magician hurriedly came running, holding a magic letter in his hand, and hurriedly said, "Minister, this is a letter from Reox!"

Slightly stunned, Wade quickly stood up and walked over, stretched out his hand and said eagerly, "Give it to me!"

"Yes!"

After taking the letter and opening it, Wade glanced at it a few times, and then, the tense expression on his face gradually relaxed, and he couldn't help but nod and said, "Great!"

"What, the Minister?" asked Alton the Wizard, confused.

I saw Wade point to the magic letter in his hand, and said with a smile, "The dean of Reox Academy, the archmage Gretel Keynes, told us not to meddle in this matter anymore, in a few days, this honorable archmage will come to Gal......ik with a cardinal archbishop of the Holy See."

"Grand Magician Grett Keynes?" Alton said with respect and solemnity on his face, "This Lord actually came to Galik himself?"

"Hehe," Wade said with a relaxed smile and a nod, "I knew that Jerry Belfort bastard would be unreliable as soon as Weston left, so I sent a letter to Reox...... Keynes the Great Magician was Weston's best friend, and although I had never met him, I had often heard Weston mention that he was a magician worthy of our trust and respect, and it would be great if he was willing to come to Galik himself...... As for the cardinal......" he paused, paced around the office with his finger to his forehead, and then said to Alton, "keep an eye on Argus, I need the exact information of this guy - I don't want the lord to come and we won't be able to deliver him where Argus is - just keep an eye on it, everything is premised on protecting your own life!"

"Yes!" said Alton solemnly, with a solemn salute of a national magician, "I'll go!"

Glancing deeply at Alton, Wade hesitated for a moment and nodded.

Just as the magician was about to turn to leave, another member of the Galic Magical Society branch hurriedly ran in and reported, "Branch Chief, that Jean Connell is also coming to Alicock!"

"This guy is here too?" Wade paced back and forth in the room for a few steps, thinking about it, "This guy is also very strong, and has an unclear relationship with that Argus, but since he didn't hurt anyone, let's not mess with him for the time being, just keep an eye on him, anyway, the intelligence shows that he is just a person, and he has not reached some kind of consensus with Argus, so for the time being, his threat level is set as level 2 ......"

"This," said the magician, with a strange expression, "the Chief, that Jean Connell is not alone now......

"Hmm?" Wade subconsciously turned his head and frowned, "Isn't this guy always a loner?

"Uh...... There are also six children of twelve or thirteen years old, two boys and four girls......"

"Kid?" Wade suddenly looked surprised and puzzled, and said with a smile, "Has that guy turned into a nanny?" Bernie, go find out where those children are, what is the relationship with Connell, whether they are willing to follow Connell, name, household registration, temporary place of residence, all the information, find out for me......

"Yes!" the magician named Bernie nodded.

"Alright, that's it, go down and deal with these things first, remember, Alton, Bernie, Argus Bart Cranfield and Jean Connier are both dangerous people, be careful not to get into conflict with them, especially that Argus, this is Alicock, be careful not to endanger the inhabitants of the city, this Earl has always been prejudiced against us, don't let him hate us even more......"

"Yes!"

At the same time, near the gate of Alicock City, Jiang Zhe and his party were driving a carriage into the city slowly.

In their eyes, Alikok is more like a frontier fortress than a city, with a magnificent and sturdy bluestone wall, a towering arrow tower, and those archers with bows and arrows in their hands and looking solemnly at everything outside the city, worthy of being an important military city in the northeast.

And in the city, the patrol guards coming and going are even more nervous, but in about ten minutes, Jiang Zhe and the others have seen at least three teams.

It is said that Alicock is one of the safest cities in the Galic region, because it is a lord city, because there are at least 2,000 guards patrolling day and night, because there are tens of thousands of Gallic troops stationed in the barracks not far from here.

Therefore, the mercenaries who flouted the laws of the empire did not dare to make trouble in this city, and the thieves did not dare to steal other people's property here, after all, the lord of Galik, the old Count of Avery Ogier, was as tough on criminals as he was on barbarians.

In addition to being a lord city, Alicock was also a commercial city, the last and most important stop on the merchants' journey to the northeast, with tens of thousands of Garric troops and tens of thousands of Alicock residents, all of which guaranteed that merchants could make a fortune here.

Although nowhere near as prosperous as the Imperial City of Sassen, Alicock is indeed one of the few prosperous cities in the northeastern part of the Empire, oh no, it is a bustling fortress city.

"Wow!" Lisa said in surprise as she looked out the streets of the city from the window of the carriage, "Why are all the buildings here made of rock......?"

Seeing that Lisa was curious about this, Lavia, who was sitting next to her, explained in a low voice, "It is not difficult to understand that Alicock was originally called 'Rock City', and the original purpose of building it was to defend against the barbarians in the north, this is a fortress built for war, at that time, the barbarians had a bad relationship with the Empire, and from time to time crossed the Scadio Mountains to loot food, so some of the inhabitants of Galik asked to live in this fortress at that time...... The city you see now is a city that was expanded decades ago, and it didn't occupy that much of the land at the beginning, but because of the increasing number of residents living here, Lord Garrick had to expand the city...... However, at the time of the expansion, the lords at that time still built according to the specifications of the fortress, and the houses, streets, and walls were all made of hard bluestone that would not be destroyed by fire, so it was called 'Rock City' because it was seen by the barbarians of the north in order to avoid causing fires......

"Oh," Lisa suddenly realized, then looked at Lavia and smiled, "Ivy knows a lot......

"No!" Lavia smiled slightly, looking at the city surrounded by rocks, she seemed to see her hometown, the city surrounded by heavy snow...... "Are all the buildings in the city made of stone?" Jiang Zhe looked out the window curiously and asked, "All?"

"Of course," Lavia said lightly, glancing at the boy, "not to mention buildings, you can't see a single tree in the city......

"Incredible...... Jiang Zhe showed a strange expression and said strangely, "When I was in Hale Town the day before yesterday, weren't there still many trees in the town?"

"But this is Alicock!"

Jiang Zhe shrugged his shoulders speechlessly, the city full of rocks is indeed not a bit beautiful, not to mention that it is not as good as Van Duo, where the Reaux Academy is located, and even the Hale town two days ago is not as good as ...... What a fortress!

Glancing at Jiang Zhe outside the window a few times, Dia said with a little surprise and curiosity, "Don't you feel sleepy......?

"I don't know," Jiang Zhe shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile, "I don't know what's wrong, I've been in a much better mood lately than before, I used to sleep for about sixteen hours a day, and now I ...... I feel like I'm back to normal - seven or eight hours will do!"

"Giggle," said Dea softly, smiling softly, "Isn't that great?

Jiang Zhe thought for a moment and said with a smile, "Aren't we here to find him......" However, before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Lavia.

"I think we'd better find a place to live first, and put our luggage and carriage in place, it's rude to go in such a hurry!"

"Yes, South," echoed the seemingly nervous Lyrela, "it would be a great faux pas to go to Scott with a lot of luggage and a carriage, and to be bumped into by his grandfather...... How could anyone be a guest like that?"

"What then?"

"Like Ivey said, let's find a place to live first, put our luggage and wagon, and then go to Scott and come back to get the luggage left here, so as not to be rude......"

Jiang Zhe glanced at Lisa and Dia, and when he saw that they also nodded in agreement, he shrugged his shoulders and said, "Okay, I don't care......"

Seeing Jiang Zhe say this, Lavia raised her hand and clasped the partition behind her with her fingers, and then, the carriage stopped with a squeak, and Allen, who was sitting in the groom position in front, came over and pulled the car door, and asked curiously, "What's wrong?"

Pointing to the girls seated, Jiang Zhe shrugged and said, "In order not to be rude, we'd better find a hotel to house the luggage and carriage first......"

"Can't you just go straight to it?" Scratching his head, Alan said helplessly, "Okay, okay, Scott, that bastard!"

So, Jiang Zhe and the others found a hotel, booked two rooms, and placed the luggage they were carrying.

Half an hour later, the children and Connell walked towards the inner city, for the innkeeper had also said that carriages were not allowed to enter the inner city.

"Scott, bastard, I'm going to have to punch him when I see him!" Complaining incessantly, Alan walked down the street with the knight's sword on his back.

The girls behind him were obviously more concerned about the shops on the streets, which were obviously more abundant than Hale's small town, and of course there were many more interesting knick-knacks.

And Jiang Zhe stared at the rocky streets under his feet, as Lavia said, all the streets in the city are paved with neat bluestone, which is rare in the empire, after all, according to the scale of the city, this amount of work is too large.

As the children walked, Connell suddenly stopped, glanced alertly behind him, and sniffed a few times with his nose, which was far beyond the normal sense of smell.

As if noticing Connell's actions, Lavia deliberately took a few steps behind and asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"

I saw Connell calmly glance at the crowded crowd on the street behind him, frowned and said, "We are being followed!"

"Tracking?" Lavia was stunned, closed her eyes and sensed it with her mental power, but nothing unusual happened, she stared curiously at the street behind her for a long time, and suddenly shook her head and said, "There is nothing abnormal!"

"yes," Connell said, nodding his head, unconfident, "Maybe I'm wrong......

Glancing at Jiang Zhe, who was walking in front and was talking and laughing with Dia, Lavia hesitated and said, "Do you want to call Soth, his mental power is much stronger than mine...... But having said that, looking at her expression, she was obviously not very willing.

"Hey!" Looking at Lavia, looking at the little loss in her eyes, Connell patted her head lightly, leaned over and smiled, "Do you want me to teach you a lesson in that nasty little ghost?"

Lavia gave Connell a blank look, snorted and continued walking.

"Hey!" Glancing at Lavia's back, Connell smiled with some amusement, then turned his head, glanced at the street again, then frowned and walked towards the children.

Could it be that he was being overly alerted by Argus?, Connell muttered quietly.

Unbeknownst to him, however, in an alley more than thirty yards away from him, two men in loose cloaks were wiping the cold sweat from their foreheads with a relaxed face.

I saw one of the men let out a long sigh of relief, pulled down the cloak that covered his head, and said helplessly, "Whew, this guy is too alert, isn't he? At such a distance, we don't want to eavesdrop on their conversation!" Looking at this person's face, it was obviously a magician from the Galik Magic Association branch, Bernie.

"Hey, Bernie," patted his companion on the shoulder, and the other magician frowned, "that little red-haired girl, is she a magician?"

"You feel it, too?" Berneville smiled and whispered, "I was careless, I thought I was just some ordinary kid around Connell...... It's a good thing that her mental power is not strong, otherwise we would have been discovered by her, and there is no way, only long-distance tracking - alas, how can I not learn to block mental power!"

Glancing at Bernie speechlessly, his companion pulled out a pamphlet from his bosom, wrote a few lines on it with shorthand magic, and then whispered, "Look at the children's expressions, it doesn't look like they were coerced by Jean Connell - what shall we do now?"

"Let's take a look," said Bernie the Wizard, frowning at the other side of the street, "We just need to keep an eye on Connell and record when and where he met Argus, and we don't need to worry about anything else, huh...... I can't figure out why those kids were with that man, looking for a moment to look into it - go, follow!"

"Hmm!"

At the same time, Jiang Zhe and the others had already come to the inner city wall, and the guards stationed at the inner city wall saw that they were a few children, but they didn't care much, just looked at Connell a little and let him go, but before leaving, he still warned Connier a few words, warning him not to make trouble, after all, Connell's current appearance looks too eye-catching, whether it is his strong body or almost beast-like body hair, he doesn't look like an ordinary person...... Compared with the bustle and prosperity of the outer city, the inner city is relatively inferior, because most of the weapons manufacturing workshops here are some weapons, and there are only mercenaries who come and go except for the guards.

Speaking of which, Alicock does not strictly control weapons, except for selling them to barbarians in the north, theoretically, anyone can buy weapons from here, and they are military-sized weapons.

After all, Garric's military salary has always been harsh on the Sassen aristocracy, and in the absence of any way, Garric's officers will privately trade weapons to supplement their military salaries, and sell them to mercenaries for a small amount, in addition to this, they will also sell them to some small dependent countries in the north that have a good relationship with Garric. In the past ten years, although the barbarians have stopped at Alicock, some tribes among the barbarians have not stopped harassing the north of the empire, after all, the barbarians also need food, and after having weapons, although those small countries cannot defeat the barbarians who come to loot, they can at least resist and hold on to the support of Galik's army.

This kind of private dealing, although it violates the rules of the Empire's arms control, can at least reduce the financial burden on Galik, whether it is the old Earl Avery Ogier or King Sasson, they know about it, but for all reasons, they acquiesce, after all, Gallic's finances are the same as the Empire, and they are not very optimistic.

After continuing to walk for more than ten minutes, after passing through a wide field, Jiang Zhe and the others finally saw a castle-like building, which was actually a small fortress.

The castle was inhabited not only by the Garic lords, but also by some local army officers, and in addition to the five thousand Garic troops in the fortress to deal with emergencies.

Compared with the outer city and the inner city, the defense here is more strict, at a glance, a row of arrow towers and sentry posts, countless archers holding bows and arrows in their hands and watching every move around with solemn expressions, plus those guards who come and go patrolling, this is simply a copy of the barracks.

Before Jiang Zhe and the others could get closer, a group of guards came over, pointing their spears at Jiang Zhe and them, and the leading officer frowned and said, "Who are you and what are you doing here?" As he spoke, he glanced at the children in front of him, his tone was a little calmer, and he said in a deep voice, "You are not residents of Alicock - otherwise you should know that this is not the place you should be, go back!" As he spoke, he looked at Connell warily.

Raising his hands and taking a few steps forward, Alan smiled and said, "Is this where the lord lives?"

Glancing at the child in front of him in wonder, the captain nodded, frowned, and said, "Yes—so what?"

"Is that Count Avery Ogier?"

The captain nodded suspiciously, frowned, and said, "What the hell do you want to say, kid?"

"That's right," Ellen whispered, smiling, "We're looking for a friend of ours, Scott O'Neill, is he here?"

"Ogier?" the captain was visibly stunned, and looked at Alan Fox and asked, "The little count is your friend, are you sure you didn't cheat on me?"

"Wow, little earl," Alan said with a shrug and grin, "trouble this big brother to tell him, and when he comes, he will know if I have cheated on you!"

The captain thought for a moment, then nodded to a soldier beside him, and immediately the soldier hurried towards the castle-like building.

Glancing at the soldier's back, Alan turned his head to Jiang Zhe beside him and said with a smile, "Hey, man, did you say that Scott guy would be surprised when he saw us?"

"Maybe!"

It didn't take long for two people to walk in the fortress-like castle, and the one walking in front was obviously Scott, who was wearing an orthodox black aristocratic gown, wearing a white shirt and a black bow tie at the neckline, and behind him was an old man of about sixty, with gray hair, wearing a black butler's suit, his eyes were sharp like eagles, and he stood with a straight posture and a serious expression, obviously a former soldier.

"Your Royal Highness," said Scott, who bowed his head and said, "Sorry to bother you, these people say your friends ......"

I saw Scott turn his head and look at the smiling Allen, as well as Jiang Zhe and the others beside him, showing a little surprise, and said happily, "Allen, South, why are you ......?"

As he was talking, he suddenly heard a cough beside him.

Upon hearing that cough, the smile on Scott's face suddenly retracted, nodded to the captain, and said in a deep voice, "They are indeed my friends!"

"Oh!" the captain was secretly relieved to see this, waved his hand, and retreated with the group of soldiers.

"Hey, this dress is pretty handsome!" Alan involuntarily walked over, put his arm around Scott's shoulders and said with a grin, "I said man, aren't you a little surprised to see us?"

As soon as the words fell, I saw the housekeeper-like old man beside Scott stretch out his hand, quietly took Alan's right hand on Scott's shoulder away, and said politely and imposingly, "Since you are a friend of the little master, then you can't be too rude, please come with me......" As he said, he turned his head again and said to Scott, "The two instructors who taught you equestrian and swordsmanship are still waiting for you, little master, forgive me for talking too much, it is a very rude thing to let them wait too long!"

Glancing at the old man in a sneering manner, Scott nodded and said, "I see!" As he spoke, he gave Alan and Jiang Zhe a helpless look and went back to the castle sullenly.

What is this? Alan looked back at Jiang Zhe inexplicably, and Jiang Zhe shrugged.

"Please come with me!" said the old butler, glancing intently at the group in front of him, and stretched out his hand, "I will tell the old master about this, so first of all, please go to the castle and rest for a while......" he said, turning and walking towards the castle.

"That...... Wait!" Alan hurriedly called out to the old butler.

I saw the old butler turn his head, frown and look at Allen, and said in a deep voice, "My name is Nadine Blake, I used to be a Garrick soldier, and now I am the butler of the Ogier family, you can call me Nadine, may I have any questions?"

"Yes, Mr. Black," Alan said with an awkward smile, pointing to the castle, "that, Scott, he ......."

As if seeing through Allen's thoughts, the old butler Blake smiled a little reluctantly, and said in a deep voice, "This is the little master's daily lesson, and it is ordered by the old master, if you want to talk to the little master......" As he spoke, he took out his arms from his arms and glanced at them, and said, "There are still two hours and twenty-five minutes, but we have to make up for the time just lost, then there are still two hours and thirty-one minutes left-I think you should be able to see him again before dinner! Then, please come with me now!" With that, Old Black turned and walked towards the castle.

Oh, my God...... Alan glanced at Old Black in a daze, and then looked at Jiang Zhennunu with a strange expression.

(To be continued)