William's movements were quicker than everyone expected, and almost that evening, Cody had already returned to the manor with the invitation.

Since Lynn is still in the port of Iyeta on the surface, the affairs of the entire royal capital are entrusted to Lauder and Orlando to manage.

"Now that the Holy See has set up sentry posts at all entrances to the royal capital, I am afraid that it will not be convenient for Lord Odolan to visit, so please come with me yourself, Mr. Lauder!" The reasons given by Cody are so reasonable that it is impossible to refuse.

"In that case, let's go!" Lauder snorted coldly, took his talisman crutch, touched the ring in his hand again, and followed William's men alone into the carriage.

Lauder's courage to go to the meeting alone made Cody secretly admire, if he could, he didn't want to go against that Lord Lynn.

It's a pity that these wizards can't compete with the Holy See at all, and sooner or later they will be destroyed, and Lord William is also determined to turn to the arms of the church.

The carriage drove slowly on the uneven road, bearing the marks of the William family, and passed the city gate very smoothly, and soon reached the door of the mansion.

From the outside, this is an ordinary manor, and even compared to the huge financial resources of its owner, it can only be described as low-key.

But when you really enter it, Lauder finds that this is simply a small fortress, very tightly guarded, as William's hideout, maybe there will be a dungeon, a tunnel or something......

Lauder thought to himself that they were not just going to see William this time, and it would be bad if they let the other party run away.

However, just before entering the gate of the fortress, a group of guards suddenly surrounded him, and the leader, a man who looked like a roe deer, stopped straight in front of Lauder, and said with a smile.

"Please stop, Mr. Lauder! Before meeting Master William, there is one more step that we need to make sure that you are not carrying some dangerous weapons. ”

"You're going to do a search?" Lauder's face suddenly became very ugly.

"Do you know who I am? But your lord, Viscount William, personally invited me here! Lauder scolded angrily, then turned to look at Cody. What does this mean exactly? ”

Cody's face became a little embarrassed, and he said with a softened atmosphere. "Muerte, isn't that good?"

"We don't mean it badly, we just want to make sure the conversation is safe, that's all!" The smile on the face of the man named Muerte remained the same, but the tone of his mouth was unmistakable. "This is also Lord William's order!"

As he spoke, the guards around him also surrounded him, blocking all his retreats.

Lauder was so angry and angry that the crutch in his hand paused heavily on the ground a few times, and even threatened to leave now!

"Of course it's no problem, it's just that it's a little late now, and without our carriage to see you off, I'm afraid you won't be able to leave the royal capital." Muerter said politely.

Lauder stared at the other party and always kept his purpose in mind, and finally did not dare to act rashly and speak dissatisfied. "I can assure you that I am not carrying any dangerous weapons."

"It's not enough to just promise!" Muerter shook his head and motioned for the guards to come forward, and soon found a small crossbow arrow, two daggers, and a small packet of blinding alchemy powder from Lauder's body.

That's what you said about not carrying dangerous weapons?

Everyone present had strange faces.

"It's just some self-defense tools, not weapons for attack." Lauder explained in a very cheeky manner.

The two guards on the side rummaged through his crutches and looked at them for a while, but they couldn't find any use for it, and Lauder kept insisting that his prosthetic leg was not good, so the guards had to return it.

"I can go in now, right?" Lauder retrieved his protective crutch and snorted coldly.

"There's one thing left!" Muerte's gaze quickly focused on Lauder's right index finger. "The ring you're wearing, if I'm not mistaken, it should be an alchemical item, right? The texture on it should be more than just a decoration. ”

"This is my family heirloom, passed down from my grandfather's generation, it is very precious, I will never give it to anyone else!" Lauder clenched the ring in his hand and said categorically.

"I promise you that when I leave the castle, I will return it to you unscathed!" Muerte said with conviction. "It's just to keep the conversation safe!"

Safe fart!

Lauder cursed secretly in his heart, compared to the anger he disguised just now, he was really a little panicked now, after all, this [Arcane Ring] was what he really relied on.

But Muert was clearly more than just words, a dozen or so guards around him were eyeing him, and his stout size and long knife hanging from his waist were naked threats.

Lauder was arguing with Muerte and hesitating whether to do it, he originally thought that coming alone should allow the other party to let down their guard and meet William smoothly, but he didn't think that it was time to make a life-or-death decision when he arrived at the door.

Suddenly, Lynn's voice rang in his ears.

"Give it to him!"

I don't know if it was because there were other people around him, but Lynn's words were so concise that he almost thought he had heard it wrong.

But...... Cold sweat broke out on Lauder's forehead, which was not in line with the original plan, and he knew very well that although Lynn could help him in the form of a magic incarnation, he had a weakness from the previous situation, that is, he couldn't go too far from the ring.

What the specific range is, he doesn't know for the time being, but it shouldn't be more than fifteen meters!

Once you lose the Ring of the Arcane, you will be in danger next.

But the situation on the court clearly didn't allow him to think too much, and after about three seconds of struggle, Lauder finally handed over the ring as Lynn had instructed.

"Keep it for me, if I find anything wrong with it when I come out, you're dead!" Lauder said viciously.

"Of course, I'll protect it with my life!" Muerter quipped, and then stepped out of the way. "Cody, take this Mr. Lauder in!"

"Mr. Lauder, please! Master William is already waiting for you inside. Cody said embarrassedly.

Lauder paused heavily on his crutches, snorted rather dissatisfied, and then followed Cody in a nervous mood.

(End of chapter)