Along the way through the long corridors, Lauder's mood fell straight to the bottom, and his previous plans had been completely disrupted.

Lord Lynn probably didn't want to startle the snake, or have a new idea, but it was not easy for him to deal with William on his own.

Fortunately, the ring didn't work without him, and Lauder could only hope that Lord Lynn would find an opportunity to solve the trouble over there and come and rescue him.

Now all he can do is delay as much time as he can, and then take it one step at a time!

"This is it!" Cody led Lauder to the right side of the fort, and the heavy stone gate slowly opened.

Cody stayed outside the door, and Lauder stepped inside, and the heavy stone door behind him was immediately shut, and inside was a richly decorated hall with priceless frescoes on the walls, a thick red carpet on the floor, and a whole room filled with extravagance and aristocracy.

And the long table in the center of the hall had already been arranged with all kinds of meals, and it looked extremely rich, and if it weren't for the heavily armed guards standing on both sides of the hall, he would almost have thought that the other party had really invited him to enjoy the feast.

Lauder's gaze gradually looked to the end of the long table, and saw the owner of the manor, William!

It was a fat man of more than 300 pounds, his wide gray robe tightly wrapped in fat, his hair was as shiny as fireflies in the night, his eyes were slit, his nostrils were facing the sky, and his body exuded a disgusting smell of alcohol.

At this time, he was holding a glass of red wine in his hand and was leisurely tasting it, and the maid on the side was serving him diligently.

"You're finally here." William put down the goblet in his hand, stood up and clapped his hands, motioning for the maids around him to step away, and then pointed to the seat next to him.

"You may be seated, Mr. Lauder!"

As if he had forgotten the slight unhappiness at the door just now, Lauder shook the cane in his hand, and sat down generously as if he had been invited to the door, but it was not the position that William was pointing to, but the seat directly opposite.

William didn't care, he personally took a glass of scarlet wine with a wooden spoon, filled another glass of wine, and then handed it to Lauder himself, and said slowly.

"I've heard that Mr. Lauder, like me, was working for Lord Herranram, transporting goods from the Sekas Empire to the Wizarding Lands, right?"

"Looks like you've got a lot of information in Iyeta!" Lauder didn't touch the glass of wine, and he wasn't surprised that the other party knew about it.

When he fled with Lynn to Iyeta, he caused a lot of trouble in Iyeta, and almost everyone in the city knew that it was normal for William to gather information and deduce his identity.

However, looking at William, who is graceful and luxurious, almost as fat as a ball, Lauder's heart can't help but give birth to a little jealousy, although when he was in Harbor Town, he also managed a large number of people, but to put it bluntly, he couldn't get on the stage at all, and he had to look at the faces of the nobles and the church all the time.

And William is obviously much better than him, not only did he get married to the eldest prince Harold, but he also became a veritable viscount, and he knew that he enjoyed it on weekdays when he looked at his body!

"People like us always unconsciously ask for some information, don't they? No matter how beautiful the appearance is, it is just a lackey that comes and goes when it is called. William shook his head and said meaningfully.

Lauder could naturally understand the other party's underlying meaning, but he didn't agree, and responded with a sneer. "Who in this world is not a lackey? Even if you are King Bazel, it is not impossible to decide who will be the crown prince, and the cardinal cannot disobey the orders of the higher echelons of the Church......"

"That's right, since they are just begging for a living under other people's hands, why not change to a bigger and higher backer?" William sipped the red wine in his glass and said unhurriedly. "After all, the world is still aristocratic and ecclesical, and all worldly things belong to the king, and spirit and faith belong to God......"

"But the world will always change, and the speed is even faster than you think!" Lauder said noncommittally.

"Then I'd like to see it." William didn't mind, and then asked nonchalantly. "I don't know, what did you all think of to deal with me?"

Lauder's heart chuckled, things were obviously getting out of his control, but Lauder still forced his mind to calm down, and asked in confusion. "What do you mean by that? William? Didn't you invite me to negotiate a share of the trade between ore and glass? ”

"You let your men take all my self-defense supplies before you entered the door, are you still worried that I, a cripple who can't do magic, will do something to you?" Lauder stroking his right hand on the crutch and sneering.

"In that case, then I might as well give you a way to live!" William gets straight to the point. "I need to know, how many wizards did Lord Lynn send into the [Hadrata] royal capital, and what do they want to do?"

"Also, where was the compass that could locate the Wizard's Land?" William stared at Lauder and asked.

The guards on both sides had already drawn their long knives, and after entering the hall, in just two or three minutes, William had already met each other.

Lauder hesitated for a moment, as if trying to weigh the pros and cons, and fell into deep thought, until William had a look of extreme impatience on his face, and then he spoke abruptly as if he had finally made a decision.

"That compass has always been in the hands of Lord Orlando!"

Lauder casually said nonsense, in fact, the positioning device of the airship has long been replaced with something called a compass, and even if you get it, you have to know the specific location of the wizarding land, otherwise you can find it slowly on the sea.

"And how many of you have entered the kingdom of Hadrata? Are there any great wizards, and how many are there official? William asked again.

Lauder thought about it again before he replied slowly. "There are about dozens of people, this is not certain, only Lord Orlando knows the specific situation......

Probably noticing that Lauder was deliberately delaying time, William's expression became a little dangerous, he stretched out his fat index finger, pointed to the glass of red wine on the table, and said unquestionably. "I'll just give you thirty seconds to think about it, drink that glass of wine, and we'll talk."

(End of chapter)