After speaking to Gaillot, Edward took Cortez's head and left—he was going to report everything to Grand Master Mercer Kane before Pipe Town got worse, especially before Marquis Holard Minest made it worse, even getting involved with the Dominicans.

Walking out the door, Edward seemed to have suddenly forgotten something, smiled at Gaio's squire who had been dutifully at the door, and asked, "Excuse me, how to get to the South Gate?"

The attendant, who had learned the face of Gaiyo's coffin, suddenly blushed with excitement, and pointed out the direction to Edward very enthusiastically, even explaining in detail how to go, as if he was afraid that he would not be thoughtful.

The brunette thanked him, and then left immediately. From the staircase to the corridor outside the council chamber, all the sergeants of the Knights of the Sacred Tree who saw Edward also greeted him and offered to make way for him, watching the young man with black hair and black eyes leave, and their expressions were very friendly.

Everywhere, those who can prove themselves will always be respected by others - they all know that the hero who has killed the Blood Banner Brotherhood is the young squire who has just arrived at the Order's headquarters, who killed that Cortez with his own hands, and he deserves the same respect as his merits, even if it is only a squire.

A few days ago, Edward Witwood was only an unknown squire, half a prisoner of the Knights of the Sacred Tree, and now, no one doubted that he could receive the title that belonged to his former master, and was about to belong to him.

Walking alone in the streets, he sent a few robbers who tried to snatch his sword - in fact, more like a group of hungry beggars, Edward followed the same path and found a warehouse on the corner of the street that had been burned to ashes, and Gratoni's incomparably huge body had been completely transformed into a pile of pus that smelled of fishy decay, red, green and yellow mixed together, and there were still traces of burn everywhere around.

Angela crouched there alone, holding her calves and looking at the ruins of the warehouse full of pus, holding stones in her hands that she had picked up from nowhere, and carving them on the ground, with that look and expression, no different from when Edward first saw her, her eyes were dark as if anyone could kill her lightly, not at all like a Dominic wizard who created a terrible monster like Gratoni.

In other words, only such a "sorcerer", such a pure "tool", a tool made for a certain purpose, can create such a terrible monster, and perhaps it is not unreasonable to think that in order to cook food, man invented pots, and in order to make it easier to kill, there were bows and steel swords—tools, all of which were born for these purposes.

"Why are you here?"

Angela didn't know why Angela was here. Still like the original, lifeless voice, the girl who slowly turned her head and stood up looked at Edward with a blank face: "But Angela is useless, right?"

"Why?" Edward asked, still knowingly.

"Gratoni is dead, and Angela is no longer useful. The girl paused and then said, "Gratoni was created by Angela, Gratoni was killed by Angela, and there is no need for Angela's tool anymore, and if you don't use it, it's useless." ”

"But I don't think so. Edward looked at her sincerely, shook his head and slowly squatted down, gently brushed the girl's hair behind her ears, and looked at the dark green eyes: "Angela, do you know what a really useful tool looks like?"

"A really useful tool is a precious treasure that will not be abandoned by its owner until it is completely unusable, a thing that is worth collecting and using. Edward said: "A really good tool is definitely not something that is used up once and then thrown away, it is a really good tool that can be used many times and used continuously." ”

"So, what about Angela...... the girl suddenly became anxious, grabbed Edward's sleeve in a panic, and suddenly there was a little more pleading gaze in her originally gray pupils: "Angela, is Angela a good tool?"

"Of course, there is no better tool in this world than Angela, Angela is the best!" Edward patted her little head, "Angela, it's the kind of tool that people should treasure and use until it is completely destroyed, and it would be a pity to throw it away once it is used up!"

"So, my lovely Angela, I want to ask you...... Would you like to be my tool?" Edward finally asked, "Not today, not once or twice, but forever, until the day you are utterly destroyed." ”

"Yes, please use me, use me as much as you want, Angela is willing!" The girl kept nodding her head vigorously, with an anxious and worried expression, for fear that Edward would reject her: "Angela is willing to be Edward's tool forever, forever and ever, until the day Angela is used by Edward!"

"That would be great. ”

"But...... What can Angela do?" The girl began to worry about herself again: "If the tool is to be useful, it must have a name." ”

"Well......" Edward frowned a little confused, "Otherwise, you can be a little maid for me, little maid Angela—how about it?"

"Maid?"

"Cleaning, tidying up the house, waiting for her master's orders whenever and wherever she wants, and never disobeying her master's orders, that's what a good little maid does. Edward smiled and explained to Angela "what a good maid should look like", with a look of seriousness: "So, would you like to?"

"Yes, Angela will be a good little maid!" the girl nodded her little head vigorously and looked at Edward with hopeful eyes, "Angela will definitely do her best!"

"I have no doubt about that. Edward smiled and took the girl's tender little hand and stood up from the ground, turning and walking towards the end of the street. A swaying figure walked out of there, and the girl who followed Edward immediately glared at him viciously.

"I thought you were gone, Mr. Marco Tasker. Edward still looked at him with a flat expression: "Why didn't you accept your 'fruits of victory'?"

Although Cortez is dead, and all the members of the Blood Banner Brotherhood who were completely loyal to him have died in Pipe Town, this does not mean that Marco Tasker can easily take over the remaining wealth and power of the Brotherhood, and on the contrary, things may become more troublesome.

No matter how you classify it, the Blood Banner Brotherhood definitely doesn't belong to the kind of organization that "convinces people with reason", they are formed by Cortez's cunning and cruelty, and the group of killers who follow him for revenge, so when bribing and co-opting those gangsters, it is natural to use force.

And now that the Brotherhood's forces are all wiped out along with Cortés, the only remaining people who are willing to be loyal to Marco are only kittens or two, and it is definitely not easy to keep those gangsters obedient.

Not to mention that the Brotherhood of Blood Banner, which has just been wiped out, is basically a street rat in Turin, and not only will the Knights of the Sacred Tree continue to hunt down the remnants, but the Minest family will also do their best to assist the Knights in their capture - and at the same time have to deal with the threat of two behemoths, even if it is just a little, this silver-haired wizard will even become a luxury to breathe.

"Then don't worry, they won't be able to hold on for a long time, and when I go again, the effect will be doubled, and this group of people will become much more loyal, especially those who can't be bought with money. Marco waved his hand as if he didn't care, but since he said it, it proved that he wasn't too sure: "I'm here to tell you about another very important matter. ”

"Soon an envoy from the Kingdom of Dominica will come to Turin, who have come to continue the long-standing peace pact, and it is evident that 'unease' is about to become the norm in this kind of city-state union, as if in their eyes the people of Turin would attack their poor kingdom at any moment. ”

"Then what's important in this information?"

"List of missions. Marco was ridiculously cunning: "In this envoy group, there is an inconspicuous but noble ceremonial official, who is the second son of the Honan family and the new ruler of this ancient family. ”

Edward immediately understood - if the ceremonial lord was involved with the Minest family, there would be enough evidence to prove that Marquis Holard Minest was behind the Pipe Town tragedy, and the evidence that was originally extremely unfavorable to the Knights might have a chance because of this!

"I guess you should have known about this for a long time. Edward raised his right eyebrow: "This information is very important to the Knights, why are you suing me now?"

"Because you can only use it now, my esteemed Edward Witwood, an squire who can't even be trusted, why should he think too much about his master who treats him as a minion?" the silver-haired wizard smiled, "But it's different now, isn't it?"

"I don't serve the Knights of the Sacred Tree, I'm just for you, my lord!"