……

Matthew swallowed.

The stolen goods in this mailbox are more than priceless!

A few seconds later.

The greed in his eyes slowly disappeared, and a wry smile appeared on his face.

If one or two stolen goods are fine, Matthew has no psychological pressure.

But the amount is so huge, and the scope involved must be very wide, and the slightest carelessness may cause big trouble.

Matthew must be cautious.

"Well, let's just think it's an illusion."

He completely calmed down.

He didn't reach for the bag, because his perception clearly told him that there were three high-level spell alarms attached to it, and with his current level, it would be difficult to remove them silently.

If you touch it easily, you may be startled.

At that moment, Matthew slowly closed the mailbox.

After that, he summoned the soldiers and ordered them to stay here, and he left in a hurry.

Because it happened in the crucible house.

Matthew originally wanted to contact Ronan or Qin Wuyue.

As a result, something strange happened -

He couldn't contact Ronan and his family!

You know, since Ronan returned from the astral plane, he gave Matthew a new spell contact.

Matthew rarely uses it, but he also knows that there shouldn't be a delay.

"Could it be that both of them have important matters to attend to?"

Matthew was confused.

Unable to contact the owner of the Crucible House, Matthew had to go to 177.

"What? Dirty goods? And so much more!? ”

"These people are so bold to do this kind of operation under my nose?!"

"No, I'll have to check all the mailboxes...... We must not allow any fish to slip through the net! ”

After 177 learned the news, he personally led the constructors to conduct a thorough inspection of the mailbox of the owl training base.

However, the results of the examination did not satisfy him -

The other mailboxes seem to be quite clean.

Only the two that Matthew bumped into were used as storage cabinets by the people who couldn't see the light.

"Damn, who is hiding so much money under my nose and haven't let me find out?"

"Matthew, don't worry, I'll keep an eye on this place, and I'll let you know if there's any movement!"

177 swore by it.

Considering the strong strength of Taling and the fact that he was on his own turf, Matthew entrusted this matter to 177.

Two days later in the night.

Matthew receives an emergency communication from 177.

When he arrived at the Crucible House, 177 had been waiting in the next room at the Owl Base for a long time.

There is a huge crystal ball in the room.

The crystal ball is played in real time in the magic tower.

"No, the thief is here."

177 pointed to the sneaky figure in the crystal ball and said:

"Don't worry, if he dares to approach that mailbox, I'll let him come and go!"

At this time, the figure had already walked up to the third floor.

Matthew asked casually:

"How did he get in?"

177 And he said hatefully,

"This guy can do animal transfiguration, and he has a vivid owl, and he has a stupid energy, which looks a lot like an owl in the training base......"

Between words.

The two saw the figure come to the 7th floor.

By this time.

The other party suddenly became a little uneasy.

Instead of moving on, he looked around.

A few seconds later.

He jerked in the direction of the outside of the crystal ball!

"This kid has found us!"

177 screamed:

"But it doesn't matter, just let him see the strength of the Emperor of the Crucible House!"

The voice fell.

More than a dozen statue-like structures suddenly rushed towards the figure!

All entrances and exits around the Tower are closed.

Followed by.

A blue magical force field quickly formed from under the figure's feet!

That's an anti-magic field!

Only for a moment.

The man was enveloped in it, and four nearby humanoid structures grabbed at him.

For ordinary mages.

The scene in front of me is a lore.

The figure, however, was in danger.

But seeing his flexible footwork, he calmly dodged the joint capture of the two constructors with a few shakes.

A few seconds later.

He rushed to the edge of the anti-magic force field.

A construct came over and ended up eating him head-on with a skillful over-the-shoulder fall!

Bang!

The huge steel machine was smashed into the body of another companion.

Two structures were declared scrapped on the spot!

Buzz.

Loud sirens echoed through the tower.

The owls flew restlessly and had to land higher.

There was chaos in the tower.

But what is worrying is that after the other party's treatment, he has successfully escaped from the anti-magic force field and is hiding towards a dark space!

"Damn, this kid knows martial arts, and he's a master!"

177 exclaimed.

Matthew nodded slightly, the melee combat technique that the person used to deal with the constructor just now was a very standard martial arts move, and even a warrior monk who had practiced for many years probably couldn't find fault with it.

This is quite rare for a mage.

"Let me go."

He spoke just in time.

177 sent Matthew to the tower without saying a word.

Just landed.

Matthew saw a face with a furrowed brow.

The other party was trying to hide his form, but 177 activated the anti-stealth ritual field inside the crucible house, so his figure was quickly revealed.

Matthew didn't say a word, speeding up his approach.

That's when the two sides are not far apart.

The other party suddenly shouted:

"Stop!"

"Otherwise, you're welcome!"

But it was too late.

Matthew cut to the other man's back with a flash, and then pressed his right hand against the back of his neck:

"Want to see if my Death Touch works?"

"If you don't want to gamble, don't move!"

The other party was tense and seemed to be unwilling.

Can be a second.

When 177 appeared in front of him with a huge arquebus in his hand.

Matthew could clearly feel that the latter had lost the desire to resist.

His body softened dramatically, and even some mud and slime fell from his appearance.

Matthew guessed that it was only used to disguise appearances.

"Look, I've got to do it."

177 pointed the muzzle-like barrel of a giant arquebus at the comer, and then said to Matthew:

"This guy is knowledgeable, my gun has a constant guidance technique, once it fires, it will hit your body 100%, and if you want to keep a whole corpse, you have to use the reduction technique......"

Matthew glanced at the musket.

This weapon has been around in the world of Aindor for many years, but most of the time it is only popular among dwarves, and people of other races seem to think that it is not practical.

"Can this shot smash a fifth-order person?"

Matthew asked.

"Absolutely!"

177 proudly said:

"It's my newest toy, even if it's a shield defender, I can even send someone with a shield to the western sky!"

Matthew suddenly became interested:

"How many shots does this gun have at a time?"

"How much does it cost per shot?"

177 quickly said:

"You can only shoot one shot at a time."

"As for the cost per shot...... It's still a little cheaper than the Legendary Shape Scroll. ”

All right.

Matthew blinked, when he didn't ask.

The two of them spoke.

The rest of the structures have been surrounded, and the captors are being controlled.

In order to prevent the other party from escaping.

177 also put on a forbidden demon bracelet and a demon sealing belt for him, and even put an electric shock collar around his neck!

"No, the remote control gives you ......"

177 threw things to Matthew:

"You know how to use it, the same as before."

The captor gave Matthew a deep look.

He moved his neck a little unconsciously, and asked in a trembling voice:

"How often do you do things?"

Matthew shook his head:

"Not often."

"Now that you're a prisoner, you should answer my question."

"Who the hell are you?"

The other party chose to remain silent.

Matthew asked a few more times.

The result is the same.

So he suddenly asked:

"Rambo?"

"Don't pretend, I know it's you."

A strange look flashed in the other party's eyes, but it was quickly hidden.

Matthew continued to ask.

The other party always pretended to be dumb.

At this time, 177 took the remote control in Matthew's hand and suddenly activated the current!

Zizizizi!

Yellow and blue electric sparks sparked on the other party's body.

Within seconds.

More mucus and mud peeled off the surface of his skin.

He was so shocked that he screamed.

A wisp of green smoke rises with a scorching stench.

Bang la blah.

177 poured another bucket of water on his face.

The other party's appearance was undoubtedly revealed.

This face is eighty percent similar to what Matthew had seen in the Jailer's file before!

"It's you, Mr. Rambo."

Matthew said calmly:

"You're not alone in that shipment, right?"

"I guess Alexander is the big one?"

Rambo's expression was rather ugly, but he still didn't speak.

Matthew took a closer look and found that there were many folds on the other party's face and skin, and although they were well maintained, they could also see the deep traces of time.

"You're lucky to fall into my hands, I have some friendship with Alexander, and some things are not negotiable."

"But you have to show some sincerity first."

Matthew said.

Hearing this, Rambo finally raised his head, and he and Matthew looked at each other for a while, and then whispered:

"Are you...... Tree Mage, Matthew? ”

Matthew nodded:

"It's me."

Rambo thought for a moment:

"What kind of sincerity do you want?"

Smack.

Matthew slapped an IOU in front of Rambo.

In the latter's somewhat stunned gaze.

Matthew said lightly:

"It is only natural to repay debts."

"Surrell gave me this IOU, and now, I am your creditor."

"If you're sincere, pay back the money first!"

"It shouldn't be difficult for you, right?"

"After all, compared to the wealth in the mailbox, what I want is only a drop in the bucket."

I guess I didn't expect Matthew to say this.

Rambo stayed where he was for a while, and then he said:

"I, I don't have that much money, and the money in the mailbox is not mine, I just came to pick it up for someone else."

Matthew furrowed his eyebrows:

"You just don't want to pay it back?"

Rambo explained, somewhat awkwardly:

"No, no......"

Suddenly.

He seemed to have a flash of inspiration:

"And the IOU isn't due yet, is it?"

"I'll pay it back when it's due!"

Matthew looked at each other with the eyes of a fool:

"You've defected!"

"This IOU is based on the fact that you are still a member of the alliance and an employee of Hesuo Mountain, and now your credibility is no longer enough to support the remaining three months, because you may run away at any time, understand?"

His tone was somewhat unkind.

was scolded by Matthew for a moment.

Rambo is obviously weak-hearted:

"Sorry......"

"But my collateral is still there, right?"

"How can that house in Deep Blue Harbor be sold for 200,000 yuan?"

And the collateral?

Matthew's face remained unchanged, but he secretly scolded Suriel a few words in his heart, this god mage is really good at business!

"I don't know what the collateral is, I just know the loan contract."

Matthew waved the IOU in his hand:

"Anyway, you pay back the money you owe me first!"

Rambo seemed to have gone through some mental struggle, and then he said with some difficulty:

"You can take 500,000 gold coins from the mailbox and go, but you can't touch the rest of the things!"

Matthew hadn't said anything yet.

The 177 next to him was amused:

"You guy, you speak so hard!"

"Matthew, elect him!"

Matthew reminded:

"The remote control is in your hand!"

177 sighed, and was about to increase the current, but was silently stopped by Matthew.

Matthew looked at Rambo with interest:

"I'm also curious, why are you talking to me like this now that you're a prisoner?"

"You're no longer a law enforcement officer at Hessoshan."

"Instead, you are a traitor to the Alliance."

Rambo blushed when he heard this.

His expression looked quite embarrassed, and his face instantly flashed with pain, incomprehension, resentment, and other expressions full of struggle.

Looks like.

This mage, Rambo, is not used to the change of identity.

Matthew felt that his last two sentences had hurt Rambo the most.

Soon.

He became a little depressed.

"If you don't want to go to jail, just talk more."

Matthew reminded:

"If there are no accidents, you should spend the night in Hesuo Mountain tomorrow."

Hear this.

Rambo was another agitator, and then looked at Matthew hesitantly:

"Mr. Matthew, can I trust you?"

Matthew spread his hands:

"I'm the most credible person, if you don't believe me, you can ask Sen'er."

Rambo gritted his teeth and said:

"Please don't report this to the Alliance, can you?"

"If you can do it, give me a communication crystal, and you'll know everything you want to know."

Matthew and 177 look at each other.

The latter pointed to the remote control:

"You don't have to listen to him to know everything you want to know."

Matthew shook his head.

He has no grudges with Rambo, and even has a little friendship with Alexander, so he won't be so desperate.

"I can't completely agree that you won't report this to the Alliance, but if you can convince me, I may be able to keep some of it as the case may be."

Matthew gave an ambiguous reply.

Rambo sighed, and then slowly sent a signal with the communication crystal under the watchful eye of 177 and Matthew.

"Tracked."

177 whispered:

"This magical message is for Riptides."

Riptide City?

Didn't wait for Matthew to react.

His private communication crystal suddenly became extremely hot!

Matthew took it out and unfolded it.

It was none other than Joy, the registered mage of Riptide City, who appeared in the crystal ball!

"Matthew, don't come unharmed."

Hood smiled unnaturally:

"Rambo is in your hands, right?"

"Uh, is it convenient to come to Rapids City to talk? It's complicated...... Or, I'll go to your realm. ”

Hood was actually involved?

Matthew was taken by surprise.

He thought for a few seconds and replied briskly:

"I'll go to you."

Hood was somewhat moved:

"Thank you."

"You'll know in a moment that this thing isn't what you see."

"Well, when you come over, can you bring Rambo and the things in the mailbox?"

Matthew hesitated.

177 Block:

"Hey, it's not safe, maybe this old man is a traitor too!"

Hood's old face darkened:

"I'm not, don't talk nonsense, this is a very serious accusation!"

Matthew also patted 177 on the shoulder:

"It's fine."

"I believe Mr. Hood."

"If you don't feel at ease, come with me?"

177 shook his head:

"I'm not interested!"

"Just take care of your own safety."

"For the sake of our relationship, I won't tell Ronan about this, I'm going to check elsewhere now to see if I can find similar stolen goods......"

……

A few minutes later.

Matthew arrives at the head of Riptide City with Rambo and a whole folded package.

Fly over the city on a magic carpet.

He could clearly perceive the difference in this space-

Although the ubiquitous rifts in time and space inside and outside the city have been repaired a lot, the influence from the abyss has not been eliminated.

Matthew could smell a lot of evil.

It's the smell of demons.

"It seems that Hood is still looking for a way to drive the demons out of Rapids once and for all......"

Matthew thought to himself.

Outside the Castle Lord's Mansion.

A maid who had been in place in advance led Matthew and the others into the backyard.

It didn't take long.

Matthew understood the reason why Hood chose to meet him at the City Lord's Mansion -

While passing through a hall.

Matthew saw a number of men in black sitting inside, who obviously knew they were coming.

When Matthew passed by.

Qi Shushu's gaze swept over.

The gaze of the people in black was very subtle.

Matthew found Alexander among them, as well as the Queen of Giza, and a number of other unnamed familiar faces.

Naturally, these people are the ones who have defected from Hesuo Mountain!

Matthew thought they had left the material world.

Unexpectedly, they gathered on Hood's territory!

What does Hood want to do?

Or rather......

What did Alexander want?

Matthew's heart was filled with deep doubts.

The servant led Matthew through the hall, and as he passed by Alexander, he raised his glass to Matthew, and then drank it with a smile.

He didn't speak.

Matthew just nodded.

The hall was silent, and Matthew could only feel their breath and gaze, but no one uttered a word of gossip.

This strange atmosphere has created a lot of pressure on Matthew.

This pressure was finally relieved when he met Hood.

The latter gave Matthew a hug when they met:

"Thank you for trusting me."

Matthew said softly:

"I hope you can explain clearly, I don't want to visit the prison in Hesuo Mountain in the future."

Hood laughed:

"Let's go inside and talk."

Matthew glanced back at the men in black:

"Why didn't they speak?"

Hood explains:

"The people of Black Gold, including Alexander, are practicing the Silence Commandment, a practice that was practiced in the Monastery of the Ten Commandments, which was all the rage in the Far East and some of the city-states of the Northlands."

"None of them can say a word until they leave Aiindo, and Rambo is the only exception."

Matthew glanced at the data bar.

Hood was telling the truth.

"I noticed they were all shaking, was it because they were nervous?"

Matthew asked again as he walked inside.

Hood patted Matthew on the shoulder:

"It's not."

"It's because of excitement."

"Tomorrow night at the latest, they're leaving."

Between words.

The two of them came to a courtyard outside the hall.

Just entered the courtyard.

Matthew sensed a strong sense of crisis.

Soon.

He locked on the source of the sense of crisis-

It was a relatively stable space-time rift, which should have been caused by the previous invasion of the Abyssal Badland.

The crack has signs of being artificially solidified and appears to have been repaired as a portal.

It seems to be Hood's handiwork.

"Portals? Let's go? ”

Matthew wondered:

"Where are they going?"

Hudra sat down with Matthew aside, ordered a few beautiful apprentices to serve food and drink, and after motioning Matthew to take care of himself, he spoke slowly:

"This matter starts with the turmoil in Hot Springs Prison."

"You must have heard about Hot Springs Prison, and this turmoil happened around the time we were on our way to Cross City."

"I also learned afterwards that when we were resisting the meteorite shower caused by the God of War in Cross City, there was actually an incident of the arrival of the gods in the hot spring prison!"

"At that time, in the hot spring prison, there were about a few gods with weak divine power who successfully descended on the Snow Maiden, and there were also nearly twenty powerful angels who descended at the same time."

"These marginal people of Tianlun Palace took advantage of the attention of the second-generation god of war to secretly risk coming, but what they didn't know, their ability to successfully hook up with the Snow Girl was actually deliberately guided by Alexander."

"Alexander knew a long time ago that the physique of the Snow Maiden was very suitable for being a vessel for the gods, and this ancient race was once made by a supreme heaven according to his own template, so there is a high degree of compatibility with the imprint of the gods."

"As early as the beginning of the advent, Alexander laid out a killing game, although there were some twists and turns in the middle, one of the gods who came ran away, and the remaining one led the snow maidens to resist for a while, but in the end these generals were all wiped out by Alexander."

"Although Alexander has tried to reduce the negative impact of this incident afterwards, the paper will not be able to contain the fire, and he will soon be held accountable by the Alliance, and he will soon face prosecution from the Silver Council, and the best outcome may be a period of imprisonment."

Hear here.

Matthew looked surprised:

"Alexander is so bold?"

"He can't just want to make some extra money, right?"

Hood shook his head with a smile:

"He's certainly not here to make extra money."

"In fact, he had made a plan before he did this, and he knew that he would be held accountable by the Alliance, so from the moment the gods came, there was no turning back."

"You may know Alexander, but you don't know much about him.

He's the most radical Mainstay of any Alliance mages I've ever known.

He was a student of Linde.

He is more extreme than Lady Isabel in his attitude towards the creatures of the outer planes.

Many years ago, he was a high-ranking member of the Northern Battlemage Legion, but because of his aggressive and even bloodthirsty methods, he was eventually transferred by Ekmund to the Warden of Hessoshan.

Alexander is a very talented fellow.

The results he has done in Hesuo Mountain can be seen by anyone who is not blind.

I dare say.

If there is another person to operate Hesuo Mountain, which has an increasingly large gap in operating funds, the fortress has long been in turmoil.

But in the hands of Alexander.

Mount Hessok has always been stable.

This is certainly not something that ordinary people can do. ”

Matthew nodded approvingly.

Since he crossed over, there has not been a moment when he feels that earning money is an easy job.

In particular, maintaining a large foundation is completely different from being alone.

"Hessoyama needs him."

"Maybe the Coalition won't remove him as warden."

Matthew said bluntly:

"Even now, there's room for maneuver."

Hood shook his head:

"It was impossible for Alexander to go back, he was tired of the days when he could only torture the guards and prisoners day after day."

"In the depths of his heart, he has always had a dream of returning to the battlefield, and he has been silently planning for many years."

"Especially after Lady Isabel sent Hera to Mount Hesso, Alexander felt that Hera could succeed him as warden, so he hastened the execution of the plan."

"The events at Hot Springs Prison have put together the last piece of the puzzle."

"Tonight, they will depart."

Matthew frowned and said:

"Where to go?"

Hood replied:

"Not necessarily, but definitely the outer plane."

"It's up to this unstable portal to send them to."

"It could be the Abyss, Purgatory, the Evil Spirit Plane, the Twin Heavens, or even the Tianlun Palace!"

"Their goal is to hunt down all the powerful beings of the outer plane that have caused trauma to the main material realm."

"To be more specific, Alexander once revealed to me his first target, the Great Demon Trier, a name you should be familiar with, he is the doppelganger of the Midnight God to control the sorcerers."

Matthew looked at Hood with a suspicious face:

"Are you crazy, or am I crazy?"

"Or are they crazy?"

"Just these people, going to the outer plane to hunt down those legendary creatures?"

Hood sighed and knocked on the glass in his hand:

"yes, when I first heard the news, I was just as shocked as you were."

"Let's think they're crazy."

Matthew couldn't help but turn his head away.

The hall and courtyard are separated by a transparent wall with magical enchantments and barriers attached to them.

Look at it from this angle.

Just enough to clearly glimpse the black-clothed people in the hall are moving.

They seem to be doing an ancient ritual -

First, eat slowly.

Then it seems to be a key part of the ritual.

Everyone raised their empty glasses, and then drank empty.

Then they removed the hood from their heads.

This moment.

Matthew was able to see the wrinkled faces and the mottled and dry silver hair.

"They...... Aren't you young? ”

Only then did Matthew notice that even Alexander, who had legendary strength, had an old face.

"Yes, the youngest is in his seventies."

Hood sighed:

"Have you heard of the Black Gold Force?"

Matthew thought for a moment:

"The elite of the enforcers of Hessoshan Mountain?"

Hood nodded:

"Many people know that the Black Gold Army is Alexander's ace team that has been trained day and night."

"They have a devastating knack for capturing mages and other fugitives."

"But very few people know that the earliest unit was actually set up by Linde for the Astral Expedition Program, and the main body of its support was the Northern Mage Legion."

"About a hundred years ago, the place where the Northland and the Far East met was subjected to a joint invasion of the outer planes, including Tianlun Palace, Purgatory, and evil spirits."

"At that time, the barbarians and humans of the Northland suffered numerous casualties, many city-states were burned in the fire, and many villages were bloodied."

"In retaliation for the enemy's actions, Linde personally pulled a mage army, and this time the members of the army had family members who lost their lives in that invasion, and they trained actively in anticipation of the day when they would succeed in revenge."

"However, this incident ended when Lind went to the astral plane to guard the puzzle of intelligence."

"The Northern Legion was taken over by Roderick and Ekmond, and the two quickly split their original formation, and the members of the Black and Gold Force were also transferred to other positions."

"In the years since, the alliance has faced different turbulences, but it has not had the energy and strength to fight abroad, especially in the past fifty years, and in the era of Ekmond's rule, it is even more impossible to use troops abroad."

"Ekmond advocates a more gentle approach to the Celestial Palace, which is certainly not a big mistake, and you see that Lady Isabel, who was once the most radical, also continued the line of the Ekmond period after returning to power."

"From the standpoint of the alliance, of course, we must avoid further intensifying the contradictions with the enemy when our strength is not good."

"But for Alexander and the rest of the Black Gold Force, this is undoubtedly bad news."

"Their time is running out, they just want revenge."

"Alexander realized a long time ago that it was impossible to count on Linde's return to regroup the army, so all these years, during his days as a warden in Hessor, he has been absorbing former members of the Black Gold Army."

"They have long been ready to take revenge personally."

"What is missing is just a fuse."

"They were prepared for everything before the Thermal Prison unrest."

"The only thing missing is the core material used to make the "Easy Boat"——

Fragments of Godhead.

As we all know, the "Easy Boat" is one of the few astral vehicles in the alliance that can be used for anti-god reconnaissance.

And after the Hot Springs prison.

The last piece of the puzzle is also filled.

In fact.

The portion of your possession is only a tenth of what Alexander had prepared for this expedition.

If you're interested in something else.

No one will stop you from taking them.

But I ask you personally, at least give them the fragments of Godhead, which is important to them. ”

Speaking of which.

Hood suddenly laughed to himself:

"Of course, the premise of all this is that you don't intend to escalate the matter to the Alliance."

"Don't worry, no matter what decision you make, I will be on your side."

"The same would be true if you ordered the capture of all of this particular expedition."

Matthew supported the side of his face with one hand, and couldn't help but spit bitterness:

"Why do you want me to know this?"

"Why should I be asked to get an idea?"

Hood winked slyly:

"Maybe you can guess what the grown-ups mean?"

"Why hasn't Lord Isabel shown up yet?"

"Why did Mistress Soulrell's IOU end up in your hand?"

"Of course, these are my speculations."

"You're the one who makes the decisions, Matthew."

……

(End of chapter)