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In that luxurious apartment, Valery kept walking around.

Herman, on the other hand, sat quietly, but his eyes were a little uneasy.

They've been in Liberty City for almost two months now, but they haven't been able to find a chance.

It wasn't until a week ago that they spent a lot of money to buy off the people of the City Lord's Mansion, and they were able to find out some movements.

Now they are just waiting for news from there, because something seems to have happened in the past month, as if Liberty City has its own currency, which has attracted the attention of the outside world.

But for Hermann and Valery, they didn't know what that meant.

But a few days ago, the City Lord's Mansion suddenly began to strengthen the security of the city, so that the two of them almost thought that it was Franklin and they appeared on the side of the dark merchant.

"Could it be that they have a large group of men sent by Mr. Duncan?" Valery said suddenly, his eyes sparkling.

Unable to find an opportunity, the two had reported to the Dark Merchant a month earlier in an attempt to explain the difficulty.

For the purpose of reporting the difficulty, they most hoped that Mr. Duncan would give up this plan, but it was estimated that this time it would really hurt the face of the dark merchants, so Duncan ordered the two to continue to lurk in Free City, and Duncan also sent the second-ranked cage slave hunting group under his command to come over.

This means that unless Wang Qinian stays in the Free City for the rest of his life and does not come out, as long as he leaves the city, he will face a murderous attack by a force no less than a regular soldier, the cage slave hunting group is one of the four elites in the hands of the dark merchants, and its own number is thousands, close to twelve squads, or more than two squadrons, and it is well-equipped, it is equipped according to the standards of regular soldiers, and the squad leader level and above even have enchanted weapons, which is slightly higher than the inner city guards of the Free City, and only slightly lower than Franklin's personal guards.

In addition, there are also four mid-level warriors, in addition to Valery and Herman, the strength of the chief and deputy leaders of the cage slave capture group is not much worse than the two, but they belong to different groups, Valery and Herman are from another elite team under the dark merchants, there are only more than a hundred people, but they are all special guards composed of middle and high-level warriors or mages, specializing in protecting the dark merchants or removing some opponents like the one in front of them.

"No way, the people in the cage have been hiding outside the city, waiting for our summons, and without our intelligence, they will not show their traces. Herman said.

"Or maybe they're careless, or they're impatient?" Valery said, he had every reason to suspect that the man in the cage was transferred by the dark merchant to be used as a robber and assassin like this, he must be reluctant, but there was no way to disobey the will of the master behind him, he had wasted more than ten days, and he must have been on fire, maybe someone couldn't bear to do something bad, such as going to ransack a certain village, robbing a few women, etc., so he accidentally exposed his feet.

Herman shook his head, he still didn't think it would.

Because he knows more about the cage than Valery, the top three slave catchers under the dark merchant are not only larger, but also large but not indiscriminate, and can be called an elite slave catcher, not only not inferior to the regular army in terms of discipline and restraint, but even a few points stronger.

Because the slave catchers who can reach this level may have to go deep into more dangerous places to capture some slaves with a fairly high level of danger, and those dangers are sometimes superficially beyond the scope of the entire slave catcher group, but often they still do it, and those who can't do it are destroyed.

The reason why they can do it is that they are unusually united, wielding their strength to the fullest, and even level, coupled with resourceful planning, it is possible to succeed.

For example, the slave catcher team that Wang Qinian once stayed in only attacked a smaller tribe of wood elves, suffered heavy losses, and had to retreat immediately and flee from the pursuit.

But if it is a cage, not only will they be much more relaxed, but the object they choose may not be just the small tribe that Xiri is on the edge of the forest, but the target will be the larger tribe, or even deeper into the forest.

It is precisely because of this confidence that Valery and Herman also have more confidence, with mental calculation or unintentionality, even if the guards around Wang Qinian are doubled, as long as they are out of the city, the cage can be attacked directly, and they are not afraid that he will fly into the sky.

"Don't worry, I believe the problem is not on the cage side, maybe something happened to the Free City itself, let's continue to wait for the news from the City Lord's Mansion. Herman said calmly.

The door opened, and a man in black hurriedly walked in and handed Herman a piece of paper, which was the news from the people of the city lord's mansion who had bought it.

Herman quickly finished reading the contents of the note, and his brow finally loosened and he stood up.

"Don't worry, they don't have a cage to save Zài, it seems that Franklin is welcoming some distinguished guest. ”

The Lord of Franklin was quite busy at this time, and was indeed preparing to welcome some distinguished guests.

The servants had already cleaned every corridor and every corner of the mansion, and the chief steward had also allocated guest rooms in the mansion for the upcoming guests, and it seemed that there was more than one.

On the route from the gate of the city lord's mansion to the gate of the inner city, and then to the outer city, the vendors along the road were also unusually cleaned up, and only merchants with fixed shops were allowed to continue to operate, and the vigilance was specially strengthened on this route, and the inner city guards patrolling back and forth took over, and the city guards of the outer city were in charge of it in the past.

Wang Qinian was also preparing to greet the guests early in the morning, and the guest who was about to arrive was Xue Demengbo from Modo, who made an appointment to meet Franklin on behalf of Modo, and the envoys were still on the way, but had already sent a knight to the Free City to inform them first.

Franklin had been prepared for a long time, so it was not surprising that they had been waiting since the beginning of the Mithril coinage line. In fact, the guest they were waiting for was the messenger of Asturias, but they didn't know who it would be.

The day after the knight's notice, Count Sheldmont arrived in the City of Liberty, a slightly chubby nobleman who was still a little bald.

Upon arriving, he only took a short break before asking to see Franklin.

"Lord Franklin, I'm here to discuss the ownership of territory with Free City. "Count Sheldmont got straight to the point, but this was a territorial issue that had always been vague, rather than a direct reference to the Mithril Mine.

Of course, this trick is very powerful, because when it comes to the territorial issue, it naturally involves whether the Free City is willing to belong to the territory of Modo, and if so, then the Mithril Mine naturally belongs to Modo.

"Free City is a city born out of the wilderness, and it is my life's work. Franklin said coldly, but did not directly answer the question of territorial ownership.

But of course, Xue Demeng would not let it go so lightly, "That was before, but it is undeniable that Modo has never given up the territory here, that is to say, Lord Franklin, you have only established a home in Modo's territory." ”

"The city was under attack in the early days, and there were no Modos to defend the land. Chris raised his voice.

"Ahem, no, no, no, we have always watched this land and never given up, you can look at the map we have published, there has always been this territory on the map. "Shadmund took out a map from his bosom, and it did indeed map the nearby lands including the City of Liberty into the territory of Modo.

Chris and Wang Qinian glanced at each other, and they were a little helpless about Modo's brazenness in their hearts, of course, they would not give in like this.

"Lord Earl, let's explain, don't hide. Mordor had never wanted to defend this land before, but now he came to claim the territory because of the Mithril coinage business, right?" Franklin said.

Xue Demeng's expression also became solemn, and he tried to straighten his chest, "Yes, I want to know if there is a Mithril mine on this land." ”

Franklin nodded without hesitation, "Since I decided to mint Mithril, I didn't plan to hide anything, yes, Mithril Mine did appear." ”

"How big is the reserve?" Xue Demeng said in surprise, and soon several people present were smiling and silent, knowing that it was not so easy to know.

But from the fact that it can support the Mithril minting in Free City, this reserve should be quite abundant.

"Then you don't have to beat around the bush, Lord Franklin, I have come on the orders of Lord Modoswa, for two purposes, one is to confirm the deposit of the Mithril Mine, and the other is to hope that the Free City will be loyal to the royal family of Modo. ”

"Lord Earl, this city was founded by Franklin and us, and if Modo wants to get it without any effort, what good can we get?" Chris said lightly.

Xue Demeng also immediately took out the conditions that Weah had authorized, "If the Free City is willing to belong to the territory of Modo from now on, the royal family and the Prime Minister will grant the title of Earl of Franklin, and Master Chris will also become a baron, and there will be a blank baronial title and the titles of three official knights." ”

Franklin and Chris glanced at each other, this is a nobility that represents official nobility, once obtained, not only Modo, but even other countries will recognize it.

This is no more than Franklin, although they are now the lords of the Free City, but in fact, in terms of status, they have not been recognized as nobles among the nations.

However, for Franklin, who single-handedly carved out the world from the wilderness, although the nobility has a certain value, it is too insincere to give back.

"I'm glad Modo values it, and I don't resist the title, but I want to know more about the Mithril Mine. ”