161 Ogre Sacrifice
After finally getting rid of the boring and scoundrel Count "Kraft Candy", Andrei finally breathed a sigh of relief. He hurried out of the Grand Duke's mansion, got into a carriage with an ordinary appearance, and headed for the noble district north of the city.
Dozens of minutes later, the carriage drove into the spacious carved cast-iron gate and slowly stopped in front of the quaint castle.
"Young Master Andre, the master asked you to come and go in directly, they have already arrived. A waiter immediately greeted him.
Andrei nodded, straightened his outfit, and walked briskly through the gold-encrusted wooden door.
Most of these aristocratic castles had a secret reception room or council chamber for secret discussions. Andre arrived at this place with ease, nodded at the two black-clad guards at the door, pushed the door and walked in.
"Andrey, here you are, sit. Sitting on the throne was an elderly nobleman with gray sideburns and fine clothes, who nodded at Andrei and beckoned him to sit down. At a glance in the room, there were five or six officials and nobles sitting around, although the number was not large, but several important players in their camp who held the main power were impressively listed.
AndrΓ© nodded respectfully at them and sat down in the bottom seat.
"According to my intelligence, Onesha is ready to transfer back some of the troops to control the situation in the Green River Valley," one of the broad-faced officials said with a frown, "although it is unlikely that she will use force directly against us, it is always a threat. β
"This will also require the two of you to work together to do something about military orders and logistics. The elderly nobleman sitting in the middle was the noble leader of the Duchy of Anlan, the Marquis of Borriello, and he glanced at two of them and instructed these two important officials belonging to the Ministry of Military Affairs and the Ministry of Finance to secretly interfere.
"Good. The two nodded together in agreement.
"AndrΓ©, though. Why haven't you made progress on your side yet?" the Marquis of Borriello asked in a deep voice, glancing at Andrei.
"I'm trying, Lord Marquis. Andre hurriedly got up slightly and replied.
"You've been trying, but there's never been any progress, and the Grand Duke is still lukewarm to you," snorted a nobleman with a gloomy face next to him. "Andrey, you have to be clear, we don't have you alone. β
"I know, Lord Selvela. Andrei was secretly annoyed in his heart, but his face didn't show anything. Among the four marquis of the Duchy of Anlan, the Marquis of Borello is the leader, his father died young, but this Marquis of Servera has repeatedly been his enemy.
"We need more than just a knowing, but a guarantee. If you can't make a breakthrough in a short period of time, I happen to have a nephew, which is a perfect fit. Servera continued.
"Marquis Servila, have you forgotten our agreement? Andrei gritted his teeth and subconsciously touched his own pocket.
"Be patient, Servera," interjected the Marquis de Borriello. Turning his head, his tone was indifferent. "Andrey, we have patience, but there is not much left. Although what Servera said is indeed a bit excessive, but that is also what we all mean, you have never let us interfere in this matter, but that little girl's attitude towards you has been getting worse and worse. We want to hear what you can do now?"
Several people in the room nodded. Eyes converged on Andrei.
"My previous efforts were unsuccessful, but now I'm 80% sure. Andre's face was solemn, and he gritted his teeth and took out a crystal bottle with a crystal clear long neck from his arms, holding it in the palm of his hand, and the silver-blue powder swirled endlessly. It exudes an eerie color.
"Oh?" Borriello was the first to recognize, and said with a playful smile, "you really want to use this method?"
"Either way, I'm willing to use it if it works. Andrei said coldly.
"Okay, good, Andre, I really underestimated you before," Borriello smiled slightly, turned his head to the others, and said angrily, "Don't you recognize it yet? This is blue-spotted silver dragon pollen......"
"Really?" Servera snorted, "It's rare, you've not been deceived, have you?"
"I tried it on my elf slave girl yesterday and it definitely worked," the smile on Andrei's face twisted, licking his lips with a bit of an aftertaste. He glanced at the expressions of the people in the room, the Marquis of Borriello kept a gentle smile, the square-faced official next to him was a little disdainful, and the rest of the others showed a knowing and lewd look.
"Presumably, in the Grand Duke's Mansion, you have almost arranged it, then I look forward to your breakthrough. Okay, let's move on to the next question. Finally, it was the Marquis de Borriello who spoke up.
Everyone discussed for a while, and then they left one by one, and waited until the Marquis of Borriello suddenly beckoned, "Andrei, come here, I have something to say to you." β
Andrei stayed a little puzzled, and when he got closer, he heard the Marquis of Borriello laugh in a low voice, "Where did you get the elf slave girl, send it to me later." β
Andre nodded hurriedly, scolding in his heart, but he could only whisper.
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At the same time, the first batch of small mercenaries in the military camp west of the city had already begun to set off and retreat to the river valley.
"You're not going back?" Dios asked Allegri, confused.
"Let Hoel and Bazaar take them back, Teacher Herseus and Brooke will take care of placing them," Allegri shook his head, "I have something to do in the Green River Valley, you two come here, I have something to ask you." He pointed to Dios and Syyl.
"What's wrong?" said Dios, who stepped aside slightly.
"Which of you two is better at assassination?" Allegri asked urgently, without explaining.
"Who messed with you again?" Dios laughed, spreading his hands and explaining, "I'm sure I can't, you know, I cut up a small spark that slips away, and the momentum is not much." β
"And what about you?" Allegri asked, turning to Cyrell.
"With you two high-ranking professionals, do you still need me to charge?" said Cyrell.
"I can't help it...... If I go, the firelight, the explosion, the whole city will see," Allegri shrugged helplessly, "The most important thing is that your martial arts skills are very suitable for this, and the Demon Legion's Blade Queen is mainly on the mission of infiltrating assassinations." β
"But I'm not professional,......" Cyyl grimaced.
"So didn't I stay, I'll go with you," Allegri encouraged, "if something really goes wrong, I'm not afraid to reveal my identity, just do it, I don't believe that anyone in the Green River Valley can stop me." β
"Alright then...... Cyrel finally couldn't resist the temptation to get on the thief ship, and hesitated, "But I'm really unprofessional, I've never done this kind of thing before." β
"It's okay, who hasn't had a first," Allegri smiled confidently, "As the deputy head of the scout in charge of intelligence of the mercenary group, your brilliant career will start this time." β
"So where do we start?" said Cyrell.
"Inquire where a fellow named Andre lives," muttered Allegri, "and he must be Onesa's squire, with a little white face." β
Cyrell hurriedly embarked on the path of her so-called "brilliant career" and left, Dios looked at her back and smiled, "What kind of Andre is that, why did you mess with you?"
"It's not a good thing at first glance," Allegri patted him on the shoulder, "by the way, Dios, come with me to the Grand Duke's Mansion tomorrow, I'm about to withdraw, and I can tell her goodbye." β
"Yes," Dios nodded, "and thank her, as Onisha takes such good care of us. β
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The surrounding fog seemed to block all snooping. Even Illo's "sensitive touch", which had been cultivated to the extreme, could not find out where the enemies around him were.
He hesitated for a moment, took out a few white feather arrows in his hand, and gently placed them on the "Soul Hunting" longbow in his hand, and the golden energy poured into it, revealing its edge.
Bai Ji stepped forward, holding the steel spear in one hand, winging Illo's side.
Ellora's bow, with its fingers like lightning, fired four long arrows in an instant, almost at the same moment in several directions that might be hiding enemies. After infusing the energy, the arrows had powerful penetrating properties, quickly tearing through the fog in front of them, reaching several possible hiding spots.
The energy was overflowing, and the subtle golden edge burst out, and a cry of pain that was hard to suppress suddenly came from one of them.
Without reminding, Bai Ji immediately jumped up and ran towards the one, his body as strong as a cheetah. The spear in her hand flashed with a blue-white edge, and the energy in her body was like a swirling lightning, exuding a beautiful and deadly brilliance.
Seeing that Bai Ji was about to arrive, Illo's heart suddenly moved, and before he had time to think, a long arrow had been shot behind him in his backhand, but he didn't hear a response from hitting anything.
He didn't have time to infuse his strength with this long arrow, but he shouldn't have been so silent. He turned around in surprise, and was just about to shoot with an arrow again, when he felt his body sink, his arm shook, and the long arrow actually shot away rarely.
Illo turned his head slightly, the corner of his eye swept over, and he couldn't help but take a deep breath.
In the misty mist, dozens of tall and muscular ogres were surrounding, carrying huge wooden sticks and stone hammers as weapons, and their faces were extremely hideous. And at this moment, the wooden quenched poison spear in their hands, or the huge stone, seemed to be aimed at themselves.
There was a scream from the ogre's side, obviously not the match of the barbarian girl, but Illo knew that the two would definitely not be able to please this time.
Because behind the dozens of ogres is protecting a small girl. The striped hides covered her jade-white porcelain-like body, her supple black hair was scattered, her face was calm, and the wooden staff with red light in her hand was aimed at herself. (To be continued......)
PS: (double change)