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"You mean, Rhoda and the scimitar?"

One of the Big Six of the Black Street Brotherhood, "Ripper" Anton, took a bite of bread and asked vaguely, "Because of what?"

"It seems to be that son of Rhoda," said Morris, on the other side of the long table, the other of the Big Six, with his arms folded against his fat belly, impatiently:

"You know, that waste kept me with the beggars until I played myself to death that day on Hongfang Street...... Because of this, Roda has a very stiff relationship with me and Lancer. ”

"So it's unpleasant to say that the scimitar is closed?" Anton smiled and took a sip of ale, "It's a pity, I kind of like that chick in the bar...... Tsk, that figure. ”

"Her last name is Saliton, and you can't touch it. Morris's cold words choked Anton.

"I haven't been back for a long time, and I don't know very well," Anton swallowed his bread: "After the matter of the Duchy of Thera, the Saliton brothers still haven't shown their heads?"

"The Prison Scythe has been tracking them for years, and they are not hesitant to cooperate with the Secret Branch," Morris shook his head, "and he fought with Little Saliton twice, and he didn't take advantage of it. ”

"What about the Great Saliton," Anton asked, "the ...... who killed Eddie II"

"It's better not to mention him," Morris sighed, "You know, in front of the palace gate back then, whether it was intentional or not, he saved Black Sword's life...... Over the years, Black Sword has been haunted by this, and it can be said that he has been tortured. ”

"And there will be a war between them. ”

Anton sighed.

Just then, a figure in a scarlet cloak pushed open the door and sat down at the table.

Both Morris and Anton's faces became serious.

Until the figure of the scarlet cloak spoke.

Makes the other two people blew up.

"Be clear!"

"What do you mean by losing contact?"

Anton slammed his fist on the table, looked surprised, looked at Lancer Corbiang, the "Sleepless Eye", who was also one of the Big Six, and asked in surprise.

"Meaning," Lancer said, clutching his scarlet cloak and frowning, "we haven't heard from Ramon since seven days ago, and the last time he sent a message was on the eastern border between Stellar and Exter. ”

There's only one explanation for that – he's met an enemy. ”

Morris clenched his arms and muttered, "His mission is just to use the news of the 'mage' to distract the secret department, so that we can safely obtain the weapon, and when the Black Prophet finds out that he is not actually a mage, he will naturally give up pursuing him, right?"

The fat man shook his head, revealing his doubts: "An ordinary gangster doctor, whether it is a dark room or a secret department, there is no reason to arrest him." ”

"No, of course they have no reason—unless it's an adversary against our Brotherhood, or even against those behind it...... A lot of people are suspicious of our backstage. Lancer said in a sinister manner:

"And you and I both know that Ramon is not an ordinary gangster doctor!"

"For us, and for the patrons?" Anton was taken aback: "For us, you mean the Blood Bottle Gang? Although the Qi Wizard doesn't usually show up...... But after Red Square, they are indeed quieter than before, and Catherine and Nekra are both abroad!"

Lancer shook his head, "I have gossip that they've found the Blood Magire - I'm afraid the counterattack against us will begin soon, and I'm afraid they may have discovered Ramon's importance to us." ”

He tapped lightly on the table: "If it's the Blood Demon Master...... Alas. ”

"The key is our patrons!" Morris pondered solemnly, "and if Ramon falls into their hands, it will inevitably endanger the safety of the patrons...... Maybe a heads-up call for funders?"

"You can't risk exposure and contact the patron," Lancer's eyes lit up, "I suspect it might be a trap - Morat likes to play this kind of bait game the most, maybe the streets are already full of secret eyes and ears, just waiting for us to make mistakes." ”

What's even more terrifying is ......

If it wasn't for Morat and his secret department, it was the people behind the scenes......

Lancer remained silent, but did not voice his concern.

"No, without Ramon, our research into the mage's weaknesses would have come to a standstill...... In the past 11 or 2 years, we have only made some progress. Anton clenched his fists fiercely: "And we don't even know the origin and ability of that weapon, and we haven't unearthed anything." ”

"And he knows too many secrets about us and even our patrons," Morris immediately raised his head, his face serious: "Are we available on the border between Xingchen and Exeter?

"It's difficult," Anton the Ripper gritted his teeth, "the atmosphere there has been tense lately, the caravans are afraid that Xingchen and Exter will go to war, so they will no longer go to the vicinity of the Broken Dragon Fortress, and my men have been evacuated early......"

"And," Anton said with an earthy face, "if the Blood Demon Master is not much worse than the Qi Demon Master...... Not to mention the manpower of our subordinates, even if there are a few of us, we will be sent to death as much as we go. ”

"Maybe there's another way. Lancer said silently.

The other two looked at him.

Just listen to the "Sleepless Eye" Lancer said quietly:

"Words from the Stars and Exter's Border...... The Black Sword is not far away and can go to search for Ramon. ”

"And I've given him that weapon. ”

"If he does meet the Blood Demon Master. ”

"Let's test it out in advance to see how well that weapon works. ”

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The sun is rising.

With a drooping face and Sonia on his horse, Tails walked through the sentry posts, the fortress, and the narrow slope, slowly entering the magnificent Broken Dragon Fortress from the southern gate.

It's much colder here than in the birch forest.

The snow layer is also much thicker, almost reaching an adult's ankle.

It's a big fortress, but the two-story wall makes the space between the gate and the inner wall seem narrow.

Tails dismounts with the help of Sonya, and the severely wounded Waiya, Rolf, and Jorah are taken over by the soldiers to heal their wounds.

He observed one of the corners of the fortress, which was well organized in terms of building layout and personnel posts.

The soldiers on duty either patrolled the main roads and several walls of the fortress, or stood guard at various locations.

The quartermaster, who was in charge of logistics and supplies, was urging the men who were transporting supplies back and forth, and in several large stables, the cavalrymen were skillfully scrubbing their mounts.

On the training ground on the other side, several teams looked like recruits who had just been drafted into the army, and under the leadership of several veterans, they practiced the movements of resisting and chopping in an orderly manner.

In the distance, several groups of soldiers who had just returned from duty were lining up to put away their weapons and receive the rations issued by the quartermaster.

Jenard followed behind Sonya, embracing a dozen of the toughest veterans who seemed to be old acquaintances.

This is the northern barrier of the Kingdom of Stars?

"That's Baron Mu's royal standing army, which has just been expanded," At this moment, Putile, holding a tree branch and dragging his damaged body, walked behind him, looked at the training recruits and said, "I haven't fought much." ”

Tails nodded.

"I thought you'd at least leave her, the important queen, in the Broken Dragon Fortress. You know, we're already stronger than her. ”

Putile said silently, "And whether she was deceived or not, she attacked the mission convoy and committed a lot of blood debts. ”

"And then, grab and spank?" Tails shook his head, "She's a dignitary from the Eastern Continent, and we need a lot of justifications to keep her, and it's a lot of trouble diplomatically. ”

And.

There are also mages involved.

When it comes to my secrets.

The less hassle, the better.

Putile raised an eyebrow.

Tails sighed: "Believe me, the real culprit is still at large, and letting Kotrina go is also causing trouble for him." ”

Jenn's face appeared in front of his eyes.

Whatever you're trying to kill me for.

I'm not going to sit still.

And, Tails thought to himself: I may have found the key.

The key was in the conversation on the day of the trip – something must have touched Jenn's nerves.

Otherwise, he would not have acted so unwisely, deceiving his allies and endangering himself.

"And she's still carrying that black coffin," Tails continued, his words causing Putile to frown slightly, "Having that thing by your side is equivalent to letting the Blood Demon Master come to us again." ”

Although she will definitely come to me.

[Never, let you suffer]

Tails sighed, worried.

"Don't worry," Putile seemed to see through Tails' thoughts, and he said slowly, "Exeter also has his own legendary anti-demon armament. ”

"There are even more than the stars, and it is the country with the most legendary anti-demon weapons in the world - after all, it is the Northlands that has spared no effort in the battle of the Ends. ”

Tails nodded reluctantly.

"As for the scourges, as long as you are not interested in them," said Putirai, with a deep gaze, "they will not be interested in you." ”

Tails' heart shook.

Putilai.

What does he mean by that?

At this moment, Sonia's majestic voice came from the front:

"What's going on!"

Both Tails and Putile looked up curiously and looked ahead.

It seemed to be a gallows, crowded with soldiers who were not on duty.

On the gallows stood a man, escorted by the soldiers behind him.

It looks like he was going to be put to death.

An officer who looked like a person in charge recognized Sonya, and he said with some embarrassment:

"Lord Sutherray...... He, this man is a deserter. ”

Sonia frowned and looked at the people on the gallows.

It was a young man with black hair and brown eyes and a slightly dark complexion, struggling to raise his head in front of the gallows and shouting, "I'm not a deserter!

He was wearing a tattered cotton shirt, his hands were tied behind his back, and he still shouted unwillingly to the onlookers:

"They were left alone, I went back to save them!

"Just look at the blood on my blade!"

Tails watched all this, and whispered to Putile:

"Are we already engaged with the enemy?"

"I'm afraid it's a clash of small forces," Putile mused, "and it seems that Rumba still doesn't give up." ”

Tails sighed inwardly.

The officer in charge of the hanging, looking at the struggling black-haired youth, said disdainfully: "This guy is lying!"

"There was blood on his spear, but it had long since been broken in two!"

"Run back with the broken blade in your hand, and tell me: Are you going back to save people?"

"I didn't!" said the young man with his hands tied behind his back anxiously, "That's not broken in two! That's my spear......! There are two of them, one on the left hand and one on the right hand! I can use them at the same time......"

"Enough! Fisherman with a lot of nonsense!" the officer in charge waved his hand with an ugly face: "Qubbling will not help you! Like a Northlander, hurry up and ......."

"Wait!"

Sonia looked at the person in charge with an ugly face:

"He's a soldier I recruited from my own country, shouldn't he have come and ask me before he was executed?"

The officer was stunned: "Well, but this matter has been conclusively proven, and we have consulted Baron Mu......"

Sonia interrupted him impatiently:

"Let him go, and I'll come and ask him about it myself—and then carry him out. ”

The officer in charge frowned: "But this is Baron Mu's order...... He said......"

"Mu?"

"I am the commander of the Broken Dragon Fortress. Sonia said in a deep voice: "Mu has only been here for a few days, you and him are just reinforcements stationed here. ”

The Flower of the Fortress turned cold:

"Or do you have any opinion on my command?"

The officer's words froze, and he looked around in embarrassment.

But the majesty and prestige of the Fortress Flower forced him to comply.

The black-haired man on the gallows breathed a sigh of relief, and was immediately taken down and pressed down in front of Sonya.

"Soldier, tell me your name and affiliation!" Sonia said coldly as she approached him.

Young man a spirit:

"Vero, my name is Vero, Your Excellency the Flower of the Fortress!"

The young man looked at Sonia gratefully, gasping for breath:

"Willow Ken!"

"Spearmen conscripted from Zalatan County!"

"And ...... I'm really not a deserter!"

At this moment, there was an uproar in the crowd.

A bright but impatient male voice came from afar:

"Sutherre!"

Sonya's brow furrowed deeply, and she looked up in the direction of the voice.

"I heard you're blatantly blatantly blatantly asking me for trouble again?"

Tails looked curiously at the commotion, only to see the soldiers parting to the sides.

It is a short, chestnut haired man of medium height but with a muscular build, wearing a simple cuirass and cyan bracers.

He strode through the crowd with a towering nose and a sharp silhouette, a pair of light green eyes full of fierce color, and a conspicuous silver-and-black metal bow on his back.

He was followed by a dozen expressionless sword and shield soldiers.

"Wow! it's him!" Behind Tails, Ada, who had re-covered her head and face, seemed to have found something funny, and whispered, "It's going to be a fight, it's going to be a fight!"

The soldiers on both sides whispered one after another, and many of them looked at the men with excited and nervous expressions.

Tails was stunned: Who is he?

This man seems to have an aggressive aura of his own, and everywhere he looks, it makes people feel cold.

This gave Tails a sense of danger, like the silver-black bow behind him, in a critical state that seemed to be ready to be fired at any moment.

Sonia looked at the man with a solemn expression and said slowly:

"Araka Mu. ”

"Again, you interfered with my troops while I was leaving!"

Araka Mu?

Sounds familiar.

Tails scratched his head.

"Your Royal Highness," Putile, who was behind him, sighed deeply and said in a low voice, "I don't know how good your ability is to mediate conflicts?"

Tails gave Putile a puzzled look.

What do you mean?

"Your troops?" the aggressive Alaka did not show weakness, pointing to Willow Ken on the ground, and said to Sonia coldly, "You mean, these cowardly deserters recruited from the local villages?"

"I'm not a deserter! I'm just ......," young Willow said nervously again.

But he was only halfway through his sentence when he was mercilessly interrupted by Araka.

"Shut up, deserter!" the man with the silver-black metal bow on his back was furious.

Araka's fierce gaze shot at Willow, forcing the latter's words back.

"Cowards don't deserve to talk to me. ”

He said coldly.

Under the gallows, Willow Ken was at a loss, his mouth opened and closed, and finally drooped down aggrievedly.

The atmosphere in the stadium is getting worse and worse.

"Hey, Mu. ”

Sonya's face was gloomy.

"You are in my territory, and you identify my soldiers as deserters and cowards without confirmation. Sonia seemed to be brewing anger in her heart, and she looked at Alaka with sharp eyes, and said word by word:

"Are you provoking me?"

Tails only felt that the atmosphere in front of him was getting more and more tense, and the soldiers around him didn't dare to take a breath.

Araka suddenly grinned and burst out laughing.

"You say yes, that's it. ”

In Sonya's increasingly terrifying gaze, Araka withdrew her smile and glanced at Tails with an uncomfortable look.

"So, you brought the prince back?" Araka laughed and shook his head.

Tails smiled at him and nodded.

But Araka Mu only smiled contemptuously, as if he didn't care at all about His Royal Highness's overtures, which made Tails stunned.

The traverser remembered.

This is what King Kessel said when he replied to the envoy of Exeter, "Baron Mu has rushed to the Broken Dragon Fortress with two thousand royal standing troops", the baron who commanded the army, Araka Mu.

Unexpectedly, he dared to confront Sonia Sutherre and the Flower of the Fortress without showing weakness.

I only heard Baron Mu exhale lightly, looked at Sonia and said lightly:

"Why, if you please the king's little cub, do you feel that you have the right to indulge in deserters?"

The king's cub?

There was another uproar among the surrounding soldiers.

Many eyes swept over Tails.

Tails' face was also ugly.

"He said he wasn't a deserter," Sonya's face turned ugly, "and he should have a chance to defend himself." ”

"The Starlight Legion never takes life lightly. ”

Tails' heart moved.

Starlight Legion.

Wei Luo's face on the ground was overjoyed and he nodded desperately, but looking at Mu's face, he still chose not to speak.

"Never take life lightly? Araka laughed, "Execute your duke's beliefs meticulously. ”

Tails remembered that Sonia was once the younger brother of Eddie II, a member of the Starlight Legion under John Bright Star, and it seemed that her status was not low - the captain of the guard.

"Ah, by the way, how did the Duke die?" Araka twisted his head and stared at Sonya.

The Flower of the Fortress changes color!

"He was merciful and life-saving, and he was betrayed by those whom he 'never took lightly,'" Araka said sarcastically in Sonya's trembling face, "Death at the hands of his most trusted guard!"

"What's that traitor's name...... Norfolk?"

Sonia clenched her fists, her face unrecognizable.

"Yes, it's the ones trained by Sonia Sutherre herself, the Duke's personal guard of the Starlight Legion!"

Tails opened his mouth wide in surprise.

Araka's words obviously stirred the nerves of many people.

Because Tails felt that as soon as these words fell, the temperature around Sonya's body dropped instantly.

The faces of the dozen or so soldiers behind her, including Jenard, also changed in unison.

More than a dozen big men with fierce faces stepped forward together and stood behind Sonya.

Behind Araka, those expressionless sword and shield soldiers also had a bad face, and they all gathered around Baron Mu's side, pressed the hilt of their swords, and looked at the other side coldly.

The two sides confronted each other in tension.

Sonya's pupils shrank, and she stepped forward slowly, her expression grim, staring straight at Araka, who was at her height level.

Alaka looked back at her coldly, too.

"Phew!" Sonia spat at his feet unceremoniously, even rudely, in front of Alaka.

"You're a barking wild dog, Alaka. ”

Alaka just chuckled and didn't speak.

"Of course, I remember, Scarlet Year," the Flower of the Fortress said coldly, looking up at the chestnut-haired man:

"Prince Horace was killed on the spot, but you came back alive. ”

Tails' heart moved.

Prince Horace: The Sword of Light?

This time it was Alaka's turn to change his face.

His eyes were full of hatred and rage.

"Who knows......"

"Are you ......?"

Listening to Sonya's mocking words, she chuckled:

"Gave him a stab in the back?"

Tails no longer had to wonder what the "contradiction" in Putile's sentence just now meant.

Because the next moment, Araka's fist and Sonya's palm.

They were full of anger and collided with each other in the air!

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The eastern border between the stars and Exter, around the Old Tower.

"No, I can't smell the Brotherhood doctor. ”

"Can't go any deeper...... Ahead is the road leading to the Broken Dragon Fortress, and I heard that the two countries are facing off - I don't want to get involved in the battle. ”

The leader of the Blood Vial Gang's eight supernatural warriors, "Red Viper" Nekra clenched his fists angrily, swung back his subordinates, and looked at the blonde woman beside him.

"Also, can't you ask Giza-sama for a favor?"

Damn it.

This woman.

Why did she find the Blood Demon Master in the first place?

One of the Bloodvial Gang's Psychic Warriors, another cadre second only to Nekra, Catherine "Phantom Blade" turned her head and showed a bright but inexplicable smile: "Yo, it seems that we have lost it again." ”

"As for Master Giza," Catherine smiled, making Nekla's heart even more angry, "As I said, she suddenly had an urgent matter and went west for the time being. ”

Catherine looked at Nekra coldly.

The Blood Wizard trusts me more...... And will only trust me.

Even if the Qi Demon Master disappears and the "Chaos Soldier" Song dies, the Blood Bottle Gang can't be taken over by an idiot like you.

But she was also extremely anxious.

A day ago, the Blood Wizard was so moved by their words that he had come with them to track down the Brotherhood Doctor.

But Giza seemed to sense something suddenly, and hurriedly left a sentence of "I'll go to the west to see", and the magician disappeared in front of him.

God, the west is the road to the Broken Dragon Fortress, where countless armies from both countries are there, the atmosphere is tense, and there is such an existence as the Flower of the Fortress!

No matter how strong the magician is, he can't fight against an entire army, right?

"We'd better settle this matter sooner rather than later," Nekra said in a bad tone, "The Blood Vials have lost a lot of business, and many of their partners have ...... The women of the Duchy of Thera are very dissatisfied with our population cut-off, and the barren bones in the desert have begun to contact the Brotherhood, and the Precursor has even closed the trade with us, and the group of rude swordsmen have even come to question our ...... of the death of Guradun."

"We're pressed for time. ”

"I know," Catherine shook her head, "and they're going to go even further and ask us for more orphans...... It's time for us to regain our prestige. ”

"So, the doctor named Ramon had better be as important as you say!" Niekra looked at his colleague and rival with an unhappy expression.

"Of course, this was leaked to us by the secret branch through the Cullen family," Catherine slashed off a branch in front of her and continued to walk forward: "The news says that by catching that Ramon, many of the secrets of the Brotherhood will be in our hands. ”

The Cullen family?

Nekra frowned.

"And you don't have any more illusions about the Cavendiers," Catherine said sarcastically, "they don't take us seriously." ”

"Will the Cullen family be any better?" Niekra subconsciously retorted, "Maybe, this news is just that the Kingdom Secret Department wants us to make some trouble for the Black Street Brotherhood!"

"That's right. Catherine said unconcernedly.

Nekra was stunned.

He didn't expect that this woman would actually echo his words.

"The Brotherhood has expanded so quickly, especially after the night on Red Square Street, that almost the entire underground forces of Eternal Star City have surrendered to Black Street. ”

"So, there are people who don't like them and want to find trouble," Catherine stopped, frowned and pondered: "There are also people who want to catch the black hand behind them, and the secret department and the Cullen family are probably for this purpose - supporting us is the most direct way." ”

Niekra smiled disdainfully: "So, it's a good thing that we lost the battle on Hongfang Street?"

"That's a costly lesson, reminding us that your Excellency Magiers aren't omnipotent. Catherine concealed the disgust in her eyes, and said with all her might:

"In the past, we were working in silos, even fighting with each other, but in that night, we all lost our best men and men...... For the sake of the survival of the Blood Vials, perhaps, it's time for us to abandon our old suspicions......"

Damn pit vipers.

She cursed inwardly.

Thought I didn't know, you killed Rolf?

Someday......

Nekra was silent for a moment, as if pondering Catherine's words.

In the end, the red pit viper hesitated and said:

"I still don't like you, though. ”

"But I have to admit that you have a point......

"We are facing the biggest crisis since our founding, and we must work together to get through it. ”

However, Nekra thought fiercely in his heart:

Damn it******* think I can't see through your play?

Catherine smiled, "I'm glad you think so. ”

Nekra beckoned, summoned the Blood Vial Gang manpower, and shrugged indifferently, "We're all in the same gang after all. ”

"And now...... Let's find that Brotherhood doctor first, that damn Ramon!" (To be continued.) )