A short time later, the three of them left Sonali City through the tunnels and emerged in a wilderness outside the city. Then he walked towards a hill in the distance.

"Young master, I smell the smell of corpses, those guys are in the woods in front. Halfway through, Baste said, twitching her nose.

It was the meeting place that Depero said, and Raymond hummed: "There is likely to be a large army of the other side there, don't alarm them when you get closer." ”

"Baster, if they're leaving, you sneak up and find where the necromancer is hiding. ”

"Meow, I got it. Catwoman nodded.

There are only three people on his side, and Lorna is still injured, and Raymond does not plan to clash with the other party. Hearing his words, Depero's expression, who was walking in front, moved slightly.

Soon, the four approached the dense forest. Raymond said to Lona: "Rona, you stay here to watch Depero, and Baste and I will go over and have a look." ”

Lorna nodded, drawing her sword to keep Depero in place. Depero's hand had been severed by Bathter, and since he had no magic power, he was no longer a threat.

Then, Raymond and Bathter crept over, hid behind a dense bush, and looked over there.

I saw that in a clearing in the woods, dozens of tall skeleton soldiers were guarding two carriages, and there were many wooden boxes stacked on the carriages, which should be the receiving team that Depero said.

After observing for a moment, Raymond was sure that there were no high-level necromancers on the other side, and it seemed that the necromancer had already transferred the elite, leaving only some skeleton soldiers to do the finishing touches. That's a good thing, and Baster's tracking won't be too much trouble later.

However, when the leading necromancer stepped out from behind the carriage, Raymond immediately overturned his previous optimism. Because, that man was Edward.

"Damn, why didn't Depero say that it was this guy who was in charge!" Raymond couldn't help but whisper.

"Young master. Rest assured, I will never be found out by him. Baste looked confident.

I saw that Edward kept looking in the direction of Sonali City, with a faint look of anxiety on his face, obviously waiting for Depero to come and rendezvous.

Just as Raymond was thinking about how to keep him from suspicious, suddenly there was a commotion in the forest behind him, followed by Depero's voice: "Lord Edward." It's me! Raymond found out here!"

At the same time, Depero was seen emerging from the forest and running towards the undead.

When he shouted like this, he immediately aroused the alarm of the undead. I saw Edward turn his head to look at Raymond, and the skeleton soldiers also drew their weapons one after another.

Although he had no hands, Depero had no small ability to escape, and soon he broke through the bushes and ran to the edge of the clearing.

Unexpectedly, he was disrupted by him, and Raymond was not good. Then. Lorna chased after her. She clutched her injured abdomen and said ashamedly, "I'm sorry, Lord Raymond, I was careless..."

"It's okay, it's not your fault. Raymond shook his head. All three let their guard down due to De Perlo's cowardice, but it turns out that these guys will never be honest.

By this time, Depero had already run into the clearing, and shouted at Edward, "Lord Edward." Help me. There are only three of them, kill them!"

"Young master. What should I do?" asked Bath hurriedly.

After a little hesitation, Raymond gritted his teeth and said, "No way, let's go!"

"Okay. Catwoman simply agreed, and immediately pulled out her scimitar and jumped out of the bushes, followed by Raymond and Lorna.

Although the whereabouts are exposed. But Raymond saw this as an opportunity. The opponent only has a few dozen skeleton soldiers, and the combat power is almost negligible, and the only trouble is Edward, but he has the mage killer Barstet, plus himself. It's not impossible to fight.

As long as he can catch Edward, it will be a goal that is a hundred times more valuable than De Perrault.

It's come to this, so let's fight!

At this time, Edward also found the three of them, looking at Depero, who had no hands and kept shouting and running towards him, Edward's eyes flashed again and again.

Seeing Edward in front of him, Depero felt that he could finally escape from Raymond's clutches, and his long-standing panic was finally relieved.

Then, he saw Depero raise his hand, several huge bone spears condensed above his head, and then threw them in this direction.

"Hahaha, Raymond, you brought it on yourself, wait for death!" Depero seemed to have seen the scene of Raymond being stabbed through the body by a bone spear.

Unexpectedly, the next moment, his body shook violently, and then the whole person flew backwards.

"Hey, what's going on?" was Depero's last thought before he died.

Behind, Raymond and the three watched in amazement as Edward threw the bone spear, and the huge bone spear pierced Depero's body one after another, and the strong momentum carried him backwards. When he fell to the ground, De Perrot was completely dead.

"Hey, what's going on?" At this moment, the three of them had the same thought as Depero at the same time.

"Useless fool, I really can't count on you. Edward glanced at Depero's body with disdain.

"Young master, is that guy crazy?" asked Baste, puzzled.

Raymond was stunned for a moment, and then understood: "Oops, that guy is killing people!"

At the same time, Edward glanced at the three of them with a sneer, ignoring the two carriages, and strode into the woods behind him.

By the time Raymond and the three rushed into the clearing, the skeletons had scattered into skeletons. Baster chased into the woods, and walked out dejectedly: "Young master, let him run away." The clues in the woods were all destroyed, and I couldn't track them down. ”

Raymond couldn't help but sigh, and the secret way was indeed so. Edward didn't intend to fight himself at all, and after killing Depero's mouth, he left immediately, and made a quick decision. In this way, there will be nothing important in those two carriages.

Looking at the empty woods and scattered skeletons on the ground, he felt dazed for a moment. After all the hard work to chase here, I didn't expect it to be a failure, Edward ran like this, I'm afraid that no one will know the whereabouts of those necromancers in the Dao from now on.

The three men then inspected the carriage, which was full of various belongings. It should be the last shipment of goods smuggled out of the city by the necromancer.

But Raymond knew that although these things were valuable, they were not even one percent of the value of the missing treasure in the vault, so it was no wonder that Edward gave up so simply.

In other words, I completely lost a lot this time.

"Young Master, what should we do next?" asked Bath.

Raymond turned to Lorna and asked, "Lorna." Are your injuries alright?"

Lorna nodded: "It's no big deal, I can hold on." ”

"That's good. Raymond said, "In this way, you drive these two wagons back to our camp, and if anyone crosses them, say that they are our munitions." ”

"When you get back to the camp, choose a few people to send these things back to Fereden, and you can go back to heal your wounds by the way. I'll leave when I'm done with this side of things. ”

Something is less, but it's better than nothing, and Raymond decides to laugh it off, and the Sidonis have got what they want anyway. Capture the city of Sonali.

"Understood. Lorna agreed, and then roped the two wagons together, and drove the horses out of the woods to Raymond's camp outside the city.

After seeing off Lorna, Raymond and Bath returned the way they came, picking up the papers that Depero had left in the tunnel. These things are useless to them, and Raymond decides to hand them over to the Sidonis Sect to be a favor.

Wait for the two of them to leave the tunnel again. When he returned to Vizla's mansion, Sylnis had been waiting impatiently.

"Lord Raymond. You're finally back. Seeing Raymond crawl out of the tunnel, the elf let out a long sigh of relief.

Then he changed color and said, "What about Lorna?

"Don't worry, we've seized something, and I'll send her back to camp first. Raymond explained.

"Lord Raymond, what happened to you down there, did you catch Lorain?" asked Hillnee.

Raymond walked along. While briefly recounting what happened in the tunnel, he said in the end: "Edward has fled, and we have completely lost the trace of those necromancers. ”

Unexpectedly, there would be so many changes, Sylnis was stunned for a long time, and couldn't help but say: "Then we haven't caught a penny." In the future, we have to guard against the retaliation of those guys. ”

Raymond nodded: "That's right, no one expected the necromancer to be so decisive, this time we did lose a lot." However, they are also greatly damaged, not only have they lost their territory, but their elites have also been lost, and they may not dare to show up again for a while, otherwise the Sidonis Sect will not let them go, so there is no need to worry too much. ”

With that, the group left Vizla's house and returned to the Central Council.

By this time, the battle of the Central Council had ended, the sect soldiers were carrying the corpses of the mercenaries and nobles who had died out of the house, and the fire that the resisters had set before they died had been extinguished, leaving only puffs of smoke rushing into the air.

As the fighting here ended, so did the resistance of Sonali. The capture of Sonali meant occupying the entire Lavit Federation, and the Sidonis finally got their wish and had their own land.

Therefore, along the way, the faces of the officers and soldiers of all the sects were filled with joy. After gaining independence from the Krot Empire, they were finally able to establish their ideal church.

On the other hand, the residents of Rawitt who were hiding in their homes were all worried and fearful, because no one knew what kind of days awaited them in the future.

But none of this has anything to do with Raymond, because the end of the battle with the necromancer means that the final battle is coming.

He urgently needed to get his hands done and get back to Headington as soon as possible.

Time, time, now Raymond feels that what he lacks most is not only money, but time!

A short time later, in a cleared room in the Central Council, Raymond found the top brass of the Sidonis.

In addition to the commander of the sect army, Archbishop Quefard, Bishop Endrin, and others, Pope Danadel and Bishop Leliana are also here.

"Mr. Raymond, it's great to see you. Seeing Raymond walk in, Danadel greeted him very warmly: "Thanks to your assistance this time, we were able to successfully capture the Ravut Federation, for which I would like to express my most sincere gratitude to you on behalf of the Sidonis Sect." ”

Perhaps it is a wish that has been fulfilled for many years. Although the people of the sect had suffered heavy losses in the attack of the undead not long ago, Danadel seemed to be in a good mood at the moment.

"Where, you're too polite. Raymond said modestly and greeted Leliana at the same time.

Leliana also bowed slightly: "Mr. Raymond, we meet again." ”

"By the way, I just went to track down Loraine who escaped. Found this from him. Raymond handed the seized documents to Danadel.

"Oh, have you found Loran?" when everyone heard this, they immediately asked, "Where is he now?"

Due to the ignorance of the existence of the secret passage, after the breach of the Central Council, the Sidonis sect did not find the escaped Depero, and at the same time lost a large number of important documents, which made Danadel and others very annoyed. At this moment, they were all pleasantly surprised to hear that Raymond had found each other.

Raymond explained what had happened, but he had hidden Richard's presence. It was only said that Barstone smelled the breath of the undead and accidentally discovered the secret passage before catching up with Loraine.

"Actually, the real Lorrain has long been killed, and it's a guy named Depero who pretends to be in control of the Central Council. The remaining necromancers had all fled before the city was broken, and they had taken the contents of the treasury with them. ”

Unexpectedly, there were such twists and turns, and Danadel and the others were stunned. Endlin hurriedly said, "Lord Raymond, about that secret passage..."

Raymond understood what he meant, in the future, Sonali City would be under the rule of the sect, and it was naturally impossible for them to ignore such a secret passage between the inside and outside of the city.

So he said, "Don't worry. I'll let Barstone take you. ”

Endlin thanked him, and hurried away with Bath. I went to find the tunnel.

At this time, the fact that Sonali's treasury was emptied was also known to the sect. Archbishop Quifard said apologetically to Raymond: "Lord Raymond, I'm really sorry, we didn't expect this. While it is not possible to fulfill the previous agreement, we are willing to compensate you with a portion of the money from the sect, although it is far less than agreed. But this is our sincerity..."

Before he could finish speaking, Raymond waved his hand and said, "No, it's not your fault. Our agreement was: I would take 30% of whatever money was in the vault. Now that the vault has been emptied, I shouldn't have taken a penny. ”

Raymond's statement came as a big surprise to Quefard. He also wanted to persuade, but Raymond insisted on admitting that he was unlucky, and said that at the beginning of the founding of the country, there were still many places to use money, and he would find another way.

In fact, Raymond had already figured it out. The treasury has been emptied, and Sonali has no oil or water, so instead of asking for a pitiful compensation from the Sidonis sect, it is better to take a long-term view and take the opportunity to establish a good relationship with the other party. After all, in the future, you will have to rely on the other party to contain the Krot Empire.

Sure enough, Raymond's generous and bold gesture once again greatly increased the favor of the sect members.

At this time, Danadel looked at the documents that Raymond had brought back, and his face gradually became solemn: "I am very grateful for Lord Raymond's generosity. However, I am afraid that the matter is more serious than imagined. ”

"What's wrong?" asked Quifard, surprised.

Danadel handed the document to Reliana, who quickly flipped through it, raised her head and sighed softly: "Not only the vault, but the entire Lavet Federation has been emptied by necromancers. ”

After Reliana's explanation, Raymond realized the seriousness of the matter, and it seemed that everyone had underestimated the destructiveness of the necromancer.

It turned out that not only Sonali's coffers, but in fact, almost most of the assets and funds in the name of the Ravut Federation have disappeared... That is, it disappeared from the books.

This includes bonds of all kinds, ownership and profits from mines, ports, factories, workshops, warehouses, etc., the right to operate caravans and fleets, raw materials and goods of all kinds, and funds of the various member towns, etc., which either disappear from the books or become difficult to trace.

This is no longer a question of a single vault, but a matter of assets that have been accumulated over a long period of time by the LaWitt Federation.

The LaWitt Federation is like a big tree, and Sonali's treasury is the fruit of the branches, although it is a pity to lose it, it is not unacceptable, and it will grow again one day.

And those assets are like the trunk of a tree, the roots of a tree. and leaves, which are the foundation of the country of Rawitt. Now LaWitt is like having hollowed out the trunk, plucked out the roots, and cut off the leaves, although it is still a tree on the surface, but in fact it has been completely hollowed out.

And this. It is the real blow to the Sidonis sect, after all, they will take over the country in the future, but what they get is just an empty shell.

A country with only an empty shell cannot function normally.

Reliana said, "I got some documents from somewhere else before, and found that the necromancer had other actions besides moving the vault, but I didn't expect the matter to be so serious. ”

Raymond couldn't help but say: "That being said, those funds and goods can be taken away, but the mine." Aren't the ports and factories still there, and where can the necromancer get them? Now that you've taken over the Ravut Federation, aren't those yours?"

Quefard was also puzzled: "Yes, I don't believe that necromancers can even move mountains. ”

Reliana smiled bitterly: "Archbishop, you think too simply, the problem of the economy is completely different from the war. For example, those factories and mines, although they can't be moved. But they all have ownership, which is determined in the form of a contract. It's not that you can take it. ”

"Originally, after the capture of Sonali, we would have obtained these contracts and taken them over smoothly. But now all the contracts have been transferred, which means that the factories and mines have fallen into the hands of someone else, so on paper, they no longer belong to the Lavut Federation. It doesn't belong to us, so it can be said to have disappeared. ”

"Hmph, what's so hard about that, it means that those guys must have nothing to do with necromancers. Quefard snorted: "Then what's polite to them, just grab it." Let's not forget that Rawitt is in our hands now. ”

Archbishop Quefard is the highest military governor of the Sidonis, and his thinking is completely typical of the military model. For him, since he has occupied Lawitt, everything in Lawitt is sectarian, and he doesn't care what contract is not contracted.

Reliana shook her head: "Maybe, it can indeed be used by force, a mine or a port, maybe no one dares to say anything." But what about all the mines, and so many factories, can they be robbed? And then the country will be in complete chaos. ”

"If we can't get the corresponding contract, we will only rob it, so what is the difference between us and the robbers?

"This—" Quefard was speechless.

Reliana added: "Another example is those bonds, the amount is extremely huge, including both the money that Lawitt lent and the money borrowed from others, which involves a wide range of things, many of which are borrowed from other countries, can they also be forcibly taken by force? Not to mention that the whereabouts of these bonds are unknown, like a hidden danger that may erupt at any time, and no one knows what will happen to Lu Dao in the future." ”

When he said this, Quefard also understood the seriousness of the matter. But he still said to himself: "Even if this is the case, those things will not fall into the hands of the necromancer, and sooner or later he will find a way to get them back." "But it's a lot quieter than it used to be.

Reliana shook her head and said, "No, it's more complicated than you think. While necromancers can't take away those real estates, we can't be sure if there's something wrong with the person who got them, not to mention that there are many that even the owner can't be sure of. As long as the necromancer hides behind the scenes, it is no different from the assets they have. ”

"In that case, then investigate it clearly, and forcibly accept everything that is problematic!" Quifard's temper flare up again.

Theoretically, those assets were transferred out of the country through legal procedures, and we have no right to interfere. Besides, as long as it takes a while, after a few more re-sales, then we will not be able to touch the edge of those assets at all. ”

"Wow, how can this be?" was left speechless by Reliana, and Quefard could only cry out in frustration.

Like Quifard, Raymond didn't know anything about economics, and it wasn't his business, so he didn't speak.

However, this technique made Raymond feel very familiar. That was the auction held by the pirates of Dakko Island, and the emir also transferred all the proceeds of the auction through extremely ingenious methods, and there was no trace of it afterwards, and the pirates worked in vain, but they didn't even touch the edge of the money.

This time it was almost the same, except that it was much larger and became an asset of one country. However, the necromancer has complete control over the Central Council, and it is not difficult to do so with the means to do so if they are strong enough.

So Raymond is almost certain that this is the hand of the emir. (To be continued......)