There was silence in the tavern of "my house" for a while, and a pin drop could be heard.

The mercenaries, or the Swords of Calamity, stared at the white man who uttered astonishing words with disbelief in disbelief.

"Heir of the Kingdom of the Stars......"

In the midst of countless inhales, Sonny, the mercenary behind Marina, snorted:

"I thought we'd be crazy enough just to rob prisons. ”

Tails saw that after the chisel had uttered that astonishing goal, Ricky, who was "Crassus", furrowed his brow beyond measure, and Clay, a Northlander beside him, stopped wiping his scabbard, and the masked man's eyes became more and more cold.

Sword of Calamity, Tails has heard of this organization as well.

But he heard more of another name: the Tower of the End.

After the end of the war, it has been tirelessly training various warriors for mankind for thousands of years, passing on skills, and has been prepared for war.

Among the people Tails knew, including Cohen, Miranda, and Wya, they all spent a short time in the Tower of the End, where they learned their craft. Over the years, the place has become so famous that it has become customary to refer to swordsmen with the power of the end and the representative swords (favored by the aristocracy) as "Terminators", and whether you're in a mercenary camp on the frontier or a local city guard, you'll soon be in demand from employers.

That's what the Calamity of the Sword of Calamity called them, and the name made Tails extremely uneasy, and according to Wya's hearsay, they were the sworn enemies of the Tower of Ends.

So......

Tails sighed in his heart: they would not hesitate to plan a prison robbery in the Bladefang camp, and even come into contact with the forbidden Shadow Shield.

"It's over, second prince......" Tampa looked self-defeating, "anyway, can you just say such a big thing...... I want to come back and sell wine safely......"

Tails and Fastrope exchanged glances, feeling the other party's two completely different moods.

And the focus of everyone, the drill calmly accepts everyone's attention, it seems to be indifferent.

"Your discipline and organization are beyond my imagination," he rubbed his hands together and smiled modestly in the face of so many strange eyes, "Even in front of so many people, in the face of such a big secret, you are not worried at all......"

Tampa's mournful whining was interrupted.

"You want him dead. ”

The masked man, who didn't say much, stood up abruptly.

He slowly approached the chisel, and his wrinkled eyes erupted with a light that was difficult to look at: "Prince of the Stars?"

Tails swallowed his throat.

"If possible, try to capture them alive. The chisel smiled, as gentle and humble as ever.

"Captured alive?"

The masked man walked up to the drill and looked down into his eyes: "You mean, we are going to break through the siege and capture a prince in the military garrison of the Star Kingdom, and then brave their countless army to pursue and encircle, and evacuate safely with that precious hostage?"

Tails noticed, with a hint of indignation and anger in his words.

Marina on the side couldn't help but say, "This can't be done at all." ”

The chisel frowned at the masked man, and slowly retreated under his aggressiveness, guessing his identity.

"I didn't say it was easy," the man in the Shadow Shield shrugged his shoulders away from the masked man's figure, and glanced at the tavern mercenaries with a smile, "but at least it's not as hard as robbing the Prison of Bones." ”

At that moment, the masked man suddenly stretched out his hand!

Syllable.

He pressed the shoulder of the chisel.

The hammer's face turned pale suddenly, and the part that was held down trembled slightly.

He shook violently, and his left hand grabbed the masked man's arm violently, trying to push him away.

But the other man's arm was as if it had been cast into metal, and it didn't move.

"Because you can't do it on your own," the masked man's hand slowly exerted force, causing the trembling chisel to hiss, "so you want us to be the bait and buffer for you to achieve your goal." ”

The chisel looked at the masked man in front of him in disbelief, but the mercenaries on the sidelines just frowned, and no one spoke to stop him.

The atmosphere in the tavern became more and more suffocating, and Tails, who was watching, became more and more anxious.

What should I do in this case?

"It's not a decoy, it's a reliable foreign aid. ”

The drill gritted his teeth fiercely, endured the masked man's clamping and coercion, but still insisted on speaking: "At the same time, we also provide you with our resources...... In a perfect plan...... Take the Prison of Bones and the Prince of Bright Stars at the same time...... Cover each other and kill two birds with one stone...... Help each other. ”

His words were choppy.

The masked man snorted coldly: "Is that all?"

"Nothing else?"

In the unbearable pain, the chisel squeezed out a reluctant smile:

"Perhaps, it's a good start for our future partnership?"

The mercenaries in the tavern were staring at the scene silently, as if they were accustomed to such a scene.

Syllable.

A palm rested on the masked man's shoulder.

The masked man frowned slightly:

Ricky stood beside him, shaking his head with a nonchalant expression.

The man looked at the hammer with a painful expression and sneered, then let go of his hand and stepped back.

The chisel breathed a sigh of relief, tilted his body, and rubbed his shoulders with an unnatural expression.

Damn it.

He knew he was at a disadvantage in this self-asserted negotiation.

But......

"Why?"

Ricky takes the place of the masked man and stands in front of the hammer.

"Eighteen years ago, you destroyed the Bright Star Royal Family, leaving no room for any cost, and even the side branches were affected. ”

This made Tails startled.

The leader of the Sword of Calamity said lightly: "Everyone in the circle is speculating about who the patrons behind you, those who want the Bright Star Royal Family to be exterminated, are they. ”

"Now, you're telling me that you're going to capture the last Prince of the Bright Stars alive?"

"Why," Ricky stood in front of the hammer, staring at his stiff right arm, "Teng and the people behind him, what are they thinking, what are they trying to do?"

"Could it be...... The so-called imperial blood that has been handed down to this day is really as brilliant as gold, and it cures all diseases?"

Behind him, Clay chuckled sarcastically.

The drill smiled ugly.

"Dear Crassus, why do you care?"

Even in such a disadvantage, even after such an unceremonious threat, the courage of the drill still surprised Tails: "Your goal is only the prison of bones, with all due respect, it is almost destined to anger the Kingdom of the Stars, for King Kessel." ”

"In such a situation, isn't it in the best interest to turn to help their enemies and destabilize their political situation on the basis of better achieving their goals?"

The masked man behind Ricky sneered.

"Then, we were completely pushed to the opposite side of the Star Kingdom, and we had to board your thief ship. ”

The masked man clenched his fists: "Just like the Assassin Flower of eighteen years ago, the Saliton family." ”

Sariton.

This name, which had not been heard for a long time, made Tails fall into deep thought.

The chisel smile is still there.

"Sometimes, when you want something, you have to take sides: not this side or that. ”

He still has the kind "I'm sorry, but that's the way it is."

is like a dedicated and hardworking, but helpless tutor.

"And you've already chosen: just as you're hijacking this tavern with the intention of robbing it further. ”

The chisel let go of his shoulder, took a deep breath, and stood up straight, like a generous man who was about to be escorted to the execution ground, with a little indifferent smile that made people can't help but look sideways: "Isn't it?"

The mercenaries were in an uproar.

The masked man glanced at Clay.

Ricky remained motionless, staring at the drill in silence.

Tails and Quickrope winked back and forth around the table.

The leader's silence affected the Swords of Calamity, and the tavern fell silent.

Everyone looked at Ricky.

The drill waited silently, with only a pair of eyes, occasionally observing the people around him in the flutter.

Half an hour later, Ricky's gaze on the drill moved.

The leader of the Sword of Calamity smiled, wiggling his jaw slightly, "Just like him." ”

"Same. ”

The drill that was expected to meet the other party's interrogation was inexplicably stunned.

"What?"

Ricky snorted and turned around.

"It's funny. ”

Ricky sat back down, as if indifferent to the man in front of him:

"At that moment, the way and content of your words were exactly the same as Teng's. ”

The pupils of the drill twitched instantly.

Rise.

Tails heard the short-syllable name again.

Ricky leaned back on the stool, lifted his chin, and looked at the ceiling with a misty look in his eyes: "I've seen that man, if Teng is still a man, sometimes scheming, cunning, sometimes fierce, ambitious, and his existence is the whole world's merciless mockery of human nature. ”

The chisel slowly lowered his head.

"Are you an old acquaintance with the Shadow Master?"

Ricky cocked his mouth: "Yes, Teng, I have seen his methods and actions, and I have to say, it is 'unforgettable'." ”

The drill smiled before he could answer, but in just the next second, Ricky's eyes burst into a terrifying light.

"So I don't believe it. ”

Ricky jerked his head down and looked directly at the drill.

His tone was unprecedentedly hasty and resolute: "I do not believe that the contact and encounter with him will be any 'coincidence' or 'luck', and I do not believe that any cooperation with him will be a 'win-win' result, and even if there is a short-term profit, it will not be able to hide the greater losses we will suffer in a longer period." ”

The drill was surprised.

"Get out of now, hammer," saw Ricky's gloomy face, and his tone became more and more stiff, and he could not refuse, "out of admiration for your courage, I will not embarrass your companions who are hiding outside the eaves." ”

Hearing this, Tails breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, as long as he doesn't involve himself head-on, there is still a chance to be confused......

The chisel looked at Ricky in a daze, at his cold eyes.

"I beg your pardon. ”

"I don't know your ...... very well"

Ricky snorted coldly, biting the words shortly.

"I don't trust you. ”

"Especially distrustful of Teng. ”

He straightened his waist, and the whole person turned into ice in an instant, and he bit out the words from between his teeth: "So, go and worry about that bullshit prince yourself, we have nothing to do with each other." ”

"Is that clear enough?"

The chisels stared at each other, as if they didn't believe they would refuse.

"But ......"

His tone revealed surprise and hesitation: "You are alone, the process of breaking into the prison of bones will be very hard, even if you succeed, there will be no room for the Sword of Calamity in the Kingdom of Stars after that......"

"If we were worried about the things you're talking about," Clay snorted, "then we wouldn't be here at all." ”

"Also, don't call us the Sword of Calamity, no one likes that. ”

Facing the solemn face of the hammer, the middle-aged swordsman from the Northland put down the long sword called Dark Light and clasped his arms:

"We are the inheritors of the tower. ”

"It's not a bunch of gutter bugs led by a certain night-sleeper who have a false name for their ancestors. ”

As he spoke, the Swords of Calamity snorted in agreement.

The tone and expression reveal uninhibited recklessness and self-promise.

The chisel lowered his head tightly, his cheeks trembling slightly.

Ricky snorted lightly, as if sarcastic, and waved his hand at the hammer, "You can go." ”

Several mercenaries consciously stepped forward and surrounded the chisel on three sides.

But in the next second, the drill raised its head suddenly!

"Wait!"

The drill seemed to have figured out something, and his face at the moment had a trace of inexplicable hesitation and struggle: "I probably understand your perception of the actor, but this is ......"

Ricky shook his head, not looking at him:

"I said, you can go. ”

The masked man snorted disdainfully, and Clay continued to focus on his dark light.

Mercenary Sonny stepped forward.

"You heard him, bug," Sonny looked coldly at the chisel:

"Are you helping yourself, or are we here to help you?"

Although he said this, he did not have the slightest intention of letting the other party "help himself": he saw two strong mercenaries stretch out their hands, grabbed the shoulders of the chisel, and were about to drag him out.

At that moment, there was an inexplicable determination on the face of the driller.

He jerked his head up over the mercenaries' shoulders and looked at the unfazed Ricky.

"What if this has nothing to do with Teng?"

These words made Ricky move slightly.

"What if this wasn't some bullshit collaboration, but just a deal between me and you, just a chisel and Crassus?"

Ricky couldn't help but turn his head.

"What?"

As he asked, the mercenaries tightened their grip on the chisel.

Ricky narrowed his eyes as if he was first acquainted with a chisel, "What does this mean?"

The chisel broke free from the mercenary's grip and struggled forward despite the embarrassment.

"As I said, today's matter, whether it is the kidnapping of the prince or the cooperation between the two parties, has nothing to do with Teng," the chisel gritted his teeth, and his face was resolute: "Shadow Lord, no, Teng doesn't know anything about what happened here. ”

As soon as these words came out, Clay's eyes widened in surprise, and the masked man even whispered "huh".

Only Ricky stood still.

But his tone changed.

"I have to say, you have captured my interest," the leader of the Sword of Calamity said slowly:

"What's wrong with Teng?"

In the suffocating silence, the chisel smiled sadly and shook his head helplessly and regretfully.

"It's over. ”

Ricky's eyes sparkled!

His body leaned forward unconsciously: "Say it again?"

Clay and the masked man exchanged glances in amazement.

Tails had been worrying about his own way out, and he had little interest in these gods and ghosts.

Until the next sentence of the chisel.

"Six years ago, that day. ”

The hammer turned his head sharply and stared at Clay with a little excitement: "You know, Clay, you and I were in Longxiao City at the time, and we witnessed the upheaval that shook the Western Continent on that day when both the dragon and the calamity came. ”

Tails' heart felt like a beat had skipped.

Even the fast rope stopped moving.

"On the same day, when all eyes were on the death of King Nunn and the attribution of the Dragonscale Crown," said the hammer indignantly, "many things unknown to the world have happened on the dark side of Longxiao City. ”

The lights flickered and the tavern became quieter.

Ricky nodded his chin and focused his gaze, "Go on." ”

The chisel snorted coldly, glanced at the mercenaries around him, looked at their various expressions, and then said coldly:

"On that day, whether it was intelligence interception or a head-on confrontation, Teng lost completely at the hands of the Black Prophet. ”

"The Shadow Shield's channels in Longxiao City have been completely destroyed, and even major events such as the assassination of King Nun have gone wrong; Lisbane and the Grand Dukes have learned of the existence of the conspiracy prematurely, and the remnants of Longxiao City have escaped the siege of the Black Sand Collar and reunited with the secret help of the secret department; we have almost become blind in Longxiao City, and we cannot even draw the manpower to pursue Walton's granddaughter and capture the Star Prince; Rumba has even been cornered and can only risk his life, and none of the hands we left for the Grand Dukes to force them to obey Rumba to marry Xingchen have been used。 ”

"With Rumba, our layout in the Northland has almost completely failed. ”

The mercenaries began to whisper.

Tails frowned, ignoring the shocked look from the fastrope, and the Swords of Calamity frowned in unison.

What the?

The meaning of the chisel is ......

That night.

That early morning.

Dragon's Blood.

What happened that day......

Ricky didn't react, he stared coldly at the hammer, waiting for his next word.

"And that's not all. ”

A cold frost bloomed in the eyes of the driller: "That day, the secret department also found him. ”

"Teng, he encountered an ambush in Longxiao City, and the secret department blocked him," the chisel said coldly, with an indescribable emotion: "I gave Teng a fatal blow that was seriously injured and dying." ”

At that moment, the three members of the Sword of Calamity trembled in unison!

"The man's forces, including his Far Easterner cronies who had followed him all the way from the night, had suffered heavy losses. ”

Ricky turned his head and looked at Clay.

Clay shook his head, indicating that he didn't know.

Ricky frowned, suspicion in his eyes.

In the face of his scrutiny, the chisel laughed emotionally.

"Sometimes I even suspect that for the Black Prophet, Exeter's power struggle may have been a success. ”

He laughed miserably and said tiredly, "That night, the Shadow Shield, especially Teng himself, was the first target of the Kingdom Secret Branch. ”

"To free up the secrets in your hands. ”