Chapter 3: Wisdom is useless
At noon, the "uncle" of the Brotherhood arrived on time and took only two retinues with him. This made McGee's heart more reassured. The "uncle" was in his forties with an indifferent expression, and the entourage behind him, one was the head of the Brotherhood's Thieves' Guild in St. Roll, and McGee's old rival, who was looking at McGee with an unwilling face at this time. The other followed him with his head bowed as soon as he entered. The body is thin, and he is not dressed as a mage, it seems that he is just an ordinary casual.
When the door was shut, "Uncle" sat unceremoniously at the head of the long table, McGee smiled and sat on the other side, except for Don who stood behind him, and the rest of his men stood slightly farther away.
"Soundproof barrier," Uncle said, waving his hand to open a reel, which creates a barrier at ten square meters to ensure that sound only flows through it. McGee tensed for a moment, feeling Don behind him signal for safety before calming down, and secretly sighed at the other party's caution.
"Carl, you come. The uncle shouted, and Carl, who was McGee's old rival, heard the greeting, suppressed the unwillingness on his face, and quickly stepped forward to the long table to unfold a map, that is, a map of the whole city of Saint-Roll.
Carl explained in detail the various casinos, docks, brothels and other facilities in the area controlled by the Brotherhood, as well as the arrangement of empty spaces, and the deployment of personnel, McGee listened attentively to the side, this flat and boring map was spent in his mind on beautiful scenes, power, money, women, everything.
"Let your people come, assign their places, and the Brotherhood will keep a record of these!" said the uncle, who had been sitting on the side without speaking, suddenly.
McGee, who was in a state of fantasy, immediately said yes, and beckoned his subordinates who were already ready to move behind him to come forward, and these people surrounded them with a "whoosh" and fiercely discussed the division of the area, in fact, they had already "discussed" it internally, and even had some conflicts. McGee, on the other hand, leaned back in his chair casually, looking at his excited men, and a deep sense of satisfaction rose in his chest.
At this time, Tang En, whom they had ignored, had been squeezed out of the circle by this group of wolf-like people, and he had just reached the age of thirty to reach the level of level eight, which was not a small genius. Before no one noticed, his lips were furled, and a very low voice came out of his mouth.
"Donn, what are you doing!" McGee was the first to notice Donn's slight chanting, and his first reaction was that there was something wrong with the other party, but the instincts he had developed over the years of struggle made him immediately feel that something was wrong, and he yelled loudly.
Everyone's eyes fell on Don En who was singing, but they could only see the thick ridicule in Don En's eyes, and the low chant suddenly turned into a loud roar. Impacting the eardrums of everyone within the barrier. The power of the fourth-level "Roaring Technique" is fully developed in the narrow area of the Soundproof Enchantment
Wave, invisible sound waves reverberate within the equally invisible barrier. Even among these small bosses, there were many masters of the fifth or sixth level, and they passed out in an instant.
McGee glanced at Karl, his old rival, who had retreated behind "Uncle" at some point, and looked at him with a sneering expression, while Uncle remained indifferent.
The silence was suddenly broken by the uncle's speech: "I have done what you asked, and now it's time to fulfill our agreement and give me something." He actually said to the entourage who had been standing behind him with his head bowed.
The attendant raised his lowered head, revealing a handsome cheek, looked at the McGee people who had fallen to the ground, and said with satisfaction: "Mr. Dylan, this is good, the plan is perfect, but it would be better if Mr. Donn used the prepared scroll instead of casting the spell directly." "It's Arthur.
"The plan has worked, so save the scroll as much as you can! I'm a very poor magician": Don was obviously in a good mood, a level 4 scroll was a lot of gold! and he was happy to be away from this stupid pig.
"Well, the result is the most important thing, this is what you want. Arthur was not ready to test the patience of his uncle again, took out an envelope from his bosom and handed it directly to him. "Uncle" took out the letter inside, looked at Arthur deeply, said "yes", opened a portal scroll, and left. He had to give it to his "grandfather" at once. For this purpose, even extremely precious portal scrolls are used.
Arthur shook his head, turned to sit on the chair behind him, glanced at McGee who fell to the ground like a dead pig, and then looked at the map on the table, and sighed in his heart, it was such a small envelope that decided the life and death of these people on the ground and the belonging of the city.
It was a deal from start to finish, a deal between Bloodthorn and the Brotherhood, a deal between Andrew and his "grandfather", Arthur and this "uncle" were just executors, and McGee was the victim. Field gets an important message from the South, which doesn't mean much to Bloodthorn, but to the Brotherhood and its importance. Andrew and his grandfather spoke directly with the Soundstone, and finally finalized the entire half of Saint Rol as a deal. And such a big cake, of course, it was not McGee's turn to eat it, so Hyde simply forced him to rebel. With a connection from the top, the uncle of the Brotherhood made direct overtures to McGee, and then went with the flow to get rid of him. Then the big cake fell into Arthur's mouth.
For Hyde, killing a disobedient subordinate and still being able to show favor to President Andrew is a double win. And if Arthur is really an ignorant child, Mark will logically set him up and gain real power, while Mark is much more obedient. Even if Arthur is really capable, there is nothing to lose for him.
And last night's guest was naturally this "uncle", there were too many ways for him to avoid McGee's eyes, he wanted to get the letter last night, but Arthur's trickery was beyond his imagination, and he attached his own bargaining chips, that is, to arrange this farce and capture all McGee's cronies alive. This was a bit of a disappointment for the "uncle" who wanted to cause some trouble for Bloodthorn, but the letter was the most important thing in relation to this, so he had to cooperate with Arthur to set up this game. Otherwise, how could it be possible to meet the little man McGee at the level of "uncle".
There was a sudden commotion outside, it was Mark and McGee who put them outside, but of course no one would go out to organize the defense at this time, and the thieves were not soldiers, and the front quickly collapsed, but when Mark rushed in with someone, he was stunned to see Arthur, who had recovered his child's body and sat leisurely in a chair looking at the map. The ground is full of his mission goals, waiting for him to "capture alive" like dead pigs, this impossible task, in the end, it turned out to be such a result. This can't help but make Mark, who doesn't know the inside story, suddenly have a sense of awe for Arthur. If it is placed in modern times, I am afraid that it will be admired that "leadership is level".
No leader would give his subordinates an impossible task, and if he did, he would either be forced to be helpless or truly stupid. It will only be given to the tasks within the scope of his subordinates' ability, and the difference is only in how effective it is. Just like Arthur's mission, to get the underground kingdom of St. Rolle City, this was a negotiated deal, and it could naturally be completed, but if there was no Arthur's design, let McGee take all the property and flee, and these big and small leaders under his command would mess up the entire city, only relying on Arthur and the three of them and Mark and those people, it would be difficult to control the situation, and even have to transfer people over again, spending a lot of time to clean up the dregs, and the time and money spent during this period are self-evident. Using Donne, who had long been bought by his brothers, a small soundproof barrier and a fourth-level roaring technique, he easily captured everyone alive.
"Mark, tie them up, you are familiar with the situation here, gather all the leaders, have a meeting tonight, and you can book a place. Arthur commanded at Mark.
"All of McGee's possessions must be controlled, all of his cronies must be cleaned, and this Kim and Joe will assist you"
"Also, inform everyone on the list, come along" Arthur thought for a moment and handed Mark a list.
Arthur gave several orders in a row, and Mark nodded repeatedly. He could no longer make any contempt for the child in front of him, and he couldn't figure out how Arthur had managed to do it all now. And mystery always gives people special dignity.
From entering the city last night to cleaning up at noon today, it took less than a day to solve all the problems. It's not that Arthur is smarter than McGee, but that under the general trend, no matter how cautious and cunning McGee is, it also seems ridiculous. If he had been smarter, and with the wealth he had accumulated over the years, he might have left himself in the Brotherhood entirely, or simply incognito, and might have survived. But the comfortable life of the frog at the bottom of the well for many years breeds not only fat, but also greed and stupidity.
Arthur has returned to the Wandering Song Inn, waiting for tonight's party and the gifts that King has brought him.
Kim was not arranged to go with Mark, but to McGee's "palace" and control all of McGee's "property".