Bernice, the manager of the Iron Vault, returns to the Iron Vault Island.

He was embarrassed and covered in blood.

In the fortress-like hall of the Iron Vault, Bernice put his ear to the table as if it were a banner of victory and glory.

"Arya Stark cut off my ear. Bernice announced singing.

There were only three elders at the table.

There were only three elders in the Iron Vault.

The three elders, who control the iron vault, can buy the wealth of the next powerful country at will.

If you have money, you have power, and you have troops.

In the continent of Essos, there is no shortage of all kinds of mercenary organizations, as long as you pay for it, they will work for you.

The three elders were dressed in white-washed monk's robes, and they looked like the elders of the black and white courtyard. In fact, the three elders and the seven elders of the Black and White House were all close friends. They are also anonymous faceless senior disciples, except for the elders of the Black and White Academy, the disciples of the Black and White Academy will not know that they are also faceless apprentices, but their status is special, they are faceless people who do not need to complete the task of killing.

"Bernice, have you seen the bodies of the seven Elders?" said Elder Osveld, who was in charge of the vault.

"Arya won't allow me to go to the ashram of the Temple of a Thousand Faces. ”

"So you didn't see the bodies of the Seven Elders?" Osvid said.

"Yes. ”

Osvid exchanged glances with the other two elders. The three elders, usually only Elder Osveld spoke alone, and then he communicated with the other two elders through his eyes, got the opinions of the other two elders, and finally made a decision.

Those who don't know the inside story will definitely think that the other two elders are mute.

Bernice didn't know why only Elder Osvid spoke each time for the three elders, and the other two elders never spoke in public, and they rarely spoke in meetings. Bernice had been the manager of the Iron Vault for seventeen years, and in all those seventeen years, the other two elders had never said a word in meetings.

Whether it was a question or a final decision, Elder Osveld made it alone.

Osvid had a disappointed look on his face: "Bernice, if you don't see the remains of the Seven Great Elders with your own eyes, then you can't be sure that they really went to serve the Red God. ”

"What do the elders mean, the Seven Great Elders are not dead?"

"Probably so. Osveld sighed.

"But...... Why is this happening...... What are the Seven Elders running away from......"

"Evade the commission agreement to assassinate the Demon Mountain. ”

Bernice stunned!

"The Black and White House never breaks the contract, this is people's habitual thinking, and the Black and White House does the same. But in fact, at the beginning of the establishment of the Black and White Academy, there was a provision for withdrawal from the covenant in the doctrine. It's just that in the thousand-year-old history, the Faceless Ones of the Black and White House have created the famous phrase 'Exit the name, death comes', which is their proudest glory, but at the same time it is also a shackle. The Seven Elders were very proud. ”

Bernis, still in disbelief, his eyes flashed and his expression was vigilant: "Elder Osveld, we are now facing a new generation of elders who have not received ancient training, she is the same proud little girl, she wants to break the covenant and withdraw from the covenant, from the ancient doctrine of the Black and White Academy, is it also reasonable?"

"Yes, but that ancient precept has long been forgotten by the Black and White Academy, and the Seven Elders have long adhered to the new rule of 'name exit, death comes', but we must kill the Demon Mountain, or his paper money and the Klegane Bank will be implemented in the continent of Essos, and at that time, our iron vaults will finally be replaced. Elder Osveld's tone was heavy.

The three elders slowly glanced at each other, exchanging glances that only the three of them could read.

Elder Osvid said, "Bernis, if we can be sure that the seven elders of the Black and White Courtyard really died together, then we can go and assassinate the Demon Mountain ourselves, with the skills of the Faceless One. If we can't determine the fate of the Seven Elders, we can only do nothing until the news can be confirmed. The first of the seven elders is that they are too difficult to mess with, and the strength of our iron vault cannot afford to provoke the seven of them, and the second is that the seven of them are too shrewd and can calculate more than our financial elders. ”

There is no doubt that the Three Elders are afraid of the Seven Elders.

"Oh!" Bernis's eyes flickered, "Perhaps only the Green Prophet can know whether the Seven Elders are alive or dead. Bernice thought of Bran Stark.

The reason why Iron Vault agreed to fund Bran Stark and help him sit on the Iron Throne was that the paper money plan and the bank plan of the Magic Mountain made the Iron Vault feel an unprecedented threat, which the Iron Vault could not tolerate in any case, and the three elders of the Iron Vault immediately reached a consensus on eradicating the Magic Mountain after learning about the paper money plan and the bank plan of the Magic Mountain from Bran's mouth.

The second point is to help Bran Stark sit on the Iron Throne, and the taxes of Westeros will be taken care of by the professional managers of the Iron Vault, and then get the ten years of tax dividends from the Bran Dynasty as interest on the Iron Vault to fully fund Bran's ascension to the Iron Throne. The Iron Treasury finances Bran's gold, which is the cost, and is charged separately.

"Where's the Green Prophet?" asked Elder Oswald.

"Captured by Arya Stark. ”

"How dare she arrest her own clients?" Osveld incredulated.

The other two elders' eyes also lit up obviously, and their expressions were equally incredulous.

The Faceless Man hands on his own clients, which is rare, never before, and shocking.

"Osvid, it's clear that those seven old things served the Red God. One of the elders who had never spoken spoke spoke. He spoke hoarsely, as if someone had slashed his throat. He is the treasurer of Iron Vault, responsible for reviewing and calculating the cost, risk and interest return of each loan, and assessing the various possibilities of each client.

"If the Seven Elders hadn't died, they wouldn't have allowed Arya Stark to mess around like this. The Seven Great Elders would definitely not mess around like this. Another elder spoke. He spoke slowly, twice as long as normal. The words he said were spoken word by word very slowly, as if he was struggling to speak, and this kind of slowness sounded very tiring.

"Can we send men to assassinate the Demon Mountain?" Osvid's eyes flickered, and he asked in a whisper, almost whispered.

With this sentence alone, Manager Berniss could see that Elder Osvid was the lowest among the three elders, and it was the two elders who barely spoke in ordinary times and meetings that really made decisions.

If the Iron Vault dares to lend a large amount of gold to any king, governor, prince, or duke, the throne of a king who does not keep his promise will be overthrown by them by a new force, and the prince of the governor, who cannot be overthrown, will be assassinated by the Faceless One, and die as a warning to any other borrower. The absolute top assassination force that the Iron Vault relies on, the first is the Faceless Man of the Black and White Courtyard, and the second is the Iron Vault Killer who he has secretly trained.

It's just that this secret is in the hands of the three elders. They and the elders of the Black and White Courtyard had a tacit balance and tacit approval.

The Iron Vault Killer, who is the same as the Faceless Master, is a more secretive killer organization than the Faceless. The Faceless Ones don't have their own earthly names, but they still have the highest worldly glory and signboards, and the Iron Vault Killers don't even have an iconic name, they are truly and absolutely invisible.

The Iron Vault's secret killers are fewer in number, but more refined. Except for the three elders, no one else in the Iron Vault is known.

The slow-speaking Elder of Internal Affairs said, "Before we send out the killers, we have to go to see the Sea King, and the Sea King needs to know that we have launched a plan to eradicate the Demon Mountain. ”

"We must get Arya Stark to release the Prophet, and we need the Prophet's accurate prophecy of the future. The Demon Mountain is not easy to deal with, he killed the Night King, and he has the status of an oracle. The hoarse financial elder said.

Manager Bernice was amazed!

For the first time in seventeen years, he had heard and seen the two elders speak.

This is a miracle!

Elder Oswald said, "Elders, what if Arya Stark won't let go?"

"She has to let go if she doesn't let go. After the death of the Seven Elders, the Black and White Courtyard cannot be controlled by a little girl who doesn't understand anything, she will destroy the Black and White Courtyard. Just because she drew her sword on you and cut off your ear, it means that she can no longer be an elder in the Black and White Court. The slow-speaking Elder of Internal Affairs said word by word. When he said this, Bernice thought that another whole year had passed.

"We can't just watch the Black and White Courtyard be destroyed by Arya. The Elder of Internal Affairs said, "Bernice, in fact, we are also faceless, but we are only masters who studied under the Seven Great Elders, except for the elders of the Black and White Academy, no one knows that we also learned from the Black and White Academy. ”

Bernice looked at the three elders in disbelief. It was also the first time he had access to the high-level secrets of the Iron Vault. He has been the manager of the Iron Vault for seventeen years, and in the outside world, he only knows that there is an outstanding person named Bernice, but he does not know that there are three elders in the Iron Vault who are the real rulers.

"Three Elders, what should we do?" Bernis's confidence was all of a sudden, what he was afraid of was the Faceless One's elusive ability, but now, the three elders judged that the seven elders they feared the most had died, and the power of the Iron Vault had actually taken over the Black and White Courtyard, which was ...... It was so shocking to Bernice...... The Faceless One has always been an invincible existence in people's minds.

Bernis's voice quickened, and he became agitated, and continued, "Arya has announced that I will not be allowed to enter the Black and White Courtyard again, or he will pierce my heart. ”

Arya was talking about cutting off Bernice's other ear, but when it came to Bernice's mouth, the words were going to pierce his heart. Cutting off the ear is just a lesson, piercing the heart is murder.

The housekeeping elder, who spoke very slowly, said even more slowly: "Arya Stark dares to say such a thing, she should be taught a lesson." Unfortunately, such a person became an elder in the Black and White Academy, and it was a pity that the thousand-year-old prestige of the Black and White Courtyard was lost. ”

"Teach Arya, this will turn the House against us. The financial elder said.

"If you are an enemy, you will be an enemy. The Black and White Courtyard is no longer the black and white courtyard of the past, and overnight, the black and white courtyard has completely changed. I think maybe the House of Black and White needs a real elder. Any of the three of us can go and serve as the elder of the Black and White Court. The return of the Dragon Crystal Candle to the Black and White Courtyard is a sign of the prosperity of the Black and White Courtyard, but before it prospers, it may be that the Red God will have to go through an ordeal in the Black and White Courtyard in order to make the Black and White Courtyard stronger. The slow-speaking elder paused word by word, and Manager Bernis's heart was full of despair.

Osvid was cautious: "What do the two elders mean by sending the Iron Vault Killer to teach Arya? and then we, as disciples of the Faceless One, use the influence of the Iron Treasury on the monks to have the monks elect us as the Black and White Elders?"

Bernice was dumbfounded. Among the devout monks, there are people in the Iron Vault? Did they take the gold from the Iron Vault? When did the Iron Vault also install its own people in the Black and White Courtyard? Aren't they doing it against the Red God? Are they blaspheming the Red God? Or, both the Iron Vault and the Black and White Courtyard are the two children of the Red God, and the Red God is like an adult, watching his two children fight with interest, and in the eyes of the high Red God, it is like a child's game?

"In our iron vault, there are killers loyal to the Black and White Courtyard, and the monks in the Black and White Courtyard, and many of them are our people. The Elder of Internal Affairs, who did not look at Bernis's eyes, saw through the shock in Bernis's heart, and he said slowly. Explain Bernice's doubts.

Bernice decided to ignore any secrets from the higher-ups, Arya cut off his ear, which was a great shame for him, and he fully approved of any action against Arya!

"I'm in favor. Bernice held up her bloodstained ears to show the three elders, "Arya is not a Faceless, she calls herself Arya Stark, and she has never forgotten where she came from and who her family is. Her existence is the highest blasphemy against the Faceless and the Black and White Courtyard. If we had the ability, I think we should kill her to prevent future troubles. ”

Bernice is still worried that Arya will come to him again in the future to settle scores, he is not a narrow sword master, he is remembered by a faceless one, Bernice thinks that he has basically been sentenced to death, so, just kill Arya Stark, and find out thoroughly.

Soon, the three elders and an Iron Vault manager came to an agreement: send the Iron Vault Killer to contact Arya, kill her with narrow sword skills, and finally cut off her right ear and bring it back to Bernice to make a specimen.

The four of them had just reached an agreement when footsteps sounded outside, and a guard hurried in: "Tell the Elder, Lord Bernice, the Sea King and the Green Prophet have come to the Iron Vault Island by boat, and are now rushing here." ”

"The Prophet was brought out by Aquaman?" said Bernice, surprised and delighted.

"Yes, Lord Bernice. ”

"Three Elders, on behalf of the Iron Vault, I have gone to meet the Sea King and the Prophet. Manager Bernice stood up and said respectfully.

After learning that the three elders also possessed the secret abilities of the Faceless One, Bernice was genuinely terrified of the three elders.

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