When Penny walked out of the Mage Tower again, more than half a month had passed.

Although life in the Mage's Tower is not too monotonous, and the study of methodology gives the mage enough things to do, it does not mean that he can stay like this forever.

Early in the morning, he emerged from the warm and fragrant bed, dressed and picked up the dazed Nephis, and carried it through the teleportation array to the backyard of the Edmont Mansion, where a small banquet awaited his participation near the council hall at the west gate.

There were only a few people at the banquet, but with the exception of the attendants who didn't count, everyone who participated in the meeting had a rather special status.

For example, the Archbishop of Khazar, the Holy Samurai Tirantus of Lansendel, even the other two people that Penny did not know, one of them had a fairly high status in the city of Simon.

"Oh, Lord Buttersgooder?" Vica was no stranger to this middle-aged man, but Penny noticed that when she greeted this person, her expression was a little strange, as if it was a faint disgust that was deliberately hidden, which also drove Penny to look at this middle-aged man—slender figure, white face—and many times, neatly dressed up alone can make a mediocre-looking person glow with great charm, and this man is probably the same.

It's just that the slightly slender eyebrows and overly sunken eye sockets reveal a sense of cunning and cunning, and those small eyes that are not too bright are even more wary of those who are interested in observing - this is definitely not an easy guy to deal with.

But what caught Penny's attention even more was the middle-aged man next to him - a meticulous face with a scar, but surprisingly not fierce, on the contrary, the formal but not serious outfit and slender eyes showed an elegant and chic temperament.

Looking at this person, Vika's face also showed a confused look, which made Penny know that this person was a stranger to Simon - because as the leader of a business organization, it was obviously necessary to know every famous big man in his own territory, and in Penny's impression, Vika had always been competent in this regard.

But the strange fellow sat at the round table, with his hands crossed on the table, which undoubtedly showed that he was not a small shrimp like an acolyte, and from the look on the face of Bishop Qajar, Penny knew that this man was also one of the protagonists of this meeting.

This, of course, made him more curious.

All in all, both men are characteristic, and they don't easily get out of the crowd, which is the impression Penny gets from the first glance.

The fly in the ointment is that neither of these two guys seem to have much power, at least with Penny's perception, they can't detect any traces of supernatural power on Good's body, and of course it's not without other possible surnames - a legendary spellcaster with a strong hiding ability, or a warrior at the pinnacle of martial arts - both of which have possible surnames that can hide from Penny.

And from this elegant strange man, there was a power that Penny could perceive, but to the wizard's regret, this power was a little weak, and if he was a spellcaster, at most he had just begun to comprehend magic, and he had not even touched the edge of the methodology.

Despite this, considering all the possible surnames and the caution of the caster, Penny did not get too close, he sat down side by side with Vika, and turned his inquiring gaze to the first Archbishop of Qajar, waiting for his introduction, and the Archbishop of Qajar did not sell off, and said the opening sentence bluntly:

"Mr. Diesel, Ms. Vika, these two men here are people we trust, this one you know, and this one is Mr. Davor Selien. Khazar paused and frowned, "Mr. Goodel's good friend, the leader of the 'Blood Sails'. ”

"Blood Sail?" Vika raised an eyebrow, "That underworld organization that has just entered Westgate City from the east?"

"Allow me to correct you, Ms. Vika. When Mr. Davor Selion heard Vika's exclamation, his face showed dissatisfaction, and he coughed softly, and interjected: "We are serious businessmen. ”

"A serious businessman would use a sword to grab territory?" Vica raised an eyebrow again: "It's ridiculous, half of the underground gangs in the port have been made by your subordinates, is this what a serious businessman can do?"

"Davor is just defending his rights in this way. Mr. Goodall, who was next to Davor Selien, pulled the corners of his mouth and smiled, "You know, with the virtues of those fellows in the port, it is impossible to make Selien do business well. ”

"As soon as you open your mouth, how can those fellows in the Gulf be embarrassed by your friend? Vika shook her head disapplausively: "Don't tell me you can't do this, although you are a wine bag rice barrel, but for the sake of your surname, this bit of power is always there." ”

Vicka's extraordinarily aggressive tone and style surprised Penny, and from this cross-examination, Penny could tell that the proprietress did not like this man, and he immediately smelled an extremely abnormal smell, which made him look at Goodale more attentively.

It's not often that you can make the boss lady hate to such an extent.

"Oh, what an embarrassment you say...... Edmont woman, I'm not here to quarrel today, I'm here to deal with the damn Night Mask. Goodall touched his nose, his expression clearly not pretty.

"Yes, Ms. Edmont. Khazar coughed, "We're here to discuss how to deal with vampires, and Mr. Goodall, after our observation and recent cooperation, can already be trusted." ”

"But what's the use of him? He's not the head of the Goodale family, he's just a half-witted merchant and a gentleman who can only follow crooked ways. ”

The expression on Goodall's face was obviously even more ugly as such a bitter comment came out of Vika's mouth, and at the same time, Penny knew that this man must have made a very bad impression on Vika for some reason before.

As the moderator of the meeting, Bishop Cajar was responsible for quelling possible disputes, and he explained as best he could, trying to calm the atmosphere that was moving in a sharp direction: "But we can't confirm whether the head of House Goodale is under the control of the vampires, and you know, Ms. Vika, we can't even believe that you can be trusted until this incident has happened to the Edmont family. Mister Goodale and Mister Celion have special powers within Simon City, and will be very useful in our efforts to bring down the Night King. ”

Qajar whispered, "You must know that there are more than 300 members of the Blood Sails, and they have experienced a hundred battles. ”

300 gangsters?

These two words made Penny's eyelids jump, although in a certain different world, three hundred people can only make a small splash in the battle with tens of thousands of hundreds of thousands of troops, but in the Faeron Continent, the total number of regular troops of a medium-sized country is often less than five figures, and it is not the tactics of crowds that can decide the victory, so three hundred guys who can fight well are definitely a big force in Ximen.

It's no wonder that according to what Vika said just now, half of the gangs on the beach have been swept away by the 'blood sails', and in the Ximen area, most of the gangs are no more than a hundred people.

However, Penny was a little strange, if such a powerful gang had a reputation outside the West Gate before, why had he never heard of it?

Of course, this may also be due to his loneliness, after all, he has never paid attention to this kind of thing, which makes him know that he needs to instruct Arnell to pass on the information to him on a regular basis, so that he will not be at a loss when facing forces like 'Bloodsail'.

"Moreover, Mr. Celion does not live in Simon, making him a difficult target for vampires. "It is important that Mr. Goodall does not open the door for Mr. Selion because he does not want others to know about his relationship with Mr. Selien," said Qajar. As for Mr. Goodale himself, although he is not the decision-maker of the family, he controls a large part of the family's business, and he unites with Mr. Selien, plus Mr. Diesel's wizard ......" Khazar glanced at Penny: "And the power of the Edmund family, we already have the capital to barely confront the Night Mask head-on." ”

"But I'm not optimistic. Vika said calmly, "You can only find these two guys here and us as allies, which means that you are not sure if the other forces in the council are under the control of the vampires, Bishop Khazar, if we want to deal with the vampires, it is not just the Night Mask itself that stands in our way." ”

"Whoever stands in the way of the forces of justice and light, they must be crushed. A voice with some dissatisfaction came from the side of the bishop of Khazar, and the crowd in the midst of the lively discussion looked away and felt uncomfortable at the sight of the male surnamed Paladin with a slight raised brow.

Leaving aside the fact that this argument is grossly inconsistent with Simon's style, the timing of the male paladin's words alone is very offensive.

Especially when these people were discussing, it is fair to say that even Vika, who clearly distrusted Goodall, except for the initial sarcasm, the subsequent discussion was barely a matter of calm and discussion of all possible problems...... But in this paladin, it all sounds like nonsense.

Lansendale is a radical church, their goodness is very different from the goodness of the Tyre church, the Tyre church tries to establish an order that allows the society to function socially, and maintains the good with order, so the style of action and creed are relatively peaceful, and for the evil, they are not easy to kill - rather than killing, the guys of the Tyre church are more inclined to use and guide them to integrate them into the stable order and reduce their harm. Only the guys who can't be tolerated will let them take the means of fighting.

But this is not the case with Lansendale, this church believes that all unkind existence should be destroyed, there is no room for moderation and retreat, the idea of the church of Tyre is very weak and gentle in the eyes of the church of the children of the dawn, as long as it is recognized by Lansendale's teachings, they will spare no effort to fight and destroy until one side falls, in their opinion, some order is a breeding ground for evil to disguise and protect itself, in order to fight this evil, they can ignore the order to some extent, and do not care about sacrifice, let alone the slightest compromise。

For example, the believers of the church of Tyre will be torn between a worse outcome and an evil enemy in order to avoid a worse outcome, but in the case of a follower of Lansendel, the more likely outcome is to be burned in the same situation.

As a follower of Lansendel, Tirantus was very unimpressed with Khazar's behavior, and if he was allowed to do it, he should use strong means to unify all the forces that can be unified to fight against evil, instead of discussing it gently, and if he has the kung fu to grind his mouth, it is better to directly come up with a plan of action to discuss.

Both businessmen and politicians are short-sighted and cowardly, and only the will of the gods can decide everything, and the exercise of justice still involves many useless scruples, which is undoubtedly very unnecessary in the eyes of Tirantus.

By observing the paladin's expression, Penny knew that this man might have been patient for a long time, and he also understood that if Lansendel's church had more influence in the local area than the church of Tyre, this paladin would never allow this meeting to continue—he would directly call the shots to drive these 'short-sighted and stupid' nobles and merchants away.

Of course, according to Lansendel's teachings, it would be hellish to be able to develop in an area like the West Gate - the Cathedral of Blind Truth has maintained a considerable size for the past few hundred years, even if it has been suppressed by vampires and nobles several times, but it has never been destroyed, and in the same few hundred years, Landendale's followers have tried several times to build an altar to the Children of Dawn in the temple area, but the result was that the altar was demolished within ten years of being erected.

The inopportune interjection of "uh......" obviously displeased Bishop Qajar, but he still had to make a round: "You should understand my thoughts, vampires have been hiding under Simon for thousands of years, and if they are willing to follow order and not disturb the peace of the surface society, their existence will certainly not hinder anyone......

This sentence made Tirantus furrow again, and the paladin of Lansendel obviously would not accept such an opinion, but due to the prestige of the Archbishop of Khazar, and the vague dissatisfaction that the bishop had just shown towards him, he decided to keep silent and listen to the archbishop's continued persuasion: " But it is clear that they are not reconciled to this, Simon's order has been seriously disturbed by these dark creatures, so we must destroy them, and if we don't do it now, it will be too late, and you here can be sure that in a few years, the temples of Tyre will still exist in the temple district, or you will still be able to survive the vampires. ”

"But we need a plan. Vika raised her eyebrows: "Bishop Qajar, as I just said, I'm not sure how far those guys have eroded the council, but it is certain that the power in their hands is by no means a mere mask of the night, Simon's standing force and the private armies of the major nobles add up to more than two thousand, and we, including the private army that Xuefan and I can control, are probably less than five hundred people." ”

The Church of Tyre also did not have a large army, only a few temple warriors, in the Blind True Church, including the guards, the total number was only about twenty, Edmund had less than 100 private soldiers, plus the gangster Bloodsail, it was only 400 people.

And, of course, there's the Black Sea Gang where Penny is hiding in the shadows - a force that hasn't really entered Simon's underworld yet, isn't widely known, and Penny doesn't want it to be known in this situation.

"And the Wizards of the Coast Society, they should be able to provide some power. Khazar added: "Their financial resources are not to be underestimated. ”

The Bishop also knew very well that he could not expect a group of wizards to go into battle shirtless and fight the Night King, but it was not impossible to provide a few apprentices and a few mercenaries - with the financial resources of the wizards, this power was certainly not to be underestimated.

"Even so, we don't necessarily have the capital to confront the power of the Night King. ”

"Wrong, Ms. Edmont, the enemy's strength is not as exaggerated as you say. It was Mr. Goodall, who had been at odds with Vika, who had been talking to him: "You must know that vampires cannot control the council like real leaders, they are at best some indulgers, although they control some sensitive people, but not all of them, we can easily avoid direct conflict with the power of the council." ”

"Avoid?" Vika frowned, in her opinion, this is simply unavoidable, if the vampires control most of the people in power in the council, once the two sides start a conflict, even the vampires don't need to say anything, just accuse Edmund and the church of Tyre maliciously provoking the conflict through the mouth of the council, it will put them in an extremely disadvantageous situation.

"As long as we can cut off the Night King's hand over the Council, without a direct conflict with the Council, we can reveal the true nature of those who are indulgents. Qajar said.

"You mean, the duke?" Vica raised an eyebrow, "Do you have a way to find it?"

It was a good idea to kill the vampire duke who was running the noble council, but it was clear that no one had enough power to find this guy yet.

"Of course, it's with your strength. Qajar's expression became more serious: "We can start by fighting the Night Mask. ”

"Fight the Night Mask?"

"Yes, this is a gangster controlled by vampires, who control the underworld of Simon the Lord. Qajar tipped his finger on the table, "But it's actually a huge target, as long as we get rid of it, those vampires will definitely jump out and get out of the way, but we need an excuse, we need to know ......"

Vika and Penny gradually frowned, they had already guessed some of what Bishop Khajar was thinking.

"It's a terrible idea. Before Bishop Qajar could finish speaking, Penny spoke with a grim face.

(To be continued)