Zong Shen blended in with the crowds entering the city, without attracting any attention.

This is the charm of Dabang City. Even in the middle of the night, there is still a lot of traffic.

However, wearing battle armor and a helmet like him, there are not many guys who look fully armed.

Especially when Zong Shen was alone, he looked like a lone wolf.

With this attire and his identity as a lone wolf, others could deduce that Zong Shen was either a powerful adventurer or a mercenary acting alone.

No matter which one it is, it all represents three words, that is: "not to be messed with"!

Just like that, Zong Shen swaggered towards Bangcheng.

Nords look rougher than Avalonians.

Men basically have thick eyebrows and big eyes, and women also have thick bones, especially the buttocks, which look good and healthy.

Along the way, teams of cavalry can be seen patrolling back and forth on the road.

Dressed like Zong Shen's, it was easy to attract the attention of the patrolling soldiers. After a while, he found a small group of patrolling cavalry behind him, who seemed to be staring at him specifically.

"It's not right."

"With such a huge state city, there are definitely a lot of people going in and out every day."

"There must be many similar adventurers or mercenaries..."

"What are these Rangers staring at me for?"

Zong Shen was a little puzzled, he didn't have any family emblem on his body, and he didn't belong to the noble power.

He is a very common lone traveler, these rangers have no reason to stare at him!

But although Zong Shen was puzzled, he didn't go into it.

Because he could see that the rangers were just maintaining a vigilant attitude, like an insurance measure.

These third-tier rangers can't pose any threat to him.

Not to mention that the cavalry of the Nord Kingdom is relatively weak among the human kingdoms.

With his current strength, even if there are not many cavalrymen in Tier 4 or Tier 5, he can easily deal with them. Zong Mou's strength has unknowingly qualified him to be alone.

Thinking of this, he relaxed, whistled, and continued to follow the traveling merchants and villagers who entered the city leisurely.

The rangers behind him still kept a close distance.

…

Inside the city of Wintropong, in the Lord's Castle in the central area.

The local lord, Earl Maron Babbitt, sat at the head of the conference hall.

Originally, the earl had the opportunity to lead the giant city, but Wintroubon is very special. Its significance is no less than that of the giant city, because it is the southern tributary of the Liujin River, which is the last inland port of the Nivare River in the south. point.

After passing through here, the Neware River will continue southward into Avalon and join other tributaries until it enters the sea.

Continue to go downstream. Due to the change of terrain, it is difficult for the downstream fleet to go upstream.

During this period, there are many terrain drops, as well as large waterfalls and rift gaps.

So here is a very important node.

Its material circulation even exceeds that of some giant cities with special environments, such as Langya Fort.

Just over an hour ago, Earl Mullen received urgent news from the Babbitt family!

King Ragnar was assassinated, and the murderer was related to the Trivasin family, and it was very likely that Queen Sandina personally sent someone to do it!

This news has been delivered for half a day since the afternoon.

At present, the powerful nobles in the Nord Kingdom have all received the news.

Among them is the Babbitt family!

Under such circumstances, Earl Mullen even knew the news earlier than the consul of Langya Fort, Marquis Sodo. There are many ways to transmit news in the mainland.

Those big nobles often have a more efficient information transmission network.

As for those marginal nobles, there is no such convenient information.

The official step-by-step communication method of the Kingdom of Nord is still sending letters through blade-winged falcons, or magic pages.

Although the magic energy crystal is easy to use, the number of communication crystals that each communication crystal tower can produce is limited, and it is difficult to cover every corner.

And most of the communication crystals are in the hands of the great nobles.

Doomed to only form a limited number of communication paths.

So although this news is explosive, and the Kingdom of Ragnar has also issued a clear order.

But it will take at least a few days for it to be completely transmitted to all parts of the kingdom.

Earl Marlon Babbitt intends to use this time difference to hold an internal meeting in Bangcheng first.

He urgently summoned the nobles and nobles in the city of Wintrouban, the big businessmen who are resident here, and the executives of various departments.

Even the leaders of several black streets in Bangcheng were summoned.

Hundreds of people sat around the giant round table in the conference room, and the atmosphere seemed tense.

Just in case, a new patrol order has been issued.

Monitor all suspicious mercenaries, adventurers, and illegal armed people entering and leaving the city.

Babbitt is a large family that tends to be neutral.

As a member of the Babbitt family, Earl Mullen knew the meaning behind this incident.

He must ensure the safety and security of the city of Winterrobong before the family makes a decision.

At this time, you need to be more vigilant, especially the Babbitt family knows that the Trivasin family likes to dispatch mercenaries to harass and infiltrate.

As for the Lodbrok royal family, there is no need to worry. As a royal family, they inherited the surname and blood of the first king, and they are an out-and-out orthodox royal family in the Nord Kingdom.

As long as they are in the Nord Kingdom, no matter how remote a village or a settlement, everyone knows that the Lodbroke family is a royal family!

If the royal family personally ordered it, there would be a more formal process.

Of course, the Babbitt family is still on the sidelines.

From a rational point of view, they are more inclined to the Lodbrok royal family.

It's just that in these years, the Trivasin family has also secretly managed the family power.

On the surface, the giant cities directly or indirectly controlled by them have reached one-third of the total number of giant cities in the Nord Kingdom.

How many giant cities, how many state cities, and how many villages they control are often important criteria for measuring the power of an aristocratic family.

From this point of view, the power of the Trivasin family should not be underestimated.

In addition, they also have a close cooperative relationship with many mercenary groups in the mainland.

No one can accurately say how many forces have been cultivated in the dark and how many giant cities have been infiltrated.

That's why Earl Marlon Babbitt summoned all the top figures in the city.

Want to hear their opinion.

It doesn't matter whether the news is kept secret or not.

The way these people communicate cannot be much faster than the official information of the Nord Kingdom.

Since King Ragnar's decree, this matter cannot be regarded as a secret.

Everyone in the conference room was whispering.

This time, the people who came here were all the prominent figures in the state city, all of them were people with flexible minds and a keen sense of interests.

They already instinctively sensed something was wrong, so they whispered to each other.

But this time the summoning was very hasty, and Earl Mullen did not restrict their discussion.

On the contrary, a red-robed butler beside Earl Mullen was whispering something to him, and Earl Mullen would occasionally respond with a few words, and the discussion was more heated than theirs.

It wasn't until almost everyone had arrived that the red-robed housekeeper nodded repeatedly and got up to leave.

"Be quiet!"

Lord Marlon Babbitt raised his right hand.

After about two or three seconds, the conference hall completely fell silent.

This conference hall has a huge round table that can accommodate about seventy or eighty people.

But this time the number of people present clearly exceeded this number.

Many people moved chairs and sat on the side.

This makes the whole conference hall look a bit crowded!

"This time I called everyone over late at night because I want to announce a very important news!"

"King Ragnar was assassinated yesterday!"

"It's in the area under the jurisdiction of the giant city of Langya Fort!

"His Majesty the King escaped safely and is currently in Castle Sharpaxe."

"His Majesty has issued a king's decree and a kingdom announcement to the three princes and the whole of Nord."

"Officially declare war on the Trivasin family, and ask all the forces under the Trivasin family to surrender to the nearby royal family forces, and hand over the traitor Sandina Trivasin!"

"What do you think of this matter?"

Earl Mullen looked around everyone with his chin outstretched in front of his hands.

After he finished speaking, the scene was suddenly silent...

This information is no less than a blockbuster to them!

"Trivasin..."

"Traitor, Sandina Trivasin..."

I don't know who murmured to himself first, and the whole conference hall became noisy again like a powder keg that was ignited!

"Isn't Sandina the queen?"

"Could it be that His Majesty's assassination is related to the Trivasin family?"

"Otherwise, why would such a kingdom announcement be issued!"

A potbellied businessman analyzed loudly.

He is one of the top three big merchants in the city of Wintrouban, and has a place on the wharf.

There are at least tens of millions of dinars worth of wealth in his hands, and millions of dinars of supplies and goods are in circulation.

At this time, a big bald man with a scar on his face who was sitting on the other side sneered.

"According to my brother in the imperial city."

"Queen Sandina has a dissolute figure and often meets the young captain of the guard privately."

"So there is no doubt that Queen Sandina must have planned the assassination!"

The person who spoke was the leader of the underworld forces in Bangcheng, the leader of Broken Finger.

Broken Finger is a large-scale black street force, distributed in many giant cities and state cities in the Nord Kingdom, as long as you can see "Broken Finger Bar", "Broken Finger Casino", "Broken Finger Red" in the slums Places like "The Mill" are the finger-severing industry.

As a black street force, in addition to these gray industries, it also comes with the news of being a mercenary and scouting around.

So from a certain point of view, the black street forces do know a lot of gossip.

Nine out of ten of these gossips come from rumors and hearsay, and the remaining 10% are only half true news, and half of them are half true and half false news.

To add a severed finger, one knuckle of the **** must be amputated.

This will not hinder the grasp of weapons, but also can be used as a special representative symbol.

What he said was very naked. Now, after comparing it with the news of Earl Mullen, we can know that what he said should be true.

This guy had a loud voice, which naturally caught the attention of Earl Mullen.

"Sathan, do you know anything else?"

"You might as well say it out and let everyone discuss it."

"This is the key to whether our Wintrouban City can survive the storm."

"The kingdom's civil war is imminent."

"The Trivasin family has been dormant for many years to get to where it is today. They will never surrender easily to the royal family. It is even more impossible to hand over Queen Sandina."

"According to the secret news from my family, Queen Sandina has long been the actual controller of the Trivasin family. The development of the Trivasin family these years cannot be separated from her help and planning!"

"And as a neutral state city, what we should do next is in everyone's interest!"

Earl Mullen said loudly.

Everyone present can be said to be a part of the Wintropolis interest group.

Hearing what he said, Heijie Duanzhi, the leader in the city of Wintrouban, the scarred bald man named Sasen cleared his throat.

As the leader of the underworld in Bangcheng, Sa Sen usually does shady activities.

He is even more rebellious and unruly, possessing the strength equivalent to a fifth-order fighter, allowing him to ignore ordinary minor nobles.

But this time it was Earl Mullen, a member of the Babbitt family, who asked him!

He is also the consul of Wintropolis City. Due to the large scale here, the State Army under the command of Earl Mullen is also powerful!

Sa Sen got up quickly and sorted out some news he knew.

"Ahem!"

"Since Master Mullen has spoken, let me tell you about the information about Severed Finger."

"The most recent piece of intelligence was a few months ago."

"When Queen Sandina sent people to enter Qiusui City."

"At that time, the black streets of Sagson Imperial City heard some rumors."

"It is said that Queen Sandina had already planned it more than ten years ago!"

"And King Ragnar actually knew about Queen Sandina's infidelity, but His Majesty the King has never broken his face."

"It is said to be related to an ancient legend!"

"But what is the specific legend, I don't know."

"This assassination operation is undoubtedly planned by the Kingdom of Sandina!"

"However, if you insist on taking sides between the Trivasin family and the royal family, Broken Finger will choose the royal family."

Sa Sen told the relevant situation that he knew.

Of course, some information was also concealed.

Information about severed fingers is never free.

As long as he made a conclusion and expressed his attitude, Earl Mullen would naturally have plans.

After speaking, Sa Sen sat down, still in a carefree sitting posture.

Decades of lazy habits are not so easy to get rid of!

After listening to his words, Earl Mullen nodded.

The others also discussed more excitedly.

"Master Marlon, I think we should lean towards the royal family!"

"At least the fortresses and giant cities on the southern border of the border are basically under the control of the royal family."

"Including the giant city of Langya Fort!"

"As far as I know, the influence of the Trivasin family is mainly in the central and eastern regions of the kingdom."

At this time, a viscount named McIntosh Ryan stood up and said to Earl Mullen.

The Lean family he belongs to is a firm royal faction.

And he is also one of the more ambitious of the younger generation of nobles in the Ryan family.

In the past few years, it has only come to the development of Wintroubang City.

His words still have a certain reference value.

However, Earl Mullen did not express his opinion immediately, but just nodded to him to show that he understood.

After these two rounds of speeches, everyone's willingness to discuss was completely released.

Everyone is expressing their opinions, telling all the news they have heard, and attaching their own opinions at the same time!

Earl Mullen did not speak again, but listened quietly.

He is only in his forties this year, and to be able to own the title of Earl and take charge of Winterrobong City, in addition to the power and game of the Babbitt family, also has his own ability factors in it.

Compared with the leaders of other states, he is a more capable nobleman.

It can even meet the ruling requirements of the giant city.

In fact, his ideal is to develop Wintrouban into a giant city.

This goal is a long way to go, and once achieved, it may take several generations of efforts.

But as long as it succeeds, Marlon Babbitt's name will be celebrated.

It is an infinite honor to be the creator of the new giant city!

He listened silently, and actually had a bold plan in his heart!

The kingdom's civil war is about to start, and there are often opportunities for expansion and development in troubled times!

It's just that he hasn't made up his mind yet, he still has to think it through!

…

Outside Bangcheng, after nearly an hour of walking, Zong Shen finally came to the fortress checkpoint that Bangcheng set up on this commercial road.

The Eye of Cthulhu is still more than four hours away from Zongshen, and he can stay in the city for at least three hours. Taking advantage of this time, he is going to take a stroll, and then go to the pier and the market to have a look.

The city of Wintropong is not small, and perhaps he needs to temporarily buy a horse to travel around the city.

However, when he came to the city gate, he was questioned a lot.

The team of rangers following behind immediately surrounded them, and the Nord Furious Ax warriors on duty nearby, as well as some Mages and archers were also watching closely.

The leading cavalry squad leader and the Furious Ax warrior on duty led Zong Shen aside, and began to ask questions.

Asked about the origin and purpose respectively.

Zong Shen had already prepared a set of rhetoric.

"I am an adventurer, from the Green Cypress Forest."

"Prepare to go to the city to rest."

These Furious Ax fighters stared at the armor and helmet on his body, still a little suspicious~lightnovelpub.net~ On the way here, he had already inquired about the strategy module, and learned that Earl Mullen of Bangcheng was summoning the head and face of Bangcheng A character who is ready to decide which side the city of Wintropolis will fall to.

The vigilance at this time is related to that incident.

Not only Zong Shen alone, but almost all mercenaries and adventurers were questioned.

Hearing what he said, the Ranger squad leader and the Furious Ax squad looked at each other.

Believe it or not is secondary, they want to do more than cross-examine.

Zong Shen could see greed in their eyes.

In order to avoid trouble, he reached into the waist gap of the armor, pretended to take out a small handful of dinars, and put it in the hands of one of them!

Most of these dinars are in small denominations. It seems that there are a lot of them, but the total is only two to three hundred dinars!

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