NOVEL WEB Arcane Journey
Chapter 138 The Eagle Chamber of Commerce
Chapter 138 The Eagle Chamber of Commerce
In a manor in the rich area of Mokou Town.
There was an angry roar, the sound was so loud that even the roof seemed to tremble.
Inside is a very strong man with a golden body, wearing a lot of gold ornaments on his body, an extremely expensive jewelry necklace around his neck, and six of his ten fingers with magic rings of various amazing values.
At this moment, he was roaring at the people standing in front of him, angrily shouting: "Bastard! Idiot!"
"You bastards! Occupying such a large geographical advantage, you can still be breached! I really want to screw your heads off! You were found so easily and wiped out!"
A group of subordinates stood in a cold sweat in the hall. Among them, a thin man with a sharp mouth and a blood-stained gauze wrapped around his head hesitated, and whispered:
"President, all of us members of the Dead Rat Gang have followed your orders, and we have never been lazy. The guards and traps we have set up in the sewers, even if Elminster of Shadow Valley comes, he will know them if he sees them." Frowning."
"Fart!" The man called the president roared angrily, shouting:
"Then how the hell did you get breached? The Eagle Chamber of Commerce paid you to raise so many Ratmen and Dire Rats, and even a dozen adventurers couldn't stop it!"
"Bang!"
When the burly man got angry, he picked up the chair beside him and threw it at him, smashing the skinny subordinate until his head was covered in blood, and he sat on the ground, holding his head and howling in pain.
"Now is an extraordinary time." The burly man seemed to have vented enough, and his tone involuntarily slowed down.
"Even the people from the Zhentarim are no match for them. How can we fight them? Originally, I planned to rely on the Dead Rat Gang in the sewer to regain control of the town when the people from the City of Shadows attacked Mokou Town. It’s all right now, the group of rats from the Dead Rat Gang has been wiped out, how can we get back the bad situation and take this town.”
"Tell me!" The suddenly raised voice of the burly man startled all the subordinates, "Is the person in charge of attacking the Dead Rat Gang personally commanded by the newly appointed lord?"
"No." Another guy with a big belly picked up the conversation and said quickly:
"It's Lando, the son of 'Fat Catfish' Graal. They know the terrain of the sewer well. They used the scrolls of invisibility to hide themselves, went straight to the lair of the Dead Rat Gang, and then each threw at least five scrolls of fireball. The power directly caused all the Ratmen and Dire Rats of the Dead Rat Gang to be burned alive and buried, and those who escaped by chance were all beheaded by the people guarding the periphery."
"Bang!"
The burly man picked up another chair and smashed it over, roaring:
"What a bunch of stupid pigs! It doesn't matter if you find the location of your old nest, but you can still let people touch it quietly. Are your sensitive noses covered in your crotches?! You're just a bunch of trash and idiots!"
After some venting, the burly man took a deep breath, forcibly calmed down the anger in his heart, and said to everyone:
"What should we do now? The newly appointed lord not only implemented the abolition of slavery in Mokou Town, but also ordered us to release all the slaves in the mining area and manor within three days, hand over the territory, and take his own people away. Leaving Mokou Town, if they dare to disobey their orders, their troops will crush all our forces in Mokou Town."
After a short moment of silence, the potbellied guy covered his bleeding head, carefully glanced at their president, and made a suggestion:
"President, you just said that it is impossible for our current forces to confront them head-on. If that is the case, we will temporarily agree to any conditions they propose, liberate all slaves, and let our few remaining men All of them mixed into the slave team, then left Mokou Town, and asked Prince Sairant for help."
"Nine layers of hell! I think so too, because I can only do this now." The burly man cursed through gritted teeth, agreeing with his subordinate's opinion.
In fact, he had already received a new notification.
The army led by King Yazen V of Cormyr has already occupied most of the territory of the Dragon Coast, approaching the most prosperous trading port, West Gate.
His master, Prince Sairant, is in charge of temporarily managing the internal affairs of the kingdom.
Now, Prince Serant is taking this opportunity to start contacting the Zhentarim, and also contacting many raiders and mercenaries from Jondas.
At the same time, let him stay in Mokou Town in a low-key manner, and when the people of Shadow City counterattack, they will cooperate with the hobgoblin army from the Mokou Mountains to take control of Mokou Town.
The deity worshiped by the Zhentarim is Bane, the god of tyranny.
During the Arcana catastrophe, Magrubie, the patron saint of goblins and hobgoblins, became Bane's servant god, and the Zhentarim gained the full support of the hobgoblin army from the Mokou Mountains.
Therefore, as long as he stays low-key in Mokou Town, once the opportunity comes, he can become the ruler of Mokou Town as quickly as the new lord.
However, what he didn't expect was that all the ratmen and the ferocious rats he had placed in the sewers of Mokou Town were buried alive overnight.
Without the help of the Ratmen and Dire Rats, it would be extremely difficult for him to cooperate with the hobgoblin army to occupy Mokou Town.
And he is also facing the situation where all his property will be confiscated and he will be forcibly driven out of Mokou Town.
"President Philip, I have already investigated the information of the lord of Mokou Town." At this moment, a subordinate in charge of intelligence said.
"Say it quickly," said President Philip with a gloomy expression.
"I got all this information from the secret agents of the Zhentarim Society." The tall and thin subordinate said clearly to everyone:
"According to the intelligence, this lord named Brian is not a Cormyr from the imperial city of Susar and Araby at all. He first appeared in the Underdark region as Manto Dris, taking the form of a slave. His identity was purchased by the first family of the ancient city of Orens, and in the end, he managed to escape from the city of the drow elves, and even helped the gray dwarves in the city of Odus to complete the replacement of the deep king."
"Then how did he get the purple dragon seal ring?" President Philip was shocked by Brian's experience, and he pretended to be calm and asked the question he was most concerned about right now.
At this moment, everyone in Mokou Town knew that the newly appointed lord was wearing a purple dragon seal ring of the highest quality.
Generally speaking, only those who have made great contributions to the entire kingdom, the royal family will give the ring engraved with the seal of the purple dragon of Obeszier to these heroic knights who protect the country, or the great pioneer lords.
However, the life experience of this half-elf wizard named Brian, before Manto Driss, was like a blank sheet of paper, no matter how painstakingly the Zhentarim intelligence organization and spies were digging, they could not find out. out any information.
The most important thing is that Prince Serant, the younger brother of King Azen V of Cormyr, is also at a loss.
But it was such an unknown person who obtained the highest honor of the Kingdom of Cormyr.
Anyone with a sane mind would doubt his true identity.
"I don't know about this either, and I don't even know that the Zhentarim will be set up in the Chamber of Commerce stronghold in Manto Dris." The subordinate hesitated for a moment, then continued:
"However, according to the news from the spies of Aldus King City, there is a young human girl who is inseparable from the lord named Brian when he is in the Underdark, but when he reaches the surface, the girl seems to disappear out of thin air. same."
"What does she look like?" President Philip's expression changed, and he hurriedly asked.
"This beautiful girl is a sword mage. Her most conspicuous features are long brown-red hair and silver-gray eyes..." The subordinate pondered for a moment, and then described the girl's appearance in detail.
Brown-red long hair and silver-gray eyes?
Or a sword mage?
President Philip frowned upon hearing this.
Three months ago, he had received a secret order from Prince Serant, asking him to pay attention to a human girl with long brown-red hair and silver-gray eyes.
She is also a sword mage by profession.
If you meet him in Mokou Town, don't hesitate to assassinate him secretly.
He also inadvertently learned from other colleagues that in order to achieve this goal, Prince Celant hired a vampire killer from Ximen.
Could it be the same person?
A trace of doubt appeared in President Philip's heart.
From the identity of a human sword mage, he knew that the opponent was definitely a prominent nobleman from the Kingdom of Cormyr.
If he hadn't known that Yazen V's two daughters died in the Red Dragon Rebellion in Mokou Town ten years ago, he could even suspect that she was a princess based on the Purple Dragon Seal.
And her eye-catching brown-red hair and silver-gray eyes reminded him of the Grand Duchess Raul of Araby City.
But he had never heard of when the female lord had another younger sister.
In any case, it can be seen from the importance that Prince Serant attaches to her that the identity of this mysterious sword mage girl is absolutely extraordinary.
It can be seen from this that the lord named Brian, the purple dragon seal ring in his hand, most likely came from this sword mage girl.
But after Brian returned to the surface, the sword mage girl who was always inseparable was not by her side.
Does this mean that Brian probably obtained the approval of the Purple Dragon Seal Ring through some means, and then killed him in the Underdark.
Guessing this, President Philip faintly felt that the truth was getting closer to him.
"President Philip, the message that my eyeliner in Araby City delivered to me said."
The subordinate in charge of intelligence went on to say, "The Grand Duchess of the Raul family has sent a Zilong Legion and Battle Mage to Mokou Town. If there is no accident, they will arrive at noon today."
"Is this true?" The president, who was in deep thought, heard the words, his eyes lit up, and he confirmed with worry.
"Absolutely true!" The subordinate in charge of intelligence assured him.
"Very well, it's really time for them to come." President Philip smiled with a trace of coldness, and he gave an order to his subordinates, "Call everyone in the manor, and come with me to meet Zilong Knights and Warmages."
He is a member of Prince Serrante. Although there is a gap with the forces of Araby City in the north, as long as he reveals his identity, these guardians who are absolutely loyal to the kingdom will never dare to do anything to him.
And he can use this opportunity to expose Brian's identity and let them understand that the other party's Purple Dragon Seal Ring was obtained through improper channels.
Even if he made a mistake, with the coordination of the Purple Dragon Knight and the Battle Mage, he would avoid being driven out of Mokou Town by the newly appointed barbarian lord who robbed him of his land and resources.
Then he can quietly wait for the counterattack from the City of Shadows, and finally cooperate with the hobgoblin army to complete the plan to occupy Mokou Town.
(End of this chapter)
In a manor in the rich area of Mokou Town.
There was an angry roar, the sound was so loud that even the roof seemed to tremble.
Inside is a very strong man with a golden body, wearing a lot of gold ornaments on his body, an extremely expensive jewelry necklace around his neck, and six of his ten fingers with magic rings of various amazing values.
At this moment, he was roaring at the people standing in front of him, angrily shouting: "Bastard! Idiot!"
"You bastards! Occupying such a large geographical advantage, you can still be breached! I really want to screw your heads off! You were found so easily and wiped out!"
A group of subordinates stood in a cold sweat in the hall. Among them, a thin man with a sharp mouth and a blood-stained gauze wrapped around his head hesitated, and whispered:
"President, all of us members of the Dead Rat Gang have followed your orders, and we have never been lazy. The guards and traps we have set up in the sewers, even if Elminster of Shadow Valley comes, he will know them if he sees them." Frowning."
"Fart!" The man called the president roared angrily, shouting:
"Then how the hell did you get breached? The Eagle Chamber of Commerce paid you to raise so many Ratmen and Dire Rats, and even a dozen adventurers couldn't stop it!"
"Bang!"
When the burly man got angry, he picked up the chair beside him and threw it at him, smashing the skinny subordinate until his head was covered in blood, and he sat on the ground, holding his head and howling in pain.
"Now is an extraordinary time." The burly man seemed to have vented enough, and his tone involuntarily slowed down.
"Even the people from the Zhentarim are no match for them. How can we fight them? Originally, I planned to rely on the Dead Rat Gang in the sewer to regain control of the town when the people from the City of Shadows attacked Mokou Town. It’s all right now, the group of rats from the Dead Rat Gang has been wiped out, how can we get back the bad situation and take this town.”
"Tell me!" The suddenly raised voice of the burly man startled all the subordinates, "Is the person in charge of attacking the Dead Rat Gang personally commanded by the newly appointed lord?"
"No." Another guy with a big belly picked up the conversation and said quickly:
"It's Lando, the son of 'Fat Catfish' Graal. They know the terrain of the sewer well. They used the scrolls of invisibility to hide themselves, went straight to the lair of the Dead Rat Gang, and then each threw at least five scrolls of fireball. The power directly caused all the Ratmen and Dire Rats of the Dead Rat Gang to be burned alive and buried, and those who escaped by chance were all beheaded by the people guarding the periphery."
"Bang!"
The burly man picked up another chair and smashed it over, roaring:
"What a bunch of stupid pigs! It doesn't matter if you find the location of your old nest, but you can still let people touch it quietly. Are your sensitive noses covered in your crotches?! You're just a bunch of trash and idiots!"
After some venting, the burly man took a deep breath, forcibly calmed down the anger in his heart, and said to everyone:
"What should we do now? The newly appointed lord not only implemented the abolition of slavery in Mokou Town, but also ordered us to release all the slaves in the mining area and manor within three days, hand over the territory, and take his own people away. Leaving Mokou Town, if they dare to disobey their orders, their troops will crush all our forces in Mokou Town."
After a short moment of silence, the potbellied guy covered his bleeding head, carefully glanced at their president, and made a suggestion:
"President, you just said that it is impossible for our current forces to confront them head-on. If that is the case, we will temporarily agree to any conditions they propose, liberate all slaves, and let our few remaining men All of them mixed into the slave team, then left Mokou Town, and asked Prince Sairant for help."
"Nine layers of hell! I think so too, because I can only do this now." The burly man cursed through gritted teeth, agreeing with his subordinate's opinion.
In fact, he had already received a new notification.
The army led by King Yazen V of Cormyr has already occupied most of the territory of the Dragon Coast, approaching the most prosperous trading port, West Gate.
His master, Prince Sairant, is in charge of temporarily managing the internal affairs of the kingdom.
Now, Prince Serant is taking this opportunity to start contacting the Zhentarim, and also contacting many raiders and mercenaries from Jondas.
At the same time, let him stay in Mokou Town in a low-key manner, and when the people of Shadow City counterattack, they will cooperate with the hobgoblin army from the Mokou Mountains to take control of Mokou Town.
The deity worshiped by the Zhentarim is Bane, the god of tyranny.
During the Arcana catastrophe, Magrubie, the patron saint of goblins and hobgoblins, became Bane's servant god, and the Zhentarim gained the full support of the hobgoblin army from the Mokou Mountains.
Therefore, as long as he stays low-key in Mokou Town, once the opportunity comes, he can become the ruler of Mokou Town as quickly as the new lord.
However, what he didn't expect was that all the ratmen and the ferocious rats he had placed in the sewers of Mokou Town were buried alive overnight.
Without the help of the Ratmen and Dire Rats, it would be extremely difficult for him to cooperate with the hobgoblin army to occupy Mokou Town.
And he is also facing the situation where all his property will be confiscated and he will be forcibly driven out of Mokou Town.
"President Philip, I have already investigated the information of the lord of Mokou Town." At this moment, a subordinate in charge of intelligence said.
"Say it quickly," said President Philip with a gloomy expression.
"I got all this information from the secret agents of the Zhentarim Society." The tall and thin subordinate said clearly to everyone:
"According to the intelligence, this lord named Brian is not a Cormyr from the imperial city of Susar and Araby at all. He first appeared in the Underdark region as Manto Dris, taking the form of a slave. His identity was purchased by the first family of the ancient city of Orens, and in the end, he managed to escape from the city of the drow elves, and even helped the gray dwarves in the city of Odus to complete the replacement of the deep king."
"Then how did he get the purple dragon seal ring?" President Philip was shocked by Brian's experience, and he pretended to be calm and asked the question he was most concerned about right now.
At this moment, everyone in Mokou Town knew that the newly appointed lord was wearing a purple dragon seal ring of the highest quality.
Generally speaking, only those who have made great contributions to the entire kingdom, the royal family will give the ring engraved with the seal of the purple dragon of Obeszier to these heroic knights who protect the country, or the great pioneer lords.
However, the life experience of this half-elf wizard named Brian, before Manto Driss, was like a blank sheet of paper, no matter how painstakingly the Zhentarim intelligence organization and spies were digging, they could not find out. out any information.
The most important thing is that Prince Serant, the younger brother of King Azen V of Cormyr, is also at a loss.
But it was such an unknown person who obtained the highest honor of the Kingdom of Cormyr.
Anyone with a sane mind would doubt his true identity.
"I don't know about this either, and I don't even know that the Zhentarim will be set up in the Chamber of Commerce stronghold in Manto Dris." The subordinate hesitated for a moment, then continued:
"However, according to the news from the spies of Aldus King City, there is a young human girl who is inseparable from the lord named Brian when he is in the Underdark, but when he reaches the surface, the girl seems to disappear out of thin air. same."
"What does she look like?" President Philip's expression changed, and he hurriedly asked.
"This beautiful girl is a sword mage. Her most conspicuous features are long brown-red hair and silver-gray eyes..." The subordinate pondered for a moment, and then described the girl's appearance in detail.
Brown-red long hair and silver-gray eyes?
Or a sword mage?
President Philip frowned upon hearing this.
Three months ago, he had received a secret order from Prince Serant, asking him to pay attention to a human girl with long brown-red hair and silver-gray eyes.
She is also a sword mage by profession.
If you meet him in Mokou Town, don't hesitate to assassinate him secretly.
He also inadvertently learned from other colleagues that in order to achieve this goal, Prince Celant hired a vampire killer from Ximen.
Could it be the same person?
A trace of doubt appeared in President Philip's heart.
From the identity of a human sword mage, he knew that the opponent was definitely a prominent nobleman from the Kingdom of Cormyr.
If he hadn't known that Yazen V's two daughters died in the Red Dragon Rebellion in Mokou Town ten years ago, he could even suspect that she was a princess based on the Purple Dragon Seal.
And her eye-catching brown-red hair and silver-gray eyes reminded him of the Grand Duchess Raul of Araby City.
But he had never heard of when the female lord had another younger sister.
In any case, it can be seen from the importance that Prince Serant attaches to her that the identity of this mysterious sword mage girl is absolutely extraordinary.
It can be seen from this that the lord named Brian, the purple dragon seal ring in his hand, most likely came from this sword mage girl.
But after Brian returned to the surface, the sword mage girl who was always inseparable was not by her side.
Does this mean that Brian probably obtained the approval of the Purple Dragon Seal Ring through some means, and then killed him in the Underdark.
Guessing this, President Philip faintly felt that the truth was getting closer to him.
"President Philip, the message that my eyeliner in Araby City delivered to me said."
The subordinate in charge of intelligence went on to say, "The Grand Duchess of the Raul family has sent a Zilong Legion and Battle Mage to Mokou Town. If there is no accident, they will arrive at noon today."
"Is this true?" The president, who was in deep thought, heard the words, his eyes lit up, and he confirmed with worry.
"Absolutely true!" The subordinate in charge of intelligence assured him.
"Very well, it's really time for them to come." President Philip smiled with a trace of coldness, and he gave an order to his subordinates, "Call everyone in the manor, and come with me to meet Zilong Knights and Warmages."
He is a member of Prince Serrante. Although there is a gap with the forces of Araby City in the north, as long as he reveals his identity, these guardians who are absolutely loyal to the kingdom will never dare to do anything to him.
And he can use this opportunity to expose Brian's identity and let them understand that the other party's Purple Dragon Seal Ring was obtained through improper channels.
Even if he made a mistake, with the coordination of the Purple Dragon Knight and the Battle Mage, he would avoid being driven out of Mokou Town by the newly appointed barbarian lord who robbed him of his land and resources.
Then he can quietly wait for the counterattack from the City of Shadows, and finally cooperate with the hobgoblin army to complete the plan to occupy Mokou Town.
(End of this chapter)
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