In the Galloping Horse family palace in Yeqi City, Lant was preparing to let his subordinate Gatsby Lanyuan leave in the living room. However, at the moment when he was about to move away, Gatsby mentioned the witch.
Since the camp of Durosun, the sixth prince of Kirislav, was completely destroyed, the witches he protected were transferred to Yeqi City and were personally looked after by Lant's own faith, the Great Fairy Hetia Holy Fire.
Most of these witches were burdened with life debts, so Lant could only ask two spiritual masters, Lili and Faniel, to slowly test and screen them.
There were also some girls who had just inspired their bloodlines and were gathered in Padmilla Castle to learn magic together with other attendants who had inspired their bloodlines.
However, both Lant and his subordinates have a unified view: the witches are very dangerous, and once they escape surveillance, they are likely to cause great trouble.
For this reason, almost as soon as Dog Tooth heard the word witch, he started shouting at Gatsby: "Gatsby! Are you crazy! Those demons are wanted by the magic network, how dare you... …”
Just as he was about to refute Gatsby, Houndstooth saw Lant wave his hand, signaling him to stop.
"It is true that one of the witches is wanted by the Demon Network," Lant rolled his eyes and said leisurely, "but not every witch and every person with demon blood is wanted."
"Your Highness is right! I never dare to have any doubts about the Magic Network and you!" Gatsby knelt down again and said, "But if some witches no longer threaten you, are you willing to let them change places..."
"You mean someone wants to buy them?"
There was no emotion in Lant's tone, making it impossible for Gatsby, Dugan and others to judge his attitude for the moment.
"You can also hire them, or rent them. In short, you won't let them do anything that goes against your interests!"
After a long silence, Lant said only three words: "Look at the price."
"Thank you, Your Highness!" Gatsby saw great hope in his heart. He didn't even dare to look up at Lant, but just kowtowed and turned around to leave.
Dugan Blue Dragon and Dogtooth Dent, who were left in the house, were already furious.
"This is betrayal!" Hound Ya growled in a low voice, "He resold you in the territory before without any accountability. Now he not only sells armor under your name, he even goes so far as to prey on those witches."
Dugan said, "Sir, do you really plan to hand over the witch to him?"
"I won't hand it over to him, but I really don't want those women to stay in the underground ruins. My ruins are a factory, not a place to seal them. But if I drag them to Dragon Tooth City, it might be really dangerous. He got into trouble." At this point, Lant asked for no reason, "You guys said, who will he hand the witch over to?"
"Who else could it be? It must be his own family," Dugan said angrily, "I heard from friends in the Knights before that he now has the nickname 'The Great Gatsby' and claims to have supplied Lan Yuan. The weapons, armor and magic materials of most of the private soldiers of the two families of Baixiao and Baixiao.
The materials produced by the Bai Xiao family's several plantations and workshops in the north were also sold to the southern kingdom thanks to him, and the profits increased several times. "
"It's amazing!" Lant said casually, "But this guy did these things under the eyes of the Bai Xiao and Lan Yuan families. Don't Suzy Lan Yuan and Li Qi Hong Long know at all?"
"How could you not know that they even rewarded him with a large amount of shares." Dugan said with a sneer.
"I'm afraid you don't know that what he makes most money from is not selling the products of the Galloping Horse Academy on the books, but using the finless porpoise tribe's freight channels to act as an agent for the special products of the Orc Plateau."
"What?" Canine's eyes widened, "Aren't those specialties contraband within the empire?"
"Three hundred years ago, the empire listed all specialties in areas controlled by orcs as contraband in order to restrict the development of orcs.
Now that the Duke and the Orcs have ceased war, the empire's restrictions have naturally loosened a lot. Dugan said, "But as far as I know, in addition to the things he carried, in addition to normal commodities, there are also various weapons, hallucinogenic potions, orc slaves..."
"Duggan! Are you just going to let this scum do whatever he wants here in the name of Ye Qicheng?" Canine Ya was really angry.
"My Earl, I am the commander of the palace. Every day, there are dozens of children from the nobles, big and small, who want to put them in. How can I spare the energy to monitor him!" Dugan defended, "The courage of these bastards is so great." No less than Gatsby, if something happens to them, His Highness will be dragged directly into the water!"
"Okay, Gatsby's surname is Lan Yuan. When he does business here, he can't just act according to my will." Lant asked his two subordinates to quiet down. "In addition, Little Red Bird, Yu Ling and the others , have been monitoring Gatsby’s business, and they will report it to me every time what Dugan said..."
Lant knew very well that those weapons and highly profitable contraband goods were definitely not a business that Gatsby could do alone. His role was at best an agent.
"Hey, what a pity..." Lant shook his head, "I really can't find such a person to run the black market trade in the royal capital for a while."
"You want to find someone to replace him?" Hearing Lant's words, Dogtooth asked.
"I'm afraid, he was abandoned by those people before I found him."
There are almost no secrets among the big families in the imperial capital. Smuggling weapons, raising demons, and colluding with orcs. If everyone is doing these things, no one will be held accountable.
However, the Lanyuan family is not an actual aristocrat, but a court aristocrat attached to the throne and status. If such a family hopes to become the new sponsor of the demon clan, especially at such a critical moment, it will definitely be frantically suppressed by the Feilong family.
From the moment he proposed to buy the Witch, Lant understood that Gatsby was betting his life, and not on his own lord.
Lant turned to Dugan and said, "Tell the little cardinal that from now on, no more goods will be supplied to him except for goods for which Gatsby has paid in full."
"You mean he..."
"I don't believe that the flying dragons have no clues in Lan Yuan's Nest. Once they discover his actions, I'm afraid his life will be lost."
Just as Lant was about to continue his explanation, the valet reported to Kftlan Gioson, Tierney's father, for an audience.
"Sir, a demon has been discovered in the city. The patrol asked you if you want to arrest them?" Kftlan said upon meeting.
"Demon?"
"Yes, it is said to be a family called Drizzt." Kftlan Jiaoasin didn't know the secrets between the big families, but he did some research. "According to our investigation, these demons include at least one The Black Mentor and four witches are hiding in the outer area of the city under the cover of a gang. An hour ago they suddenly set off to Emmanuel Joe’s territory. Do you think we should go and take a look?”
"Let's go, let's take a look at the night view of the royal capital at 4 o'clock in the morning." Lant said with a smile.
(End of chapter)
