After finalizing everything, Wang pulled Marika and Cassander to the side and asked in a low voice: "Is there any way to prevent eavesdropping in Tang's office? There must be something, right? This is the territory of the underworld boss. "
Marika silently lowered the cat statue on Tang's table: "Now that this device is on, the people on the other side of the table can't hear what we are saying, nor can they see the movements of our lips."
Wang looked down at the table, nodded and said, "There is indeed a magical aura."
Kassande looked back and forth between him and Drow in confusion: "What's wrong?"
Before Wang could speak, Marika suddenly pointed to his right eyelid: "Your right eyelid is twitching."
"Yes, I've been dancing since the beginning. Whenever I encounter this kind of situation, something bad will definitely happen later. In the words of my teacher, this is a gift from fate. It's just that this gift needs to be paid. Expensive price.”
Cassander teased: "What other price can you pay? You can even die casually. Just now you even suggested that we sell you when the situation is not good. Then the angry uncle will come with the demon army to kill you. Everything went up.”
The mage looked at the Druid seriously: "This is the most terrifying place."
Marika: "What you just said means that you have encountered something like this before. How was it that time?"
Wang Yin's face was gloomy - this was the first time he had been so gloomy since he came to this world: "I didn't pay the price, but my little uncle's soul was severely damaged. He still needs to use magic crystal to help him remember things."
Cassander: "What happened?"
"I don't want to say it." Wang simply refused. "Anyway, I have a very bad premonition this time. When I just talked about the plan, I went over today's events again. I want to confirm a few things. First, Tang's Is the second-in-command or the third-in-command in the guild? He can’t be the bad guy who was chopped up by Marika, right?"
The drow and the druid answered together: "Of course not."
Marika: "Several people in charge are not here, but considering the current situation, it makes sense that they are busy with something. The only thing that is a little strange is that Tang's third-in-command, the negotiator Joseph, is not here. He is a negotiator. How can he be there at this time? What’s the mission?”
Kassande: "Maybe I'll get in touch with those nobles. After all, I have to carry water again, right?"
Marika shrugged.
Wang: "Tang should have one or so magic items on him, but I don't have any actual evidence, so it's hard to use detection magic."
Cassander: "Don't worry, Your Highness - the lord has already considered everything. He will not leave so easily."
"No, no, let's put it together, Cassander. The original investigation was hindered by the death of the old Duke. Suddenly a Tang came out and told us the truth about the missing cats and dogs. It was such a coincidence. Then all the senior officials of the Rogue Guild Without him, we are left with a second-in-command who can be easily eliminated to lead us to fight the mastermind..."
Wang touched the still very soft beard on his chin, gradually stopped combing it verbally, and fell into deep thought.
**
Elizabeth was on the other side of Tang's large square table, looking at the three people gathered there, looking like she wanted to go there.
Cat Man asked: "Why, you hit him so you were embarrassed to go?"
"I'm angry! How could he say something like that so casually..."
The dwarf wiped his war hammer and replied: "Because he doesn't know. I can tell. Not only does that guy think that it is impossible for him to fall in love with you, but he also thinks that you will definitely not fall in love with him, Your Highness. You might as well rush up directly. Confession."
Elizabeth took a deep breath and then shook her head: "No, I always feel that he will seriously ask me, 'Do you have any physical desire for me?'"
Misha Sarah: "Just say no, and be more confident. Anyway, that idiot can't tell the truth."
Elizabeth: "Isn't that just acknowledging his idiot-like judgment standard? Then he will seriously say to me, 'But I don't like you', no, no, it can't be like this."
Flint laughed loudly and rubbed his hammer even more vigorously.
**
On this side of the table, Wang suddenly looked enlightened: "It's an underground smuggling route. The underground smuggling route was blocked by the mastermind and the goblins and kobolds he controlled. Tang was eager to restore him. He probably didn't know this before. Erwin simply thought that there were too many goblins, so that was the reason for the encirclement and suppression last week."
Marika agreed: "Indeed, the guild's contribution to the siege last week was extraordinary."
The king continued to follow his own train of thought and said: "But the passage is still blocked, so he planned to let the princess be attacked underground to attract the attention of the duke and the eldest prince. Especially the eldest prince, he may know that the eldest prince is a paladin. A samurai would never ignore something like this.
"After the princess was attacked underground, there will definitely be large-scale mobilization and underground clearance.
"Doesn't this sound more reasonable than 'weakening the princess's power in seizing the rightful son'? After all, Elizabeth..."
Marika: "...she is a silly and sweet warlock. You should stop saying this in front of her in the future, she will still be sad, especially if you say it like this. Praise her more. For example, praise her for her accurate shooting of the scorching ray."
Wang: "She was quite accurate in hitting. Let me praise you more. So do you think my guess is more reasonable? This also explains one thing, that is, Tang actually didn't know that the eldest prince was a paladin. He knew, Just pretending not to know. Is that reasonable?"
"That's so reasonable." Cassander touched his chin, "I have to inform the lord of this."
Wang: "Don't worry. I haven't finished my speculation yet. Don didn't know there was a guy named Erwin underground, but after the princess was attacked, his team tracked the kobolds and goblins we defeated and discovered Erwin. Irvine's laboratory.
"The situation as of yesterday, it is definitely imperative to clear the underground. At this time, the old Duke suddenly died, so the encirclement and suppression could not continue. Why did Tang jump out to tell us this information at this time?"
Kassande: "To continue dealing with the underground threat."
Wang: "So what's the motive? We can use the elimination method here. First of all, in order to open up underground trade routes and resume making money as soon as possible. But with the war coming, what's the point of this? After the siege of the city, the underground trade routes will no longer work.
"Second, Tang is concerned about the Landon leader. He is anxious about the leader's needs and is eager to kill the evil forces entrenched underground. Do you think he is such a person?"
Cassander and Marika answered firmly together: "No way!"
Wang: "Then look at the third item. He has actually colluded with the emperor. He knew from the beginning that there would be no heirloom, and there would be no large-scale reshuffle, just a rebalancing of power. So he found The emperor plans to use underground passages to transport the emperor's troops in.
"In this way, he will be the number one hero in the future, and he might even get the title of Duke of Langdon.
"This is why the emperor dared to send troops, because he knew that Langdon City would not be able to defend it if everything went well."
Cassander looked at Wang in disbelief and looked him up and down again: "You guy..."
Wang: "These are all speculations and unfounded. Maybe they are just my assumptions."
"No, no, no, this explains a lot of my and the Lord's doubts. For example, the old fox actually misjudged the enemy's intentions - now it seems that it is because the Rogue Guild has long been the emperor's people, and they are deceiving the old fox. He probably put a lot of effort into this matter!" Cassander's hands were shaking with excitement, "This makes sense."
He grabbed the king and said: "Your Excellency! Do you really want to continue playing house with the princess? Now that you are here with us, you will directly become the number one adviser. When we kill the emperor, we will probably be able to get the title of Duke of Steyr. , as long as the new imperial emperor is knighted, you will be the new Duke of Steyr, the imperial elector, and the imperial prime minister!"
Wang: "I refuse. My goal is to accumulate experience and insights, travel and take risks like my teacher, and become the protagonist in the bard's ballad. Being an imperial official cannot achieve this goal, and it will only have my gold coins printed on it. avatar."
Kassande's mouth opened into an O shape, and then gradually changed from O to "Bei", making people wonder if his druid ability was out of control, and his chin turned into an ooze monster and continued to elongate under the influence of gravity.
Marika: "His emotional intelligence has probably been replaced by IQ."
Wang continued: "And don't rush to praise me. I still haven't figured out what happened this time. For example, why would a mage who can use the finger of death use a flesh golem as a guard in the laboratory? This sounds more complicated. It’s like a loophole that a charlatan would make if he’s only seen spellcasters around the fifth level.”
Kassande: "Maybe it's just that we don't have that much money...making golems costs money."
At this moment, someone suddenly walked into the room applauding.
"It's very exciting." The visitor said while applauding.
Marika glanced at the cat statue on the table: "It's broken. When did the shielding fail?"
Wang: "Who is he?"
Kassande: "Don's expert negotiator, master of diplomatic mediation."
Marika put on a defensive posture: "And the guy following him is the guy who is said to have eaten one finger of death and died."
The visitor gently pushed up his monocle, touched the edge of the dress with his hand, and bowed slightly.
"I listened to the mage brother's narration completely through the mechanism set up there, and I was shocked. It's a pity that he made an omission."
The negotiator raised his head.
"In fact, sometimes, it is not necessary to physically destroy the enemy. While preparing to physically destroy the enemy, you can also take other efforts. This is called a two-pronged approach. Come, please allow me to introduce to you, the great Tang Dynasty's new Partner, the earthly representative of the Mother of Life, Lord Erwin!”
A mage wearing gray robes and holding a carved scepter walked into the room. The carved scepter in his hand had the top part carved into the head of a fire-breathing dragon. It was completely transparent and looked like a glass product, emitting light like an eternally burning torch.
Elizabeth stared at him in horror: "Irwin?"
Flint yelled angrily, "Erwin!"
Manzi: "Er! Er! Wen!"
Marika turned and asked the mage: "What should I do?"
What she meant was: "You can't just follow your original plan at this time, right?"
Drink a high-level invisibility potion, and then find an opportunity to tear up the Banshee's Wail scroll?
However, the mage had disappeared, leaving only the empty bottle of high-level invisibility potion, which shattered on the ground.
