The auction has ended, and there are no goods that need to be sold. Logically speaking, the guests will not come back, but leave here in a hurry without wanting to stay, as if they are escaping from a dangerous cave.
Byrne, however, was one of the few guests who kept coming back.
When he made the request to buy the alchemy mask, the silver-faced waiters quickly responded. A very tall silver-faced waiter walked up, bowed slightly, and responded extremely politely.
"Sorry, our masks are limited to one per invitee and will never be sold in excess."
"Well, that's it."
In fact, Byrne was not surprised by this answer. His sudden idea was just an attempt, because the "concealment" effect of the alchemy mask in his hand was too practical.
The leading silver-faced waiter continued with a soft voice and a hint of smile:
"Dear guest, there is one more important thing I must tell you. The 'concealment' effect of the alchemy mask can only take effect here. It is best not to use it to deal with problems outside."
Byrne fell into deep thought, feeling deeply disappointed with the alchemy mask.
He could immediately understand the reason, otherwise those dozens of people would wear the masks of the Alchemy Council every time they did something they didn't want to see, and then the so-called secret organization would be made known to almost everyone. .
Leaving the dark alley, Byrne came to the prepared carriage, took off his dark gold mask and put it in a special box. The carriage driver in charge was the guard captain Ti who had been working for the Fisher family for many years. Oh, and at the same time, he has been Byrne's swordsmanship teacher from before.
Tio used to be a boatswain and worked for Sea Trader John for more than ten years. Later, he refused to go to sea again because he almost died in a shipwreck.
A few years ago, his savings were dwindling. In order to support his wife and children, he came to the Fisher family for re-employment under John's introduction. Because of his good skills and rich experience, Lucius appointed him as the family's guard captain.
After returning to the hotel, Byrne did not go to bed immediately, but thought about visiting Mr. King tomorrow, planning to discuss things about the food processing factory.
What he has to do is to reject the invitation to invest in the food processing plant outright.
It was already dark now. Byrne went to bed after thinking about it and got up at around eight o'clock in the morning.
However, Mr. Jin is an "inverted person" who has no morning and noon at all, gets up in the afternoon, and is extremely active at night, so now is not the time to visit him.
He thought about the next thing: "I have been traveling for so long on the road from Nasir to Fein City. The guards and servants are very tired. It is better to have another day of rest tomorrow and visit the father-in-law and mother-in-law of the Hoffman family the day after tomorrow. Baron Hoffmann.”
The long journey is indeed a troublesome thing. Unfortunately, the speed of the carriage has a limit. If you can have the luxury of using magic to travel, it will be much faster.
The Fischer family spent a lot of money at the auction, and the goods would be delivered to Nasir within half a month, so Byrne didn't need to worry about logistics at all.
It was not until after three o'clock in the afternoon that Byrne, the guards and the servants set off in the carriage.
They arrived at the door of Mr. Jin's villa in the city center, informed their names, and were soon greeted by the housekeeper to the living room to wait for a while.
The polite butler walked up, smiled and said to Byrne, who was already familiar with him:
"Mr. Byrne, we meet again. Mr. Jin just said that he can meet you in the study in about ten minutes. At about five o'clock, Mr. Jin will receive other guests, so you will not be left to have dinner."
Leave yourself more than half an hour, Byrne thought, it should be enough.
Because the cooperation with the Fisher family was very successful in making money, the two parties naturally looked at each other more and more favorably. In the past four years, his relationship with Mr. Jin has become better and better.
Byrne knew very well that a lot of the money earned by the Fisher family for Mr. King actually went to Viscount Best.
Viscount Best Lyon is the brother-in-law of Mr. Jin, the head of the "Lion Family", and also the lord of Fein City. He is just fifty-three years old this year and is still in the prime of life. He has always been a very easy-going person.
He has already reached the second level, and has even reached the metamorphosis of a powerful knight, but it is basically impossible to reach the monarch further in his lifetime.
The two extraordinary bloodlines that the Leon family has steadily inherited are the "Bronze Lion" and the "Blue Stone Giant Ape", both of which are bloodline powers derived from high-level monsters.
At the same time, the Leon family has a 17% chance of inheriting the "protection" type of spellcaster talent. The entire Lion family has been operating in Fein City for hundreds of years, and the core family members have nearly a hundred people.
In comparison, the Eagle Family's background and power are much weaker. It can basically be said that the strength on paper is no match for the Leon Family.
Their biggest trump card is the support of Earl Hoven, the governor of the east coast.
Although Count Hoven and Viscount Best were always laughing and joking at the banquet, the two of them were even close friends who had known each other for many years.
However, everyone in the upper class circles on the East Coast knows very well that the private quarrel between Earl Hoving and Viscount Best has already exploded and scattered all over the ground, and now the various industries owned by the Lion family are being eroded step by step. .
But so far, Viscount Best and the family behind him have not been hurt, because Mr. Jin has extremely strong business and financial abilities and has been responsible for handling various major businesses of the Lion family.
Ten minutes later, Byrne looked up at the naval clock on the wall. The time was now a little after four o'clock.
He arrived at the second floor of the villa in a familiar way and knocked gently on the study door, but did not hear Mr. Jin's deep voice calling "come in" at all.
Byrne was stunned for a moment. The "profound memory" showed that Mr. Jin would shout "come in" every time. Today's situation was a little different.
Then he heard a "crackling" sound of something breaking and felt something was wrong, so he pushed the door open and entered.
"Mr. Jin..."
Byrne wanted to speak just now but hesitated. His eyes gradually became lowered and he frowned slightly.
broken.
A huge body weighing hundreds of kilograms lay on the ground, his bald eyes staring at the ceiling. His eyes were full of anger and lingering fear, as if he had seen something the most terrifying thing in the world. things.
There was a clearly visible bullet hole at his temple, and an extremely delicate alchemical flintlock gun fell to Mr. Jin's hand, and there was still a lingering smell of smoke in the air.
Mr. King is dead!
Byrne took a deep breath, not wanting to touch anything, and stepped back alertly, even suspecting that the murderer might still be nearby.
"Mr. Byrne, why are you here?"
The sudden sound not far away made Byrne stunned for a moment, and then he turned around and saw two people. One was the housekeeper of Mr. Jin's house, and the other was the local sheriff of Fein City, a "metamorphosis-level" knight of the Lion family. The third brother of Viscount Best.
Why did they come here suddenly? After a moment of silence, Byrne said calmly: "Mr. Jin is dead, and the murderer may still be nearby."
The housekeeper and the sheriff were completely stunned after hearing this.
"Mr. Jin is dead? What on earth are you talking about!" the Sheriff growled.
The two quickly walked into the study, and then looked at everything that happened in shock. Mr. Jin's heavy body was right in front of them. Everything was too shocking.
The housekeeper immediately started crying and kept shaking his head: "Lord of the Redeemer, why did such a thing happen! It's impossible!"
Byrne paused and reminded again: "The murderer may still be nearby. We must be careful. He is likely to attack again."
"It'll be okay, Mr. Byrne. I won't let the murderer succeed."
The Sheriff quickly calmed down and then calmly comforted him.
Just as Byrne was about to nod, he saw the Sheriff decisively and quickly take out the alchemy flintlock gun from his waist, and put it on his head without hesitation. The cold and hard touch was terrifying.
"do not move!"
