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Although the Pink Legion was essentially a group of thieves, they still had foresight. The situation on the continent was in turmoil, and their days of benefiting from both sides would soon come to an end.
Whether it was Cloud Flow or Tanggulas, there would soon be a fierce clash. Caught between the two empires, they had nowhere to run. Originally, they were still afraid of the Titan Duchy, but now they were in a final frenzy. Directly attacking a regular army wouldn't end well.
Bifano was really angry that more than twenty bodyguards had died. The bodyguards were the elites of the private army. These twenty soldiers had outstanding martial arts skills. If they hadn't encountered a large-scale magic trap, even a hundred ordinary thieves wouldn't have been able to trap them.
The wounded bodyguards were placed in the chariot, and the ones who had escaped looked ashamed. No matter how much they had been trained, they still couldn't resist the fear in their hearts when faced with magic.
Magic was such a thing. When you didn't understand it, you would fear it. When you understood it, you would be in awe.
"You should have seen how many enemies there are on the mountain, right?" Bifano's voice was cold. He didn't want to vent his anger on his bodyguards. There was no doubt about their loyalty.
"About forty people, all killed in the explosion." One of the bodyguards boldly answered.
"How ruthless." Bifano glanced at the low mountain top. There were some machines set up on the mountain top. They would shoot arrows to attract people up and then trigger the magic trap. All the people who controlled the machines died together. The Pink Legion was planning to exhaust them.
"You guys." Bifano said to the bodyguard who had escaped, "Now, go back immediately. The people who ambushed us must have gotten some clues on the way and know that we changed our route. There aren't many villages nearby. Find out who released the information and kill them all! "
Although Salin's magic chariot was far away, Bifano's words were heard by him without missing a single word. This young duke was so vicious that even if the villagers became the eyes and ears of the Pink Legion, they had no choice. He killed people to establish his authority, but he didn't have to slaughter them all.
Moreover, these villagers were his subjects and had to pay him taxes every year. The Pink Legion could control the nearby villages because he didn't do his job well. It wasn't all the villagers' responsibility. How do you expect unarmed peasants to deal with bandits?
"Very cruel, isn't it?" Rex asked coldly as he looked at Salin's expression.
"Absolutely inhumane." Salin raised his head and looked straight into Rex's eyes.
"Then, what do you plan to do now?" Rex turned his head slightly without a trace of a smile on his face. She was not mocking Salin. She also felt that this kind of thing was inappropriate.
"What can we do? Sooner or later, these people will be dragged into the flames of war. Unless I can eliminate the ambitions of the emperors. " Salin leaned back. The cushion was soft and comfortable. The air in the car was fresh and not cold. It was a completely different world from the outside. Neris leaned against him and massaged his legs.
"High and mighty compassion. You're really an orthodox mage." Rex's words were sarcastic this time.
"Bifano is not my friend." Salin replied indifferently. He couldn't save those villagers, and he couldn't save them either. He couldn't fall out with Bifano now.
"He's not my friend either," Rex said angrily. The Bifano she knew in the past wasn't like this at all. Back then, the young duke had ideals and vigor. He didn't have the airs of a noble. Now, in just a few years, he had become a cold-blooded noble.
The people on the hill were all dead. There was no need for Bifano to stay here, so he ordered them to continue forward. The troop's speed was obviously much faster. They would reach the next town in an hour at most. The soldiers didn't want to travel in this horrible weather. It was getting dark. Although there weren't many magical beasts in the Titans, it wasn't safe in the wild.
From the beginning to the end, the swordsmen responsible for protecting Salin's two chariots didn't do anything. They only used the longswords they carried with them to block the rain of arrows. They couldn't be bothered to do anything. In their eyes, the elite soldiers under Bifano were very ordinary. They could even trigger magic traps. Such soldiers would be defeated very quickly when they met a real enemy.
There were no more harassers for the rest of the journey. Bifano's troop quickly arrived at the next town. This was a town with about ten thousand people. The owner lived in a castle in the countryside. The mayor didn't have a title. Knowing that the young duke was coming, the mayor hurriedly arranged accommodation for the troop of five hundred people.
Salin finally saw the real difference between Yun Liu and Qin Yin. The rank of nobility could be said to be supreme here. Everyone showed the utmost respect for Bifano. This also made him understand why the Agares Family was so reluctant to part with the power they were about to lose.
From the beginning to the end, the person responsible for receiving them never raised his head.
Unlike Qin Yin, there were no official residences in towns of this level in the Titans. Bifano and his troop were arranged to stay in a huge house. This house belonged to the local nobles. Since the nobles weren't here, there weren't many people left.
Salin and Rex were arranged to stay in two different houses, hundreds of meters apart. Salin knew that this was Bifano's instruction. He couldn't be bothered to care. When he found the temple where the Pink Legion was hiding, he would act according to the situation. If Bifano's army suffered too many losses, then he would let Neris get rid of him directly. This kind of person, Salin would never have a good impression of him.
Salin still didn't attend the banquet arranged by the mayor. He stayed in his room and trained hard in magic. He found that he had been too distracted by external things recently, and his training was not as hard as before. If this went on, he probably wouldn't be able to become a Magic Shooter in thirty to fifty years.
In the dining hall, Rex wasn't there. Only Neris still went to get food. She sat there arrogantly, not caring about the etiquette of the nobles at all. Bifano's bodyguards were angry. This mage's maid was too much.
The bodyguards dared not say anything. They couldn't afford to offend a mage. Even Bifano was worried about Salin. That mage's attitude towards him wasn't friendly. If he did anything to Neris now, the cooperation would be completely ruined.
"Sir, urgent news!" A bodyguard walked in quickly and handed Bifano an extremely small note.
Bifano glanced at it and frowned immediately. After thinking for a while, he said, "Go and invite His Highness Rex."
The bodyguard left with the order. After a while, he came back and said, "His Highness Rex is meditating. He won't come."
"What happened?" Neris asked rudely.
"You …" The bodyguard wanted to say that she didn't deserve to know, but Neris had already interrupted him. "I can tell Rex that you guys don't even think about talking to her."
The bodyguard immediately shut up and looked at Bifano. Bifano's eyes flickered, and he said to Neris, "There's military intelligence in the princess' castle. The Tanggulas Empire has finally started to move. There are about two battalions of troops gathering at the border. I'm afraid the vanguard has already reached the vicinity of the princess' castle. "
"It's indeed an important matter. I'll go right away." Neris pushed the table and stood up. Bifano and the others could only ignore her rudeness. Until Neris left the dining hall, Bifano gritted his teeth and said, "When I get to Fiery Dance City, I'll make her pay!"
Bifano didn't know that although his voice was very soft, Neris, who was already far away, heard every word. Neris's face showed a happy expression. She thought, It's best that you can't help it. Otherwise, I don't know when Master will get angry. She was about to summon a demon, so she had to prepare some blood food for the demon.
In Metatlin City, Neris couldn't find food suitable for the demon at all. In Titan, she didn't have to worry about anything. Anyway, she had to deal with this little duke's people sooner or later, so she might as well feed them to her subordinates.
Ordinary demons weren't as picky as Luoluo Galo, but powerful people with strong muscles would be more pleasant to eat. It was very chewy. Bifano was thinking about how to torture Neris when they got to Fiery Dance City, but he didn't know that Neris had already treated them as food.
Violent Bear was standing guard outside Rex's room. Two female mages were accompanying her inside to practice the family's secret technique. Violent Bear didn't stop Neris. She just knocked on the door, and Rex let her in.
"Tanggulas is attacking? It's a bit early. "Rex was very calm when she heard the news. It was good for Qin Yin that the emperor of Tanggulas would deal with Titan first. However, it was a bit early. She thought it would at least be another winter before the war would break out. After all, there was no news from the Divine Grace Duchy.
"Princess, this won't affect our journey, right?"
"How can it not affect? Bifano must want to speed up and reach Fiery Dance City as soon as possible. With Tanggulas's action, Yun Liu will definitely speed up to control Titan. His good days are over. Neris, go and tell Salin that we don't care about anything else. After taking down the stone statue castle, we'll go directly to Fiery Dance City. "
Rex now knew that if Tanggulas invaded, she couldn't calmly return to the Purgatory Desert. She had to enter from another direction. The longer she delayed, the worse the situation would be. If she encountered the Tanggulas Empire's army on Titan's land, her only way was to use magic to fly back to Qin Yin. The enemy didn't have any Magic Shooters, so she could escape.
No matter how bad her relationship with Holy Rock City was, she was still very valuable to the Tanggulas Empire. As long as they captured her, the Tanggulas Empire could create countless reasons to invade Qin Yin. The biggest possibility was that the people of the Vatican would erase her mind, turn her into a puppet, and start a war in the name of the Bitter Water Prefecture. By then, Qin Yin's internal resistance would be greatly weakened. This was a civil war, not an invasion.
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