Ruyen frowned and muttered, "Black Magic, Wales, and the Prairie, do you think there's a connection between them?"
Jill's heart moved, he looked at Ruyen and said, "Princess, if there's a connection, then there's only one, Zhao Hai!"
Ryan stared blankly, then she looked at Jill with a startled expression. "You mean Zhao Hai from Stony Mountain? I heard that he's a Black Mage, and he likes to turn people into undead. "
Jill nodded, "Yes, your highness. Think about it, Wales knows Dark Magic, but he didn't use it. He came from the Prairie. I heard that when Zhao Hai and Laura retreated, they bought a lot of things that the Beastmen needed. It seems like they wanted to do business in the Prairie. Moreover, after they had a conflict with us, the Grand Duke invited them to the mansion and gave them a title. This shows that the Grand Duke and Wales knew each other. Combining all of these, doesn't your highness think that it's very similar to Zhao Hai?"
Ruyen's face couldn't help but turn pale when she heard Jill's words. Zhao Hai's reputation in the Purcell Duchy was too big. Ruyen knew that Zhao Hai had killed more than a thousand people in the Duchy. Moreover, these people were all turned into undead, how could she not be afraid?
Ruyen suddenly thought of the tall woman beside Zhao Hai. She always felt a sense of familiarity with her. Moreover, Zhao Hai's attitude towards those women wasn't the same as a noble young master's attitude towards his maids and concubines. Now that she heard Jill's words, Ruyen was almost certain that the tall maid was Laura.
Ryan stood up and muttered, "So it turned out to be them. No wonder, no wonder they weren't afraid when facing five thousand cavalry. This Zhao Hai is too formidable. Why did Father want us to travel with him?" Ryan nodded and said, "That's right.
Jill looked at Ruyen and calmly said, "Your highness, I think the Grand Duke knew that Zhao Hai wanted to come to Rosen Empire to do some business, so he asked him to take care of us along the way. Your highness doesn't need to worry."
Jill wasn't like Ruyen, he saw things from a different perspective. He didn't have any fear towards Zhao Hai, this was because he heard that Zhao Hai didn't casually kill people. The people he killed were those who wanted to kill him. Moreover, when the Purcell Duchy suffered a food shortage, Zhao Hai was the one who helped. Such a person couldn't be a bad person.
He also knew that the reason why Ruyen was so afraid was because she had schemed against Zhao Hai before. She was afraid that Zhao Hai would retaliate against her. Jill wasn't too worried, Zhao Hai didn't care about the past because of Grand Duke Evan's face. But if Ruyen offended Zhao Hai in the future, then it would be hard to say. Dark Mages were known to be temperamental, but it seems like Ruyen wouldn't dare to offend Zhao Hai in the future.
Ruyen stopped and said, "It seems so. My god, father is really too much, he actually made me follow this demon. Let's go to Carson City quickly, I don't want to become an undead. Alright, you two can go back, we still need to hurry on with our journey tomorrow." Jill and Gansa nodded and then turned around to leave.
Ruyen laid on her bed for a long time without sleeping. To be honest, she was really afraid of Zhao Hai. Although she didn't believe the rumors in the Purcell Duchy, the Purcell Duchy did deal with Zhao Hai in the beginning. At that time, her grandfather was still in power, so she was very clear about Zhao Hai's situation. Those who went to deal with Zhao Hai didn't come back alive, she was very clear about Zhao Hai's methods.
Just like what Jill thought, Ruyen was afraid that Zhao Hai would retaliate against her. One must know that in the past, she had been looking for trouble with Zhao Hai.
Originally, Ruyen wanted to wait until they arrived at Carson City. After settling down, she would deal with Zhao Hai. She wasn't stupid, she knew that this was her first time going out, she needed someone to look after her. Because of this, she was very cooperative with Zhao Hai. She was very honest and didn't cause any trouble for Zhao Hai. But now it was different, now that she knew about Zhao Hai's identity, she didn't dare to make a move.
Ruyen didn't want to expose Zhao Hai's identity. In her opinion, this move might be useful in Aksu Empire. This was because she knew that the reason why Zhao Hai retreated was because they offended Southern King. But now that they were in Rosen Empire, Southern King couldn't do anything to Rosen Empire. Even if she exposed Zhao Hai's identity, it wouldn't be of any use, it would only make Zhao Hai want to deal with her more.
Zhao Hai and the others didn't feel anything today. Although they eliminated 5000 cavalrymen, for them, this kind of scene was too common. Although the Lionheart Clan might retaliate, they weren't afraid of the Lionheart Clan. Also, the 5000 cavalrymen were missing, there were no corpses left on the scene. They believed that those people wouldn't be able to use their influence to deal with them. Because of this, Zhao Hai didn't need to worry.
The next morning, after Zhao Hai and the others had their breakfast, they continued their journey. They weren't worried at all. Moreover, the road wasn't as empty as it was yesterday, there were a lot of pedestrians on the road. This made Zhao Hai and the others feel relieved.
Their journey was very calm, but Hundred Battles Fortress wasn't. Hundred Battles Fortress wasn't under Lionheart's control, but because of Lionheart's influence in Rosen Empire, the people in Hundred Battles Fortress wanted to take this opportunity to help the Grand Duke clean up the Shelley Hotel. Moreover, Lionheart was a very generous person, he didn't treat those who helped him unfairly. In the eyes of the defenders of Hundred Battles Fortress, if they helped the Grand Duke, then the Grand Duke would owe them a favor. They would also receive a lot of rewards. Therefore, they found an excuse to deal with the Shelley Hotel.
However, they didn't think that they would provoke a 7th rank Triple Element Mage. For them, this wasn't a small matter.
But later on, they also heard that the Mage seemed to be very familiar with the Shelley Hotel. This made the defenders hate Zhao Hai. Just like what Zhao Hai and the others thought, the defenders thought that Zhao Hai was invited by the Shelley Hotel to make them lose face. After inquiring, they found out that Zhao Hai was going to leave Hundred Battles Fortress tomorrow and go to Carson City. So they prepared to deal with Zhao Hai midway.
But after the night passed, they didn't see the cavalry return. When they sent people to check the scene, although they found traces of the cavalry, the cavalry had disappeared.
5000 cavalrymen wasn't a small number. 5000 cavalrymen were a force to be reckoned with. Even the City Lord of Hundred Battles Fortress didn't have the authority to casually transfer 5000 cavalrymen. Now that they suddenly disappeared, this was too frightening.
The defenders of Hundred Battles Fortress panicked. If it was any other place, then it would be reasonable to transfer 5000 troops. But what was this place? This was Hundred Battles Fortress, the Empire's capital. The Rosen Empire already had a rule that those who transfer 10 soldiers of Hundred Battles Fortress will be beheaded!
In Hundred Battles Fortress, if you casually transfer 10 soldiers, then you would be immediately beheaded. But now, 5000 of them disappeared. How would they deal with this matter? How would they deal with it? The City Lord of Hundred Battles Fortress could already imagine his own tragic end.
The disappearance of 5000 soldiers was something that couldn't be hidden. Even if he wanted to hide it, there would be people who would spread the news, and the first one would be the Shelley Family.
The Shelley Family would certainly spread the news and shift their firepower to Grand Duke Lionheart. Because of this, the City Lord knew that he wouldn't be able to survive. But in the end, he wrote a letter to Grand Duke Lionheart and asked him to prepare as early as possible. At the same time, he also asked the Grand Duke to take care of his family.
The City Lord of Hundred Battles Fortress was also a hoodlum. After doing this, he sent a letter of apology to the Rosen Empire and then committed suicide in the City Lord's Mansion.
At this time, the family of the City Lord was currently in Carson City. This was because there was a rule in Rosen Empire that the City Lord of Hundred Battles Fortress must leave his family in Carson City. This was because the City Lord of Hundred Battles Fortress was bribed by the Aksu Empire.
The Shelley Family didn't let go of this opportunity. After Fuin learned about this matter, he immediately wrote a letter to inform the family. However, they were still one step too late, the City Lord had already taken care of the matter. And with Grand Duke Lionheart's influence in the Rosen Empire, this matter couldn't move the Grand Duke.
However, the Shelley Family was very grateful to Zhao Hai. They knew that the disappearance of 5000 soldiers was related to Zhao Hai. Although they didn't believe that Zhao Hai could deal with 5000 cavalrymen, they knew that the 5000 soldiers were sent to deal with Zhao Hai. Because of this, the Shelley Family began to send people to protect Zhao Hai.
Zhao Hai didn't know about these matters. They were still slowly moving forward, even stopping to rest at night, nothing unusual happened.
However, Zhao Hai also discovered a problem. He discovered that although Ruyen was still with them, the distance between them had increased by several hundred meters. This made Zhao Hai very confused, he didn't know what Ruyen was doing.
When it was time to rest at night, Ruyen became even more honest. She didn't even go to the hotel's restaurant to eat, she just had the food delivered to her room. It was as if she was hiding from Zhao Hai.
After eating, Zhao Hai returned to his room. He was puzzled and asked Laura, "You said that Ruyen was acting crazy? Why did she suddenly seem to be hiding from us? "
Laura coldly snorted and said, "Maybe she's afraid of being implicated by us. This time, someone attacked us because of our relationship with the Shelley Family. She might be afraid of being implicated by us, so she's hiding from us."
Zhao Hai stared, "Really? I'm afraid that Grand Duke Lionheart already knows that she's with us. Does she think that by hiding from us, she would be fine? "
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