Ruyen discovered that Zhao Hai had become more estranged from her these past few days. Although she didn't know why, she was very happy. To be honest, she didn't want to have any relationship with Zhao Hai, it was too scary.
On the other hand, Zhao Hai was somewhat surprised. It has been seven days since the attack on Hundred Battles Fortress. But in these seven days, they didn't encounter any attacks. This was beyond his expectations. Zhao Hai nodded and said, "Alright, alright.
Naturally, he didn't know that the City Lord of Hundred Battles Fortress had already committed suicide because of him. The power of Hundred Battles Fortress was being reshuffled, and all the people in the Rosen Empire who had the ability to compete for the position were staring at the fortress. They simply didn't have time to care about him.
The City Lord of Hundred Battles Fortress actually didn't have a lot of power. Although there were some civilians living in the fortress, because it was a military fortress, there weren't a lot of civilians. Moreover, the City Lord only had the power to mobilize troops during wartime, he didn't have much power during normal times.
But then again, Hundred Battles Fortress was also a lucrative position. It was one of the Rosen Empire's fortresses, so there would be merchants passing through every day. Just the taxes alone would be a lot. Adding the tributes from the bandits, the total amount would be quite a lot. Because of this, although the City Lord of Hundred Battles Fortress changed every five years, the first time a new City Lord took over, it would attract a lot of attention from the Great Nobles.
However, this situation couldn't be maintained for a long time. After all, Hundred Battles Fortress was one of the Empire's fortresses, its defense was very important. Therefore, a new City Lord was appointed.
This time, the suicide of the City Lord of Hundred Battles Fortress was an unexpected situation. Otherwise, it would be impossible for the position of City Lord to remain vacant for such a long time.
Now that the matter had passed, Lionheart who was implicated naturally hated Zhao Hai. Although the City Lord of Hundred Battles Fortress wasn't a direct subordinate of the Grand Duke, their relationship was still good. In the end, the City Lord was forced to commit suicide by Zhao Hai. Lionheart didn't get any benefits, he also suffered a lot. Moreover, the Shelley Family had a handle on him. Lionheart couldn't accept this, so he was now thinking of ways to deal with Zhao Hai.
Although Zhao Hai didn't know that the Grand Duke was preparing to deal with him, he still didn't lower his guard. He was very clear about the consequences of offending a Great Guild in Rosen Empire. Although it wasn't as serious as offending Southern King in Aksu Empire, it was still the same.
The reason why Zhao Hai was so slow these past few days was because he wanted to inquire about the Grand Duke. Needless to say, the Grand Duke had a lot of influence in Rosen Empire.
Although he was granted the title of Grand Duke, he didn't stay in his Duchy for many years. Instead, he stayed in Carson City because he was a trusted aide of the current Emperor, as well as the Empire's Minister of Finance. It can be said that his position was very high. It was precisely because of this that he was qualified to go against the Shelley Family.
After knowing this, Zhao Hai became even more careful. He knew that provoking such a person wouldn't be easy in the future.
On the eighth day, they arrived at a small city called Wright to rest. In the past few days, Zhao Hai tried not to go to the big cities to rest. This was because he knew that people like Grand Duke Lionheart would certainly extend their hands to the big cities. If they went to the big cities to rest, it would be even more dangerous. It was better to rest in a small city. Even if something happened, they could still rush out without causing too much of a commotion.
Naturally, it was impossible to have a Shelley Hotel in such a small city. Therefore, Zhao Hai and the others found a hotel in the small city called Ciri and stayed there for the night.
This hotel could only be regarded as a medium sized hotel in the city. It wasn't the biggest, but the service was good and it looked clean. Therefore, Zhao Hai and the others chose to stay here.
In the eyes of Laura and the others, this kind of hotel was considered a low-end hotel. Although Zhao Hai and the others booked the best rooms in the hotel, they couldn't be compared to Shelley Hotel's rooms. At most, they could be considered clean, but the facilities inside were far worse than Shelley Hotel's.
However, this wasn't important to Zhao Hai. They were going to rest inside the Space at night, so they didn't care about the rooms.
Although Ruyen felt that the rooms were bad, he didn't dare say anything. After guessing Zhao Hai's identity, Ruyen didn't have any funny thoughts. He was afraid that he would offend Zhao Hai.
When Zhao Hai and the others arrived at the hotel, it was already late. After settling down in the room, Zhao Hai and the others went to the hotel's dining room.
The hotel's dining room was very simple. It was located on the first floor of the hotel, but the area wasn't small. It was enough to accommodate nearly a hundred people.
When Zhao Hai and the others entered the dining room, the originally noisy dining room became quiet. A lot of mercenaries lived in this hotel. Not only did they live here, they could also receive missions from the hotel. Therefore, the hotel's business was very good.
Most of these mercenaries were rough people. They drank a lot of wine and ate a lot of meat. In their opinion, these were the most enjoyable things to do. And since they didn't have anything to do at night, these mercenaries would eat and drink in the hotel's dining room before going to sleep.
Zhao Hai and the others were wearing noble attire, especially Zhao Hai. His attire made people think of playboys. It was completely different from the hotel's style. One must know that no playboy would live in a hotel with mercenaries.
Therefore, when Zhao Hai and the others entered the hotel, the mercenaries didn't speak. They just stared at Zhao Hai's group, especially at Laura and the others. Their eyes were glowing with green light.
Zhao Hai looked at the mercenaries and helped Laura and the others to sit down. Then he ordered a bunch of dishes and had the hotel staff prepare them. At this time, the mercenaries started to drink again, making the dining room lively.
However, Zhao Hai felt that the mercenaries were looking at them, which made his heart tingle. At this time, a mercenary who seemed to have drunk too much stood up and staggered towards Zhao Hai's table. He reached out his hand to touch Laura's veil and said, "Little beauty, why are you covering your face? Let me see. What's so good about following that pretty boy? It's better to follow me."
How could Laura let him touch her? She moved her body to the side. But she didn't think that the mercenary's movements weren't slow at all. Although she let him touch her the first time, the second one immediately came.
How could Shue, who was sitting on the side, let the mercenary succeed? He took out his axe and chopped it towards the mercenary's hand.
The mercenary quickly moved to the side and avoided the axe. He fell to the ground and shouted, "Murder! Murder! Murder! Nobles are murdering!" After he shouted, the mercenaries in the dining room stood up and took out their weapons. They surrounded Zhao Hai's group.
When Zhao Hai saw this situation, he knew that these people weren't ordinary mercenaries. They had come prepared and were specifically targeting him.
Zhao Hai sat there and looked at the surrounding mercenaries. He coldly said, "All of them are 6th and 7th ranks. How come I didn't know that there were so many experts in the mercenary world?"
Shue and Shun also noticed that something was wrong. When the mercenaries were sitting there, they didn't feel anything. But now that they were surrounded, Shue and the others discovered that something was wrong. There were nearly a hundred mercenaries in the dining room, and most of them were 6th and 7th ranks. There wasn't a single 5th rank expert, wasn't this too unusual?
Shue immediately stood by Zhao Hai's side. Laura and the others also stood by Zhao Hai's side. At this time, the mercenary who fell to the ground stood up and shouted at Zhao Hai, "Good! Even if you're nobles, you still can't kill people as you wish. Fortunately, Grandpa dodged quickly, otherwise I would've lost my arm. Pretty boy, you need to give Grandpa an explanation."
Zhao Hai looked at the man and said, "You spent so much effort to set up such a big trap, and now you want an explanation? What kind of explanation do you want? "
After he said that, Zhao Hai turned his head to Shun and said, "Shun, go and see if Princess Ruyen has eaten yet."
When they heard Zhao Hai, the mercenaries' complexion couldn't help but change. They didn't think that Zhao Hai would be this meticulous, he even thought of this point.
Just as Zhao Hai thought, the mercenaries' goal this time was to deal with Zhao Hai's group while the other group would deal with Ruyen's group. In their minds, as long as Ruyen's group was captured, they would have hostages in their hands. At that time, Zhao Hai would be able to do whatever he wanted.
However, they didn't think that as soon as they made their move, Zhao Hai would react and immediately send Shun to Ruyen's side. The mercenaries could only hope that their companions had already succeeded.
However, they still wanted to buy some time for their companions. When the leader saw that Shun was about to leave, he immediately said, "Brothers, we can't let them escape. We need them to give us an explanation." Then he took out his weapon and attacked Zhao Hai.
The mercenary's weapon was a pair of short axes. This was the most suitable weapon for attacking in a small place like the dining hall. But when he moved, Shun immediately threw a concealed weapon at him. Shue's figure moved and transformed into dozens of doppelgangers that surrounded Zhao Hai's group.
For the two of them, Zhao Hai's safety was the most important thing. But what about Ruyen's safety? Does it have anything to do with them?
Zhao Hai sat there quietly and looked at the mercenaries. At the same time, he was communicating with Cai 'er. He wanted Cai' er to check on Ruyen's situation.
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