Anna nodded.
Under Ma Wen's arrangement, all the guards had left River Beach City in batches.
The security in River Beach City was tight, but it was also lax. There were always some secret passages that were in the hands of different people.
In fact, last night, before the patrol team arrived from the dock area, Ma Wen had bought a way to secretly leave River Beach City from the old goblin.
A certain sewer system in the north of the city was once occupied by a corrosive monster. After the patrol team cleared it, they did not inspect it carefully.
As a result, there was a secret passage that could accommodate an adult in and out of that area.
Bain's Black Claw Chamber of Commerce controlled this secret passage. Ma Wen cooperated with him and sent the guards out of River Beach City one by one.
They would take the light but valuable belongings back to the Verdant Village and other places first.
Ma Wen and Anna would not question the loyalty of these guards, especially under Andre's leadership. The guards would not have any internal problems because of these belongings.
…
"It's too dangerous." Anna looked at Ma Wen with some reproach, "I know you hate him. He killed the old lord and deserves this."
"But what if the wizards find out?"
The half-elf housekeeper was very worried. This morning, she had personally sent the little girl from Milo's family back. In the afternoon, the major guilds had issued a bounty for the Double-bladed Mask. It went without saying who did it.
Presumably, after this incident, the defenses of the high-ranking officials in the City Hall would be raised to a higher level.
"They won't." Ma Wen smiled faintly.
He did not explain further.
People in this era were still full of a kind of supreme reverence for wizards.
After all, they were a group of people who had ruled this world for an era.
This was also the reason why River Beach City had always been safe. But that was already the past.
Ma Wen clearly remembered that half a year before the Cataclysm, all the prophets had lost their abilities.
This was just a sign, but the Wizards did not pay much attention to it. After all, prophecies were always a little mysterious.
The essence of the truth was that the Lord of Time, who possessed great divine power, had sealed part of the magic power in the Universal Magic Pool, and that part of the magic power just so happened to be related to prophecy and time.
The gods had already begun to move in secret.
It was precisely because of this that Ma Wen went ahead and did it. This was because he knew that the prophets would not be able to find any traces of him.
That was indeed the case.
As for Miro, the high-ranking official of the City Hall, he would not personally come forward to identify Ma Wen, because he was the one who personally ordered the transfer of the patrol team. He could not allow himself to be stained with dereliction of duty.
At most, he would secretly mobilize some forces to investigate and place a bounty on the Double Blade Mask.
But what surprised Ma Wen was that when he went to the tavern at noon to inquire about the news, he actually heard that the patrol team had caught some cultists in the docks area!
"I heard that the priests of the [God of Plague] were secretly conducting some kind of ritual, and the patrol team in the wealthy district happened to bump into them."
"Those people are really unlucky."
Originally, sending the patrol team in the wealthy district was only a part of Ma Wen's plan. Who would have thought that they would actually catch a few cultists?
But this also reminded Ma Wen.
Both the [Twin Serpent Destroyer] and the [God of Plague]'s believers had begun to become active in the south.
This meant that the most chaotic era was coming!
He could not stop for even a moment. He had to recover the White River Valley as soon as possible!
But before that, he had to play the role of the "victim"'s family.
After all, after Uncle Miller's death, Ma Wen was his only blood relative. This also meant that he would be inheriting all of Miller's inheritance.
But Ma Wen knew that although the City Hall had sent a notice, this inheritance must have been looted by them before being left for Ma Wen.
"These guys aren't too much."
"I thought they would find a random excuse and say that the Miller family's wealth was all robbed by the robbers, leaving me only a box of ashes."
…
Near evening, Ma Wen changed into a noble costume and looked like a weak and incompetent teenager again.
He and Anna went to the City Hall together.
Sure enough, the official in charge of handling the inheritance only handed a title deed to Ma Wen, which was the proof that Miller had bought a house in No. 31 in the wealthy district.
There were no other jewels or belongings.
"Master Ma Wen, I'm sorry for your loss."
The official pretended to say something.
Ma Wen pretended to be weak and asked, "Now that my uncle is dead, my only family is gone."
"When can the guards of River Beach City help me clear out the Gnolls?"
"I need to get my territory back."
The official still laughed and said, "Well, it's very difficult."
"Master Ma Wen, you see, River Beach City has recently been haunted by cultists, as well as rampant killers, such as the Double Blade Mask who killed your uncle's family … We are seriously short of manpower."
"I think it's better for you to wait patiently in the city for a while."
Marvin's face was filled with disappointment.
He was secretly a little surprised.
Logically speaking, with Miller's death, the officials in the City Hall who had been bribed by him should have no reason to stop the army from sending troops to clean up the Gnolls.
After all, the White River Valley was not too far from River Beach City. The presence of such a group of Gnolls would also be a threat to River Beach City.
But these officials were still trying to shirk responsibility.
"Could it be that Miller is not the only one who has designs on the White River Valley?"
Ma Wen was quick-witted and immediately guessed the possible truth behind it.
However, he did not intend to rely on the strength of River Beach City's patrols. He just asked this question because it was reasonable and necessary, and also to test the waters.
It seemed that there were still some people with ulterior motives in River Beach City.
Ma Wen glanced at the task bar. The main task had not changed, it was still to take back the territory.
There were only 18 days left.
…
After leaving the City Hall, Ma Wen immediately arranged the next step.
After last night's murder, arson, and robbery, Ma Wen had gained quite a lot of wealth from the Miller family. This wealth added up to at least a hundred thousand silver coins!
Among them, the easier to carry had been taken by the guards, which took up about a third of the wealth.
As for the rest, he sold them cheaply to Bane of the Black Claw Chamber of Commerce under the identity of the Double Blade Mask.
The old goblin was extremely cunning and knew who to provoke and who to cooperate with.
There was a murderous aura about Ma Wen that he was very wary of, so when he received the goods, he was very easy to talk to and gave a good price.
And last night, he had also seen two of Ma Wen's men, both of whom were extremely powerful Phantom Assassins.
In their line of work, they naturally knew very well that they could provoke anyone but assassins.
The old goblin very enthusiastically expressed that the Double Blade Mask would be an important partner of the Black Claw Chamber of Commerce, even if his head was worth a lot.
Right now, Ma Wen had a total of 50 gold coins on hand, which would be more than 50,000 silver coins.
This amount of money was enough for him to organize a mercenary team of low-level adventurers!
"Here's 30,000 silver coins."
Ma Wen handed a bag to Anna and said solemnly, "Go to the Adventurer's Guild to choose, you must have an official profession. Those with experience in group battles and commanding are preferred, those with their own weapons and armor are preferred, and warriors are preferred. About 20 or so. You can decide on the reward yourself. "
The half-elf nodded.
He was very confident in Anna's abilities, so it was most appropriate for her to be in charge of recruiting adventurers.
If he wanted to take back the White River Valley, he needed a group of people. Just relying on the guards was not enough.
"Master Ma Wen, what about you?" Anna asked.
"Me?"
Ma Wen smiled, "I have to go back to the White River Valley first."
"Someone has to do some scouting, right?"
… …
East Coast, Tower of Holy Light, the sun was setting.
On the high platform, a corpse lay quietly beside a stooped old man.
Even an extremely weak legendary Wizard was very terrifying. Although he had suffered an unimaginable sneak attack, he had still killed this disciple who had been controlled by the Twin Serpent Sect before he died.
However, he himself was on the verge of death!
Although the Shadow Prince was only a weak god, he had been a powerful legendary assassin before becoming a god!
Anthony closed his eyes, his face full of bruises.
A chaotic sound came from the Eye of Sunlight, as if it had been disturbed. Legendary Wizards from other regions tried to teleport over, but were also blocked by an inexplicable force field.
This was a conspiracy.
Anthony staggered to the edge of the platform. Looking down from this angle, whether it was the City of Sailboats in the north or Jewel Bay in the south, they were all in sight.
What a beautiful scenery.
The old man stood there quietly and began to murmur.
Thirty seconds later, his corpse fell from the platform.
A dark cloud quickly formed in the sky!
In an instant, all the kind-hearted creatures on the East Coast suddenly felt a sharp pain in their hearts!
Some of the women with weak willpower couldn't help but cry.
Everyone looked to the east in shock.
A legendary had fallen!
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