The crowd gathered in the Holy Crown City gradually dispersed. The atmosphere had just quieted down, but in the blink of an eye, it became lively again. This was because there was a message from the City Hall that Lord Raphael was preparing for his wedding.
Wedding had always been an important event in life, and a lord's wedding was naturally the most important event. However, the specific date had not been set. Gao Bin had said that he was in the Holy Crown City, while Grand Duke Solomon was in the Capital of Elements, thousands of miles away. His only daughter was about to get married, and Solomon would definitely bring Lady Tifany to attend the wedding. It sounded simple, but there were too many things that needed to be coordinated.
What was more complicated was that there was a unique custom here. If one wanted to marry Sunier and Yalina, he had to make a formal request to Gao Bin and Grand Duke Solomon respectively, and get the approval of their parents. Although it was already set in stone, the procedure was indispensable.
This day, Yalina dragged Sunier to go shopping early in the morning. Knowing that the wedding had been put on Han Jin's schedule, she was the most excited person. Sunier knew that she should at least pretend to be calm, but Yalina did not care so much. Besides, she believed that it was right to show her inner joy and happiness.
She wanted to go shopping with Sunier yesterday, but because of the hangover, she slept until the afternoon. Today, she could not delay her business anymore.
Yalina and Sunier, who were getting along with each other, walked hand in hand from shop to shop. If Han Jin could accompany them, they would be very happy. It turned out that no love could be perfect. What Han Jin could give them was something that ordinary men could not have, but they would also lose some of the fun in life. It was hard to imagine that Han Jin, who had to push government and military affairs to others, would accompany them to shop. Therefore, Yalina and Sunier were very wise and did not invite Han Jin at all.
In a clothing store, Yalina took a fancy to a white gauze. She kept gesturing in front of her coat mirror, imagining how she would look if she wore a wedding dress made of this material. The Holy Crown City was relatively rich, but the material level of the whole continent was relatively poor, so it was impossible to have a variety of ready-made clothes. Under normal circumstances, she would choose the material herself, and then let the tailor in the store sew it.
Sunier stood in front of the window, smiling at Yalina who was showing off. Maybe it was a coincidence, or maybe it was a kind of luck, but Sunier and Yalina's personalities were completely different. This was the prerequisite for them to be harmonious............. Yalina's of course... and Yalina's words....................
"Can I?" Yalina was a little uncertain.
"Our Yalina looks good in anything." Sunier smiled.
"Hehe …" Yalina put the gauze back on the table proudly. "Sister Sunier, have you thought about it? What do you want to wear on the wedding day? "
"It's still early." Sunier said. Han Jin's proposal letter had been sent out, but Solomon's reply had not arrived yet. The wedding would be held in a few months at the earliest. After all, it was too far away.
"Time flies!" Yalina said. "You have to be prepared first."
"I'm not as impatient as you." Sunier smiled and looked away. Suddenly, she saw a familiar figure. She hurriedly looked out of the window.
"Sister Sunier, what do you see?"
"It's Gibran and Julia. What are they doing there sneakily?" Sunier showed a suspicious look.
"Where, where?" Yalina was curious. She moved closer to Sunier and looked for a moment. Then she shouted, "Look over there … it's Schumann!"
"Maybe there's something special going on." Sunier said. She knew that Schumann was almost half an intelligence officer. In the past, the work of dealing with the Purple Flower of Hell was done by him and Chipango.
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"Are we just going to wait for two days?" Gibran frowned impatiently. "Schumann, have you found out their background?"
"I've investigated. The person who lives here is an old guy. He rarely goes out and doesn't seem to have any relatives. His family doesn't hire any servants. It's a bit unreasonable for him to live in such a big house alone." Schumann said, "I've also investigated his neighbors and the people living behind him. There's nothing unusual. As for the woman from the Freedom Federation … I can't do anything about it."
"Your people didn't go in to investigate?"
"It's daytime now." Schumann said, "Besides, there are at least two high-level professionals inside. My people can't do anything about it. Otherwise, I wouldn't have asked you for help."
"If they really are from the Freedom Federation and don't have any bad intentions towards us, wouldn't we be wasting our time?" Julia said.
"It's okay to waste some time," Gibran said. "We won't lose anything if we figure out that it's a misunderstanding. If they are enemies and we don't pay attention to them because of laziness or other reasons, that would be a fatal mistake."
"You're absolutely right!" Schumann smiled and said, "Before His Excellency went to war, he talked to me once. He was going to learn some experience from Majordomo Gail, and then form his own spy team. As for the choice of spy leader, His Excellency should want to choose between two people."
"Who?"
"One is Chipango, and the other is you." Schumann said, "His Excellency wants you to take on the responsibility, but he's worried that putting these things on your shoulders will affect your relationship with Julia. Haha … speaking of this, I have another question. Gibran, is His Excellency going to hold a wedding? Do you and Julia have any thoughts about it? " Although Schumann was young, he wasn't an ordinary second or third generation noble. He was very good at reading people's minds. Han Jin didn't talk to him about this to ask for his opinion, but to signal him to pass the message to Gibran and let him make his own decision. So, after completing the mission, he immediately changed the topic.
Gibran looked at Julia and said hesitantly, "We originally planned to hold a wedding soon, but we didn't tell anyone. Now … we can only postpone it."
Schumann immediately understood Gibran's difficulties. Han Jin was preparing for a wedding, and then Gibran suddenly announced his marriage to Julia. It would give people the feeling that he wanted to steal the limelight. Gibran and Julia were both reasonable people. They knew that this kind of thing couldn't be sloppy. Even if Han Jin and Sunier didn't care, it would still be easy to be criticized.
Schumann thought for a moment and said with a smile, "You can hold a secret wedding in secret, and then do whatever you need to do. You can make up for it in public later. If you are tight on money, tell me. This thing is not used to scare people." After saying that, Schumann patted the viscount medal on his chest, showing that he was a rich noble.
"Pfft! What do you mean do what you need to do? "Julia blushed." You men are all bad. Can't we talk about something else? "
"What kind of person do you take me for?" Gibran glanced at Schumann with disdain.
Schumann saw Gibran's confident expression and thought to himself, You brat, don't tell me you've already done it? If Julia wasn't here, he definitely wouldn't give Gibran any face, but now was not the time to talk nonsense.
"Okay, let's talk about something else." Schumann's expression suddenly froze. "That woman seems to be walking inside!"
"Which one?" Gibran turned his head to look, and his expression changed drastically. He grabbed Julia and shrank into the corner.
Schumann was a little surprised, but he still maintained his calm expression. He waited for a moment, then slowly walked toward Gibran and Julia as if nothing had happened. The three people's attention was attracted, and no one noticed that Sunier and Yalina were looking at them from the window on the second floor opposite them.
"Gibran, what's wrong?" Julia asked in a low voice.
"It's Eva!" Gibran's eyes flashed coldly.
"Eva? She's not dead?! "Julia was shocked.
"Who is Eva?" Schumann asked in a low voice.
"The woman you saw just now."
"You know her?"
"Of course, she's an old friend!" Gibran sneered.
Schumann could see that Gibran hated that woman, but this was related to his next move, so he had to get a clear answer. Schumann asked in a low voice, "Is she an enemy?"
"That was a few years ago. If it wasn't for Chipango, we might have been killed long ago," Gibran said.
"She's a mercenary?" Schumann knew that Gibran and Julia were both members of the Red Vanguards.
"She's from the Abyss Mercenary Group." Gibran nodded. "Her brother is Manteco, the leader of the Abyss Mercenary Group."
"The Abyss Mercenary Group?" Schumann was stunned, then smiled sarcastically. "Even if they all came from the Abyss World, they shouldn't be called that, right? They're too arrogant. Aren't they afraid of becoming the common enemy of all mercenaries? "
"You haven't been to Isolated Cliff City, so you don't understand the situation there. Mercenaries have a lot of freedom, and the Mercenary Association's job is to maintain the rules that they have to follow. As long as they don't break the rules, no one will interfere with the mercenaries' freedom. Forget the Abyss Mercenary Group, they could even call themselves' Kill All Humans. 'In fact, such a mercenary group existed in the past, but they only had two orcs. From the beginning to the end, there were only two orcs," Gibran said. "Manteco is indeed arrogant, but his strength gives him the right to be arrogant."
"He's very strong? How does he compare to you, sir? "Schumann's expression changed.
Gibran and Julia looked at each other and saw the exclamation in each other's eyes. Some things, just a little comparison was enough to give a strong impact. A few years ago, Manteco was their number one enemy, but what about now? Han Jin's growth was too fast!
"If Manteco appeared in front of Raphael right now, haha … maybe Raphael wouldn't be bothered to deal with him himself." Julia smiled. "Let's not talk about him. He's worthless. Manteco was already killed by Majordomo Gail."
"That woman called Eva has already gone in," Schumann said softly. "So, they're definitely our enemies?"
"Definitely."
"Now that we've confirmed their identities, things are much easier. I originally wanted to observe them first so that I wouldn't offend them." Schumann chuckled. "But now … it's time to draw in the net! Gibran, you guys wait for me here. I'll go report this to my master. "
"Okay, hurry up!" Gibran said.
Schumann turned around and was about to leave when he suddenly heard a crisp voice. "Gibran, Julia, what are you two doing hiding here?"
Schumann turned around and saw Sunier and Yalina walking over hand in hand. He hurriedly smiled. "Miss Sunier, Miss Yalina, why are you here?"
"Answer my question first." Yalina looked around carefully and asked curiously, "Is there a mission?"
Gibran paused and said slowly, "Guess who I just saw? It's our old friend. "
"Who?" Yalina asked.
"Eva!" Gibran said. "Do you remember her?"
"Eva?" Yalina hesitated. "The Abyss Mercenary Group?"
"That's right."
"Raphael said that she's dead, right?" Sunier didn't believe him. "Maybe it's just a resemblance …"
"I've never doubted my eyes," Gibran said.
"Is it really her?" Sunier said. "Even if she's still alive, why would she come here knowing that the Holy Crown City is Raphael's territory?"
"She's not here to visit friends and family." Gibran sneered. "We'll know once we catch her."
"No, they seem to be running away!" Schumann suddenly said.
The door was already open, and a horse-drawn carriage drove out and stopped at the entrance. Eva and an old man were hugging bags of various sizes and throwing them into the carriage. It was obvious that they were preparing for a long journey.
"Sure enough … it's Eva." Sunier also saw the woman clearly.
"Schumann, go back to the God of War immediately and tell Raphael to come here." Gibran said. "Sunier, should we …"
"An old friend is leaving, of course we have to see her off." Sunier smiled.
Sunier's decision was exactly what Gibran wanted. A magus and a great elf who had activated the Mark of God would have no problem dealing with Eva and her friends.
"Julia?" Gibran looked at Julia. He wanted to hear her opinion again.
"Listen to Sunier." Julia said.
"That old man is also one of Eva's companions?" Sunier asked.
"Yes." Schumann hurriedly replied.
"Is there anyone else?" Sunier asked.
"There should be a woman and a coachman. They are both professionals. I can't see through the coachman, but the woman is definitely very powerful." Schumann said.
"Very powerful? Woman? "Sunier frowned.
"Yes, I purposely asked them. They said they escaped from the Freedom Federation to escape the war."
Although Schumann didn't believe the other party's excuse, he said the truth. It had the opposite effect because he misled Sunier and the others.
"That woman is very beautiful, very, very beautiful, and she has a kind of …" Schumann wanted to continue, but Eva did not give him the chance to continue. She entered the carriage with the old man, and the carriage started to move slowly.
"Schumann, let's do as we agreed. Go back and inform Raphael immediately." Gibran said, "Let's go!"
The carriage only moved about twenty meters before it had to stop. Yalina floated above the street, and the magic staff in her hand was already pointed at the carriage.
"Miss, what … are you doing?" The strong coachman slowly put down his whip.
"Eva, we've all known each other for a while. It's rude to leave in such a hurry." Gibran appeared on the left side of the carriage with a gloomy face and spoke in a strange tone.
Then, Sunier and Julia also surrounded the carriage. The pedestrians saw the tense situation and hurriedly retreated. However, they didn't run away and stayed in what they thought was a safe place to watch the show.
The carriage door was slowly pushed open, and Eva's face appeared. At first, she was confused, then shocked, and then frightened. She immediately released a magic scroll and disappeared from her original position. She reappeared in the door that hadn't been closed yet and disappeared in a flash. After all, Eva was a great magician. She could rely on herself to release a teleportation spell. The magic scroll could only buy her a second at most. She didn't want to give up even that tiny second, which was enough to show how nervous she was.
However, Sunier and the others couldn't see that Eva, who was sprinting in the courtyard, had a sinister smile on her face. Was it really okay to do this? Unfortunately, the development of the situation was no longer up to her. The big shot that they couldn't afford to offend didn't even want to wait a day. They had to take action.
The coachman jumped down from the carriage and shot backward. Then, an afterimage shot out from the carriage and followed behind the coachman.
Julia shouted softly. A green light shot out and chased after the coachman.
The coachman didn't even turn his head. He just threw out a black flame with the back of his hand. The flame floated up and landed on the green light. The green light immediately exploded and countless vines grew out from it. However, they were all black vines. As they grew, they were also rapidly rotting.
"Corrosive Touch?" Julia was shocked. Her Tree Demon Arrow rarely had a chance to be shot down halfway. It was obvious that the opponent was much stronger than her. Julia then shouted, "Everyone, be careful! He's an Abyss Devil!"
"Yalina, sound the alarm!" Sunier shouted. The appearance of the Abyss Devil made her nervous. Although she had already asked Schumann to inform Han Jin, she was still worried. There was a magic alarm on Yalina. Once it was sounded, the entire city would enter the highest state of alert. Even if the enemy was unexpectedly strong, they should be able to hold on until reinforcements arrived.
Yalina waved her hand, and a white light pen shot into the sky. Then, it exploded with a boom, forming a condensed cloud that emitted a dazzling light in the sky. Like a conditioned reflex, the magician towers in the city quickly opened one after another. In the blink of an eye, the light curtain of the magic shield had covered the sky.
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