The wizard starts by trimming the donkey's hooves

Chapter 523 Jennifer's Crisis
A few hours later, the brilliant starry sky illuminated the return route.

Since the imperial delegation had returned many days later than expected, Menia declined the federal side's request to stay and immediately decided to lead the delegation back home.

On the Imperial airship flagship 'Queen'.

Reginald still looked at Menia with a smile in disbelief and asked, "Your Highness Menia, are you and Mr. Ryan really in a relationship?"

It's not that he was gossiping or asking this question out of nostalgia, but Menia had just specifically told Reginald that her relationship with Ryan should not be made public for the time being.

After all, her identity is quite sensitive. Once it is made public, I am afraid there will be a lot of criticism in a short period of time.

Of course, she had discussed this with Ryan, and Ryan had no objection to it.

After all, for him, as long as he and Menia both recognize this relationship, it doesn't matter to him whether it is public or not.

His status is based on his own strength and power, not on currying favor with the powerful.

"Well, although there are some accidental factors in this, I found that Ryan is kind-hearted and considerate to me."

Listening to Menia's words, Reginald felt that the person next to him was not the empire's 'Red Queen', but an affectionate girl who had just fallen in love.

For a moment, Reginald felt as if he were being trampled by ten thousand wild bulls.
"Kindhearted and considerate? There are probably tens of millions of men like him in the Empire! Is that the reason? ! "

Reginald was speechless. He really wanted to say, "Actually, I can do these two things. But for so many years."

"Okay! Your Highness Menia, I will naturally agree to your request, and I will keep this matter confidential."

"Thank you, Your Majesty Reginald."

"By the way, are Elder Ivan and his men on their way?"

"Yes, we should meet them on the road in a few hours."

"Ah."

Since Ryan promised Menia not to reveal their relationship for the time being, it was naturally impossible for him to stay in Menia's room for too long.

So, after leaving the ancient mermaid girl in Menia's room, he returned to his cabin.

at the same time.

Dragun Empire, Munster.

In a luxurious mansion close to the Axon Auction House.

The beautiful woman Jennifer was still working overtime in the study on the second floor, calculating the accounts. Next to her was the barbarian girl Lagre, who was studying business, and Georgia from the Ice Claw Bear Mercenaries.

Georgia initially served as Jennifer's personal bodyguard, but later, after discovering the beautiful woman's business acumen, she could not help but admire her.

So, in addition to guarding, Georgia followed Jennifer to learn some basic business transaction methods.

As for Lagre, her original plan was to follow the beautiful woman to learn about business for two to three months. After understanding some of the key links, she would return to the Norton tribe to help Chief Darius and High Priest Rom improve the tribe's foreign trade.

The ultimate goal, of course, is to improve the difficult living conditions of the tribesmen.

Although Ryan had contacted Luther's Snyder family to help the Norton tribe sell furs before, there were other relatively rare outputs in the Howling Tundra that were also very valuable. If they could be supplied directly to Jennifer, the profits would be quite lucrative.

At the same time, the auction house can purchase some rare ores. Once purchased and transported back to the tribe for forging, it can greatly enhance the protection and combat capabilities of high-level warriors in the tribe.

In other words, trade profits can be used directly to purchase rare minerals. This process eliminates the middle links and can greatly improve the efficiency of capital use.

"Madam, these days, several of our main caravans outside have been attacked by unknown forces. Do you think it's true that Lord Luther sent someone to inform us before?" Georgia asked with a worried look on her face.

His brother Fandral, leader of the Ice Claw Bear Mercenaries, volunteered to go and check out the situation. Although she was confident in her brother's ability, she didn't know why she always felt a little uneasy.

"No matter what, we must leave Munster tomorrow morning. Since someone wants to take the opportunity to threaten Ryan through us, the one doing this must be a powerful force." Jennifer received a secret letter from the Duke of Munster early this morning.

The gist of it was that there was a struggle going on at the top level, and they hoped she could return to the imperial capital immediately to ensure her own safety.

But the problem is that Jennifer has several directly affiliated caravans, and has trade negotiations with other merchant groups. In addition, there are some matters concerning the auction house. Even if she wants to withdraw to the imperial capital, she cannot leave immediately.

Of course, the most important thing is that in Jennifer's opinion, things are not urgent to this extent. After all, this is Munster, not anywhere else.

Therefore, she planned to deal with the things at hand before leaving.

In addition, the beautiful woman was also confused.

Because it stands to reason that with Ryan's current thriving status in the empire and his rapidly growing strength, no major force should be so unwise as to threaten Ryan by controlling or abducting them.

Because once Ryan knew, even if he was temporarily at a disadvantage, he would definitely retaliate against the other party when he became stronger.

Could it be that something happened to Ryan?
Otherwise, this matter is difficult to explain.

However, these were just Jennifer's thoughts and she would not say them out loud.

"Oh!"

Suddenly, the door of the room was blown open violently!

A familiar figure slammed heavily into the bookcase at the door, accompanied by a familiar groan.

"Lord Vieri!" Georgia exclaimed!
The person who was blasted into the door was Vieri, a follower of Rennes.

"Don't go there!"

Lagre grabbed Georgia who was about to rush over and shook her head at her. At the same time, she quickly picked up the one-handed axe and large shield beside her, and with a solemn face, she stood in front of the beautiful woman Jennifer to guard her.

Years of business experience had prevented Jennifer from panicking in the face of the current situation. However, her pretty face was still serious, because after receiving the secret letter from the Duke of Munster, Jennifer had gathered all the guards around the mansion.

In addition, Vieri, a follower of Ryan who worked in the Munster Sword Bearer branch, was also notified.

But what Jennifer didn't expect was that the other party arrived so quickly and was so strong.

At this moment, the guards around the mansion were silent. Obviously, except for Vieri who was able to resist a little, the others had been killed silently.

"Hurry! Take your wife and go first!" Vieri said while vomiting blood and struggling to get up.

"Tsk tsk, so you are Vieri. You are quite powerful, but it's a pity that you met us." A tall armored man wearing a black hood and holding a knight's sword walked in and said.

But there was not just one person on the other side, three men with black hoods appeared one after another behind him.

Two of them were wearing wizard robes, emitting obscure mental fluctuations, while the other was wearing a cloak, but the faint gaps revealed intricate patterns of gold and silver threads, which seemed to be the custom-made clothing commonly seen among high-ranking nobles.

"Title Knight, Crystalized Wizard!"

La Grey's beautiful eyes narrowed slightly, and she immediately knew that the other party must be from a powerful imperial force.

No wonder, the dozen elite guards arranged around the mansion were quietly dealt with by the other side. If Vieri had not been there, they would not have had time to react.

Those who can dispatch such a powerful team at one time are at least top nobles who can be compared with the Bavarian family of Münster.

"Huh? What rare beauties! The barbarian girl is here too, that's great." The man in the cloak, who looked like a noble, took a look at the beautiful women Jennifer and Lagre, and said happily.

"You are really coming for us. Do you want to threaten Lord Ryan through us?" Jennifer immediately understood something from the other party's words.

"Oh, you are quite calm. Are you counting on your Lord Ryan to come and rescue you, or are you counting on the Duke of Munster to send people to support you?" The other person looked at them with a half-smile and said in a relaxed manner.

"It's a pity. Let's not talk about whether Duke Mingster will risk sending rescuers. Even if he does, they will be stopped by our people." "As for your Ryan, he can't save himself. Maybe you don't know it yet. Let me give you a secret of the empire for free. Your Lord Ryan was defeated and imprisoned by the incarnation of the goddess of the underworld. I'm afraid he will never come back."

The other party stretched out a finger and waved it in front of him, his tone indescribably frivolous.

Hearing these words, both Jennifer and Lagre were shocked and their faces changed.

Did something really happen?

In addition, the enemy was not only powerful, but also knew them very well. They knew that Rennes had a close relationship with the most powerful Bavarian family in the province of Münster.

"What? Are you still going to resist?"

"Here, this is the head of a stubborn resistance member. He is quite powerful and should be someone you know." One of the crystallized wizards took out a completely petrified head from his arms.

There was no fear on the face of the head, only anger and unwillingness in the eyes.

"Brother!" Georgia exclaimed, tears streaming down her face uncontrollably.

If Georgia hadn't been held tightly by LaGre, she would have rushed over by now.

"Oh? So this is your brother. What a pity."

"Three beautiful women, if you surrender immediately, the Marquis may give you a chance to live. Otherwise, I will make you into beautiful statues in my garden."

The crystal wizard holding Fandral's petrified head said in a slightly frivolous tone.

"go!"

At this moment, Jennifer seemed to press a device under the mahogany table, and a translucent barrier suddenly appeared in the middle of the room, separating the people from each other.

At the same time, the wall behind Jennifer moved away one layer, revealing a passage.

"Want to escape? You are such an overconfident woman."

One of the crystallized wizards raised his hand, and a sharp conical stone pillar several meters long appeared in front of him, and shot towards the translucent wall.

"boom!"

The translucent curtain wall suddenly shook violently. Although it did not break, it seemed to have reached a certain limit.

"Huh? It's not broken?"

Just when the crystallized wizard was about to attack again, suddenly, Vieri dragged his injured body, swung the greatsword in his hand, and leaped down with a slash.

"clang!!!"

However, his attack was easily blocked by the armored man with a sword, and he was kicked hard in the abdomen by the other party. He flew backwards, broke through the wall, and slid directly onto the lawn in the front yard of the mansion.

"I really don't know how to live or die!"

At this time, the wall of light had been broken, and the man in the cloak said, "Wait, let's go after those women first."

"They are in the servant's room." Another crystal wizard closed his eyes, sensed it, opened his eyes again and said.

Sure enough, Jennifer and the other two girls ran out of the servants' room in the front yard and rushed towards the gate.

"Hehe, interesting. Can you run away?" the armored man sneered.

He flashed to the front lawn, but then he stopped immediately because two men and one woman appeared at the gate and protected three women. They were Angus, Evelyn and Neoro.

"This is Ryan's former team member. He is so weak." At this time, the two crystallized wizards and the cloaked man also came over and said.

Angus and Neoro were facing a formidable enemy. Although they were making extraordinary progress, there was still a huge gap in strength between them and the enemy.

At this time, a knight holding a bright silver two-handed warhammer came to the door with a team of silver-armored knights.

"Ms. Jennifer, I'm sorry I'm a little late."

"Goddess Church? Punishment Knight?" This time, the expression of the cloaked man under the hood was a little more solemn.

Obviously, they did not expect that the Goddess Church in the Munster Province also had a very good relationship with the target person. No, to be precise, it should be with Lord Ryan.

The Goddess Church, which has never intervened in the internal strife among the imperial nobles, actually took rare action.

"Your Excellency the Punishment Knight, I hope you would not get involved in this matter. It will not do you any good."

"Mr. Ryan has made outstanding contributions to the church and is a recipient of the Second Class Goddess Medal. His family and relatives will be protected by the church if they have not violated the laws of the empire."

Brandoel also realized the difficulty of the enemy in front of him.

There are three people on the other side who are as strong as him. This is definitely not a team that an ordinary imperial noble can send out.

Imperial capital of Tamriel.

The Duke of Durham's residence.

"What! This Ryan is back? Neither he nor Her Highness Menia was imprisoned by the incarnation of the Undersea Goddess. Instead, they defeated each other? Was he missing during that period just to recuperate?"

Duke Durham stood up behind his mahogany desk with an exclamation.

"Yes, Your Excellency the Duke. I can't believe it either, but this is the news just sent by a family confidant who works in the Senate. It is said that His Majesty Reginald has received His Highness Menia and Ryan."

After Duke Durham confirmed it again, his eyes became a little dazed, and his whole body seemed to have its spine pulled out, and he sat back on the wide chair.

After a while, Duke Durham said in a deep voice: "Stop all actions immediately!"

"Let the team heading to Howling Tundra to seize the gold mine return immediately."

"Inform the Orenz family to immediately stop their actions in the province of Munster."

"Yes! After receiving the news the day before yesterday, Marquis Orenz went to Münster in person. He was accompanied by two masters from the Isodol School. I estimate that they have already taken action." The butler said with a little embarrassment.

"As for the Howling Tundra, we still have time, but the journey is long and the team is still halfway there."

After hearing what the butler said, Duke Durham's expression became more serious.

"Quickly complete the separation from the Orenz family and eliminate any traces of the Durham family's involvement in this matter!"

When the butler heard what Duke Durham said, he felt a chill in his heart!
You know, the Orenz family has always followed the lead of the Drum family for so many years. Unexpectedly, Duke Drum was so ruthless that he gave up just like that. Is this the way the top old nobles in the empire are doing?

"Yes! However, Your Excellency the Duke, the Orenzi family may have one or two secret letters from us."

"It's okay. The secret letters all use special codes. As long as there is no conclusive evidence to prove that our Durham family is involved, it's fine."

"As long as we are removed, Lord Ryan will not choose to attack us without real evidence. After all, we have the guardian of the empire, the ancestor Pantoskok, who is named 'Storm Cloud'."

When mentioning this guardian of the empire, the expression on Duke Durham's face became much more relaxed.

The Durham family has been able to stand as the top noble family in the empire for so many years, and 'Storm' Pantoskirk has made an indelible contribution.

"Indeed, with His Majesty Pentoskik here, even if Lord Ryan has any objections to this matter, he can only stop here." The butler smiled and complimented.

(End of this chapter)