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Chapter 70 Night Raid, Murder
The group evacuated through the secret tunnel.

The original site of the city council hall was the meeting hall of the Iris family, who ruled Longyuan City. Therefore, an escape passage connecting to the outside world was built underground—a secret known to few.

Because it was an underground tunnel, it was inevitably low, narrow, winding, and damp, making it difficult for everyone to move quickly.

Ryan followed Philro, who was leading the way, and the two quickly finalized the details of the cooperation.

The merchant guild behind Philro was willing to help the refugees from Dragonpeak City outside the city to be brought into the city through underground tunnels; at the same time, they were responsible for providing all the intelligence and routes, guiding Rein and others to attack the strongholds of those large merchant guilds, and to carry out violent robbery and plunder.

After succeeding, Ryan and his men could arrange for the ship to sail away. As for the high-value goods in the warehouse, they could leave them for Philro and his men to retrieve.

These cooperation terms were not put in writing or formed into a contract, but both parties believed that the other would not break the agreement.

On Rennes' side, there were too many refugees and not enough ships to transport them, leaving no room for extra cargo; on Philro's side, once the deal was done, it would be a risk-free and highly profitable business, so there was absolutely no need to betray them.

After leaving the city via a network of secret passages, Renn quickly began issuing orders:
"Ellina, you accompany Dia to the refugee camp by Twin Lakes and direct them to prepare for battle and await instructions."

"Besalia, go back to the city with President Philro and memorize the locations of all the major merchant guilds. Make sure to plan the shortest and most efficient route."

"And what about you?" Ellina suddenly asked. "What are you going to do?"

“I need to make preparations,” Renn said calmly.

This vague statement again clearly indicates that this inherently evil necromancer is brewing some shady conspiracy.

Ellina didn't dwell on it too much. After all, the White Walkers would arrive in Dragonborn sooner or later, and rescuing more lizardman refugees from the rainforest peninsula did not violate her moral bottom line and inner principles.

“Let’s go, Dia,” she said.

"Then we'll be going too," Bersalia said with a smile. "Let's meet here again later!"

After parting ways with the others, Renn turned and walked out of the city.

The souls of the two elven heroes were bound within living, flesh-and-blood bodies by the Caged Bird. The magic array maintaining the Caged Bird constantly drained the remaining necromantic power within them, preventing them from leaving Rennes for too long, or they would automatically return to the River Styx when the time was up.

Ryan decided to simplify the process and get it over with quickly.

He casually revived a crow's carcass lying by the roadside. It seemed to have been killed by a wild cat; most of its body had been eaten away. It was now picking up scattered feathers from the ground and sticking them back into its body to cover its bloody wounds and holes.

Upon receiving the telepathic command, the crow spread its wings and took flight, heading towards Longyuan City.

Raine continued on alone and arrived at a cemetery on the outskirts of the city.

Night had fallen, and the gravedigger was asleep in his hut. Raine did not disturb the old man, but quietly entered the cemetery. After a brief search, he finally found several fresh bodies wrapped in linen, recently buried.

He began to perform the [Body Reconstruction Technique].

Body regeneration, the supreme forbidden art of necromancy, is simply the art of molding people, capable of reshaping flesh and blood into any shape. Facial features, weight, and even gender can be customized at will. Raine's sorcerous vision, through the connection between the necromancer and the resurrected subject, quickly linked to the ghoul raven.

It was currently perched on a tree, below which stood Bersalia and Philro, accompanied by guards, the latter briefing the Dark Elf Queen with intelligence.
"...That red brick building across the street is the headquarters of the Malpu Trading Company. The building, warehouses, and staff dormitories are all connected. Those sailboats in the river further away belong to them, but they don't usually moor here because the river isn't deep enough. Right now, because of the rainy season on the peninsula, the water level has risen, so the boats outside can temporarily sail in..."

Berthalia suddenly looked up sharply at the crows in the tree behind her.

"What's wrong, ma'am?" Phil asked, puzzled.

"It's alright, you can continue," Bersalia said with a smile.

The crows on the tree hopped around a few times, casting their cold, merciless gazes at the two guards beside Philo, taking in their facial features and physiques.

After leading Berthalia through a block, President Philro tactfully excused himself, handing over the responsibility of guiding the way to the next merchant guild.

Taking turns acting as guides was a harmless cooperation detail previously agreed upon. The main reason was that the Chamber of Commerce camp did not want all cooperation matters to be relayed by President Philro, and they were wary of him using the intelligence gap to cause trouble.

All chambers of commerce will take turns sending representatives to contact and guide Bersalia, and provide necessary intelligence support.

This actually made things easier for Rein. While keeping an eye on the shared vision of the raven ghouls and recording the appearances of the guards around the guild master, he kept casting spells to revive all the newly dead corpses in the cemetery and use body reconstruction magic to mold them into new shapes.

By the time he finished casting his spell, he was followed by more than seventy undead warriors, all of whom looked like guards from various merchant guilds and had identical builds and features.

"It's about time." After inspecting his work and making sure there were no more flaws, Renn said with satisfaction, "Let's go!"

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With the detailed intelligence provided by the cooperative merchants, the lizardman guards of the former Dragon Peak City and Dragon Valley City quickly followed Berthalia, who was in charge of guiding them, and stepped into the entrance of the secret passage outside the city.

The first business in the city to be attacked was the Malp Merchant Guild.

The investors behind this large merchant guild are said to be the Danen family, who rule Changshui Province, so their ship ownership is among the top in Longyuan City.

During the earlier siege of the city council building, representatives from the Malpu Trading Company were also present, exerting their utmost efforts to ensure the complete annihilation of the Dragon Daughter. The reason was simple: they genuinely had a large number of ships.

The attack occurred silently in the dead of night. The sleepy doorman came out at the sound of urgent knocking, but only opened the door a crack. A gleaming blade flashed from the crack, cleanly slicing through the security chain behind the door.

He only managed a short, hoarse cry before the unsuspecting gatekeeper was stabbed through the chest. His hands gripped the blade tightly, his unseeing eyes staring fixedly at the assailant's pale face.

He recognized the face.

That was Philro's personal bodyguard from the Trolle Chamber of Commerce.

(End of this chapter)