"Boss... Akishima Nogi's gang has surrounded our mansion."

"Huh??" Tu Chou stood up, lifted the curtain on the window next to him, and sure enough, the gate outside the mansion was now full of players with all kinds of weapons.

The wooden sign read "A life for a life" and "Give me back Yu Xue," and standing at the very front of the crowd was none other than Yu Tong, covered in wounds.

"What the hell are they trying to do?!" Tu Chou's blood pressure surged, but the next second, Yu Tong's loud shout answered his question.

"Tu Chou, you beast!! Give me back my sister!!!"

Grass! !

The veins on the back of Tu Chou's hand, gripping the window railing, bulged. When did that coward Yu Tong have such courage, actually gathering a group of people to challenge him?!

Where's Weng Xiao? Didn't he stop him?! Did he just let him bring all of Akishima Wild Fox's men over like that?!

And why at this particular time?

Something's not right... This guy would never do that himself.

Tu Chou's sinister gaze searched through the crowd, and in a moment, he noticed a man in black with his hands in his pockets in a corner.

While the members of Akishima Wild Fox were all excitedly watching, he remained aloof, simply observing silently.

This guy seems off; he doesn't seem to be one of Akishima Nogi's people.

"Hey, who's that? Do you remember him?" Tu Chou pulled over his deputy.

“That guy…” The deputy squinted and looked at him. As the deputy of the guild leader of a major guild, his memory was far superior to that of ordinary people. “That guy seems to be from the Seven Stars Guild. His name is Ye Xiao. Boss, you should have met him once at the Player Alliance meeting.”

At this moment, Ye Xiao also sensed the gaze coming from the third floor of the mansion and couldn't help but look up at the gap in the curtain behind the blocked window.

Seriously? I was just quietly showing off in the crowd and I got caught?

The original plan this morning was simply to have Yu Tong go back and reorganize Qiudao Yehou, then bring people over to cause trouble and put pressure on Tu Chou.

However, after learning from Ella that Dong Muge was also there, Ye Xiao considered that he might still have to come over and exchange a few blows with him in person.

This guy is quite mysterious, and there could be many unexpected changes. Although Ella is also there, she is still our trump card, and it's not time for her to be revealed yet.

……

Back in the meeting room.

Tu Chou slammed the curtains shut, his voice turning cold. "The Seven Luminaries Society? Ha, fine."

"Mr. Tu, it seems you have some things to attend to?" Dong Muge asked calmly, unperturbed by the interruption.

"Uh, indeed. I'm sorry, I'm afraid I'll have to be late, Your Excellency... There are some things I need to take care of first. Please wait a moment."

Before Dong Muge could reply, Tu Chou hurriedly led his men out.

In any case, the divine messenger must be stalled first, and the people downstairs must be dealt with first.

……

A few minutes later, the main gate downstairs of the mansion slowly opened.

Tu Chou, dressed in a mink coat, appeared inside the door with a group of fully armed guild members.

"Yu Tong, what do you mean?"

"Tu Chou, you damned old dog!!" Yu Tong's eyes turned red the moment he saw Tu Chou. If it weren't for the people beside him stopping him, he would have rushed forward already, shouting, "Where is my sister!?!"

"Watch your words." Tu Chou suppressed his anger at being insulted, his brows furrowing. "How would I know where your sister is? If your own family member is missing, either have your own guild members look for her, or go report it to the Imperial City Guards. What do you mean by bringing a bunch of people to my territory to cause trouble?"

"Stop playing dumb with me!" Yu Tong pointed at Tu Chou's nose. "Last night you had people attack my place and kidnap me and my sister! If it weren't for someone helping me, I would have died at your hands without even knowing why!"

"Don't try to frame me, Yu Tong," Tu Chou sneered. "You just want to settle things for what I did to you last night. All I did last night was send two people to talk to you. Did you think those two people could kidnap you, the guild leader, in front of your entire guild?!"

"Don't think I don't know that my vice president, Weng Xiao, is a mole planted by you, you bastard. He and his lackeys were outside calming down the members, while you two claimed it was just a conversation, but as soon as you entered, you ambushed my guards and killed them all!"

"Kill the dead! Kill the dead!"

Behind Yu Tong, a group of guild members from Qiudao Yehou also shouted in unison.

Chapter 122 Leveraging Power

"You're quite good at making up stories," Tu Chou sneered. "But you're causing trouble here like an idiot without any evidence, which will only make you a laughingstock."

"If you really feel you've been wronged, go find the Imperial Guards. If you can get a search warrant from them, then you can search my guild mansion as you please."

“We are all outsiders, but now we can be considered citizens of the imperial city. We should at least abide by the laws of the empire and not bring our old habits of causing trouble in your little village here to make us a laughing stock.”

"Tu Chou, you beast, how dare you talk about the law? You really deserve to die!" Yu Tong roared.

“Watch your words, I won’t repeat myself a third time.” Tu Chou’s face was ashen. “I’m warning you, this is my guild’s territory. According to imperial law, the number of people you brought is causing trouble on my turf, and I have the legal right to defend myself.”

"You should be glad that I'm kind-hearted and don't like fighting. But I can't be bothered with your unreasonable behavior anymore. I've already sent someone to inform the imperial guards. You'd better watch yourself, or you'll end up in jail soon."

After saying this, Tu Chou ordered his men to close the gate.

Enraged, he was naturally eager to kill that bastard Yu Tong, but he was not a nobleman after all. To kill someone in public within the imperial city would certainly be investigated and punished by the imperial guards.

Unless, of course, the other party has truly gone mad and gathered this group to storm his mansion.

That actually made things much easier; he could directly retaliate according to the laws of Loren and get rid of that idiot Yu Tong.

But Yu Tong definitely doesn't have the guts.

After all, a coward like him...

As Tu Chou was pondering, a loud crash rang out, and the heavy door in front of him was smashed open.

"Give me back my sister, you old beast!!!" Yu Tong roared as he led his group of members into the Grizzly Bear Guild's territory.

Is this guy insane??

Tu Chou's eyes widened in shock.

This is the imperial city, the center of the Loren Empire's order, not some remote border town or desolate wilderness. Is this guy planning to start a riot right under the nose of the imperial palace?

The guild leader has gone mad, and have those players gone mad too?! Aren't they afraid of going to jail?!

Land in the western part of the imperial city is extremely valuable. Even the wealthiest guilds can only rent a manor of a reasonably sized area; they can't possibly buy a particularly large estate.

Therefore, most of the Grizzly Guild members, apart from some core members, live elsewhere and cannot all squeeze into this guild stronghold. As a result, there are fewer than fifty players permanently stationed here.

But Akishima Nogi gathered almost his entire guild, nearly two hundred people.

With such a large group of people pushing down the wall and rushing into the camp, even the elite players of the Grizzly Bear Guild dared not confront them head-on. They all retreated into the mansion, relying on the defensive magic array set up inside and the terrain with cover to shoot spells or throw objects outwards.

However, these Autumn Fox players were clearly prepared. Those at the forefront raised their shields and activated their warrior barrier skills to block the messy spells.

Meanwhile, the players behind the shields extended their muskets and longbows, firing them all at the mansion.

"What the hell do you mean?! These lunatics?!" Tu Chouren, who had taken refuge in the mansion with his deputy, was already numb. "Are they going to start a guild war here?!"

It's understandable that Yu Tong went berserk and retaliated after his sister was kidnapped, but why did the players from Qiudao Yehou join him in his madness?

It seems like they've gotten away with it now, having wrecked his guild's base, but the imperial guards will be here soon to arrest them.

Assassinations and kidnappings are all done in secret, and once they're dealt with cleanly, everyone turns a blind eye.

But they've already started fighting openly here; the death penalty is too lenient!

How dare you!?

Tu Chou simply couldn't understand the thought process of those people outside.

Moreover, even if they launch this attack, Akishima no Fox won't be able to break in. Aside from venting his anger and repairing the outer walls of his mansion, he can't do anything else.

As Tu Chou had predicted, less than five minutes after the garrison was attacked, the imperial guards, clad in iron armor, rode up in a grand procession from the street.

To cause such a big incident in the most bustling Xicheng District is tantamount to challenging the dignity of the imperial city's security.

Surrounded by the dark mass of imperial guards, the players of Autumn Fox quickly gave up resistance, dropped their weapons, and surrendered.

Attacking the Grizzly Guild might be driven by momentary impulse or hatred, but attacking the Imperial City Guards is truly suicidal.

"What's going on here?! Have you gone mad, launching a riot in broad daylight?!"

The leader of this group of imperial guards was Lewis Boren, the guard captain in charge of security in the western district. He was overwhelmed by the sight of the crowds and the mess.

"Who's in charge? Show yourself!"

Among the suppressed crowd, Yu Tong slowly walked out with his hands raised.

"Who are you? What are you trying to do?"

"Sir, I am Yu Tong, the guild leader of the Akishima Wild Fox Guild." Yu Tong said, enunciating each word clearly, "My sister was captured by the Grizzly Bear Guild stationed here..."

"Alright, alright, shut up! Guards, take all these rioters away!"

Lewis roared.

His question was simply to give the other party a chance to confirm whether they had any connections or background.

After all, it's not surprising that someone would dare to do something so big, with the shadow of some powerful nobles behind them. If that's the case, he'll have to think carefully about how to handle it.

But Yu Tong's answer just now has shown that he has no background, so just take him away and sentence him.

As for whether the other party has some kind of difficulty, that's none of his business.

No matter the reason, causing trouble in the capital without any connections is tantamount to courting death.

"...Commander Bolen, please take a look at this."

Unexpectedly, Yu Tong suddenly changed the subject, pulled out a piece of parchment from his pocket, and handed it to Lewis.

Lewis glanced at the document in his hand and was immediately taken aback when he saw the royal lion's head emblem printed in the lower right corner.

"Hurry to the West City headquarters and have this checked." Although Lewis knew that no one would dare to counterfeit this, he still had one of his men take it back for them to test.

However, this means he will have to change his approach slightly from now on.

Damn... they really do have connections... If they had something like this, they should have shown it sooner...

"You are Mr. Yu Tong, right?... Oh wait, hey! Outer guards! Chase away those guys watching from the side of the street, what are they looking at!"

Ye Xiao, who was in the crowd nearby, noticed the guard captain's interesting change and smiled to himself.

Now that we finally have connections, many things can be done much more easily, and we don't have to be so constrained.

In his previous life, he had suffered a lot in this regard. Guilds without backing had to swallow their anger and be bullied by guilds with backing most of the time.

Now, he doesn't even need to invoke Ella's name; he can simply borrow Skadi's stamp and stamp it everywhere to keep these small fry in check.

Chapter 123 Human Coincidence

Yu Tong tearfully recounted to the guard captain how he had been tortured by the Grizzly Guild and how his sister had been kidnapped.

Lewis was even more indignant upon hearing this, and patted the other man on the shoulder, saying that there were still such lawless people under the imperial city. He immediately ordered a group of imperial city guards to enter the mansion with him to search it.

Tu Chou felt a chill run down his spine at the sight. He couldn't stop them, and he didn't know if the guys still in the dungeon had managed to get the body out.

If these people find Yu Xue in the dungeon, he's finished.

Although he wasn't without connections, it was okay to do things in secret, but once he was brought into the public eye, he would inevitably have to be dealt with officially according to the laws of the empire.

Damn it... what should I do...?

As the Imperial Guards and Akishima Nogi's men filed in through the damaged gate, this time he didn't even have a reason to order his men to resist.

Just when they were at their wits' end, a loud bugle call suddenly came from the street.

Hidden in the crowd, Ye Xiao raised an eyebrow, surprised, because he saw a carriage caravan bearing royal insignia push past the outer guards and enter.

This couldn't possibly be Skadi; ​​she was currently arguing with Prince Raymond at Duke Albert's residence.

Similarly, Prince Raymond should not be here either.

Who could that be?

Ye Xiao watched as the guard captain ordered his men to stop and then scurried off to greet the luxurious carriage. After a quick mental check, he had a general idea of ​​what was going on.

The chief archmage of the royal palace, Boan Bazel, slowly stepped down from the carriage.

Even the chief archmage was not qualified to summon the royal carriage, but upon seeing this person, Ye Xiao's answer was confirmed.

The Third Prince Barnard, this guy actually came to support the Grizzlies in person?

It is said that the Third Prince always follows behind Prince Raymond, remaining silent and rarely speaking to anyone. Could his appearance this time be at Prince Raymond's request?

Not quite right.

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