Makola turned to Xiao Chen again. He had a completely different expression from before. His eyes were full of friendliness. He said angrily, "Sir Xiao Chen, Sancho from Montenegro is the one who is against you. This guy has been watching you since Montenegro. It seems that several of his subordinates died in your camp. However, it is not your fault. Who told his people not to be cautious enough? If I sent someone to sneak into the Royal Magic Tower, there would be no good result. So, I thought it was a complete waste of time to track and investigate you, but Yepes backed him up and insisted that we keep a close eye on you. We can only pretend to cooperate, but I have never participated in anything against you!"
Xiao Chen looked at Makola in surprise. He couldn't accept how quickly his attitude changed. He had just been so strong and unyielding, but in the blink of an eye, he had become a lapdog.
"I thought you would be a hero outside. But your attitude... really makes me uncomfortable." Xiao Chen looked at Makola, trying to find some unnatural traces in his expression, but the latter looked sincere and honest. If they hadn't competed in the dream trial before, Xiao Chen felt that he was just like a new good friend.
"I treat people in the same way as I treat them. What happened before was all a misunderstanding. I thought you were an enemy of the Temple of Nature, so I naturally couldn't reveal anything to you. The warriors of the Shadow Group will never surrender to the enemy. That's our nature." Markola grinned. "But now it's very different. Since we know that you and Lord Roland are together, we are of course one of our own."
"Who are you and your family? Do you know how disgusting you look?" Ganuo snorted coldly.
Markola said with a kind of grace: "Lord Ganor, you are joking. Lord Roland, at least you and Mr. Xiao Chen are not my enemies. At most, we have some misunderstandings. I will explain it to you clearly. Don't regard me as a wavering and fickle person."
Xiao Chen found that the other party's words were actually self-consistent. He admired the other party's eloquence. "So are you willing to tell us the information now?"
Makola replied: "That depends on Lord Ganor's promise. As long as you agree to my request just now, I will tell you everything I know."
Ganuo looked at Xiao Chen, seeming a little undecided.
Xiao Chen said: "I think this matter should be reported to Priest Roland. He will decide the fate of Makola."
Ganor nodded and said to Makola, "Let's go, then. I hope you don't do anything unwise along the way."
"Of course, this is an important opportunity for me and I will cherish it," said Macola with a smile.
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The next morning, Ganuo secretly visited Xiao Chen again.
In the study, he sat opposite Xiao Chen, drinking a cup of Coke. He drank it very slowly. After drinking it once, he completely fell in love with the magical taste of bubbles in his mouth. He heard that this was a precious drink left by ancient magicians. There was only a little left in the world, so he thought he should savor it slowly.
"Macola is a lucky guy." Ganor took a sip of Coke and said with a sigh of relief, "No need to go into details, anyway, he has become our ally now."
"This guy really knows how to seize opportunities."
"But what was he doing? Lord Roland has been in the capital for some time, but he has never shown any reaction. In the final analysis, he was forced to do so. Lord Roland's original words were: 'Let him help us for a while. Why not use someone who can be used for free?'" Ganuo said.
"Priest Roland, are you reminding me of something?"
Ganuo smiled. "I don't know anything else. I only know that the adults value you very differently from others. People like us like to draw the relationship between people into circles, just like the annual rings of a tree. Makola is at most standing on the bark side now. Even if you are not in the heart of the tree, you are not far away from there."
"Then I would like to thank Priest Roland for his appreciation."
"Haha, okay, next is the information Markola told us. The Shadow Group suffered a great loss here last time, and six people were killed. Now, in order to avoid losses, there are no people watching around. But the day after tomorrow night, they plan to concentrate their forces to launch a surprise attack here. The goal is to capture you and interrogate you. If they can't catch you, they will capture others."
"These people actually attacked a magician's residence in the royal capital?" Xiao Chen knew that in the royal capital where the forces were complicated, the Shadow Group was far from being able to cover the sky with one hand.
"Because you guys haven't been out lately, they have to come to your house themselves."
"Isn't this beyond the normal rules of the game?"
“Hehe, if you had formed an alliance with Priest Roland earlier, this would definitely not have happened. But now, you have fought more than once, and so many people in the Shadow Group have died. If they don’t react, it will be difficult to explain even to the internal staff.”
"Can Priest Roland come forward to mediate now?"
"My lord guessed you would ask this, so he asked me to answer you like this: First, the fewer people who know about our alliance, the better, because it not only affects these small matters now, but also many big matters in the future. It is not worth it to put us in front of the people in the capital for such a thing. Secondly, it is not in my lord's interest to stop now. Makola is not worthy of us reaching out to the Shadow Group, so everything needs to proceed as planned. There is a wise saying from the ancients that goes like this: 'A lion waits for the right time to catch its prey.'"
"Priest Roland needs to clean the courtyard before he can move in with peace of mind, right?" Xiao Chen said.
Ganor laughed: "I like this metaphor. In fact, there are also great internal disagreements among those bugs and rats. Markola didn't want to get involved in this matter, because it is very troublesome to provoke the registered wizards of the Magic Association. But Sancho has already made enemies with you. The most people died among his men, and many of them were his confidants. He has been following this matter since Montenegro. If he can't get any follow-up, his future will be ruined.
So no matter what problems you have, or even if you have no problems at all, he will throw a lot of dirty water on you, and even make up some sensational charges on you. For example, you are a remnant of the Temple of War, or you are involved with the Temple of Wisdom, or you are actually the heir of the Seven Towers. These completely unfounded and most taboo charges in the temple have always been used to kill people without any evidence. Other forces are unlikely to interfere in the temple's cases, after all, this is the bottom line of the temple. In this way, they can withstand the questioning of the Magic Association and kill you."
"It's indeed out of tune." Xiao Chen nodded in agreement.
Jianuo smiled and swallowed the last sip of Coke: "So what is your plan?"
"If he wants to fight, then let him fight." Xiao Chen stood up with his hands on the table. He raised his hand and pointed around, "But we can't fight here. I treasure my bottles and jars."