On September 9th, Dane welcomed a group of 'guests' from the Duchy of Florence.
There is no need to guess the purpose of these people, they must be Im's backer.
These Florentines came in the name of 'envoys of the principality', claiming to be envoys, but they are actually farting.
Dane didn't believe that a group of people who didn't even have a diplomatic letter signed by the Grand Duke of Florence would be the real envoys of the Principality. They didn't even see Dane's face before they were stopped at Shawan Harbor.
This was not ordered by Dane himself, but by Velina, who presided over the affairs of Shawan Harbor. Those Florentines walked into the gate of Verina's city hall with a high-spirited attitude, demanded diplomatic notification, and demanded VIP treatment, but they were directly kicked out by the iron-blooded female knight.
When they left, this group of people threatened to make the female knight unable to eat. Verina is not a timid person, if they dare to show off their power like this, the female knight will definitely not be polite to them.
So, the next day, the group of envoys were thrown into the prison in Shawan Harbor on the charge of 'fraud', because they came in the name of the envoys of the Principality of Florence, but they could not produce envoys. The group should have proof.
In fact, it is true that these people are serious envoys, but they are 'Earl Bulls'. This is what they confessed when they were imprisoned, and it is also consistent with the information Dane got from the 'mask'.
When it comes to 'masks', one has to mention more. After this woman was established at the Black Hand Academy, she began to undertake the training of spies, spies and agents. Up to now, a group of secret agents have graduated.
Among them, most of them are drow elves.
Drow seems to have a unique talent for acting as a secret agent. In the spy training of the Black Hand Academy, apart from the drow elves, there are also a considerable proportion of human apprentices, but the drow's learning speed and achievements are obviously stronger than humans in this respect.
It's a pity that these black skins are too conspicuous in the surface world. Their black skin is unforgettable at a glance-and this is the most undesirable attribute of being a spy.
Fortunately, the spies trained by the Black Hand Academy have somewhat special abilities—for example, Persistent Transfiguration and makeup.
Needless to say, the permanent shapeshifting technique is a necessary means for the drow to work as undercover agents in the surface world. They need the power of this spell to conceal their true colors.
More noteworthy, however, is the ability to make up.
The make-up of the drow agent might as well be called 'disguise'. After they have been trained, they can completely change their appearance and even their skin color by physical means. And this purely physical change is sometimes a blind spot for detecting spells.
The two-pronged ability of transfiguration and make-up disguise allows these drow to come to the surface openly and do some secret work without worrying too much about being discovered.
At the same time, the mask, the black-handed instructor, has honorably taken over Dane's entire intelligence front from Chapple. ,
It would be better to leave this work to professionals.
With a group of professional black-hand spies graduating and being sent out, and the masked black-hand instructor personally controlling the entire intelligence front, Dane's intelligence network has become stronger than ever.
If it was said that under the control of Chapple before, his intelligence front was only a shelf, then the intelligence department under the control of the mask has become terrifying.
A month or two ago, Dane had already told the mask to step up the intelligence gathering work on the wasteland pass. And in the female instructor's latest report, Dane saw the results of her work:
Now there are seventeen professional spies from the Black Hand Academy who have entered the barren land pass. One of the female drow spies has undergone transfiguration and make-up, and has become Im's favorite bedside person. There is also a human spies, currently A senior officer of the Guard Legion has been successfully replaced in the pass. The other fifteen spies, each with their own identities, have been stationed in the barren land pass for a long time.
In other words, the current barren land pass is almost transparent to Dane.
And in these two months, the mask has basically figured out Im's background.
This guy's most direct backer is a powerful lord of the Duchy of Florence, a member of 'Bull Earl' Waterman.
Earl Bull is also one of the most powerful lords in the entire Duchy of Florence. There are more than six thousand private soldiers, and there are nearly a hundred knights who are loyal to the earl. Moreover, the status and influence of the Bull family in the Principality is also very large. Among the few earls in the Principality, the flag and badge of the red bull are also the most powerful.
And his territory is at the easternmost point of Florence, bordering Schindler.
And Im, who is said to be the younger brother of Earl Waterman - is just the illegitimate son of a man.
As an illegitimate child without inheritance rights, Im grew up with Wortman since he was a child, and only Wortman followed suit. And after Wortman inherited the title and territory of the Earl of Bull, his status also rose. With the support of the Earl, he came to Schindler, pulled up a team, and worked as a sand bandit for several years. , specializing in business in the area from Schindler to Florence.
Later, he discovered the business in the barren land pass, and felt that it was a less labor-intensive and more efficient way of "plundering", so he changed his career to become a warlord and started a black shop.
With the Duke of Florence at his back and the support of a nobleman like the Earl of the Bull, wouldn't Im live a chic and comfortable life
Of course, this kind of chic and comfortable, after Dane stared at him, it will go with the wind.
Previously, a soft attitude was of no use to Dane. The 'diplomatic pressure' brought by Earl Bull's envoys was Im's hard way. From the envoys who were imprisoned, Dane saw the letter from Earl Bull.
In the letter, Earl Wortman severely condemned Dane, and threatened him not to easily stir up troubles between the two countries, and said that if Dane's provocative behavior continues, it will definitely Will be 'judged by justice'.
"Full of fart." Dane sneered and gave such a definition to the earl's letter, and asked people to bring this sentence to the envoys, and asked them to go back and tell Waterman the exact words.
At the same time, Dane also made up his mind and was ready to attack the barren land pass.