The bleak autumn wind rolled up the fallen leaves, and there were very few passers-by on the streets of Silvermoon City.
Having just experienced a tragic coup, this half-elf king city is still under military control.
The slave market in the west of the city is no longer as prosperous as it used to be.
The Hyacinth Merchant Guild has long been surrounded by heavily armed half-elf guards, and they keep bringing out various things from inside.
In a dark alley a kilometer away from the chamber of commerce, Rose Savoy poked his head out furtively, carefully observing the situation of his own chamber of commerce.
Obviously, things are not looking good.
Ever since the head of his brother Sith fell from the sky in the palace, Rose knew that the Savoy family's operation had failed again.
But he wasn't too desperate, because Queen Aisha didn't exterminate the Savoy family, she just expelled them from the country.
Half-elven nobles also have a tradition of forgiving losers.
What's more, for the Miller family, not only did they not hate the Savoy family, but they had to thank them. If they hadn't launched this coup, the half-elven throne might not have fallen to them.
However, although the members of the Savoy family were saved, all their assets were apparently confiscated.
Ross sighed, looked at the Hyacinth Chamber of Commerce for the last time, and was about to turn around and leave.
But when he turned his head, he saw a man in black standing quietly in the shadow behind him, staring at him coldly.
"Yu...Mr. Yu, why did you come to Silvermoon City?"
A sneer sneered at the corner of Mr. Xi's mouth: "What? Can't I come?"
"Of course. It's just that you have also seen that our family has just encountered a catastrophe... so we can't entertain you."
Mr. Xi ignored Rose's politeness, but asked directly: "Do you know why you failed?"
Rose shook his head and asked respectfully, "Please advise."
"Because you are too greedy!" Mr. Xi said in a cold tone, "Besides, you didn't do what I told you to do."
There was also a hint of anger on Rose's face, as if the resentment and fear accumulated in the past few days had suddenly burst out:
"According to your instructions? Mr. Xi, you were not in Silvermoon City at the time, how did you know the situation we were facing
The development of the matter is beyond everyone's expectations, and my brother and I can only adapt to the situation! "
"Adaptive?" Mr. Xi chuckled, "This is the first time I've heard someone describe 'betrayal' like this."
"Betrayal?" Rose seemed to be desperate, and growled furiously, "Do you really think that our Savoy family is still a dog raised by your family
wake up!
It is not three hundred years ago now!
You yourself have become a homeless dog, and you can only survive with the support of the troll!
Still counting on our loyalty
When you dare show up in the sun without that damned hood, talk loyalty to our House of Savoy! "
Facing Rose's harsh sarcasm, Mr. Xie was not angry, but sighed, and said leisurely:
"Yeah, more than three hundred years. The world has almost forgotten my family.
The former loyal servant also began to find another way out, leaving behind all the past oaths... "
After a pause, Mr. Ji suddenly laughed: "However, I never counted on your loyalty from the beginning.
After the lesson in the northern border last time, I have understood that oaths are ridiculous, and loyalty is just a bubble in the sun. It looks glamorous, but it is actually vulnerable. "
Mr. Xi took a few steps forward, and his smile became brighter:
"But I think the most ridiculous thing is you people.
You think you are very smart, you don't want to be chess pieces, you also want to be chess players.
But in fact, you can't see the chess game clearly at all, and you don't even know where the real chess eyes are. "
Ross was confused by what Mr. Hu said, and didn't understand what he meant.
But Mr. Xi didn't seem to expect him to understand at all, as if he was just telling himself:
"You only see Silvermoon City in your eyes, and you only know that half-elf throne.
Ha ha, but how can these insignificant things qualify as the real focus of this game of chess? "
Ross probably understood this time, but this feeling of being slighted made him even angrier, and he couldn't help but sneer again: "Now that the overall situation of Silvermoon City is settled, what can you do?"
"The overall situation has been decided?" Mr. Ji chuckled, shook his head and said, "My ultimate move has not yet been released. Besides, didn't I tell you that Silvermoon City is just an insignificant corner of the chessboard, and it is still decided It won’t matter the outcome of this game of chess.”
"Heh, then what is your killer move?" Ross said the more he looked at this pretentious Mr. Ji now, the more he disliked it.
"My killer move..." Mr. Xi said halfway, his voice suddenly dropped, and the words in his mouth became slurred.
Ross didn't hear clearly, and took two steps forward curiously, just about to ask, but found himself speechless.
He only felt as if a piece of burning charcoal was stuffed in his throat, so hot that he almost spit out fire.
In the next second, he really burst into flames.
Then, the fire quickly ignited his face, his head, his neck, and spread to his whole body...
In the end, Rose was reduced to a pile of ashes in the painful struggle.
"My ultimate move, you are not qualified to know."
Mr. Xi sneered, and looked towards the direction of the north through the dark alley.
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Northern Territory, Falling Eagle City.
Oliver, a fat businessman, was sweating profusely and welcomed a luxuriously dressed woman into the Tulip Chamber of Commerce.
"Ms. Panny, we can't go on like this anymore! We can make a lot of money by relying on the rise in food prices by holding on to those grains and not selling them, but... But I'm afraid we won't live to earn this money!"
Penny's wine-red eyes stared at Oliver coldly, and asked, "What are you afraid of? Don't worry, with me here, the Earl will not arrest you for hoarding food."
For this, Oliver believed.
After all, the other party is Earl Uman's favorite lover, so he is sure to handle the Earl.
However, Oliver still said anxiously: "Ma'am, I'm not worried about the Earl."
"Then what are you worried about?"
"I'm worried about those slaves and civilians who are about to go crazy with hunger! Did you know that when the trolls invaded this spring, a large number of fields missed the spring plowing, and now the famine has begun to spread in the northern border!
At this time, we are holding on to the grain and not selling it. I am afraid... I am afraid that people will really starve to death! "
"It's just a bunch of slaves and untouchables. If you die, you will die." Penny looked unmoved, as if she was no longer of the same class.
"Ma'am, have you ever been hungry?" Oliver became impatient, and he no longer concealed some words, "I have been hungry! And, I know what it feels like, life is better than death!
It turns a man into a madman, into a beast, into something that devours all... ”
Penny looked at Oliver coldly, and said with a smile, "Keep talking."
Oliver hesitated for a moment, but still didn't dare to speak.
"Isn't it just a rebellion?" Penny said in a relaxed tone.
"Now that you know, why..."
"Take care of yourself, Mr. Oliver, you won't be hungry."
Penny patted Oliver's chubby face lightly, and said:
"But if you're doing something you shouldn't be doing...not necessarily."
(end of this chapter)