The night was silent and still.
Although the cave cities had no curfew, few people were seen within the city walls late at night. Occasionally, a few drunken men could be seen stumbling down the streets, arm in arm.
“That vixen.”
“I threw a month’s wages at her, damn it, didn’t even touch her hand tonight. When I go back tomorrow, if I don’t pin her down, I’m not a man with a club.”
The drunken man, his face flushed with alcohol, slurred and cursed, hiccuping.
“Hmph, those women in the tavern are all… very cunning.” The man beside him, still clutching a wine bottle, snorted, “You, a month’s wages, me, half a year… still haven’t touched a hand.”
“Trash, trash!”
*Bang!*
Suddenly, the drunkard roared furiously, and the wine bottle in his hand smashed heavily onto the ground.
“If you’re going to act drunk, go elsewhere! Know where you are!” Just then, several well-armed city lord’s guards approached, glaring.
Seeing that it was the city lord’s mansion guards, the drunken man’s alcohol-induced stupor seemed to vanish instantly.
He bowed and apologized obsequiously, then quietly retreated.
The city lord’s mansion guards watched silently as they walked away. After they had gone a few dozen meters, the drunkard looked back and cursed as he saw the guards returning to patrol elsewhere.
“Damn it, what the hell!”
“Aren’t they just dogs guarding the city lord’s mansion? Acting all high and mighty. If only I had the chance, I’d kill all these bastards.”
“They’d have to kneel when they see me!”
The drunkard grumbled, took another wine bottle from his bracelet, pulled out the wooden stopper, and poured the wine into his mouth.
“Hey, have you noticed? The city lord’s mansion seems unusually heavily guarded today.” Another drunkard frowned. “Look at the streets around the city lord’s mansion, there are probably seven or eight groups of guards standing there. And there’s not a soul on the street. Could something be happening at the city lord’s mansion?”
“Hmph, it’ll be good if something happens!”
The drunkard holding the wine bottle grunted resentfully.
“It’s best if the Batu Kingdom quickly invades our city and beheads all these so-called kings, princes, and nobles, so they stop bossing us around and acting like peacocks.”
The other drunkard raised his eyebrows slightly and put his arm around the drunkard holding the wine bottle.
“You’ve also heard the news that the Batu Kingdom is going to attack our Tatu Kingdom?”
“Who doesn’t know that!” The drunkard immediately snorted. “Now, medicines in the black market have skyrocketed in price, and equipment is outrageously expensive. You know how many people in our city are selling their assets. The Batu Kingdom will attack soon, and the Tatu Kingdom will surely be destroyed.”
“So, does that mean the city lord’s mansion is on alert for the Batu Kingdom?”
“Who knows.”
The drunkard holding the wine bottle took another swig. People like him didn’t care about whether there was a war. No matter how harshly he cursed the city lord’s mansion, in the end, no matter who was in power, he would still be a commoner.
If he had any other skills, he wouldn’t have ended up in this state.
Thinking so many useless thoughts was meaningless to him.
Occasionally cursing the city lord’s mansion to vent his emotions was enough for him.
*Swish!*
Suddenly, a black shadow darted out from under his feet. The drunkard, already dizzy with drink, was almost startled into falling by this shadow.
Staggering to steady himself, he grabbed the wine bottle and threw it at the black shadow.
“Damn it, a wild cat dares to mess with me? See if I don’t smash you to death!” The enraged drunkard threw the wine bottle, but unfortunately, it missed the black shadow that had darted away.
The black shadow moved extremely fast and soon disappeared into the darkness, leaving the drunkard cursing in place.
An alley in the city.
Chen Yu leaned against the wall, silently looking at his wristband.
He had contacted Ronnie several times, but he still couldn’t get in touch with her. Even more absurdly, there was no news from Fuhua Elton either.
“What are these father and daughter up to?”
Chen Yu muttered.
He had a very bad feeling in his heart that the Tatu Kingdom was planning a two-pronged attack, targeting both Ronnie and Fuhua simultaneously.
If Fuhua couldn’t be contacted, his situation might also be precarious.
*Swish!*
The black shadow appeared like a phantom, and a black cat, as if it were blending into the night, landed on Chen Yu’s shoulder.
“Boss!”
“What’s the situation at the city lord’s mansion?” Chen Yu glanced sideways. Hei Dou licked its little nose. “It’s heavily guarded. The streets around are patrolled by guards arranged by the city lord’s mansion. Any citizen passing by is driven away. Damn it, when I was coming back, I ran into two drunkards who threw bottles at me. You sons of bitches, I really want to scratch them.”
The first part was the information Hei Dou had explored, and the latter part was purely his own emotional venting.
Listening to the news, Chen Yu’s eyes narrowed, and he remained silent.
This was truly terrible news!
The city lord’s mansion was so heavily guarded. It seemed they had anticipated that the Elton family would go to the city lord’s mansion to rescue someone tonight and had made thorough preparations.
This was extremely disadvantageous for Chen Yu and his group.
While they might have been able to sneak into the city lord’s mansion using magic cloaks, now there might be high-level mages within the mansion who could see through their disguise.
“Did you get inside the city lord’s mansion?”
Chen Yu glanced sideways.
Hei Dou, still cursing the drunkards, looked up and shook its little head like a rattle drum.
“I couldn’t get in.”
“You couldn’t get in?” Chen Yu’s heart trembled upon hearing this. “You went in your true form, didn’t they stop even cats?”
Hei Dou remained silent, but from its eyes, the answer was clear.
The answer was a resounding yes!
“Yes, when I was going there, I heard some patrolling guards chatting. Their conversation seemed unrelated to Ronnie.” Hei Dou frowned again and said, “It seems the city lord’s mansion suddenly became so heavily guarded because someone from the Batu Kingdom has infiltrated the Tatu Kingdom, and their target is to carry out some kind of decapitation operation.”
“What the heck!”
Chen Yu exclaimed, putting his hand to his forehead.
How did things seem to be getting more and more complicated? Why were people from the Batu Kingdom here, carrying out a decapitation operation?
If you’re going to decapitate, decapitate the sovereign.
What’s the use of decapitating a few city lords!
City lords, in the end, are just dogs of the royal family. As long as the royal family doesn’t fall, countless city lords can be appointed. Could it be that the Batu Kingdom wants to cause internal chaos in the Tatu Kingdom in this way?
Or perhaps, to sow panic?
If that were the case, it wouldn’t be impossible.
The best strategy is to attack the mind!
The problem was that Chen Yu had no intention of interfering with the grievances between these two countries. What he cared about was that by the time the city lords were decapitated, their rescue of Ronnie would not be hindered.
“Mr. Chen, when do we make our move?”
The death warriors of the Elton family showed an expression of urgency in their eyes.
“We should start as soon as possible. If the people from the Batu Kingdom really arrive later, it will be too late to rescue Miss Ronnie.”
“This trouble is just one after another.”
Chen Yu muttered to himself, licking his lips, then clenched his fists.
“Let’s go, we’ll risk it!”