Chapter 683: Big Griffin, or Big Griffin

The liaison officer bowed next to Count Malen and reported the report softly.

Upon hearing this, Earl Malen frowned.

Now is a sensitive period of turmoil in the kingdom. In the crowded dock market, someone actually committed a murder on the street.

Although those killed were all those foul-smelling little black street rats.

But this behavior is tantamount to the face of the governor of Tapang City.

The most outrageous thing is that after committing the murder, the four opponents summoned a large gryphon through some unknown means.

Riding a large griffon, he fled the scene at an extremely fast speed. Even the counterattacks of the defense towers and sentries failed. Only thousands of people at the scene saw this scene.

At this time, the officials in charge of security in the city were furious at the rangers who were patrolling the dock market today and the Nord warriors at the surrounding outposts.

It's like someone came up to them, slapped them in the face, and then walked away.

"Immediately increase the number of patrols in the three markets in the city."

"The number and frequency of night patrols will be doubled."

"The city is already planning to expand the army. I don't want any vicious incidents to happen in the city at this juncture!"

Earl Mullen said seriously.

"I understand, sir."

"Your will will be conveyed quickly."

The liaison officer did not dare to neglect, bowed and left Earl Malen's study.

Earl Malen put the quill in his hand back into the ink bottle, picked up the teacup and took a sip.

"Great Griffin?"

"Since when are there gryphons near Wintrobon City?"

"Except for the Rotten Bone Forest at the border between Avalon and Nord."

"There should be no gryphon activity nearby."

"But I can't say for sure. The kingdom's biological map has not been updated for decades."

Earl Mullen lowered his head and thought.

Unfortunately, no reasonable conclusion was drawn.

What he was most worried about was that the Trivasin family sent people to infiltrate the city.

With the strength of the Trivasin family, it would not be a problem to summon a group of high-level Nord warriors or epic-level mercenaries.

From a strategic perspective, this possibility is not high.

Because although Wintro State City is a large state city, it is not small in scale.

But it is only a terminal node in the southern basin.

Even if the ambitious queen really wants to attack the southern part of the kingdom, she should start from the upper reaches first.

Of course, no one can completely predict the behavior of the Trevaxin family.

Even if the probability is only one in 10,000, once it happens, it will be a disaster for Earl Malen.

Strictly speaking, there are two ways to capture a state city.

The first is to simply and rudely attack directly, or to lead the team with an epic level strongman and lead high-level warriors to perform beheading operations, leaving the city leaderless and in chaos overnight.

The second type is to win over each other through secret talks and coercion. It is said that it is a game of power to make the governor of the state and all the nobles loyal to one's side.

The former is suitable for use when you have a crushing combat advantage. It consumes a lot of money, but the effect is good.

The latter has the smallest cost, but the corresponding effect is unsatisfactory. The verbal contract is not binding in any way.

If the Trevoisin family likes to use the second method, there is still room for maneuver.

But if the first option is adopted, the Kingdom of Nord will be devastated.

Specifically, it depends on the future situation of the kingdom.

Judging from the current situation and territory of the kingdom, it will take at least half a month to see clear changes.

As for his youngest daughter Zoe, he is not worried now that she has a place.

At this juncture when a civil war could break out in the kingdom at any time, it was the child Zoe who chose to run away from home that made him sad. However, he believed that the rangers would bring Zoe back within two hours at the latest. .

The coordinates of the storage pendant after it is opened can be accurately positioned to a range of 100 meters.

Earl Mullen is very confident in this. The most important thing is that he knows that Zoe will definitely open the storage jewelry to take out supplies. Every time she opens it, the position will be fed back to the sensor ball.

Unless Zoe leaves the 10,000-kilometer range of the sensing ball.

But this is absolutely impossible.

Even if Zoe rode a strong mixed-breed horse, she would have to travel for at least half a month.

This still does not take into account the impact of terrain and various unexpected events on the way.

Even if you are riding a high-level blade-winged falcon, it will take more than two days to fly and rest.

Unless Zoe leaves through the Bangcheng teleportation array or obtains a high-level teleportation scroll.

The former is under the strict guard of the state army and is strictly prohibited for private use.

The latter is a precious space magic scroll, something that is priceless and cannot be bought at all.

As for the private teleportation array or space mage, there is no need to consider it.

This probability is lower than the probability of Queen Sandina leading the Trevathin family to surrender to King Ragnar overnight!

He shook his head, calmed down his chaotic thoughts, and continued to handle the government affairs of the city.

…

In the wasteland on the southwest outskirts of Wintrobon City.

After the four of them rested for a while, twelve o'clock at noon officially arrived.

The sun above your head is in the middle line, and the shadows of the trees are relatively centered.

Zong Shen immediately took out [Anna's Divination Coin (Special)].

Select the effect [divination of bad luck].

This was the first time he used it since he got it through ten consecutive draws.

This kind of prop that can affect luck is somewhat of a gambling nature.

As the effect is selected, the coin spins and flies up.

Finally, it fell firmly back into Zong Shen's palm.

He opened his palms and saw the smiling masked witch.

Good luck!

According to the attribute description, in the next 24 hours, Zong Shen's luck, or luck, will be improved to a certain extent!

With the blessing of great luck, it is most suitable for operations such as opening boxes, lucky bags, or points draws.

In fact, the strategy module cannot change Zong Shen's luck.

It can only be said that with the help of strategies, Zong Shen can reduce wrong behaviors and decisions, and reduce the chance of unlucky from a probabilistic level.

But [Anna’s Divination Coin (Special)] can improve your illusory luck.

Provided its capabilities live up to its description.

No matter what, it's worth a try.

After returning to the territory, you can open a treasure chest to test the waters.

After completing the coin divination, Zong Shen did not want to delay.

Decided to set out immediately to raid the Aldrich Dance Company's Bangcheng location!

Use the features of the big bag to rescue innocent dancing girls and gigolos and their relatives.

By the way, all the ill-gotten gains of the Aldrich Dance Company will be righteously confiscated!

After finishing, they still had to fly some distance on Eagle Sauce to reach the location of the teleportation beacon.

Calculated, it almost matches the return time.

This time Zong Shen and the hateful Eye of Cthulhu were no longer seen.

Nearly two days of teleportation back and forth made him physically and mentally exhausted.

I just want to open a box in the territory and rest. Gu Bo

The defensive challenge is about three days away.

He plans to explore the ruins tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, and will stay in the territory the day after tomorrow to make final preparations.

Everything is clearly arranged.

After sorting through the to-do items in his mind, Zong Shen waved his hand.

"Let's go."

"Target, Aldrich Dance Company's residency!"

"Zoe, you just joined our adventure team, put your big ax away."

"Since you have storage items, you should have other weapons."

"Are there any crossbows or anything like that?"

Zong Shen said loudly, and then looked at Zoe.

"Crossbow?"

"oh…"

"Yes, I brought a Nord crossbow."

With that said, Zoe activated the storage pendant again, put away the scary double-edged ax, and took out a silver-white exquisite hand crossbow and a bag of crossbow bolts.

At the same time, in the central castle of Wintrobon City, Count Malen saw the magic induction bead in front of him showing a location coordinate again.

This coordinate is the same as the previous one.

This made him immediately feel reassured. Not long ago, a squadron of rangers had rushed over.

It is estimated that we will reach the wasteland in another five or six minutes.

"When I come back this time, I will definitely send a few high-level Nord scouts to keep an eye on little Zoe!"

Earl Maren secretly vowed that he would never let Zoe go out at will in the turbulent situation of this kingdom!

…

In the wasteland, Zoe took out the hand crossbow, skillfully placed a crossbow arrow, and hung the crossbow bag on her waist.

She has already seen the storage methods of Zong Shen and others, so naturally she won't worry about them having any evil thoughts about her storage pendant.

At present, Zong Shen and the others perfectly fit Zoe's image of adventurers.

Brave, generous, high force value, informal!

Joan of Arc took off her leather armor and put on her original French knight's armor.

The inner cotton underwear showed off her great figure

It would be even better if there were lace and silk underwear...

Caniggia took off his gray robe, revealing the exquisite light blue robe underneath.

The body of the robe is embroidered with wind patterns, which represent the magic power of wind.

Zong Shen also took off his leather armor, put on the [Light Demon Battle Armor (red)], put on the [Silver Knight Battle Helmet (purple)], and took out the [Bearded Hank's Explosive War Hammer (orange)].

After everyone was ready, the most miserable person was Zoe.

She was considering whether to change into the female Nord fourth-level armor given to her by her father...

But after thinking about it, she let it go. She was already wearing a third-level light armor under her robe.

As we all know, Nords don't like to wear heavy armor, even the Nord emperor who fights with a shield is like this.

However, the Nords have inherited some of the forging mantles of the ancient Three Fortress dwarves, and their technology in forging armor and weapons is quite good. Their standard equipment has higher attributes than the standard equipment of the same level in other kingdoms.

Putting aside the gossip, the four of them climbed onto Yingjiang one after another when they were ready.

After sitting firmly, Zong Shen started the strategy navigation and flew towards the location of the Aldrich Dance Company.

Because they are not in the same direction, it takes a few minutes to fly.

In order to ensure concealment, this time Yingjiang flew directly to an altitude of 5,000 meters.

This altitude is not the most suitable for cruising, but it is concealed enough, and Yingjiang's short-term ultra-high altitude flight is no problem.

Last night, Zong Shen launched an attack on the Aldrich Dance Company's residence in the form of a flying tiger attack.

There was no guarantee that those guys would guard the sky today, but it didn't matter, he always let Yingjiang break through the defense.

With Yingjiang's double resistance and health, there is no problem in resisting the concentrated fire of level 4 and below shooters or mages in a short period of time.

…

Three or four minutes after Yingjiang left.

A team of rangers arrived on the scene.

They saw Eagle Sauce rising into the sky while they were still on the road.

As a large griffon with a body length of more than ten meters, it is difficult for Yingjiang to move undetected.

Especially when it is just raised to less than 1,000 meters above the ground, it is easy to be observed by the surroundings.

The group of rangers circled the wasteland and found nothing.

"Gone, Miss Zoe is not here."

"It was very likely that he was taken away by the big gryphon!"

"Report to Lord Gold immediately"

The Ranger squadron leader made a quick decision and decided to return.

The great griffon just now was extremely fast and had long since disappeared.

Their team was originally responsible for patrolling the outside of Winterloo State.

So I don’t know about the security incidents happening in the city.

But they will truthfully report what they see to their superiors!

…

The sky above the Aldrich Dance Company's Bangcheng location.

Hundreds of people live here, including dancing girls, gigolos, and their relatives.

There were also six or seven squads of Highlander warrior guards.

Those highlanders are big and strong, and are good at using weapons such as maces, machetes, and giant axes.

Responsible for following around in the tavern to avoid trouble caused by blind people.

After last night's aerial raid, several top management of the dance company unanimously decided to hire several teams of shooters from active mercenary groups in several cities!

The Aldrich Dance Company is not short of money. Even if it is only a state-level branch, it is still making money every day.

This time period at noon is when everyone takes a rest.

Their working hours are day and night, so they sleep from morning to evening.

Dancers, especially, often have to undergo medical treatment.

The mercenaries don't know what it means to be compassionate and will only use the roughest gestures to vent their anger. Injuries are inevitable, so there are several doctors and Highlander shamans who are good at natural healing spells stationed in the station.

This time, Zong Shen made the right choice to let Yingjiang fly to a height of 5,000 meters.

At such a height, with the help of the cover of clouds, people at Aldrich Station below could not detect it at all.

Unless a person with visual talent or a sight-distance-enhancing device like a [telescope] always stares at the sky, it is impossible for the Aldrich Dance Company to discover it.

Of course, when Yingjiang launches a dive offensive, they can still see it when it drops to a certain height.

What matters is speed.

It was noon again, when the sun was at its strongest, and no one would keep staring at the sky.

"Joan of Arc, summon your French cousin as soon as you land."

"Kagenia and Zoe, it's best for you two to stay on Eagle Sauce's back and use long-range means to assist in the attack."

"Just let Joan of Arc and I be responsible for the landing operations."

This time Zong Shen plans to completely remove the Aldrich Dance Company from its Bangcheng location.

Considering the distance between the station and Bangcheng and the time it took for Bangcheng's reinforcements to arrive, they had to resolve the battle within 15 minutes. At this time, they had to invite the French cousin.

A team of big cousins ​​is enough to deal with all the Highlander warriors.

Joan of Arc and he can also stand alone!

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