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Prague is the origin of the Darkwing Family. When the waiter said this, it was equivalent to recognizing Pacino and Ram's identities.

Hearing the waiter's words, Pacino and Ram felt a wave of confusion. How could they be discovered so quickly?

They had only been in the city for less than an hour, and they had used legendary-level magic items to disguise their appearance and aura.

How did they find out?

Pacino's expression was stiff as he asked:

"Who is your master?"

The waiter replied with a smile:

"Lord of Shadows, sir."

Hearing this expected name, Pacino's face immediately showed dejection.

He originally wanted to launch a surprise attack, but he didn't expect to be detected so quickly, which was equivalent to suffering a loss before even starting negotiations.

Ram's expression was also not very good. The waiter smiled lightly and said:

"My master also instructed that all your expenses in Endless City today will be covered by him.

Please enjoy yourselves, and if you have any opinions, please be sure to give us feedback in a timely manner. We will make immediate rectifications. I won't disturb your meal."

After the young waiter excused himself, Pacino's face instantly darkened. A burst of light flashed on his body, revealing a rather handsome face.

Now that he had been exposed, there was no point in disguising himself anymore.

Ram, who was beside him, also returned to his original appearance, his brows furrowed in thought as he muttered in a low voice:

"It shouldn't be. There are so many strangers coming and going in Endless City every day, including young masters of power and wealthy families from all over the place.

We have been very low-key. How could they accurately find out our true identities and whereabouts so quickly?

They even prepared the food in advance."

Pacino's face was livid, and he snorted coldly:

"Who knows what kind of wicked tricks this kid used? Maybe…"

Pacino looked around and said grimly:

"This kid is eavesdropping on our conversation in secret somewhere!

Don't forget, he has a skill that allows him to escape into the sub-dimension!"

Ram's face changed suddenly, as if he felt someone was staring at him.

In the Shadow Plane, the girls who were monitoring Pacino and Ram in real-time looked at Cohen, who looked like he had a stomach ache, after hearing the former's words.

Cohen was speechless for a while, and said angrily:

"This Pacino is quite smart. He actually guessed it right."

Under the airtight surveillance of Cohen's secret agents all over the Endless Alliance and the monitoring magic circle covering the entire city sent by Yadel, Pacino and Ram were discovered as soon as they stepped into the sphere of influence of the Endless Alliance.

After the Deputy Director of the External Security Bureau, Reid Gallo, reported to Cohen, Cohen decisively used the "Control Shadows" authority that had just been upgraded, and took several girls into the Shadow Plane to secretly monitor the two people's every move.

He originally wanted to hear some quotations from them for tomorrow's negotiations, but he didn't expect this Pacino to be unexpectedly alert.

He guessed randomly, but he actually guessed it right.

Grace covered her mouth and chuckled, and said:

"Your Majesty is too conceited. Did you really think that the second heir of the Darkwing Family is a good-for-nothing?"

Cohen shrugged slightly and said:

"It doesn't matter. I didn't expect to really hear anything. The shock I gave him just now is enough. I think he will be much more honest during the negotiations tomorrow."

Mephis snorted softly beside him:

"If he knew that the three women he mentioned were all taken by one man, I guess the second young master of the Della family would collapse."

Mephis's words immediately caused Winsader to pinch Cohen's arm.

It was the first time for the girls to come to the Shadow Plane, and they were very curious.

Under Cohen's leadership, they visited many places.

In the private room, perhaps Pacino's random guess made Ram also feel apprehensive, so the two stopped discussing any official business and really started to enjoy the newly established Endless City.

With Cohen's promise of free consumption, Pacino directly let go and spent freely, without the demeanor and decency of an heir of a wealthy family.

Cohen was both angry and amused.

Be unrestrained, all the money you spend today will have to be spit out to me bit by bit during tomorrow's negotiations!

…

In the conference room, Pacino stared at Cohen's mask for a while and said:

"I'm very curious about what kind of face is under this mask."

Cohen smiled faintly:

"You will have a chance to know, but I hope you won't be too surprised when the time comes."

Pacino shrugged slightly and said:

"Your Excellency's intelligence capabilities are excellent. Are you interested in cooperating with our 'Darkwing Family'?"

"Let's join forces to squeeze out Black Grave and dominate the underground world of the continent!"

Cohen said calmly:

"Can Young Master Pacino be the master of the Darkwing Family?"

Pacino's face froze. Cohen was clearly saying that he was not qualified enough.

He was very angry in his heart, but he couldn't say anything to refute it.

Seeing the two of them in a stalemate, Ram, who was next to him, opened his mouth to ease the atmosphere:

"Lord of Shadows, I think you already know our intention for coming here today.

Here, I want to say sorry to you. We shouldn't have changed the things we agreed on, but there are really special reasons.

As you know, our Darkwing Family relies on intelligence and assassination work to get started. This business has a lot of overlap with that gang of bastards from Black Grave.

Although the Pale Wings and Black Grave were at odds before, the two sides were still restrained, just tripping each other up, and rarely killed each other.

But this situation completely changed a year ago.

More than a year ago, in the Battle of Emerald Lake, due to your sudden emergence, Your Excellency, Black Grave suffered huge losses.

The entire Northwest branch of Black Grave was swept away, and two saints were seriously injured and fled, and two legends fell.

Speaking of this, I want to emphasize that we have no intention of blaming Your Excellency at all.

Even our patriarch Cassius couldn't help but say 'good' three times after hearing about Your Excellency's actions.

He even sighed that probably only a hero like you deserves the Golden Winged Woman!

Having said that, although Your Excellency's actions boosted morale, Black Grave still blamed this matter on our Pale Wings.

Therefore, our family's business and business have been completely besieged by Black Grave, and the two sides have reached a fierce level where they will see blood when they meet.

Our Darkwing Family are all rough people with little culture or brains.

Unlike the other four-winged families, we are not good at doing business.

We can only do some dirty work, hard work, and hard work.

Now that we are being suppressed by Black Grave, this little bit of pitiful profit space is gone, and the entire family has reached a point where we are stretched thin and unable to continue.

Sir, you are not an outsider. I will secretly tell you the truth. This time, the expenses for me and Young Master Pacino coming to the 'Lost Land' were all borrowed by mortgaging our respective family's property and reputation.

If we can't pay it back, the two of us will become a laughing stock all over the continent!

Therefore, this half-percent profit from the cross-racial trade route is really too important to us.

We have no choice but to lower our faces and ask you to allow us to renege on our previous promise.

If you are willing to give us this favor, we hereby guarantee to you on behalf of the Darkwing Family that from now on, you will be our most loyal and reliable friend!"

Ram's words were reasonable and well-founded, and full of emotion. He not only praised Cohen without leaving a trace, but also sold his misery in a reasonable way.

Even Pacino, who was beside him, had slightly red ears.

Cohen also admired the acting skills of this Young Master Ram.

He was able to make a shameless reneging matter so sensational, as if the entire Darkwing Family would be reduced to sleeping on the streets if he didn't agree.

Obviously, Cohen was not among them. His expression was still calm, and he said in a serious manner:

"I deeply sympathize with the situation of Young Master Pacino and Young Master Ram. If the two of you are really short of money and need funds, I can personally give the two of you some financial assistance.

I can even introduce you to Taiwo, an old-fashioned conscientious family in the Lost Land with a good reputation and strong financial resources.

The Taiwo family controls the banks, money houses, and chambers of commerce in several oases in the 'Lost Land'. I believe they will be very happy to provide the young masters of the Darkwing Family with a loan at a suitable interest rate."

Old-fashioned conscientious family?

Are you talking about the Taiwo family that lends money at usurious rates and sucks blood?

The smile on Pacino's face almost couldn't be maintained.

If Ram hadn't frequently winked at him to imply not to be impulsive, Pacino would have flipped the table and left long ago based on his temper.

Ram's heart was actually full of complaints, but he still smiled on his face:

"Thank you for your generosity, Lord of Shadows. Our personal matters are trivial. The main thing is that our family needs this profit to get through the current difficulties!"

A look of embarrassment appeared on Cohen's face, and he hesitated:

"I personally sympathize with the Darkwing Family's situation very much, and I even very much hope to be able to help you with this matter.

But… alas, to tell you the truth, I am actually just a puppet.

The real person in charge of the Endless Alliance is not me. You should also know that there is a noble Winged Elf lady beside me.

I had already promised this half-percent profit to her and…"

Cohen stopped there and said no more.

He believed that with the Darkwing Family's intelligence capabilities, Winsader, who had been dealing with them for so long, must have been investigated for her true identity.

He just didn't know the relationship between the Central Empire's Empress and him.

This was the effect Cohen wanted. After all, he would still have to fight alongside them, the Pale Wings, in the future, and it would not be good to openly break face with the Darkwing Family among them, so Cohen prepared to wave the flag of Her Majesty the Empress.

No matter how bold the Darkwing Family was, they would not dare to directly ask Her Majesty the Empress.

Hearing Cohen's words, the two immediately fell silent.

Although they didn't know how many words in Cohen's words were true and how many were false, at least Winsader's identity was genuine, and they actually had internal guesses.

Could this Lord of Shadows be secretly supported by His Majesty Klein in the 'Lost Land'?

After all, the things this person had done were too shocking; it seemed hard to imagine he could do them alone.

With the support of Her Majesty the Empress, many unbelievable things became somewhat acceptable.

The silence was quickly broken by Ram's somewhat bitter voice:

"No… can't you do more work?

Mr. Cohen and Miss Windsor have such a good relationship, can't you play the emotional card a little?

Even if it's for the sake of us Golden Winged Women, please, Mr. Cohen, think of a way."

A hesitant look appeared on Cohen's face, his attitude seeming to soften.

Seeing this, Ram thought to himself, 'As expected,' and quickly pressed on while the iron was hot:

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"Mr. Shadow Lord, our Dark Wing family is very optimistic about your future with the Golden Winged Woman.

If you extend a helping hand to us this time, we guarantee here that we will strongly support your marriage with Miss Windsor at the Five Wings Family Joint Conference!"

Pacino was also inspired at this time and quickly said:

"My useless older… my good older brother has recently been deeply impressed by your charm and has decided to give up his pursuit of Miss Windsor.

Our Dark Wing family is very happy to see you become the son-in-law of our Pale Wings!"

Apart from the Purple Wing family, several other families of the Pale Wings have tried to pursue the Golden Winged Woman.

Pacino's older brother, the first in line to inherit the Dark Wing family, Gabriel Della, who has the strength of a ninth-order [Shadow Assassin], is one of Isabella's fanatical pursuers.

He even secretly assassinated several of Xasore's subordinates because of Xasore's public display of love for Isabella.

Now that Pacino has made such a statement, it also reflects from the side that the Dark Wing family's current situation is indeed not very good, and it seems that the Black Tomb has indeed increased its suppression of the Dark Wing family.

Seeing that the atmosphere was almost there, Cohen stopped pretending and coughed lightly:

"Since we've come this far, then I'll try harder and do more work with Miss Windsor?"

Ram said sincerely:

"Thank you, Mr. Cohen!"

Cohen nodded slightly, then got up and left the meeting room temporarily.

After Cohen left, Pacino took out a piece of magical equipment, and a flash of blue light enveloped the two people, isolating all eavesdropping.

Pacino's expression returned to indifference as he looked at Ram:

"How credible is what he said?"

Ram's tone was strange:

"Half and half, maybe. He's definitely not Windsor's puppet, but I don't quite believe that he can make all the decisions."

Pacino nodded slightly, a strange look appearing in his eyes as he whispered:

"I also tend to believe that he has the support of His Majesty Klein behind him. I even suspect that he was cultivated by His Majesty Klein to fight against Heisenberg."

An expression of agreement appeared on Ram's face, and he said:

"Reasonable. The country has obviously been divided up by the Heisenberg family and other major families and forces. At this time, cultivating a qualified agent in the 'Lost Land' is indeed in line with His Majesty Klein's character and methods.

It's just that in this case, the difficulty of us getting back this half of the profit will increase again."

Pacino sighed:

"It depends on how important our Miss Windsor is in the heart of this Shadow Lord.

It's really ridiculous that the dignified 'Pale Wings' has to rely on a woman and take the wife route."

Ram's lips moved, and he thought to himself, 'If you hadn't been so arrogant and wanted to use the 'Lost Land' incident to show off and surpass your older brother Gabriel's inheritance ranking, why would we have to take out this half of the profit that already belongs to us to bet on?'

Ram sighed softly in his heart. The drawbacks of large families are like this. There are always heirs who gamble with the interests of the entire family for personal gain.

It's just that these heirs often hold high positions and can control more of the family's resources, so the damage they cause to the family is even greater.

It can only be said that fortunately, they still have a woman to sell. If it weren't for Isabella's favor, this half of the profit might really be gone.

Cohen left the meeting room and found Windsor and others who were monitoring the meeting process not far away.

Windsor's face was obviously jealous, and she said sourly:

"Pale Wings, huh? They're really efficient at selling their daughter. If you nod your head, they can hold a wedding for you and the Golden Winged Woman tomorrow?"

Cohen chuckled twice and said:

"That's just them saying it casually in order to get me to agree, don't take it seriously.

By the way, Windsor, has Her Majesty the Empress given any instructions recently?

How is she going to deal with Florence? She's not really just going to watch the show, is she?"

Seeing Cohen deliberately changing the subject, Windsor glared at him gently and said:

"I don't know. She hasn't contacted me in a long time. By the way, didn't she give you her contact information? Why don't you ask her yourself?"

Cohen thought to himself, 'Dare I ask?'

A few days ago, Cohen tentatively asked this Empress, but he received sarcastic ridicule and belittlement in return.

This made Cohen confused. He seriously reflected on whether he had done anything to offend her. Why has Her Majesty the Empress's attitude towards him been so abnormal since the last time they met?

Could it be because he hooked up with her chief of staff and best friend?

That shouldn't be the case. She can't let Windsor not marry for the rest of her life, right?

Cohen even tentatively tested Her Majesty the Empress's sexual orientation from the side. Unsurprisingly, he received another scolding.

As a result, Cohen now has a conditioned reflex to Senice and no longer takes the initiative to contact her.

Seeing the embarrassment on Cohen's face, Windsor asked in surprise:

"What's wrong? Senice didn't reply to you?"

Cohen didn't want to speak ill of her best friend in front of his woman, so he covered up and said:

"Yes, maybe Her Majesty Klein is too busy and didn't notice the message I sent because I'm just an insignificant little person."

Windsor said:

"It's okay, I'll contact her later and ask her what her plans are."

Seeing that the time was almost up, Cohen adjusted his expression and walked back into the meeting room.

As soon as he entered the door, Cohen said with a slightly excited expression:

"There's a chance! There's a chance!"

The two of them were immediately energized and looked at Cohen expectantly.

Cohen sat down again and was about to speak, but suddenly stopped, a look of hesitation on his face.

Pacino coughed lightly, and Ram next to him received the signal and asked:

"Is there something difficult to say?"

Cohen's face showed a look of embarrassment and said:

"There's a chance, but the conditions proposed by the other party are a bit harsh."

Hearing Cohen's words, the faces of the two people were a little strained. Obviously, Cohen, or rather, the supporter behind Cohen, was going to rip them off.

And they had to accept this willingly.

Pacino suppressed the grief and indignation in his heart and said:

"Please tell us, Mr. Cohen. Apart from our low-level city-state, what else do you want?"

Cohen said quickly:

"One million in cash, transaction records and information from the Pan-Continental Slave Market, and two smuggling routes from the Northwest Continent to the Eastern Region Empire."

Hiss…

After listening to the conditions put forward by Cohen, the two of them suddenly gasped.

One million in cash is okay. For such a large Dark Wing family, squeezing out one million in cash is more than enough.

As long as the cross-racial trade routes are in operation, this one million can be recovered in one year, and there will even be a huge surplus.

The second item, transaction records and information from the Pan-Continental Slave Market?

The Dark Wing family is engaged in black market and underground transactions, so naturally, it is also involved in many transactions related to the slave market.

However, this is confidential information of the Dark Wing family. Once it is given out, it is very likely to reveal the detailed situation of some black markets, which may affect the family's business.

However, since the other party is already in that kind of relationship with the Golden Winged Woman, presumably they will not deliberately target the Dark Wing family, so this item can be barely accepted.

When they saw the last item, the two of them really couldn't sit still.

Two smuggling routes from the Northwest Continent to the Eastern Region Empire?

Pacino didn't expect two things. First, he didn't expect Cohen to know that they had smuggling routes from the Northwest Continent to the Eastern Region Empire in their hands, and second, he didn't expect this kid to dare to ask for them outright.

You must know that the Dark Wing family has paid a huge amount of manpower and resources to establish these two smuggling routes. One of these two routes is even personally controlled by Pacino.

Handing over these two routes is tantamount to cutting out a piece of his heart.

Pacino's face was strained, and he said:

"The first two items are fine, but the last one is not."

Cohen was not surprised by Pacino's reaction. One million in cash is nothing to the Dark Wing family.

As for the transaction records and information from the Pan-Continental Slave Market, Cohen wanted to find information about beastman slaves from it so that he could buy them in advance.

The last item was Cohen's preparation for the future.

Having a smuggling route to the Eastern Region Empire, he could find a way to target Xasore's business empire's supply chain and strike at it.

He wanted to cut off Xasore's financial lifeline first, defeat him economically, and then deal with him properly.

From Xasore's layout against the Golden Wing family, it can be seen that his financial situation has actually gone wrong.

Relying solely on the few companies under his command that have average profitability is no longer enough to support his huge struggle for succession.

If it weren't for Prince Quentin's secret funding, it is estimated that Xasore would have gone bankrupt long ago.

Even in the transcendent world, although money cannot solve all problems, but without money, there will really be many problems.

As long as Prince Quentin is defeated this time, and then find a chance to cut off Xasore's economic lifeline, it will be much easier to deal with him when his finances collapse on their own!

This is Cohen's most fatal counterattack against Xasore!