On the Seven Towers

Macola turned to Xiao Chen again. He had a completely different look from before. His eyes were friendly. He said angrily, "Sir Xiao Chen, Sancho from Montenegro is the one who has a problem with you. This guy has been watching you since Montenegro. It seems that several of his subordinates died in your camp. However, it's not your fault. Who told his people not to be cautious enough? If I sent someone to sneak into the Royal Magic Tower, there would be no good results. So, at that time, I thought it was a waste of time to track and investigate you, but Yepes backed him up and insisted that we keep a close eye on you. We can only pretend to cooperate, but I have never participated in anything against you!"

Xiao Chen looked at Macola in surprise. He really couldn't accept that the other party's style changed so quickly. Just now, he was still mighty and unyielding, but in the blink of an eye, he became a lapdog.

"I thought you would be a hero outside. I didn't expect your attitude... It really makes me uncomfortable." Xiao Chen looked at Markola, trying to find some unnatural traces in his expression, but the latter looked sincere and honest. If it weren't for the previous battle in the dream trial, Xiao Chen felt that he was just like a new good friend.

"I treat people in the same way as I treat them. The previous things were all misunderstandings. I thought you were an enemy of the Temple of Nature, so I naturally couldn't tell you anything. The warriors of the Shadow Group will never surrender to the enemy. That's our nature to die rather than surrender." Markola grinned, "But now it's very different. Since we know that you and Lord Roland are together, we are of course one of our own."

"Who is one of your own? Do you know how disgusting you look?" Ganor snorted.

Markola had a rather self-reflective demeanor: "Lord Garno, you are joking. Lord Roland, you and Mr. Xiao Chen are at least not my enemies. We just have some misunderstandings. I will naturally explain it to you. Don't regard me as a wavering and fickle person."

Xiao Chen found that the other party's words could actually make sense. He admired the other party's eloquence. "Are you willing to tell the information now?"

Markola replied: "It depends on Lord Garno's promise. As long as you agree to my request just now, I will tell you everything I have to say."

Gano looked at Xiao Chen, seeming to be a little undecided.

Xiao Chen said: "I think this matter should be reported to Priest Roland. He will decide the fate of Markola."

Gano nodded and said to Markola: "Then let's go. I hope you don't make any unwise moves along the way."

"Of course, this is an important opportunity for me, I will cherish it." Markola said with a smile.

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The next morning, Garno secretly visited Xiao Chen again.

In the study, he sat opposite Xiao Chen, drinking a cup of Coke. He drank it very slowly. After drinking it once, he completely fell in love with the magical taste of bubbles in his mouth. It is said that this is a precious drink left by ancient magicians. There is only a little left in the world. He thinks he should taste it slowly.

"Macola is really lucky." Garno swallowed a sip of Coke and said with a sigh of relief, "No need to say more about the details. Anyway, he has become our ally now."

"This guy really knows how to seize opportunities."

"But what did he do earlier? Lord Roland has been in the capital for some time, and he has never shown any expression. In the end, he was forced by a knife. Lord Roland's original words were: 'Let him help us for a while. Why not use someone who can be used for free?'" Garno said.

"Priest Roland, are you reminding me of something?"

Gano smiled, "I don't know anything else, I just know that the adults' attention to you is very different from others. People like us like to draw the relationship between people into circles, just like the annual rings of a tree. Markola is now at most standing on the bark side. Even if you are not in the heart of the tree, you are not far from there."

"Then I have to thank Priest Roland for your attention."

"Haha, okay, next is the information Markola told us. Their Shadow Group suffered a great loss here last time, and six people were killed. Now in order to avoid losses, there are no people around to follow. But the day after tomorrow night, they are going to concentrate their forces to launch a surprise attack here, the goal is to capture you and interrogate you, and if they can't catch you, they will capture others."

"These people actually attacked a magician's residence in the capital?" Xiao Chen knew that in the capital with complex forces, the Shadow Group was far from being able to cover the sky with one hand.

"Because you haven't been out lately, they can only come to you on their own."

"Isn't this beyond the normal rules of the game?"

"Hehe, if you had formed an alliance with Priest Roland earlier, this would definitely not have happened. But now, you have fought more than once, and so many people in the Shadow Group have died. If they don't respond, they won't be able to explain themselves internally."

"Can Priest Roland come forward to mediate now?"

"My lord guessed that you would ask this, and he asked me to answer you this way: First of all, the less people know about our alliance, the better, because it is not only related to these small things now, but also to many big things in the future. Because of this It is not worth it to put us in front of everyone in the royal capital. Secondly, it is not in the interests of the adults to stop now. Makola is not the hand we extend into the shadow group, so everything is fine. It needs to be carried out as planned. There is a sage saying that 'a lion waits for its opportunity to catch its prey.'"

"Priest Roland needs to clean the courtyard before he can move in with peace of mind, right?" Xiao Chen said.

Garno laughed: "I like this metaphor. In fact, those bugs and rats also have great internal differences. Makola didn't want to get involved in this matter, because provoking the registered mages of the Magic Association is very troublesome. . But this guy Sancho has become enemies with you. His subordinates have died the most, and many of them are his cronies. He has been following this since Montenegro. If nothing happens, his future will be ruined.

So no matter what problems you have, or even no problems at all, he will pour a lot of dirty water on you, and even make up some sensational charges to put on you. For example, you are a remnant of the Temple of War, or you are involved with the Temple of Wisdom, or you are actually the descendant of the Seven Towers. These crimes, which are completely out of character and are the most taboo in the temple, can always be killed without any evidence. Other forces are unlikely to interfere in the temple's case. After all, this is the temple's bottom line. In this way, they can withstand the questioning of the Magic Association and kill you. "

"It's really out of tune." Xiao Chen nodded in agreement.

Garno smiled and swallowed the last sip of Coke: "What's your plan?"

"If he wants to fight, he will fight." Xiao Chen stood up with his hands on the table. He raised his fingers and looked around, "But we can't fight here anymore. I have precious bottles and jars of my own."