After Magic Beast Tide, the chief culprit of the turmoil, Black Robe Mage, was captured alive by Claire, the lords of the nearby cities felt a little uneasy, so they gathered together again.
Count Evan of Augon City said with some worry, "What should we do? That guy was caught, won't he give us away?"
Count Grein shook his head and said, "Probably not, don't they all adhere to professional ethics in this industry?"
"Why can't it be possible? Who can keep such a secret with a knife on his neck?" Portland City's Count Vian shook his head.
Viscount Harvey of Lianli City also agreed, "I think so."
"Then what do you think we should do?" Count Grein spread his hands.
"You found this person, what do you think we should do?" Count Kairay of Haiya City rolled his eyes at him.
Count Grein is even more speechless. When I was looking for you, you kept agreeing. Now you are going to fall out?
So he retorted, "If Count Vian hadn't organized us, I wouldn't have thought of targeting him!" Count Grein was indeed frightened by Claire, so he specially found a Archmage who could control Warcraft, but who would have thought that Claire would also be promoted to the Archmage level.
"Forget it, it's useless to say anything else now." Count Evan sighed, "Let's think about how to deal with it next."
Count Kairay said, "It's been four or five days and there's been no movement. Didn't the mage confess us?"
"Yes." Count Grein also responded quickly, "Then the mage may be able to hide it from us after receiving the money."
Count Vian denied. "I don't think so. Maybe Viscount Claire already knows that we are behind it, but there are so many of us after all. Even if he knows, he can only pretend not to know, otherwise he will start a war with so many of our lords!"
"Yeah!"
Count Vian's words made everyone present shine. It seems to be true. They are now more powerful than others!
Count Vian did not suddenly have this idea flashing through his mind. He had planned to deal with Claire from the beginning, because Nafu City had the greatest impact on his Portland City Qiang, his Portland City is originally a coastal city. Although there is no Adventurer's Guild, many adventurers will come out from there to get treasures from the sea, and the money they earn will naturally be spent on Portland City.
But after the establishment of Nafu City's Adventurer's Guild, almost all the adventurers in Poland City disappeared, and the economic income of Poland City was directly cut off.
After deciding to deal with Claire, Count Vian was not in a hurry to take action. Instead, he summoned the noble lords from several nearby cities. The purpose was to gather more allies. When the matter was exposed, he would not be weak when the other party sought revenge.
"If that's the case, then it's no problem. If he dares to cause trouble for us, we will come together! I don't believe he can still deal with so many of us." Count Evan stood up and shouted.
After several other lords reached a consensus on cooperation, they all left and returned to their cities.
Count Evan As soon as Augon City returned to his Earl's Mansion, the butler below presented him with an envelope.
"Sir, this is a letter from Nafu City. He said he wants you to see it with your own eyes."
Hearing the three words Nafu City, Count Evan suddenly became energetic. He took the envelope from the butler's hand and took a look at the font on the envelope. "Griffin Territory——Viscount Claire!"
Count Evan immediately felt something bad in his heart. After breaking open the fire seal on it, he took out the envelope inside, unfolded the paper and started reading.
"Dear neighbor - Count Evan, the lord of Augon City, I am Claire, the lord of Griffin Barony. I learned from someone's mouth that you are targeting Nafu City It is a pity that your plan fell through because of me. I am writing this letter to inform you that I hope you can donate the three rich Iron Ore and two coal mines in your territory to me as soon as possible. Otherwise, I will take certain measures."
Count Evan was a little dumbfounded when he looked at the words on the envelope in his hand. The wording was quite polite, but the content inside was too arrogant.
Also, didn't Count Vian analyze it well? Even if Nafu City and Viscount Claire knew about it, they would never go to war with them. Why is it different from his analysis? This Viscount Claire is too arrogant.
Not only Count Evan, but also several other lords received letters from Claire after returning to their cities.
The words are equally polite and the content is equally arrogant.
Ever since, these lords who had just arrived home gathered together again.
"Count Vian, what do you say?" Everyone turned their attention to Count Vian.
Count Vian spread his hands helplessly, "What can I do? Who would have thought that he would be so stubborn that he would dare to fight so many of our lords at the same time."
Among the crowd, only Count Grein seemed to be aloof from the incident and asked with a puzzled look on his face, "Why are you starting a war? What are you talking about? Why can't I understand!"
Count Evan said, "Didn't you receive the blackmail letter from Claire? He actually dared to blackmail me for three metal mines and two coal mines!"
The rest of the people also agreed, Lianli City's Viscount Harvey said, "He asked me to cut half of the land for him... he has a huge appetite."
Haiya City's Count Kairay also said, "He asked me to compensate him for 30 million Gold Coins in mental damages. I won't be able to earn that much in ten years! I still have to compensate him! This is blackmail! Naked blackmail!"
Count Vian said, "He asked me to compensate him for a port. Ha, that's really loud."
Count Grein was confused and asked, "Why didn't I receive the letter he sent me?"
As soon as the words were spoken, the atmosphere became awkward. Count Grein also remembered something. Claire had already included all the valuable Iron Ore stones in Count Grein's Barony's land into Griffin Barony's territory. Now he has nothing valuable for Claire to blackmail.
"Skip this topic." Count Grein took the initiative.
The other lords also took the initiative to take up the conversation, "He wants too much, and we can't possibly give it to him!"
Count Vian said calmly, "Are we going to pay if the compensation is less?"
Everyone heard a hint of evil in Vian's tone and asked, "What does this mean?"
Count Vian stood up and said in a strong tone, "Start a war with him! We have so many lords, and together we have thousands of knights. What can a viscount do with less than a hundred knights!"