Strength 99999 but the Holy Sister

"Don't give me that. Do you think I can slander you with my status?"

Sok sneered, and Aisha stopped arguing and just looked unconvinced.

"Let me ask you, have you seen a woman with red hair?"

"Red-haired woman?"

Elsa feigned confusion, and Charlie and Tricia shook their heads.

Sok frowned slightly.

These people look a bit stupid, and I don't know if they are pretending. But according to intelligence, these people are just silver medal adventurers, otherwise they would not be forced into this small town by a few death row prisoners disguised as bandits.

Even if they were women, they would have no chance of winning against Naya, who was only one step away from being a higher-level demon. So they were definitely not the ones who attacked the castle and abducted Naya.

So, who were the people who attacked the castle?

He turned to look at the mercenary: "Have you found any results from the castle investigation?"

"Yes, there are... I asked the guards and hunters, and after verifying with them one by one, I found that there were two missing people. One is Naya, whom you mentioned, and the other is an old wizard named 'Gidges' - the unconscious guards said that they had seen Gidges before they fell into a coma."

"Gidges? I've never heard of his name... What's his relationship with Naya?"

When Sok asked, the mercenary told him everything he had found out - no one knew who Gidges was or where he came from. It seemed that he had become Naya's most trusted second-in-command without anyone noticing. He was obviously an old guy, but he was trusted by Naya more than those strong men. This in itself was very strange.

"An old wizard? Humph, I thought this dirty profession of wizard had disappeared a long time ago." Soke already had a guess in his heart. "It seems that it is possible that this man named Gidges kidnapped Naya. Humph, anyone who dares to touch the earl must be tired of living - how long has he been gone?"

"it's been a while."

"Keep searching! The town is so small, he can't get away."

Sok ordered, then turned to look at the mercenaries, "But our work here can't be neglected either. You will accompany me to 'escort' these caravans to Seyavis, and the rest of you will stay and continue searching for the wizard."

What Sok called "escort" actually meant taking them away and killing them all in a deserted place - he would not condescend to escort these dirty guys.

The mercenary chuckled and turned to Aisha and the others, saying, "Don't worry, we will keep you safe."

"But if that happens, our goods will be overdue..."

Aisha pretended to be unwilling. Soke snorted coldly and looked away. He was obviously too lazy to pay attention to Aisha.

"Hey, Miss, please."

The mercenary laughed strangely, and Elsa sighed and could only walk into the caravan with disappointment on her face.

Silbaz came over, his face was bruised and there was an injury on his shoulder. He had tried to argue before Aisha arrived, but unfortunately, he failed.

"Are you all right? - Be patient and don't fight with that guy. He is the Earl's personal guard and very powerful."

Silbaz looked helpless.

"It's a pity that the reward for this shipment will be quite a loss."

The adventurers in the caravan also looked depressed. Just as Elsa had said just now, if they changed their itinerary now and went to Seyavis, the caravan's goods would definitely be overdue - these flints were large orders received by the Chamber of Commerce. Similarly, if they could not be delivered on time, they would naturally have to pay a certain amount of compensation.

Aisha asked thoughtfully, "Did anyone among us really commit a crime?"

"How is that possible? My brothers would never do anything that violates the laws of the empire."

Silbaz flatly denied it. At this moment, Ebusen came over. He looked at Aisha and Silbaz, sighed, and said, "I'm sorry, I got you into trouble."

"Mr. Ebusen?"

"I think this might be because I'm collaborating with the Morton Fornia Chamber of Commerce. Coincidentally, the Leonard family has recently been making moves to target the Morton Fornia Chamber of Commerce's businesses—and I'm probably just one of their targets."

"Chamber of Commerce? Why?"

"To prevent the Chamber of Commerce from expanding into the Northern Territory—Earl Leonard is very ambitious. He wants to take over the largest Chamber of Commerce in the entire Western Province. Therefore, he has been putting pressure on the Chamber of Commerce and even proposed a marriage proposal, but the eldest lady has always refused."

Ebusen said gloomily, "But to be honest, I didn't expect him to be so unscrupulous and actually target a merchant like me who doesn't belong to the Chamber of Commerce. It's really infuriating... This batch of goods is definitely going to be a loss."

So there is such a thing between Earl Leonard and the Morton Fornia Chamber of Commerce?

If what Ebusen said was correct, the cause of the incident was directly related to the dispute between Earl Leonard and the Morton Fornia Chamber of Commerce, as well as Sifreya. This made Elsa's expression suddenly strange.

Sifreya arranged the caravan, and then Elsa encountered these things - so, did Sifreya know about it a long time ago, or did she not expect it?

Aisha sighed silently in her heart, she hoped it was the latter.

Although Elsa herself didn't mind returning a favor to Sylvia, after all, Sylvia did help a lot, the problem was that this matter also involved Tricia and Charlie, as well as Silvers and Ebusen. Elsa felt that Sylvia had done something wrong - if Sylvia really designed all this.

No one likes to be manipulated. If there is a request, Elsa would rather the other party put it forward directly face to face, be honest and clearly mark the price. Elsa will not refuse.

But there's no point in saying this now.

At this time, the mercenaries were checking the carriages and cargo boxes, and then confiscating everyone's weapons - even a small knife. Then the caravan was ready to set off out of the town under the "escort" of several knights and mercenaries headed by Sok.

And Elsa had already heard the conversation between the mercenary and the knight.

"Put the drug in their food and water, and kill them after dark."

Meanwhile, Silbaz and Ebusen were still discussing whether there was any negotiation strategy - they had no idea that the other party had no intention of leaving them any chance of survival.

Perhaps in their opinion, Earl Leonard would never do something like murder and robbery?

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327. Arrangements for an emergency

"Hey, Boss, we've made a new discovery—there are a few bandits stuffed in these guys' carriages."

The mercenary leader ran to Sok and reported.

"Don't worry about it, we'll deal with it later."

Soke was too lazy to explain so much. Anyway, any more he said would just be an excuse to attack from another place.

The Earl wanted to destroy the Morton Fornia Chamber of Commerce, and Sok wanted to teach the Chamber of Commerce a lesson. No one cared whether these people were alive or not - or rather, since the Earl had already sent Naya to take action, these people naturally had to die, otherwise there would be endless troubles.

As for these bandits, the mercenaries might not know their identities, but Sok certainly knew them. Those people were prisoners held by the Earl - among them were three serious criminals. The Earl used the bait of setting them free to trick them into attacking the caravan. But now it seems that these rubbish did not complete the task very well. But being able to force the caravan into the town might be considered a small credit.

But the Earl would not really let these people go free. If you think about it, you will know that they are all troubles, so it is better to get rid of them all at once.

When leaving the town, Soke saw the bodies of the bandits hanging in front of the gate again. He frowned slightly, but didn't look at them for long.

After walking for quite a distance and seeing that it was already evening, Soke looked up at the sky and raised his hand to signal the mercenaries to stop.

"Everyone stop!"

The mercenary leader shouted, then came to Sok with a smile.

"Give them food and water."

Sok said expressionlessly, of course, the food and water were poisoned.

The knights and mercenaries distributed the food. Old Zhanji hunched over and squeezed to be the first to receive the food. Then he put his nose to the food and sniffed it, then turned around and squeezed back into the team.

"Hey, wait..."

Old Janji tiptoed over to Silbaz and whispered nervously.

"Don't eat this, and don't drink this water, it's poisonous..."

"Ok?"

Silbaz was stunned. He glanced at old Janji and saw the determination and nervousness in his eyes. His heart skipped a beat and he immediately broke out in a cold sweat.

"Don't eat any of it!"

Silbaz's shout suddenly spread throughout the caravan, attracting Sok's attention. The mercenary leader also revealed a meaningful smile.

He approached Silverbaz with a mischievous look and said, "Hey, I gave you food and water, why don't you know what's good for you? - What's the matter? Do you think it's poisonous?"

Silbaz looked at the mercenary leader in front of him solemnly, then looked at Sok, and then said to the mercenary leader: "If not, why didn't you eat it?"

"Then I'll eat it for you to see."

As he spoke, the mercenary leader took the food and water from his hands, stuffed them into his mouth in front of Silbaz, and swallowed them dryly without chewing - this scene stunned old Janji, and Soke also frowned slightly.

"Hmm, is it okay now?"

The mercenary leader spread his hands as if nothing had happened, but Silbaz stared at him cautiously, preferring to believe what old Janji said.

"I'm not hungry."

The mercenary leader sighed, turned to Sok and said, "Boss, it looks like we've been discovered—how about we just take action?"

"Get started, be quick and decisive."

The people in the caravan didn't know what was going on at first, and now they were stunned when they heard such a conversation. The knights and mercenaries had already surrounded them and drew their weapons.

They stopped pretending. It was just a matter of taking direct action or not. If the problem could be solved with poison, that would naturally be the easiest.

"What are you doing!?"

Silbaz questioned loudly, only to be met with a gloating gaze from the mercenary leader.

"You don't really think you're worthy enough to see the Earl, do you?" He said with a mischievous smile. "Anyway, if I kill you here, no one will know, right? Those bandits are here too. Just say you were attacked by them. Who would care?"

"You want to kill someone? You know we are from the Chamber of Commerce."

Silbaz became anxious. Just when he wanted to argue, Aisha rushed out of the caravan first. The knight in front of him frowned and snorted coldly, then slashed at Aisha with a sword, but Aisha was faster than him and punched him in the face, sending him flying backwards.

Sok raised his brow.

His subordinates were all the Earl's elite knights. Although they were still a little behind the top silver medal adventurers in strength, it was surprising that they were knocked down so easily with just one punch.

It can only be said that it is due to lack of training, Sok thought, because the tasks these knights received on a daily basis were too easy, so they were too relaxed and lazy, so these knights would never reach the same height as him in their entire lives. This is the gap between people.

Sok said calmly, "Stop her."

"Hey, you hear me—please stop."

The mercenary leader laughed strangely and stood in front of Elsa. The scimitar in his hand flashed with cold light and he chopped it down, but he didn't expect that Elsa was faster than him and grabbed his wrist. Before he could react, he was lifted up and smashed to the ground.

"Wow--"

A strange cry came out of his throat.

Sok raised his eyebrows again.

Elsa ignored the fallen mercenary leader. She knocked down another knight with one punch and rushed towards Sok. She jumped up and kicked Sok. Sok snorted coldly, raised his hand to block, and his arm armor met Elsa's boots.

Sok was very confident in his heart. There was no sign of martial arts in Elsa's kick. Even if she knocked down the knight and the mercenary leader, she was just a bigger cat to him as the Earl's guard.

But the next moment, he felt a heaviness all over his body, as if a siege spike had hit him directly. Severe pain came from his arm. With a crisp sound, he and his horse were kicked to the ground.

Yellow sand was flying, horses were neighing, and Soke lay on the ground in shock. He was a little confused.

He is Earl Leonard's personal knight, and his strength is only higher than that of his younger brother, Monk, a regular knight of the Royal Knights. Forget about being a silver medal adventurer, even if he is a gold medal adventurer, as long as he is not at the forefront of the gold medal group, it will only take him a little more effort.

Doesn’t the intelligence say that these people are only silver medals at best?

This woman's punches and kicks look so simple and unsophisticated, without any martial arts skills at all. How could she do this?

"Let go of our captain!"

The knights on the side immediately rushed forward. Aisha drew the sword from Sok's waist and put it against Sok's neck. The knights immediately froze.

"Let's talk it over," Elsa whispered. "Take us to see the Earl, understand?"

Soke finally came to his senses and nodded with a grim expression.

The severe pain in his arm reminded him that he had no choice but to surrender - this woman was a little strange. Just from the previous blow, he was already injured, his arm armor was dented, and his arm was probably broken. If he resisted now, he really couldn't beat her.

"Everyone stop."

He spoke to the knights and mercenaries in a muffled voice, but at this time, the mercenary leader who was knocked down on the side slowly climbed up from the yellow sand, twisting his arms and laughing strangely.

"Boss, why are you so weak? I thought a knight captain like you could withstand a few blows, right?"

Sok's face flushed red.

"What did you say?……"

"Haha, I think they are right. You knights are indeed much weaker than before."

As he spoke, the mercenary leader picked up his scimitar and twisted his neck in disdain.

"The Earl said he wanted us to follow him just in case. We never expected that 'just in case' would actually happen. It seems that it's no use hiding our identities any longer. We have no choice but to take action. I'm truly sorry, young lady. I must tell you that once we Shadow Guards take action, we never take anyone alive. I was careless just now. Let's try again."

As he said this, he hooked his finger at Aisha provocatively.

"You are the 'Shadow Guards'!?" Soke suddenly understood. No wonder the Earl assigned this group of second-rate mercenaries to join the mission. Did the Earl already know that this would happen?