"Then you escaped back just like that?"
Michelle Count narrowed his eyes as he sized up the two men in front of him. Their bodies were tattered, and even their hair was charred. They looked extremely miserable as they drooped on their heads. His eyes revealed a trace of coldness and danger.
Mage Delar, whose black magic robe had long been reduced to a few rags, looked at Michelle's unwavering expression and couldn't help but let out a cold snort.
"Michelle Count, the reason why we became like this is entirely because the information you gave us was wrong.
The power of the weapons hidden in the New Flyer's convoy was far beyond our imagination. Moreover, their chairman, Xu Yi, is not a mere grade-7 mage. I dare say that he has the power of a grade-9 mage at least! "
Michelle Count snorted coldly and looked at Mage Delar from the corner of his eyes. "What?
Are you criticizing me? "
Mage Delar was furious. Just as he was about to speak, he was stopped by Everton, whose armor was scorched black and white by fire magic and lightning magic.
"No, Michelle Count, we did not mean to criticize you.
However, the strength of the New Flyer's guards was indeed far beyond our expectations.
The two hundred men I led were the most elite cavalry team in our legion, but we could not even get close to their camp.
I think … this is also beyond your expectations, right? "
Michelle Count was silent for a moment before nodding slowly.
"That's right. I also did not expect the strength of the New Flyer's guards to be so terrifying." Michelle Count looked at the mottled marks on the two men and frowned.
"You said that the New Flyer had developed a type of magic arrow?
And it can use the magic repeating crossbow to fire continuously? "
Everton nodded. "Yes.
Ordinary arrows could be blocked by Delar alone, but this kind of magic arrow was also a great threat to mages.
I think even if Xu Yi did not make a move, we would not be able to break through the defense of these magic arrows and rush into the camp. "
"Magic arrows …" Michelle Count tapped his finger on the stool and pondered for a moment. He took a deep breath, stood up, and extended his hand to the two of them.
"Alright, Mage Delar, General Everton, my information this time was indeed not accurate enough, causing you to suffer losses and resulting in the failure of this operation.
However, through this operation, they had found out that New Flyer had secretly developed magical arrows.
I think Legion Commander Linear must attach great importance to this news. I hope you can explain it to him when you return. "
"Of course."
Half an hour later, Everton and Delar left Count Michelle's private manor outside of Dulaketon City quietly after ending the secret meeting.
Michelle Count frowned and fell into deep thought as he watched the two figures disappear into the dark wilderness outside the manor.
This wasn't his first time cooperating with the Sack Kingdom's Hungry Wolf Regiment, but Michelle Count knew that this cooperation was very dangerous, so he had been very careful when cooperating.
If he didn't feel the threat of New Flyer, Michelle Count definitely wouldn't have chosen to use the importance the Sack Kingdom placed on New Flyer to secretly lure the Hungry Wolf Regiment out. He also deliberately led Will Count to stop the New Flyer's motorcade outside the city, creating a good chance for a night attack.
According to Michelle Count's plan, as long as he killed Xu Yi and got rid of the core power of New Flyer, the New Flyer would naturally fall apart. It would greatly weaken the support they had for her highness Seveni, making her lose an important supporter with great potential and reducing her threat to his highness Eric.
Although Michelle Count was very optimistic about the magic machine industry the New Flyer promoted, based on his position, it wasn't convenient for him to support it.
Anyway, even if he took care of the New Flyer, as long as his highness Eric took the throne, there would be a chance to develop the magic machine industry on the basis of the New Flyer.
But the strength the New Flyer displayed now far surpassed Michelle Count's expectations.
According to Delar's description, the New Flyer only had around fifty guards, but they actually used the Magic Repeating Crossbows to force Delar to use the Deep Blue Guard as a defense.
What shocked Michelle Count even more was that with the newly developed Magic Arrows New Flyer developed, a powerful Eighth Grade Magician like Delar couldn't stop the normal guards and was forced to run.
If one compared the strength of both sides, it was two hundred trained and well equipped elite cavalry of the Hungry Wolf Regiment with an Eighth Grade Magician against the fifty normal guards of the New Flyer caravan. Adding in Xu Yi whose strength was unknown, but according to Delar, he was at least a Ninth Grade Magician.
If the magicians on both sides were canceled out, there was no doubt that the Hungry Wolf Regiment had the absolute advantage.
But in the end, other than killing three patrolling guards in the beginning, the Hungry Wolf Regiment couldn't even touch the Frestech Chamber of Commerce's motorcade. Their two hundred cavalry had been completely wiped out and only magician Delar and Everton had managed to escape with their own strength.
In the end, this result made Michelle Count reevaluate the New Flyer in his heart.
In the eyes of most people, New Flyer had only made a lot of money with their new magic machines. However, their foundation and strength were far from being comparable to the established Chambers of Commerce in the kingdom.
However, through the failure of tonight's surprise attack, Michelle Count realized that although New Flyer's foundation wasn't as good as the established Chambers of Commerce, their strength was not to be underestimated.
The Frestech Chamber of Commerce could develop Magic Arrows that could threaten powerful magicians in such a short period of time, so if they were given more time to develop, what kind of novel things could they develop?
When he thought of this, Michelle Count suddenly realized that he might have been wrong about the New Flyer.
A chamber of commerce that could always create miracles, he was afraid that it was no longer the small chamber of commerce that he thought he could easily manipulate.
Michelle Count thought for a moment and then picked up a pen and paper to write a letter.
"Honourable prince Eric, as for the Frestech Chamber of Commerce, I have a new suggestion … …"
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The next morning, everyone in the caravan got out of their tents as soon as the sun rose.
Without needing Xu Yi's orders, everyone quickly put away their things. After taking a few bites of their rations, they got into their Magic Cars and quickly set off in the direction of Sowell City.
After what happened last night, no one was willing to stay here any longer.
In this unfamiliar place, perhaps only by going to Count Samo's territory could everyone feel assured.
When the motorcade set off, Hart led the five guards he had personally picked to escort the three captives from yesterday. He drove a transport Magic Car back to Banta City on the same road.
According to Xu Yi's orders, they wouldn't stop in any cities on the way and would try to be as secretive as possible. They would return to Banta City as quickly as possible and report what happened last night to her highness Seveni.
Xu Yi was worried that something would happen to the three captives on the way back, but after Isos gave each of them a bowl of medicine, the three captives immediately fell asleep like they were dead. They couldn't make any movements at all, which made Hart's group much more relaxed.
After the caravan parted ways, Xu Yi led the rest of the Magic Cars to transport the goods at the fastest speed. In just a single morning, they left Lamarte City and returned to the wide cement road.
However, what Xu Yi didn't expect was that after the caravan drove for two hours, they suddenly found that the road in front of them was cut off.
Although the road that appeared on the other side of the highway looked very wide, it was basically an old dirt and gravel road.
Although by the standards of dirt and gravel roads, this road was considered smooth and the road condition wasn't bad, for a dirt and gravel road to appear on the main road between the two cities, Xu Yi couldn't help being a bit surprised.
"I know, this should be the area of Basaru City."
A human researcher from the magic machine development center who was with Xu Yi came from another city in the northeast province. Seeing Xu Yi's confused look, he explained to him, "Basaru City is the poorest city in the northeast province, there isn't one of them."
"They can't even afford to build a road?" Xu Yi asked in a surprised voice.
"This ….. If they really want to build it, they should be able to."
This researcher said with a bit of a sigh, "But Basaru City's old City Lord Count Longley has always had a good reputation. It's said that he wasn't willing to increase the burden of the citizens by building roads, so he refused to raise funds to build roads like the other cities."
Xu Yi slightly knit his brows. He thought that from the perspective of a normal citizen, this decision could be praised as loving the citizens, but from the perspective of a City Lord, it was clearly stupid.
Building a road would cost at most several hundred thousand gold coins. Although this would bring a financial burden to the city, after the road was built, the benefits it would bring to the city would far surpass this investment.
There were many examples like this in the cities around Banta City. In the long run, this investment was very worth it no matter what.
This Count Longley's eyes were this short sighted, Xu Yi couldn't help looking down on him.
"Right, did you just say 'old City Lord'?
That means that Basaru City has a new City Lord? "Xu Yi noticed a problem.
"Un, actually the old City Lord is the old Count Longley.
He passed away at the beginning of the year because of his illness and now his son has inherited his position as Count and City Lord. "
"It's like this … …" Xu Yi nodded. He thought of the information he received before. There were three cities in the northeast province that clearly supported his highness Eric. They were Lamarte City that the motorcade was stopped from entering yesterday, Basaru City, and Dulaketon City.
If the one supporting his highness Eric was the old Count Longley who had already passed away, would the young Count Longley who took over the position of City Lord change his attitude?