In the city of Hopeland, the two sides each held their own opinions and accused each other of being traitors. The situation became intense again and both sides cursed at each other. Now no one could tell who was the traitor.

Aside from the five major chambers of commerce, a handful of smaller factions in the city remained neutral, such as branches of other major chambers of commerce, the Pure White Church, the White Cross Sword, and tourists visiting Hopeland. The situation was unclear, and neither side would deliberately attack these individuals, so they were reluctant to provoke them.

Lan Lier and Ling Xin sat on the third floor of "Flower Beach", watching the armed men of the Chamber of Commerce passing by from time to time downstairs, and the two talked in a low voice.

"Lacey looks like a good kid, so Tisiphone and the others must be bad people." Lan Lier is a typical person who helps her relatives but not others.

"It's hard to describe what happens between chambers of commerce. Maybe Lacey is a good person, but she may not know what her subordinates have done." Ling Xin seemed to have different feelings.

"No way, Lingxin, you're not on Lacey's side."

"Lan Li, didn't you listen to your teacher's warnings in class? We, Emenas students, are not allowed to participate in any conflicts between organizations or countries before graduation. We are only allowed to protect ourselves and fight back."

"That's what you said..." Lan Lier turned her eyes away, as if she had other ideas.

"It's useless to think about it. Teacher Filia is downstairs and she will definitely not let you out." Ling Xin reminded.

"Oh, okay, I should have gone back home if I had known. I still want to show off my skills." Lan Li'er was a little discouraged.

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Tisiphone's house.

Two rows of fully armed warriors stood neatly in the brightly lit hall. They wore black cloaks with white patterns of daggers piercing skulls. These warriors were the captains of the Tisiphone family's combat teams. Their strength was above Sequence 3, and several had even reached Sequence 4.

As a guild originally founded on arms trafficking, the Tisiphone family frequently accepted bodyguard contracts and even engaged in assassination work in their early years, but they later abandoned this practice due to their reputation after becoming a major force. The guild also had far more armed personnel than other major guilds.

In terms of combat effectiveness, even Anemye and Nissus combined may not be able to defeat the Tisiphone family. The newly promoted Charites is strong, but in terms of land armed forces alone, he is not as good as the Tisiphone family.

At this moment, the old patriarch sat at the head of the table, resting his eyes. Beside him sat Adley and Wick. From time to time, people came in from outside to report the situation.

"Now the three of us have sealed off Hopeland. We are guarding the north gate, and we have also sent some elite troops to assist at the east and west gates. Even if the enemy forces a breakthrough, we have plenty of time to send people to stop them." Wick summarized the current situation.

"How are the Anemi and Nissos families performing?" Edley suddenly asked.

"You can't count on them." One of the captains with a scar said casually.

"They've been living in peace for too long, so it's okay to let them blockade and defend. But if they were to use real weapons to kill people, I don't think they would have the courage to do it."

"Really?" Edley was not annoyed after hearing this. In fact, this was normal and he had expected it.

"But now that they've boarded our ship, it would be naive for them to think they can reap the benefits without getting their hands dirty."

"According to our previous agreement, after the matter is completed, Charites will belong to us, Nissus and Anemae will divide Helis equally, and the three families will jointly rule Hopland and obtain high-level positions in the new national structure."

"The future is bright, but you can't expect to get something for nothing."

Edley tapped the table with his fingers, paused for a moment, and continued.

"How are you adapting to the new weapons?"

Wick called a servant and after giving him some instructions, he quickly walked out of the hall.

After a while, the servant returned and answered Wick in his ear for a long time.

"They said it's okay." Wick gave a direct affirmative answer.

"Then let's begin. Let the Black Team provide protection while we storm the Carites headquarters and capture Miss Lacy alive."

"Let us set a good example for those timid allies."

Edley stood up and began to give orders, after which the captains in the hall filed out.

In the spacious courtyard, there was a sea of ​​armored soldiers. They stood quietly and neatly arranged. There were nearly three thousand of them, all dressed in black clothes and armor, with cold and sharp eyes and murderous aura.

With the clatter of fierce horse hooves, the battle began. A small number of elite armored cavalry led the way, charging directly towards the checkpoint on the street where Charites was stationed.

Specially made heavy lances were placed in front of the horses, creating a dark spiral of momentum that smashed the wooden boxes and sand bags on the street into pieces.

The war horses trampled the debris on the ground and continued to move forward. Several guards of Carites who were unable to dodge were directly pierced by their lances and thrown to the side of the road, unable to get up again.

But the people in the Charites Chamber of Commerce also knew that the Tisiphone family had a lot of cavalry, so the streets were covered with triangular spikes. The war horses in the front row stepped on the spikes, neighed in pain, then slipped and fell to the ground. The knights on them were also thrown off, and their bodies were pierced by nails, and blood was flowing.

The dense sound of bows and crossbows began to be heard on the other side of the street. The front-row cavalry of Tisiphone's family fell down. The narrow streets had nowhere to move and they could not increase their speed.

Following the command whistle of the battle captain of the Tisiphone family, the cavalry stopped and the infantry behind them began to enter the field. They held heavy tower shields, advanced slowly, and cleared the nails on the ground to make way for the follow-up personnel.

"put!"

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