White Wave Island.

Castle of Count Thône-Soutin.

A group of soldiers armed with sharp blades and wearing iron armor were lying in ambush in the castle. Tone Soutine was sitting in the reception room with two knight commanders of gold strength and an old man in a wizard robe.

After a long while, Tone Soutine, who was sitting in a chair wearing armor and leaning on a sword, opened his eyes, looked at the housekeeper who came in and asked, "Are they here?"

"I'm here, but..."

Seeing the butler hesitating, a hint of impatience flashed in Tone Sudin's eyes, and he tightened his grip on the sword in his hand.

"But there's only one person."

The butler suddenly wanted to slap himself. Why was he hesitating in front of this killer? Did he think his life was too long?

"It seems they discovered something. After three years of fleeing, it's only right that the Code family be on guard. Otherwise, they would have been wiped out long ago."

This time, we were just trying to see if there was any chance. Now that they've discovered us, let's see if there's a chance to become friends. We can't eat them right now, so we'll sell their information to Tudor and Tilan first, and then look for another opportunity later."

Tone Sudin waved his hand and asked the butler to bring the man in first.

Willy walked in, carrying a wooden box, led by the butler. He bowed and said with the arrogance typical of a noble envoy, "I'm sorry, esteemed Count Soutine. My master is unable to come due to some matters, so I can only offer this gift as a token of my apology."

"Oh, what is that?" Toné Soutine asked curiously.

"The treasure of Black Water, the Green Eye Stone!" Willy raised his head and opened the wooden box without even lowering his eyes.

"The legendary Black Water treasure is just a ball?" Tone Sudin asked disdainfully.

"Hahaha…"

At the right moment, Tone Soutine heard a burst of laughter from behind him.

"How is that possible? I clearly saw the young master put it in..."

Willy looked down and found a black ball in the box. His pupils dilated rapidly. "This... this is the Black Water Mist! But... but why? Master..."

Hearing about the black water mist, Tone Sudin's face changed drastically and he screamed: "Run!"

But it was too late. After a loud bang, thick black fog enveloped the entire castle.

…

Varian, Frederick and Wodek, who were watching all this from a distance, had calm expressions on their faces.

"No matter how you look at it, it's still shocking," Wodek sighed.

"If it weren't for this thing, the Mad King would have been able to capture Blackwater City during the first Blackwater Battle, and there wouldn't have been a second Blackwater Battle."

Frederick had a complicated expression. He thought that if that were the case, he would not have participated in the Second Battle of Blackwater. He would still be a centurion in the Kingdom of Tiran, and his brothers would not have died in the icy Blackwater River.

"If it weren't for the fact that this thing consumed too much in the first Blackwater Battle and not much was produced in seven years, Blackwater City wouldn't have been breached in the second Blackwater Battle." As the son of the former Marquis of Blackwater, Varyan knew the inside story of the battle better.

"Stop joking. Our Black Dog Legion was the main force in attacking Blackwater City back then. How could I not know how many of those things we have?" Wodek curled his lips.

"Speaking of Varean, I didn't meet you on the battlefield back then. Are you hiding in the city like a turtle?" Wodek tilted his head and looked at Varean who was staring at the castle and teased.

"Captain of the Eastern Theater, you have been blocking the Blue Silver Knights of the Tudor Kingdom in the eastern part of Blackwater Bay since the war began. I will be responsible for covering their retreat after the fall of Blackwater City." Varean said calmly.

"Bronze Captain? Should I say it's great to have a good father?

Besides, our main force was distracted by Frederick's cannon fodder at the time, so why were you cutting off the rear?" Wodek said, both self-deprecatingly and jokingly.

"Wodek, the Marquis of Blackwater died in Blackwater City after all, so don't make such jokes." Frederick frowned and said dissatisfiedly.

"Xia Lan Auglos's parents both died in Blackwater City, and I didn't hear him say anything." Wodek's words stunned the two of them, and they looked at him in shock.

"Don't underestimate our wise and powerful King who seems to be omnipotent. He is only seventeen years old now. He was thirteen during the Second Battle of Blackwater. He also crawled out of a pile of corpses after the fall of Blackwater. Otherwise, he wouldn't be so kind-looking but so cruel." Wodek continued with melancholy.

"How do you know?"

Varian tried hard to control his emotions, but he still looked at Wodek with some disbelief.

"Young Master, most of the refugees in Hailong City are those who escaped from Blackwater City. Isn't that how you and Frederick got to Hailong City?

There are still a few people in Boravice who were once your subjects. I also heard from them that there are rumors that our king was killed by a wolf on the way to escape, but he survived.

You all have your eyes wide open, if you just have a little patience and talk to those bastards a little more, you'll find all sorts of gossip."

"Okay, let's get ready to meet Tone Soutine again." Seeing the black water mist disappear, Frederick stopped Varian who was about to ask more questions and led the way into the castle.

The black water mist is pervasive. Once inhaled, your entire body will be paralyzed. There is no cure and you will slowly wait for death.

After an hour, the poisonous mist will automatically evaporate into non-toxic gas. It is easy to use and environmentally friendly, and a must-have for killing people.

Ignoring the fallen soldier, the three men went straight into the reception room and first saw Willy lying on the ground with an expression of disbelief still on his face.

Varean placed a letter on Willy's chest and said helplessly: "I told you, if you want to follow me, don't talk nonsense, Willy..."

"And don't write random letters," added Wodek.

This letter was written by Willy using his identity to Queen Tudor. It was already written when they arrived in Bohrawis, but there was no chance to send it.

In the letter, Willy asked for the Queen's forgiveness at the cost of Bohravis, so that Varyan could become a Tudor noble again and return to the arms of Tudor.

Unfortunately, Xia Lan had already known about this matter. The conversation the day before leaving was the final warning or advice to them, but Willy still took the letter with him before boarding the ship.

So, by handing the Call of the Wind to Frederick, Xia Lan was telling Varian directly that he should either submit a letter of allegiance or take a gamble and see if my sword could still kill him even if I was not by his side.

Varyan didn't dare to gamble because he knew he would lose. His biggest trump card was the Black Water Mist, but when Xia Lan asked him to attack White Wave Island, he knew that everything he had would be exposed in front of him.

Three bronzes and one old gold, he didn't know how to win except for the Black Water Mist in his hand, and Xia Lan's words "Baron Code will help you" told him what to do.

Without saying anything, everything was arranged for him...

“Ahem…”

The weak cough made Varean and others turn their eyes to the upper position. Tone Sudin was not dead yet. How could this be possible? Even a fifth-level warrior might not be able to survive the black water mist!