King Charlemagne was stunned by Duke Pietro's sudden retort.

Perhaps Duke Pietro himself realized that his tone was inappropriate. Before King Charlemagne could react, he quickly said, "Your Majesty, please forgive my rudeness. These past few days, I have been deeply troubled by the news of the deaths of three Sky-Rank warriors and a dragon knight. I am in a terrible mood."

"My third son thought he had recruited a dragon knight thanks to his connections. But Your Majesty, you are well aware of the complex reasons behind this. The dragon knight I spent so much effort and secret training on has been sacrificed in vain."

When King Charlemagne heard this, he was speechless for a moment.

After all, the entire plan was initially led by him. In comparison, his own losses were actually the smallest, with only three second-rate legions lost. For such a large royal family, this was not a serious matter.

However, Duke Pietro's loss was indeed not small. At this time, King Charlemagne was filled with regret, thinking that he should not have made such a rash call.

After hesitating for a moment, he could only say a few words of comfort and forgiveness before hurriedly hanging up the phone.

After King Charlemagne hung up the call, his face was gloomy, and he whispered to the shadow behind him: "What is Martin White doing now?"

After a moment, a voice came from the shadows: "Your Majesty, Martin White is heading to the territories of fourteen nobles, intending to take over the knights in the territories."

Upon hearing this, King Charlemagne snorted disdainfully and said viciously, "I understand. Go to the Assassin's Guild immediately and hire a few assassins to kill Martin White. Remember, no one must even suspect I'm involved in this."

The shadow nodded slightly, then the figure quietly blended into the darkness and disappeared.

Duke Pietro of the Southern Territory made almost the same decision as King Charlemagne and also hired assassins from the Assassin's Guild, targeting Martin.

This news instantly sent shockwaves through the underworld of assassins. The bounty offered was unprecedented, totaling a staggering 30 million gold coins.

This meant that anyone who could successfully kill Martin White would pocket this enormous fortune. Such an attractive offer tempted many S-rank assassins.

However, when they learned that Martin was always accompanied by two dragon knights, they couldn't help but hesitate.

These two dragon knights were like two insurmountable mountains, making the assassination operation extremely difficult and even getting close became a luxury.

But even so, there are still some skilled and daring killers who resolutely head towards the west.

At the same time, Roland also heard the news of the reward.

He hurried to the underground bounty office and, taking a closer look, saw Martin White's bounty listed. Roland suppressed his inner uneasiness and walked out of the underground bounty office with a calm demeanor.

After returning to the Chamber of Commerce, he immediately called Martin anxiously. After Martin answered, Roland said very quickly: "Master, something terrible has happened! Someone has offered a reward of 30 million gold coins for your life!"

Martin was stunned when he heard this, and couldn't help cursing in his heart. Thirty million gold coins was such a huge amount that even he couldn't help but joke that he wanted to sell himself for the money.

After hanging up the phone, Martin fell into deep thought, his fingers tapping subconsciously on the armrest of the chair as he played with the SS-level magic item that could remove and control the Dragon Ring.

After thinking for a moment, he calculated that, adding the energy converted from the space rings sent by Betan and others in the past two days, he now has about 2.5 million energies.

The current situation is dire, with a shortage of manpower and a high bounty on their heads. After much deliberation, Martin feels that the most urgent task is to improve his own strength, so he decides to use this energy to upgrade several Sky Knights.

Afterwards, he put away the magic props, summoned the four silver knights of the Knights of Dawn, and led Eric and Alton, who had just returned, and the four silver knights to the valley outside Haikang Castle.

After everyone carefully checked and confirmed that there was no abnormality, Martin spent 2.2 million energy to help the four silver knights successfully be promoted to sky knights.

Under the joint suppression of Dragon Knight Eric and Alton, the powerful momentum emitted by the four people when they broke through was successfully concealed.

After making all the arrangements, Martin told Alton to stay and guard them until they completed their breakthrough. He then took out four sets of S-class knight armor and said to Alton solemnly, "Give these to them after they complete their breakthrough."

After explaining everything, Martin asked the dragon knight Eric to take him back to the castle.

While Martin was busy in the West, in the Moonlit Feather Forest, representatives of the elves used communication crystals to contact the royal family of the Orc Kingdom and made a bold proposal for cooperation: to jointly attack the northern border of the Kingdom of Charlemagne.

The elves stated that once they successfully occupied the North, they would only demand the Red Rock Territory, and the rest of the territory would belong to the Orc Kingdom.

During this period, the Orc King had been secretly competing with the Charlemagne royal family for a newly discovered secret realm, and the two sides had a long-standing grudge.

After the royal family members reported to them, the Orc King's proposal for an alliance with the elves seemed like a timely relief. However, the Orc King knew that this matter was of great importance and must be handled with caution.

After all, thousands of years ago, the elves occupied almost the entire continent. Although they declined rapidly for unknown reasons later, as the saying goes, "a lean camel is bigger than a horse", the elves' heritage should not be underestimated.

After pondering for a moment, the orc king dismissed the royal family members and then walked slowly and steadily to the depths of the palace. There, there was an ancient and heavy door.

He gently pushed open the door, revealing a completely different scene behind it—a small, secret place with a different world. Once he stepped inside, the door automatically closed.

In this small secret land, there lives a Behemoth tribe. It is also the secret training ground for the gold and sky-level masters of the Orc Kingdom, carrying the profound heritage of the kingdom.

This time, the orc king wanted to ask the Behemoth Shaman in the tribe to do some divination to explore the real intention behind the elves' proposal of alliance.

He passed through the lush, leafy jungle, and before him gradually emerged a series of magnificent palaces. Some lively and adorable Behemoth cubs were laughing and playing among the palaces, shuttling back and forth.

When they saw the Orc King, they stopped what they were doing, bowed respectfully, and then continued playing.

The orc king was not angry. Instead, a kind smile appeared on his face and he continued to walk forward.

As he went deeper, more and more Behemoths appeared in his sight, including many members of the royal family. The Orc King greeted them one by one along the way with a friendly and solemn attitude.

Finally, he came straight to a palace. The walls of the palace were covered with mysterious magical patterns, emitting a strange and soft light.