Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 1433 1405. Drugging Workshop Area!

The red-bearded dwarf was not on the invitation list for tonight's banquet. He was indeed the manager of the Valyria Chamber of Commerce, but this was not enough to win him a place in the banquet of the Warlock Summit.

At this time, he should have been waiting anxiously with his uncle who was in charge of the Giancadi Bank, the Gos Velen branch, for the results of the warlocks' meeting.

And waiting for the results of this meeting, like a stone thrown into the water, will spread the waves to all aspects of the financial market.

They have only one way to accept the change and try to survive.

It's just that the relationship with Aretusa and Lan En makes Xileton seem much more relaxed than his banker uncle.

But at this time, when the moon is already high in the sky and the night is deep, and the banquet has gradually changed from the climax to a stable state, Lan En saw Xileton in the academy.

Moreover, the red-bearded dwarf looked anxious and helpless. Seeing Lan's tall body was like seeing a guiding light or a life-saving straw!

"Oh! God! Lan!"

He shouted, and then his short legs quickly ran towards him.

At this time, Lan found in the dim light that he was not only anxious, but also dressed in a mess. He ran here with a coat and jacket over his pajamas.

"Why are you here, Xileton?"

Lan's surprise at seeing the dwarf lasted only for a moment, and then his eyes narrowed slightly and asked calmly.

"What happened?"

"Workshop area!" The dwarf shouted before he came up, "I received news! Someone is going to attack the workshop area! And they want to steal the formula of Valyrian steel!"

The spit he sprayed splashed in the air, and the dwarf's deep voice echoed in the luxurious corridor of Aretuza.

The workshop area is the main area for the production of Valyrian steel.

Nowadays, this steel with superior performance and mass production has become an undoubted strategic material.

Lan's own industry still relies on the annual dividends of the Valyrian Steel Merchants.

Even for Aretusa College, this is the largest cash flow in the college's income to date.

Not to mention, it is related to the most critical formula problem in the production process of Valyrian steel!

Tonight!

Everything is squeezed tonight!

The time when High Hill Castle is expected to be attacked is tonight! The workshop area will be attacked and robbed tonight! Viggo Fortz almost blatantly turned the atmosphere of the banquet into this weird look tonight!

Lan's original plan was to spread the influence through conversation tonight, and ultimately affect the resolution of the wizard summit. Then through the lofty and unique political influence of the northern wizards, the goal can be achieved in a relatively gentle and smooth manner.

But now it seems that he is too optimistic.

A big net in the dark, several tentacles of which have clearly wanted him to be unable to do anything tonight.

His industry, his source of funds, his knights, and his key nodes will all be tested tonight.

There is no doubt that Lan En can fully imagine that those people in the dark have already calculated that if he does not appear in person in one of these far-flung places, then losses will definitely occur.

His power and influence will be bloodily cut off tonight anyway!

This is the result of his running around.

And once he hears the news and really starts running around tonight, what will happen to the empty Aretuza?

In just a moment, Lan En abandoned his previous optimism and began to think about the absurd current situation. In an instant, he had sorted out several ideas with the help of Mentos.

Until then, Xi Leton had just trotted to Lan En and panted.

"What should we do, Lan En? What should we do now?"

"Where did you get the news?"

But when the red-bearded dwarf was in a state of panic, the demon hunter asked calmly.

"Ah? What?"

The dwarf still felt a little confused.

"Oh! It's a captain I know in the Gos Velen City Defense Team. He has been accepted by my mother! Let me be frank! I paid him for information! For services! Often! We are partners!"

"He just found my door in a cloak and told me mysteriously that something was wrong today, but they didn't dare to do anything! I threw him a bag of money and hurried over!"

"You believe him? And how did you get into Aretuza?"

One after another, Lan En asked almost as soon as Xileton finished speaking.

This question confused the red-bearded dwarf, and he only answered the last question stumblingly.

"Well, I took a carriage directly to the entrance of the academy, and then said, said it was an urgent matter for the Valyrian Steel Merchants, and the guard let me in."

Xileton was confused, but Lan En's thoughts were not messed up at all.

At this time, his tense nerves and the computing power of Mentos sorted out every clue clearly!

"Your mind has been messed up." Lan En leaned over and wiped a handful of Xileton's tangled red beard, then put it under his nose and sniffed it, saying firmly.

"The spore powder of the ghost mushroom, this thing can make people uneasy."

When you are at a loss, you will become nervous, and then react violently and listen to one side of the story.

The strategy of using drugs to assist speech is easy to deal with ordinary people, even those who have been trained.

But it is not just that.

If it were normal times, during the day, when Xi Leton said that the "Valeria Chamber of Commerce business" came to the door, Aretusa might indeed be allowed in directly.

But what about now?

The welcome dinner of the Wizard Summit! Late at night! Xi Leton came in as soon as he opened his mouth? No one even went to Margarita or Tishaya to inform them and ask for their opinions?

Lan En rubbed his fingers that were just stained with spore powder.

Through this incident, Lan En could understand two potential situations of the people in the dark.

They really wanted to let Lan En know that the industry and power under his name had suddenly suffered a severe impact and were in urgent need of support and suppression.

This was the key to why he was exhausted tonight, overwhelmed by the emergency, and had no time to think.

And there is no doubt: they have people in Aretusa.

At least there are a lot of them in the guard force tonight!

Lan En walked silently towards the direction where Xi Leton came from, and the red-bearded dwarf followed behind him blankly.

"What, what do you mean? Was I drugged? Was I cheated?"

Although Xi Leton's face was still anxious under the influence of the drug, he patted his chest to calm down.

"It's okay to be cheated, it's okay to be cheated! The workshop area and the formula can't be in trouble!"

Lan En had a gloomy face. To him, the workshop area was just a bunch of houses and factories.

As long as the craftsmen inside were fine, he didn't care, but the formula

Where did the paper formula of Valyrian steel come from? Who doesn't know it now if they pay attention to the steel market?

The production and processing technology of Valyrian steel nowadays is first recommended by the witcher blacksmith master who came up with this technology!

He said he was looking for the formula, but he actually wanted to find Berengar!

Halfway through the deep and dim corridor, Lan En suddenly stopped.

And Xi Leton, who was following behind him, was still mumbling, "Dare to give me false news? He vomited out everything he ate from me before! Scare me!"

"No, Xi Leton." Lan En stopped and turned his head, looking at an open window in the corridor, and said calmly, "They did it to make sure you would come to me as soon as possible, but the news is not false."

The dwarf tiptoed when he heard it, and leaned on the windowsill with a stiff face to look out.

The window in the corridor just faced the city of Gos Velen, and on the edge of the city wall, a fiery red light shone from the bottom to the sky.

Xi Leton's mouth slowly opened.

The workshop area was full of furnaces, steel, and molten iron burning red and shining, day and night.

But those hot lights and fire lights should have been suppressed under the ceiling of the building and could not be seen.

With his mood fluctuating greatly and his mind affected by drugs, Xi Leton felt sweat all over his body and his throat suddenly became dry and swollen and he couldn't speak.

"Lan En! Lan En!"

He couldn't move his eyes away from the fiery red base of the city wall, but his hands were swaying to the side, as if he wanted to grab the corner of Lan En's clothes.

"We have to go and save people! We have to go and save people!"

He shouted subconsciously in a trance.

"No." But Lan En calmly rejected him, leaned over to turn his shoulders, and looked straight into his eyes. "You go, Xi Leton."

"Me?" The red-bearded dwarf pointed at himself in astonishment, his eyes widened and full of confusion.

He looked at Lan En, then turned his head to look at the red light outside the window.

"Yes, it's you." Lan En confirmed his doubts and added, "But not just you. Take it."

As he spoke, Lan En took out a metal bell from his waist bag and handed it to Xi Leton.

Xileton took it blankly.

This rattle looked normal, but after the red-bearded dwarf got it, he inexplicably felt a gloomy atmosphere, as if the delicate rattle had been soaked with traces of time and decay.

"There is Gerd in the workshop area, and Berengar is not a pure craftsman who can only fight with a sword but not cut people."

"In the current situation, even if something happens in the workshop area, there shouldn't be too many people causing trouble inside, because their focus is not there. So."

After handing the rattle to Xileton, Lan En no longer cast his eyes on the workshop area outside the window.

His face was calm, but his fingers reached the collar of the tight-fitting top that Margarita had chosen for him.

Just like tearing pieces of paper, with a "swish", the sturdy collar was torn open by him.

The demon hunter twisted his neck left and right as if he was freed from his restraints.

"Just head towards the workshop area, Xileton. If you encounter any danger, ring the bell and make it clear that I'm asking you for help. The rest you just need to lead the way."