My queen is rebelling!

Since last communicating with Isabella and learning about the demands of the East Domain Empire's First Princess, Cohen contacted Grace Tang.

After they connected, Grace directly stated her purpose:

To accompany her to the Hell Plane once Cohen reached the Gold rank.

In return, Grace would provide Cohen with very generous compensation.

Hearing Grace's request to enter the Hell Plane, Cohen quickly saw through her true intentions.

Bearing a portion of the bloodline of the Great Devil Zariel of Hell, Grace was preparing to go to Hell to find helpers to oppose the aggressive Prince Zazzo.

This First Princess was no mere flower vase; she was also preparing to emulate Xena Klein of the Central Empire and become a female emperor!

Cohen's interest was piqued at this thought.

As early as when they joined forces with the Pale Wings to destroy the Black Tomb's Northwest Region headquarters, Cohen had discovered traces of Andrei, Prince Zazzo's subordinate.

At that time, he knew that everything that happened in Effien was orchestrated by Zazzo behind the scenes.

Sooner or later, there would be a confrontation between the two.

However, Cohen was currently weak and could not directly confront a prince of an empire head-on.

Therefore, Cohen chose to first deal with the Ceylon Kingdom and then seek revenge on Zazzo when he had the strength in the future.

But he never expected her cousin to take the initiative to come to his door.

This was truly a good opportunity to cause trouble for Zazzo Tang.

However, Grace was not an easy woman to deal with; with demonic blood, he had to be extremely careful when dealing with her.

Otherwise, he might be tricked.

Therefore, in his negotiations with Grace, Cohen insisted on the principle of 'not letting go of the eagle until he saw the rabbit'.

If you want me to help you, fine, pay up first.

Grace didn't really care at first, thinking how much money could an adventure团 leader ask for?

At most, tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of gold coins, but she didn't expect Cohen to make an exorbitant demand right from the start.

He listed all the remaining materials needed to repair the Book of Time and Space as conditions and told Grace.

After seeing the conditions Cohen proposed, Grace felt her head buzzing and asked:

"What can you provide for me?"

Cohen:

"Your Highness should not lack a few high-level transcendents to protect you into the Hell Plane.

As for me, I can bring you a lot.

For example, I know that your great-grandmother has always been very interested in interfering in human society, and even to this day, she still reserves the title of Hell Princess for your mother.

Of course, you should inherit this title now."

Grace's heart skipped a beat.

Could this person really be the Child of Prophecy?

Logically speaking, this matter was top secret, and no second human should know about it!

After Cohen waited for her to digest this information, he continued:

"In addition, the most useful thing for you should be a few 'King-level' Hell Guards under your great-grandmother's command!

Those captivating eyes were now half-closed, flashing with dangerous and alluring light.

She played with the communication stone, her lips slightly pursed, the upward curve of her mouth occasionally twitching unconsciously.

She seemed to be silently arguing with her own thoughts.

After a while, she muttered to herself:

"To dare ask such a high price from me, what an annoying little fellow!

But looking at him, he seems to be really capable."

Elegantly supporting her chin with one hand, her slender fingers rhythmically tapped her cheek, each tap seeming to question the entanglement in her mind.

Should she trust this person?

At this time, Grace's body exuded a bewitching aura, the aura of a succubus began to slowly spread, beautiful and alluring while also hiding an elusive danger.

She contacted Isabella:

"Isabella, let me ask you very seriously, is this person trustworthy?

This time, I'm going to bet everything!"

Isabella quickly replied:

"If I were you, I would not hesitate to choose to trust him."

Isabella's crisp and decisive answer made Grace make up her mind:

"Then I'll trust him this once!"

Cohen looked at the message sent by Grace, slightly surprised.

Did he ask for too little?

This woman actually agreed.

But she requested to meet in person for detailed discussions…

Cohen thought for a while and told her that he was going to the Lost Land, and if she didn't mind, they could meet there.

Grace quickly replied with a specific time.

Cohen's mouth twitched slightly, should he say that this woman deserved to have demonic blood?

What a personality!

A dignified First Princess of the Empire, to actually go to a place like the Lost Land so readily, isn't she afraid that he'll kidnap her?

After dealing with Grace's matter, Asuna walked in with a piece of information.

"Sir, we've found the person who wrote the letters of recommendation for those two unfamiliar nobles we met at the hunting grounds a few days ago."

The two unfamiliar nobles that Asuna was talking about were the ones she and Nefertis met at the nobles' hunting party a few days ago.

Nefertis noticed that one of them harbored deep malice towards Cohen and made a mental note of it.

Cohen didn't care much at first; there were too many people jealous of him, and if he had to take each and every one of them to heart, he would be exhausted.

He just let Asuna and Nefertis investigate casually.

But this investigation actually revealed some problems.

They found two names, Pacino and Ram.

Ram was fine, but when Cohen saw Pacino, he instantly became interested.

Pacino?

Could it be Pacino of the Della family?

The second-in-line heir of the Darkwing Family, one of the five ruling families of the Pale Wings, Pacino Della?

To confirm his speculation, he had Asuna check who had guaranteed these two people in the first place.

Cohen took the information Asuna handed over and found that the letters of recommendation for Pacino and Ram were written by Seaton, a member of the Inner Cabinet and Minister of Four Regions Affairs.

Seeing this, Cohen felt that his speculation was very close to the truth.

If he remembered correctly, Seaton's wife was a direct member of the Darkwing Family. Since this Pacino asked Seaton to be his guarantor, then the probability of him being a member of the Darkwing Family was very high.

Why would a direct heir of the Darkwing Family suddenly come to Florence?

The Northwest Continent was not their area of activity.

Instead of properly managing the black market and intelligence agencies and thinking about how to snatch business from the Black Tomb, what were they doing on his side?

Cohen frowned slightly and contacted Visell.

After some indirect questioning, Cohen learned that Pacino's group had not notified Visell when they came to Effien.

This made Cohen even more puzzled.

The Darkwing Family, like the Goldwing Family, belonged to the five ruling families of the Pale Wings.

The local Pale Wings branches were subordinate to them.

For a direct heir of the Darkwing Family to come to Effien without greeting the local Pale Wings负责人, it was unreasonable in every way.

What was their purpose?

Could it be related to the deal involving the dwarves that Isabella was discussing with Grand Duke Roland?

Cohen pondered for a long time and still chose to contact Isabella to ask for clarification.

……

At the Pale Wings headquarters in the Central Empire, Isabella was sitting in her office handling daily affairs.

She was about to establish an unprecedented trade route spanning half the continent with the dwarves.

The various matters involved were very complicated, and Isabella had been busy with this matter ever since she returned from the Northwest Continent.

However, she was also full of energy and motivation.

Once it was successfully launched, with this achievement, even if there were still some other voices in the family before, they should quiet down this time.

Her position as the sole heir would be extremely stable from then on.

After a period of busy work, Miss Wen Ze slowly stood up and took a rest.

Playing with the little trinkets that Cohen had sent her from Effien, her face flickered with inexplicable colors.

Soon, the communication stone vibrated. She glanced at the contact, and a few smiles appeared at the corners of her eyes.

However, when she saw the content, her pupils instantly turned cold, and her beautiful face was instantly covered with frost.

Pacino Della!

The heir of the "Dark Wing Family" actually appeared in the Northwest Continent!

Thinking of the "Dark Wing Family's" proposal discussed at the five major families' joint meeting regarding the establishment of this trade route.

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Isabella immediately realized the Della family's plan!

They were preparing to establish a base in the "Lost Land" one step ahead of her, creating a fait accompli.

Bastard!

They actually used this trick!

After Isabella briefly explained to Cohen, she immediately arranged for people to urgently convene a joint meeting of the five major families.

… …

In the spacious conference room, the permanent representatives of the five ruling families of the "Pale Wings"—Golden Wing, Silver Wing, Blood Wing, Purple Wing, and Dark Wing—sat on their respective sides.

After everyone arrived, the rotating chairman of this year, a beautiful woman from the Silver Wing family, said:

"Miss Wen Ze has urgently convened a joint meeting. Has something happened?"

Isabella slowly stood up, turned her gaze to a middle-aged man representing the "Dark Wing Family" in the corner, and said softly:

"It's still the matter discussed last time, about establishing a base in the 'Lost Land' to prepare for opening up a commercial route for the dwarves."

A noble young man from the Purple Wing family said:

"Didn't Miss Wen Ze already mention this issue at the last meeting?

Haven't you already signed an agreement with a mysterious force to have them responsible for the establishment of the base?"

The others also looked at Isabella.

Isabella said calmly:

"I know that I haven't announced the identity of this mysterious force to everyone, which has caused everyone to have doubts.

But I think the credibility of the Golden Wing family should be enough as a guarantee, right."

The beautiful woman from the Silver Wing family obviously noticed something, and her voice became much lower:

"Miss Wen Ze, you're being too serious. Has something changed in the middle?"

Isabella chuckled and turned her gaze to the gray-robed middle-aged man representing the Dark Wing family in the corner:

"Mr. Della, I wonder what your family's second young master, Viscount Pacino Della, has been busy with recently?"

A trace of gloom flashed between the gray-robed man's eyebrows, but he quickly restrained his emotions and replied with a faint smile:

"Why is the Daughter of the Golden Wing suddenly so concerned about our second young master?

If he knew, he would definitely be happy for a long time."

The smile on Isabella's face became mocking:

"That's good. Call him over, and I'll greet him in person."

The expression on the gray-robed man's face suddenly froze, and his gaze began to wander.

Now everyone realized that the atmosphere was unusual.

The rotating chairman, the beautiful woman from the Silver Wing family, coughed lightly and said:

"Little Isabella, just say what's on your mind. There's no need to make things so tense."

Isabella opened her red lips, and the news she spoke shocked everyone:

"Cruz, as the second in line heir of the dignified Dark Wing Family, why didn't you notify us in advance when you came to the Northwest Continent to inspect the work?

And you went to Effien without saying a word. You wouldn't want to admire the aftermath left by the Six Saints War, would you?

Although Wessel is a member of our 'Golden Wing Family'.

But our Five Wing Families have always been of the same spirit. When we arrive at the territory of our Golden Wing Family, it's a bit unreasonable not to even say hello, isn't it?"

The second in line heir of the "Dark Wing Family" secretly rushed to the Northwest Continent?

Everyone present was not a fool. Thinking of the trade base in the "Lost Land" that was discussed before, and the main business of the "Dark Wing Family".

In an instant, they all thought of the "Dark Wing Family's" plan.

As long as a stable base camp is established in the "Lost Land" one step ahead, the Five Wing Families will default to this fait accompli out of cost considerations.

The agreement reached between the "Golden Wing Family" and the so-called mysterious force will naturally be voided.

It's just that the "Dark Wing Family's" approach is a bit shameless and doesn't follow the rules, which makes Isabella and the other party of the agreement unable to explain.

For a time, the atmosphere in the conference room became intriguing.

The rotating chairman of the Silver Wing Family was obviously very surprised, and a few wisps of anger rose in her heart.

Her stern gaze turned to the representative of the Dark Wing Family, Cruz Della:

"Cruz, what's going on?

Didn't we discuss this matter before?

Since the Daughter of the Golden Wing has reached an agreement with someone else, then we must have the spirit of contract.

The Five Wing Families are one to the outside world. Your messing around like this is smashing the signboard of our 'Pale Wings' ourselves!"

Cruz sighed softly in his heart. The thing he least wanted to see still happened.

Today, Isabella suddenly requested to convene a contact meeting of the five major families, and a few ominous premonitions rose in his heart.

Now that she sees her so confident, she must have received some accurate information.

But Pacino actually appeared in Effien? This matter itself was beyond his expectations.

It shouldn't be?

Why didn't he go directly to the Western Region Empire?

Why did he detour to Effien?

The most troublesome thing is that he was discovered!

Alas, I originally wanted to create a fait accompli with a thick face, but before the person arrived, he was caught.

He shook his head. There is no point in investigating responsibility now. The initial investment has already been paid.

In order to capture the "Lost Land", the "Dark Wing Family" has generously won over several experienced and powerful adventure groups.

Even the advance team has arrived in the Western Region Empire.

Stopping at this time would be a great loss.

But fortunately, their Dark Wing Family had a pre-plan to deal with the situation that might occur now.

Cruz slowly stood up, facing everyone's gaze, and said in a deep voice:

"We 'Dark Wing Family' did this wrong. I apologize to you on behalf of Patriarch Cassius Della!"

Cruz's words were quite weighty, and he brought out the patriarch of the Dark Wing Family as soon as he opened his mouth.

It seems that he must have received instructions in advance.

But the more this is the case, the more drumming everyone's hearts are.

The patriarch has been brought out, and the "Dark Wing Family" seems to not want to give in this time.

Sure enough, immediately afterwards, Cruz's voice slowly sounded, with a faint descending tone of lamentation:

"Everyone also knows the main business scope of our 'Dark Wing Family', which has a large overlap with 'Black Tomb'.

Some time ago, because of… well, for well-known reasons, the situation between us and 'Black Tomb' became very serious.

The other party has increased the pressure on our family's business.

To be honest with everyone, our family business has shrunk by 30%. If we don't find a new way out, we won't even be able to maintain the normal operation of the family."

Cruz's miserable statement did not win any sympathy.

Joke, "Black Tomb" has been suppressing "Pale Wings" for more than a year or two.

If "Black Tomb" really used some methods, your "Dark Wing Family" would have collapsed, and there would be no place for you here.

Crying so pitifully is just to plot greater interests.

Sure enough, what Cruz said next made everyone fall into deep thought.