Volume 3 Chapter 127 - Changing attitudes (1/2)

“Then you just escaped like this?”

Count Michelle narrowed his eyes as he looked at the two people in front of him who looked very distressed with burnt hair and a dangerous cold glow appeared in his eyes.

Magician Delar’s black magic robe had turned into several pieces of rags, but he didn’t avoid Count Michelle’s look and couldn’t help giving a cold snort.

“Count Michelle, the reason we became like this was all because your information was wrong. The Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s motorcade was hiding a weapon that surpassed our expectations and their chairman Xu isn’t just a trivial Seventh Grade Magician. I’m certain that he is at least a Ninth Grade Magician!”

Count Michelle gave a cold snort as he narrowed his eyes to look at magician Delar, “So what? Are you accusing me?”

Magician Delar was filled with rage and wanted to say something, but Everton on the side whose armour had been turned black by the Fire and Lightning Magic stopped him.

“No, Count Michelle, we didn’t mean to blame you, but the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s motorcade was indeed far beyond what we expected. I led an elite team of two hundred cavalry, but we couldn’t even approach their camp. I think…..that this was not something you expected, right?”

Count Michelle was silent for a bit before slowly nodding.

“That’s right, I also never thought that the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s motorcade would be this terrifying.” Count Michelle looked at their sad appearances and knit his brows, “You’re saying that the Frestech Chamber of Commerce developed a new Magic Arrow? And they can be launched consecutively with the Repeating Magic Crossbow?”

Everton nodded, “Yes. Magician Delar could keep off the normal arrows by himself, but these Magic Arrows are a great threat to magicians. I think that even if Xu Yi didn’t act, we wouldn’t have been able to break through the defenses of these Magic Arrays and charged into the camp.”

“Magic Arrows……” Count Michell tapped his finger on the table. After thinking for a bit, he took a deep breath and stood up. He stretched his hand out towards the two of them, “Alright, magician Delar, general Everton, my information wasn’t accurate enough this time and you suffered losses, causing you to be defeated. But through this, we’ve discovered the important information that the Frestech Chamber of Commerce secretly developed Magic Arrows. I think that commander Linear will attach great importance to this information, so I hope that you can tell him clearly once you head back.”

“Of course.”

Half an hour later, after this secret meeting was over, magician Delar and Everton left Count Michelle’s private manor outside Dulaketon City without a sound.

Watching those two leave into the darkness, Count Michelle tightly knit his brows and fell into though.

This wasn’t his first time cooperating with the Sack Kingdom’s Hungry Wolf Regiment, but Count Michelle knew the dangers hidden in this cooperation, so he was very cautious every time.

If it wasn’t for the threat the Frestech Chamber of Commerce brought, Count Michelle wouldn’t have chosen to use the Sack Kingdom to deal with the Frestech Chamber of Commerce. He secretly lured the Hungry Wolf Regiment to act and induced Count Will to intentionally keep the Frestech Chamber of Commerce outside the city, creating a good chance for a night attack.

According to Count Michelle’s thoughts, as long as he killed Xu Yi, he would get rid of the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s core power. The Frestech Chamber of Commerce would naturally disintegrate and it would weaken the support of her highness Seveni, creating a heavy loss to the side supporting her highness Seveni. It would further reduce her threat towards his highness Eric.

Although Count Michelle also favoured the prospect of the magic machine industry advocated by the Frestech Chamber of Commerce, right now he couldn’t support them.

Rather even if he got rid of the Frestech Chamber of Commerce, as long as his highness Eric received the throne, there would be the chance to develop the magic machine industry in the future.

But right now the strength the Frestech Chamber of Commerce had now far surpassed Count Michelle’s expectations.

According to magician Delar’s descriptions, the Frestech Chamber of Commerce only had fifty guards, but they had forcefully opened magician Delar’s Deep Blue Barrier with their Magic Repeating Crossbows.

What shocked Count Michelle even more was that with the newly developed Magic Arrows, normal guards could force back a powerful Eighth Grade Magician like Delar, forcing him to escape.

If they compared the strength of the two sides, it would be the well equipped and well trained two hundred cavalry from the Hungry Wolf Regiment with an Eighth Grade Magician against the fifty normal guards from the Frestech Chamber of Commerce, with Xu Yi whose strength was unknown, but Delar said that he was at least a powerful Ninth Grade Magician.

If the magicians cancelled each other out, there was no doubt that the Hungry Wolf Regiment who launched a sneak attack was stronger.

But other than taking care of three guards in charge of scouting in the beginning, they didn’t even touch the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s motorcade. As for their two hundred cavalry, not a single one escaped other than the powerful magician Delar and Everton.

The result in the end made Count Michelle have to reassess the Frestech Chamber of Commerce.

To most people, the Frestech Chamber of Commerce had used the new magic machines to earn quite a bit of money, but their backing and strength couldn’t compare to the old companies of the kingdom.

But through tonight’s surprise attack, Count Michelle found that while the Frestech Chamber of Commerce didn’t have the same background as those old companies, their strength couldn’t be underestimated.

The Frestech Chamber of Commerce could develop these Magic Arrows that could even threaten a powerful magician, if they were given time to develop, what other kinds of new things would they develop?