"Who dares!" An elderly man threw a mug cup to the wall. Veins protruding from his forehead. His long beard swayed back and forth. He bang his hand on the round wooden table.
A middle-aged man stood and shivered in front of the furious elderly man. This was Enzio, the city lord butler. All his previous haughtiness was long one.
The city lord took a deep breath and sat on the middle chair. He looked at Enzio and asked.
"Who do you think was behind the attack?"
Enzio exhaled slowly and thought for a moment before he replied slowly. " The only suspect is the Long-Fall Trading center. But—" He was lost. Totally lost.
Previously, he visited the trading center, but he found no powerful mage. 'How could an ordinary rank novice mage attack their store with peak novice mage without alerting the city guards. Impossible!' He shook his head.
"What are you thinking?" The city lord snapped.
Enzio jacked his head backward a bit and woke from his thought and said quickly. "I found it quite impossible for those weak trading center to attack our store."
"I understand what you're saying. But who would dare attack our store. This has never happened before. It was only when we try to teach those center a lesson that all this began to happen."
Enzio nodded. "Yes. That's what get me confusing. Perhaps, there is a hidden powerful mage supporting them. But not in the store."
"That's possible." The city lord sooth long beard and a deep glint appeared in his eyes. 'Do you think I'm a push over. No matter who supporting from behind. You dare go against me. You must be ready to pay the price.'
"Get the men ready, let see how the Razor family responded before apprehend them."
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"Berti, Tell me what the hell is going on?" An elderly man shouted.
Berti swayed left and right, not having the courage to looked at the elderly's man face. This was the family head of the Razor family. A powerful earth mage.
"Are you deaf!"
"I-I'm working on it." Berti stuttered.
"Working on what?" The Razor family's head looked at Berti with his eagle eyes. His face devoid of any expression. No one could know what he was thinking.
Berti rubbed his sweaty palm together and took a deep breath. "Some ignorant merchant from the Long-Fall Pass dares go against us. So I send some men to take care of them. But they never return."
He paused and peep at the family head's face. When he saw no expression, his raging heart relaxed a bit.
"I was confused, so I want to check the trading center for any powerful mages. But I found none. When I prepared to deal with again. Then this happened."
The Razor family tap the edge of his chair while gazing at Berti. The magnificent room descended into an abrupt silence, leaving only the finger tap of the family head. With each tap, Berti blood got colder.
"I heard the city lord was attack" The family head finally speak.
"Yes." Berti nodded his head like a pecking bird.
"Is this from the same group?"
"Probably. The city lord lackey… The Viper gang disappeared the night of our attack. I guess the city lord also attack the merchant group"
"Hmm" He rubbed his temple and blinked twice. 'The Long-Fall Pass had been a desolate city for decades. What the hell is happening right now.' He mused. 'However, if they think we, the Razor family, are a push over. Then, I will send them back to their desolate city.'
"Gather the men, we strike tomorrow. Let wait for the city lord decision."
Xina city was in uproar when they discover two of the three most powerful families in the city were attacked. Who dares. Who could it be? The wide spread of the news reached every hook and cranny of the city.
At first, the people didn't believe it, but when they witness the empty store of the two families. They realized this was not a dream, but freaking truth.
It only took a couple of hours before various gossip and rumor of what happen spread. One group said the two family offended a powerful mage and this was their retribution.
While another rumor said, the two families are in alliance and were trying to leave the city for a bigger city.
Yet, the two families didn't come to clear the air.
In front of the Rain Flower Pavilion, a young man in a long, overflowing blue robe and a middle-aged man in a black robe stood at the entrance for a moment before they entered.
"Welcome to the Rain Flower Pavilion. How may I help you?" A maid servant in yellow tight clothe approached them and bowed slightly.
"Tell your mistress we're from the Long-Fall Trading Center." Kako answered calmly.
Hmm!
The maidservant creased her brow and looked at the two people before her for a moment. What did they want with the mistress? She thought.
"Please wait a moment." She said with a charming smile and left with quick steps.
"What do you say!?" A charming voice responded in panic.
The Rain Flower Pavilion mistress stood up in agitation and trembled a bit. She stared the middle-aged man in front of him in shock. She blinked her eyes trying to understand what the hell was going on.
"D-did they know!?" She stuttered.
"That's… I don't know. But…" The middle-aged was lost.
"But what!" She snapped. A bead of perspiration spread through her face. Some strand of hair fall on her face.
"These people are different. Their weapon and their way of doing things are totally different. So it is not impossible for them to detect our men. But the question is how?" The middle-aged man creased his brow.
He couldn't fathom how they were discovered. 'Did they knew we were monitoring them?' The more he thought about it, the more the fear gripped his heart. 'Fearsome'
"What should we do…?" She muttered.
Knock.
A sudden knock came from the door and the two people inside looked at each other. The Rain Flower Pavilion took a deep breath and said slowly.
"What is it?"
"Ma, two people from the Long-Fall trading center wanted to see you." A middle-aged woman voice came from outside.
"Let them in"
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