To put it bluntly, war was for survival, land, political significance, and so on. It sounded like lofty excuses, but to put it simply, it was nothing more than robbing money, food, and women.
But in essence, it was still a matter of interests. The Morey family's adjutant looked at the Soro family's treasury, his mouth full of saliva. Although the Soro family wasn't as wealthy as the Morey family, the wealth and gold coins in this treasury were enough to make any normal person's heart beat faster and go crazy.
Liang Lidong looked back at the adjutant's twisted face and said with a smile, "Everything has to be first come, first served."
But this sounded very reasonable now, but in the eyes of the adjutant, it was extremely provocative. In the dark world of the capital, a gold coin could take the lives of a dozen commoners. The wealth and gold coins here, if calculated carefully and taken to the Guild of Assassins, according to the current "market price," could buy the lives of all the commoners in the capital, and there would still be at least half left.
Human life was very valuable, but often not. A few pieces of metal could decide the life and death of a group of people, as cheap as paramecia in the water.
From Emma's point of view, the ornaments inside were very valuable. From Liang Lidong's point of view, there were rare magic materials inside, so they were very valuable. But from the aide-de-camp's point of view, those shiny gold coins were the most adorable things.
The adjutant's face was very "square," not in terms of the shape of his face, but in terms of his temperament. At a glance, one could tell that he was the kind of person who was meticulous and very decisive.
But sometimes, the word "decisive", once overdone, would become a derogatory term, "arbitrary."
"If you don't leave here, don't blame us for being rude."
The adjutant waved his hand, and a group of soldiers rushed in behind him, a forest of crossbows and spears aimed at the two people in front. Domineering.
"Emma!"
Liang Lidong shouted softly, then pointed to the person behind him. "I'll leave it to you."
Emma, who was happily picking up beautiful ornaments, looked back at the group of soldiers behind her, her face cold, and then she opened her right hand.
A violent whirlwind formed in her hand, and then the entire underground treasury turned into a huge whistling wind field. The soldiers blocking the door couldn't withstand the fierce wind pressure. He retreated with all his might.
The Eye of the Storm was the Divine Artifact of the Storm Shrine, which was usually held by the Saintesses.
Next, Emma condensed all the airflow into a rotating 'wind spear', and directly pressed it against the entrance.
This' Wind Spear 'was at least three meters thick, and the wind swirled and compressed. Anyone who saw it would instinctively dodge, and the soldiers blocking the door were no exception. They turned pale with fright and retreated in panic. No matter how Adjutant Ren scolded him, it was useless.
Less than two seconds later, the wind spear swept across the entrance. The soldiers who did not manage to retreat in time were directly sent flying. Then, the violent wind directly destroyed the entrance, causing it to collapse. A few pieces of rubble directly blocked the entrance.
All the enemies were blocked outside.
"Alright. No one will disturb us now. "Emma smiled at Liang Lidong. There was a hidden meaning in her words. She had the charm of a woman.
But Liang Lidong yawned. If a man who was interested in girls saw Emma's expression, his blood would definitely boil, but Liang Lidong wouldn't. In his opinion. A girl without two hemispheres in front of her chest was completely unattractive, not to mention that Emma was as flat as an airport.
Looking at Liang Lidong's expression and movements, and then seeing that he focused his attention on the magic materials again, Emma knew that her flirtatious glance had been thrown to the air again. She stomped her feet. He was angry and depressed at the same time. In any case, she was the most beautiful girl in the capital, but she couldn't even attract Beta's gaze.
Sulking, she rummaged through a few pieces of jewelry, then pouted and said to Liang Lidong, "Send me back to Mystra's Mansion."
"Okay."
Liang Lidong didn't bother to find out why Emma was suddenly angry again. Based on his experience with Blondie and Whitey, he knew that women, especially beautiful women, would occasionally throw a little tantrum. At this time, ignore them, and after a short period of time, they would naturally become the same as before.
This was normal. Everyone had unhappy times, and it would be fine when the time was over.
So Liang Lidong didn't hesitate to put Emma into the Mystra's Mansion.
Standing in the comfortable plane space, Emma was still pouting. She had never seen a man who paid so little attention to women's emotions like Beta, and in some ways, he was even more abominable than those philandering men.
"Dull men, no taste, don't understand a girl's heart." Emma kept saying bad things about Liang Lidong. Although she was a princess, although she was a Holy Maiden, although she was a powerful professional, her most primitive nature was still that of a fourteen-year-old girl.
Girls always felt that love was more important than the sky.
At this time, the queen slowly walked down from the second floor. She had a mischievous smile on her face. "Emma, you looked so beautiful just now."
Hearing this, Emma blushed. She had forgotten that although the queen was not with them, she could see the surroundings in the Mystra's Mansion space, which meant that her mother had seen her little girl posture just now.
The queen looked at her daughter, who was as shy as an ostrich. She took a step forward, took her daughter's hand, and said earnestly, "It's useless to just hang around a man. You have to learn how to capture his heart, and even if you can't capture his heart, you have to find a way to try to get him used to your existence."
"Then what should I do?" Emma didn't care about being shy anymore. She looked up at her mother. "Beta doesn't seem to be interested in little girls. He likes mature women like you, Mother."
The Queen's face was slightly red, and a ripple appeared in her heart, but she quickly suppressed this palpitation and said with a smile, "My daughter is so beautiful, how could he not like her? It's just that you haven't shown your true charm. Women are a man's haven, a place where they recuperate after they go out to fight, so you just have to do one thing. "
Emma's eyes widened, and she was so nervous that she was afraid to miss a word.
"Gentleness," the queen said with certainty. "Men are most afraid of meeting gentle women. If the woman is beautiful and gentle, even if he is a Demigod, he won't be able to resist your charm."
"I see." Emma pressed a finger on her cherry lips, deep in thought.
Liang Lidong ransacked the vault for a short while, and when the small warehouse in his Mystra's Mansion space couldn't hold it anymore, he used a magic scroll to teleport out of the sealed basement.
The manor was burning everywhere, and the soldiers of the Morey family searched everywhere for the Solos. They killed the adult men and then controlled the women and children. In such a chaotic and bloody scene, there were always people who went berserk and dragged one or two beautiful women into the grass, and when they were about to do something bad, they were beheaded by a blue flame sword or strangled to death by strange plants.
Liang Lidong soon found Kail and Alice. He looked at the melancholy young Hero and asked with a smile, "You killed them?"
"Killed them."
"A Master?"
"Yes, a Master."
Kail was already a Master at this time, reaching level ten, successfully leaving Alice behind. Like Liang Lidong, he jumped three levels in an instant. The difference was that Liang Lidong's level was raised by Goddess Woking, while Kail's strength was greatly increased due to the awakening of his bloodline.
Now in their team of four, there were already three Masters, a ratio that was frightening enough. Although there were many professions in the human world, because of their talent and lifespan, there were very few who could become a Master. Moreover, most of the Masters were Divine Professions, which were bestowed upon them by the gods. For example, Liang Lidong had been directly promoted by Woking.
Looking at the sky, Liang Lidong estimated the time and said, "Let's go, the first prince's army will probably be here soon."
After saying that, he stored Kail and Alice in the space of Mystra's Mansion, then cast Secondary Invisibility and quietly left the manor.
Less than five minutes after he left, the first prince's army surrounded the entire manor. The deputy of the Morey family, who was still commanding the soldiers to dig up the collapsed treasury, was directly captured, and the commander, because he was clever enough, successfully escaped from the army's encirclement.
In the palace, the first prince, who had just climbed up from the belly of a woman, kicked a soldier to the ground. His face was covered in blood, and there was no telling whether it was because he was woken up from his sleep or because he was too angry.
"You pieces of trash, you actually failed to monitor the Morey family's movements." Veins popped up on the eldest prince's forehead. His face twisted as he roared, "No matter how carefully the Morey Clan deployed their troops to attack a manor with hundreds of people, there would still be obvious traces left behind. But you actually brought people to rescue the Soro Clan after they annihilated them, and then you brought back an insignificant person? Do you think that just because there's a nobody, you're good enough? "
The guard who was kicked to the ground hurriedly explained, "Your Highness, we've already interrogated the member of the Morey family who was captured and brought back with very important information."
The first prince was slightly less angry. "Speak, if it's not important information, you can go to hell. Don't worry, I'll take good care of your wife and daughter for you. "
Hearing this, the guard hurriedly said, "That member of the Morey family confessed that in this operation, they were only responsible for attracting the attention of the Soro family, and that the real killer of the Soro family's patriarch, Camas, was someone else!"
"Who?"
The guard thought for a moment, but still braced himself and said, "Little Princess Emma participated in this riot, I think they should've sneaked in from the back of the manor."
"Emma, it seems that failing to kill you was a huge mistake in itself."