Verona temporarily took over the tea business. His goal was achieved. By the way, Donning also got his own share, the control right of 50% of the tea business. It would be too easy to obtain the control right of the remaining 50% of the tea. He had already planned it.
After receiving a letter from Vont, in the evening, he went to a local bar, ordered a margarita, and found a quiet and secluded place, leaving an empty seat behind.
Soon that familiar face appeared. He ordered a glass of brandy and sat on the empty seat behind.
"Your plan is very successful. If I'm not mistaken, the murder case at the port of Gold Coast has something to do with you." Vont didn't shy away from stating his guess. "Now you are in charge of the spice business. Then you will get the tea business. Alkmarr wants me to go to the Gold Coast to investigate this matter."
Donning found it a bit funny. "The game has been intensified again. He wants us to confront each other directly. There is a proverb in the East that when the mantis catches the cicada, the oriole is behind. He wants to be that oriole and enjoy the contest between smart people."
"Well, I can tell you my progress. A paladin has gone to the church in Varna. Soon, because of a previous lawsuit, a storm will sweep through Brot City. Alkmarr's own duke title will be deprived." Vont didn't mind showing his achievements.
"Cybertron is an upright paladin." Donning didn't even need to think hard to know the paladin Vont was talking about. He was too familiar with this paladin.
Vont was stunned for a moment. "You know Cybertron?"
"Not really a friend, but not a stranger either."
Vont's finger that was originally drawing circles on the table stopped at this moment. After a moment of silence, he got up and left his seat, leaving a sentence. "Write all the information into a letter and send it to me."
After leaving the bar, Vont felt that his intelligence had been insulted. Cybertron knew his ally. The original sense of accomplishment disappeared completely. Everything he had done seemed to be under the control of the other party. Both the paladin and this ally had concealed something.
Walking to a dark corner, he punched the wall. A sinister smile appeared on his face. "The final winner will be me. When you get all the businesses, it will be your time to go to hell. Driving Taylor away doesn't mean you have no weaknesses. You will never imagine how powerful the force behind me is."
Leaving the bar and walking on the streets of Brot late at night, the cold wind made people a lot more awake. Donning's expression was a bit solemn. Vont knew Cybertron. This was something he hadn't expected. It was just a coincidence. But entrusting such an important matter to that paladin with a copper sword badge was really unwise.
If Vont personally solved this matter through his father's relationship, the chance of success would be greater. His ally had made a serious mistake. Cybertron's integrity was beyond doubt. But whether a small paladin could successfully reach the church in Varna City was a big question mark. Moreover, the church in Varna City was not loyal to God. They were only loyal to money.
What was worse was that Alkmarr didn't want anyone to break the rules of the game. Vont introduced a paladin. Obviously, he had broken the rules of the game. Then Alkmarr would use some extraordinary means to bring the game back within the rules.
He had to go there in person. He hoped it was still in time. Back in the apartment, he got on a carriage and quickly left Brot City.
It took a whole night to travel from Brot City to Varna. According to Vont, that paladin had already set off for some time. He hoped it was still in time. In time to find evidence to deprive Alkmarr of his title. As for the life and death of that paladin, Donning didn't care.
He hurried on the road. When the sky was about to brighten, he saw a carriage that had deviated from the main road. Donning felt that something was wrong.
Walking up to the carriage, the carriage was empty. The ground was very messy. Obviously, there had been a fierce fight. Donning could be sure that this was the paladin's carriage. The paladin's life and death were unknown.
Taking out a blue bottle from his bosom, he sprinkled the blue powder in the bottle into the air. There were faintly complex footprints on the ground.
Following the footprints, when he reached a certain place, he saw a pool of blood. The blood stained the ground that was about to melt red, but there was no corpse.
There was only one line of footprints left, extending into the distance. All the other footprints disappeared. Following this line of footprints, he soon found a stream. There was a corpse beside the stream, half of it soaked in the water.
Through the clothes and the holy sword discarded aside, it could be identified that it was Cybertron. Walking to the stream, he dragged the corpse out of the water and searched all over the body, hoping to find evidence that Alkmarr had interfered in that lawsuit through supernatural power.
But soon he was disappointed. The things were gone. The people brought by Alkmarr had succeeded. Donning looked at the paladin disappointedly. There were many wounds on his body, and even one wound penetrated his heart.
When he was about to leave, a miracle happened. The paladin's finger trembled slightly and a faint sound came from his mouth. He was still alive.
Unbelievable. Last time this paladin escaped a disaster. This time the paladin still wasn't dead. What kind of power was protecting him?
Donning bent down and examined the paladin. There was a faint white light on his wound, slowly healing. The holy light had the ability to heal. But according to this injury, if the paladin wanted to recover, only the highest level eagle badge would emit this level of healing holy light.
Paladins were divided into iron sword badge, copper sword badge, silver sword badge, gold sword badge, and the most legendary eagle badge paladin. Those uncles of Kaiserta had said that the eagle badge had only been awarded to ten paladins. Those ten paladins were the most loyal servants of God. And the holy light of paladins with eagle badges could purify some uncleanness. Those paladins with eagle badges had sacrificed their lives in the Kansas battle to defend the pope.
The devil deceived people's hearts and made those villains driven by money, beauty, and power form a powerful army and attack the church. The church also organized the holy army. The flames of war swept across the Eternal Continent. In the end, the devil was driven back to hell. The church paid a painful price and won.
But later someone overthrew the church, burned the pope to death, and cleared out those who supported the old pope in the old church. What was the difference between the later church and the original devil? Donning had a ferocious smile on his face. The current church was an accomplice of the devil. The church was just a tool for those hypocritical people to amass wealth.
But there were always exceptions. A paladin with a copper sword badge had this powerful healing holy light. It was a bit interesting. Donning really wanted to explore the secret of this paladin and carried the paladin onto the carriage.
He couldn't enter Brot City during the day. It was not until late at night that he entered Brot City. Just giving the paladin some clean water would speed up his wound healing. Last time Cybertron recovered like this too.
By dawn, Cybertron woke up. Donning was holding a glass of water and looking at the paladin with interest. "Wearing a copper sword badge but having the holy light protection of a paladin with an eagle badge. Tell me. I'm very curious about your secret."
Cybertron snatched the water cup and took a few big gulps. His face was pale. He lowered his head and checked his wound. The wound had recovered to the point where he could walk on the ground. He didn't understand what Donning was saying. "Did you save me?"
"Of course. I think no one will care about your life and death except me." Donning continued to explore the paladin's secret. "As a reward, you have to tell me the source of that powerful holy light on you."
"Loyal to the church." Cybertron gave an official answer.
"Dear friend, being loyal to the church won't make you obtain the holy light that only a paladin with an eagle badge can have." Donning was very dissatisfied with the answer. What he wanted was not this kind of unnutritious answer.
The holy light of a paladin with an eagle badge? Cybertron's face was shocked as he looked at Donning. "You mean I have the holy light that only a paladin with an eagle badge can have?"
The paladin's shock didn't seem fake. It seemed that this paladin didn't seem to know anything about everything. Donning nodded. "Yes, your holy light has healed you."
Cybertron incredulously explored his own body. If what Donning said was true, then he didn't know what had happened to him.
The paladin knew nothing about his powerful holy light. It seemed that he couldn't ask anything anymore. Donning had to change the topic. "Where are those evidences you kept to bring down Alkmarr?"
Cybertron looked at Donning in surprise. "How do you know these?"
"Your good partner Vont is also my ally." Donning didn't need to hide anything from the paladin. Compared to Vont, this paladin who was only loyal to the holy light was more trustworthy and couldn't be bought by any interests.
"I have put those evidences in a safe place to avoid someone being unfavorable to me and losing the evidences." Cybertron told Donning where he hid the evidences. "I think those powerful supernatural power possessors who attacked me should all be Alkmarr's people."