Ash Rufate walked towards the gate without hesitation, that is, the two guards. The little girl hesitated for a moment, but she followed immediately.

The two guards had long noticed these two strangers. As mentioned earlier, the armor worn by Ashu Rufate was quite different from that of ordinary soldiers. This strange armor made the guards tell at a glance that the person was not a member of the army, or at least not an officer of the Guards Corps.

According to a conventional practice, when Ashu Rufate approached, the two guards made a mistake in their hands and blocked him outside.

"Go aside!" Before the guards questioned, Ashu Rufate shouted first.

"Who?" Ashu Rufate's tough attitude, especially taking the initiative to speak, made the two guards hesitate. One of them hesitated for a moment and finally asked. Although he was asking outsiders, the voice itself revealed insufficient confidence. Everyone knew that the Guards Corps had recently changed commanders, which usually means that there will be personnel changes in the future (and possibly large-scale personnel changes). Who knows what this stranger in armor does? Perhaps it is hard to say that the senior officer transferred from somewhere else.

"I come by the will of Her Majesty the Queen to see your commander!" said Ashu Rufate. "Get out of here!"

"Let me inform..."

"No need for notification!" said Ashu Rufate. "I heard that the officers are all inside, so I just need to go in and meet them."

Perhaps he had sufficient reasons, or perhaps his bluffing attitude scared the guards. In short, the two guards hesitated for a moment and finally made way. Today was not a secret meeting, but a routine meeting. It was not too outrageous to put a messenger or a newly transferred officer in this kind of meeting.

But it was really strange that he brought the little girl in.

...

"Have you found it yet?" Byron asked again. His eyes were covered with blood, and this alone could tell that he had not slept well last night. In addition, anyone with a discerning eye could see the veins blooming on his forehead - anyone who knows the Regent knows that Duke Byron's temper can never be called "gentle".

"Sorry, sir, we sent out all the personnel... but it rained heavily last night..."

In fact, Byron himself knew that it was indeed difficult to chase the escaped people under such heavy rains yesterday. The rain blocked people's sight, washed away any footprints and hoof prints, and washed away all the smell. It was indeed a little difficult to search for one or two people in the outskirts of such a well-connected Hawk City.

But knowing, it is not a reason to stop him from getting angry. In fact, at this moment, his heart was full of anger. Why is this happening? Why does a sure action cause such a fuss? Why did the part that was originally thought to be the easiest to succeed failed in the whole plan?

A messenger appeared at the door and hurried towards Byron.

"Duke, according to the report," the messenger gave a salute. "We have contacted the main level..."

"Well, how did you contact me?"

"As the Lord ordered, he had used magic communication to contact the garrisons in relevant places. The Chaos Wizard kidnapped the Queen, and was likely to be confused by the Queen's mind with magic... The only way at the moment is to let the Queen return to the church in the Hawk City, and they were responsible for exorcism."

"Well, what's going on in the church?"

"The high-level priests who preside over the daily life of the church are still neutral, indicating that they are not helpful. But we have successfully received the help of several other high-level priests... and it cost a lot!"

"Very good, if that happens, they will not be able to walk around the wilderness...at least they cannot walk on the main road. Is there any latest situation in Rafah?"

"No, the spy we arranged there did not respond. However, our magicians detected a lot of magic winds in the city, which means that many people used magic communication... but it is impossible to tell whether it was an ordinary person using magic communication scroll or a real magician was active."

"This is inevitable." Byron said softly, and waved his hand to signal the messenger to retreat. Rafa should already know what was going on here. What kind of action would he do? Without the little queen in his hand, can he exert enough influence to divide and disintegrate Rafa's power? Damn, if there is that little girl in his hand, he will have a 90% chance of winning. If the little girl disappears, then he will have a 50% chance of winning... But if the little girl runs to Rafa, how sure is he?

He felt an unspeakable tremor crawling on his back.

"Where am I wrong? Yes, I made a big mistake," Byron said to himself in a voice that he could only hear. "I thought that Rafa and I were the only ones in this game, but ignored other forces that were involved. Those were not neutral forces, but those who had been waiting for the chaos to unfold and gain benefits from it." He couldn't help but shivered. "How could I be so impulsive?"

"Come!" he shouted, and several soldiers immediately walked in from the door and listened to his orders.

"Bring Scadra to me!" Byron said. At least he should know what kind of danger it is and how big it is... Scadra is the only one who can provide him with information about this.

A short while later, Scadra, the former chief of the palace, was taken to Duke Byron. At this moment, the old man was tied up, but he still straightened his body and refused to bow his head.

"Scadra," Byron had no intention of playing any language game at this time, so he got to the point straight forward. "Who is that Asu Ruffatt?" He knew Scadra very well and knew that this palace chief was not the kind of person who could be easily brainwashed by the power of chaos. Perhaps Scadra was also kept in the dark about this matter. From this point of view, perhaps he could get Scadra's cooperation.

"A reliable candidate recommended by one of my distant relatives." Scadra replied calmly. These materials were written on Ashu Rufate's personal file - recorded by Scadra himself. At this moment, he probably had been viewed by Duke Byron a hundred times.

"The legendary son-in-law?" Byron sneered. "Well, dear Scadra, maybe you don't know who that Ash Rufate is... He is a wizard of chaos! As for the court supervisor, you made a big mistake." Byron said. "You actually let a chaotic believer lurk to our queen. I am worried that our queen has been occupied by the evil power."

Scardra did not answer, but just stared at Byron calmly. His expression clearly showed that he did not believe Byron at all.

"Don't you believe what I said?" Byron could hardly control himself. The frustration made anger burn in his chest again.

"You haven't caught Her Majesty the Queen yet." Scadra finally spoke.

This time it was Byron's turn to snort coldly, without answering.

"Not only allowed her to escape from the palace... but also allowed her to escape from the Hawk City." Scadra said. "Yes, last night was a good opportunity. It rained heavily last night... If it was raining heavily last night, it would be a huge difficulty to chase. Now you should be doing your best to arrange manpower. But now you realize that your power is far less powerful than you imagined. When the Queen is on the throne, you can do whatever you want in the name of the Regent. But if the Queen is out of your control, you suddenly find that you have almost no influence on others. Not only do you have no influence, you may also become a traitor at any time... and become the target of everyone's beating."

"You seem to be very brainy!" Byron's face clearly showed malicious intentions for the first time. "Who told you this?"

"I guess... Otherwise, you won't have the time to see me," said Scadra. "Byron, you were not a fool, but desire blinded your eyes. You have done something stupid now... you are done."

"Tell me who that Ashu Rufate is or I will make you regret being born in this world."

"He is my distant nephew-in-law." Scadra repeated his previous answer. "As for the person who recommended him to me, he is a distant relative, Countess Marianne... I think you know him too."

"Do you think I'm lying?" Byron tried his best to calm himself down. Scaredra said things he already knew. To be honest, he was not stingy with violence, but everyone knew that Scaredra was really not young. Such an old man, no matter how healthy and spiritual he seemed on the surface, actually had little vitality in his life. Maybe he would die if he torture a little bit. If torture is an art like art, then Scaredra is definitely not a suitable drawing paper. "How did you think that Ash Rufate ran away? He broke through and left in the palace with magic! Then, in order to break out of the city gate, he summoned a great demon to enlighten him!"

"Big Demon?" Scadra raised her eyebrows.

"Otherwise, do you think he will escape from the city?" Byron said coldly. "I arranged three hundred soldiers at the city gate, including one hundred musketeers. In the end, I lost about seventy people to destroy the demon... But because I was attracted by the demon, my prospective niece ran away in the end."

"Are you scared?" Scadra asked suddenly.

"What am I afraid of?! Even if he escaped temporarily, he was just a mouse, waiting for me to slowly drive it into the cage..."

"You're scared." Scadra said this time more certainly. "You didn't let go of a mouse, but a lion. My prospective niece..." When he said this word, "I'll give you a surprise."

"Oh, that really makes me look forward to it." Byron's lips showed a sneer. "Why do you have so much confidence in this Ash Rufat?"

"If he was really as I thought... now you are too late, Byron, you're going to do anything. Escape is your only choice!"

"I'm too late? It's too late? Joke, the whole Eagle City is shaking in my hands now!"

"Byron, the reason you dare to act so recklessly is simply because you replaced the commander of the Guards with your confidants... so they cannot interfere with what you do in the city. But when the Queen arrives in person at the Guards' barracks..."
Chapter completed!