This is a very special organization.

It is everywhere, but few people really know it - even those who know it have only heard its name, and can't imagine its potential and energy.

Assassins, killers, spies, underground intelligence networks, executioners... All inclusive, complete all the dirty work for his majesty and their leaders.

In the eyes of some people who "know a thing or two" about this organization, those members who master strange magic and advanced skills and are called "night watchmen" are the backbone of this organization.

They made a terrible mistake.

Indeed, no one can become a high-level member of the organization without being a top assassin, but assassination may be the most "insignificant" function of the organization, and force will be considered only when it is extremely necessary.

Intelligence gathering is their real fear - night watchmen in all corners of the Empire faithfully hand over all the collected intelligence to the "single line" connected with themselves; Even if it's just a trivial matter, even if it's just an accident discovered by accident.

"But... It is these little things and accidents that pieced together the most 'detailed' Imperial forms and put the life and death of thousands of creatures in the palm of one person." raising his eyebrows, Loren looked at Brandon meaningfully:

"For example, I knew that when I fought with the Centaur, more than a dozen night watchmen sent information to the sky palace day and night... I can see my latest war report in a week at most."

Well... It's actually four days.

Brandon, sitting on the chair with his legs in his arms, opened his eyes and smiled awkwardly.

"The emperor's Majesty in the heavenly palace relies on the night watchman's intelligence network to control the whole empire." the black haired wizard's eyes shrink suddenly: "this... Is the 'human harmony' you want to fight for!"

"LUT infinite may be dead, the imperial night watchman may have been completely destroyed, but the night watchmen in all parts of the Empire are still waiting for orders and calls - now is their most vulnerable time, because they don't know that the high-level has disappeared!"

"The most important thing for us right now is to cultivate a confidant to control the night watchman organization and intelligence network all over the Empire step by step before everyone reacts."

"Before you become an emperor, you have the wrist that the emperor only has... Is that so?" with his head tilted, Brandon's eyes narrowed like a cat:

"If we control the intelligence network of the imperial night watchman and master the first-hand information, we can have the absolute initiative, and even control the every move of the imperial brother, threatening the cabinet and Parliament of the sky palace for our use?"

"This is not the fundamental purpose, but it is indeed one of the 'benefits'." the black haired wizard shrugged. "More importantly, if such powerful weapons and tools are not in our hands, but connord holds it... It would be dangerous."

"Even if it's just for self-protection, it's extremely necessary to control them in our hands as soon as possible." Lauren nodded. "Of course, if we do it, Connor should think of doing it... So we must do it as soon as possible."

"Therefore, it is said that this is the top priority - timing, geography, harmony between people... Harmony between people is the top priority to reverse the situation and even turn defeat into victory!"

The air was quiet for a minute.

A minute later, Brandon, who was biting his thumb nail, slowly looked up and stared at the black haired wizard in front of him without blinking.

"What are you... Doing?"

Lauren, who was looked at like this, was a little hairy and subconsciously leaned back against the chair.

"Nothing, just a little emotion... Although I had this feeling before, it is particularly strong now." Brandon smiled sincerely, as if his subconscious tongue wiped his dry lips:

"By the way... It's too early to talk about this, but when I'm crowned emperor of the Empire - whether it's the 13th or 14th generation - I still need a trusted seal minister who can help me hold down the whole cabinet."

"Obviously, I won't use metterne Leopold, nor those imperial nobles who hate me at the bottom of my heart. As for the emerging nobles, wizards and rich businessmen with titles... It's not impossible, but I'm afraid it's difficult to convince the public." the more the prince said, the more he smiled:

"So I thought... Of course, this is not a promotion or promise. We are friends. Friends don't talk about this... Loren Turin, my dear friend, are you interested in this?"

"Rule the empire with me?"

With that, Brandon's expression was fixed with a "smile", and something called "expectation" twinkled in his motionless eyes.

Huh?

What... Is it here?

However, if you really have a chance, it's not impossible - indeed, if you can master and integrate the resources of the whole empire, you will have a better grasp when you face the "black cross" serlior

No, wait a minute.

The dark haired wizard's heart strings trembled and suddenly remembered something.

"If you say why... A guy who has the consciousness of natural ruler and has long been unable to distinguish between responsibility and power, how can he help others?"

"... if I were the emperor of the Empire and Charlotte Turin was the Lord of Byrne and the minister in charge of the seal... I would try my best to uproot her completely..."

"Either 'Regent', or 'power minister'..."

Loren twitched his throat hard.

Brandon blinked and gave a "what's the matter" look.

"Nothing, nothing! Let's not talk about this first!" the black haired wizard immediately cut off the topic: "the most important thing now is to find a suitable and reliable candidate as soon as possible, and let him integrate the whole night watchman organization... Before the news is leaked!"

"Yes, I guess the imperial brother will do the same thing sooner or later, so we have to do what we should do while we can still get ahead of them." Brandon thought deeply: "dear little sister phillanai, she also has the authority of night watchman!"

"Since it is' human harmony ', who is' human'... Is particularly important." Lauren sighed and suddenly smiled: "it happens that I have a particularly suitable candidate."

"When you say so... In fact, I have a particularly suitable one, and this guy can definitely trust it."

Languidly let go of his legs and Brandon, who sat on the chair, showed a meaningful smile: "and... I think we think of the same person..."

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"Sneeze --!"

In the cold wind, Edward, standing on the gate of Qianzhang City, sneezed hard.

Rubbing his nose, the night watchman looked back helplessly and sighed at the ruins of Qianzhang city.

Why do you always have to do so much extra work and always have bad luck?

Obviously, it was just an errand job, but his highness Brandon forcibly detained it for a whole month; Finally, he left and ran into the Azores assassin;

I thought I was only the last part-time bait work, safe and risk-free, but finally the tunnel door was blocked and nearly turned into barbecue by the Dragon mirassis in the castle with the assassins;

If he survives, his highness Brandon will continue to "reuse", hide for him during his sneaking away (it goes without saying where he went), and shoulder part of his daily government affairs and intelligence collection work at the same time;

It's inexplicable... Your highness Brandon, doesn't he know he was sent to watch him, or is he so broad-minded that he believes that he will never harm him?

Of course, there was nothing wrong with his thinking, which was originally the idea of Lord LUT infinite; I try my best to cooperate with his highness Brandon, just as Princess fillonay cooperates with his highness connord.

But no matter how much cooperation, the monitor is still the monitor; His first allegiance was still to LUT infinite and His Majesty the emperor, followed by his highness Brandon.

In addition, although he knew that he thought too much, Edward always felt that he was regarded by his highness as a kind of cheap labor in a sense, especially easy to use

Well, I must have thought too much; Well, it must be.

Edward the night watchman sighed again.

"Lord Edward!"

A figure appeared behind the night watchman, bowed his head respectfully and knelt on one knee: "about what you need, the information of the three legions stationed in Qianzhang city has been sent."

So fast?

"Very good." hiding his amazement, he looked at the young man behind him with a stiff expression.

My lord... He still doesn't adapt to this title, and the look of awe and respect when others look at him.

"Read."

"Yes!" the young attendant didn't notice any abnormality and got up with his hands on his back: "we investigated all the middle and lower level officers of the three legions, and there was generally no dissatisfaction; because his Highness has always been kind to them, and his salary and supplies have never been in arrears."

"As for the top-level generals, especially the flag commander and flag officer, cavalry and infantry commander... It seems that they have long been used to your Highness's style, and there are no abnormalities or actions."

Looking at the young entourage who lowered his head after saying that, Edward finally couldn't help raising his eyebrows.

Three legions, including nearly 30000 Auxiliary Corps, and thousands of soldiers at the bottom... It's only one night since they issued their orders, and they have collected all of them.

This kind of work, which used to be busy all night, now only needs to give an order and speak.

It's... An unprecedented experience.

After nearly half a minute, Edward slowly said, "next time, I don't want to hear such words as roughly and seemingly."

"Yes! My subordinates will do their best!"

The frightened young attendants even trembled their shoulders.

"How's the contact with the imperial headquarters?" Edward turned his head. He was still very uncomfortable: "have any orders or intelligence been sent recently?"

"No... not only no orders and information, but even the past routine contacts were broken." the young attendant shook his head: "in the past, even if the person in charge of the joint was killed, at least emergency information would be sent... This time there was nothing."

In other words... Assassins of Yasur elves also launched a surprise attack on the heavenly palace of the imperial capital, didn't they.

Edward frowned and thought about the seriousness of the problem.

The imperial night watchman headquarters is not only the center of the whole organization, but also the most important intelligence network. It gathers information from all over the world... Without the center, the whole night watchman will become a semi independent organization divided by region and principality.

No matter what he thought, he didn't think that Ruth infinite and His Majesty would sit by and watch this happen.

Moreover, at present, the information network of the imperial capital is chaotic, full of a large number of gray information that is difficult to distinguish between true and false; This sophisticated smoke bomb looks like the standard style of the night watchman - who else can have such ability?

"Continue to find a way to contact the headquarters of the imperial capital as soon as possible and find the contact person as quickly as possible." Edward said calmly: "also, the information about the imperial capital is sent without leakage... Whether true or false."

"Yes, sir, I'll do it now!" the young attendant nodded positively, as if he couldn't wait, and then said, "in addition, Byrne... His highness Brandon ordered someone to send a message marked as top secret."

top-secret?

Surprised, Edward quickly glanced at the letter from the respectful attendant.

The next second, his expression instantly solidified and his pupils shrank.

This... This

This must have been put forward by the guy Loren Turin?!

That madman! Maniac! Despicable villain! I really, really want to do things to this extent

"I said..." Edward suddenly raised his eyebrows and stared at the entourage in front of him:

"You read this letter, didn't you?"

"Poop!"

Without any hesitation, the young attendant immediately knelt down and lowered his head deeply: "I'm very sorry, but my subordinates were very surprised when the letter was sent, so I couldn't help..."

"I can't help but... I opened it and glanced secretly. I still think it won't be noticed?"

"Subordinates and subordinates dare not! Dare not!"

I see. It's because of this... He is so respectful to himself. No matter how difficult the task is, he can complete it so efficiently

The night watchman organization, which used to explore and protect secrets, has also begun to corrupt bit by bit, taking these "secrets" as the wealth in its own hands?

Edward sighed, put away his letter, and turned away in silence.

The young entourage with bowed head was covered in cold sweat, but the corners of his mouth smiled slightly.

I won, I won!

Sure enough, there is no mistake. Compared with the old and rigid tradition of night watchmen, what the superiors really care about is the efficiency of command execution; As long as you can complete the task at the fastest speed, no one will hate a useful tool

"Poof --!"

The last word in my mind was "blocked" by the stabbing sword sticking out of my mouth.

"We are the night watchmen in the shadow of the Empire..." Edward's voice sounded in the ears of the young attendant who spewed blood from his mouth:

"We... Are not ambitious!"