Edge of the Apocalypse

Chapter 343: A Sudden Change

The Red Willow Bar had a total of three floors. The first floor was used to entertain ordinary guests, the second floor was a private room, and the third floor was used to entertain distinguished guests. The bar, like its name, has deep roots in the soil of the city, so it faces a wide range of guests. With Xiao En's ability, he could only get a private room on the second floor. As for the VIP area on the third floor, he couldn't even think about it.

When they arrived at the booked room, there were still a few minutes left before the appointed time. After Allen and Adele sat down, Shawn called for drinks and introduced Roger to Allen briefly when he had time. Roger's Chamber of Commerce actually did not do the biggest business in textiles, but in slaves. The slave trade was the most profitable business, especially the beautiful female slaves and the strong and valiant war slaves.

Among them, the role of female slaves was not necessary, but the War Slave was the product of the continuous evolution of the empire's civil war. Many nobles were willing to buy large quantities of war slaves from the slave traders to be used as cannon fodder to reduce the losses of their main forces. Most of the war slaves came from prisoners of war or some natives who were good at fighting. Roger made his fortune by buying and selling slaves, and the slave traders traveled a lot, so he did some business like textiles or handicrafts at the same time.

One was to sell the scarce goods in the two places, and the other was to provide cover for his slave trade. After all, there was a ban on the slave trade in the empire's constitution. Although many local imperial constitutions were not in force, Roger was a cautious businessman, and he always protected himself with every transaction.

A knock on the door interrupted Xiao En and Alan's conversation. The fatty stood up and said, "It should be a guest."

He went to open the door, but behind it were a few strangers. Sean knitted his brows and said, "I'm Mr. Roger's representative, Bach."

Alan frowned when he saw Shawn walk into the box with someone who was obviously not Roger. Xiao En came behind Alan and introduced Bach's identity in his ear. Alan nodded and looked up at Bach. This old man's aura was very ordinary, without any Origin Energy. The two behind him lit the flames, but their Origin Energy was only at the seventh or eighth level, so they should be guardians or something like that.

After Xiao En served Bach some wine, he retreated behind Alan, obviously respecting him. Bach's gaze fell on Alan, slightly surprised. Alan coughed softly and said, "I thought Mr. Roger would find time to come."

Bach answered, and one of the guards behind him sneered, "How can Mr. Roger bother with you fellows from the country?"

"Hal, it's too rude to say that!" The old man shouted softly, but rather than blaming his subordinates, he agreed with the guard's words. The arrogance of her attitude surprised Alan and infuriated Adele.

Adele subconsciously grabbed the sniper rifle on her lap, and now the magical weapon was wrapped in tarpaulin, not revealing her fangs. Ellen patted the back of her hand and smiled. "It doesn't matter if Mr. Roger is busy. Since Mr. Bach is his representative, so is the business."

As he spoke, Allen's mind spun. With Roger's influence, there was no reason not to know what he had done yesterday. After attacking Singh's territory, he had already demonstrated his strength to Violet Harbor. For example, Vino's willingness to cooperate with him was also based on this point.

In other words, Allen still had no influence over Violet Harbor. At the very least, Bach shouldn't be so arrogant. After all, Alan was not hostile to him, and it was not bad for Roger to have a successful business deal.

Unless Roger had no intention of finalizing the deal from the start, let alone working with Saul City in the future.

What motivated the slave merchant to do this? He had not even met him before, yet he had made such a decision. It did not seem like a merchant's style. Alan thought to himself. At this moment, Bach said, "I heard Mr. Shawn say that you have a good batch of cloth on hand."

Alan looked at Shawn and the fatty spread out the cloth sample on the table. Bach grabbed it, his eyes slightly moved, and he quickly recovered as usual. He nodded and said, "Your fabric is pretty good. Tell me, how much do you have?"

"We didn't bring much this time, only a thousand. If the cooperation goes smoothly, Mr. Bach can rest assured about the source of the goods." Alan said.

The old man nodded and said, "Then I'll agree on behalf of Mr. Roger. We'll give you a thousand silver coins for each piece of cloth. What do you think, Mr. Allen?"

"A thousand silver coins?" "Mr. Bach must be joking," said Shawn angrily. "In the past, when we worked with the Storm City Chamber of Commerce, not one of them was worth more than that. Now that we've saved the cost of the intermediate link, and even personally delivered the goods to Violet Harbor, the price you offered is only half what it used to be."

"Also, this is our new product. No matter what, this kind of weaving technique isn't just a little bit of money!"

The fat man panted with excitement, while Alan revealed a thoughtful expression. Bach said quietly, "We'll give you this price. Since you can't accept it, the business doesn't seem to be close."

He simply stood up and said "goodbye" before leaving the room with the guards.

Sean frowned and scolded, "What the hell, is this bastard Roger playing with me? Are you kidding me? We don't only cost a thousand silver coins "

Alan was just about to comfort the fatty when his hair suddenly stood on end. That was a sign of danger!

"Get down!"

Allen rushed out and threw Shawn to the ground. More than half of the room's wall suddenly collapsed, and a few bright barrels shot out from behind at the table and chair. If Ellen hadn't knocked Shawn down, the fatty would probably have had more bullet holes on his body by now.

Adele, who had also fallen to the ground, snorted, and did not even bother to lift the tarpaulin, and shot straight at the back of the wall. The harsh sound of the sniper rifle instantly suppressed the noise on the first floor, causing an unknown unlucky man behind the wall to fly away, a miserable scream, and the sound of knocking down tables and chairs.

Alan had already mentioned these changes before Xiao En could figure out what had happened. Alan also pulled Adele up and shouted, "Take Shawn away first."

He himself rushed back into the gap in the wall.

Alan didn't bring Chiyo with him when he met Roger tonight. Thus, he withdrew the dagger's devil praise, and instead of activating the Origin Tool's awakening posture, he used the dagger's prototype to attack. The two men behind the wall were busy loading their guns into the fire. Unexpectedly, Alan counterattacked so quickly. They were both stunned. It was in this moment of hesitation that Alan swept past them like the wind, and the dagger slashed across their necks, causing a bloody light to burst forth.

After taking care of the two gunmen, Alan had time to look around. Suddenly, a cold light flashed in the corner of his eyes, but someone pounced on him from the shadows in the corner. If it wasn't for the fact that the dagger hadn't been painted like Belmond, Allen would have been surprised to see the light on the blade being captured by Allen.

Now it's a different story.

Alan did not dodge, and the devil praised him and pulled out a winding saber light to meet him. The two daggers continued to exchange blows in the air, and the sound of banging was endless. The collision between the Origin Energy of the two sides and the blade produced strands of invisible energy, blowing out the lights in the room and tearing apart the tables and chairs nearby. Sparks burst out from the dim room. The sneak attacker obviously did not expect Alan to be so prickly and let out a "heh" sound.

Suddenly, the room burst into flames. Alan's forehead lit up and he spat out orange flames from the dagger. The killer did not expect him to make such a move, and his eyes were immediately blinded by the sudden flames. He shouted in his heart, "Damn it!" He immediately retreated, but there was still wind chasing after him, so he could only twist the dagger. A streak of blood-red light shot out from the dagger. These Origin Energy rays were incomparably sharp, and the tables and chairs around them were like paper. The moment the red light pierced through it, it dissipated. It should be some kind of ability of a killer.

The dagger in Allen's hand had long since turned into a dagger. Blood hymn scratched left and right, cutting off the bright red Origin Energy rays one by one. Originally, he had plenty of opportunities to activate the stance of Destruction Heavy Sniper, but in order to catch this killer unexpectedly and force him to ask who was behind the scenes, he used the Blood Hymn instead. However, he never thought that this killer would have some real talent to learn. There was a source light that seemed to be activated, and even he was unwilling to try it out.

The killer had already jumped out of the window after being blocked by the Origin Energy light. When Alan rushed to the window, he saw the heads of the people below surging. There was no sign of a killer. He could only punch the window frame with hatred and leave helplessly.

"What? You guys were attacked?"

After returning to his room, Xiao En went back to his room to rest. When Wilick heard that Allen and the others had been attacked, he said hatefully, "If I had gone with you, I would have beaten those ungrateful bastards to death."

Adele rolled her eyes and looked at Ellen. "It's very strange. Who do you think did it?"

'"After we killed Singh and openly seized Dick's territory, there were still people who killed us so quickly. It can be seen that this person isn't Dick, but should be his friend or partner. That person is trying to get back at us." Ellen tapped his finger on the table and tidied up his thoughts. "But there's one strange thing. The attack was at Redwillow Bar. How did they know we had business to discuss with Roger tonight? I don't think Shawn was going to spread the word about it. Since he was able to grasp the exact time and place, he could only say two things," he said.

"First, they have good intelligence. However, Dick's influence here is not that great, so it should be very difficult to obtain such accurate information. Then the rest is the second possibility." Killing intent flashed in Ellen's eyes. "It was Roger himself who was behind this. If that's the case, it wouldn't be hard to explain why his representative didn't show any sincerity. Because from the beginning, he treated us like dead people."

"It's just that Roger, why did he kill us? I don't even know what he looks like."