On the Seven Towers

"It's hard for you to still remember me." Farrell looked at the other person with complicated eyes, full of hatred, but also seemed to have memories of the past.

"Farrell, I didn't expect to see you here again today. This is really a good thing. To be honest, after I sent you out that year, I have been worried about your future life." Ansaldo is indeed a good person. As a governor, he still had an angry look on his face when facing Xiao Chen, but when he saw Farrell standing beside Xiao Chen neither humble nor overbearing, his expression immediately calmed down, "I wonder how Lisa and your child are doing? Your son wasn't there yet at that time. By the time he was one year old, he was only as big as my arm."

"Lisa is dead. But now I have two children. They have become good craftsmen." Farrell was a little uncomfortable with Ansaldo's enthusiasm. "I have to ask you something, this question It has been in my heart for a long time, tell me, did you sell me to Viscount Moradon back then?"

"My old friend, why do you think so? I'm just helping you arrange a place to go. You actually suspect that I sold you out?" Ansaldo showed a shocked expression, "You are in Viscount Moradon Has your identity become a slave there?”

"Well, that's not the case. But it's similar to a slave. Moradon never allowed me to go out and kept me locked in the castle to build things for him. What's the difference between this and a slave? If I hadn't escaped later, I would have been killed by him. Locked up for life." Farrell's tone was less certain than before.

"If I really sold you, he would brand you as a slave, so you would have nowhere to go if you wanted to escape. I didn't know the real Moradon was such a shameless person, let alone what he would do to him later. You. In my previous dealings, he seemed like a decent nobleman."

"Are you telling the truth?"

"Yes. How could I sell you? There is no such thing as a friend selling you as a slave, and how much money can I get? Even if I want to sell you, I won't sell you with my family." Ansaldo explained. He said, "This is because I don't know people well, and I'm sorry for that, my old friend. Although elves are arrogant, they are more reliable than humans in this regard, but you don't like them."

"If I hadn't been able to settle down, Lisa wouldn't have died on the road."

"Oh, that's a shame, but I think it was Lisa's death that made you feel so sad. You feel guilty and you feel others are responsible, right?" Ansaldo asked.

"This..." Farrell was a little unsure.

"Listen, Farrell. We can talk about the past things slowly." Ansaldo glanced carefully at Xiao Chen, who was a few steps behind Farrell, and asked Farrell: "What are you doing now?" Does China Tower work?”

"I am a member of the Tower of China. This is the place where I finally settled down after many years of unrest." Farrell was relieved by Ansaldo's words. Now, He seemed a little more friendly.

"There seems to be some misunderstanding between me and the Master of China Tower. I think we can have a good talk." Ansaldo said.

Xiao Chen watched this scene not far behind Farrell. Although it was said that most dwarves were upright and rough, they definitely did not include the nobles and businessmen. This Ansaldo doesn't seem to be a dead-brainer, and may be a good entry point.

"I just accompanied Chairman Xiao Chen here. If you have anything to say, just tell him." Farrell said.

Ansaldo walked out from the guards that surrounded him, stopped the guards from following him, and walked to Farrell alone. He patted Farrell on the shoulder, passed him, and walked to Xiao Chen.

Ansaldo asked seriously: "Your Excellency Xiao Chen? I heard that the Tower of China fought a fierce battle with the Empire two years ago. Some of the mountainous areas in the Empire that border us are nominally in your hands. I know that you are very powerful, and even the Purple Eagle Empire, which claims to be the most powerful in the continent, was defeated by you. However, until today, you have had no contact with our dwarf kingdom, and you attacked us the first time we met. The fleet blew up our warehouse, what on earth do you want to do?"

Ansaldo's performance impressed Xiao Chen. Xiao Chen could see the violent fluctuations in his mental power, but at least on the surface the dwarf governor had stabilized his emotions and his words were very organized. But Xiao Chen was prepared. He took out an image crystal and said, "Governor Ansaldo. I have evidence here that you made the first move."

The image crystal casts a bird's eye view on the ground. It was the deck of a dwarf warship, and many dwarves were busy preparing weapons, firing crossbows and explosive barrels. Ansaldo didn't know how the other party took this picture, but he was very familiar with his battleship and knew that this must be what happened just now on the sea.

"They didn't attack, they were hit by you first," Ansaldo said.

"This is like a swordsman provoking a swordsman in front of a swordsman, but the swordsman was killed by the master who came first before he could draw his sword. This only means that the master's level is superb, but it does not mean that the swordsman is not a stupid challenge. "Xiao Chen put away the image crystal and threw it to Ansaldo, "As for bombarding that warehouse, I know very well that there is no one there. I don't want to threaten you. It is unnecessary. As a responsible opponent, I have to make it clear to you that the result of blind confrontation will be that the entire port will become that warehouse."

Ansaldo's face turned pale when he heard this. He tightly grasped the image crystal in his hand. The other party's meaning was very clear. The so-called first strike, then strike, was just a moral statement. In the face of absolute strength, whether to use these statements depends on the other party's mood. Giving him the so-called "evidence" will not change anything.

The ruins of the warehouse that were still smoking clearly told him what the result would be if he did not cooperate. Ansaldo secretly looked at Xiao Chen and quietly clenched his fist.

Farrell said: "Lord Xiao Chen is a great magician at the peak level and a kind but decisive leader. Anyone who cooperates with him well will have very good results. In fact, from the beginning he just wanted to talk to you."

Hearing the word great magician, Ansaldo's hand loosened again. Even if he got so close, he was just a high-level warrior and he probably wouldn't have any chance to subdue this human.

Ansaldo said: "Then please follow me. We can go to my Governor's Mansion and have a good talk about what you have always wanted to talk about."