Anna nodded.

Under Marvin's arrangement, all the guards have evacuated from the River Beach City in batches.

The guards of River Beach City are tightly guarded, but they are also very slack. There are always some unknown secret passages that are in the hands of different people.

In fact, before the patrol came from the dock area last night, Marvin bought a way to sneak out of the River Beach City from the old goblin.

A sewer system in the north of the city was once occupied by a corrosive monster. After the patrol team cleared it, it did not inspect it carefully.

As a result, in that area, a secret passage entrance appeared enough to accommodate an adult in and out.

The Black Claw Chamber where Bain is located has mastered this secret passage. Marvin cooperated with him to send the guards out of River Beach City one by one.

They will take those light but valuable assets and return to Green Village and other places first.

Neither Marvin nor Anna would question the loyalty of these team members, especially under Andrei's leadership, there would be no problems within the security team due to these property.

...

"It's too dangerous to do this." Anna looked at Marvin with some reproach: "I know you hate him very much. He killed the old lord, and it's worth the end."

"But what if the wizards find out?"

The half-elf-feather housekeeper was very worried. This morning, she personally sent the little girl from the Miro family back, but in the afternoon, there were wanted orders for the reward of double-sword masks in major guilds. It is natural that who did it.

I believe that after this incident, the defense of senior officials in the city hall will rise to a higher level.

"No." Ma Wen smiled faintly.

He didn't explain much.

People in this era are still full of supreme awe for wizards.

After all, it was a group of people who ruled the world for an era.

This is also the reason why the security in Hetan City has always been very good. But that is already a thing of the past.

Marvin clearly remembers that half a year before the Cataclysm, all the prophetic wizards lost their abilities.

This is just a sign, but the wizards did not pay attention to it. After all, the prophecy system has always been a bit mysterious.

The essence of the fact is that the Lord of Time, who possesses powerful divine power, blocked some of the magic power in the universe's magic pool, and that part of the magic power just happens to be related to prophecy and time.

The gods have begun to act secretly.

It was precisely because of this that Ma Wen let go. Because he knew that the wizards in the Prophecy Department could no longer find their own traces.

This is indeed the case.

As for Miro, a senior city hall official, he would not personally come forward to identify Marvin, because the patrol transfer was his own warrant, and he could not allow himself to have any dereliction of duty.

At most, he would mobilize some forces to investigate and offer a reward of double-sword masks.

But what surprised Ma Wen was that at noon he went to the tavern to find out the news and actually heard that the patrol team caught some evil clerks in the dock area!

"I heard that the priest of the [Plague God] was secretly holding some kind of ceremony, but it happened to be hit by the patrol team in the rich area."

"Those guys are really unlucky."

Originally, the patrol team in the rich area was only part of Marvin's plan. Who would have thought that they would really capture a few evil clans?

But this also reminds Ma Wen.

Believers of [Two Snakes of the World] or [God of Plague] have begun to become active in the south.

This means the most chaotic times are coming!

He could not stop for a moment. He had to recover the White River Valley as soon as possible!

But before that, he had to play the role of the "victim" family.

After all, after Uncle Miller's death, Marvin was his only blood relative. This means that all the inheritance left by Miller was inherited by him.

However, Ma Wen knew that although the city hall sent a notice, the inheritance must have been left for Ma Wen after they had been plundered by them.

"Are these guys extraordinarily too much?"

"I thought they would make an excuse to say that all the wealth of Miller's family was robbed by the robbers, leaving me with only a box of ashes."

...

As the evening approached, Marvin changed into aristocratic clothes and looked like he had become the weak and incompetent boy again.

He and Anna went to the town hall.

Sure enough, the official responsible for handling the estate process only handed over a deed to Marvin, which was the voucher for the house Miller purchased at No. 31, the Rich District.

There was nothing else in jewelry, property, etc.

"Mr. Ma Wen, please beg for the change."

The official said hypocritically.

Marvin pretended to be weak and asked, "Now my uncle is dead, and my only relative is gone."

"When will the Guards of River Beach City send troops to help me clear out the group of zombies?"

“I need to get my territory back.”

The official still called out and said, "That's right, it's very difficult."

"Sir Marvin, look, the evil cultists in Riverbank City have recently appeared, and there are rampant killers, such as the double-sword mask that killed your uncle's family... Our staff is seriously insufficient."

"I think it's better to wait patiently in the city for a while first."

Marvin's face showed disappointment.

But he was secretly surprised.

Logically speaking, as soon as Miller died, the officials he bribed in the city hall should have no reason to prevent the army from sending troops to clear the group of zombies.

After all, the White River Valley and River Beach City are not too far away. With such a group of zombies occupying it, it is also a threat to River Beach City.

But these officials are still shirking their responsibilities.

"Is it not just Miller who is paying attention to the White River Valley?"

Ma Wen was flexible and immediately guessed the possible truth behind it.

However, he didn't plan to rely on the power of the River Beach City Patrol Team. He just asked this question, one is a matter of reason, and the other is to test it.

It seems that there are still some people with ulterior motives in the River Beach City.

Ma Wen glanced at the taskbar and found that the main task had not changed, so he still regained the territory.

There are only 18 days left.

...

Leaving the city hall, Ma Wen immediately arranged the next step of action.

After the murder, setting fires and robbery last night, Marvin reaped a considerable amount of wealth from the Miller family. These wealth combined, at least tens of thousands of silver coins!

Among them, those who are easier to carry are taken away by the guards, accounting for about one-third of them.

The rest, he sold all of them to Bain of the Black Claw Chamber of Commerce in a cheap manner as a double-sword mask.

The old goblin is extremely cunning and knows who should mess with and who should cooperate with him.

There was a murderous aura on Ma Wen that he was very afraid of, so when receiving the goods, he was very easy to talk to and gave him a good price.

And last night, he also met two of Ma Wen's men, both of whom were extremely powerful Phantom Assassins.

Those who are involved in their careers are naturally very clear that they can provoke anyone, but they cannot provoke assassins.

The old goblin said enthusiastically that the Double Sword Mask will be an important partner of their Black Claw Chamber of Commerce, even if the reward will make his head valuable.

Ma Wen now has more than 50 gold coins in his hand, which can be exchanged into small silver coins, which is more than 50,000.

This money was enough for him to organize a mercenary composed of low-level adventurers!

"This is 30,000 silver coins."

Marvin handed a pocket to Anna and said solemnly: "Go to the Adventurer Guild to choose, you must have a formal profession. Those with team battle experience are preferred, those with command experience are preferred, those with own weapons and armor are preferred, and those with warriors are preferred. There are about twenty. You can do the reward yourself."

The half-elf nodded.

He was very relieved of Anna's ability, and it was the most appropriate to leave the recruitment of adventurers to her.

If he wants to take back the White River Valley, he must have a team of people. It is not enough to rely solely on the guards.

"Master Ma Wen, what about you?" Anna asked.

"I?"

Marvin smiled: "I want to go back to the White River Valley first."

"Someone has to do some reconnaissance, right?"

...

On the east coast, on the Holy Light Tower, the sunset shines in the west.

On the high platform, a corpse was lying quietly beside the hunched old man.
To be continued...