Chapter 97: Chapter 89 Dragon Tooth Establishing the Standard and City Council _1 Chapter 97: Chapter 89 Dragon Tooth Establishing the Standard and City Council _1 Captain Paul drew his sword, about to strike, just as the Old Witch appeared behind him, her palm resting on his neck.

The Old Witch chuckled ominously. “Ah haha, what’s this, you’re going to attack me?”

The hunter behind Captain Paul, cloaked with a lion’s head and pelt, held back the guards with a grave expression. “That’s a witch of The Great Witch level.”

“How did you get involved with someone like this?”

“Lady Alice, this fellow helped you just now, which means he’s not an enemy of Parviga.”

“If you have a personal grudge against Mr. Ivita, please resolve it quickly.”

The hunter spoke coldly.

After hearing this, Captain Paul also lowered his one-handed sword. “Lady Alice, what is going on?”

Lady Alice, while being the president of the Blacksmith Guild, is not the mayor of Parviga.

The mayor cannot be replaced at will as it would affect the city’s order and stability.

But if the Blacksmith Guild’s president could be replaced, many would be clapping secretly.

They have been eyeing this position for a long time.

Clearly, Lady Alice also realized this.

She tried to maintain her composure, but her forehead was beaded with cold sweat.

She quickly thought through why Ivita would attack her, who he was.

“Mr. Ivita, may I ask precisely what kind of incident has occurred to cause such a misunderstanding with you, a man of wisdom. Please trust me, Parviga is certainly not a den of thieves!”

“Parviga is a free trade city formed by major guilds, the City Council, and the Grand Viscount appointed mayor.”

“It will bring wealth to everyone.”

Without hesitation, Ivita voiced his displeasure. “I sent my people to the Blacksmith Guild of Parviga with a cartload of pig iron, intending to do long term business with you all.”

“In return, your guild’s senior specialists priced my goods as ordinary iron.”

“Pig iron?” Lady Alice quickly caught up, as she had dealt with pig iron in her business dealings before. However, since the supply of pig iron is always unstable, no one usually deals specifically with pig iron.

Alice looked at Ivita in surprise.

Was this guy planning to conduct stable and long-term pig iron business with her?

If so, she felt a surge of eagerness. Not only Ivita would get rich, but she would as well.

But why had such a win-win situation turned into this!

Alice began to wry smile. “Ever since my husband passed away, many of my business matters have been delegated to my employees.”

“The pricing of commodities in a city is determined by the local guilds.”

“Perhaps they couldn’t appreciate the value of pig iron and wanted to purchase it at a price slightly higher than the cost. It was my mistake. However, this doesn’t justify you attacking me.”

Ivita shook his head, “If the transaction fails, it doesn’t matter.”

“I know what the guild encourages is not business competition. The purpose of the guild’s existence is to limit business competition.”

“Because the guild needs to ensure that every member can make a profit without allowing any monopolizing merchants inside the guild.”

“So, your undercutting doesn’t matter.”

“Pricing my pig iron as regular iron is your prerogative. I can still sell it in another city anyway.”

“But the people from the Blacksmith Guild detained my people, and told me, all the iron entering Parviga belongs to your Blacksmith Guild.”

“All incoming iron must be sold to them, and even detained my Demon Hunter and a formal knight of mine for it.”

“Lady Alice, I’m a lord recognized by both the Ambros City Council and the Obsessive Viscount Winchester.”

“Are you declaring war on my territory?”

Those around her understood after hearing this.

They looked incredulously at Lady Alice, evidently finding it strange why Lady Alice would resort to forced sales and purchases.

Captain Paul shrugged at Lady Alice saying: “If that’s the case, then Lady Alice, you’re in the wrong.”

“You can’t bully our guests from Parviga.”

“If you engage in war with another territory without the City Council’s consent, it’s your personal affair, not related to our city.”

Lady Alice paled, not just from what Ivita had said, but also because she was completely unaware of the situation.

Considering the assassination attempt on the ladies in the street today, she concluded that significant issues were occurring inside Parviga.

There’s a traitor in the Blacksmith Guild!

Lady Alice bowed slightly to Ivita, apologizing profusely, “I’m sorry, Mr. Ivita.”

“But I swear, I knew nothing of this.”

She anxiously looked at Ivita, “Trust me, just give me time to investigate, and I will find the real murderer.”

“I’m not your adversary.”

Lady Alice herself felt somewhat dizzy, one thing after another was coming at her.

Those who were half businesspeople and half politicians in the city, hiding daily behind the authority of the Grand Viscount. When the Grand Viscount had disappeared, and they needed to make decisions, these businessmen finally discovered their own weakness.

Lady Alice had always been confident in her intelligence, but her heart was filled with anger after being targeted by the unknown opponents schemes.

And she actually didn’t even know who her opponent was.

Alice could only hope that Ivita was a reasonable man.

She didn’t have much hope though, because nobles who accepted the knight’s education typically had impulsive characters and were not good at restraining themselves.

Moreover, Ivita was so young, he might be more easily manipulated.

Lady Alice looked nervously at Ivita, her heart pounding.

“I accept your request.” Ivita withdrew his slightly glowing Broken Steel Sword.

This caused everyone present to let out a sigh of relief at the same time.

Especially Lady Alice who felt incredibly grateful, her anxious heart settled, she took a deep breath, and sincerely said to Ivita: “Thank you.”

“To judge blindly without knowing the truth is a brutal act.” Ivita said frankly, “So I give you the chance to prove yourself.”

Most importantly, he wasn’t foolish enough to kill an important figure in this city.

It would be easy for him to kill, but what would the consequences be?

He wasn’t a fool who allowed himself to be used as a tool by others.

The patrol team cleared up the remainders of the street while they proceeded to a shop in the adjacent street. Lady Alice commandeered a shop for one gold pound.

Inside the shop, a witch apprentice disguised as Lady Alice’s maid gave the assassin, who was deluded by the Charm Spell, a potion to temporarily decrease his intelligence.

The potion quickly scrambled the assassin’s mind, causing him to even drool, looking idiotic.

Lady Alice took this assassin to be a breakthrough to finding her enemy, and Ivita also suspected that Alice’s enemies might have stolen his belongings. Alice anxiously asked: “Who is your employer?”

“It’s… Lord Prole.” the assassin lethargically responded, speaking like an imbecile, “Lord Prole wanted Parviga to side with the nobility of the earth.”

“But Parviga Council’s crackdown on the Baron Alliance’s forces in recent weeks infuriated him, so he decided to make the city pay, and decided to instigate a coup on the day the city council was held, allowing noble forces to replace the city council.”

Captain Paul and Lady Alice exchanged glances.

Fury flashed in Lady Alice’s eyes: “It really is those land nobles.”

“Some small land nobles, who have always lived in the city and are also part of the city council, secretly sided with Viscount Winchester.”

“These fools. Damn it, I get it now, Lord Prole is an old member of the Blacksmith Guild, he must have secretly withheld your goods.”

Lady Alice thought for a moment, then addressed Ivita, the noble Knight Gastrot, Captain Paul and the hunters around him, as well as the remaining ladies, saying, “You all here are witnesses and noble people of the city, we cannot endure this humiliation.”

“I invite you all to join me at the City Council of Parviga’s city hall!”

“To prove the truth to the council and to ensure that those with ill intentions are duly punished!”

Ivita was about to refuse because he didn’t want to get too involved in the city’s intrigue. He only needed Alice to find out the truth about who had stolen his people and goods, then give him the due reward, such as the hundred gold pounds and a favor she had promised earlier.

But the Old Witch suddenly whispered to him: “Your Highness, agree to her request.”

“Legend has it that the city hall of Parviga has the Water Dragon’s Tooth that was unearthed from the ruins.”

“A dragon’s tooth is where Dragon’s Power is most concentrated.”

“If you get that, it might serve as one of the six sources of your Magic Power. It can provide you with dragon-type magic power.”

“Under normal circumstances, we could never enter Parviga’s city hall guarded by heavy forces!”

“This woman is letting the wolf into the house.”

Ivita glared at her. Was he the wolf?

I’m just going to have a look.

Ivita said, “OK.”

However, Knight Gastrot declined. “I’m sorry, I must protect someone at all times, so I can’t go to the city council to testify. I ask that you all forgive me.”

He gestured outside to his carriage.

Ivita looked curiously at the carriage outside, Gastrot’s carriage.

Because back in the old days in Carter Town, he also drove a carriage alone. That day, the Druid told Gastrot that other than the Spirit, no one could save the person in the carriage.

He wondered what terminal illness the person in the carriage had contracted.

And why Gastrot was driving around with the person in the carriage.

When Ivita lowered his head, he suddenly saw that Gastrot has a ring on his left thumb that looked exactly like his – the Druid’s Conference Ring.