Shenwei territory.
Pei Gaoyun was busy dealing with various matters in the territory.
During this period of time, the Furious Wind Forest had not been peaceful. The various territories were restless, as if they were plotting something, making him feel uneasy.
In the Stormwind Forest, there were more than 30 territories of various sizes.
Among them, the four powerful territories occupied four corners of the region, and the other territories were all subordinate.
The Shenwei Territory happened to be one of the four territories and was also the strongest.
Of course, this was what Pei Gaoyun thought.
In the eyes of outsiders and the other three territories, the Shenwei Territory was the eternal third place.
But in reality, it was just as Pei Gaoyun thought.
The Shenwei Territory was the strongest of the four territories.
This came from Pei Gaoyun's trump card.
However, he was very cunning and knew how to endure. He was an experienced fox.
For so many years, he had never truly revealed his trump card. Even if he was defeated or his territory was invaded, he would never reveal it.
He was waiting for an opportunity to swallow the other three territories!
He knew very well that once his trump card was exposed, he would either destroy others or be surrounded and destroyed by others.
However, after so many years, the opportunity had not come, which made him very suspicious.
Could it be that the heavens were forcing him to take the initiative to create an opportunity?
Now, the feeling of uneasiness was getting stronger by the day. The other three territories were also acting strangely. Pei Gaoyun was also becoming more and more suspicious, causing him to be a little tired these few days.
In addition, his ignorant and stupid son would go and mess with those small territories at any time. Sometimes, he would be so stupid that he really wanted to strangle his stupid son to death with his own hands.
"Reporting to my lord! An envoy requests an audience!" A soldier rushed over to report.
"Let him in."
"Yes, sir!"
Soon, under the lead of the soldiers, the shadow demon walked in.
Pei Gaoyun frowned slightly. From the corner of his eye, he glanced at the eighth-tier soldier beside him, the Full Moon Axe King, and felt much more relieved.
"Tell me, which territory are you from and why are you here?”Pei Gaoyun spoke with a serious attitude.
"My Lord asked me to bring you a letter and a gift.”Shadow Demon's voice was hoarse.
Pei Gaoyun frowned.
He was quite disgusted by this kind of flashy behavior.
The main reason was that this kind of behavior would make him feel uneasy.
"Hand it over!" Pei Gaoyun said in a deep voice.
Shadow Demon slowly placed a wooden box and a letter on the table.
Pei Gaoyun didn't move. He used his eyes to signal to the guard beside him.
The guard understood and walked forward to open the envelope and the wooden box.
When Pei Gaoyun saw what was in the wooden box, his pupils suddenly constricted. He realized something and was furious.
However, he was used to being an old fox and had long developed a habit of not showing his emotions.
His face was expressionless, but the small movements under the table made the guard Full Moon Axe King understand what he meant.
Bang!
With a heavy thud, the Full Moon Axe Monarch, who was holding a huge axe, stomped on the ground. Like a cannonball, he charged at the shadow demon at an explosive speed!
However, the shadow demon was prepared.
To be exact, his master had told him that this would happen before he came here.
Therefore, almost at the same time as the Full Moon Axe Monarch erupted, its body seemed to melt and turned into a pool of black shadows. It quickly merged into the shadows in the room and disappeared without a trace.
Full Moon Axe Monarch's attack missed, and his axe only managed to leave a gaping hole in the ground.
"Find him!" Pei Gaoyun finally couldn't suppress the anger in his heart. He slammed his fist on the table and stood up angrily.
Full Moon Ax Monarch looked around warily, then shook his head and bowed.""Master, its aura has disappeared. It escaped. It is a shadow demon and can hide in the shadows. I cannot track it down. Please calm down, Master.”
Pei Gaoyun took a deep breath and closed his eyes, forcing himself to suppress his anger.
At this point, anger would only make the situation worse.
Moreover, it was useless and a waste of time to chase after that shadow demon.
After a while, Pei Gaoyun finally calmed down. He looked at the ring in the wooden box. It was an accessory that his son often wore. It couldn't be wrong.
Looking at the contents of the letter, it roughly said," Your son has been kidnapped by me. You must hand over five million gold coins within three days. Otherwise, I will kill him."
Seeing this, Pei Gaoyun almost couldn't suppress the anger in his heart and slammed the table.
"5,000,000 gold coins, you really dare to ask for it!”Pei Gaoyun gritted his teeth, wishing he could tear the person who wrote this letter into pieces.
Five million gold coins, what kind of concept was that?
For a large territory like his, which had been rooted in the Stormwind Forest for more than ten years and had more than ten subordinate territories under its banner, its inventory had only exceeded a million gold coins.
This was not because he had fewer gold mines, but because he had been forced to continuously consume gold coins for the past decade.
After all, the four territories had to check and balance each other. No one could let anyone save up millions of gold coins and suddenly recruit tens of thousands of soldiers to start a war.
Moreover, the feudal lords were ambitious. In order to balance their opponents, they not only had to send troops to launch small-scale wars to test and exhaust the enemy, but they also often used this opportunity to create opportunities to occupy the other party's territory. Therefore, it was common for them to consume the number of troops in wars.
In addition to all kinds of reasons and unexpected events, it was extremely difficult to hoard gold coins.
"Radiant Territory. If I remember correctly, this is my subordinate territory.”
Pei Gaoyun noticed the signature under the envelope and could not help but frown.
He knew the strength of this territory and the way this lord did things.
From all aspects, it was impossible to kidnap his son for blackmail.
Firstly, he didn't have the strength.
Secondly, he didn't have the guts.
"Could it be that someone is giving instructions behind my back?" Pei Gaoyun thought of the mysterious actions of the other three territories and became more suspicious.
However, he could not rule out other possibilities.
No matter what, it was impossible to gather 5,000,000 gold coins in three days.
Since that was the case, he could only think of another way.
Moreover, the debt of kidnapping his son could not be settled so easily.
Pei Gaoyun tapped the table with his fingertips and looked out the window with a frown.
Soon, he waved his fingers and said to Full Moon Axe Monarch,""Pass down my order…"
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