Lord of the Sky City

"Steward?"

After setting down his wineglass, Carnell turned toward the door and called out, wanting to ask who was knocking and whether it was those who had left earlier coming back.

However, as soon as he had finished calling, he received no response.

This caused Carnell to frown involuntarily, and he immediately stood up, walked to the door, and opened it to look outside.

The moment he pushed the door open, he saw two Void Magic Warriors clad in armor standing at the doorway!

Seeing this scene, Carnell was stunned, as he was not unfamiliar with Void Magic Warriors. Back when Carltos City was still under his family's control, because they had considerable political power and influence, his guards were Void Magic Warriors. Unfortunately, when the family handed the city over to Lord Rocky, they withdrew these guards, and now Carnell, having lost his influence in the city, naturally no longer had Void Magic Warriors as guards.

Under such circumstances, it was inevitable that Carnell would be momentarily stunned upon seeing the two Void Magic Warriors. But following that, he cursed silently in his mind, and sweat immediately appeared on his forehead.

Almost at that very moment, just as he seemed to understand something, his face beginning to pale and sweat forming on his forehead, the two Void Magic Warriors at the doorway stepped aside, revealing the figure behind them.

The person standing behind the two Void Magic Warriors was an elderly man, his hair already white, but his spirit was vibrant, especially the look in his eyes which resembled that of an eagle!

This elderly man was none other than the current Governor of Carltos City—Lord Voss!

"L-Lord Voss..."

Seeing that it was Lord Voss standing behind the Void Magic Warriors, Carnell's heart skipped a beat, and even his voice changed.

Why was Lord Voss in his home?

Could he have detected something?

Seeing Lord Voss before him, perhaps because he felt guilty, Carnell's first thought was that the plans he had been devising had been exposed, but he quickly deemed it impossible, as he and the others were not fools; they knew what they were doing, so they had been very careful and cautious from the beginning, it couldn't have been detected…

"Won't you invite me in?"

As Carnell grew somewhat panicked, Lord Voss smiled at him and casually spoke.

"My lord, please come in… please come in… I was disrespectful…"

Hearing this, Carnell quickly nodded and stepped aside, and Lord Voss, without any hesitation, walked directly into the study with the two Void Magic Warriors.

"Lord Voss, your visit this time is…"

Once Lord Voss had entered the study, Carnell promptly asked him to take a seat, and after seating himself opposite, he feigned composure and started to speak.

"Nothing much, I just came to see what you're up to."

Sitting opposite Carnell, flanked by the two Void Magic Warriors in armor, Lord Voss smiled and then, as if making conversation, asked, "Carnell, what have you been up to lately?"

"Me? Lord Voss jests, as I've been idling away lately..."

With a forced laugh, Carnell wiped the sweat off his forehead and dryly responded.

"Oh? Then have you heard any rumors?"

"What, what rumors?"

"Rumors that some people with ill intentions plan to take the opportunity of City Lord Rocky hosting distinguished guests to cause trouble in Carltos City."

With a faint smile on his face, Voss slowly spoke while watching Carnell's expression.

"This… I haven't heard... Lord Voss, you must believe me, I have long since had no association with the Mairente Family. All I think about now is how to help Lord Rocky build the city. I have absolutely nothing to do with this matter!"

As he hastily wiped the sweat from his brow, Carnell began to swear to Voss, making it clear that everything he said had absolutely nothing to do with himself, and that he didn't even know about it.

"In that case… that's good."

Having heard his words, Voss completely smiled and repeatedly nodded his head while laughing, "Since that's the case, I am relieved. Just so you know, I have already arrested those foremen who were prepared to gather a crowd and cause trouble; and the workers prepared to make trouble as well."

"What, what!"

Upon hearing this, Carnell couldn't help but cry out in surprise, because he had just asked Vian, and Vian had sworn to him that everything was well arranged; how could it be that upon reaching Voss everything had fallen apart and people were arrested?

However, Carnell's reaction was quite quick, as he immediately realized his slip, so he quickly restrained his expression of surprise and pretended to be concerned as he looked at Voss, "Lord Voss, when did this happen? How come we didn't hear anything at all?"

"Of course you wouldn't know." Voss chuckled twice, casually picking up the wine glass Carnell had just poured for him and took a sip, "These people were just arrested, it was a covert operation, and no one was alerted."

"Vian was also arrested along with them. It seems he was the one behind the scenes trying to stir up trouble, so the fellow was seized as soon as he returned home."

As Voss spoke, he sipped his wine, as if he were just chatting with Carnell, "Oh, and Darius too. This fellow had contacted several merchant ships waiting at the Skyport, it seems he was planning to escape, but now they've all been detained. I've also asked Lord Glan to reach out to the Volcano Chamber of Commerce through the Alliance, and I believe they will respond soon."

Having said this, Voss simply let go, causing the glass in his hand to drop to the floor.

With a crash, the glass shattered on the floor, scaring Carnell, who had been stunned by everything said, causing him to jump, and only then did he snap back to reality.

But when he came back to his senses, he found that Voss had already stood up from who knows when, and even came to his side.

Turning his head to look at Voss standing beside him, Carnell just wanted to say something, but Voss placed his aged palm on his shoulder and spoke in a low and slow voice:

"Carnell, do you know that Aileen is my granddaughter?"

"I…"

"Do you know how much Aileen would be affected if something were to happen in the city now?"

"Lord Voss, I…"

As Voss finished his statement, Carnell instinctively wanted to speak, but as he turned towards Voss, he noticed that the old man, who was always seen with a faint smile, had changed his expression!

At this moment, Voss's face was no longer smiling, but showed a ferocity rarely seen by anyone; Carnell realized he was staring at him with a pair of vicious eyes!