Nothing could be worse than the current situation. That was what Mimet was thinking. He was the guard at the gate of the mayor's mansion that Li Huailin had pointed out. When the four dragons appeared in the sky above Hokarim City, everyone here was shocked, including Mimet himself. Although he was the city's armed force, and should be considered a fighting force to protect the city, he could not muster up the courage to fight against four dragons.
Thinking of the two cities that had just been destroyed, everyone immediately guessed the consequences of the appearance of the dragons. Didn't this mean that they were doomed? However, the situation seemed to be a little different from what they had imagined. The dragons landed directly at the gate of the mayor's mansion, and then a few … humans jumped off?
It was indeed a human. Mimit couldn't understand what was going on. Why was there a human riding on a giant dragon? Of course, this wasn't good news either, because the relationship between humans and beasts wasn't that good.
"Where's your mayor? Ask him to come out." The human leading the group looked like a very young adventurer, and his aura was astonishing. Although Mimet was a head taller than him, he almost knelt in fear in front of him.
"He's really not here. The main city just sent a notice saying that there's an emergency meeting, so all the chiefs have to report to the chief's hall immediately. The mayor has left," Mimet said hurriedly. This was true. Previously, when the chiefs had informed them of the meeting, their lord, Hokavin, had directly taken the teleportation portal to the main city for the meeting.
It seemed that the other party had really come to look for the lord. Hearing that the lord was not here, the human adventurers seemed to have a headache. It seemed that after discussing for a while, the adventurer in front suddenly pointed at Mimet. "Think of a way to call your lord back immediately. There's no limit to the method, just 15 minutes. If you can't do it, the whole city will be razed to the ground."
"What!" Mimet was scared out of his wits. Why was it him? This really had nothing to do with him. He was just a small captain guarding the gate. What should he do now?
"Hurry up, I'm not joking," Li Huailin added.
The other party was definitely not joking. The four giant dragons were in the city, so how could this be a joke? Mimit didn't know what kind of trouble the City Lord had gotten himself into, but he was the one in trouble.
Looking at his subordinates around him, they were all scared silly. The youngest subordinate that was just sent over was so scared that he almost peed his pants. He also knew how many troops there were in the city. Of course, they wouldn't be able to deal with the four dragons here. There was nothing he could do. It seemed like he could only rely on himself.
"I'll go …" Mimit thought for a while and nodded. This was what Mimit was thinking. The other party didn't seem like a good person, and it seemed like the City Lord had gotten himself into big trouble this time. According to the current situation, the City Lord wouldn't be able to escape, and Mimit couldn't die with him. He had a son and a daughter, and it didn't matter if the City Lord wanted to die or not.
Yes, although this was Hoglavin's territory, Hoglavin wasn't popular here. Like all City Lords, the conflict between the commoners and City Lords was very big, and Hoglavin's situation was especially serious. This was mainly because City Lords like Hoglavin, who had risen from the bottom, didn't understand the suffering of the commoners as much as everyone thought. In fact, the only purpose of their power was to make money.
Hoglavin was originally just a Wolf Rider captain, born from the bottom. Suddenly, he had a lot of wealth, but he used it all. Of course, the purpose was not to benefit the commoners, but to make more money as an investment. Sure enough, as Hoglavin's status rose, the speed at which he amassed money became faster and faster. His family was already thin, and he had to use it for bribery. Of course, he didn't have enough money, so he could only squeeze money from the commoners. Because this was a remote area in the eastern part of the Empire, the supervision was very limited, so Hoglavin simply exercised a reign of terror here.
His relationship with the commoners was shockingly bad, and it was even worse recently because the Empire lacked food. Of course, they also lacked food, but Hoglavin couldn't starve himself. Not only did he not starve himself, as a City Lord, he actually hoarded food, of course, to make money. After this matter was secretly spread, the relationship between the two sides became even more tense.
"Maybe it's God's Law." A few people in the crowd thought so when they saw the dragon.
Although Mimit was a guard at the entrance of the City Lord's Mansion, he was also a commoner. In fact, he was just a little better than the average commoner. At least he didn't have to worry about food. But to be honest, he didn't have a good impression of the City Lord at all. Even if he swore loyalty to the City Lord when he joined the team, it was against his conscience. He wasn't loyal to that kind of City Lord.
With this consideration, Mimit immediately understood what he had to do. Sure enough, he had to rely on himself to protect his hometown and family. As for the City Lord, he wouldn't be able to escape anyway.
Time was limited, so Mimit set off. But the first thing he had to solve was the problem of money …
"…" Li Huailin was speechless. The staff of the teleportation array was too dedicated. The dragon stood at the entrance of the teleportation array, and the staff said to Li Huailin expressionlessly, "Teleport to the main city, one gold."
To be honest, Li Huailin wanted to kill him, but if he did that, no one would be able to use the teleportation array. Mimit didn't know what to do either. He looked at Li Huailin. With his salary, how could he have so much money on him?
"I …" Li Huailin directly took out a gold coin. This was really strange no matter how one looked at it.
In any case, Mimit had successfully left. Five minutes had already passed, and the surrounding people had gathered around. They had a rough idea of what was going on, but of course, they didn't dare to do anything. They could only hope that Mimit would be able to catch up.
"What if he runs away?" Millennium Unchanging asked.
"Then send another one," Li Huailin said casually. "Why don't you think of something?"
There was really no other way. They could only wait for Hoglavin to come back, but they didn't know how long it would take. Li Huailin still didn't know that they were the reason why the Orc Chieftain Meeting was held. Moreover, this meeting was going to last for a long time.
After returning to Mimit's side, he went to the main city of the Orcs, Durostan. However, the Chieftain Meeting was held in the Chieftain's Hall. With his identity, he couldn't enter, so he could only think of something.
"Yes, I'm the captain of Hokarim City's city guard. I have a very important and urgent matter to report to the Lord. Please help me pass the message." As Mimit spoke, he quickly handed all the money he had to the inner city guard.
"Alright, wait." The inner city guard's status was obviously higher than Mimit's. Seeing that he was tactful, he still went in to report.
Mimit could only wait. There was nothing he could do. After all, he had used the money. The guard's speed was relatively fast. After waiting anxiously for a while, a person came out of the door. Mimit looked at him and immediately shouted, "Lord Matlow! Lord Matlow! "
Matlow was one of Hoglavin's aides. This time, he accompanied Hoglavin to the meeting. In the end, someone informed him that someone from the territory was looking for him. Hoglavin obviously wouldn't come out easily, so he sent Matlow out to take a look. From afar, Matlow saw the anxious Mimit waving at him. He also knew Mimit, the captain of the guards in the Castellan's Mansion.
"Mimit, what happened?" Matlow asked.
"Lord Matlow, something big happened," Mimit said. "The city … the city is in chaos!"
"Chaos?" Matlow was stunned for a moment, but he immediately understood.
That's right, Mimit didn't mention anything about the dragons at all because he didn't dare to. If he did, he was almost certain that Hoglavin wouldn't return once he heard about it. He might even run away without a care for the lives of his people. Hence, from the very beginning, Mimit had already thought it through. Just like what Li Huailin said, he would trick Hoglavin into returning.
It just so happened that there was a good reason now, and that was famine. The people in Hokarim City who were running out of food were, of course, referring to the people. This was a problem that would happen sooner or later. Matlow understood, but the lord's order was to store food and not give it to the people, so he couldn't do anything about it. Now that Mimit said that there was chaos, he instantly thought of this.
"Is it serious?" Matlow asked.
"If it's not serious, why would they come to find the lord at this time?" Mimit immediately said, "It's urgent. Lord, please hurry back and take charge of the situation. Otherwise, when the rioters rush into the Castellan's Mansion … it'll … it'll be too late."
"It's so urgent?" Matlow was sweating profusely. Had they already started to attack the Castellan's Mansion? This was a little serious. Could it be that they heard that the lord wasn't around, so they deliberately chose this time? Of course, this couldn't be delayed. After thinking about it, Matlow immediately nodded. "Wait a moment, I'll go call the lord right away."
"Please hurry, Lord Matlow!" Mimit looked at the time and said immediately. It was already a little late.
"Of course." Matlow didn't think much and nodded. Then, he turned and ran into the inner city.
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