Li Huailin was right. It wasn't that people had never impersonated nobles. In fact, they had appeared in the past, but all of them had died miserably. The empire had never met anyone who dared to pretend to be a duke. So, when Li Huailin admitted it, the captains immediately became serious.
"Is what you said true?" Semal was already using honorifics.
"This … this can't be. What did our bandit group do? Why would a million dukes personally come to destroy us?" the captain next to him said.
"Could it be … Could it be because of that matter?" Semal suddenly realized something and said, "Could it be that you also heard about that matter? That's why you came?"
"That matter?" Li Huailin was stunned. He was only looking for Nememoya, who had been kidnapped. He didn't know anything about this or that. He thought about it and asked, "Alright, I'm the person you're looking for. What's the matter? Tell me. "
"You … Are you really the Duke of Aquitaine? I'm sorry. This matter is too important. I won't say it easily. "Semal thought about it and decided to be safe.
"Really …" Li Huailin sighed. This guy was really troublesome. Fortunately, he had a solution. He took out his marshal badge and hung it on his chest. "Do you recognize the badges? Wilham is in his fifties, and Colin is in his seventies. Look at my age. You should know who I am, right?"
The four captains stepped forward and looked at the badge hanging on Li Huailin's chest. Just as they glanced at it, Semal suddenly knelt down. "Duke, please forgive us."
The three people next to him didn't see it clearly, but when they saw Semal kneel down, they hurriedly knelt and said, "Duke, please forgive us."
"Alright, what's the matter? You know that I'm very busy and don't have time to play with you. If you have something to say, say it quickly," Li Huailin said.
"Yes, Duke." Semar immediately agreed. He organized his words and said, "My Lord, I heard this from our leader's window more than ten days ago. More than ten days ago, the Reggie Bandits had just started a war with us. We don't know where they got their hands on some really good equipment, but with the addition of a few good members, we lost a few battles in a row and lost a lot of territory. "
"The new group of bandits that took away your protection fees recently?" Li Huailin nodded.
"Yes." Semal said, "They put us in a very difficult situation. We were tired of dealing with them, but the results were minimal. However, one night more than ten days ago, a few people came to our camp and met with our leader. As I felt that they were a little strange, I eavesdropped on their conversation from the window. What I didn't expect was that the people who came wanted us to join their team. They also told our leader that the Reggie Bandits had already joined them, which was why we received their help. If we joined them, they would allow us to merge with the Reggie Bandits and form an even more powerful bandit group. We could even expand to the surrounding areas. If we didn't agree to their conditions, then let the Reggie Bandits destroy us. "
"There's such a thing?" It was the first time the three captains had heard of this, and they were all very surprised. One of them seemed to remember something. "Oh yes, I also remember. Ten days ago, there were indeed two people who came. At that time, I also paid attention to them. Were they the two people?"
"Yes." Semal nodded and continued to speak to Li Huailin. "At that time, our leader immediately rejected them. However, two days later, our leader suddenly died of illness."
"Died of illness? What about the baldy? "Li Huailin asked.
"At that time, our new leader was originally the second leader of our bandit group. After the old leader passed away, the second leader became the leader," Semal said. "The old leader's death was very strange. On the second day after the old leader passed away, those people appeared again. They talked to the current leader for a while. I didn't hear it this time, but I can imagine that it should be the same thing. The next day, the leader asked us if we wanted to merge with the Reggie Bandits."
"I see. I'm also curious why the leader would have such an idea." The captain next to him suddenly realized something.
"However, our subordinates objected, so the matter didn't go through," Semal said. "So, the Reggie Bandits' attacks on us have been getting more and more obvious these days."
"A mysterious organization that wants to merge all the bandit groups here?" Li Huailin nodded. "Since you said that it's very important, do you already know the identity of this organization?"
"Yes …" Semal nodded. "When they were talking to the old leader, I heard a person's name …"
"Oh? Who? "Li Huailin asked.
"It's the former king of the empire … Rene …" Semal said seriously.
"Huh? Rene? "Li Huailin was stunned.
"King Rene?" The three captains next to him jumped in shock. No wonder Semal said it was a big matter. It actually involved the former king of the empire. This matter was too big. The Reggie Bandits were actually related to the former king of the empire. There was no turning back. Semal was right.
"Yes, I clearly heard the name." Semal nodded.
"What else did you hear?" Li Huailin frowned and continued to ask.
Semal suddenly felt a sense of pressure, but since he had already said it, he decided to say everything. "That person said that the empire's announcement of the former king's death was false. In fact, King Rene is not dead, and they are now preparing … I think the preparation they are talking about is …"
"Preparing to restore the empire?" Li Huailin smiled. "This group of people is really cute. We used to play bandit groups, and they played bandit groups too. Why not learn this … other than this?"
"Other than that … there's nothing important. The other party is very careful. It's only because our old leader has always disagreed with their request that they revealed the news of Rein. However, our old leader doesn't like King Rein, so he still disagreed."
"He was forced to become a bandit. How could he like such an emperor?" Li Huailin said. "This is really interesting. I can tell you that what you heard is right. Rene is indeed not dead. Only a few of the empire's higher-ups know about this, so what you heard might be true."
"Your Highness, I've told you what I know. I wonder if you can accept our surrender?" Semar hurriedly said. He had already reported this matter to Li Huailin, so he couldn't ask about it anymore. This matter wasn't something he could handle. He could only listen to Li Huailin's instructions. Right now, it was more important to settle the future of his Thieves.
"Surrender …" Li Huailin seemed to be thinking about it very seriously. The other captains were a little anxious as they didn't know what Li Huailin was planning. After a while, Li Huailin nodded. "No problem, I accept."
"Really, Your Highness!" Sir Duke! "Semar was overjoyed.
"Go, call your people over. We still have things to do," Li Huailin said with a wave of his hand.
"Yes, Your Grace." The team leaders nodded, then ran back to the Thieves who were still waiting for news. Seeing that nothing had happened to their team leaders, the Thieves breathed a sigh of relief. However, when they heard that the person they had defected to was a Duke worth a million Gold Coins, some of them nearly pissed their pants.
Before long, 100 or so Thieves had gathered around Li Huailin. They looked at Li Huailin like pandas in a zoo. They wanted to see what this million-dollar Duke looked like.
"Hurry up and kneel!" Semal said hurriedly.
The Thieves hurriedly knelt on the ground, expressing their willingness to follow Li Huailin.
Li Huailin couldn't care less about how the other party expressed their loyalty to him. Opening up the interface of his territory, he found this group of bandits in his unassigned army. There were only 125 of them, all D rank. 556 experience points were still passable, and their loyalty was actually at 60 points, barely passing. It seemed like he was quite attractive. For a group of new recruits to have such a high loyalty after just defecting, it wasn't easy at all.
Casually pulling up a Thief who was still kneeling on the ground, Li Huailin pulled out the Magic Blade Goblet and stabbed the Thief's stomach, directly piercing through it. The other Thieves looked at Li Huailin's situation in shock. They didn't expect Li Huailin to act like this.
Li Huailin didn't care about them. He opened up his status panel again. This team had lost one person, but their Loyalty had soared to 88. They could basically be used.
"Duke is mighty!" Semal quickly applauded Li Huailin. "Good kill!"
"We really didn't follow the wrong person!" The other captains immediately said. "As expected of the Duke!"
"Alright, stop talking nonsense. We still have things to do," Li Huailin said. "There is a team of 50 or so people guarding us at the intersection."
"Duke, we know the captain of that team. If you send me, I can convince them to surrender," Semal said.
"Yes, we can convince them." The other captains nodded.
"Alright. Bring some people. If they don't surrender, kill them. Understand?" Li Huailin said.
"Yes." Semal nodded.
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