Time came to night.
Outside Storm City, Legg's camp was brightly lit, facing the rows of torches on the city wall. At this moment, the city gate opened and ten soldiers escorted Bree to the barracks on the outskirts. In the main tent, the director of the association saw Legg with a tired expression. Legg narrowed his eyes when he saw Bree. "Tell me honestly, did you betray Storm City long ago?" He said with a bright light in his eyes.
Bree smiled bitterly, "In fact, the only one we betrayed was Sir Maud."
"Why did you do this?"
"Guild Leader Legg, don't you know? Do you expect us to work for you after treating us adventurers like that? "Bree sneered and shook his head," But it's all over. As you can see, Sur City is no longer what it used to be. Knight Allen in the city wants me to give you a message. In order to avoid more casualties, he hopes you can surrender. After you surrender, you will still be in your current position. "So you see, Commander Legg, you haven't lost anything. You've just changed your allegiance."
"That's nice to hear. Isn't he afraid that I'll surrender today and rebel tomorrow?" Legg sneered.
Bree laughed, "Believe it or not, Sir Edward of Sur City, or this Knight Allen. I have a hunch that they don't want this city or this place. Do you think with their ambitions, they will put this city, or you, in their eyes? "
"In my opinion, it's best if you don't have any idea of rebelling. On the contrary, if you follow them, your future achievements might be far greater than yours now. Commander Legg, there's only one chance. Think about it carefully. "After Bree finished speaking, he was about to leave the tent.
"Wait."
"What, Commander Legg doesn't want to keep me as a lobbyist, does he?" Bree said half-jokingly.
Legg looked him up and down for a moment before saying, "Tell Knight Allen that I can surrender, but you have to ensure the safety of me and the soldiers' families."
"Of course."
"Then I won't send you off." After saying this, Legg waved his hand tiredly as if he had aged in an instant.
When Bree left the tent, he was blown by the night wind and realized that his clothes were already wet with cold sweat. The guards stepped forward and escorted him away. After walking out of the camp, Bruley said to someone beside him, "Are you really at ease to hand over the army to him?"
That person raised his head. It was Allen with his striking silver hair tucked into his helmet. He smiled and said, "If Legg surrenders, what do you think the people of Storm City will think of him in the future? At that time, even if he didn't want to, he would still have to, because he had no other choice. If he doesn't side with me, who will protect him? Who will continue to give him his current power? And I also need someone like him to stabilize the army's morale. This is called taking what we need. "
Allen patted Bree's shoulder, "The Rangers you provided this time are not bad, Mister Bree. There will be many opportunities for us to work with the Adventurers Association in the future. I hope you can continue recruiting experienced warriors like this."
Bruley said with a smile, "Of course. Maybe thanks to Mr. Allen, Berto and I will have a chance to exchange places in the headquarters of the Association."
Ellen laughed heartily. Everything was silent.
The next day, Legg brought a small team to the city and shouted, "Please tell Mr. Allen that we are willing to surrender."
This news was undoubtedly a heavy bomb. Those who heard the news were all disheartened. Once even Legg surrendered, Storm City would completely fall into the hands of the other party, and there would be no room for resistance. As these people secretly cursed Legg, they hurriedly went to see Allen to express their loyalty. So that Allen wouldn't be able to cut them down, so this morning, Allen was extremely busy.
But at least the dust had settled.
Allen was also very generous, after Legg expressed his surrender. In the afternoon, he handed over the detained recruits to Legg. Legg hesitated for a long time, but in the end, he couldn't figure out Allen's thoughts and completely gave up on going back on his word. As a result, Storm City was completely taken down by Allen. According to the rules of the game between the nobles of the empire, it was now part of Sur City. It was a territory under Edward's jurisdiction, and it was only missing an official document.
Of course, since the officials of Storm City had already chosen to surrender, it wouldn't be long before this document was officially handed over to Edward. Surprisingly, however, three days later, Sir Edward of Sur City came to Storm City and decided to leave Storm City to Allen.
As a Knight, this was undoubtedly laying a good foundation for Allen to be promoted to Sir. No City Lord would be willing to do this. The Knight under the City Lord would often have to conquer several territories for the City Lord before he would have the chance to be given a relatively barren piece of land. Only with some military merits would he be able to exchange for the lowest rank of baronet in the empire.
Baronet was the first title promoted to Knight, and this title could not be inherited. Only by making greater contributions to the Empire or by occupying more of the territories of other Knights would one be promoted to the rank of Baron.
Under such a promotion mechanism, naturally, no Lord would be willing to nurture an enemy. Therefore, when he heard that Edward had decided to let Allen manage Storm City on his behalf, it naturally attracted a lot of discussion. Following that, someone began to inquire about the origins of these two people. When they found out that Edward was originally one of Allen's subordinates, the relationship between them was naturally clear at a glance.
After figuring out how Edward had become the City Lord of Sur City step by step, anyone with a bit of brains could sort out a rough outline. Without a doubt, the real master of these two people was actually the Knight named Allen. He let his subordinates marry the daughter of the former City Lord of Sur City, using this to push Edward to the position of City Lord.
With Edward as the City Lord, he had enough power to confer the title of Knight on Allen, who had no title. After taking down Storm City, he was given the position of acting manager. Next, as long as Allen, the Knight, had one or two more great contributions, he would be able to be promoted to a baronet. After becoming a baronet, whether it was integrating Sur City or continuing to expand his influence. In the near future, it was already a predictable fact that a powerful Sir would rise up in this border area.
As they continued to dig into the deeds of Allen and the others, they discovered that they had already set up the Lily Chamber of Commerce at Purple Roland Harbor in advance, and even influenced the position of the slave merchant Roger. As a result, in the eyes of the people, Allen was already a potential new star who was expected to charge towards viscount.
There had never been a viscount on the border.
So even Allen didn't know that people's attitude towards him was quietly changing. Smart people would not interfere with a situation that could not be changed, while stupid people would leave the stage early. Those who couldn't even see the situation clearly would naturally be eliminated by the times.
On the second night Edward arrived in Storm City, Allen was sleeping when he suddenly heard gunshots and cries. He sat up, opened the curtains, and the direction of the barracks was bright. He frowned and put on his clothes.
He rode his horse to the barracks and saw that the camp was surrounded by soldiers. Allen drilled into the crowd and arrived at the open space of the barracks, only to see that the camp was already dyed red with blood. On the other side, there were nearly a hundred corpses lying there. In there, even women and children were not spared. And Mo Gu's corpse was among them.
These people were all figures from the Mo De Clan. Over a hundred people, big and small, were all executed. Allen's heart sank and he shouted, "Who told me what's going on?"
"I ordered it." Edward walked out of the crowd and said indifferently.
"I don't remember asking you to do such a thing." Allen said in a deep voice, "Shouldn't you ask me for my opinion before you execute them?"
Edward smiled nonchalantly and said, "Let's discuss it in private."
In the office of the camp, Allen looked out of the window. The soldiers were carrying the corpses away one by one. The corpses would be carried outside the city to be cremated. Allen sighed and turned around, "Edward, why did you kill them without asking for my opinion?"
"Because of this, this brutal crime will only be on my head." Edward said calmly, "Mo De's family shouldn't stay, even if it's a child. You should know that hatred is a seed. Sooner or later, it will take root and sprout. And even if it doesn't grow up, it will still be used by those with ulterior motives. "
"Instead of waiting for the future to regret it, it's better to do it cleanly now. And this order, I will give, is more suitable than you. "
"Why? Are you afraid that I don't have the awareness to bear the crime? " Allen shook his head and said, "War is never just, and everything we have done has nothing to do with justice in the first place. Invade, colonize, strengthen yourself. What we have done, from the very beginning, has been stained with blood. "
"Of course I know that since you have decided to go on an expedition to the Outer Realm, you have already made up your mind to bear the sin. However, as a superior, he cannot be the embodiment of evil. Therefore, some of the darker things need to be carried out by people like me. Allen, you and I are light and darkness. Your flames will illuminate others, and the light in people's eyes will not tolerate the slightest bit of darkness. So, leave the dark part to me. "Edward looked straight into Allen's eyes and said," I think it's better to do this. "
Allen shook his head and said, "Actually, you don't have to do this. After all, I'm the one …"
"It doesn't matter, Allen. In the days of displacement, I had long since abandoned all light. Because only by embracing the darkness can I survive and survive until now. So I am very willing to do this. "Edward smiled and said," You can go back first. Leave the matters here to me. "
After saying that, he left. Allen shook his head and said, "Edward, why did you let yourself sink into the darkness?"
Of course, no one would tell him the answer.
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