The incident of the young mercenary who turned and ran away did not have much impact on the entire city of Monroe, because for most people, Ferry was just an insignificant character. In contrast, the royal guards of the Crant family, which had entered the area with force, caused a storm on the day they arrived.
The ten royal knights with tall horses and bright armor were just the vanguard. The small security post did not have enough space for them to work. Therefore, Count Hermann directly rented an entire caravanserai as the headquarters of the knight investigation team. workplace.
The knight attendants who were responsible for serving them and their subordinates, as well as the elite soldiers under the guard knights, arrived late in the afternoon because they were on foot and in carriages and carried a large amount of supplies and equipment. Except for the ten cadres of the Klan. A total of more than 130 people, including non-combatants and non-nobles, came. The scene of them coming in and out, all wearing the golden ribbons that marked the bodyguards, attracted many people to watch. The new official took office and replaced Vega. Hermann, who was ordered by the king to start investigating and maintaining law and order, had just Action was taken in just one day.
The "magician" who committed many murders in Monroe City has been executed, and there have been no more murders in such a long time. But one code after another, the real reason that makes the residents unable to live peacefully is the lower-level mercenaries who can come in and destroy at will.
The number of these wandering mercenaries, most of whom speak with southern or central accents, is extremely large. Including himself, Vega, who only has three regular employees and a few temporary workers to mobilize, has no way to fight them even if he wants to.
All the mercenaries just ran away after smashing, smashing and looting. There was not enough manpower to patrol the streets and wait until the news was relayed to the security posts again and again. When they were dispatched again, the other party had already run away when they arrived at the scene of the incident. Gone.
The rooster crows and the dog robbers know their way. The little people at the bottom of society always have a shrewdness that is almost survival instinct. These mercenaries know what they should do and what they shouldn't do. What they do is just smashing, smashing, and stealing things to make money without ever hurting them. The lives of the residents of Monroe, so the elite soldiers and ordinary soldiers under the duke in the city can openly choose to turn a blind eye.
They caused trouble everywhere and made the chickens and dogs restless, but they kept a tacit understanding just above the bottom line where the army had to be dispatched. Monroe's army sang along with these troublemaking mercenaries, and the residents could only be dumb and couldn't tell the story of their sufferings. . Those who could afford to move had moved away, and the rest had to make do with their lives. As time passed, everyone became accustomed to the existence of these mercenaries. Just when the other party broke into his door, he huddled silently in the corner without making any resistance.
Depressed but calm, the residents of Monroe City, the troublemaking mercenaries and the security personnel formed a delicate balance - but this has greatly changed after the arrival of the royal guards.
After only half a day of investigation, Hermann dispatched six patrols led by six knights. The knights in full plate armor were followed by a dozen elite soldiers holding spears and bucklers in a line. With so many armies under the banner of the Royal Crant family beginning to move around the city, the residents' sense of security suddenly rose to an unprecedented level.
Many people who had been suppressing their anger immediately ran up and reported the location of the mercenaries to the noble Lord of the Guards. And the bodyguard knights who led the entire army angrily rushed into underground taverns and other places where the mercenaries usually took a break, inevitably had to start another battle with them.
"What the hell are you—" The dark and dim underground tavern was filled with moisture everywhere because of the humidity. Many local bosses even put a wooden barrel to catch the dripping water drops. The relatively spacious interior exudes a musty smell, coupled with the sour smell of the mercenaries who have not bathed for many years and the smell of fermented drinks, the mixture makes the members of the Royal Guards who just walked in wrinkled. frowned.
——Although they have also experienced various flavors. But no one can find the right words to describe this wet, sticky, thick phlegm-like feeling that makes people feel sick and queasy.
"What are you doing!" Of course, the lower-level mercenaries who made money through robbery and wanton destruction would not spend the money they got in the right place. They were just enjoying themselves here, drinking and gambling when they were suddenly intruded. The incoming soldiers were disturbed, and they all enthusiastically picked up their own long knives, swords or axes.
"Anyone who resists will be killed without mercy!" The knights who guarded the knights who didn't have much affection for these lowly mercenaries immediately ordered to kill them when they saw the opponent picking up a weapon. The elite soldiers who came down from the red brick stairs were scattered in an instant. Kai Lai formed a neat shield wall and then leveled the spears.
"Damn—" "Kill!" The crooked mercenaries stood up with weapons in hand. The knight gave an order, and the elite soldiers moved forward. How could the disorganized lower-level mercenaries be a match for the well-trained veterans of the kingdom? The spears with a length of more than 1.8 meters and made of black wood were accurately thrust out. The elite soldiers bowed their waists and lowered their center of gravity, hiding most of their bodies under the protection of their shields. under. Coupled with a metal helmet with a flip-up visor and calf armor underneath, the frontal defense has reached an extremely strong level.
"Kill you--" "Whoops--" The mercenary, with his mouth full of rotten teeth and his long hair tangled up in a mess with a black strip of cloth wrapped around it, was killed before he could finish his sentence. The tip of the spear pierced his throat. The elite soldier who stabbed him retracted his spear in an instant, and his companions on his left and right took another stab at him almost at the same time.
"Thud-thud-" the dull sound of a metal object penetrating the body sounded. The quenched and hardened sharp spear point easily penetrated the cheap leather armor of the mercenary. The woman in the underground tavern with disheveled underwear screamed. The owner of the tavern hid under the wooden bar, while the royal guard knights He frowned and said with a disgusted expression.
"Leave no one alive, kill them all."
"Ahhhhhhh-" "Don't underestimate people, you bastards-" The woman's screams and the drunken mercenary's threats, who didn't understand the situation and thought they had the overall situation, seemed extremely ironic in comparison, and they They all fell into silence again amid a burst of neat footsteps and the sound of metal collision.
The wooden wine glass was poured into the ground. The turbid fermentation liquid slowly flowed out and merged with the sticky blood on the ground as soon as it touched. The entire underground tavern fell into dead silence, and the man standing at the entrance of the corridor The guard knight covered his mouth and nose and waved his hand: "Let's go to the next family."
Blood splattered everywhere.
Six Royal Guards troops swept through the area, but no one survived.
Herman used an iron fist. announced his arrival.
Nearly two hundred corpses, including lower-level mercenaries and the Monroe residents who provided services to them, were carried out one by one and thrown into the carriage used to carry dung. They were pulled to the cemetery on the outskirts of Nancheng District and were hired like the dung diggers. The masons dug many big pits here, and when the carriage arrived, they dumped them all down.
The dripping and withering blood of the still warm corpse left clear traces on the road due to the many trips of the carriage. It quickly oxidized and hardened in the air and turned into dark red blood, which reflected the orange-red road surface. . Because of these traces and a series of subsequent events, the avenue in Monroe City was called the "Trail of Blood" by residents for a long time.
It is worth mentioning that it was also after this period that reports of hauntings in Monroe began to appear from time to time. But at least for the moment, Herman and his royal guards' iron-blooded policy. The effect is immediate.
Anyone who resists will be killed without mercy, and those who provide services to these bandits with mercenary badges or those who shield them will be sentenced to death. Although these people are poor and low-level existences who are willing to risk their lives for money. They will never stay here again knowing that victory is impossible.
Worried about the danger, the lower-level mercenaries who survived the raid left Monroe.
The local mercenary guild in Monroe did not protest against this. Mercenaries who did not report to the guild were regarded as refusing to perform their obligations - the mercenary guild was not a charitable organization. On the one hand, after completing the task, your evaluation will increase and you will receive higher privileges. On the other hand, if they do nothing all the time, they are unlikely to care much about such a loser.
The fact that the Duke of Monroe bypassed the mercenary guild and went directly to issue tasks on his own and hired a large number of foreign mercenaries could be said to have offended the local branch. Therefore, when some of these mercenaries asked to take refuge in the mercenary guild when they were being hunted, they just checked the other party's mercenary number, and after confirming that they had not reported here, they chose to turn them away indifferently. .
The mercenary guild thought that the Duke of Monroe was the mercenary group that their employer wanted to go to the Duke's Mansion for support. Naturally, the outcome would not be very good.
The elite soldiers who usually turned a blind eye to them raised their sharp spears this time, and formed a perfect pincer attack with the royal guards behind them to execute these people on the spot.
The despicability of human life is fully revealed at this time.
The mercenaries who had no use value were kicked away by the Duke of Monroe's family. In the past, they protected these people to achieve their own goals. And after the mercenaries were targeted by the Royal Guards, who had a tougher background. The Duke's family decisively drew a clear line.
Just like flags on a chessboard that can be discarded at any time, the lower-level mercenaries who came all the way to pursue profits lived in a daze and lost their lives in a daze.
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"..." Henry and Mira were moving forward aimlessly, and there seemed to be blue cards among the mercenaries. But it was probably because Herman had said hello that the two people, whose appearance was extremely recognizable, did not get into any trouble with the royal guards.
The heavily armed guards ran past them one after another. When all the foreign mercenaries were slaughtered, the black-haired sage and the white-haired Luoan girl were majestic. Walking along the avenue.
-They couldn't find Ferry.
Monro was a very, very large city-state.
Although it is definitely not comparable to the most powerful Prosper on the west coast in terms of area, it is even more so when it comes to the capital of Otolo, the truly powerful empire that the two have visited. But among the southern kingdoms on the west coast that are even poorer than the north, Monroe is already considered one of the most prosperous.
A skilled mason. In the morning, the clay is tanned and shaped, and in the afternoon, the dried bricks are put into the brick kiln for firing. Taking the largest brick kiln in Nancheng District as an example, at least two to three hundred red bricks can be fired at a time.
--This. It is only enough to build one wall of a two-story house.
One kiln of bricks can be fired in a week, and there are several brick kilns. If you add them all up, the output should be quite high. But even so, to establish a huge city-state like Monro with many buildings is still a task that requires a lot of manpower and material resources and a long time.
Intricacy is the biggest impression given by this city-state, just like the extremely complex root systems that plants in drier areas have evolved to seek moisture. The residential areas of Beicheng alone have countless small roads extending in all directions.
Even though I have been here for more than a week, it is still quite difficult to find a native young man in such an environment.
"Could he...be killed by the royal guards?" Mira said with some worry, while the sage on the side shook his head.
"No." He said: "If he doesn't want to be found, we can't find him, and the same goes for the Wang family's personal guards."
"Huh... I hope he won't do anything stupid." The white-haired Luoan girl exhaled a long breath, while the sage next to her remained silent. (To be continued.)
ps: r: double update, second update at 16:00
