After Sean left, Willick and Jim helped Baku untie the chains. After Baku untied his hands and feet, he took out a ball of dirty cloth from his mouth and threw it on the ground, yelling at Alan, "Who is your slave!"
Alan said coldly: "That's just a stopgap measure, if you don't say that, do you think you can yell at me here now?"
"The Baimeng people don't need you to save them!"
"Of course, it's just that Caesar doesn't want his brother to become a prisoner, so I will save you." Alan took out Caesar's crystal spear, threw it to Baku, and said, "He wants you to take it back with your own hands. .”
Looking at the crystal spear, Baku's chest rose and fell, and the anger in his eyes gradually subsided. He glared at Allen and said, "I won't thank you. You are no different from those people in the city!"
"I don't need you to be grateful." Allen didn't want to say much to this barbaric man, and said, "Can I go now? Or are you going to cause Caesar some other trouble?"
Baku opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't say anything, picked up his spear and left with several other clansmen in a muffled voice.
"Master, why do you care about these savages? They are not good things." Jim whispered.
Allen said lightly: "Mr. Jim, what you have to do is obey my orders, not interfere with my decisions."
Jim quickly lowered his head.
At this time, the sound of rumbling horseshoes came from the wasteland outside the city. Judging by the volume of the voice, it was an army. Allen frowned and gestured, and everyone hurriedly left the city gate. Not long after, tall horses appeared in the mist, and the riders on the horses were all wearing well-polished armor. Even the healthy horse under the seat protects the head and other parts of the body with thin armor.
After the cavalry, there are soldiers walking on foot. On their vertical flags, there are patterns of a whirlwind and a castle. Seeing the pattern on the flag, Jim whispered: "That's the army of Storm City. They have two armies. One is the Stormtrooper, and the other is the Thunder Knights. The Tempest is the infantry regiment. This army should That’s right. Strange how they came here.”
Allen saw that the infantry could still maintain their formation during the rapid march. Obviously they had received strict training. It was not a good thing for this army to come to the city of Sur. Allen couldn't help but looked in the direction of the Aspen Mountains.
"Let's go," he said.
Hearing that the Storm City army had arrived early in the morning, Baron York sat in his ornately decorated carriage and arrived at the gate of the city under the guard of the city defense team. The army of Storm City had already set up camp outside the city, and a group of cavalry greeted the baron. A knight in a bright red cloak on a white horse first shouted: "I am Reg, from the third squadron of the Thunder Knights Captain. Sir Maud sends his regards, Lord York."
Baron York frowned. The captain looked arrogant when he saw that he did not dismount. He snorted, displeased in his heart, but he still expected these people to attack the Aspen Mountains for him, but he couldn't make too much noise. So he forced a smile and said: "Everyone has worked hard from afar, you can just tell me if you need anything."
"It's hard work. We are soldiers, so it's nothing to suffer. But Sir Maud has something to convey to me."
"Please say."
Reg smiled and said, "This time, at your invitation, Baron York, we dispatched a squad of Thunder Knights and 500 Stormtroopers. Baron Maud felt that the price you offered was a bit low. up,
What he meant was that Storm City had to get another 20%. I don't know how you play? "
Baron York's face turned red immediately. If he didn't remember his status as a knight, he might have cursed in public. His chest rose and fell sharply, and he said, "Sir Maude's move is against morality, how can he temporarily increase the price!"
"I'm not sure about that, why don't you ask him yourself?" There was a hint of contempt on Reg's face.
"About this, I have to reconsider." Baron York said.
"Of course, but Lord Baron. I have to remind you that according to the agreement, we have to bear your expenses here. So you see, don't think about it for too long." Gao Lei said, and immediately went After saluting, he returned to the camp with the cavalry.
"Go back," said Baron York grimly.
The carriage returned to the city lord's mansion, and the baron was furious as soon as he returned to his study. He slammed the things he took at random to the ground, and he didn't stop until he picked up a porcelain bottle with a strong exotic taste. Panting heavily, Baron York put the bottle back in place and roared, "That bastard Maud, this is a robbery!"
The butler who came after hearing the voice, and another man in his thirties were silent, not daring to provoke the old jazz when he was angry. After the baron calmed down a bit, the butler said, "Sir, we should send a telegram to Sir Maud to reprimand him for his immoral behavior."
York shook his head and sat on the sofa: "Reproaching doesn't do anything at all, and Maud won't take it seriously. In the end, it's because our city of Sur is too weak, and Maud doesn't take it seriously. Whether it is Wealth or the army, neither of us is the opponent of Storm City, otherwise Maud would not be so unscrupulous."
"Uncle, let me drive away those bastards outside the city!" said the man standing next to the butler.
"Shut up, Ethan. Use your brain to think about it, if you break the face with Maud, it will not be good for us!" York said angrily: "Do you think that the constitution of the empire can really restrain Maud? Especially It’s in the outskirts of our empire, and if you look at how many border lords’ territories were annexed last year, you should know that the laws of the empire don’t really apply in any corner of the border.”
"If we turn against Maude now, the five hundred Stormtroopers and a squad of Thunder Knights will not stay outside the city gate, but directly enter the city. Although the city of Sur is small, the old Maud I don’t care about having such an extra piece of my territory!”
The man quickly lowered his head, and York waved his hand: "Read more when you are free, and don't spend all your time on women. Ethan, if it wasn't for my brother's entrustment, I wouldn't raise you as a waste. Get lost!"
The nails were almost inserted into the flesh, Ethan's chest heaved, but he still said calmly: "Yes, uncle."
He left quietly.
"Mr. Ethan is also concerned about you." The butler said.
York sneered: "He is more concerned about my position."
After speaking, the old jazz sighed again. He stood by the window, overlooking the city gate. As the sun rose and the fog cleared, the battle banners of Stormcity were fluttering in the wind. Looking at the flag, York's eyes became more serious.
Two days after returning to the Aspen Mountains, the people in Baku separated from Allen and went straight back to the cottage. Before they arrived at the cottage, Caesar had already been notified. Caesar was very happy to learn that Baku had returned safely.
but this time ba
Ku went to the city of Sur privately, and Caesar could not let it go lightly, otherwise he would not be able to explain to his tribe. So he threw the returned Baku into the dungeon as a punishment. After returning Caesar's crystal spear, Baku had no objection to the punishment and went into the dungeon by himself.
He has to stay here for ten days.
At night, Caesar came to the dungeon, and the two looked at each other in silence.
After a while, Baku said: "When we left the city of Sur, we saw another army. I heard it was from Storm City, Caesar, those guys will come over soon."
"how many people."
"I'm afraid there are four or five hundred people."
Caesar was surprised: "There are so many, you have to inform other people."
Baimeng is not only Caesar and the others, there are other villages scattered in the Aspen Mountains. This mountain is the place where their ancestors lived for generations, and it is their homeland, so naturally they don't want the people of Sur City to occupy it.
"Caesar." Baku said suddenly: "Don't trust those strangers, they have contacts with the people of Suer City. They must have another purpose for approaching us!"
Caesar said: "I will not blindly believe them, but you must not forget. Up to this moment, they have done nothing to threaten us, and even rescued you. Baku, do not let anger affect you judgment."
Baku didn't respond, he just walked back into the depths of the dungeon, burying himself in the shadows.
Emerging from the shadow of the hatch of the starship, Allen came to the ground and saw Edward sitting on a piece of dead wood not far away, reading a book. The cover of the book is a bit frayed/scratched, it looks like the book has been around for a while. Edward looked at it very seriously, but when Allen came to him, the Maritan said without waiting for him to ask: "This is a general constitution. It can help us familiarize ourselves with the laws here."
"Where did you get it?" Allen asked sitting in front of him.
"I bought it at the market while you were sleeping. It's very interesting. The country of Balegon is mentioned many times in this constitution, and it calls itself an empire. So, the city of Sur should also belong to this empire Part of the territory. This is very remote, if there is no accident, it should be a territory near the border. It is very beneficial to us." Edward closed the book and said: "For example, if the city owner here has changed, the empire probably will not notice. By the time they react, we may have fully integrated into them."
"The army in Storm City may attack the Aspen Mountains, and I must stay in case those troops find our camp. So the matter of cooperating with Sean may have to be handled by you," Allen said.
Edward nodded and said, "Even if you don't say it, I will still make this suggestion. I have to go to the city again to see if there is anyone worth taking advantage of."
He raised the constitution in his hand: "In order for us to legally occupy the city of Sur."
Allen smiled, and asked again: "Why did you join us? From my point of view, you have done well in Babylon, and there is no need to take risks in Outland."
Edward withdrew his smile and said softly: "I don't want to discuss this issue now. In short, within the contract period, I will contribute my strength and wisdom. You don't have to worry about this. If I do something that is not good for you, you It is absolutely possible to execute me according to the provisions of the contract, otherwise I will be handed over to the Federation after returning. But I don’t want to talk about me.”
"Now... is not the time yet."
(end of this chapter)