Standing at the highest point of Broken Ridge Castle, you can clearly see the entire city of Alterac.
The city was full of dilapidated houses, there was not a single pedestrian on the street, and the city was completely in deathly silence.
"The night Perenolde surrendered to the orcs, the city suffered a robbery. Later we heard that the orcs were defeated in the north, and then when the beasts retreated, they looted again here."
Li De listened silently to Ravenholdt's account of all this, and could clearly feel the anger in his heart.
"When the Alliance Army came, they did maintain order here for a short time, but they left quickly, and then there was news that Perenolde had escaped from the palace.
The king abandoned his country, haha, this country is like a joke. From that day on, such a thing as order disappeared..."
When speaking of this, Ravenholdt used a self-deprecating tone.
"Everyone in this country bears a label: sinner.
It seems that they are all waiting for death and the judgment of the Alliance. But who would have thought that those minions of the orcs! They are hiding in the caves in the north!
They escaped the pursuit of the Alliance Army, then reorganized and prepared to attack Alterac City!
I sent Darend to ask for help in Lordaeron. Even if it means completely annexing this place and turning all Alterac people into third-class people, it would be better than dying at the hands of those monsters!
It's ridiculous, who cares about the life and death of a group of sinners? I'm like a clown here imagining."
Li De didn't understand.
"There are only a few hundred troops in the castle, right? Why don't you organize the rest of the country?"
Ravenholdt had a surprised expression on his face, looking at Li De as if he was hearing a fantasy.
"Organize? In a country where the king cannot be trusted, who will trust me as a duke? Besides, do you really think those stupid civilians can organize?
Rather than believing in me, those fools believe that Lordaeron can save them.
Half a month ago, two thousand people decided to leave the city and flee to Lordaeron... Oh, those monsters will not let anyone in this country go...
The two thousand people who escaped were all killed by those monsters in the Ogg Snow Valley, and no one was left... Ogg Valley is now called the Slaughter Valley."
Ravenholdt's tone was very calm, but Li De seemed to have smelled the smell of blood, which made his nose itchy. Two thousand unarmed civilians fell into the hands of a group of ogres. What kind of tragedy would that be?
?
"After this incident happened, no one dared to think about escaping. Some people said they wanted to flee south. In the end, all the people who fled south ran back. They said they also saw orcs in the south.
Now everyone in this country is hiding at home, waiting to die."
There is nothing more desperate than waiting for death. Ravenholdt's face was expressionless, perhaps his tears had already dried up.
"Those man-eating monsters seem to be testing. They are also afraid that the Alliance army will come back, so they rarely come out during the day and only attack here at night.
There was a guy among them who was very smart. After the two thousand people were killed, the main entrance of Alterac City was blocked with stones. The ogres couldn't open the main entrance, so they started to attack here. They wanted to attack from here.
Enter the city and remove the stones from the city.
You are unlucky today. You caught up with those monsters to rest. They haven’t attacked yet, so they won’t come today. It’s a pity that you won’t be able to see this ‘beautiful view’.”
Being able to describe the ogre's attack as a "beautiful view" shows how long-term depression has distorted Ravenholdt's heart.
However, Ravenholdt didn't mean to accept Li De's mercy and just said with a smile.
"Don't be discouraged. You won't be able to see the beautiful scenery of ogres tonight, but there are still programs in the city every day. Even ogres know how to rest. Some beasts covered in human skin eat people every day.
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Torches have been lit on the castle, and the night sky is cloudless. Ms. White and Boy Blue are hanging in the air at the same time. Boy Blue is closer to Ms. White than last night.
The city was in darkness, and the people waiting to die seemed to have no intention of lighting up.
Li De didn't know exactly what program Ravenholdt was talking about, but he soon saw it.
Suddenly a torch lit up on the street, and then dozens of torches lit up all over the city. A group of masked guys ran wildly on the street holding a torch in one hand and a knife in the other.
They randomly selected a house and roughly opened the door with their feet. If there was no one inside, they would plunder the property and then set the house on fire.
If there was anyone inside, they would not only loot the property, but also kill the men, steal the women and children, and then set the house on fire!
Seeing the robbers who were killing people and setting fires wantonly in the city, Li De's blood pressure suddenly became uncontrollable.
"Is this the neighborhood today? These guys are worse than beasts!"
As if he was used to such scenes, Ravenholdt "calmly" sent a team of soldiers to the city to deal with the thieves.
"Who are these guys?!"
Li De asked angrily, Ravenholdt shook his head.
"They claim to be the Syndicate, but in my eyes, they are a group of demons. In this country where everyone is waiting to die, they are having their last carnival!
Before the orcs came, there were guys wearing red masks robbing merchants, but at that time they were just doing it secretly. Now that there is no order, they finally no longer hide their bestiality.
Since the ogres started attacking, these guys have burned down several blocks! The only difference between them and the ogres outside the city is that they are in the city!
This group of murderers would cover their faces at night and come out to do evil, but during the day they would pretend to be humans. There were only a few dozen people every night, but it seemed like there were dozens of people they could never finish killing!
People kept covering their faces to join them!
The relationship between life is the bloody relationship between killing and being killed. If you want to live, you must learn to kill other people!
Humans, orcs, trolls, elves, dwarves, dwarfs... they just look different, but they all want to kill people!"
Li De finally understood why Ravenholdt formed the Assassin's League. He was just a noble with some private soldiers and a castle. Resisting foreign enemies had made him physically and mentally exhausted. How could he withstand this growing evil?!
Perhaps seeing all this made him lose hope in politics, race and faith. From then on, his only belief was killing!
No matter what race or origin, joining the Assassin League is the same as killing everyone, killing everyone they think deserves to be killed!
"In such a big city of Alterac, is there no one except you who cares about this matter? Are the other nobles indifferent and condone them to do evil like this?"
What Li De asked instantly made Ravenholdt extremely excited.
"Don't mention any nobles to me! After thousands of years of weakness, the roots of this country have long been rotten! How many nobles followed Perenold and became slaves of the country's subjugation?!
Barov ran fast and hid in the castle of Keldaron long ago! Faculest also found a new master for himself, spent a lot of money, and lived in Stromgarde! This country is now
, what other nobles?
We found the red masks of these murderers in Faculest's house! Facurest is the earliest syndicate!
Do you still think there is hope for this country now? When everyone in this country becomes bandits, Alterac will truly be destroyed.
I also have a manor in the mountains in the south, which can be used as a retreat. What about them? They are just a group of people waiting to be slaughtered or murderers."
Ravenholdt has lost hope in his country. In the beginning, perhaps as a nobleman, his simple sense of responsibility and shame made him make the last effort, but now he has almost lost even these.
Li De finally couldn't bear it anymore and pulled out the counterattacker Sansas from the magic package.
"Pumillo! Jason! Follow me into the city!"
Standing on the tower, looking at Li De riding into the city, Ravenholdt's expression changed, and he didn't know what he was thinking at this time.
Perhaps he was envious of the fact that Li De still had the fire in his heart? Perhaps he concluded that Li De was just trying in vain?
Even he, the Duke of Alterac, was just doing his last duty to provide comfort. What could Li De, an outsider, change?
"Any thieves wearing masks will be killed without mercy!"
Atop the golden-maned horse in the morning glow, Li De cut a thief into two pieces with one sword, snatched the thief's torch and said coldly.
Pumillo and Jason obeyed the order, and had already taken out their long knives from the package, chasing the thieves who were killing people and setting fires everywhere and slashed at them.
At this time, Li De turned to look at the mother and daughter sitting on the ground, hugging each other and shivering.
"You guys quickly find a safe place to hide and run towards the castle in the north of the city."
After saying this, he didn't care whether the mother and daughter understood. They knocked the horse's belly with both feet and killed the thieves in the distance.
What great abilities can a thief who only dares to mask himself and cause chaos at night have? Almost no thief can block Li De's sword.
Many thieves have become accustomed to Ravenholdt's soldiers expelling them. They only despise those incompetent soldiers, which makes them become more and more rampant. Even if they saw the soldiers coming today, they had no intention of leaving immediately.
It was precisely because of this arrogance that ten thieves died under Li De's sword in the blink of an eye!
Finally, the frightened thieves began to run away, but how could their legs outrun the golden-maned horse worth ten thousand dollars? Soon another dozen thieves were caught up and killed by Li De.
The thieves quickly left behind the people and objects they had robbed, and each looked for ways to survive.
At this time, the professional thieves showed their advantages. Although their slender bodies could not block the swords of the heroic warriors, they were even more invisible at night. In an instant, there were many discarded torches on the ground, and their
The owners all disappeared into the shadows!
Although he could not catch the thieves who escaped invisibly, Li De did not intend to let the matter end in such an anticlimactic manner. He hung the giant sword behind the saddle, held the torch high in one hand, and reined in the neighing reins with the other hand, allowing Zhaoxia to rise up with strength.
"I have captured Orgrim and the Grand Duke of the Vast Sea, Lid Victory, alive. From now on, anyone who dares to commit arson in Alterac will be shot to death!"
And as Li De shouted, the thieves in the shadows and the civilians who survived the disaster were shocked to see a red dragon spitting flames soaring over the northwest horizon of the night sky!