After cleaning up the city wall, the Thorn Mercenary Group immediately surrounded the City Lord's Mansion and killed all the last resisters. They surrounded the Izayu family's living area in the City Lord's Mansion and set it on fire. The crackling sound of burning was mixed with screams.
, people bathed in fire kept rushing out of the burning house, and were brutally kicked back into the fire.
Aranza was trying to annihilate the blood of his army, at least, before being designated as an enemy group. Then, Carew led a team of twenty people to the western suburbs of Noland City, where there is a piece of land that is Yi
The headquarters of the Zeyou family.
The seeds of hatred have been planted, and it is necessary to eradicate them. Aranza watched Carew lead his team out of the city, the corner of his mouth slightly raised, even if there are missing seeds that have taken root, sprouted, and grown into a big tree, if he really encounters it, he will chop it down with an axe.
that is.
Counting the knight camp captured yesterday, after this battle, the Thorn Mercenary Group collected a total of nearly 150 prisoners. Among them was a mage from the Izayu family. These people eventually chose to surrender, and Aranza sent his
The army was broken up and incorporated into the ranks of these people to reorganize an army of two hundred people, making them the Norland City defense force again, but their allegiance would be to Kim Gates.
The Thorns Mercenary Group dispatched Alice and the Bear in this battle. Everyone can't stop it. News of the battle will surely spread to the surrounding areas very quickly, and people who are interested will definitely be able to guess, whether they are imitating or recreating these Alices.
The War Bear is very likely to be a magical war machine in history. However, Aranza and others are not worried. In order for the rumor to be confirmed, enough events are needed. For this kind of rumor that is extremely threatening but seems incredible, most people are
is negative.
On the second day, Kim Gates took the local nobles, took various carriages, and returned to Noland City talking and laughing. The battle only affected the city wall and the city lord's palace. The nobles were very disappointed with the result.
Satisfied. Aranza pretended to take out the task sheet and asked Kim Gates to sign it. Fatty also pretended to get the task sheet and signed his name.
This is a procedure that everyone knows well, but it must be done. And it must be done successfully. At least for now, in the eyes of the local aristocracy, Kim Gates is an ambitious tycoon who buys up the local area as soon as he appears.
The auction house, in order to enter the aristocratic circle, after officially receiving the title of baron conferred by the city lord - this title is only an honorary title, and only the Izawa family recognizes its authority - but this is not important, no one now
I would deny that Kim Gates is a noble. The difference between nobles and commoners is that when Kim Gates captured the city of Norland, the voice he received was in favor, not against.
Afterwards, Aranza took Cyril and Dolores and left the city of Norland and returned to Alice Fortress. Carew and Effie still stayed here. On the one hand, they assisted Kim Gates to consolidate his position as the city lord.
Suppress the newly formed army.
Noland City will become the logistics place for Alice Fortress. In the days to come, a large amount of combat preparation materials will appear from Jexi's ring and be transported from Alice Fortress to Noland City. They need to rebuild the city wall and update the crossbows here.
Cannons were fired, and recruitment orders began to be distributed in the city. Those who signed up, as long as they were in good health, could join the city defense army, and only outstanding warriors would be selected into the Thorn Mercenary Group.
Aranza's army expansion plan is very simple. The main force must be war magic machines. Their drivers will be selected from the secondary armies, and the secondary armies will be recruited and trained directly in the vassal cities. In this way, a large number of armies will be formed.
Stationed outside, the defense of Alice Fortress appears weak. However, except for the core of the Thorn Mercenary Group, the power stored in it, the rest, even the pilot of the war magic machine, does not know how big this power is.
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The bright moon slowly dissipated in the night sky and returned to nothingness. After an unknown period of time, the sky gradually became brighter and the two suns rose from their respective starting points.
Aranza wiped the sweat from his forehead and put away the sword in his hand. Ever since the battle with the red-blooded earth dragon on this hill, he liked practicing his sword here more and more.
"Aranza!" Dolores's voice sounded, and the prairie elf nimbly climbed up the stone, came to Aranza, stuck out her tongue at him, and said, "Someone is here and wants to see you."
Hearing this, Aranza was slightly surprised. She wondered if it was Old Follett who came here, so she asked, "Well, is it the housekeeper we had at Black Chain Castle?"
Dolores rolled her eyes pretending to think, smiled, and said, "You'll know when you go over and take a look."
Full of doubts, Aranza followed Dolores down the mountain and returned to the fortress. She met this visitor in the reception room of the main building of the fortress.
Aranza knew who was coming before she even opened the door to the living room. He opened the door easily, sat down on the sofa, threw his feet on the table, and made a dull sound with his leather riding boots hitting the solid wood table. Aranza
Instead of looking at the visitor on the opposite side, he held up the "tear" flatly, quietly admiring its texture, and waited for the visitor to speak.
The person who came was a boy of about sixteen years old, with an ordinary appearance. No, everything about him looked so ordinary, with some messy hair and patched clothes. No matter where he stood, he would not attract attention.
Of course, when he sat in this magnificent conference room, he was particularly eye-catching, or abrupt. He sat nervously, staring at Aranza with a complex expression, and his dry lips moved, but he did not speak.
Two people of similar age sat quietly like this, but their auras were completely different. Aranza looked more mature, while this young man seemed to be a child who made mistakes.
After a long time, he finally couldn't help it, and suddenly stood up, shouting and saying: "You know who I am! You know what I am doing here! Why don't you speak?"
Aranza put the big sword on the table first and asked: "Well, are you...?"
Aranza's words caused Dolores behind her to burst into laughter, which made the boy opposite blush. But he still slapped his hands on the table hard and said, "My name is Locke! I'm from Beifong Town.
Locke!”
"Well, okay, I understand, your name is Locke, what are you doing here," Aranza smiled, "By the way, my name is Aranza, um... Aranza Tulip."
Aranza's words finally aroused Locke's anger. He opened his red eyes wide, with some tears echoing in them. He almost shouted: "You killed my father!"
Seeing this, Aranza sighed, straightened up, waved his hand for Locke to sit down, and said: "Well, Locke, it is a good thing to be forgotten by the enemy. For normal revenge, you should sneak into my army and fight with me.
Then gain my trust, sneak around me, and kill me."
As if to amuse Dolores, Aranza continued to tease: "Then, you pierced my heart with a sword. Well, when I was about to die, you asked me, 'Do you remember who I am?' I definitely didn't
You know, and then you say 'I am your enemy', you see, how good it is."
Sure enough, Dolores was so amused by Aranza that the longer she followed Aranza, the less deliberate elegance she had and returned to her frank look.
But Aranza's words made Locke's face turn pale, and he retorted: "But you said you asked me to come to you!"
Aranza put on a look of contempt and said, "Well, do you just do what your enemies say?"
Locke's face darkened, and he sat slumped on the sofa, saying nothing.
Aranza stopped irritating Locke, picked up the sword on the table, stood up, and was about to leave, saying: "After being teased by the enemy for a few words, it turned into this. Your father really gave birth to an incompetent son."
His words suddenly woke up Locke. So when Aranza walked past him, he immediately changed into the way he had planned before, and carefully drew his left hand to his waist, where the dagger was.
Aranza naturally noticed it, turned around and smiled, saying: "If you want to take revenge, you should be smarter. This trick won't work for me."
Locke's expression remained unchanged and he said, "Next time!"
Aranza smiled and shook her head, and asked Dolores to take Locke to see Jessie and ask Jessie to arrange a position for him. Of course Aranza remembered what Aranza said when he was in Beifong Town. He said he wanted Locke to follow him.
Then, one day Locke feels that he is strong enough, and he can extend his revenge to Aranza.
Things are progressing like this, and Aranza doesn't know what will happen in the future. This is just a promise he made on a whim.