Chapter 44: When the war comes, we must maintain stability
The townspeople of Ironwood Town have been very restless recently.
There is no other reason. Explosions and howls of monsters are always heard from the mountains near the town, and sometimes a few screams that sound like human beings can be heard.
The elderly and nobles who knew a little bit about the current situation in the magical world were not worried about this uneasy state, but the more ordinary townspeople and gentry couldn't handle it.
"Are you leaving?"
"I'm going to go to my aunt's place in Xilin Town. It's too scary here."
A middle-aged gentleman who packed two large boxes stopped the aunt who was passing by. His expression was panicked and his tone was urgent, as if he was being chased by something.
"...Am I familiar with you? Ask me if I can leave."
The aunt shook off the middle-aged gentleman's arm, rolled her eyes and continued walking towards the path in front of her.
"Damn it, you don't know, that's a precursor to the outbreak of a plane war."
"If you don't leave, you might be captured and used as a slave soldier!"
"Hateful, hateful, it's too dangerous to go without anyone..."
"I don't want to go with those young people. If they see their wealth and rebel, my wealth will be..."
The middle-aged gentleman is dressed quite seriously, with a tuxedo and a red tie and a bowler hat. He looks like a manor owner.
"Hey, uncle, how are you? Do you need the protection of our little mercenary group?"
As if they had been standing nearby to watch the excitement early in the morning, several young men with big swords looked at the middle-aged gentleman teasingly.
"I, I'll look for it again..."
Not wanting to be eaten to death, the middle-aged gentleman continued to pick up people on the street with sweat on his face.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way. You are the one spreading rumors about a plane war, right?"
"We are now arresting you on behalf of the mayor of Ironwood Town. From now on, your property will be confiscated!"
Just when a few young mercenaries were watching the excitement and the middle-aged gentleman was getting anxious, several guards in guard uniforms came over.
They pushed away the young mercenary behind them, and then the two of them grabbed the middle-aged gentleman forward, while the remaining four or five stared at the big box on the ground with greedy faces.
"No, you can't, I'm a gentleman! I have immunity!"
The middle-aged gentleman did not expect to be treated like this suddenly, and his whole body became paralyzed. He was already extremely anxious, and now he was even more panicked.
"Hey, it's not up to you."
"It's the mayor's order. What is this called, yes, maintaining stability!!"
The guards laughed and looked at the gentry who was sweating profusely and still wanted to pee. They felt inexplicably happy in their hearts. They joked and said the mayor's order to maintain stability! It was great once they heard it. Every time a war came,
We all need to maintain our stability, not to mention how happy we are.
"Wait, wait, little mercenary, brothers, hurry up, help me out of trouble, I, I will give you all my wealth!"
Seeing that he was about to be taken away, the middle-aged gentleman jumped up and started shouting, causing the two mercenaries who were chaining him to stagger.
"Uncle, is this what you said!?"
The group of mercenaries were still watching the fun, but when they suddenly heard the uncle's shouts, their faces suddenly became serious, and they each drew their weapons.
"What do you want to do! What do you want to do!"
"Still want to go against the town guard?"
"We are authorized by the mayor!"
The guards were not easy to deal with either. When they saw a few young mercenaries showing signs of taking action, they immediately set up their positions and shouted what they thought was justice.
"Haha, little mercenaries, what do you think the slogan of our walking mercenary world is?!"
"Be a hero and do justice!"
"hoe the strong and help the weak!"
"Robbing homes and homes..."
"Bah, you are stupid, that is robbing the rich and giving to the poor!"
"To clarify again, remember, our slogan is, money rather than life!"
"Brothers, come on!"
All the words are not enough to describe the slogans of the little mercenaries before the war. Fortunately, the leader of the little mercenary group holding a blue sword has his own purpose.
After he shouted that he wanted money rather than his life, the dozen or so young mercenaries behind him actually rushed towards the formation of the town guards in a circle.
"Damn it! These bastards are not afraid of death."
Unexpectedly, these mercenaries would really dare to use their swords, so the guard captain could only parry hastily and then retreated.
"Quick, call for backup."
The guards, who were slightly smaller in number, were able to fight with the mercenaries because of their defensive formation. However, if this continued, within ten minutes some people would be exhausted, resulting in gaps in the formation.
There was no stopping it at that time. Casualties were not what the captain of the guard wanted to see.
After all, I came here to ask for money, and no one wanted to risk their lives for it.
"Tsk, tsk, look, this is a Muggle."
Just as the guard captain commanded several smart guards to run to call for support, and the young mercenaries were bravely cutting down the guard formation, a plain white figure appeared on the roof not far away with something in his palm.
"food!"
The plain white figure didn't pay any attention to the black glaze object that was speaking. It shook the tentacles on its head and shouted out brief words or commands again.
"It really doesn't make sense with ants."
This figure is here to find the plain white robe, which is plentiful, delicious and easy to find monsters. What he is holding is Ivan the Black Iron Ant, who after getting along with him for a period of time, has his own way of giving orders.
"Okay, okay, I'll go find the mayor right now."
The plain white robe flew up with a slight stomp of his feet, turned into green light and flew away again, heading towards the direction where the guards were calling for reinforcements just now. He came here to ask for some directly from the mayor.
Domestic monsters, especially the ironpecker that is the most common in Ironwood Town.
A fool among low-level monsters, a magical life among ordinary creatures.
Twenty or thirty ironpeckers can be found in every ironwood forest. I don't know how they became proliferated, but they don't attack humans very much.
It is a relatively expensive and affordable delicacy on the tables of the nobles.
"Um?"
The moment the green light flew away, the eyes of the young mercenary captain who casually chopped open an unsteady guard suddenly flashed. After a slight hum, he put away his blind eyes and faced the guard in front of him again.
The battle broke out.
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Five minutes later.
The largest building in Ironwood Town, inside a green castle.
"I will definitely do it. I will definitely carry out the Master Magician's instructions."
"It's not that it's done well, it's that you can do it for me immediately."
"Ah! That's good! I'll do it now."
The fat mayor stood in front of his plain white robe with a bow and a bow. His groveling look made the ants turn their heads.
"Look, even our divine envoys look down upon you."
"Go and do things quickly!"
I didn't expect the ant to behave in such a humane way. I was surprised and scolded the mayor in plain white robes.
"God's envoy? Ah, yes, yes..."
The mayor was puzzled by the magician's naming of the summoned beast, but he couldn't help feeling relieved that he could leave this situation.