Duro stared at Tomdin: "Do you know this will aggravate your crime?"
"Collaboration, espionage, and bribery!"
What?
Tomdin's face turned pale and he was completely at a loss.
The confused Thales looked at Douro's face and suddenly remembered the time when he was begging in the Lower City a long time ago.
Vigilance officers and security teams are generally too lazy to patrol the dirty and messy lower city, but Thales has had many experiences of going to the West City Gate to beg.
There, where green skins are everywhere, a set of rules that are completely different from those in the underground streets are enforced.
When facing people on the underworld, you can just give the coins away, but when facing the slippery and nimble green-skinned people at the feet of the royal capital...
Thales couldn't help but sigh as he looked at the horrified Tomdin and others who didn't know what was happening.
The young man took a step forward.
"We understand, sir," Thales forced a smile and attracted everyone's attention: "But please believe me, we are all legal businessmen and left the Blade Tooth Camp before the blockade order was issued.
All I carry are daily commercial goods that comply with regulations."
The superpower captain's eyes narrowed slightly.
"Unfortunately, our caravan encountered orcs on the way. All our goods were plundered, and we also lost a lot of manpower. Only fifteen camels were left, and we escaped with a narrow escape." Thales shook his head in despair.
road.
Hearing this, the prisoners had strange expressions, and Captain Douluo's expression darkened.
"I'm sorry to hear this," he sighed sadly: "It should be our obligation and responsibility to ensure your lives and interests in the desert, but we are busy encircling and suppressing the orcs, but we have left you covered in dust.
Hands of thieves, this is our dereliction of duty."
Thales keenly noticed that Douro's Western Wilderness accent disappeared a lot in an instant.
"Tiansha's sand bandit..."
Douluo frowned slightly and motioned for him to continue.
Thales understood immediately.
"Yes!"
He quickly corrected: "We were robbed by a group of sand thieves, and all the goods were missing afterwards. But we were lucky. Within a few days of escaping, we met Lord Douro and you led the army to encircle and suppress the desert orcs.
That scene was really shocking!”
Douluo's expression slowly softened.
The prisoners looked at each other with strange expressions.
"It was you, Captain Douro, the glorious Stardust Guards, who saved us on the chaotic battlefield," Thales looked at him gratefully: "You also gave us enough assistance when we were desperate and resource-poor.
We who lost everything can return home."
Thales emphasized "losing everything".
Douluo sighed slightly.
"Oh, no, young man," the team leader said with a humble face, patting his shoulder and speaking in a kind and gentle tone: "It's nothing to lose the goods, as long as you are safe...and don't you still have 'ten' camels left?
?”
Duro emphasized the "ten heads".
Tomdin covered his face in pain.
"As for thanking...this is what we should do. The reason why the army exists is to protect the people, whether it is your property or your lives."
Thales' face stiffened.
But he forced out a few tears in time, turning this awkward stiffness into choked with emotion: "Yes, at least we still have 'ten' camels left. As for your kindness, captain, we...we are grateful in our hearts."
…”
Behind Duro, the female knight nicknamed "Spirit Blade" almost had her eyes popping out of her head.
Thales continued to choke with sobs: "This is our only consolation after losing the goods. Master Tomdin proposed to pay you a thank you money, but you refused to agree, which made us very sad."
In the freak team, Snake Hand burst out laughing.
Douro glared at him angrily.
Snake Hand immediately stood up obediently.
Only then did Douluo turn around with satisfaction and coughed: "I understand what you are thinking, but we have principles. Forgive me, I really can't accept it."
Kuaisheng rolled his eyes in an invisible corner.
The freak boss looked at Thales with relief: "Very good, it seems you really understand things, young man."
"May I have your name?"
Thales' face froze: "Saka."
Dean raised his eyebrows when he heard the name.
Douro took him into his arms and laughed loudly: "Very good, Saka!"
"Tondy, if I were you, when this young and promising young man grows up, I will promote him to deputy!"
His Western Wasteland accent is back.
Tomdin forced out a smile that was uglier than crying.
"With people like you, with good people like you who support the kingdom and the army," Duro sighed and shook Thales, who was smiling a little stiffly: "How can our soldiers not be brave and good at fighting?
Not moving forward bravely? It is the lovely people of the stars like you who we risk our lives to protect!"
"Seeing that the current situation of the Kingdom of Stars is so prosperous," Thales sighed and said sincerely, "I am also very excited."
The superpower nodded: "So, do you know how to tell other people in the camp after you go back?"
Thales sighed: "Of course, when we were in danger in the desert and lost our goods, we were lucky enough to meet Lord Douro of the Stardust Guards. He is a very good man, dedicated to his duties, and kind and kind."
Douluo nodded slightly.
"You know, I am a peace-loving person," Douro's face turned cold instantly, his eyes were like knives, and he scanned every prisoner: "But if you encounter those collaborators, spies and smuggling spies who intend to destroy peace, please be sure to inform us.
, believe me, even if we travel across the desert, we will catch them all and create a safe and prosperous trade route for you!"
The prisoners felt a chill in their hearts and nodded quickly like pounding garlic.
"Great," Douro said with satisfaction, "In this way, you can go home safely, and we have completed our bounden duty of protecting our country."
"I am really pleased that the soldiers on the front line and the civilians at the rear understand each other, and the Yushui family... How can the Star Kingdom not be strong, how can it not rise, how can it not be revived?"
Thales only felt that his smile was a little sour.
"Tangdy, if I were you, I would definitely marry my daughter to him. Really, if I had a daughter..." Duro finally patted his shoulder, looked at the goods around him, and said with emotion: "I believe it.
I will definitely make a profit from this dowry!"
Thales smiled stiffly.
Finally, Douro waved his hand.
"That's all right. You can collect the necessary luggage and remember, it's necessary. For example, let's go back to the Blade Tooth Camp with ten camels."
"Be careful on the road, but don't worry, in the desert," Duro clenched his fists, smiled and shook his strong arms: "We will always be your strongest backing!"
Tomdin, who instantly lost everything, responded with an ugly smile from Douro.
The merchants and mercenaries turned pale and looked away from their solid backing.
Thales sighed secretly, but finally said nothing.
At this moment.
"etc."
Baron Guz, who had been silent all this time, spoke with anger in his tone: "I've had enough."
Duro looked at the single-winged crow flag behind Baron Guz and frowned: "What?"
"I am a noble," Guz put down his arm and said coldly: "I'm sorry, Captain Douro, but I can't just watch you take away what belongs to them."
The prisoners were immediately surprised.
"you mean?"
Guzi walked up to Duro and looked directly at him: "You, return the goods to them."
"We came out with a mission to sweep the desert, not to make money."
The superpower boss was stunned.
The prisoners were also stunned.
It took Douro a few seconds to figure out the current situation.
"I thought we were very happy working together, Guz," Duro scratched the back of his head: "Listen..."
"No one likes to cooperate with you," Guz said coldly: "Freaks."
The others' expressions darkened.
Douro sighed.
"I know, and I understand, no one wants to suffer in this barren desert during this season, chase and drive away those poor and useless scum, and the rewards they get are pitiful," said the freak who belonged to the Stardust Guards
The captain looked solemnly at the baron opposite: "So please, don't stand in my way when I finally get this opportunity. I just want to get some compensation."
Baron Guz shook his head, his eyes cold.
"None of my people complained about that."
Following his words, the soldiers of the Croma family tightened their expressions and gathered behind the baron.
The freak boss fell silent.
But he did not show weakness, but took a step forward with his waist in his hands, and his right hand just fell on the hilt of the sword.
The thick left arm trembled.
The Stardust Guards, including the Freak Squad, all took a step forward with unkind expressions.
The atmosphere of the scene became tense.
Thales looked at this scene in surprise.
Logically speaking, both of them were ordered to come to clean up the desert and welcome themselves...
But at present, it seems that it may not be a good idea for the two parties to cooperate.
Among the prisoners, Old Hammer looked ugly: "Damn it."
"We're caught in the middle again."
At this moment, Tomdin raised his hand tremblingly.
"Your Excellency Baron, actually you don't have to do it for us..."
But Baron Guz didn't buy it.
"Shut up."
Guzi refused: "This is not for you, businessman."
"It's for justice and fairness."
He looked directly at Douro with a gloomy face: "For the sake of our creed that has been protected for thousands of years."
Douro seemed to have heard the funniest thing in the world.
"Are you sick? Are you still doing this in this age?" Douro opened his mouth and looked at the subordinates behind him.
But Guzi still stared at him with an indifferent expression.
Douro's breathing quickened.
"All right."
"Thirty percent," Douro looked at the pile of goods in the distance and gritted his teeth: "You can take 30% of this batch of goods."
Guz chuckled.
"What," the baron sneered: "You still want to bribe me? Brion Baron Emery, Van Cleef Coutts, who is under the command of the Earl of Wingburg?"
"Forty percent," Douluo clenched his fists: "No more. This batch of goods is not a small amount, and you are just a baron."
Guz shook his head.
"You so-called standing army of the royal family are obviously members of the army, but you just don't understand, right?"
"About why we fight, about what is responsibility and honor."
These words made the atmosphere even more tense.
Duro took a deep breath: "Listen, I know, we let that orc escape today, and you are not happy with the lack of combat merit, but listen, don't cause trouble, there are many big shots watching."
"Trouble? The real troublemakers are people like you," Guz said without flinching: "Count Croma often told me so."
"I say it again, return the goods to them."
Douro stamped his foot violently.
"Half and half!" He pointed at his feet angrily: "This is my bottom line!"
Guz burst into laughter.
"Oh my God, it's unbelievable that you still want to use money to ward off the disaster and make peace with the situation."
Baron Guz lamented: "The king's power is too great. Under his invisible wings, maggots like you will always breed and erode the foundation of the entire kingdom."
"This is the meaning of our existence: the nobles must check and balance the royal power, starting with the domineering army under his command."
Thales looked at them going back and forth, but the conversation didn't have much nutrition or much in common, and he felt it was a bit strange.
Guz... is this vassal of the Croma family still an idealist?
But in the current situation, conflicts broke out between them, which is not very optimistic for the prisoners?
Douro fell silent.
"You are really capable of involving me, Your Excellency Baron."
"But you don't want to fight with us here over this matter," the captain pointed to the sky and whispered: "The people above, whether they are barons or earls, or even... they will not be happy
of."
"You're right," Guz replied coldly, putting his hand on the hilt of his sword: "I think so too."
"Then do you want to make them happy?"
"Freaks?"
Douro's expression changed.
Both groups of men put their hands on their weapons and looked at each other murderously.
"Sixty percent," Duro stared at the opponent fiercely, the weapon in his hand already unsheathed: "If you can't accept it, let's start fighting."
Guz silently looked at his opponent.
After a second, the baron smiled.
"make a deal."
Guz said proudly.
His hand left the hilt of the sword.
What?
The prisoners were all stunned!
make a deal?
The captives who had just watched in surprise as the baron refused the other party's bribes time and time again with a clear sense of justice, and who were worried that Guz's impulsive actions would implicate them, were stunned and speechless.
Even Thales was surprised for a moment.
Douro spat hard on the ground.
"Bah, you're so greedy."
But Guzi just turned around nonchalantly and mounted his horse: "Remember, 60%, my flag officer will confirm with you."
"I'll wait for you in front...please cooperate, Captain Douro."
The next moment, the baron and his men were galloping away.
"These worms!"
Douro looked at the Baron's back with disdain: "Nobles? They are simply vampires lying on the kingdom."
"The stars are destroyed by you."
The prisoners looked at each other, speechless.
"Stop standing here and getting in the way, disappear quickly, and don't cause trouble," Duro, who was in a bad mood, waved to them impatiently: "We are the army of the kingdom, we have to protect you, we are very busy!"
The prisoners turned stiffly and left.
Thales looked at the departing Baron and then at the sulky Douro.
After a few seconds, he let out a long sigh, stopped the steps he was about to take, held back the words he was about to say, and turned around with the others.
No.
Thales shook his head silently.
No.
The sky is getting darker and darker.
In the cold wind, everyone in the caravan walked to their respective camps with mixed emotions, packing up the remaining luggage and remains.
The Stardust Guards watched them strictly to prevent them from taking too many "lost" goods.
But Dante's great swords were in a gloomy state.
"to be honest……"
In the mercenary team, Louisa closed her eyes expressionlessly over Pangka's body and said hoarsely: "I don't think Tomdin will pay us, at least not in full. He has a good reason to shirk it.
They even accuse us in turn.”
"Pangjia, Kanze, Haken... so many battle losses, everyone's compensation..."
Louisa could say no more.
Dante's greatswords fell silent.
The atmosphere became very depressing.
Dean sighed, took off Kanze's big sword from his hand, and pushed the big man into the dug sand pit: "I'll think of a way. Now, let's collect all our things first, and pack them a little bit."
Tips, don't let them stop you."
Mikey punched the sand hard.
"What was that just now?"
The Desolate Skeleton Man glanced at the cavalrymen searching in the distance, unable to conceal his anger: "Those groups..."
Dean shook his head and said nothing.
Thales, on the other hand, sighed.
"welcome……"
He spoke hoarsely, rather listlessly: "Welcome to the Kingdom of Stars."
The prince helped the unhappy Quick Rope, holding up the sand together to bury the shapeless body of the mercenary Haken.