Vlad glanced at Gaia Oster, who was already dead on the ground. At this time, the blood had spread to the soles of his feet. He unconsciously took a step back to avoid staining his shoes with blood.
He knew that this day would come sooner or later. Sooner or later, his shoes would be stained with blood, his hands would be stained with blood, and his road would be stained with blood from time to time, but he still hoped that this day would come as late as possible.
good.
Recalling the madness of Gaia Oster, Vlad thought that he was almost a step away from the west gate outside the city. Fortunately, he did not choose to enter the city alone. If he entered the city at that time, he would probably not be able to escape Gaia Oster's attack.
murder.
One move missed and he was killed by the sword. At this moment, Vlad knew that maybe he was playing a life-and-death game.
And he passed the first level, so he survived, but Gaia Oster didn't, so he died.
Vlad couldn't figure out why Gaia Oster wanted to kill him. Who would benefit from his death? The nobles behind him? The brothers and sisters competing for the throne...
Since he was doomed to fail, why did Gaia Oster assassinate him in public, in order to cause chaos and instigate a rebellion among the city guards? Or did she feel that she could not escape the disaster, so she just went crazy...
Vlad thought for a while and then shook his head. For him, this was not the most important thing. The most important thing for him was to secure his position as lord.
...
When the officers and soldiers of the city guard heard that they could get promotions if they heard about the assassins and captured them, some of them were unmoved, while others felt hot in their hearts.
It may not be easy to capture the assassin. Gaia Oster, the lieutenant guarding the west gate, and the others know a lot about him.
Those who can be related to Gaia Oster are far more than just the old commander Illyrio, but also his direct commanders, even his colleagues, and of course the officers who conspired with him to assassinate His Highness.
Starting from these people, if you find some clues, you might be able to kill a few of them. When the time comes, the positions will be vacant, and promotion and wealth will be inevitable.
Vlad has no intention of uniting the City Guards. Judging from the unruly behavior of the City Guards, unity will definitely be detrimental to him, because these people are likely to cause trouble for him. If he wants to interfere with the City Guards, it will become
Extremely difficult.
If the officers of the city guard are fighting among themselves, he can take the opportunity to find out those rebels with evil intentions, and at the same time slowly gain control of part of the power of the city guard. That would be the best.
Therefore, the City Guards must not be allowed to work together as one, and the City Guards must not be used by those who are interested. Although the City Guards may fall into internal strife, political unity is the basis for progress, and he has no choice!
...
Hero City, inside the Hackron Family Manor.
The candlelight flickered, and on the black wooden table, the red wine in the tall glass glowed with circles of blood-like red, staining the black wooden table red, making the originally black table even darker.
Three nobles in formal attire sat on the sofa, gathered around each other. On the black wooden table was a piece of paper that had just been opened and had turned yellow.
There are two clear words "Failure" on the note.
In the flickering firelight, an uncertain face was reflected, with one side clear and the other dark.
One of them was lying on his back on the red sofa, his snow-white fingers tapping the armrest rhythmically. He was Viscount Louis Hackron, hereditary viscount of the Empire, and the patriarch of the Vampire Family, one of the four major families in Methos Province.
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He bared his teeth, and suddenly two sharp fangs came out of the darkness, making people horrified. At this time, a hoarse voice sounded.
"It failed. It seems that His Highness is far more powerful than we thought."
The other two people looked at each other. One of them had golden curly hair, was extremely fat, and had two neatly trimmed mustaches on his face. His name was Sepeian Bodia, a hereditary baron of the empire.
The other man was wrapped in a black robe, his head huddled in the hood, and his face could not be seen. Only his dry and thin skull could be vaguely seen.
His forehead was extremely protruding, and his lower jaw was so retracted that his head looked like a cobra ready to attack others. People called him Greyjoy Kelso.
Sepeian Bodia touched the mustache at the corner of his mouth and said, "Now we must deal with the beginning and the end as soon as possible, and we can't be involved."
The hoarse voice sounded again, "Don't worry, this matter is all due to the stupid little nobles trying to be clever. I'm afraid those little nobles will bite people in order to survive?"
Sepeian Bodia sneered, "They can't bite us. We just handed them a knife secretly. They don't know that the knife has a mind. They will only bite the incoming governor Albert Sterling."
"Haha, the Sterling family always likes to be self-righteous. They don't forget about political speculation before leaving. The stupid little nobles are easily instigated by him."
Sepeian Bodia shook his head and said, "Everyone may not know Albert Sterling's plan. Now that he knows that His Highness will definitely fail in the fight for the throne of the empire, the crazy and greedy hyena can't wait to show his bravery, hoping that
It is natural to receive more rewards from the master."
"It's just that we all underestimated His Highness the Prince. We didn't expect that the dwarf would surrender to him. He himself could seriously injure a shadow demon of a four-star demon fighter. In the end, he was wise enough not to go into the city alone!" Louis Hackron shook his head.
With a wry smile, you must know that as long as any one condition is missing, Vlad will die.
Sepeian Bodia smiled and shrugged, "He just got lucky. Who doesn't have good luck?"
Louis Harkeron nodded in agreement. He turned to Greyjoy Cassel and said, "There is one more troublesome thing. One of your Scarlet Moon Religion's assassins has been caught."
Greyjoy Kelso, hidden in the hood, finally said, "She will not be a hidden danger!"
...
For Sidex of the Blacksmith Shop, Hero City has become uneasy since the rumors of the assassination of His Highness the Prince shocked the City of Heroes. Of course, this was for the nobles and gangsters who conspired to assassinate His Highness.
Many nobles were arrested in Hero City. Those nobles who used to be superior were scared to death. Of course, there were some who stubbornly resisted, but they could not escape the arrest of the city guards.
Some people were imprisoned, and some nobles who committed the most heinous crimes were even hanged in public.
The noble men were hanged one by one. At first, Sidex thought it was a novelty. He would go to the execution ground to watch the strangeness from a distance like ordinary people in the city. Later, he gradually became accustomed to it.
In the view of blacksmith Sidex, the newly appointed lord, His Highness the Sixth Prince, is by no means the good gentleman as rumored, and these noble gentlemen are much more courageous than they imagined. They dared to collude with the assassins of the Scarlet Moon Sect to assassinate His Highness.
In addition, another big change in Hero City is that the patrol team who were close friends with the gangsters suddenly turned against them and began to dispatch large numbers of gangsters throughout the city to arrest the gangsters in the city.
Sidex began to worry that the Hero City would continue to be in chaos. Apart from the increased patrol intensity and the addition of many new faces, it had almost no impact on him.
If there is an impact, the "mad dogs" who collect monthly protection fees have been caught.
It is said that they were arranged to work by His Majesty the Wise Prince...reformed through labor. What is reformed through labor? Sidex couldn't figure it out.
Occasionally, he heard his son Donald read the Mesothe newspaper, and he knew that His Royal Highness wanted to transform these gangsters into new people with ideals, morality, culture, and discipline.
Sidex was puzzled and almost lost all his hair. Why could a person like "Mad Dog" be transformed? And transformed into a new person?
He felt that His Highness the Prince was naive and did not understand the evil and madness of people like Mad Dog.
"Mad Dog" is the little leader of the Brotherhood and the tyrant of Kanatsbo Street. Everyone is afraid of him. Compared with other gang members, he is relatively well-behaved, but if he cannot pay the protection fee on time, then he will
Completely turned into a mad dog.
Many people died in his hands, but he believed that these people deserved to die. He always used the sentences in the church's holy scriptures as his mantra, "Either resist or perish."
For those who have perished, he feels that he has the right to judge their life and death. For those who resist, he feels that he has the right to suppress them.
Since there are less gangsters, the security in Hero City has gradually improved. Sidex feels that the burden on his body has been lightened a lot. He can concentrate on making sharper weapons and more practical tools. He can rest assured that his children
Interact with the children of your neighbors without having to worry that one day the whole family will disappear inexplicably because the neighbors cannot afford the protection fee.
He no longer has to worry about being troubled by others, or the "mad dog" who collects monthly protection fees will come to his door in the middle of the night.
Sidex felt that his whole body was full of energy, and even the hammer he swung on the iron billet was particularly powerful.