After Flame Ax decided to extort wealth through kidnapping, he immediately commanded his men to take action.
On the one hand, considering that his own manpower had been operating around the Sword Bay, so he adopted the policy of elite soldiers, which resulted in a shortage of manpower. He began to command his bandit group to attack the surrounding bandit groups on a large scale, and through this fire merger, he
Gather enough people yourself.
On the other hand, he began to find reliable people to forge a large number of fake maps, and put them into the urban area of Sword Bay through various channels at his disposal to attract some wealthy people.
In order to confuse others as much as possible, Flame Ax also disguised part of his wealth as treasure and put it into this cave. Then he let a randomly selected adventure team find it.
In this case, even if other people find something wrong with the map, they will think that this may be the so-called adventure location that some people sell specifically for rich people, and will not think of other places.
The only disadvantage of doing this is that it will completely expose their previous spies and hidden lines in the city and various places.
However, considering that these gangsters are basically self-absorbed beings, and that Flame Ax will run away directly after finishing this operation, there is nothing wrong with treating these spies as disposable items.
But what the other party didn't expect was that so many things they set up failed in the end.
The reason for the failure was that Lawrence discovered this incident when he took Saphiel to visit the underground supernatural market. As a result, he wanted to have some fun for himself, but unexpectedly he followed the clues and involved such a long list of things.
And what happened next was what Lawrence knew. The Flame Ax did successfully gather the group of wealthy people, but was then completely destroyed by the men led by Lawrence.
Moreover, he was ambushed by Lawrence and others when he was ambushing the defenders in the valley from behind as planned and lost his life.
"So we are very lucky - of course, thanks to your help." After the interrogation, Viscount Surrey walked to Lawrence and gave a standard noble bow.
"I can't imagine what we would encounter next without your help -"
"Yes, but we just got lucky this time. If my fiancée and I hadn't been bored sitting around here, we wouldn't have been pursuing this matter to investigate."
Lawrence shrugged and said, "So I think this may be because everyone is really lucky. Otherwise, there will definitely be big news this time."
Just like in the movie, the reinforcements always appear when everything is over, and this time is no exception.
When a mixed garrison and police team from the Sword Bay city arrived, Lawrence and the others had already started cooking the lunch that had been delayed due to the gangster invasion.
This kind of attack is a complete nightmare for the security department of Sword Cove City, because a very important source of wealth in this city comes from the vacation expenses of those wealthy people.
For these people, safety is very important. But what happened today can be said to have seriously affected the reputation of this region.
At the beginning, the guy who led the team wanted to find fault with the reinforcements brought by Lawrence. After all, it was inappropriate to have organized armed forces that were not owned by the country on federal territory.
Fortunately, the troops brought by Lawrence came here under the pretext of participating in a civilized expedition. At the same time, as a foreign nobleman, Lawrence himself had the right to have his own guard on federal land. So the other party did not
I can take this opportunity to challenge him.
The reason why this person started throwing blame as soon as they met is also very simple, because this incident can be said to be one of the most serious accidents that has occurred since Sword Cove City became an important tourist attraction.
So for those of them who are responsible for the security of the city, this incident can be regarded as a disaster. This is true for both the city and the people present.
Therefore, after realizing how bad this incident was, the people in charge subconsciously wanted to shift the responsibility to others, or at least part of it.
For example, the trouble with the reinforcements brought by Lawrence was part of their subconscious plan to shirk responsibility. Unfortunately, this plan was directly interrupted by Lawrence.
This resulted in the subsequent process of taking confessions and receiving prisoners. The commanders of the reinforcements who came from the Sword Bay area all looked very ugly.
This was especially true for those who seemed to be in charge of the police and security. They looked as if they had aged more than ten years all of a sudden.
"The reason why they came here to look for trouble this time is also very simple." Viscount Surrey came to Lawrence and whispered.
"Because if I remember correctly, this attempted crime is probably the worst and rarest case that this region has encountered in the past century. Therefore, as the people directly responsible for urban security, these commanders now have a high probability
You will be demoted or dismissed."
"They do have some responsibilities." Lawrence also said quietly.
"Anyway, when those gangsters sold so many maps with different roads but the same goal in a short period of time, they should have been aware of the problems inside. Instead of rushing in and trying to make up for it after something happened.
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No matter what these belated reinforcements thought, they still couldn't find anything to exonerate themselves in the end. So they could only finish taking notes and left with the group of service group prisoners dejectedly.
After they left, Lawrence and the others immediately continued the interrupted lunch.
This lunch took two hours to eat. On the one hand, the battle just now did consume too much energy for everyone, so I wanted to eat something to make up for it.
On the other hand, many people feel that they have just escaped death, so they are eager to vent their anger through this kind of dinner.
Of course, the content of this meal is not rich, or it does not meet the consumption standards of nobles at all. Because many things were destroyed or consumed in the battle just now.
Fortunately, among the equipment distributed to the soldiers, Lawrence also carried about three days' worth of emergency dry food with him in addition to weapons and ammunition, so he was just able to hold a lively lunch party.
"This is one of the simplest meals I have ever eaten since I was born." The Viscount of Surrey walked to Lawrence and said as he nibbled on the piece of capybara meat that had just been cooked in the cauldron on the plate.
"But this meal is also one of the happiest meals I have ever had in my life. The last time I felt so happy was the dinner after I discovered minerals on my territory five years ago."
"It's normal. After people have experienced life and death, they often have new feelings about some common things in our daily lives." Lawrence said after taking a sip of the black tea in the cup.
"Especially after something like this happened where I thought I was going to die, but in the end I succeeded in surviving."
After chatting with the Viscount who had just fought side by side for a while, more people gathered around Lawrence and the others. After recovering from the shock, the rescued businessmen and nobles quickly gathered around and approached them.
Lawrence and the others say hello.
Because based on their experience, they soon realized that through the incident just now, there was another special connection between everyone. And this connection may bring them something unexpected in the future.
So during the rest of the banquet, everyone quickly got in touch with each other through this incident. Perhaps because everyone had similar identities, the content of the chat quickly began to move in the direction of various transactions and cooperation.