Chapter 367 Darkness

Time came to night.

Outside Storm City, Reg's camp was brightly lit, facing the rows of torches on the city wall. At this time, the city gate opened, and ten soldiers escorted Bree to the outskirts of the military camp. In the main tent, the directors of the association saw Reg with a tired face. Seeing Bree, Reg narrowed his eyes half-closed, and said, "Tell me honestly, did you betray Storm City early on?"

Bree smiled wryly: "Actually, the only one we have abandoned is Sir Maud."

"Why did you do that?"

"Don't Captain Reg know it well? You treat us adventurers like that, do you still expect us to work for you?" Bree sneered, and Xuanji shook his head: "But it's over after all. You saw it too, The city of Sur is no longer what it used to be. The Allen knight in the city now wants me to bring you a message. In order to avoid greater casualties, he hopes that you can surrender. After surrendering, you will still retain your current position .So you see, Captain Reg, you have not lost anything, you just changed the object of your allegiance."

"Sounds good, isn't he afraid that if I surrender today, I will reverse tomorrow?" Reg sneered.

Brihaha laughed: "Believe it or not, that Sir Edward of Sur City, or this Knight of Allen. I have an intuition that what they want is not one city or one place. You think that with their ambition, Will you put this city, or you, in your eyes?"

"According to me, you'd better not have the idea of ​​rebellion. Follow them instead, maybe your future achievements will be far greater than the present. Captain Reg, you only have one chance, so you should think about it carefully." Bree finished. , and wanted to leave the account.

"and many more."

"Why, Captain Reg doesn't want to keep me as a lobbyist?" Bree said half-jokingly.

Reg looked him up and down, and said after a while: "Tell Knight Allen that I can surrender, but I must ensure the safety of me and the soldiers' families."

"Of course."

"Then I won't give it away." After saying these words, Reg waved his hand wearily as if he had grown old in an instant.

When Bree exited the camp, he let the night wind blow and realized that the back of his shirt was already wet with cold sweat. The guard stepped forward to protect him from leaving. After walking out of the camp, Bree said to the person next to him, "Are you sure you can still hand over the army to him?"

The man raised his head, but it was Allen who gathered his striking silver hair in the helmet. He smiled and said, "If Reg surrenders, what do you think people in Storm City will think of him in the future. At that time, even if he doesn't want to be loyal, he has to be loyal, because he has no choice.

If you don't vote for me, who will protect him, and who will continue to give him the current power. And I also need people like him to stabilize the morale of the army, which is called taking what they need. "

Allen patted Bree on the shoulder and said: "The ranger regiment you provided this time is really good, Mr. Bree, we will have many opportunities to cooperate with the Adventurer's Association in the future, I hope you can continue to recruit this kind of experienced soldiers for us." fighter group."

Brie smiled and said: "That's natural, maybe with the honor of Your Excellency Allen, the two old guys Beto and I have a chance to exchange seats at the association headquarters."

Allen laughed, everything was silent.

The next day, Reg brought a small team to the city and said loudly, "Please tell Your Excellency Allen that we are willing to surrender."

This news is undoubtedly a blockbuster, and some interested people who heard the news must have been ashamed. Once even Reg surrendered, Storm City would completely fall into the opponent's hands, and there would be no room for resistance. While these people scolded Reg secretly, they also hurried to see Allen to express their loyalty. To save Alan from taking them under the knife, so this morning, Alan was very busy.

But in the end it all settled.

Allen was also very generous, after Reg expressed his surrender. In the afternoon of the same day, the detained recruits were handed over to Reg. Reg really hesitated for a long time, and finally couldn't figure out Alan's mind, and completely gave up his plan to regret it. As a result, Storm City was completely taken by Allen. According to the rules of the game among the nobles of the empire, it is now under the ownership of the city of Sur and the territory under Edward's jurisdiction, and only one formal document is missing.

Of course, under the circumstances that officials of all sizes in Storm City have already chosen to surrender, this document will not be long before it will be officially handed over to Edward. However, to everyone's surprise, three days later, Sir Edward of Sur City visited Storm City and decided to hand over Storm City to Allen.

As far as an entrusted knight is concerned, such an approach is undoubtedly laying a solid foundation for Allen to be promoted to the Jazz. No city lord would be willing to do this. The sealed knights under the city lord often have to lay down several territories for the city lord before they have a chance to bestow a piece of relatively barren land. Coupled with some military merits, he was able to change to the lowest-ranked baron in the empire.

Baronet is the first title promoted by a knight, and this title cannot be hereditary. Only by making greater contributions to the empire, or occupying more territories of other knights, will he be promoted to baron.

Under such a promotion mechanism, naturally no lord would be willing to cultivate an enemy by himself. So when I heard that Edward decided to let Alan manage Storm City on his behalf, it naturally attracted a lot of discussion. Then someone began to inquire about the origins of these two people. When they learned that Edward was originally just one of Allen's subordinates, the relationship between them was naturally clear at a glance.

After figuring out how Edward became the lord of Sur City step by step, anyone with a little brain can sort out a general context. There is no doubt that among the two, the real master is actually a knight named Allen. He let his subordinates marry the daughter of the former city lord of Sur City, thereby pushing Edward to the position of the city lord.

With Edward as the lord of the city, he has enough power to make the unknown Allen a knight. After conquering Storm City, he was given the post of custodian. Next, as long as the knight Alan has one or two more great achievements, it will be enough to be promoted to a baron. After the quasi-baron, whether it is to integrate the city of Sur or continue to expand its power. In the near future, it is already a predictable fact that a powerful knight will rise in this borderland.

After continuing to dig into the deeds of Allen and others, someone discovered that they had already set up the Lily Chamber of Commerce in Violet Harbor in advance, and even swayed the position of the slave merchant Roger. So in people's eyes, Alan is already a potential new star who is expected to sprint to the Viscount.

In the borderlands, no viscount has ever been born.

So even Alan didn't know that people's attitude towards him was changing quietly. Smart people will not interfere with this irreversible situation, while stupid people leave the stage early. People who can't even see the situation clearly will naturally be eliminated by the times.

On the second night when Edward came to Storm City, Allen was sleeping when he heard gunshots and crying. He sat up, opened the curtains, and the direction of the barracks was brightly lit. He frowned, put on his clothes and came out.

Riding a war horse to the barracks, the camp was surrounded by soldiers. Allen got into the crowd and came to the open space of the military camp, but saw that the camp was already stained red with blood. On the other side, lay nearly a hundred corpses. In it, even women and children are not spared. And Mo Gu's body was also among them.

These people are all figures in the Maud family, and hundreds of people, big and small, are now being punished. Allen's heart sank, and he said in a low voice, "Who will tell me what's going on?"

"I ordered it." Edward walked out from the crowd and said lightly.

"I don't remember asking you to do such a thing." Allen said in a deep voice, "Should I ask my opinion before shooting them?"

Edward smiled nonchalantly and said, "Let's discuss it in private."

In the camp office, Alan looks out the window. Soldiers are carrying away the corpses one by one, and the corpses will be carried outside the city for collective cremation. Allen sighed lowly, turned around and said, "Edward, why did you kill them without asking for my opinion?"

"Because of this, this cruel charge will only be held on my head." Edward said indifferently: "Maud's family should not continue to stay, even if it is a child. You should know that hatred is a seed, and sooner or later it will grow." Take root and sprout. And even if it doesn’t grow, it will be exploited by those who want to.”

"Instead of waiting to regret it in the future, it is better to do it cleanly now. And this order, it is more suitable for me to issue than you."

"Why? Are you afraid that I don't have the consciousness to bear the crime?" Allen shook his head and said: "Wars are never just, and everything we do has nothing to do with justice at the beginning. Invasion, colonization, and use this to strengthen ourselves. What we did was bloody on both hands from the start."

"Of course I know that since you decided to go on an expedition to Outland, you have already prepared to bear the evil. However, as a superior person, you cannot be completely the embodiment of evil. Therefore, some darker things require people like me to Proceed. Alan, you and I are light and darkness. Your flame will illuminate others, and the light in people's eyes cannot tolerate half darkness. So, leave the dark part to me." Edward looked straight at Allen's eyes: "I think it's better that way."

Allen shook his head and said, "Actually, you don't have to do this, after all, I am..."

"It's okay, Alan. In the days of being displaced, I have long abandoned all the light. Because only by embracing the darkness can I survive, and I can live until now. So I am very willing to do this." Edward smiled slightly: " You go back first, and I will deal with the matter here."

After leaving, Allen shook his head: "Edward, why did you let yourself sink into darkness?"

Of course, no one will tell him the answer. r1058

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