131 The Comfort of Bystanders

"Is the news reliable?" The Seven Demonic Cities and several aristocratic families couldn't believe it when they received the information from the ghost.

The city lord and deputy city lord actually chose to leave. Is this because they abandoned Shilin City to protect their own future?

"Jin Honglian and Kuang Po Lou have disappeared for two days, and no one in the city knows their whereabouts. Just before that, the news of Dan Yu breaking through to the fourth level of the Demon Emperor was released. To maintain public sentiment, it is probably true."

"Obviously they know that we will attack the city no matter what, so they are smart to abandon their vehicles and save their troops."

That's right, no matter whether Jin Honglian and Kuangpolou stay in the city or not, the combined forces will launch an attack. Now that they have left, the only difference is that the difficulty of attacking the city has dropped a bit.

"What if they hide with their access tokens?"

The beginning of everything originated from the secret realm of Demon Bailin. Originally, the Kunlun human race semi-saints did not attack Shilin City, which made them psychologically unbalanced. They actually obtained two passes in a row. It may not be a big deal in a short period of time, but in a few hundred years Later, the Beihan Continent will change, and Shilin City will be dominated by one family. No one wants that situation to happen.

"You can only enter the secret realm once. Their roots are gone, so what's the use of keeping the token. When the city gate is breached, kill some of the ones with strong resistance, kill the chickens to scare the monkeys, and don't touch the remaining residents. Use it to threaten them to hand over Just a token.”

"That makes sense. As long as you give them hope, they won't throw in the towel. But you have to set a time. If they succeed in their cultivation, they will be in trouble to seek revenge from us."

"Simple, kill a group of residents every year. If you don't believe it, they won't show up. Jin Honglian has no family, but Kuangpolou does. He won't ignore his clan members."

"So when will we start to attack the city? The axes of my army are already hungry and thirsty." The bull-headed demon clan is eager to try.

"It's almost time. We have sent undercover agents to sneak into the gates of the city defense formation. As long as we arrange it properly, the city defense formation can be broken through in less than a day."

"Then start mobilizing the army now to surround Shilin City."

A group of powerful monsters sat together, chatting and laughing, and were very confident about this operation, as if they had foreseen the future of Lion Forest City.

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"Lord Niwa! Report from the front. Troops with different affiliations have appeared in all directions of Lion Forest City. They can't hold it anymore." In the audience hall of the City Lord's Mansion, the senior officials of Lion Forest City were in chaos. Although I have known the outside world's intentions for a long time, but when the other party actually takes action, the feeling of fear and oppression is not comparable to that before.

There are three black stone chairs on the high platform of the audience hall, which symbolize status, for the city lord and the two deputy city lords. Niyu was sitting in the position of deputy city lord on the side. The seats in the middle and on the other side seemed very empty. She was the only one left as the backbone of the city. If it hadn't been for the news of Niyu's breakthrough, the level of panic among the senior officials in the audience would have been estimated. It will increase a lot.

"Be quiet." Niyu hit the ground with his cane. The senior officials quickly fell silent and waited for Niyu to speak.

"If you have any ideas, you might as well say them now." Niyu glanced at the senior management.

One of the demon lords in charge of public security in the city said: "I think we should close the city gate immediately and not allow the residents to leave. Some people with evil intentions took this opportunity to loot the surrounding shops and then fled with their belongings. A demon If it succeeds, many demons will follow suit, which will have a serious impact. Closing the city gate can reduce the occurrence of such things. "

A general also echoed: "Now it's even more chaotic outside than inside the city. When encountering hostile forces, people may be arrested and tortured about the location of the city's defense forces. Forget about ordinary people. If someone who knows the intelligence really reveals the information , which is very detrimental to us.”

"I beg to differ. If you can keep the monsters but not the hearts, it is really the worst policy to trap those guys who want to escape in the city. When the time comes, they will be instigated by undercover agents from outside the city and riots will break out in the city. Then there will be internal and external worries. Who knows? If you want to leave, let him go quickly.”

"Lord Niwa, I think we should negotiate with the guys outside the city. After all, we have never tried to negotiate with them. How do we know that this matter cannot be resolved peacefully."

"Peaceful solution? With so many forces joining in, can this matter be resolved peacefully? Can you meet the demands of all forces? They were worried about the growth of Lion City, so they did the unethical act of strangling us in the cradle. This matter is simply There can be no peaceful solution."

There were constant quarrels in the audience.

"Okay." Niyu tapped the ground with his crutch again: "Now that the army is surrounded, it is not easy for the residents to leave. Close the city gate, call all the soldiers on the front line back to the city, open the city defense formation, and move the lions Lin City is divided into three circles: outer, middle and inner. We protect ordinary residents in the inner circle. Soldiers guard the outer circle and we are in the middle circle. "

"Lord Niwa, do you really want to fight?"

"Are there any other options?"

No demon dared to propose surrender. After all, at this critical moment, whoever proposed it might be a mole and would be punished for disturbing the morale of the army. No one with any intelligence would do so.

"Go ahead and kill those who leave without authorization on the spot." After Niyu finished speaking, the senior officials also dispersed. No matter what their plans were, this was the only way they could do it now.

Soon, only Niwa was left in the hall. She stood up with a cane, looking a bit like an old woman who was about to die. However, the cloudy eyes that should have belonged to the old woman revealed a clarity at this moment: "Without Lord Ye Yong's help, Honglian and the others would have been unable to avoid this disaster, whether they stayed or not, but now... Oh, since you want to share the meat with the lion, you have to be prepared for the lion to fight back and bite off the neck. "

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"It's over, it's over. The seven demon cities and the ten aristocratic families will actually unite to attack our Lion Forest City."

"The Secret Realm of Demon Bailin is both an opportunity and a crisis. Who is the one who presented the token? Forgetting one, there are two. Isn't this harming us!"

"The city gate has been closed and the army is surrounding us. It's too late to escape now."

"I heard that City Lord Jin and Deputy City Lord Kuang left long ago, leaving only Deputy City Lord Dan. Are we going to be abandoned?"

Although most of the residents who are still staying in Shilin City choose to stay because their roots are here, there are also some who were delayed by other things and were unable to escape in time.

No matter what kind of residents they are, they cannot calm down now that the war is coming.

"The general has an order! Ordinary people must gather at the city lord's palace immediately. They are not allowed to stay! Violators will be punished as traitors!" Not long after, soldiers began to drive away the people around the city.

The crime of traitor must be punished on the spot. No one dares to make fun of their own life. They simply pack up their belongings and rush to the center of the city.

"Is this the eve of the war?" Lin Junran stood on the balcony on the top floor of Chi Ni Ma Restaurant, looking down at the crowd of monsters bustling below.

He didn't panic at all. First of all, they were marked as distinguished guests of the city lord's palace, and they were the ones to cooperate with the city lord. The soldiers in the city had no right to drive them away. As long as they didn't go to some important military places, it didn't matter. And if the forces outside the city attack, those Mahayana demon emperors cannot take action casually, and the protection of Dongxu strong men like Lin Feng is enough.

The neutral stance not only did not frighten Lin Junran, but also made him feel comfortable as a bystander.