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There is a huge difference in strength between the Fist of Hyven mercenary group and the Redstone Guard, so there is no suspense about the outcome of this battle.
The fierce soldiers who had fought against the orc armies in the Northland first rained two rounds of arrows, cleansing the entire abandoned temple, and then rushed through the gap created by Gordon's spells.
The mercenaries in the temple were covered with many casualties due to spell attacks and rain of arrows, and the rest were either frightened and wanted to escape, or they fought separately like scattered sand, and resisted stubbornly.
On the offensive route, from time to time, you can see a few mercenaries who have been hit by the sleep spell and are still asleep in the midst of shouting and killing. As the Redstone Guard passed by, he mended his sword and sent the "lucky ones" who didn't have to suffer any pain to the Grim Reaper.
Gordon watched the progress of the battle from outside the temple, and now that it was going well, he turned his attention elsewhere.
The mage glanced at Sir Mendoro, who was limp on the ground, unable to speak, and then said to the town guards, "What do you want to do standing here?" β
He raised his left hand, and a raging flame brewed in his palm.
This could not be more blunt as a threat.
The town guards swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty, looked at the fat mayor lying on the ground humming and chirping, and looked at the furious arcane energy in Gordon's hand, and finally survival instinct prevailed.
"Lord Earl, it's all Mendolo's fault, and we don't know that he colluded with these mercenaries to engage in the illegal slave trade. You dispose of them as you please, and we leave immediately! β
The town guards threw down their weapons and armor and fled.
Gordon knew that the words of these guys could not be trusted. The slave trade that took place in this town could not have been unaware of the town guards. Even among these town guards, some of them were directly or indirectly involved in the slave trade and profited from it. But Gordon is not a prosecutor, so he doesn't have the time to investigate the case slowly, so these little miscellaneous fish will fend for themselves.
The battle was soon over.
Redstone Guards in Rufus, Theodore, Woodlaw, Janch. Under the leadership of the four officers with pointed ears, it took less than half an hour. The entire abandoned temple was brought under control.
A total of forty-nine captives of the Fist of Hywen mercenary group were brought out.
There are many mercenaries who are still cursing and shouting even if they are tied with their hands, shouting that all the people who attack the Naval Fist mercenary group today will be cleaned up by Lord Aldrich, and no one will end well.
Gordon got impatient and asked Woodlaw to cut out the tongues of some of the most arrogant guys, which deterred the captives. Calm down.
Soon, Douro is helped out of the abandoned temple by two redstone guards.
"Hey, Boss Douro, your weight loss seems to be paying off lately." Gordon quipped as he looked at Douro, who had lost a lot of weight and even his trademark big belly had almost disappeared without a trace.
The aftermath of the catastrophe made Douro feel good. He smiled and said, "This is the only thing I should thank these bastard mercenaries, and when I lose a little more weight, I will be the second most handsome man in the entire Haiwen Peninsula." Well, of course you're the first to be handsome, lord. β
"I don't think either of us have a good match for 'handsome.'" Gordon laughed.
After a few simple pleasantries, Gordon asked Douro to rest. Douro and his men. There are many retired adventurers who are very good at it. In order to keep these people under control, the Naval Fist mercenary group has been mixing their food with drugs that make them lose their strength.
Compared to Douro, Lady Dinah and her eighteen Learya followers are not in a good situation.
When they were taken out of the temple, they were barefoot, with only a layer of cloth draped over themβthe cloak that the Redstone guards had taken off improvised. It is conceivable that when the nineteen women of Lady Dinah were revealed. Definitely naked.
"My lord, I'm bothering you." Lady Dinah bowed slightly to Gordon. Her beautiful face was a little puffy, her eyes were bloodshot, her head was disheveled, and there was a peculiar smell on her bodyβa smell that men knew well.
Compared with a group of men in Douro, the experience of beautiful women like Madame Dinah after they were caught was much more miserable. Not only can not be kept innocent. And because they are priests, the mercenaries will constantly inflict all kinds of mental torture on them to prevent them from meditating and praying and obtaining divine magic. Then run away.
"Since you have pledged your allegiance to me, it is my duty to keep you safe. This time I miscalculated, I didn't expect that there were imperial nobles colluding with mercenary groups here to carry out illegal slave trade. "Gordon owes a debt.
Madame Dinah shook her head and smiled bitterly: "It's also our fault for not listening to Douro's advice and dressing in a low-key way, so that we summoned trouble." β
"It's okay, it's all gone. You go back and take a shower, and then get some rest, I'll take care of it here. Gordon said.
Madame Dinah swept the bound Fist mercenaries with fierce eyes, and her tone was like the needle of a killer bee, sharp and poisonous: "Lord Lord, please don't spare these brutes!" β
Although for the believers of Rillya, chastity and anything are not important. But they slept with men for pleasure, not for destruction. So Lady Dinah naturally hated these mercenaries to the core.
"My lord, what to do with these captives?" The half-elf with the longbow on his back asked.
When Woodlaw heard this, he came to his senses: "Do you need to be tortured?" I am willing to serve the adults. β
"No more torture. They can't ask anything. It is a definite fact that the Freys colluded with the so-called King of Hyven to carry out the illegal slave trade and to make a fortune in my fiefdom. There is no need to pay attention to other side matters. β
Woodlow, who has recently become obsessed with human anatomy and seems to have transitioned from a spearman to a surgeon, has a regretful expression. But Gordon's next words made him excited again. That gloomy but excited face made the captives furious.
"Give you half a day, and these captives will be disposed of as you please. If Duro and Lady Dinah want to come and take revenge with their own hands, that's fine. By nightfall, I'm going to see fifty corpses hanging at the entrance to the vineyard gates. β
"Sir, you mean even Sir Mendoro...... He's a nobleman......"
"A small character with no fiefdom and no formal title. Besides, when he colluded with the Haiwen mercenary group, he was no longer an imperial nobleman, just an ordinary criminal who was killed. β
Woodlaw carried out Gordon's orders perfectly. And Douro and Madame Dinah also expressed their resentment about being imprisoned and tortured by the Fist of Hyven mercenary group.
As night fell, the Freeman family's convoy left the vineyard. When passing by the gate of the town, Xie Ona looked up at the corpses hanging on the vault of the gate, and frowned slightly: "Brother, although these people do deserve to die, is it too ostentatious for you to do this?" β
"That's a signal I'm giving. If the table is too weak, Wald. The Marquis of Frey and the King of Hyperven will probably look down on our brother and sister. I am the lord of the Haiwen Peninsula who has been officially canonized by the Emperor, and if I have to cringe as soon as I take office, I will not have to do anything in the future. β
"But...... Wouldn't that anger that Abel do that. Aldrich. He dared to call himself the king of Haiwen, he must have been extremely arrogant, how could he sit back and watch his subordinates be killed by us? β
Gordon laughed, "Those mercenaries of the Naval Fist are just a group of slave traders. No one cares about their lives or deaths. All you need to do is sprinkle a little gold coin, and there will be countless men who are strong, know a little swordsmanship, and are restless and want to make a lot of money, and wear the costume of the Fist of Haiwen Mercenary Group. β
Seeing that Sheona was still a little embarrassed, the mage continued to explain, "It is rumored that the king of Hyperven, Ebel. Aldridge began to rise eleven years ago. According to the official documents I read in the imperial capital, a total of eight special administrators were assigned to the Haiwen region during this time. Three of them completed their terms and left safely, while five others died. The three people who have completed their term of office are all mediocre people who only want to save their lives and don't want to cause trouble. The five people who died unexpectedly wanted to really clean up the peninsula for various reasons. From this, it can be seen that the king of Hyven is not a brainless guy. He will not be so arrogant that he will kill people if they don't like him, and he will not dare to directly confront the empire. Being able to show its strength in this barren peninsula to the present day, but not being known by the central government of the empire, it is conceivable that the other party is acting very cautiously. Unless the core interests are really touched, for the imperial nobles with a certain status, the king of Haiwen will not take it lightly. β
The two Freeman siblings, the elder brother is a mage who is rumored to be able to "create a miracle". Successor to Grand Duke Antelo. The younger sister is a battlefield angel praised by all the people of Ferredon. When you are a celebrity, your every move will be noticed by all parties, sometimes it is a bad thing, sometimes it is a good thing.
If the nobody annoys him, the king of Hyven may be killed.
But for Gordon and Xie Ona, the other party has to consider the chain reaction that will be caused after they really do it. In case His Majesty the Emperor gets angry and sends a large army to exterminate this guy who claims to be the king privately, it will be an absolutely unacceptable result for the other party.
Under Gordon's explanation, Xie Ona was finally relieved: "Brother, why do I always feel that although our Freeman family is getting stronger and stronger now, there are more things to worry about than when we were so poor that even our family house was mortgaged out?" β
"It's normal. His Majesty, the Emperor who owns the entire empire, has more things to worry about than we do. But my lovely sister only needs to do what she likes, and my brother will block all the worries. Gordon said, taking Sheona's soft little hand.
"Brother is really...... People are not the kind of Miss Jiao who needs to be cared for in the palm of their hands. Xie Ona gave Gordon a blank look, and although she said so, her face was filled with a sweet and happy smile.