Chapter 404: Provocation or Declaration of War
He actually did it!
Seeing little Lawson fall to the ground, the surrounding mercenaries couldn't help but be stunned, and then they immediately broke out into enthusiastic cheers. Most of the mercenaries don't have a long-term concept, just want to be happy for a while, plus it is the other party who provokes first, so they naturally applaud loudly, but there are also some relatively knowledgeable old mercenaries who are a little worried, they still have some understanding of the situation of the Lawson family, the old Lawson has such a son all his life, and he has no grandson, Rod's sword, it can be said that the Lawson family was directly wiped out, which can be regarded as an undying hatred for a family. They can imagine how those southerners would react if they heard the news.
But what's the use of saying that now? People can't be resurrected after death, everything has already happened, what's the use of regretting it? And the Starlight Guild has such two powerful helpers, so you don't need to worry about anything.
After killing little Lawson, Rod glanced at the crowd, and then stared coldly at a person hidden in the crowd, wrapped in a black cloak, and the other party couldn't help but tremble after feeling Rode's gaze, and then quickly turned away.
It seems that his meaning has been reached.
After watching the black-robed man leave, Rhodes withdrew his gaze, and then made a gesture for the mercenaries to throw the corpses to the sheriff's office for disposal, and at the same time report the matter. He wasn't worried about the big deal going on, the Lawsons were very influential in the South, and they would definitely be furious if the news spread. But so what? Although the legal system of the Dragon Soul Continent is not as rigorous as that of the earth, it still gives a certain degree of protection to the legitimate rights and interests of major formal groups and organizations, and people like Xiao Luosen are sent to the door without saying a word and hurt people, and Rod has the right to carry out legal self-defense counterattacks, so at this level, they don't care about it, like the current situation, there are so many people around, and the human and material evidence are all there, and everyone can prove that it was Xiao Luosen and his party who did it first. Then just send a few people to the sheriff's office to explain the situation, and then throw these corpses at them, and that's it.
Of course, Rhodes knew that killing little Lawson by himself would arouse the anger of the people in the south, but he did it anyway, and he did it on purpose.
The south is the stronghold of the reformers, and it is not uncommon for those high-ranking reformers to use the people best when they put pressure on the Golden City, and they incite the masses to put pressure on the government to achieve their own goals. Rhodes knew very well that once the news of his killing of Little Lawson reached the south, the people would inevitably be carried away by anger and demand revenge, such as banning their guilds, or asking the royal family to execute themselves for intentional homicide, or ganging up to come to the north for revenge. Human beings are like that, and positions are everything. Even if what Rhodes did was reasonable and legitimate, for those who had long been blinded by hatred and prejudice, everything Rhodes did was evil, and he exuded a sin all over his body, even a single hair. That's why they won't accept Rod's self-defense counterattack, they will only think that this is a trick by this despicable, shameless young man, who deliberately slandered Little Lawson's father and forced the other party to attack him in order to protect his father's reputation, and then killed Little Lawson.
The vile and shameless level of this young man was simply outrageous, and this beast inferior to a beast must be killed
You see, Rod even thought of an excuse for them.
In the past, the reformers would never have minded using the anger of the people to add fuel to the fire, but this time, they did not dare to do so. …,
The reason is simple: now it is an existential stake for the reformers in the South.
Archduke Lydia's encirclement and suppression of the reformers has reached the most advanced stage, if the war is used as an analogy, the current reformers have been completely surrounded in the castle, if they can't hold out, they can still live a few more days, maybe they can wait for reinforcements from the Council of the Land of Light to help, leaving a dog's life. And if they want to go out of the city and fight back, then it will inevitably be a dead end.
After the Midsummer Festival, with the death of Lawson and the dissolution of the Wings of Self-Defeat, the Southern reformers were already seriously injured, but fortunately, the result of the strong man's broken wrist was that Archduke Lydia could not find any reason to deal with them for the time being, so that the reformers could temporarily retract into the turtle shell and recover.
But now, Rhodes has pushed them hard behind the back, since the reformers claim to represent the interests of the people and speak for the people, then in the face of the anger of the people in the south, they must give an explanation and make a tough posture. If they continue to shrink into a turtle shell and ignore it, then the reformers will lose the popular support on which they rely most, and by that time they will not be far from death.
But if these reformers respond to the call of the people, come out to take a tough stance on this matter, and even incite the people to try to fight between regions, then the Archduke Lydia, who has always been iron-blooded, will definitely completely suppress this group of guys in the shortest possible time, and it will only be a matter of time before the roots of the reformers are uprooted and these guys are swept away.
Rod was not clueless about what little Lawson would come to provoke, especially after he heard Shanna say that some people from the South and the Land of Light came to look for him, Rod had already vaguely guessed what those guys thought. Obviously, these guys are here to find out about the strength of the Starlight Guild, and Xiao Luosen's door-to-door provocation must have been discussed early in the morning. Although I don't know what the origin of the Brute Bull Warrior and the mage is, I think that the other party has made a lot of money in order to observe their own strength, and they must have carefully observed Starlight's game in the Midsummer Festival, so they found these two helpers with good strength. Although they were vulnerable in front of Bubbles and Canary, Rhodes could also see that the strength of these two people should probably be in the middle of the master, slightly worse than Battle, and should be at the same level as Mobis. Judging from the strength shown by Rhodes and the others at the Midsummer Festival, although these people are not enough to kill everyone in the stronghold, they are still more than enough to test the strength of the members of the guild.
Ji Lu's plan looks flawless, the only flaw is that they didn't expect the existence of two people, Canary and Little Bubble Gum, one by one, it's no wonder, after all, two girls who look like they're not more than teenagers, have the strength of the legendary realm or even above, and they don't believe that it's a scientific reaction.
But after this lesson, I believe those guys should know that the Tao is powerful.
"Whew, a bunch of trash."
Looking at the corpse carried away by the mercenaries, Little Bubblegum clapped her hands and snorted disdainfully, then turned her head and looked at Lilia and the others not far behind Rod. Then the girl frowned disapprovingly.
"Why are these guys here again?"
"Have they ever looked for you before?"
Hearing Bubbles' words, Rhodes couldn't help but ask, and Little Bubblegum looked at Lilia and the others with a complicated expression, and then nodded slightly.
"Yes, they have been here, but these people are very uncomfortable with their politeness, so I drove them back. Besides, I'm a Starlight person, so why should I help the church train? What if these guys learn to turn their guns around and come to us for trouble? ”…,
It's really a bubble style.
Hearing Little Bubblegum's answer, Rod smiled bitterly, and then he reached out and patted the other person's head.
"Okay, don't say such wayward words, I have reached an agreement with the church just now, they will send some people to receive your guidance, I don't ask you to give them everything, as long as you can teach them some copy skills of the spirit master."
“……………………,”
Hearing Rod's answer, Bubbles first frowned and was silent for a moment, then raised her head and asked.
"Just teach them to brush copies, P is like a skill, but it's my patent."
"No problem."
Hearing Bubbles' answer, Rhodes nodded, and then he walked up to Lilia with a little bubble gum.
"Ah...... That ............"
Obviously, the age of the little bubble gum is much younger than Lilia, but at this moment, after seeing the little bubble gum, Lilia immediately bowed her head respectfully, and tensed her body, as if she had met some big person, not only Lilia, but even the other spirit masters and holy knights behind her were also solemn and serious at the moment, although they had heard of the reputation of the little bubble gum before, but it was better to see than to hear, when this girl really showed such a strong strength in front of them, Lilia and the others were naturally extremely shocked, those techniques were not uncommon, but when they were combined, they produced a power that was no less than that of offensive spiritual arts, and this was the most important thing.
"For the sake of the regiment commander's face, I promise you your conditions, you can send people to the fortress, but I don't want too many people, otherwise it will annoy people."
"Of course there's no problem, dear Bubble Sister."
Hearing Little Bubblegum's answer, Lilia looked up, a flash of surprise flashed in her eyes, and after witnessing Little Bubblegum's battle, she was sure that this time the decision made within the church was the most correct. If this little sister is really willing to teach her fighting skills and experience to the church, then for the church, it will be tantamount to a earth-shaking reform.
After listening to Lilia's reply, Little Bubblegum turned around and nodded smugly to Rod.
"Then the head of the regiment, my eldest sister and I will go back first?" )