Chapter 318: Foothold
In terms of real strength, Baku can't catch up with Caesar. But Caesar never thought that his brother, who could have sacrificed his life to block the sword for him two years ago, stabbed himself with a blade tonight. Baku drew his long knife and stabbed it again with both hands. Caesar roared angrily, and the source power surged, and the crystal spear in his hand was lit up like lightning.
Baku can only slash horizontally with a long knife and slash at the tip of the spear. The source forces of the two sides had a fierce collision on the tip of the blade spear, Baku was defeated, and the whole person flew upside down. Caesar also felt a sense of weakness, and he couldn't hold the crystal spear steadily, and let it fly out of his hand. Baku spat out a mouthful of blood and stood up again with a knife. Caesar glanced at him and took advantage of the confusion to leave.
Before dawn came, the battle was over. Stormtown's army withdrew in an orderly manner under the command of Reg, and the troops they left behind were very brave, desperately trying to hold off the Bemon warriors and prevent them from pursuing their own team, and in the end the broken troops also died tragically.
In this battle, the corpses of more than 200 soldiers were left behind in Storm City, and the Baimonians paid the price of half of the soldiers' deaths. In contrast, the people on Allen's side were only wounded and not killed. However, they did not participate in the head-on confrontation with Storm City, and secondly, the soldiers were well equipped, which was also expected by Allen.
The only thing that came to his surprise was Caesar's death, and when Baku held Caesar's crystal spear and announced that the leader had been killed by the troops of Storm City, Eren was even a little suspicious of his ears. Later, the Baimons searched for Caesar's body and the end resulted in more questions for Allen.
However, for the hostile Baku, Alan did not raise his own questions, he just left silently with his own people.
After returning to their stronghold in the Asr Mountains, Edward and Belmode secretly made their way to Sur City. Because of the death of Baron York in battle, Ethan, who was related to him, officially inherited his title and power the day after the Baron's body was buried with the support of the Imperial Constitution. However, this was not enough for Ethan to secure his position as the lord of the city, and he still needed to make more political achievements or military exploits to ensure that this position would remain until he grew old.
Otherwise, the empire can appoint someone else to become the master of the city of Sur. Provided, of course, that the eyes of the Balgaon Empire will be on this frontier.
After Ethan became the new baron, Edward quietly met with him, and after that, Baron Ethan had Belmode by his side. He will stay behind to protect Ethan through a tumultuous period of transition between old and new powers. Sure enough, in the next few days, there were two attacks on Ethan in the City Lord's Mansion, both of which were successfully stopped by Belmode.
He was already a master of assassination, and in Sur City, no one else had assassination skills above Belmode. Naturally, those small tricks could not escape the eyes of the dark master, and with his protection, Ethan was safe. At the same time, through Guรฒ Belmode, Ethan intuitively recognized the strength of Edward and the young master Alan behind him for the first time.
Ethan knew very well that Belmode would be able to protect him. He can also kill himself quietly when necessary. So soon, the identity documents about Alan and others were approved, and several people, including Allen, had legal status in Sur City. The Imperial seal on the ID was enough for Alan to pass through the territory of the Bargaon Empire unimpeded.
After getting the news, Alan and the others began to pack their things and prepare to officially enter Sur City. They camouflaged the starship and left two soldiers to guard it. As for the others, including the logistics team, they were taken by Allen, and they could play other roles in Sur City. As a sign of his attention, Ethan also sent several wagons for Alan to use, and Eren was happy to hide things that were out of place in this world, such as magical armor and a fire rifle.
The soldiers took off their Flame Warrior armor and related weapons, changed into the clothes and swords that Edward had brought with them, and disguised themselves as caravan guards. As the convoy departed, Alan glanced in the direction of the Asz Mountains in the car, and he finally completed his first step in establishing himself in the new world.
Baku slid down from the canopy of an old tree, and he watched the convoy leave. Under the tree, a dozen Baimon warriors also witnessed the qiฤ that happened at the foot of the mountain, and Baku pointed with Caesar's crystal spear: "See, I said earlier that these people are in collusion with the city of Sur. Look, they were in the carriage of the city of Sur. Caesar's death must have nothing to do with them! โ
One of the Baimon warriors said in a deep voice, "Now that Caesar is dead, please lead us, Baku." We want to avenge Caesar! โ
"Yes, Caesar's enmity cannot be left as such. But my brother, we alone can't help those people. No, even if you gather the strength of others, you can't do it. Unless ......" Baku said in a deep voice: "Unless I am allowed to enter the ancestral cemetery and release the demons!" โ
Fighters, you look at me, I look at you, the fighter before gritted his teeth and said: "We support you, Baku." Let the demons destroy that city! โ
Baku clenched his crystal spear: "Go and gather everyone, we need to talk to King Kong." โ
The carriage was rocking, and there was a real fear that it would fall apart the next moment. Before the advent of automobiles, there was no so-called anti-vibration system, so driving on bumpy roads was by no means comfortable.
"Maybe we can build the world's first car." Alan leaned on the window frame of the carriage and said, "This thing is going to throw me out." โ
Edward, who was sitting across from him, said with a smile: "Then you have to get in touch with the earth first, and then get the exact coordinates of this planet, then you can bring the relevant talents and resources over." Not to mention cars, you can build airships. That way, we'll expand a lot faster. โ
"That's not impossible, but judging by the current military power of this planet, let alone the flying ships. As long as we can build tanks and tanks, we can completely change the pattern of warfare on this planet. Alan said, "But for the time being, I think we should build an arsenal in the city of Sur, so that we can produce standard guns and ammunition first, which is much easier than chariots." โ
"We are still lucky that this is the border of the Empire. At least, it doesn't attract much attention. Edward Road.
"Speaking ......of the Empire," Alan said in a deep voice, "You've been to many planets, but have you ever seen any humans other than Earth?" โ
Edward shook his head.
"So I think it's strange why there are humans on this planet, and the civilization is very similar to ours." Alan looked out the window at the world: "I always feel that this planet has some kind of secret. Something huge secret! โ
"Even if there is, we have to wait until we are strong enough to be qualified to explore." Edward said, "I think your arsenal is more of a headache than the unknown secrets. Don't forget that the productivity of this world is still stuck in the handicraft workshop, and I bet they don't even know what a machining machine is. I wonder how your arsenal is going to be built. โ
Alan laughed and said, "It's up to people, and you don't think we need to do all the work." Don't forget the humans on this planet, there is certainly no shortage of talented people among them. They only lack a little revelation, a little spark of civilization. Let's just light the fire, I see, from the city of Sur. โ
"I just hope I don't burn this world down." Edward said.
Suddenly the carriage stopped, and Alan asked, "What's going on?" โ
The soldier outside the window replied, "It's a man, young master." Someone was lying in the middle of the road. โ
Alan jumped out of the carriage, and there were already soldiers coming forward. In front of the carriage, a man lay on the ground, not knowing whether he was dead or alive. Alan stepped forward, and when the soldier turned the man over, Alan was stunned and lost his voice: "Caesar? โ
This man was Caesar, who had been missing for many days, and when he heard Alan's voice, he barely opened his eyes, his dry and blistering lips moved, but he closed them quickly. Alan saw that he had a wound on his body, and the wound was covered with some leaves, which looked like some kind of herb. But that couldn't heal Caesar's injury, Alan hurriedly stepped forward, and as soon as he touched his body, he found that Caesar's body temperature was frighteningly high.
He hurriedly told the soldiers to move Caesar to the shade of a tree beside the road, and had Father Mirรณ called. The priest hurried to his feet, for his unskilled medical skills could not heal Caesar's wounds. He had to do a check-up, then took out a first-aid shot from the medical kit that Eren had brought with him, gave Caesar a shot, and said, "You have to send him to the city, this kind of injury can't be treated here." โ
Alan nodded, and called the soldiers to put Caesar in the carriage. Looking at Caesar, Edward frowned, "Why is he here?" โ
"I guess we won't know until he wakes up." Allen said.
At noon the next day, the convoy arrived in the city of Sur. Edward said, "Our new lord knows how to buy people's hearts, and hey, he's cut the taxes in Sur by half." Now everyone in the city supports him very much, even if some people have opinions in their hearts, they don't dare to do anything under this general trend, otherwise it will attract public anger. โ
At an intersection, Edward got out of the carriage and said, "I'll go to the Lord's Mansion first, and if nothing happens, you will have dinner with Sir Ethan tonight." โ
"Say hello to the baron for me." Alan smiled.
Edward nodded.
The convoy eventually stopped in front of a large mansion, arguably the wealthy part of the city of Sur. Despite being a two-storey building, it occupies a large area and even has a small square. The house belonged to a former great merchant in the city, who went bankrupt and mortgaged the house into the hands of the Baron of York. Now it is naturally Ethan's property, and Ethan has had the house cleaned in advance, and has arranged for Alan and them to have several servants for them to call.
Alan jumped out of the car, and Lucy and Adele came up behind him, and he pointed to the house and said, "Look, this will be our home from now on." โR1058