A dark shadow suddenly appeared at the end of the sky, and then quickly zoomed in. This is an iron-feathered vulture commonly found in the Bloodstained Lands, with fifteenth-level strength, and is one of the most famous ferocious birds in the Bloodstained Lands. It spotted the giant insects and bats flying in the air, and immediately thought that they were rare delicacies, so it let out a long cry and flapped its wings.

Although there were a large number of battle bats, they were all only level eight, and they were no match for this level fifteen vulture at all. The two sides fought together in an instant, and the sharp teeth and minions of the bats could not break the hard iron feathers of the vulture, but the vulture swallowed the bats one by one directly. Even if all the bats were eaten, it would only be enough to fill the belly of this five-meter-long giant bird.

However, just as the fierce flames of the Iron Feather Vulture were rising, the dozens of compound eyes on the head and back of the giant insect that had been hovering in the air suddenly all lit up, and then let out a short and high-pitched scream!

The scream was like a cone and struck the soul of the Iron Feather Vulture, instantly causing the giant bird to lose consciousness and fall from the air.

With a muffled thud, the Iron Feather Vulture slammed deep into the ground. It regained its senses under the violent impact, but it was still dizzy, and it just flapped its wings indiscriminately, and could not fly at all. The giant worm had swooped down from the sky, and another psychic scream was aimed at the vulture's head, causing it to lose consciousness again. The giant insect then pounced on the iron-feathered vulture and bit open the bird's skull with its indestructible mouthparts.

Two psychic screams in a row were already the limit of the giant worm, and it appeared weak and hungry, eager to begin devouring the corpse of the Iron Feather Vulture.

This giant worm is not known for fighting, and its large chest cavity is almost entirely occupied by its brain. And it has a strong soul power, which can communicate with the brood from a distance, and act as a transit station to transmit the will of the brood to combat units beyond the distance. In special cases, it is even possible to command in place of the brood.

In the sequence of the brood, it is called a split-brain.

And after this battle, the nobles around the Bloodstained Land were once again deeply shocked.

Orcas are the most powerful slave hunters operating in the Bloodstained Lands, backed by Duke Fislek of the Iron Triangle Empire. When their bodies were also erected on a stake next to the tax collection point, and the Sanctuary powerhouse was stripped naked and worn on a stake without dignity or dignity, all the slave hunters were truly afraid.

When Richard returned to Faro, the nobles' protests and denunciations were delivered like snowflakes to Oasis City, and a tall stack was piled up on Richard's desk.

Richard let Quicksand go to rest first, and he sat behind his desk, took out the top few papers, opened them, and saw that the contents were all accusing Gangde of unjustifiably attacking their slave catchers in the Bloodstained Land, and wantonly killing slave catchers.

Richard wanted to throw the papers away, but with a sudden movement in his heart, he put them down again, and then gently knocked on his desk, weighing the matter repeatedly.

After thinking about it for a long time, Richard finally decided to call Gangde over and ask carefully about what happened. Although Richard had absolute trust in Gangde, at least the cause of such an important event still needs to be known.

At the time of this decision, Richard had not yet realized that his thoughts were quietly changing, and he had taken a small step towards the real superior.

Gangde had already returned to Oasis City, and the raid on the slave catchers had achieved its goal. Now all the slave hunters honestly give up their resistance once they encounter the patrolling cavalry, and most of them have registered and paid taxes, and those who have not paid only need to make up double the taxes, and the patrol cavalry will not embarrass them.

As for the occasional lucky slave catcher who succeeds in tax evasion, this kind of thing will happen anytime, and there is no need to take it seriously. If there is a big bloodstained land, there will always be fish that slip through the net.

Richard sensed Gonde's position, left the study, and walked in the direction of the barracks. Approaching the door of Gangde's room, Richard was surprised to hear thunderous laughter inside. When Richard stood at the door, he saw seven or eight people sitting around the table, staggering from side to side. There are generals from Richard's army, two fallen priests of Eternity and the Dragon of Time, Cass and Marvin, Chim and several nobles. What surprised Richard the most was that the battle priest Io was actually there!

The Battle Priest is still the most handsome, but not as high as he used to be. At this moment, he was holding Sim's neck with one hand, and poured wine into the unicorn viscount's mouth with a fierce face. Looking at him like this, he is a drunkard, how can he still have the demeanor of a battle god.

Sim swallowed his mouth full of liquor with a bitter face, but after a while he forgot his lesson and found Io to fight again. As a result, the three cups were down, and Io still sat up straight, but the unicorn viscount shook and slowly slid into the bottom of the table.

Io sat upright and straight, his eyes sparkling. He suddenly saw Richard standing quietly at the door, his eyes flashed fiercely, he slapped the table hard, and shouted: "Richard! Come here, drink! I don't believe I can't kill you this time!"

Richard sneered, and was about to respond happily, but saw that Yi's expression and movements became stiff, and then he slowly lay backwards, and with a bang, he fell to the floor with a chair, and he was unconscious.

Richard's mouth opened, but he couldn't say anything, and finally just shook his head helplessly. Clean up the plan of Yiou again, and it will be stillborn.

This was Gangde's room, but Richard didn't see Gangde on the wine table. But the positioning in consciousness, Gangde is obviously in this room. At this moment, a burly figure suddenly emerged from under the table, it was Gangde. He looked at Richard with a stern face, waved his hand solemnly, and said, "Boss! You're back! Just right, let's drink together! Look at how I clean up these guys!"

After Gonde finished speaking, he disappeared under the table again.

After a few seconds, Gangde reappeared, he scanned the audience majestically, and when he saw that everyone was staggering, he couldn't help but wave his hand, and said arrogantly: "Boss! Look, these guys are not my opponents!"

Before the words fell, Gangde disappeared again.

Richard was completely speechless, this was Gangde sweeping in all directions, obviously he was the first to be swept down.

Gangde appeared for the third time, this time staring at the front with empty eyes, and roared angrily: "Splash! If you have the ability, let's fight again! Although I can't beat you in a fight, you are not my opponent when you drink." ”

As soon as the roar fell, Gangde naturally slid under the table again. This time Richard waited for a while, but he couldn't get up again. Richard sighed, fortunately he didn't bring the splash this time, otherwise Gangde would have had a sad life in the future.

Looking at the table full of staggered people, Richard smiled. The people in the room, even the nobles, were die-hard loyalists on their side, and they were all old men who had followed them since the first longitudinal line plan. He exited the room and waved for a guard to call the priests of the Three Goddesses and help them get better off their hangovers.

Richard returned to his study and began to read the letters of complaint from the nobles.

And so the day passed.

It wasn't until noon the next day that Gangde rushed into Richard's study, scratched his head, and said embarrassedly: "Boss! I accidentally drank too much yesterday, and I didn't know that you had returned." We had just returned from a war and the brothers were celebrating together. You see, how can those guys dare to look down on my drinking, how can I bear such a thing? That's why yesterday I showed my might and put them all down!"

"Yes, yes, you're doing it. Richard smiled indistinctly, causing Gonde's face to flush. Richard didn't continue to talk about the matter, but patted the stack of complaints and denunciations next to him, and asked, "Come, tell me, what's going on?"

Gangde glanced at the pile of texts, grinned, and said nonchalantly: "Isn't it just that a few slave hunting groups that want to evade taxes have been chopped?"

Next, Gangde told everything that happened in detail, the cause and effect, and his own way of dealing with it clearly. Richard had actually read the accusations sent by all the nobles, and knew that Gangde had nothing to hide, let alone quietly destroyed any of the nobles' complaints, but piled them all on his desk, waiting for one day when he returned from Norland to check them.

The whole incident, the way Gangde handled it was all in Richard's style, from which you can see the delicate side of this rough and strong man. If it was Richard who led the army, he would only be more ruthless and decisive than Gangde. The only regret is that until now it has not been found out who killed all the people at the tax collection point. But it doesn't matter who it is now, even if the real murderer is still alive and well, Richard has got what he wants.

Richard glanced at the stack of denunciation books on the table again, and a chill flashed across his face. Not only are these nobles not interesting enough, but some of them even dare to threaten Richard with force! Richard called up the map of the Sequoia Kingdom in his mind, and marked several noble territories that were extremely noisy, and then a red arrow on the map started from the bloodstained land, drawing a large arc to connect those territories together. Richard felt that if he brought 3,000 of the most elite troops, it would only take ten days to plow all these territories. And as long as those nobles remain in the territory, they will all be caught in the bloodstained land.

Still, he shook his head and gave up on the tempting idea. The nobles of the Sequoia Kingdom are very aware of their strength, but they still dare to shout like this, which shows that there is another reason behind it. There must be someone behind the scenes who wants to send troops to level the territory of these nobles. If Richard did this, he would be setting an extremely dangerous precedent and thus putting himself in opposition to all the nobles of the Sequoia Kingdom, or at least putting everyone in the Sequoia Kingdom at risk.