A strange world

Chapter 1004 Section 235. They must be Free Blades

"You can join us, we can make a lot of money together, become nobles, and overthrow this kingdom..."

The head of the fake Free Blade was no longer so tough.

"If I catch you, I can also make a lot of money and become a noble." Annan smiled, tilted his head and said: "Do it!"

The men who followed him immediately pounced on him. The fake Free Blades bullied ordinary people enough, but when faced with regular soldiers wearing leather armor and holding swords, they cried and shouted as soon as they came into contact.

Three blind guys were killed on the spot for resisting. Seeing that they were serious, the head of the fake Free Blade and the rest of the people stood there obediently, motionless.

Hiding in the crowd, the companions who were watching this scene knew that it was not good, and went into the crowd to inform the people behind them.

Annan stepped forward and said with sarcasm: "Is this the 'Free Blade'?" He didn't care that this scene was seen by many onlookers.

Their leader forced out an ugly smile like crying: "No... Don't fight, how can you make money if you fight."

Annan almost thought he had seen "Let the Magic Fly", and his daze was regarded as hesitation by the leader, and he quickly lowered his voice and added: "I have several nobles behind me... Don't you want to know them?"

"Don't worry, everything you say will be used as evidence in court. We will find the nobles who sponsor you behind the scenes." Annan said with a smile.

"Take him away!"

The crowd outside dispersed, and Annan glanced at the gangster who was informing on the side: "Do you have family?"

"Yes... No...!"

"Okay, but in order to protect the witness, I need you to go with us and give you a reward by the way."

"Thank you, sir! Thank you, sir!"

The gangster hurriedly thanked, his face full of smiles.

In front of the window, the members of the True Freedom Blade who were watching this scene breathed a sigh of relief.

"Huh... they're gone, it should be fine."

The leader turned around and looked at Maria in the cloak again: "This... Sir, thank you for your help, are you from Liberty City?"

"Why do you ask?"

The leader didn't know whether to say: "I heard that Lord Annan has a special liking for other races..."

The shadow under the hood raised an arc: "Change the subject, how are you going?"

After confirming that Maria was not an enemy, and was even likely to be from Liberty City, the leader reported the results just now.

"Not bad, not slow."

After all, the new king is not just the Free Blade on Stinky Socks Street.

"You don't need me to teach you what to do, remember this address." Maria gave the address of the Sable Gang to the leader, "You can come here to find us if you encounter troubles that you can't solve."

Annan didn't intend to expose himself, but he didn't want to hide his identity. It's okay if they didn't guess it, but if they guessed it, a "high-ranking" companion would inspire them a lot.

The leader hesitated.

"Yes?"

"Hmm..." The leader thought about it. Since he already trusted the other party, he might as well give him more trust: "We have been exposed and need to change to a new safe house."

"No, you are not exposed, just stay here." Maria said, knowing what they were worried about.

The leader had to give up and watched Maria leave the safe house.

"Dek, can we really trust her?" a member asked.

The leader did not answer, but asked: "How much money is in the purse?"

"Dozens of gold nars..." the middle-aged man replied stutteringly.

"Are we worth this money?"

"We are not worth even one gold nar even if we are sold!"

...

Rushing back to the city guard station as quickly as possible, Annan took the time to interrogate the fake Free Blade. Under torture, they even said that they peeked at a girl taking a bath when they were eight years old.

As for their confession of "being ordered by the nobles to pretend to be Free Blade to make money", they were all ignored by their men.

There is a huge difference between the merit of arresting a group of Free Blades and arresting a group of thugs pretending to be Free Blades. Even if the Minister of Military Affairs is here, they must be Free Blades.

However, there are still a few "innocents" among them. They did come in with the idea of ​​joining the Free Blades at the beginning, and insisted on not telling on when facing the interrogation.

These guys are pitiful and unlucky, but the people who have been hurt by them are even more pitiful and unlucky.

The only thing Annan can do is to enforce the law a little more impartially and put them in the dungeon as accomplices instead of sending them to the gallows.

Finally, after handing the evidence to the clerk, Annan waited for the good news of promotion and dealt with some tails.

For example, the thugs who betrayed the Free Blades.

He was still waiting for the reward from the city guards, but all he got was that he was imprisoned in the dungeon for interrogation.

After all, he really thought they were "Free Blades", and it would be better to deal with such guys who could sell Free Blades for profit.

And the nobles behind the fake Free Blades came up.

A steward came and asked Annan to release them with a haughty look.

"Sorry, they are involved in dozens of cases, no one can come." Annan handled the matter impartially.

"I want to see your city guard!"

"Sorry, the city guard is busy."

The steward frowned, looked at Annan and said, "Who do you work for?"

"The king!" Annan puffed out his chest and said loudly.

Seemingly thinking that Annan was a fool, the butler's tone softened a little, and he threatened and induced: "You are young and ambitious, but the world is not as black and white as you think... Let me tell you quietly, they are pretending to be Free Blade, and their mission is to discredit Free Blade... You don't have to take it too seriously, how about this, I can invite you to the manor on behalf of the master..."

"This is impossible!" Annan loudly refuted and took out the parchment, "Look, this is their evidence of crime, they raped, killed, robbed, and committed all kinds of evil. If they are not Free Blade, what else can they be!"

Annan's tone suddenly became unfriendly: "You defend them... Could it be that your master and Free Blade are in the same group?"

"No, no..." The butler denied it again and again.

They don't have the courage to join Free Blade, but they have the courage to make money with Free Blade, and they are very brave.

After failing to rescue the person, the steward had to give up the money that the leader had offered during this period, and stared at Annan deeply: "... I will remember you."

"Can I be promoted to the city guard officer?"

"I don't think there will be too many doubts." The clerk replied.

"I will remember you too." Annan shot back, "I will find an opportunity to bring people to visit and see if your master is colluding with the Free Blade..."

"You..."

"I dare to catch even the Free Blade, you don't think I'm afraid of a small noble?"

The steward didn't dare to say the last sentence and left in a hurry.

Annan didn't really intend to take action against the nobles, wouldn't that be helping the kingdom to eliminate the termites?

But it seems that it is not impossible...they dare to impersonate the Free Blade, which means they will not stand on the side of Free City. In addition, they have done evil, so there will be no pressure to settle accounts with them, and they can also collect ill-gotten gains...