A strange world

Chapter 1066 Section 297. Satellite City

Sunset Plain, Tongbu City.

As a satellite city of the new capital, the city lord is undoubtedly the most leisurely position.

You don't have to be bound by the rules and regulations of the new capital, and you don't have to intrigue with the nobles all day long. You don't have to eat dust on the border and worry about the rat demon free blade. You can also collect tolls and city entry taxes, and ask the new capital for some supplies.

It's just that you always have to give golden grain to useless guards.

Fortunately, the staff made a good suggestion not long ago: mix sand into the millet and sprinkle sawdust into the wheat.

The mayor of Montra felt that he was still very conscientious. He only mixed less than one-fifth, sold it at the original price, and only made 20%.

"But why does it feel a bit too much?" The mayor of Montra picked up the grain mixed with sand, and the fine sand leaked from his fingers.

It seems that it's almost half.

"Grains are bigger than sand, so they are all at the bottom." The staff hurriedly said.

"Oh~"

The Lord of Montella obviously had no knowledge or common sense. He shook off the sand in his hand and took the handkerchief.

"Report!"

The embarrassed messenger ran over at this time, exchanged glances with the staff, and shouted with surprise:

"Great victory on the front line! The Kingdom soldiers annihilated 130,000 Free Blades at the border, and the minions of Free City surrendered in tears!"

The Lord of Montella listened to the victory report from the front line, and said to the staff with arrogance: "If I go to the front line, I can drive them back to their hometown before January next year."

"The old master underestimated you too much."

The staff followed with a flattering smile. At this time, the guard rushed in with a panic:

"Lord, a group of Free Blades appeared outside the city. They said that the army has entered the Sunset Plains!"

"What, Free Blades also forged war reports?!" The staff exclaimed.

"What?" Lord Montella didn't hear clearly.

"I, I, I... I mean that Liberty City must be forging war reports!"

The guard who reported the news said in panic: "No, we have seen smoke and dust in the distance, and the Liberty City army is more than ten miles away..."

"Don't panic!"

The Lord of Montra said to the panicked staff, confident of victory: "It is probably just a group of refugees called Free Blade. Bring the cloak rewarded by the king, I want to go to the battlefield in person!"

"Oh... OK!"

The staff hurried to the Lord's Mansion, but not to get the cloak, but to pack up and run away.

He spent several months coaxing the fool Lord, and finally made a lot of money. If he didn't run away, it would all be cheap for Free Blade.

On the other side, Lord Montra didn't wait for the staff to come back, so he anxiously took a car to the city wall.

Looking at the magnificent city wall more than six meters high in the distance from the car window, Lord Montra sneered that the refugees couldn't pry off a brick even if they knocked for a day...

But why is it so noisy over there?

"The city lord is over there!"

Suddenly, a loud roar sounded, and the chaos on the edge of the city wall stagnated, and then everyone rushed over.

Montra City Lord looked panicked, and the captain of the guards drew his sword: "Lord Montella, I will protect you, you go!"

Montra City Lord looked at the loyal guards and was deeply moved: "What's your name?"

Unexpectedly, the guards then put the cold blade across his neck and roared to the distance: "I am Florin, I caught the city lord!"

Montra, who wanted to beat the Free Blade to pieces, was surrounded by the Free Blade before he could react...

No... They seem to be the guards in the city!

"You betrayed me?!" Montella said angrily.

"You feed us food mixed with sand, and you deserve our loyalty?"

The angry guards surrounded him, and at this time, someone shouted, "There are more over there! He is the city lord's staff!" The guards ran halfway and caught the sneaky figure in the distance.

"It's just a little sand, why are you still not satisfied? The civilians can't even eat it!"

Montra thought he had never treated the guards badly. Unexpectedly, they surrendered before the Free Blade arrived!

A guard fought back: "Then why should we protect you! For that half of the sand and sawdust!?"

Wait, half?

Montra was stunned and looked at the staff who was dragged over with a dead face: "What's the matter? Why did they say there was half of the sand."

The staff with a dead face said helplessly: "You are full, but the people below also have to share..."

The city lord adds a little, the staff adds a little, the food officer, the quartermaster adds a little, and each captain adds a little, it's almost half...

Montra's eyes are red with anger: "You misled me, you misled me!!!"

Tomb City, a satellite city of the new capital, with a population of tens of thousands and a knight stationed, opened the door without even resistance.

"Open the city gates and welcome Annan! Annan will not pay taxes if he comes!"

The shouts of the Free Blade outside the city were like a tsunami.

The civilians on the street were stunned. Some fled in all directions, some hid in shops, and some rushed out.

"What should we do with this guy?" a guard asked.

Montra realized that they were talking about him, and shouted: "My father is--"

In the chaos, Montra was kicked by someone and fainted immediately.

The South Gate was lost, and the Knights stationed in Tongbu City were ready to go. As a result, they put on armor and mounted their horses. Before they left the camp, they heard the news that the North, West, and East Gates had been lost one after another.

"How come it's so fast?! There was no resistance at the four gates?!"

The Knight Commander didn't believe it, and the knight who reported the news said: "Ten Knights and Mage Corps of the Free Blade have come!"

The leader of the Knights burst into swear words: "Ten Knights?! Are we a kingdom or are they a kingdom?!"

The battle to capture the city of Tongbu was declared over in just twenty minutes.

After losing the city gate, they were flooded into the city by enemies several times their number, and the city lord was captured, so they could not form the resistance they longed for.

The nobles in the city welcomed the Free Blade... They didn't like it, but there was nothing they could do.

After taking over the city of Tongbu, Little Smo followed the old rules and handed over the city defense to the legion, and he went to the dungeon.

Montella, the lord of Tongbu City, was a little stupid.

This was a compliment, because he was not bad, and even had a kind of... simplicity.

He had never done anything bad, and usually stayed in the city lord's mansion, which was completely opposite to Annan. The only bad thing he did was that he was instigated by his staff and "only" mixed one-fifth of sand.

As a result, because of this bad thing, he was betrayed by his subordinates and the city was captured without bloodshed.

He thought it was his staff who misled me.

Little Smo went to the staff again, and the staff flattered him and said that he had admired the Free Blade for a long time and wanted to help, so he came up with this idea to make the guards feel resentful towards the city lord.

"So we should thank you?" Little Smo smiled.

If the guards hadn't found out that this guy was running away with a bunch of gems, Little Smo might have really believed it.

"That's not necessary! It's enough that the adults remember my kindness..."

"Okay, then I'll hand you over to those guards."

"Thank you, adults... eh?"

The staff reacted and it seemed that he said "hand myself over to the guards" instead of "hand the guards over to myself"...