Hunter starting from Hunter World

"Lord Allen, hanging the demon's head in the most conspicuous place so blatantly won't invite retaliation from the other party, right?" The obese middle-aged man looked through the window at the bustling scene in the square outside and asked cautiously.

As a businessman, he actually rejects this kind of flamboyant and easily offending behavior.

In his opinion, killing these invading "monsters" was enough to show his strength, and there was no need to risk offending more monsters by hanging Ricarudo's head in public.

Unfortunately, the real power of the city does not lie in the hands of this fat middle-aged man, but in the hands of Allen.

He was just responsible for handling the tedious and troublesome daily affairs when Allen was away.

After all, in this world, violence is the weight that determines the ownership of all resources and rights. Rich businessmen often cannot even save their own wealth and life, let alone acquire rights through monetary transactions.

Looking at the cautious look of his men, Allen replied casually: "Don't worry, I will take care of the aftermath. After this incident, I believe that no monster will dare to approach the West for a long time. . You'd better seize the opportunity during this period and merge all the surrounding villages and towns together to form a unified whole."

"Understood! I have been promoting this matter recently. At present, forty villages and two small towns have agreed to accept our management and protection. If nothing else happens, I will wait for your glorious record of defeating the powerful demon to be passed down. After opening, there will be more villages that are still waiting to join in. After all, in this world, there are not many people who have the power to kill monsters. Compared with the half-human, half-demon silver-eyed witch, you are worthy of it. The title of hero." The fat middle-aged man quickly bent down and complimented with a flattering look.

"Forty villages and two small towns? You must have used some shady means, right?" Allen turned around and stared at the other party in surprise.

Don’t think this number is small.

On the contrary, for an island that has been attacked by demons and awakened beings, this is already a quite large number.

If added together, the total population is likely to exceed 100,000.

The population of the city below is only about forty thousand.

The fat man hurriedly shook his head: "No! Of course not! I always state the conditions to the other party in an upright manner, and only send people in after receiving a positive reply. In fact, the reason why most villages are willing to accept the conditions we offer is because It's all because the price of the big sword is too expensive and they can't afford it. And if they can't pay the fee, they can't hire a big sword to clean out the monsters, so they choose to accept our asylum. In any case, the knights of our Knights Order He is still capable of killing ordinary monsters."

"I see!"

A look of realization appeared on Allen's face.

There is no doubt that not every village or town in this land can spend enough money to ask organizations to send big swords to clean up the demons or awakened ones hiding around them.

Those who cannot afford the high remuneration naturally have only two choices.

One is to let these man-eating monsters lurk around and pretend that nothing has happened, eating up all the people in the village bit by bit, and then the village is completely deserted.

The other is running away with his family, betting that the demon is not a relative or friend around him.

No matter which one it is, it means that the originally peaceful and peaceful life is broken.

But now, they have a third choice, which is to accept the rule of fellow humans in exchange for asylum.

You must know that Allen didn't do anything after becoming the city lord. Instead, he personally formed a knight order of a hundred people and granted these knights life energy cultivation methods.

After more than a week of hell-like special training, each of them has initially mastered certain basic skills.

At least there is absolutely no problem in identifying monsters and people at close range.

In addition, wrapping life energy around the weapon can greatly enhance the attack power, so killing ordinary monsters is basically no problem.

Such a force may be nothing in the eyes of the organization and other Abyss, but it is enough for ordinary villagers.

It doesn't take much, as long as the knight has the power to kill monsters in public, many villages will donate one-third of their harvest in exchange for military protection.

Of course, when facing the Awakened, the combat effectiveness of this group of knights is a bit worrying.

This can be seen from the fact that Ricardo led a group of awakened people into a deserted place.

Fortunately, Allen appeared in time, otherwise more than a hundred knights who were finally trained would have to be accounted for here.

"Lord City Lord, I think the number of our knights is still too small. We can consider expanding it slightly." The middle-aged fat man reminded in a low voice.

Obviously, in his eyes, the more knights with the power to kill demons, the better. It would be better to have thousands of them.

In this way, not only can the security of cities be better ensured, but it can also be used to deter villages and towns that are unwilling to join.

The most important thing is that with such a powerful force, several of the most important trade routes can be protected and the tax revenue of the city hall can be greatly increased.

But Allen shook his head bluntly: "No! No! One hundred people is already the limit so far. Haven't you discovered it yet? The consumption of one of those knights is equivalent to ten of the most elite soldiers The total added up. If we expand too much at once, it will bankrupt the city's finances. What's more, do you think the organization behind Silver-Eyed Witch will watch us steal all their business?"

"But... doesn't the big sword have regulations that it cannot kill humans for any reason?" The middle-aged fat man asked with a puzzled look on his face.

"Ha! Then how do you explain the fact that all villages that did not pay correctly were attacked by a large number of demons without exception, and all men, women, and children died?" Allen asked with a sneer.

"Oh - damn! It turns out...it turns out that they are doing all this secretly!"

The fat man opened his mouth wide in surprise at first, and then showed a look of realization.

After all, the organization's strategy has never been clever. It simply bullies the local indigenous people with their limited knowledge, and the speed of information transmission is extremely slow.

"Okay! You don't need to worry about this now. Remember what I said, first try to unify all the cities and villages in the entire Western Land. To deal with those who are stubborn, you can consider launching a war to achieve your goal. . As for other matters, don’t worry about it for the time being, and don’t interfere. I still have some aftermath matters that need to be dealt with in the north, so I’ll leave it all to you.”

After saying this, Allen ignored the middle-aged fat man's reaction and jumped out of the window. He quickly disappeared along the street into the woods outside the city gate.

Looking at his retreating figure, the middle-aged fat man immediately sighed with a wry smile: "Our Lord City Lord is really more willful than expected. Is it possible to achieve the goal of unifying the western lands through war? This is not an easy task. finished work."

"Your Excellency, Mayor, I think we can make good use of this demon invasion to make a big fuss and scare those villages that are still on the fence." A follower next to him made a suggestion.

The fat man thought for a moment and then nodded immediately: "Okay! Let your people take action. In addition, notify the Knights and send people to screen the entire city to ensure that there are no monsters hiding among us. I have I have a hunch that those businessmen will soon take action to transfer their industries to us. So the next stage should be urban reconstruction and the construction of more luxurious housing, workshops and markets."

"Understood! I'll call the officials in charge of this right away."

After saying that, the attendant immediately turned around and walked out of the room, disappearing at the end of the dark corridor.

With the huge prestige brought by Allen's killing of the "Silver-Eyed Lion King" Ricardo, the entire city and its surrounding areas quickly entered an almost fanatical atmosphere of construction.

In just a few days, large tracts of dilapidated slums were demolished and replaced by three- to four-story brick buildings.

By centrally settling the poor, the city hall obtained a large area of ​​free land that could be used, and on this basis, it built exquisite and beautiful villas, workshops with huge chimneys, and shops for displaying and selling goods.

And those businessmen who moved their families to avoid the demons also spent a lot of money and chose to settle in this city that had shown that it could withstand the attacks of powerful demons.

In just over half a month, the entire city became crowded and prosperous at a speed visible to the naked eye.

And those villages and small towns that joined quickly became wealthy because they had a huge market that could absorb a large amount of agricultural products, vegetables, fruits, meat and other non-staple foods.

Since everyone benefited from the feast, the social order became relatively stable.

…

Of course, none of the above has much to do with Allen.

Because after leaving the land of the west, it didn't take long for him to arrive at the town where a large-scale melee broke out in the original plot - Pietta.

Strictly speaking, this is the boundary between the organization and the Isli territory of the Northern Abyss.

Normally, as long as the balance is not broken, whether it is an organization or Isli, they will try to avoid provocations and head-on conflicts as much as possible.

Because they don't want to be taken advantage of by the other two abyss.

But now, with the emergence of Allen and Artoria, the originally balanced situation has undergone subtle changes.

West Leaf Road was so frightened that she gave up her own territory and fled directly to hide under the nose of Isli to recuperate, and she no longer had any ambitions.

And this move also made Yisli feel that his opportunity had come.

On the one hand, he began to try to join forces with the injured Lifulu, and even wanted to subdue him to become his deputy.

On the other hand, he did not forget to send Ricarudo to the Western Land to inquire about information, and at the same time see if he could swallow this piece of fat and turn it into his own territory.

Therefore, although Pieta still appears to be under the control of the organization on the surface, there are actually several awakened people under Isli hidden inside.

Feeling the weird and depressing atmosphere, Allen couldn't help but smile and murmured to himself: "The King of Silver - Isli. This guy is really an ambitious hero! It's a pity that his head is empty and he has no ambition. But there is no talent to match it.”

The words just fell!

He jumped deep to the top of the tallest building in the town, inspected the surroundings from a high position, and soon locked his eyes on a young man wearing silver armor.

There is no doubt that this young man who looks to be only seventeen or eighteen years old and rides a group of strong stallions is the famous "Northern Abyss".

And accompanying him was Lifulu, who was almost killed by Artoria's sword not long ago.

No hesitation!

Allen instantly turned into a meteor, hitting the ground just one step away from the two of them with a bang, and splashed a lot of dust and sand.

"who?!"

Perhaps because he was almost killed before, Livlu was very alert and almost immediately released his demonic power and entered the awakening state.

Without saying a word, he waved his tentacles and launched a tentative attack on the stranger who suddenly appeared.

At the same time, she also controlled the main body to retreat quickly to prevent the same situation as last time.

But the next second...

The terrifying murderous intention instantly made Livlu feel cold from head to toe.

"Get out! If you don't want to die!"

Allen waved his arms, tore off all the noodle-like tentacles and threw them on the ground.

You must know that this is a part of the body of the West Abyss, and its toughness is definitely no less than steel.

If it were in the past, Lifulu would definitely stand up and argue with the opponent.

But after witnessing Artoria's destructive holy light energy with her own eyes, she had long been frightened. She didn't even stay for a second, and immediately abandoned her so-called "ally" and ran away in despair.

Duff followed closely behind, also showing no desire to fight.

In the blink of an eye, only Yisli and Allen were left here.

The two sides stared into each other's eyes. After about a minute, Yisli was the first to break the silence and asked with a smile: "You should be the mysterious man who has been under crazy investigation by the organization recently, right?"

"Ah! That's right! Since you know who I am, you must know why I came to you today, right?" Allen asked meaningfully.

"Because of Riccardo?" Yisli said with a hint of uncertainty in his tone.

"Yes! He actually dared to run wild on my territory, so I had to unscrew his head and hang it on a flagpole to show the public. As the mastermind behind all this, what price do you think you will pay for this?"

When saying these words, Allen's eyes showed a malicious light.