Realm of Power

On a night of torrential rain, the city lord, who was ridiculed by the nobles of Zhivadin as "the silly fat man of Samoa", led nearly ten thousand troops into Zhivading. The commercial city of Zhivadin, known as the "city that never sleeps", entered the city for the first time. into darkness,

In the dark night, the originally bustling streets were deserted, except for groups of soldiers with weapons in their hands, shuttling back and forth with murderous intent.

A large number of troops poured into South Street where the nobles lived. Soon, the nobles who were named were taken away from their homes with depressed expressions. Some of the nobles who tried to resist were shot into hedgehogs by the army, and even their bodies were dragged away. Leaving behind puddles of shocking blood

Countless citizens carefully hid behind their windows, opening their ears wide open, listening to the regular footsteps of patrol soldiers marching on the street outside, and the metallic sound of shaking armor, which was like the coming of a devil in the dark night.

Occasionally, there were a few wild dogs barking, and soon there was a howl, and there was no more life. The silence in the dark night was terrifying.

This is an unforgettable sleepless night. The citizens feel that there is a sharp sword hanging over their heads. They don't know when it will be cut off, and their property and heads will be taken away by the fierce army outside the door. , the only thing I can do is hide at home and tremble.

This was the favorite thing of the lords in the past. In the name of quelling the rebels, they broke into the homes of the territorial residents, took away their women, their property, and finally their heads.

It's very straightforward and neat, and you don't even need to bargain.

But this time, the citizens found that it was different from the past. Except for a loud noise coming from the South Street where the nobles lived, there seemed to be no noise from other streets. Some of the bolder ones leaned on the windows and looked out.

I found that the streets outside were empty, and not a single ghost could be seen. The trembling cold wind blew away the leaves on the ground and rolled them away. The hustle and bustle just now disappeared without a trace, as if nothing had happened, it was just me. a nightmare

With the arrest of the nobles in Zhivadin City completed, the Eighth Heavy Infantry Regiment that entered the city only left two squadrons responsible for the security of each street according to Fatty's request. The other troops gradually withdrew from the city according to the original plan.

Temporary military camp outside Zhivadin

Crolissart, who had been busy for most of the night, had just been lying on the wooden board in a daze for half an hour when he was woken up by the messenger outside. Twenty criminals were escorted over from the Onitusa Squadron responsible for public security in the city. It's the leader of the attack legion.

This was a serious crime. As the highest commander in charge of public security, Croissant had to be interrogated overnight.

The gangster who was brought up rolled his eyes and saw Crolisate sitting in the middle of the tent with a lot of stubble. He immediately fell on the ground crying and shouting,

"My lords, I am dark and thin. I haven't bathed for several months. I am not crispy when baked. My soup is poisonous and tastes really bad. As long as you don't eat me, I can tell you everything I know." !”

He also took off his clothes, exposing the ribs on his chest, and rubbed them with his hands very hard, and there was a ball of black mud in his hands.

Crolisate, the commander of the 8th Heavy Infantry Regiment, looked at the crazy gangster in front of him, his head confused.

I have eaten bear paws, drank tiger penis soup, and occasionally killed a dog to satisfy my craving, but when did I start eating people?

"What are you doing? Are you acting crazy in the middle of the night? That bastard told you that we Samoers are cannibals. Believe it or not, I will cut you into pieces and cut you into strips of meat to feed to the dogs!"

Croissant's loud voice frightened the gangster so much that he collapsed on the ground. Hearing that Croissant refused to eat people, his pale face became slightly better, and he quickly lay on the ground and shouted that he had misunderstood

When Crolissart asked, he found out that in the deliberately distorted propaganda of the Zivadin nobles, the Samoan soldiers like him were monsters who liked to eat human flesh and drink human blood. Otherwise, how could they resist the same monsters? monster kugit

Coupled with Croissant's rough face that had just woken up and had a lot of stubble, it even looked like the legendary devil who chooses people to eat.

The interrogation went smoothly. The frightened gangsters told them how old they were when they stole things and how old they were when they peeped at women taking baths.

"Is everything you just said true? If you are talking nonsense, do you know the consequences?"

Croissant patted down the record officer's manuscript, her face extremely solemn. Thinking of the sinister plan she had just inadvertently asked about, cold sweat broke out all over her body.

Suddenly he drew out his sword and brought out a bright blade. The sharp blade was only a hair away from the gangster's nose.

Kneeling below was a gangster wearing high-end fabrics. Although Clorissart pointed a knife at his nose and his face turned pale, his eyes were moving around flexibly. At first glance, he was full of bad intentions.

He is the leader of this gang of gangsters, an important member of the underground forces in Zhivadin City, and the head of the Zhivadin City branch of the Thieves Alliance, Rich Crow.

"The younger one guarantees with his head that everything he said is the truth. The last time they met, the younger one was responsible for the matchmaking and arrangements! The younger one also hopes to leave a way for himself to survive, and he will never lie."

Rich Crowe replied confidently,

Everyone can see that after tonight's great purge, the Samoers will become the new masters of Zhivadin City. If you don't want to please them now, let's wait until later.

Crolissart looked hesitant, and finally took back the sword in his hand, picked up the extraordinary confession record, waved to the guards around him, then strode to the door of the tent and shouted

"Guards, prepare your horses immediately. I have important information. I want to go to South Street to meet the regiment commander in person!"

The sun rises from the east, the golden morning light drives away the terror of the night, and the city of Zivadin welcomes a new day.

The citizens who stepped out of their homes cautiously found that except for the South Street where the nobles lived, which was guarded by soldiers in black armor, other places were no different from usual. It seemed that this was a fight between the upper class of the nobles and had nothing to do with ordinary people like them.

At the intersection of South Street, a mansion that was originally Baron Si Duhan was hung with a white thorn flower sign. This was the temporary governor's mansion designated by the fat man.

"Sir, this is the list of all the arrested nobles. In addition to the people on the original list, all their relatives have also been detained, a total of 1,338 people. How do you see these people? "Deal with it"

Caesar Zoro's eyes were red like a rabbit. When he saw the fat man coming in with his guards, he hurriedly went to greet him and respectfully handed the list in his hand to the fat man.

The many nobles captured last night were like hot potatoes, which made Caesar Zoro, who always cherished his reputation, worry a lot.

1338 people, almost a small legion. As long as he waved his big hand, the rolling heads could be piled up into a mountain, and the water of the Satsuma River outside the city would become a river of blood.

Of course, he couldn't escape the name of "noble butcher".

The fat man who was still on South Street last night suddenly received an important letter personally delivered by Krolisat. If you want intelligence, immediately return to the temporary city lord's mansion set up in Zhiwading City. "This is important intelligence personally sent by Captain Krolisat, take a look first!" The fat man's face was livid, and Krolisat followed closely. He did not take the list from Caesar Sauron, but handed over an interrogation record, which made Caesar Sauron even more confused. This interrogation record handed over by Krolisat once made the fat man tremble with anger. "Is this true? They actually want to use us to eliminate the big families in the city! And then use this as an excuse to instigate the entire south to attack us. What a vicious conspiracy!"

Looking at the interrogation record in his hand, Caesar Sauron, who always liked to play tricks on people, was sweating profusely and secretly thanked himself

Fortunately, he did not execute the nobles without authorization, otherwise it would be his turn to jump into the surging Samo River

"It is indeed very vicious. If we do not suppress the nobles of Zhiwadin City, they will take the opportunity to incite Zhiwadin City to be independent from our Samoel. If we suppress the nobles of the whole city, we will have an excuse to kill the nobles. They can use this to incite all the southern lords who are dissatisfied with us to unite and attack us!

"The mantis stalks the cicada, and the oriole is behind. What a calculation! "

The fat man closed the interrogation record in his hand, his face was terribly gloomy

"I issued an emergency military order last night to mobilize Statuenko's Sixth Heavy Infantry Regiment to Zhiwadin. Don't they like to play tricks? I will let the whole south see the price of daring to play with me. You have to pay for it if you mess around! "

The fat man's cold words made Caesar Sauron shudder.

"It's over. Why did you, a bunch of boring lords, provoke this madman? Now, the south is going to be in chaos!