Riding and Slashing

Chapter 377

May [-]th.

Immel Village.

Maybe it was a wonderful coincidence, maybe it was fate, when Li Ang came to Yimer Village, it just happened to catch up with Goddess Damia's Harvest Blessing Day—it was also a festival of dancing courtship.

But this time, there was no large-scale gathering in Yimel Village, and there was no one in the small square where the crowds were singing and dancing.

The whole village was in a mess, and it was as quiet as a barren ruin.

You know, this is a place where tens of thousands of people live together, so it's just called a 'village'.

On the statue of Goddess Damia, there was a withered garland hanging, and the fallen leaves and sundries beside the statue were left unattended.

This is the most important festival in the Southern Continent, this day full of hope for a better life, in Yimer, a well-known and wealthy village, it interprets desolation and decline in an unusual way.

"What did Titus do in Imel..."

Li Ang walked on the cobblestone road at the entrance of the village that he had walked, and sighed deeply as he saw the sporadic blood on the ground.

When General Kryon and his son Lord Dean were in charge of Imel, it was a bustling and bustling town...

"After His Majesty Marius recommended Titus to join the Phoenix Knights, this guy lived in Yimer very honestly. After you disappeared the year before last, my father took back Karen Lulu Castle and the area around Yimer on behalf of the empire... and then I My father went to Siyuan City to preside over the economic reconstruction of the entire empire, and Yimer Village was out of control, so Titus kept collecting money and food here in the name of the fiefdom of the Phoenix Knights..."

Alina whispered about the cause and effect.

The area around Yimer was indeed a fief granted to the Phoenix Knights by Emperor Marius, but it was not a fiefdom, but the land was given to Li Ang by means of a transaction, and Li Ang was asked to use the output of this place to support the Phoenix Knights—Phoenix The Knights are the troops of the Ashborn Empire. They belong to neither Bacchus nor Leon. Instead, they come from afar to deal with the Snake Cult. They are the common allies of Mario and Leon.

It is actually legal for Titus to expropriate Imel's money and food in the name of the Phoenix Knights.

It's just that Titus' collection is too harsh...

The base of the Phoenix Knights is Karen Deer Castle. Their goals and responsibilities are very clear. They only deal with the Snake Cult, so they have been attacking the Snake Cult's dens everywhere. They don't know how Titus got the money and food. don't care.

As for Titus, he gradually freed himself during this period of unrestrained days, once again pulled out a private army by scraping the ground, and fought fiercely with some conservative nobles.

"Titus doesn't seem to have any family members. This guy can't be coerced... Li Ang, why did you deal with him first?"

After talking about Titus' situation, Alina asked.

She didn't understand why Li Ang wanted to start with Titus first - Titus was a loner with no wife or children, she felt that it was hard to find weaknesses.

"Coercing others doesn't necessarily mean targeting wives and children... People like Titus who want to gain power have the most weaknesses."

Li Ang turned around and explained: "Compared with other conservative nobles, Titus is the one who dares not to suffer huge losses—he has no family to rely on, and he doesn't have much capital to make a comeback, so he simply can't afford to lose. If It's not because he lost the trust of Emperor Marius, and he wouldn't be so stupid as to mix with the old school..."

"As long as he can find the property he plundered in the past two years and kill the trusted servants he left here, he must withdraw his troops... because he only has his own private soldiers to rely on, and he dare not bury everything in Bailu Under the castle. Otherwise, no matter what the final victory or defeat is, what use is a lone family who has lost all his capital to the conservative faction?"

Alina nodded, and then looked at Alisa beside Li Ang: "So, you are going to use the name of the Snake Cult to take away everything Titus has obtained in the past two years?"

"Titus is a phoenix knight after all, of course we have to find a reasonable reason for him to retreat. Moreover, many conservative nobles have colluded with the Snake Cult, which is obvious... Guess, if the Snake Cult people rob Will Titus fight those old-school nobles under White Hart Castle?"

Li Ang also glanced at Alisa beside him.

The little snake girl was a little distressed: "Hiss...My lord, I am no longer a member of the God Cult. I promised Alistair to join the Twilight Knights a few days ago... Can you stop asking me to perform such tasks in the future? ?”

Ever since Alisa joined Leon's team, all the missions she performed have been performed in her true colors - Leon always asked her to work as a priestess of the Snake Cult...

"Come on, the Snake Cult's gods are gone. Speaking of it, joining the Twilight Knights is a more suitable choice. At least the doctrine of 'In the dark, there is light in the heart' is true. It is more suitable for you..."

Li Ang looked at Alisa helplessly.

The little snake girl is actually a very reasonable person, and she has always behaved well, but she still has a habitual nostalgia for the Snake Cult.

Li Ang can understand her, it's like a child's nostalgia for home - Alyssa was brought to the temple of Amala Continent since she was a child, she grew up there, the Snake Cult is her home, isn't it Saying give up can give up completely.

"Hiss... After completing this mission, I will go to Singal with Alistair... Hiss, otherwise you will definitely let me do this kind of work in the future..."

Alisa grunted.

"Isn't Alistair so blah... how could he still fool such a beautiful girl?"

Ramon came over and whispered in Li Ang's ear.

"Cough...it's because of that, that's why he has a better relationship with Alyssa...Alyssa grew up soaked in poison. Alistair suits her..."

Li Ang glanced at Lamon, and listened to him: "You don't think you want to get Alisa's idea..."

"No, no, no...she is a vegetarian, not suitable for people like me who spend a lot of money every day..."

Ramon swallowed and stopped talking.

Soon after, there was some commotion in the originally peaceful and desolate village.

A group of 'Snake Cultists' entered the village and stole Titus' nest under the leadership of a beautiful Snake Cult priestess.

Coincidentally, the manor that Titus occupied in the village of Emel was next door to Lord Dean.

Dean's old housekeeper watched these 'snake worshippers' murder, set fire and rob property in the manor next door. He held the alarm bell in his hand but never rang.

Moreover, the old man still had a gloating smile on his face.

Even when these Snake Worshipers dragged away Dean's carriage to load Titus's belongings, the old housekeeper didn't stop him, and even took the initiative to unload the hay from the carriage...

Looking at it this way, even if Titus is not an angry person in this village, at least he is regarded as an abomination...

Of course, when the 'Snake Worshipers' left with several large carts of belongings, the old butler still sounded the alarm - no matter what, Dean's family was also robbed of a carriage...

Titus's family has quite a lot of property, and it seems that the land has been scratched in the past two years.

Moreover, Ramon's men found a lot of armor and weapons from Titus' house, most of which were equipped by imperial knights.

These equipment were originally the standard equipment of the Guards of Emperor Marius.

But the current "Imperial Knights" are not noble knights in the true sense. They should actually be called "Knights of the Bacchus Imperial Guards", which is the brand-new guards formed by Emperor Marius after he obtained a large number of horses. .

Many members of the legion are not nobles, but basically all of them are educated people who graduated from the Royal Academy of Siyuan City.

The Royal Academy of Siyuan City was established 17 years ago. The principal is Justus, and Emperor Marius himself is also the honorary principal. This is not only a military academy, but also a place to train a new generation of political talents.

Dean was also an imperial knight—the imperial knights under Marius were actually reserve officials, but they did not have the privileges of nobility.

These are the new generation of reform executors, and most of them are people who have benefited from the reform.

As the reform process of Bacchus continued to advance, Marius sent many imperial knights to various places as grassroots implementers and supervisors to ensure that the reform policy could be implemented.

Emperor Marius should have sent many imperial knights to stare at the eastern region, but the knights sent near Imer were probably killed secretly by Titus.

It is estimated that many places are similar...

After all, no conservative aristocrat is willing to let Mario's "reform commissioner" come to his own territory to supervise himself.

Anyway, the sky is high and the emperor is far away. These 'commissioners' are on business trips, so it is really difficult to guarantee their safety. After they are killed, they can just throw the blame on the snake worshiper.

But now, Li Ang used the same method to throw the blame on the Snake Worship Master, except that he was not dealing with the Imperial Knights, but Titus.

The Scorpion Assassins killed all those who resisted in Titus's house, dispersed the other servants, and set fire to the manor, but deliberately 'missed' a few of the retainers who had fled from the beginning.

Most of the people who ran away from the beginning were Titus' cronies, who were rushing to report the news.

Those who dare to resist are usually the hardcore guards who guard the house.

Ramon's subordinates are quite efficient at doing this kind of work, after all, these murders and arson are their old profession.

"Where to go next?"

Ramon asked quite enthusiastically, this kind of work is his strong point.

"Go to Volvin, not far to the south... What's the name of that lord?"

Li Ang turned to ask Alina.

"Remusk, a greedy and lustful guy."

Alina replied.

"Lust... um... will there be many beauties in his family?"

Ramon raised his eyebrows at Li Ang: "Are we pretending to worship the Snake Cult this time or something else?"

It looks like this guy is addicted to role-playing.

"Didn't Titus's house find a lot of imperial knight equipment... just wear the equipment of Titus's house and go to Volvin. A group of imperial knights raided Limusk's house and took away all his family members... just right suitable."

Li Ang pulled out a set of imperial knight armor from the carriage.

……

"Lord Theister, haven't you already sworn allegiance to Lord Rimusk? Why didn't you go to White Hart Castle?"

On the watchtower of Wolfenburg, several soldiers were chatting with their spears.

"What's so good about fighting... Only by living can you enjoy life!"

An imperial knight lay lazily on the watchtower basking in the sun, turned over and advised the soldiers beside him: "White Hart Castle is a dangerous place, how can it be so easy to conquer? Even if I win, I can get it again." What? I am someone sent by His Majesty the Emperor, and Rimusk didn't trust me..."

"Then... isn't it more necessary to fight bravely and use practical actions to gain the trust of Lord Rimusk?"

A young soldier asked ignorantly.

"Oh, naive boy... Everyone wants military achievements, but some battles are destined to be unsuccessful... Besides, isn't it good to be alive? Just like now... Let's bask in the sun for a while, touch the fish for a while, and sit until the end of the day Get off work after dark, nothing happened, and you can still receive your salary in peace..."

The imperial knight known as Sister spoke lazily.

"But when you dealt with the Snake Worship Cult last time, didn't you also make contributions... I also want to collect some credits, maybe I can be recommended to the Royal Academy, and then I can become an imperial knight..."

The young soldiers were probably very envious of Cister's status as a knight - it is very difficult for a child of an old-school noble family to become an imperial knight. Entering the Royal Academy requires the approval of Marius or Justus, but if he has merit, That's another matter.

"Snake Worship Cult? The last time we dealt with Snake Worship Cult, it wasn't a war... Innocent child, thanks to you, you are still Limusic's nephew..."

Cister turned over again, apparently not planning to say anything to the young soldier.

"Master Theister... Imperial Knight..."

The young soldier was silent for only a moment, then spoke again.

"Oh... can you stop talking so much? Finally, I can take a peaceful nap..."

Sister sat up impatiently.

"That... I mean... there seem to be a lot of imperial knights coming outside..."

The soldier pointed to the road outside the castle, his eyes flashed with longing: "There are so many knights, they look so majestic..."

"What the hell……"

Cistus was shocked, quickly got up and took a look outside the city, then put the sword on his shoulder and was about to run away. After running two steps, he turned around and patted the young soldier on the shoulder: " You are the captain of the patrol from now on! I am going to fight at White Hart Castle..."

"Hey... Lord Sister?"

The soldier stared blankly at the back of Sister running away, and murmured: "Didn't you say that White Hart Castle is dangerous..."

Whether White Hart Castle is in danger or not, Sist doesn't know.

But he knew that if he didn't run away, Walvin would be in great danger...

He is an imperial knight sent by Emperor Marius to supervise the implementation of reforms, but he swore allegiance to the old-school lord Rimusk a few months ago-this is a serious political error. If Emperor Lue knew about it, he would at least have to be beaten to the end, and he might even be sent to the arena.

And now, a large group of imperial knights have come to Volvin, what does this mean?
A few months ago, the main reason for Sist to pledge his allegiance to Rimusk was the attack launched by the Snake Cult.

Sister is a smart commissioner. He knows who sent the so-called 'Snake Cultist' and the reason for it. For his own life, he must compromise...

Rimusk is also a very good guy - he cooperated with Sister to "fight bravely", "drive away" those "Snake Worshipers", and then appointed the "brave" Sister as the patrol captain, and sent Several soldiers gave him as followers...

Of course, those soldiers are all seventeen or eighteen-year-old melon eggs, and they are all offshoots of the Sist family...

So Sister is very sensible and fishes every day. Anyway, the Imperial Guards will pay him a salary, and Rimusk will also pay him a patrol salary-as long as he fishes with peace of mind, he can receive two salaries. It is necessary to work hard.

(End of this chapter)