Lord Chronicle

Chapter 250 The dark tide is surging
Two days later.

"Time is running out, we must act." Saul said word by word.

Gein, who was sitting opposite him, was taken aback: "What, there's no need to be in such a hurry, right?"

Walsa also said: "Didn't you say that there is no breakthrough in Sidvila Fortress yet? What can we do now?"

Sol sighed: "I know, but after what happened last time, I always feel a little bad. Besides, I can't keep dragging on like this."

Das nodded humbly: "That's true. Walsa and I already have some ideas about where to set up the teleportation array. As long as the location is determined, it can be opened at any time. So, we will wait for your actions."

Gein frowned: "But where do we start?"

Sol thought for a while: "I've thought about it for the past two days. If you want to save people, you still have to take it step by step. You can't rush it. However, you can try to contact those officers first. Last time Sith also said that with his assistance, you can get It should not be difficult for the other party to trust."

Walsa spread his hands: "But the problem came back again. Those officers were locked in the fortress. Your men can probably get close, but Sith is just an ordinary soldier, how could he sneak in."

Sol also felt a big headache about this, he couldn't help holding his head and said: "Yeah, this is the most troublesome point. Damn it, I should really ask Hitches before coming here, is there any potion that can make you invisible."

At this moment, Das was suddenly heard muttering: "If you can't get in, it's the same to let them out."

"What?" Thor raised his head.

"Huh?" Das looked at him inexplicably, apparently just his unconscious words.

Gein heard it clearly, and he scratched his head: "This is another solution, but it may be more difficult than getting people in. If the Lulin people were willing to cooperate, the officers would not have been detained alone."

The problem seemed to be back to the original point, and the four racked their brains, but could not find any solution.

After a long while, Gein couldn't help but thumped the table irritably: "Damn, I really want to smash that damn fortress to pieces, and see if they can lock people up."

Das teased, "If we had this strength, we would have rescued the captives long ago."

Walsa also said: "Sidvila is the strongest barrier on the Lulin border of our Dinar. I don't know if destroying it can save people, but the king will not let you go first."

Listening to the conversation between the three, Sol's eyes fell on the candlestick on the table, and a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind.Destroy...destroy...fire...

"Haha, worship me, I have figured out a way." He slapped his thigh.

The three of Das were all taken aback and asked questions one after another.

Sol said: "It's very simple. Although we can't destroy the fortress, we only need to make it uninhabitable. Lulin and his fellows can only obediently transfer people out."

"As long as those officers are in prison camps, we have access to them."

"Can't live in people? Isn't that the same as destroying it." Das wondered.

Walsa said more directly: "Don't tell me you want to turn the fortress into a plague area by using the 'epidemic spell' in necromancy? But we don't have necromancers at all."

Sol couldn't help but patted him: "You can figure it out, you want to kill those officers together?"

"Okay, don't be secretive, just talk." Gein was very dissatisfied with him.

Sol chuckled: "Set it on fire."

As he said that, he leaned closer to the three of them and said, "Didn't we bring a batch of small beads made by Mary from Lovell? We originally planned to use them to create chaos in Ferry City in case of need, but now it just so happens..."

For a moment, after hearing Sol's plan, the three of them couldn't help but gasp.

Walsa shook his head again and again: "It's terrible, thank you for thinking of it."

Gein couldn't help but said, "This won't implicate those officers, right?"

Saul said confidently: "Of course not. Those officers are very important to the Lulin people, and they will definitely protect the safety of those people. So after setting the fire, the officers will definitely be transferred out."

"I couldn't find a suitable place in a hurry, so they are likely to be temporarily placed in a prisoner camp. The next thing will be much easier."

Das had seen Sol's feat of burning thousands of miles in order to plot against the Black Armored Cavalry. Now burning a small fortress is nothing compared to the big picture, but he is not surprised.

At this time, he said: "I agree with Saul's idea. Extraordinary means are used in extraordinary times. Now that time is running out, we can only take risks."

As he said that, he added: "So, even if he was burned to death innocently, I believe those officers will not blame us."

The other three: I sweat...

After discussing the details again, Saul called Kip, giving such and so, such and such orders.

After hearing this evil and bold plan, Chip reacted without surprise.I don't know if he has long been used to Thor's endless weird ideas, or he hasn't shown it at all.

He just said: "I'll start preparing right now. If there is no accident, I will be able to do it in a few days."

"Okay, you just let it go, the four of us will be responsible for all the consequences." Sol decided.

"No, it's just you!" The three of Das said in unison, fully showing the "unity" among the four masters.

"I rely on..."

However, at this moment, none of the four of them thought that a storm that swept across the entire city of Ferry was quietly hitting them.

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Molly laboriously put a basket of apples on the table, wiped the sweat from his forehead, then moved the chair to sit aside, and began to wait for customers to come to his door.

He is an ordinary shopkeeper in Ferry City. He runs a small melon and fruit shop. He works at sunrise and rests at sunset every day, and pays harsh taxes hard. He is no different from other people.

However, this is only his superficial identity.In private, Molly is a member of a secret organization in the city.Like Serang's resistance organization, they are also secretly engaged in actions against the Lulin people.

However, during this period of time, the city of Ferry was surprisingly calm, and the activities of the city defense army were also reduced a lot, and they stopped hunting around for resisters. This made Molly feel the rare days when he didn't have to worry about it.

However, he has not forgotten his secret identity after all.Therefore, although he was doing business in front of the store, Molly had already begun to consider whether he should propose to the Lulin people to look good when he organized a rally next time.

At this moment, two people walked in front of him.

Molly, who was in a trance, woke up suddenly, and quickly put on a smile: "What do you want to buy?"

However, when he looked up and saw the appearance of these two customers, he couldn't help but feel a little bit in his heart.

One of the two is tall, with serious eyes, and has a dangerous trait that makes one's heart chill; the other looks ordinary, but for some reason, Molly always feels that his eyes seem to be able to see through people of.

No matter how you look at it, these two people are not like ordinary people who can visit fruit shops.

"Are you Molly?" At this moment, the taller man asked.

Molly instinctively wanted to deny it, but for some reason, the words turned into: "I am, what's the matter with you?"

"Yes." The man nodded: "Kill you."

Before he finished speaking, he pulled out the astonishingly large sword from his waist and swung it over.

There was no time to react. Molly felt as if he had been hit by a heavy hammer. He flew upside down and hit the wall of the shop with a bang.

Molly was already dead when he was struck.At this moment, like a broken puppet, he was leaning against the wall in a strange posture. A shocking huge wound was opened on his chest, and his whole body was almost cut into two pieces. The blood spilled from the door stretched all the way to the corpse. .

Suddenly seeing a murder in the street, all the passers-by outside the store shouted in horror, and the scene was instantly chaotic.

The strong man who murdered didn't care, he grabbed an apple and took a bite, then turned his head and asked the man beside him, "Which number is this?"

The man said: "The fifth one."

"It's not enough. If we want to force those guys out, we need to kill some trash." The strong man snorted.

"Go, go to the next place."

Ignoring the onlookers around, the two swaggered and turned to leave.

It wasn't until a long time after they left that bold passers-by approached the store to spy one after another. Seeing Molly's tragic death, everyone had deep fear in their eyes.

However, these people did not know that in many places in Ferry City at this moment, residents who usually seemed to be very honest were arrested and questioned by the spies of the city defense team.

Others were secretly assassinated.

And Molly is just one of these people.It's just that the person who killed him deliberately made a high profile.

The surface of Ferry City, which was calm on the surface, began to boil like a boiling pot of water.

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In this regard, Saul and others who had been staying in the hiding place for a while did not know about it until Garrett came to the door again.

After listening to Garrett's talk about the turbulent situation in the city during this period, the four of them glanced at each other, and they all knew that it must be that Lu Lin's side couldn't hold back, and began to take tough measures.

It seems that the killing of Fielding and that Ye Ying last time really had a great impact.

At this time, I heard Garrett say: "The recent situation is like this. Many organizations have been implicated, and people have been arrested or killed one after another. The city of Ferry looks calm on the surface, but it is already quite chaotic in the dark."

Saul couldn't help but said, "Aren't you afraid of causing turmoil in the whole city by doing what Lu Lin did?"

Many of these resistance organizations are local snakes with deep roots. Such a large-scale hunt and assassination is likely to cause them to rebound, and then Ferry City will no longer be able to maintain peace.

Cliff has always been committed to maintaining the prosperity of Ferry City, so he mostly turns a blind eye to the existence of these secret organizations.Only within a certain range, attack one by one, this is actually to prevent those organizations from uniting.

This strategy is very effective. While gradually eliminating the resisters, it also maintains the stability of Ferry City.

Garrett said: "Actually, Lulin is also very measured. Although the attack was extensive, it did not kill all those organizations. It only arrested some of its members, and did not touch the senior management of several relatively large organizations. "

"Because of this, those organizations didn't tear themselves apart and joined forces to make trouble. After all, doing so would cost them a lot. Even if Lu Lin could be remembered severely, exposure would mean death."

Sol nodded secretly, this is indeed Felino's style.Those resistance groups are like frogs, being slowly boiled by him with warm water. Ferino has mastered the balance well, hitting them without touching the bottom line of these people, so the resistance groups have no choice but to endure and not Dare to take that last step.

With such a guy in charge of the overall situation in Ferry, how can those organizations make trouble.

At this time Das asked: "Is your Thieves Guild okay?"

In addition to the four major chambers of commerce, the Thieves Guild is another one that can directly contact Sol and others. At least their current hiding place is only known to the four major chambers of commerce and the Thieves Guild.

Understanding what he meant, Garrett said: "Don't worry, our guild has always kept a low profile, and this time the Lulin people are targeting those resistance organizations, so although it will be affected, it will not cause major problems."

Having said that, he glanced at Sol, and said hesitantly: "However, there has been a strange rumor outside recently."

Saul felt a little strange: "What rumor?"

Garrett said with a strange expression: "During this period, a few people of unknown origin killed many members of the resistance organization in a very high-profile manner, all of which were carried out in the downtown area in full view. Moreover, the city defense army also acquiesced this behavior."

"Following that, there were rumors that Lulin's large-scale attack this time was to find a leader called the 'Bahrain Liberation and Resistance Front'. As long as they are found, the city defense army's operations will stop. And those few people The killing is to warn those organizations not to cover them."

Hearing this, the four of Sol gasped in unison.

So fucking vicious.

Felino played this move and immediately pushed Serang and the others to the forefront.Under the fear, there is no guarantee that some organizations will not betray them in order to protect themselves.

Moreover, this purpose is spread in the form of "rumors", but it is much more effective than Philino's explicit announcement of his intentions.

In this way, it not only avoids arousing the common hatred of those rebellious organizations, but also blurs its true purpose.While those organizations are under fear, there must be someone who is willing to confirm this "rumor".

If Serang is caught, then Sol and the others will be really in danger.

Trying to suppress the turmoil in his heart, Sol pretended to be calm and said: "I see, this is indeed a very strange rumor. I really don't know what those Lulin people are thinking."

Gein also chimed in, "It's just that I don't know the origin of that front that can make the Lulin people put so much effort."

Garrett gave them a strange look, then stood up: "Then, that's all the information I can provide. The city is not very peaceful recently, so you should be more careful."

Sol nodded: "We understand, thank you."

With that said, he also stood up and sent Garrett away.

When he reached the door, Garrett suddenly lowered his voice and said, "Master Saul, if you want to leave Ferry City, our guild is willing to provide help at any time."

Sol was slightly taken aback, and then understood.Obviously, Garrett had already guessed that this matter had something to do with them.

At this moment, he is euphemistically reminding Sol that the current situation is not good, and he still plans to escape as soon as possible.

For the thieves who have always been only responsible for collecting money and doing things, it is a very rare act to stand on Sol's side without hesitation knowing that they may get burned.

Saul was moved and couldn't help patting Garrett on the shoulder: "Thank you."

Smiling at him, Garrett said goodbye and left.

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When Sol went back, the three of Das all had a sad look on their faces. Obviously, the bad news just now had dealt a great blow to them.

In fact, Sol was also quite depressed, and Felino did a great job.I believe that it won't be long before Serang will be dug out, and then they will also be unlucky, and may even affect the captives in the Sidvila Fortress.

The trouble is that Saul and the others are powerless to prevent the situation from deteriorating. Could it be that, as Garrett said, they are really ready to run away?
After he sat down, several people all looked at each other in blank dismay.After a while, Dass asked, "What do you think?"

Walsa yelled: "I don't know, anyway, I have a very bad feeling."

Sol also sighed: "After all, the Lulin people control the city. If we confront them head-on, we are definitely not their opponents."

Das snorted, "Right now others are making it clear that the big bullies the small, and crush us to death with the chips in their hands."

Walsa couldn't help but said: "Don't be so pessimistic. What if those organizations simply ignored the rumors, or were they forced to stage a collective riot?"

Das waved his hand: "Selan said that those resistance organizations are just a mess. For his own safety, someone will definitely betray him."

Sol also said: "I think so too, so unless we can figure out a way to deal with it, it will only be a matter of time before we are exposed."

Thinking of this possibility, several people could not help but fall silent.Because this also means that their plan for this trip has completely failed.

After a while, Das tentatively said: "Since this is the case, should we arrange the evacuation now. If, I mean, if something unexpected happens, we have enough time to deal with it."

Although he has repeatedly emphasized "if", everyone knows that this "if" is very likely to be realized.

The four were silent for another moment, and for a moment, Walsa whispered: "I agree. Before the Lulin people realize our existence, it is the best time to evacuate. If the situation gets to the worst, I'm afraid..."

Gein, who hadn't spoken all this time, suddenly yelled: "Ahhh, I'm really not reconciled. There has finally been a turning point in the Sidvila Fortress, and even the place to set up the teleportation array is almost ready. Is it true? I have no choice but to run away in despair?"

This really speaks out the aspirations of everyone. Under the circumstances that both sides have a lot to do, it is really unwilling to sneak away.

At this moment, Ge Yin gritted his teeth suddenly and said, "Actually, there is no other way."

"What is it?" Walsa asked hastily.

Darth raised his eyebrows slightly, but he seemed to guess what Gein wanted to say, he breathed out: "Don't you want to..."

Gein thumped the table hard: "That's right, as long as we kill Serang and the others first, no one in his organization will know of our existence. This way we will be safe, and we can proceed with the next plan calmly."

The words were so sudden that Sol felt blocked in his heart, and couldn't help but waved his hand: "Wait, you mean, we want to kill people to silence them?"

Das said in a deep voice: "Technically speaking, this is the only and best solution at present."

As expected of being from the military, these two guys are really ruthless.

"But Serang... how could he do this." Walsa was also shocked, and couldn't help muttering.

"So, do you have a better way?" Gein glanced at the two with burning eyes.

Walsa couldn't help choking, but still shook his head.

"Although I'm sorry for them, in order to complete our plan and end this war as soon as possible, the necessary sacrifices can be tolerated." At this time, Gein said again.

Saul interrupted him suddenly: "Is this really necessary?"

Then, without waiting for Gein to answer, he said again: "Let's not say that Serang is fighting against the Lulin people. Just because he spared no effort to rescue those 10,000+ soldiers deserves our awe. It's a pity, for such a People, I absolutely can't do it."

"Besides, have you ever thought that in order to survive the current crisis, we can kill him to silence him. Then, if the next crisis happens, who should we kill? The Four Great Chambers of Commerce? Chesler? Or Garrett?"

"It's not the same at all, because now we only have..." Das still wanted to defend.

Saul waved his hand, motioning him to let himself finish: "No, it's not the same. Then, let me ask another question. If next time, we are faced with the same crisis as now, but the role of Serang is changed. It’s me, it’s Darth, it’s Volsa, it’s Gein, do we still have to use silencing to solve it?”

Every time he said a name, he looked at a person.Under his gaze, the three of them couldn't help avoiding their eyes.

"How is it possible, we are good brothers, how could we do this..." Gein was the first to shout.

However, before he finished speaking, he seemed to think of something, and his voice dropped involuntarily.

Suoer said solemnly: "Yes, at least I will never do this, no matter to you or others."

"I think the reason why we can become best friends is that we are not the kind of careerists who can use all means for the sake of our goals. Although we have been called despicable and shameless by many people, but We all have at least the most basic bottom line of human beings, not unscrupulous purists."

"So, I firmly oppose this proposal. How about you?"

His words caused the other three to look at each other. After a while, Walsa was the first to hesitate and said, "To be honest, I... I can't do it either."

Das felt a little regretful, but also heaved a sigh of relief, "Then, I also object."

Gein nodded: "Sol is right. Once this kind of thing starts, we can't control it in many cases. If this is the case, I will arrange the evacuation."

Although the four finally resisted the temptation, they did not do anything unscrupulous.But thinking of the months of hard work that was ultimately ruined, everyone felt a little uncomfortable.

Just when Gein was about to leave, a thought suddenly flashed through Sol's messy mind.He couldn't help calling Gein: "Wait."

"What's wrong?" Gein looked back at him strangely.

"Perhaps, the matter has not reached the point of irreversibility." Sol gritted his teeth, and at the same time his thoughts changed sharply.

Gein thought he was going back on his word again, so he couldn't help but said, "Didn't we agree just now..."

Sol interrupted him with a wave of his hand: "No, I mean, there are other ways."

Already quite confident in his endless ideas, Das quickly said: "Say it quickly."

Saul didn't play tricks like usual, he said directly: "Now our biggest threat is that under the persecution of the city defense army, those resistance organizations may betray Serang, thus endangering our safety, right?"

"So, if there is one thing that can divert most of the attention of the city defense forces, so that they have no time to focus on other things, and no longer have the energy to deal with those resistance groups, will we be safe?"

Hearing what he said, the other three were all startled.Das frowned and said, "But they want to find us all, so why would they distract themselves and do other things?"

Gein nodded and said, "In theory, that's true. But as Das said, now that Felino is determined to get rid of us, how could he give up halfway."

When the two were talking, Sol filtered the thoughts in his mind again, and the more he thought about it, the more feasible it became.He said confidently: "Hey, that's not necessarily the case. For example, if suddenly an important person in Ferry City disappeared or was kidnapped, what do you think the city defense team will do?"

Walsa tapped his forehead: "Of course it's all about searching or rescuing. Hmm... I kind of understand what you want to do, but this person must have enough weight."

Hearing what he said, Darth and Gein also understood.Das suddenly said: "So that's the case. It's a shame that you kid can come up with such a bad idea."

Gein pondered and said: "Walsa is right. Choosing a partner is very important. It must be prominent, but not too sensitive. At least the leaders of Lulin's military, I absolutely don't want to touch them, otherwise Lulin Lin Jun must go crazy. We don't need the city defense army to show up, and we have to run away."

Das also said: "That's right, and with our strength, it's impossible to touch them."

Saying that, the three of them looked at Saul together: "Tell me, which unlucky ghost is it that you have taken a fancy to."

Sol laughed, and moved his head mysteriously: "Of course it's our old friend. For example, how about the former Lord of Bahrain, His Excellency the Marquis of Cliff?"

What Sol was thinking of was naturally the kidnapping of Melis the last time he came to Ferry City to rob treasure.This time, he intends to repeat the old trick and repeat the original act of "surrounding Wei and saving Zhao".

It's just that this time the target is changed to a bigger one.

The other three turned their heads to look at each other in astonishment as if they had heard something unbelievable.

After a while, Das exclaimed: "I, I said, you are not serious, are you?"

Saul shrugged. "Why not? Can you think of a better candidate?"

"No, you wait first..." Gein seemed to be greatly frightened, shaking his hands while exhaling heavily.

"You mean, we want to kidnap Cliff to resolve this crisis?"

"Yeah." Sol nodded.

"You're not crazy, are you?" Walsa was also amazed at his madness.

"Other than that, I can't think of a better way." Sol took it for granted.

Das glared at him: "Your kid has always had a lot of weird ideas, but this time it's too much. I admit that this is really unreasonable. I guess no one would have thought that someone would dare to play in Ferry City." Cliff's idea."

"However, no matter how unexpected it is, we must have the ability to do it."

Gein also said: "To be precise, this is simply impossible."

Saul said stubbornly: "No, it's because even we think so, and the other party doesn't expect anyone to dare to attack Cliff. As long as we plan properly, we are not without a chance of success."

Gein snorted: "The plan is right? Then tell me, what is his schedule, do you know the layout of the lord's mansion, and who is protecting him... We don't know anything about these, how do we do it? Don’t you think these things can also be found out through the Thieves Guild?”

After he finished speaking, Sol nodded: "Under normal circumstances, this is indeed true. But if I say, someone can provide it for us?"

Gein was startled, and then said: "Are you talking about Chip and the others? Impossible, it will take a long time to collect this kind of information, but we can't wait that long. Besides, just Cliff's schedule , it cannot be obtained by spying."

Sol shook his finger with a tut: "Of course I know this. I mean, what if someone can tell us all the information at once?"

Das hesitated for a moment: "In this case, you can try it...Damn it, you're starting to play tricks again, stop talking nonsense, what exactly do you want to say?"

Sol laughed: "Do you still remember that we captured one of Clive's servants during the Royal Capital Celebration?"

Das was taken aback for a moment, and then showed a thoughtful look.At this time, Walsa said: "It happened a long time ago, if you don't tell me, who will remember it."

(Author Yuanmu: It’s really been a long time. The small character who only showed one side in the fourth episode of the first part is now mentioned again, and it is already the No.14 episode of the second part...)
Das also clapped his hands in a sudden realization: "Ah, I remembered, that guy's name...what's his name?"

"Uh... To be honest, I forgot too." Saul scratched his head embarrassingly.

He followed up and said, "In short, he was the one who was almost raped by the beggar you found. He is the servant who has been with Cliff all the time. Last time I transformed into Ferry City and sneaked into the city of Ferry, he was also at Cliff's banquet. met him."

To be honest, he had long forgotten about this insignificant person. If it hadn't been for a flash of inspiration just now, he probably wouldn't have remembered that there was such a thing.

Gein was puzzled by what he heard, and hurriedly asked what was going on.Walsa explained it to him vividly, and Gein suddenly said: "So that's what happened. So, you plan to attack this guy?"

Saul nodded: "Yes, he has been with Cliff all the time, and he has a history of betraying Cliff, so he is the best person to obtain information."

Darth applauded repeatedly: "It's a good thing you thought of it. That's right, he was the one who told us about Cliff hiding the Necromancer last time."

Walsa said with a sinister smile: "I guess that guy would never have imagined in his dreams, will he see us again?"

"Anyway, things have gotten to the point where they can't get any worse, why don't you give it a go and see if it can turn around, how about it?" Saul looked at the three of them.

Without any hesitation, the three of Das nodded at the same time.

"Haha, then, let's go meet old friends." Sol laughed and stood up.

(End of this chapter)