The airship came to the sky above Pioneer Square and finally stopped in the open space in front of the city hall, attracting hundreds of onlookers.

After arranging for someone to protect the airship, Captain Davidson personally led everyone into the town hall and headed straight for the council chamber.

The crown colony in the northern part of the New World was made up of three regions: the Yorktown region, the Greater Medis region, and the Greater Zippewa region.

The mayors of the core cities of these three regions have powers equivalent to those of governors in the central and southern parts of the New World. Therefore, the royal family was naturally worried that the three mayors would not be able to lose their tails, so they imitated the city council system of the Duchy of Stuart and established three city councils as a check on the mayor.

The council chamber is the place where the council discusses and makes decisions.

At this time, in the conference hall, a fat man stood on a small platform in the middle, talking to more than a hundred city councilors dressed in leather shoes in the circular staircase seats.

I would like to take this opportunity to address all the gentlemen, and you all know that we have reached the critical moment of our decision!

On March 24, 983, our enemies, shameful robbers, thieves, and kidnappers, openly attacked the spring hunting camp and killed 67 people, 24 of whom were the sons and nephews of all of us here, and at least 155 of whom were friends and relatives of all of you!

There was neither a declaration of war nor an ultimatum, and the sword was inflicted on these young people in the prime of their youth, and I am saddened and regretted!

These so-called independent armies are heinous, murderous, and insatiable devils, who have no purpose or principles except insatiable plunder, and their idea of independent statehood is only a false lie to deceive those ignorant and ignorant people.

And we, gentlemen, are still here talking about whether or not to accept their coercion!

You want to make a deal with the devil!

As long as they taste the sweetness once, they will become even more intense! Unscrupulous! Keep up the good work! Never stop!

We must not bow down to them, we will fight! We must eradicate them completely!

We have the Legion, the tenacious, heroic Eleventh Legion!

We've got the City Guard, ah, and our chief captain Davidson is here! Do you want such a mighty and proud warrior to bow down to the rats of the woods?

Please let me go on!

As we all know, the envoy of the empire is coming, so when we face the envoy, we can only bow our heads and say angrily: 'I'm sorry, Mr. envoy, in addition to the Silver Dragon Divine Kingdom, there is another negotiation for the establishment of the country that you need to participate in. ’

Yes, we compromised with the Silver Dragon Divine Kingdom, we compromised with the Beastmaster, not that we compromised to the powerful, but that we followed the ancient law: the place protected by the Beastmaster can be called a kingdom!

But the kidnappers, what do they have? They have nothing, they just take advantage of our weakness and want to take advantage of it!

I will never agree! Not every righteous person will agree!

Mr. Mayor, sign a decree against those who rebel, and I, Vuitton Kingsley, will fight them to the end with all my might!

That's right, it's also to avenge my daughter!

Believe me, they will never be satisfied, and we should never compromise!

Never compromise!"

Amid applause and boos, the fat man who spoke generously left the podium in the center and walked back to his seat.

Mayor Hoffa, who was sitting in the innermost circle of the circular chamber, looked tired, slowly stood up, and said, "Captain Davidson, is there something you brought these young people here?"

Davidson, who was standing in the passageway, led Marianne and the others to the small platform in the center, and said loudly: "Lord Mayor, these gentlemen and ladies have escaped from the spring hunting camp, and I think the city councilors must have a lot of questions to ask them, so I brought them here. Oh, by the way, this is Miss Marianne of the Westers. ”

Hearing Marianne's name, there was another commotion in the audience, and one person stood up directly and said loudly: "Roman! Your niece and nephew are back! Do you still insist on solving the problem by force?"

Another person also said: "Don't you know what you are thinking? If you can't kill people with a knife, why should you be fearless and make enemies?"

"I don't! I just support Vuitton Kingsley's assertion, we can't compromise, and if they do, they will get worse!" was Roman West's voice, but it was hysterical.

Marianne finally understood why Davis had to come here on her own, as the city council was arguing over how to deal with the rebels' threat of kidnapping.

Her uncles, Roman and Witton Kingsley, apparently refused to negotiate and demanded force to suppress them. She naturally understood Roman's thoughts, wishing that the rebels would tear up the ticket and kill herself and her brother, so that the West family would all fall into his hands.

Her presence will divide Roman and his supporters, and it seems that the captain is also inclined to negotiate a settlement, which seems to be the attitude of Mayor Hoffa, whose sister is also among the captives.

And Vuitton Kingsley may be trying to avenge his daughter, or he may want to use this incident to promote a crusade against the rebels in the north and take the opportunity to recover his Mithril mine, which Marianne believes should be his real appeal.

Fat Orange had already told everyone about Jacques's injury, and it was his ungrateful daughter Caroline who caused Jacques to be injured and captured, and almost lost his life.

I'll want you to look good.

Marianne said: "Ladies and gentlemen, my father was one of you, and I am confident that his colleagues and friends will find the best solution to this matter.

Can I give you a brief description of what happened that night here so that you can make a decision?"

Mayor Hoffa said, "Please, Miss Marianne, we have invited you to learn more about the situation. ”

Marianne continued: "We were attacked at about ten o'clock in the evening, and when the attack took place, the whole camp was completely surrounded, and the rebels were coming from all directions.

We were lucky at the time, because my brother had just invented a flying machine that could carry people up to a height of a thousand meters, and that height grandmaster could not match.

So when the battle took place, we fled in an airship, which is why I'm here now.

But since one of our companions was captured by the rebels, we followed the rebels for a day and a half to try to get him out, but unfortunately we failed, which is why we are here now.

Since my partner was captured and there are other secrets, I take the liberty of asking a few questions here, and I hope that the gentlemen who have investigated the scene of the incident will give me some answers.

First of all, when we were attacked, where were all the Grandmasters who were supposed to protect the camp? There was no movement of any Grandmasters fighting at that time. ”

Someone in the council seat spoke: "Are you sure there is no Grandmaster to protect you?"

"If there were, the camp wouldn't be so easy to take down, and even the rebels attacking the camp didn't have a grandmaster, otherwise we wouldn't have fled so easily. Marianne said.

Mr. Gregor, the leader of the Transcendental Guild, spoke: "On this point, I need to explain that the mission to protect the camp was issued through the Transcendental Guild, and at that time there were two grandmasters who accepted the task of protecting the camp, namely Don Briggs and Damon Hayney Jr., and neither of them can be contacted at this time. ”

The city lord of Hofa said: "Please arrange for someone to track down this matter, you must see people alive and corpses when you die." ”

"Okay!"

Marianne continued: "Then the second point, after the rebels had withdrawn, I went to the small camp where the guards rested to look for my guards. I'm sure you've also investigated, and many of the guards, including the four I brought with me, died in their tents with no visible injuries. ”

Lord Hofa replied: "Someone has poisoned the food and drink of the small camp, so that they cannot support the main camp, whether it should be combined inside and outside, we are still investigating." ”

Hearing this answer, Mary was secretly happy with peace of mind, now she can splash dirty water, and help Jacques collect a little interest first.

She continued, "Well, then I can probably see why my partner was in that situation. It turned out that there were people who should be inside and outside. ”

Immediately, a councillor asked, "What happened to your partner?"

With tears in her eyes, Marianne said with grief in her eyes: "Before we left, my friend met several black-clad rebels who were escorting the captives, and he fought valiantly against the rebels and saved two prisoners.

But one of them took advantage of his unpreparedness to stab him from behind, seriously injuring him, missing the evacuation, and finally being captured. One of the two people he rescued witnessed the whole process, and later tried to save my friend's life, and he was captured again with my friend. ”

"Who is he?"

Marianne said, "Mark of the Cromwells, he was one of those who was saved, and my friend was able to survive thanks to him and Miss Vanessa."

And the person who attacked my friend was ...... Carolyn Kingsley. ”

"!" roared Vuitton Kingsley.

"Mark Cromwell is a witness, and we are all witnesses. Marianne said.

"Did you see it with your own eyes?" the mayor asked.

"We can see it clearly from the airship! Do you need me to describe the situation here? I can tell everyone who was injured at that time, where they were, what kind of wounds, I know, including Caroline, who attacked my friend, who was stabbed in the chest, wounded in the heart and lungs, and had a rebel sword in her hand......

"Don't say it! she's slander!"

"When Mark is rescued, he will know the truth......"

......

The entire council hall was in chaos because of Marianne's words, and Mayor Hoffa had to announce a temporary suspension of the discussion, and let Davidson take Marianne and the others to another room to record what she said.

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