Groups of men in black shuttled through the streets and alleys of the city, and more and more people were driven out into the streets, forced to converge towards the central city under the bright long knives of the men in black.

There are also impatient mercenaries who want to resist, but no matter how strong the mercenaries are, they also fall under the orderly attack of the people in black - although the overall strength of the mercenaries is not bad, and the difference in numbers is not too disadvantaged, but the mercenaries have no sense of unity, and they can't do anything at the first sight, so they decisively choose to give up resistance and only die for themselves.

Before being cornered, these mercenaries seem to be still [waiting and seeing], and no one wants to be a bird.

In Frost Leaf City, none of the major forces dared to stand up against it, and they were mostly waiting...... No matter what happens, these leaders of the big forces, who put the interests of their families first, are still waiting to see how things develop......

As for the Governor's Palace, which was supposed to settle all this......

A huge blood-colored array rose and fell in the sky above the Governor's Palace, and the cumbersome magic symbols hooked up a magical array with endless mysteries...... Countless red threads fell from this magic array, and these red threads formed a blood-red barrier in the Doge's palace below......

The entire Doge's Palace is locked up by this barrier.

The central city, the top floor of the Drunken Immortal Building.

This is a place like a fairyland on earth, above this 100 meters in the sky, a Rhine breath envelops the trees, the lake...... The sound of the clear spring water was unaffected by the upheaval in the city below.

A group of richly dressed people sat at a table, but there was no food or wine on the table, and everyone had an ordinary letter in front of them.

"Everyone received it?" a middle-aged man in fancy clothes stood up, his face was serious, and his oppressive gaze quickly swept over everyone present.

"The leaders of the big forces that are basically ranked in this Frost Leaf City have arrived. Someone replied.

The middle-aged man in Huafu had a solemn face, he was the patriarch of the Hua family, and everyone present was extremely prominent.

"What the hell is the Dark Palace going to do this time? They trapped the army and security team of the Doge's Mansion with their magic array...... And they threaten us with these letters...... I can't figure out what the point of them doing this is. ”

"The devil knows what those crazy people are thinking, they can control the situation for at most for a day like this, and the king of the southern realm will be back soon, and I am afraid that none of the people in the dark palace who appeared this time will be able to escape. ”

The patriarch frowned slightly, and suddenly coughed as he listened to the somewhat noisy discussions of the people around him.

"Ahem, no matter what they think, what matters now is what we should do? With this letter, we are all hiding at home?"

Everyone was silent for a moment.

"It's the most irrational thing to fight with the dark palace now. The patriarch of the Luo family stood up. "When His Royal Highness the King of the Southern Realm returns, we will set out again. ”

"Aren't you afraid that the Governor's Mansion will give you a [treason] after the fact?" Patriarch Hua's eyes were stern.

According to the laws of the Xingzhu Empire, the major forces belonging to the empire have the obligation to confront each other when invaded by foreign enemies.

"Imperial law also provided for the permission to retreat in the event of a large difference in strength, and to preserve the living forces. A smile tugged at Patriarch Luo's face.

The combination of the big family forces of Frost Leaf City alone is definitely not the opponent of the [all] Dark Palace forces, but no one knows how much power the Dark Palace has mobilized in this Frost Leaf City.

This means that the forces of the big family may or may not be able to defeat the invading Dark Palace, depending on how much power the Dark Palace has invested in this operation.

At this time of ambiguity, even if you choose to shrink down, you will have a reason to deal with the blame of the empire afterwards.

"When the situation is still unclear, our best option is to wait. When His Royal Highness the King of the Southern Realm returns, we will counterattack with His Royal Highness the King of the Southern Realm. ”

Patriarch Hua was silent for a moment, and his gaze swept over everyone present again, and a smile gradually appeared on everyone's face—they were hesitant to "resist" when they first received the threat letter from the Dark Palace. While they are afraid of the future wrath from the Empire, they don't want to directly confront the Dark Palace, and the losses will be unpredictable. Now that there is a suitable reason, or [excuse], everyone is tempted.

Patriarch Hua's heart was slightly filled with bitterness, the result of this discussion was actually similar to what he expected, no one would say anything desperate to fight to the end, as long as the dark palace didn't go too far, the big family forces would only continue to wait and endure it, just like that......

It is the ordinary people in Frost Leaf City who are really guilty.

The Dark Palace was very clever not to touch any of the families, they just used a few dozen pieces of paper to eliminate this biggest threat...... It's just that the tens of millions of ordinary people in this Frost Leaf City have all been reduced to [lambs to the slaughter].

However, Patriarch Hua quickly put away his "undeserved" pity, as the leader of the family, everything is naturally the interests of the family first. So even if he can't bear it, he will still agree with this decision.

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Nancheng District, in a rice shop.

Su Qiran crawled out of the grain pile and carefully observed for a while before confirming that the black-clothed men who had entered the house had left.

"These are the people from the Dark Palace?" Su Qiran glanced back at He Yue.

"It should be. He Yue's face was a little ugly.

"It's not going to be easy. Su Qiran pondered for a while, "It's been so long, and the security forces of the Governor's Mansion haven't reacted yet...... It seems that something is wrong with the Governor's Palace as well. ”

"What should we do next?" He Yue asked with some concern.

"What should I do?" Su Qiran was stunned, "Wait, the Dark Palace is a force that can only live in the shadows after all, and it is impossible for them to occupy this city for long." ”

"......" He Yue was silent for a while.

"But during this time, how many people will die at the hands of the Dark Palace? What if those madmen in the Dark Palace want to slaughter the city?" He Yue's emotions were a little excited.

“...... But it's useless for us to be in a hurry, manpower has a limit, and it is impossible for the two of us to change anything. Su Qiran smiled bitterly for a while.

"Even if it's useless, we can't sit still!"

"......" Su Qiran was stunned, "Listen to your tone...... You don't plan to rush ......" Before Su Qiran finished speaking, he saw that He Yue had already clenched the spear in his hand, like a general ready to go to the battlefield at any time.

"Hey, hey, you'll wait. Su Qiran hurriedly grabbed He Yue, he was really a little afraid that this iron girl would rush out stupidly.

"You're going out to die, you might as well do something more meaningful. ”

"Something more meaningful?"

"Let's go to the Governor's Palace. Su Qiran said helplessly.