Chapter 180: Mrak's Conjecture

For some time now, in addition to the news that the Cregans were about to attack, there were two more alarming pieces of news circulating in Hammondal.

One of them has to do with the new arrivals of foreign immigrants.

The empire moved the aliens to Hammondale this time, in fact, because they were not at ease with the aliens, so they decided to centralize them for management, and Hammondal, which was remote, located on the border and far from the center of the empire, became the best choice for the empire, strictly speaking, they were also exiled by the empire in disguise.

There is also a piece of news related to Jian Chen, the lord of Hammondal.

This lord, who has always treated foreigners equally, has always been an outlier among the noble lords of the empire before, and in the entire empire, he is the only one who dares to take in so many halfling lords and handle their relationship with the human lords; He even influenced a group of Thor's trolls, and because of this, he even clashed with the Emperor* team. This time, he again pleaded with the Empire because he was sympathetic to the plight of the new alien immigrants, which annoyed a large number of nobles who had long looked down on him, and it is said that the lord's situation was now quite bad, and someone was preparing to impeach him in an attempt to remove him from Hammondale.

These two pieces of news set off a huge wave among the old and new groups of lords.

Although the authenticity of the news is still unknown, these rumors are well-founded, and they don't seem to be made out of thin air, and judging from the lord's usual behavior, it is also very likely to happen, so most of the lords choose to believe it.

After living in Hammondale for a short time, the new lords had already heard rumors about the lord from various sources, plus the harmonious coexistence between the halflings, trolls, cave people and humans who had lived in the area before, as well as the multiracial alien soldiers in the lord's army, they had begun to slowly recognize this legendary lord with a friendly attitude towards aliens.

Moreover, this lord has also settled them quite properly, to put it mildly, much better than they used to be in their original land.

The local magistrate, Kosai, also took a lot of care of them, solving some difficult problems for them from time to time, and also tried his best to find a way to make a living for them, and now many foreign immigrants have cleared the land with halflings and human farmers, and some have joined the militia recently recruited by the lord.

When they heard that the lord was about to be impeached for pleading on their behalf, the new alien lords were a little moved.

The human lords, on the other hand, are indignant about what happened to the lord.

They really don't understand why such a good lord can impeach the lord in Hammondale if he only takes in some aliens and doesn't hinder these nobles and lords in the empire?

If such a good lord was really taken away by them, what would become of Hammondale in the future? I'm afraid that the next lord will exploit the lords like those previous lords, right?

As soon as they thought of this, the lords were extremely sad, and they all remembered the various benefits of the lord in the past, and also remembered how prosperous Hammondale had been because of the lord's recent series of measures, and the lords benefited a lot from it.

The older group of alien lords were indignant and a little apprehensive, and they didn't know what they would do if the lord wasn't in Hammondal.

In fact, every alien lord has such uneasiness in his heart, and the rejection of aliens in the empire has become more and more intense after the simultaneous invasion of several alien countries in the last war.

In this mood, without this lord who was quite kind to the aliens, their situation in the Erathian Empire was only quite bad.

Everyone was watching the situation, and the Kerrigan invasion seemed less terrible in comparison.

After all, Hammondale still has a large number of imperial * troops, and the lord is also actively preparing for war, and the empire has recently established a strong military fortress like Fort Werning in Hammondal, and the Cregans want to break Hammondal, but it is not so easy.

And the completion of the new castle in Hammondale has once again lowered the threat of the Legan in the hearts of the lords.

Looking at the newly built Harmmondale Castle, Chen Jian, who finally no longer had to live in a tent, was in a rather bad mood because of Empress Catherine's unexpected defeat, and finally began to improve.

Due to Empress Catherine's planning, the facilities in this castle are quite perfect, with barracks and training grounds, and Jian Chen immediately stationed thousands of soldiers under his command.

The completion of the new castle in Hammondale marked the completion of all the works in Hammondal, and the engineering troops sent by the Queen immediately withdrew from Hammondal, because Mlak strictly ordered them not to stay in Hammondal.

Originally, the end of all the works was a great joy, but the arrival of the 3,000 emperors* stationed in the field under Mlak's command made this happy event a bad thing.

The two sides have different opinions on whether this imperial team should settle in the castle.

Chen Jian believed that he had already obtained the consent of the empress and demanded that all the imperial teams should not be stationed in Harmondale City unless necessary, let alone stationed in Harmondale Castle.

On the other hand, the Emperor's side obeyed Mrak's orders and had to enter Hammondale Castle.

The two sides are at a stalemate at the original gate of Old Town Hammondal.

In order to add an extra line of defense to themselves, this gate has now been rebuilt by Chen Jian at the request of the dwarves, whose craftsmanship is well deserved, and they have built this gate into an incomparably strong small level with the help of the dangerous terrain here.

Because of this checkpoint, the city of Harmondale is divided into the outer city and the inner city, the outer city is the part of the new plan, and the inner city is the old town of Harmondale and the castle of Harmondale.

At this checkpoint, of course, Jian Chen would also send troops to guard it, and when he found that the emperor's * team appeared, the Hammondale soldiers, who did not know the other party's intentions, immediately closed the door.

"Mrak, you're too much of a bully!" Chen Jian looked at the emperor * team under the gate, and his originally improved mood became bad again.

He's really struggling right now.

To be honest, he really didn't want to have any conflict with Mrak right now, and if he could, he wanted to keep the status quo until the situation in the empire changed.

Moreover, if this imperial team is stationed in the castle, it will be very inconvenient to do things on their own.

Mlak's actions had clearly violated Empress Catherine's instructions, and Jian Chen didn't understand what he wanted to do. Do you want to use this to test yourself?

In the end, this imperial team that could not enter the door could only leave in a huff.

"Lord Mrak, just as you expected, Jian Chen didn't let that army enter the castle, what should we do now?" Bremer looked annoyed, but a little helpless, "He insisted that we would go against Her Majesty's arrangement and cause instability to Hammondal, so why don't you open the door!" ”

Mlak sneered and said, "If he doesn't use such a good excuse, it would be weird!" But the more I look at this guy, the more problematic it becomes, if you look at the information sent back by the spies recently, look at the content of the conscription order, and look at the rumors circulating among the people, I am confident that I will never be mistaken! This Chen Jian's plan is not small, and that iron mine, if there is no problem, why should it be so closely protected? But Queen Catherine trusted him very much, and didn't believe everything I said at all! He is also allowed to recruit the so-called militia, but I am afraid that it will not be long before he will make a move! Perhaps, he was waiting for the arrival of the Legan people! ”

Bremer was taken aback and said hurriedly: "Lord Mrak, do you mean that this guy Chen Jian will actually be the internal response of the Kerrigan people?" ”

Mlak nodded and said in a cold voice, "It's not impossible, I just thought of it!" Think about it, no one knows Chen Jian's origin, what kind of place he is, what kind of experience he has, why he has such a strange name, we can't find out! This in itself is very problematic, could it be that he suddenly appeared in this world? Moreover, why did the Kerrigans suddenly attack the Empire at this time? Why did the Kerrigan people have the ability to cross Baierdes unknowingly after Jian Chen went to Baierdes? Why was he so trusted by the dwarves? How could the Cregans know the route of Her Majesty's march so accurately? ”

Bremer wondered, "But Lord Mrak, I've been staying with Jian Chen on the trip to Bailders, and he didn't make any unusual moves?" And didn't you arrange for him to go to Baildes? ”

"It was I who sent him to Bailds, but now that I think about it, he may have taken advantage of my arrangement in turn! You say he doesn't have anomalous movements? You don't want to think about why those Thor trolls suddenly appeared and joined Jian Chen's private army? And then you were locked up by him, and he stayed in Bairders for so many days, and on the surface it looked like he was waiting for the Thor's people to come and surrender, but in reality, he secretly left the barracks to do what he wanted! Otherwise, why would those Thor trolls join in batches? If he was really influenced, wouldn't it be okay to just accept them all? And didn't you find out? After those Negans who appeared inexplicably got in the way of Jian Chen, they were wiped out by the Overer army that suddenly appeared in Bailders! ”

"Although on the surface, the Kerrigans are chasing Akibald and the others, this is too coincidental! And I think no matter how powerful Archibald is, it is possible to save people, but the king who killed Orf is too unbelievable! Isn't that Zanofix protected by guards? He's the king of Orphe! What's more, the timing of his death is too coincidental! Chen Jian was hunted down and killed by the Negans, and he died immediately, so many coincidences, do you think it is possible? ”

Bremer was stunned by Mlak's words.

But Mrak's words were not over: "Perhaps, under the negotiation of Jian Chen, a secret alliance has been reached between the Kregan and the Hill Dwarves!" It was also because of the help of the dwarves that the Kregans were able to cross Bailders and launch a surprise attack on the eastern defense line of the empire without us noticing! Their current battle is just acting! And those dwarves stranded in Hammondale, as well as those Thor trolls, are now under the leadership of Jian Chen, waiting to join forces with the Kerrigans, wanting to do even more amazing damage to the Empire! ”

"If I'm not mistaken, there is not only Chen Jian who has colluded with the Kerrigans in the empire, there must be many more! It is precisely because of this that Kerrigan has the courage and certainty to launch a seemingly suicidal attack on the Empire at such a time, but in fact he has been secretly planning for a long time! ”

Bremer finally finished digesting Mrak's words before he ate and asked, "So Lord Mrak, what is the purpose of the Kregans?" ”

"That's what only that Lucifer knows! It should be that he secretly planned everything, including Jian Chen's sudden rise in the Empire, the death of Zanofax, the return of Roland, the alliance with the Hill Dwarves, and rumors of the destruction of the world! I fear that it won't be long before a new evil alliance will reappear, and the Empire is in the midst of a great crisis! It's a pity that there are some things that I haven't fully figured out yet, and there is no evidence to prove all this, and I can't convince Her Majesty, but I believe that there must be some strange connection between these seemingly unrelated things, and if they can be connected, maybe the enemy's conspiracy will come to the surface! ”

As he spoke, Mrak's eyes fell on the Vulcan sword that he had placed on the table: "Even this treasure from the hands of the Kregans hides a huge secret, and the Kregans' plans should have something to do with it!" Is the so-called Doomsday Blade plan really happening, or is it a trick on the part of the Kregans? Did they try to mislead us by putting Roland back? If they are doing this to distract us, what is their real purpose? ”

After waving Bremer to step back and tightening the surveillance of Jian Chen and Hammondal, Mlak fell into deep thought again.

Completely unaware that his mind had fallen into a huge misunderstanding because of his suspicion of Jian Chen, Mrak thought bitterly, trying to connect everything.

Unbeknownst to him, at this moment, a plan hatched by the Krigan to seize the Vulcan Sword from his hand was slowly taking shape.

"There is a conflict between Mlak and that Chen Jian? This is a great opportunity to take advantage of! Cellen smiled, smiling very happily, "Salx, we're about to get started!" ”