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Only a madman aspires to war!

Stormwind, the war has made the bustling streets on weekdays have long been depressed, especially the once crowded commercial streets, at this time the empty space is like a quiet garden, most of the shops have also closed, some of them are the owners left early, and some of the trade routes have been interrupted and there is no goods to sell

The civilian area is still somewhat popular in comparison, but if there is no need, most families still try to avoid going out, and even if they have to make purchases, people always come and go in a hurry, and everyone has a little worry on their faces, not knowing whether they are worried about the situation of the war or their own lives......

In the area where the nobles are more concentrated, most of the nobles who have joined the service have followed Leo on the expedition, and it has become a paradise for servants at this time, and there is an endless stream of things like male gardeners and female cooks cheating, petty theft and the like, of course, as long as it does not affect the stability of Stormwind City, the soldiers who patrol the surrounding area will turn a blind eye to these things and are too lazy to care, if the war is won, these evil servants have their own masters to deal with, if they fail...... Who cares about these little things if they fail?

Perhaps the busiest and busiest places in Stormwind today are the two places, where the artisan quarters are in full swing for almost 24 hours, with large numbers of fine or rudimentary weapons and armor being polished by apprentices and sent to special warehouses for storage, cumbersome and expensive crossbows and trebuchets, and sometimes one or several of them are pulled towards the city walls by the army after they are finished, everyone working silently but efficiently

"Have you heard? Lord Anthony has issued a third conscription order, and another 10,000 soldiers and the same number of civilians will be enlisted, and this time, the age has been relaxed to 35 years old......"

A stout civilian with thick arms subconsciously rubbed his hands together and whispered to his neighbor at the door of his hut, his eyes still glancing around vigilantly as he spoke, his expression full of uneasiness and fear

Hearing him say this, the neighbor looked up in some surprise

"35 years old? God, aren't we all counted, but ...... What about the mother-in-law and children in the family, didn't Your Highness have a rule before, the age of conscription of soldiers is between 18 and 30 years old, and only children and widowed families are not within the scope! ”

"Who said no, but this news should not be wrong, I have a fellow villager who happens to be on duty in the palace, and he said that it was ordered by Lord Anthony himself, hey! I don't know what the war is like outside, will His Highness ......"

Licking his lips and looking around for a long time, the first person to speak hesitated for a long time, but finally didn't dare to spit out that word

"Shut up...... Damn it, don't let your stupidity get to me! Besides, I believe that Your Highness will be victorious...... Yes, it will be won! I've long had enough of the other greedy nobles, and I came here because I couldn't survive under their leadership, and I definitely don't want to lose such a good life again, and I will go if I need to......"

"Are you crazy? Yes, you are right, no one wants His Highness to lose, but who can say for sure in the war, damn it, don't forget that one of your children has already joined the army, and if you leave again, who will take care of the family, say a disrespectful word, in case...... In case of that, how do you let your mother-in-law and young son survive? ”

"Survival? …… Huh"

The neighbor smiled bitterly, as if he was caught in a memory

"Without His Highness's kindness and Stormwind City's acceptance, my whole family would have died a year ago, either starving to death or being beaten to death because we couldn't pay taxes. Under the leadership of those nobles, they work all day long but cannot exchange for a full meal, and their horses and hounds are more important than us, and it is His Highness who gives us all this and gives us the dignity of being human beings......"

“……”

As if touching the same heart, the first person to speak sighed silently, patted the neighbor's shoulder and walked into the house in silence

“？ What are you doing? ”

“…… Hey! What else can I do, go back and prepare, today Lao Tzu will not go anywhere, just wait for the conscription order to arrive home, as you said, since everything was brought to us by His Royal Highness, now is the time for us to repay, I really didn't expect that my hands that help people fight against sacks every day may have a murderous day, and I don't allow anyone to take away my current life again! ”

"Well, no one!"

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"Have the Duke and the two Marquis and their families settled down?"

Anthony, dressed in black, stood outside the palace gate with his hands behind his back, his armor pressed the hilt of his sword, his tall and muscular body stood straight despite the rain, and his expressionless face made it impossible to guess what he was thinking

Hearing Anthony's question, the guards standing beside him hurriedly stepped forward and bowed

"Several Your Excellencies and their families have been arranged, according to the instructions of Your Highness and you, they will all live in the palace, after a few days of rest and conditioning His Excellency the Duke and others have recovered quite well, but ......"

"Just what?!"

Anthony turned his head to look at the guards with some dissatisfaction, as the deputy head of the Punishment Knights, he hated this style of speech, but thinking that he was not a comrade of the Knights, he finally suppressed his anger

Secretly wiping the sweat from his sideburns, the champion swordsman-turned-guard seemed to feel a mountain of substantial pressure at the moment when Anthony turned his head angrily, and he no longer dared to sell it at the moment, and replied quickly

"It's just that Miss Elena's mood has always been very low, not only does she eat very little these days, but she listens to her personal maid reports, even at night, Miss will often be awakened by nightmares and eventually stay awake all night......"

……

Knowing that the guard was telling the truth, it was also a tricky matter for Anthony, who had never had anything to do with it, preferring to face thousands of enemy troops alone...... Besides, as the owner's fiancée, Anthony, as Leo's subordinate, is indeed not good at interfering too much, and after thinking about it, he can only command

"Bring the letter from the Lord to Miss Elena, and in addition, send double servants to take care of it, so that Miss can rest assured, and then ask His Excellency the Duke's family to comfort and accompany her!"

After simply arranging Elena's suitability, Anthony is preparing to leave, the training and equipment of newly recruited soldiers and other issues are a series of very tedious work, in this tense time period, he must personally supervise to rest assured, you know, Leo took almost all the elite parts of Stormwind City, and the remaining troops are eighty percent of the recruits, and the biggest problem is that at present, Anthony does not even have a regular knight in his hands except himself

He was more convinced than anyone else that victory would be his side in the end, but he ...... There is always a chance that if that day comes, he hopes that Stormwind can become Leo's last safe haven, so there is absolutely no room for failure!

Shaking the water droplets on the big drum, he was just about to leave, but the familiar but hurried footsteps sounded from behind him, and he looked back in a slightly surprised half-sideways, only to see the butler Lao Jialin's steps were a little scattered and fast, and the clothes that had been neat to the extreme were a little messy at the moment

Seeing that the old man was approaching, he smiled Anthony was just about to make fun of the other party for a few games, but he was directly grabbed by the arm of the old Garin, and he gasped in his ear and whispered anxiously

"Mistress Anthony, I'...... Phew~ Someone heard the news that some left-behind nobles began to carry out tandem, and at the same time, there were similar failures of His Royal Highness in the aristocratic district, the civilian area and even the artisan area, and there were rumors that we were brutally conscripted regardless of the lives of civilians~ You must stop all this from happening, maybe showing a notice can calm the people's hearts......"

With an eyebrow, Anthony shook his head after only a few seconds of thought

"Notice? No, dear steward, at such a time, this kind of practice will only make people with intentions mistakenly think that we are weak, and in the end it will make things out of control, this is a city that belongs to His Highness, and I, as the Supreme Commander left behind, will never allow Stormwind to have any problems before His Highness returns victoriously! ”

"Yes, I agree with you, so what is your decision, Lord Anthony?"

"Kill! Make an example! Since they took the initiative to jump out, we don't need to be polite, do extraordinary things at an extraordinary time, and would rather kill by mistake than let go, old Garin, I will send additional personnel to guard the palace and the duke and others, and the rest, tell me the source, and I will solve it myself! ”

"Holy Light, Lord Anthony, most of them are nobles...... It's a nobleman! If there is no word or command from an adult......"

"In extraordinary times, no one can kill the disruptors!"

The murderous words made the butler stunned for a long time, as if Anthony, who had always been peaceful and elegant in front of him, had changed his soul, and it took a long time for Old Garin to react and nodded with a wry smile, in fact, he should have always understood that whether it was Finn, Anthony and Case, which of these punishment knights was not killed from the sea of corpses and blood, but because of his own people, he just thought about it on weekdays......