Chapter 455: True Intention
Upon learning that Ling Chen was asking to see him, Oliver immediately roared at the guards.
However, the guard had barely taken a few steps to turn around and walk when Oliver suddenly shouted to stop him.
Ling Chen is also an adventurer, and now it was the adventurer's guild that almost wiped out the main city, plus Ling Chen intercepted the goods shipped out last time, Oliver should have hated Ling Chen to the core. The initial reaction was true, but after another thought, I changed my mind. He understood that there must be something wrong with Ling Chen's door, and under the current situation, this was already a glimmer of life for him.
After waiting for most of the time, Ling Chen finally waited for the guards to return, and replied that as he expected, Oliver agreed to summon him.
Follow the guards all the way in, along the way, all kinds of houses and gardens are dilapidated, and the situation of the war has only improved when it seems that the courtyard where Oliver is located. According to Ling Chen's prediction, if the Heaven-Shattering Guild continued to attack, it would be able to kill Oliver's courtyard in at most one hour, and it was likely that it would be able to successfully take the dominance of the main city within ten or so hours.
"Report, sunset stars!" The guard shouted loudly outside.
"Let him in!" Oliver's voice rang out.
Ling Chen immediately stepped forward and waited for the guards to leave, then pushed open the door.
The study was empty, there was nothing, and Oliver was sitting on the only chair, indifferently looking at Ling Chen who entered the door.
Ling Chen smiled and said respectfully, "City Lord! ”
"As an adventurer, you should, we are now in a hostile relationship." Oliver said coldly: "Come to me, should you persuade me to open the city and surrender." Surrender to the guild you adventurers have founded, right? If so, I'm afraid you're going to be disappointed. ”
Ling Chen shook his head slowly: "The City Lord guessed wrong!" ”
"Guess wrong?" Oliver looked at Ling Chen quietly and snorted coldly, "Tell me what you mean!" ”
"I don't know how the City Lord feels about the Adventurer's Guild suddenly declaring war on the main city?" Ling Chen asked with a smile.
Oliver stood up abruptly and said angrily, "What do you ask me to think?" I've never treated you adventurers badly before, have I? The tax increase didn't add your taxes, did it? You are full-fledged, and you have taken the main city with me. How do you and I feel? ”
Ling Chen didn't care about Oliver's roar in the slightest, and wrote lightly, "I have the same thoughts as the City Lord, Adventurer's Guild. There is indeed some ingratitude. ”
"Not the Adventurers' Guild, but all of you adventurers. Like you......" Oliver's forehead was bruised, "I'm transporting a fortune out." If you hadn't taken the lead in stopping it, this treasure would have been hidden by now. ”
"The lord of the city doesn't know, and I was also forced." Ling Chen sighed and said.
Oliver sneered: "Forced? With your strength, who can force you? ”
"A guild founded by adventurers!" Ling Chen seemed to grit his teeth and said, "The City Lord also knows that I am the patron saint of Radiance Village, and these adventurer guilds threaten me with Radiance Village, asking me to seize the property, otherwise I will deal with Radiance Village." Although there are many militias in Radiance Village, how can the strength be the opponent of the Adventurer's Guild, and I am only one person. In desperation, I had no choice but to compromise. ”
"Really?" Oliver couldn't help but look Ling Chen up and down a few times, and wondered, "What is the purpose of them doing this?" ”
Ling Chen knew that he couldn't lie, and before meeting Oliver, he had been planning for several days, and almost all kinds of possibilities and accidents had been taken into account and came up with a countermeasure. And she also helped to see the whole plan and assumptions. Hearing this, there was no need to think about dealing with it temporarily, and immediately shook his head and said, "It's not very clear, according to my guess, it should be trying to attack the prestige of the city lord." Seem...... I also want the people to know that the strength of the city lord is no longer good, and he can't even protect a batch of property. As a result, more and more people rebelled. ”…,
Oliver nodded subconsciously, and the explanation made sense. After that, the rapid expansion of the evil army from hundreds of thousands to one million is the best proof of this.
Ling Chen sighed heavily: "To be honest, the real enemies of the City Lord are actually large guilds established by adventurers. It can also be seen from the transportation of goods that almost the vast majority of adventurers chose to side with the castle lord. Although there are also reasons why the castle lord is more paid, it is also a reason why these adventurers support the castle lord. After all, the lord of the castle has always increased the taxes of the common people, and he has never thought of increasing the taxes of adventurers, and it is not that no one is ignorant. ”
Oliver's heart moved, and Ling Chen's words made him see hope. There is no increase in the adventurer's tax, because the adventurer's tax does not belong to the main city, and no matter how much he adds, he will not have his share. He didn't think that in this way, he would win the support of the adventurers.
If it is only a few large guilds of adventurers who really want to rebel, it may be possible to solve the crisis in the main city if other adventurers can stand up and block these large guilds of adventurers.
Oliver's face looked in Ling Chen's eyes, which had already increased his grasp a few points. It is impossible for players to stop those large guilds from attacking the main city, because the main city is taken, they can also get a lot of benefits, and after the player guild enters the main city, it will definitely have to come up with a huge amount of security to scare other large guilds from daring to declare war. Moreover, this is only a war within the main city, and it will definitely be able to fight other main cities in a few years, and the more you fight, the more benefits ordinary players will get from it.
However, these are not important to Ling Chenlai, and Oliver believes that the players are supporting him.
"Lord of the Castle ......"
Ling Chen wanted to speak and stopped.
"What do warriors have to say?" Oliver's attitude changed drastically, not only stood up and ordered the guards to bring a chair in for Ling Chen, but also poured a cup of tea for Ling Chen's hand himself.
Ling Chen took a sip of tea and sighed again: "It's a pity that there are only three days left, and the adventurers are dissatisfied with those large adventurer guilds, but they are powerless to return to the sky, because they can't participate in the war, and can only support the main city on the periphery." But the periphery ...... Judging from the strength displayed by the Shocking Guild in this siege, I am afraid that it will attack the City Lord's Mansion in one performance. Unless the same situation as this one happens, and the president of the Shocking Guild is me, ......"
"The leader of the Heaven-shattering Guild was taken by you?" Oliver was surprised: "Are you, this time the Shocking Guild attacked the main city and has already killed the city lord's mansion, not because of lack of financial resources to retreat?" ”
"The Shocking Guild just gave up, and immediately invested a lot of money to declare war on the main city, how can it be that the financial resources are insufficient?" Ling Chen smiled bitterly: "It's also my luck, I accidentally found the president of the Shocking Guild on the periphery, took the opportunity to take him down, forced him to give up the attack, and the Shocking Guild retreated." It's a pity, I believe too much in the leader of the Astounding Guild, and I let him go after discovering that the Astounding Guild gave up the siege, and who knows that he then declared war on the main city. ”
"Oops...... How can you trust his promises. Oliver was extremely annoyed, but he didn't want to lose his temper with Ling Chen, and slammed his fist on his thigh, grinning in pain.
"It's all because I'm too easy to trust people!" Ling Chen sighed in mourning, and it seemed that the level of chagrin was no less than that of Oliver.
"Forget it! The matter has passed, and it is useless to blame yourself for being annoyed, can you find a way to arrest the president of the Shocking Guild again while the siege has not yet begun? Oliver reassured.
"I've suffered a big loss, I'm afraid it's going to be difficult." Ling Chen said helplessly: "In the past three days, I can only try my best, but ...... The lord of the castle should also be prepared. ”…,
Oliver's body was a little weak, and he leaned back in his chair and nodded helplessly. Ling Chen's words extinguished the hope he had ignited a lot. With only three days, it is impossible for the adventurers to pose any threat to the Heaven-shattering Guild. In front of him, the first person in Jade Han City missed the opportunity to let the tiger return to the mountain, and if he was lucky, he could be the president of the shocking guild and there was also little hope.
"By the way, Lord City Lord, the stars have something to ask for, I don't know if Lord City Lord can agree." Ling Chen seemed to think of something, and suddenly spoke.
"Even if the warrior proposes it, what he can do, I will definitely do it for you. But......" Oliver smiled a little wryly, "In terms of finances, there are very few things I can mobilize. Rare items, skill books, and the like, because the big lock of the warehouse has lost the key, and it is impossible to take it out in a short time. ”
"Not a requirement for possessions and rare items." Ling Chen spoke, "I would like to ask the City Lord to change the upper limit of the population and the upper limit of the land occupied by Guanghui Village to infinite. ”
"The population cap and the land cap are all changed to unlimited? No......" Oliver was stunned for a moment, and then subconsciously shook his head, as if he felt that his tone was a little unfriendly, and helplessly explained: "Once this happens, the people of other villages will definitely move to Guanghui Village, which will not only waste a lot of land, but also easily manage chaos due to the large population. ”
"Don't hide it from the City Lord, I have completely offended him by arresting the president of the Shocking Guild this time and threatening him to give up attacking the main city. Once the Heaven-shattering Guild captures the main city, it will inevitably take my revenge, if Guanghui Village can't become stronger......" Ling Chen smiled bitterly: "I know I'm doing it selfishly, but who doesn't have any selfish intentions. I'm not afraid of 10,000 in case, the Shocking Guild really wants to take the main city, the president is the most powerful person, I can't resist at all, I can only ask him for peace. ”
"This ......" Oliver hesitated, Ling Chen understood what he meant, if he didn't change the expansion of Radiance Village to infinity, so that he had a certain ability to resist, he could only take the path of reconciliation with the leader of the Heaven-shattering Guild. Waiting for the Shocking Guild to take the main city and then reconcile, it is undoubtedly more difficult, not to mention that before it is destined to reconcile, it will take three days to try to see if the president of the Shocking Guild can force him to stop attacking the main city, and it is not bad to help the Shocking Guild attack the main city in turn.
If he didn't agree, it would be tantamount to pushing Ling Chen to the side of the Heaven-shattering Guild, and the only glimmer of hope would be completely shattered. But if you agree, Guanghui Village will become the biggest threat to the main city in the future, and you won't be in trouble in the future.