The battle continued into the early morning, and when Rand looked under the walls again, there were no more beasts left, charcoal from fur and grease covered the ground, smoke rising into the sky and dissipating in the wind.

Beneath the walls had become a scene of hell, the charred corpses of countless beasts lying in the dust, flames still burning and beeping on their corpses.

The flames were finally extinguished in the cold wind, and at some point, the sky began to begin to fall with snowflakes, and soon the walls would be covered with a layer of snow.

Iron Fist stood up tremblingly, until the north wind blew he felt a biting cold, the sweat in the armor had long been frozen into ice ballast, he had not noticed it during the previous battle, but now when he was completely relaxed, he felt that the joints of his body seemed to be broken, and he couldn't even use the strength to stand upright.

There was a brief silence on the city walls, and everyone was silent, as if they didn't expect the beast tide to really be defeated by themselves.

Yes, the beast was killed by us, and the corpses under the walls are proof of that!

"We ...... Victory?" From behind the city walls, a trembling voice was heard.

Rand turned his head to look at the source of the voice, and countless faces stained with blood and dust were looking at him expectantly, waiting for his announcement.

"Victory. Ranter resisted his inner agitation, went to the top of the city wall, and shouted: "Yes, we have won!

"We have defended the Empty Crossing Territory from the hands of the beasts, and we have defended our families and our fields!"

"Roar!" the soldiers hugged and cheered, wept excitedly, raised their weapons and roared loudly.

Then, Rand saw something that surprised him.

A young soldier stepped forward and joined the Oak in their revelry, while the other soldiers showed no sign of fear or repulsion.

At first, Oak was a little resistant, but as the atmosphere intensified, he completely relaxed.

The soldiers formed a circle, tossed the Orc high and caught it, and had a great time.

Rand was dumbfounded, and even Snow came over very unexpectedly, stood beside Rand, and said for a long time: "I thought that Oak's private actions would cause you a lot of trouble, but now it seems that I thought too much. ”

No one shouted the word demon or demon, and the soldiers seemed to selectively ignore the identity of the orc.

This is acceptance.

"It seems that I won't have to bother to hide your identity anymore. Rand said with heartfelt joy.

......

Since that terrible battle, the air crossing has not been harassed by a large number of wild beasts for nearly a month, and the peaceful life is very pleasant.

If it weren't for the knock on the door that woke up Lante, he really didn't want to get up from the warm bed, all the work of the air crossing collar was in charge of a special person, the military coordination was headed by Payne, and the government affairs were assisted by Touron, Lante's work has been much easier recently, if it is not a particularly important matter, I believe that the servant will not wake him up in the morning.

Touron patted the snow off his body, wiped the mud off his boots on the tablecloth in the doorway, and then walked into Rand's room.

"My lord, I'm sorry to bother you so early," said Touron, placing a document in his hand in front of Rand, "I have a disagreement with Lord Payne on how to deal with this matter, and I have to ask you to make a decision. ”

Rand rubbed his eyes, put on a fur coat and stepped barefoot on the floor, the fireplace was burning vigorously, and there was no chill on the soles of his feet.

Touron waited quietly for Rand to finish reading the document in his hand.

Although the document was not a lot of words, it had taken him more than twice as long to read a normal document.

Rand put down the papers in his hand and sighed.

"What do you think about this?"

Rand had long thought that his plundering plan would trigger a series of consequences, but he did not expect it to come so quickly.

Except for a few nobles who successfully arrived in Lindong City, most of the nobles were killed in Ron's plunder, and the soldiers and servants who lost their masters had no financial resources, and Lindong City drove them out again, and after a month of wandering, they returned to the empty realm with the last glimmer of hope in desperation, praying for Rand to give them a chance to live.

"Lord Payne's opinion is that these remnants are not accepted, and he thinks that the betrayers should be put to death!"

"And what about your opinion?" Rand then asked.

"Unlike Lord Payne, we have just weathered the onslaught of the beast tide, and the territory is short of soldiers and craftsmen, so we can accept them to work for us, such as building fortifications or serving as death squads to complete some of the more dangerous tasks. "Touron is expressing his thoughts, and as a state secretary, any decision he makes must be done in the best interests of the people.

"What's the number?"

"After a rough count, the number is probably more than 150 people, but not all of them. Touron shrugged his shoulders, "Some died in battle, and some became thieves completely. ”

The nobles of the Kongdu Domain were extremely mean and exploitative to the peasants, and as servants or knights of the nobles, they also did many evil things that they considered inconsequential, such as raping young girls or killing and killing commoners, and the peasants who were the object of exploitation did not hate them less than the nobles themselves.

Accepting them back into the Empty Ferry Territory may cause unrest in the hearts of the people, but as Touron said, the Empty Ferry Territory is indeed short of manpower right now.

"Take the remnants of the nobles to the school grounds, let the inhabitants take turns to identify and vote, and if more than twenty vote to find a man guilty, he shall be executed immediately, and if there are more than fifteen, he shall be punished with fifty lashes, and if he can resist the punishment, he may be retained." Rand pondered for a moment before speaking.

This is the best thing Rand can think of so far.

If the remnants of the soldiers have confidence in themselves, they can go to the school to try and see if their impression is good or bad in the minds of the people, and their lives and deaths are completely controlled by their past attitudes towards civilians.

"They had better pray that they had not done anything bad to the people. Touron had no objection to this outcome, and forcibly accepting the remnants of the army regardless of the opinions of the people would cause public disgust and turmoil, and Rand's proposed method could not only allow the people to vent their anger, but also be regarded as a punishment for the betrayer.

Now it seems that the lord is really thoughtful about things.

"One more thing," Touron retracted his feet that had already stepped out of the threshold, and said, "The Holy See has issued a new notice, due to the tight battle situation in the Shadow Mountains, the demons are gathering a large number of troops to attack Iron Rock City, so the Holy See requires all nobles who own land on the continent to donate a corresponding amount of food, silver coins, and armor weapons. ”

"Demon, what is that?" Rand searched all the corners and fragments of his mind and fragments of memory, but there was no information about the Demon.

"Compared with the struggle between the major warlords, the racial war between humans and demons is the focus of the Holy See. "This battle has been going on for thousands of years, and the demons have been driven back to the depths of the Badlands, but they have come back again. ”

"The original purpose of the establishment of the Holy See was to fight against demons with extraordinary monsters!"