55: Swordsman
When Aslan was about to pounce on Jessica, who was about to be released.
Da-da-da-da!
At this time, outside the hall, there were bursts of anxious footsteps, which woke Aslan up, and Aslan waved his hand helplessly, this is the most disadvantage of the city lord's mansion today, an all-wooden building. Motioned for the maid to stand aside first.
When the maid saw Aslan's gesture, she stood silently beside her very sensibly.
Walking in, it turned out to be Thiago and Michelo Butler.
Aslan saw Thiago and asked strangely: "Didn't I ask Thiago to go outside and bring in some businessmen, why did you come back so quickly, and the matter was done?"
Aslan knew that the development of the city needed an economy, and that building his own weapons, linen, etc., required commercial trade, so he arranged for Thiago, who was familiar with these things, to go outside to find some merchants to come over, after all, he couldn't run out by himself every time he bought something.
Thiago looked at Aslan and said anxiously: "Lord City, I went out according to your arrangement, I went to several surrounding cities, but I found that their caravan trade had decreased during this time, so I inquired, it turned out that the owner of the Fan Bone Village, Frey Breakthrough Sword Master, was collecting protection fees in the surrounding cities." ”
Aslan said suspiciously, "Collect protection money? What does this have to do with us." ”
"Lord of the City, you may not know that less than a hundred miles away from us, an ancient castle has appeared. No one knows where this castle came from, and the number of people is not large, only more than 500 people, but the people of this castle are all masters, and the soldiers standing on the city walls are the worst junior professionals, and they are said to have the existence of a sword master. Although the cities in the south issued conquest orders, none of the lords or nobles dared to send troops to exterminate them. Thiago said fearfully.
"In this case, as long as we don't provoke them, they won't dare to attack the cities of the Empire! What the hell is going on with that Frey?" Aslan instantly understood that this mysterious castle was from there, but he was a little puzzled, this castle was so powerful, why could it be that Frey was collecting protection money.
At this time, the Michaelo steward stood up and said: "Young master, this is the key, no lord or city lord dares to crusade against that ancient castle, the scope of activities of that ancient castle is getting bigger and bigger, during this period of time, there is a shortage of food in various places, this ancient castle has attacked two cities in a row, and has robbed a lot of food and children. ”
"Children?" Aslan was a little confused at this time, it is understandable to grab food, what are you going to do when you rob children?
"It is precisely for this reason that Frey's Fan Bone Village has become the only force in the entire south that can deal with the ancient castle, and the major city lords have united, if the Fan Bone Village can serve the ancient castle in one pot, it will whitewash the Fan Bone Village, and at the same time fight for the right to an imperial town from the empire, so that Frey can become a veritable city lord. ”
"And after that, what about Fort Gramis?" Aslan felt that the world was a little messy, and the official forces asked the bandits to crusade against another group of bandits.
The housekeeper of Michelo said with a solemn face: "Frey used the reason of crusading against the ancient castle to fight the autumn wind in the major cities in the south. Gramisburg, on the other hand, said nothing about it, and it was clear that the underworld had drawn all their energy away. ”
Aslan looked at the two of them and said, "Could it be that Frey's autumn wind has hit us so quickly......"
"Yes, I got the news, so I rushed back quickly. The last thing I got was that they were still two or three days away from Flying City, but it seemed that they might be a few days late because of heavy rains and floods in some places along the way. Thiago said nervously.
"Young Master, look at what we should do now, these bandits in Fangu Village are not like the soldiers in other cities before, they have all killed people and set fires, plus Frey has become a sword master, and our Flying Sky City has just improved a little. The tone of the Michelo butler also changed a little anxious.
Aslan sat on the chair, buried his head in thought, originally thought that the mysterious chaotic force did not trouble him and could develop with peace of mind, but he didn't expect that because of this, he forced the fan bone village to the opposite side, if it wasn't for the news from Thiago, people might not know about it when they came to the door.
Aslan saw his vulnerability in obtaining intelligence information from this point, because there was no circulation of commerce and trade, and it was difficult for outside information to come in, but he now had to figure out how to deal with the problem at hand.
Aslan stood up abruptly and said, "Thiago, you go back and rest, your news is very important." Grandpa Michelo, we'll go to the weapons department now. ”
Aslan and the Michelo butler hurried towards the weapons department.
"Young master, I think we should ask for help from the surrounding cities. The Michelo butler said worriedly.
Aslan chuckled and said, "Is it useful to ask for help, the last time the Fan Bone Village came to attack us, did you see that other lords spoke? ”
The Michelo butler was a little speechless.
The housekeeper of Michelo thought for a while, and he suddenly said: "By the way, isn't there still that Gramisburg, young master, didn't you say that you have a lot to do with Marquis Andre of Gramisburg, and you should be able to help if you ask him for help." ”
Aslan shook his head: "If we are asking Fort Graves for help, I think Marquis Andre may be able to help us, but they are still facing the invaders of the underground world, and it is difficult to divide their forces to help us, and even if they send troops over, it will take at least four or five days." We're still on our own. ”
Of course, Aslan still has a sentence in his heart that has nothing to say, if he has a lot to do with the Marquis of Andre of Gramisburg, it is blown out when you pretend to be forced, in fact, the two still have a grudge.
"However, in the last large-scale development, the stone forest outside the city was about to be smashed, and there was no place to ambush at all. "The Michelo butler began to despair.
Aslan's pace slowly accelerated: "Since we can't ambush, we can only resist, this time we can only rely on ourselves." ”
Aslan knew that he didn't have that good luck and relied on others to win every time, and this time he had to rely on his own Flying City strength to destroy the invading enemy, and he needed a chance to make a noise about Flying City in the southern border of Andra State.
"But how can we, with those three hundred recruits, resist more than a thousand murderous robbers and a swordsmith. The Michelo butler said in a trembling voice. Originally, he thought that he could slowly restore the glory of the former Flying City under the leadership of the young master, but he didn't expect that there would be unforeseen circumstances on this day.
"Grandpa Michelo, you just need to believe me, just like the previous attack on Fan Bone Village, but this time we have to rely on our own strength. Aslan said with a determined look in his eyes.
"What's more, they have a sword master, and we have it too, and if they use it properly, they can kill Frey in seconds. ”