"Ah...... What a hassle. Looking at the same night, Zhang Li sighed in his heart.

He was now flying to Nightlight Town in a regular airship along with Althea and some of the other higher-ups of the Twilight Forest.

The enemy's airship didn't want to take off for a while, so the situation over there was still stable.

Althea shrank into his arms and trembled, was it anger, remorse, or worry?

It should all be there, Zhang Li gently hugged her, making her feel a little more at ease.

"I didn't expect this to happen...... Althea said.

"No one thought of it. Zhang Li comforted her.

"What should I do next?" Perhaps accustomed to relying on Zhang Li, Althea looked at her for help.

"What else can I do...... Zhang Li shook his head with a smile: "The initiative is in the hands of others, you can try to meet whatever they want, but no matter what, you must stabilize them, I will try to find an opportunity to save people." ”

The speed of the airship is faster than that of riding a horse, at this time, the night town is filled with black smoke everywhere, obviously the robbers have gone crazy here, the airship landed directly in the barracks, this is the only area that has not been occupied by the bandits, at this time there are still many civilians gathered in the barracks, the local garrison protects them, and there are also many civilians wandering around the night town, they all escaped.

"Van Cleef wants to negotiate with me, let me go alone?"

"This can't be!" Of course, this is not what Althea said, she can't say that I won't go, I am afraid that I will be arrested if I go in alone, if she dares to say this, she will definitely be greatly reduced in the hearts of the people.

You don't even dare to take risks for your father? Then you dare to say that you will protect us? If you can't protect us, what qualifications do you have to be our future lord? It is conceivable that this kind of voice will definitely appear in the future, and there will be all kinds of people fanning the flames, hoping that this voice will be expanded.

That's what Garissol said just now, although he may end up with a reputation for disloyalty if he says this, but he knows who is more important to Night Town, to Twilight Forest, to put it mildly, the Duke is so old, if he dies, he will die, and Althea must not have an accident.

He is a good minister, he will be loyal but not stupid, and besides, this will not cause him any harm, and it will not do him any good if others target him.

"The eldest lady must not be in danger, who knows if you will arrest her too?"

"Hehe, our boss knew you wouldn't agree, so that was just a temptation, and we allowed her to go in with a few guards, but with one premise, we wanted the traitor's head. He pointed at Zhang Li, who was leaning on the airship railing and looking down, and the robber messenger continued: "Our boss said, without his head, let's do it, and see who can consume whom." ”

"......" Everyone present paid attention to Zhang Li for a moment.

"Uh...... It seems that it is better for me to disappear. As he spoke, his whole body turned black and disappeared directly.

Watching him disappear, Garissol turned around and said, "Change the conditions, you also saw it, we can't catch him." ”

"If you can't catch it, find a way. The robber messenger grinned with big yellow teeth, and the thief smiled sheepishly: "Anyway, we won't allow you to bring the guards in without his head, of course you can also consume it, there are a lot of things to play in the city, and the longer you spend it, the happier we will be." ”

So saying, the robber laughed and walked away.

"What now?" said many people.

"Are you really going to kill Baron Stephen Zhang?"

Garissol shook his head: "How can you kill him, he is not a nobleman of the Eberlock family, he has no reason to sacrifice his life for the Duke, even if we design to kill him, the news of the Eberlock family's murder of allies will spread, this is a huge shame, eh, Van Cleef just wants to beat us, give us a horse, wait, it shouldn't take a few days for him to change his mind." ”

He was right, Van Rikev was going to humiliate them.

For three days, the city was almost swept by robbers in three days, and a large amount of looted wealth was still at the gate of the barracks, and the spoils were shared in front of everyone, and many innocent women, girls and children were captured and killed by them, and the city was full of mourning.

However, they could only watch, for the safety of their lord, no matter how angry they were, they had to suppress it, many civilians watched people of the same class as themselves suffer, but these knights were indifferent, their loyalty to the Eberlock family had greatly decreased, and even there was a murmur among the ordinary soldiers, Van Cleef wanted to see this scene.

See, this is the nobles you raised, this is the people who took your offerings and swore an oath to protect you, but what is the truth? No, they don't protect you, they only protect themselves, and all of you together are not as important as an old man.

However, Van Cleef is also measured, he didn't do some radical things, such as bringing the Duchess out and banging, you can just slap the people in public, if you dare to insult the Duchess, Altea They will inevitably tear their faces directly.

For nobles, family honor is the most important thing, and if you dare to do something to insult the honor of the Eberlock family, that is to die.

Of course, it doesn't matter if her mother is insulted in a place where no one sees it, the so-called honor is only on the surface, and it is secretly like that.

Discontent was brewing among the people, and at last the robbers captured another woman, the wife of a soldier, and he was furious, and rushed out to fight the robbers despite the resistance of his companions, after which Van Cleef's messenger came to Althea again.

"We've agreed that you bring your escorts to negotiate with us, but be warned, you can only bring two. ”

..................

"First, we want half of the territory of the Twilight Forest, with Mount Vaugur as the boundary, this side belongs to us, and that side belongs to you, of course, before you can clear the undead of Raven Ridge. "In the villa, Althea walked in with Garissol and a high-ranking knight, and the once familiar house was now in disarray, and many things that could be called works of art were shattered.

But Althea didn't have time to feel sorry for this, and in front of her, the man who had plunged most of the Stormwind Kingdom into water and fire was sitting there.

Van Cleef, he's here, but there's no surprise, there's no reason why he shouldn't come for such a big battle.

"Second, I want food, you must provide us with 600,000 catties of food every month; third, disband your army, all those equipment and war horses, all of them will be left for me, and of course, there will be war reparations......"

600,000 catties of grain, in ancient times, a soldier marching and fighting a month had to consume about 60 catties of food, and 600,000 catties a month was enough to feed a 10,000-strong army.

"As long as you let my father go, it's all right. Althea looked at him coldly.

"Haha! Are you stupid to me? Will you still abide by the agreement if you release someone? No, this agreement is just to keep your father alive, and he will be taken away by us, and he will be served with good food and drink, so that you will not go back on your word......"