Chapter 157: Plan
Seeing the devastated town, Leon's mood fell to its lowest point, and after only two days of absence, what happened?
Before reaching the castle, Leon saw a pale-faced Chris directing the crew to carry things. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
"Your Highness, you are finally back. There was a hint of joy on Chris's face, but the excitement caused his internal injuries to flare up, and he coughed several times in quick succession.
"What's going on?" Leon glanced around, the emotions on the townspeople's faces were different, some sad, some angry.
"Your Highness, the robbers came yesterday. Chris endured the pain and recounted the whole story.
"Riley, hurry up and save someone. As soon as he heard that someone was injured, Leon sent Riley into action, and some of the townspeople were so badly wounded by stabs that they would die if they were not treated in time.
"Mr. Chris is also injured, I'll treat him first. Riley noticed that Chris had been clutching his chest and was not in good shape, so he offered to treat him first, after all, there were still many places in the town that needed him to help the prince to complete.
Chris's injuries were quickly restored to health under Riley's careful treatment, and this was the first time he had been treated by a witch, and he couldn't help but be surprised.
"How's the loss in town?" Leon said as he walked, going to see what was going on and calming the townspeople's emotions.
"It's all here. "Chris cleaned up the damage yesterday and wrote it all down on the parchment roll.
As a result of the robbers' rampage, the courtyards of more than 20 townspeople were slightly damaged, and the houses of four families were completely destroyed by the fire, slightly injuring 17 people, seriously injuring 6 people, and killing 1 person.
"What, someone died because of this?" Leon stopped, the anger in his heart couldn't help but show on his face.
"This is just last night's report, and the final content needs to be checked again by the patrol. Chris withdrew the parchment, and the badly wounded men didn't know if they would be able to survive Riley to save them.
In the center of the town, the villagers who had destroyed their houses had set up a makeshift shed, where the wounded were lying and Riley was being treated.
"Your Highness, you have to do justice for us. When the townsfolk saw Leon, they began to cry that this time the robbers were coming, and only the women, children, and resting men were at home, and there were not enough people to fight the robbers, so that such a catastrophe would suffer.
"I'm sorry for you, townspeople, but I, Leon Burton, promise that this will not happen a second time, and that I will redouble the pain you have suffered to the robbers. There was a little tear in Leon's eyes, the town he had been protecting was invaded, and he couldn't get rid of it.
"Your Highness, we believe in you. The townsfolk nodded their heads, and the prince had never let everyone down, and they felt very relieved by this statement.
But there are also people who are not at ease.
The merchants who ran the business in the town were shocked to see how they could do business smoothly if the robbers were to plunder.
Several of the heads sent by the great merchants were waiting at the castle for the prince's return.
"Your Highness Leon, do you understand the situation?" several of the responsible persons stayed up all night, afraid that the robbers would come again.
"I already know, do you have anything to say?" Leon sat down in his seat, looking at the appearance of these men, as if he was calculating.
"You see, we are all serious businessmen, and we are only here to make some money to support our families, and now the robbers are plundering, I'm afraid it is different from the original agreement, right?" said one person slowly, sounding like this.
"The word robbers are a bit serious. This time it's only our Ravenwood townspeople who have been damaged, and your shop is still under construction and everyone is safe, so don't be so afraid. Leon told them to sit down and talk slowly.
"We are not afraid, but the robbers will affect our business, you said that if we are robbed, who will bear the loss?" The big guy is still worried, the town has too few troops, not enough to protect everyone's safety, I heard that there are more than 100 people in the robbers' den, if all of them are dispatched, I am afraid that the whole town will fall.
"Rest assured, the robbers will not come again. Lyon made a promise that he would give them a chance to go out this time, but that such an opportunity would never come up again.
"But they said that they would come the day after tomorrow, there are no walls here, and there are few troops in the town, how are you going to stop them?" Their faces were all worried, this prince's confidence did not know where it came from, he wanted to defeat the robbers with just a dozen or twenty troops, he simply did not value human life, maybe this is what their lord has always done.
"Yes, you're right, Ravenwood doesn't have tall walls and doesn't have enough troops, but we have special weapons, and this time we're sure to win. Leon thought about it, this battle must be fought, and the archers who have practiced for a long time should also stand up and show the power of the enchanted arrows, and he also has a strange army to use.
"Your Highness, you must know that the next time the robbers will not be just a few people, and once they are provoked, I am afraid that the consequences will be unimaginable. "They were not worried about what would happen to the town, but about their own safety, and if the robbers defeated the prince, the end would be terrible to think about.
"If you're worried, hide in White Mist City today and come back when it's over. Leon didn't want to waste his words, these merchants had come here for profit, and it was almost impossible for them to advance and retreat with the town, and he didn't mean to blame, after all, it was his lord who provoked the robbers.
"Since His Highness said so, we had no choice but to go first. "They don't stay too long, quickly pack up their things and hide in White Mist City for a few days, if the town falls, they won't come back in the future.
Seeing them off, Chris returned to the hall and saw that something was not quite right with the prince's expression.
"The archers should not be back until tomorrow. Leon found Diana the next day, so he was the first to return to the town, and according to the plan, they did not find anyone until tomorrow.
"So what am I going to do?" The mine and lumber yard have been shut down today, and everyone has stayed in the town just in case, and the work that should be handled has been handed over to the corresponding people.
"Gather a group of young adults, and until the archers and patrols return, they will temporarily take charge of order in the town. Leon knew that everyone was panicking, and someone had to stand up and reassure them.
"Okay, I'll do it right away. But can we really defeat the bandits with the numbers we have? or should we form a militia?" Chris thinks that forming a militia on the fly will increase the odds.
"No, next time I'll let the robbers come and go. Leon said calmly.