Chapter 118: Cleanup
After eliminating the core elite of the Benson family in one fell swoop, Lennon and Rason's actions to control Dragon's Head Fort became extremely easy. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
In fact, when Baker, the mage of Lennon's incarnation, opened the magical protection barrier of Dragon's Head and brought the elite of the Cook family into Dragon's Head Castle, most of the noble private army did not know what was happening. But after discovering that Baron Cook and Master Baker had joined forces to deal with the Benson family, but the people of the Benson family had all disappeared, and General Barlow was completely uncontactable, these aristocratic private armies were scattered, but they were all ghosts, and they did not choose to resist, but obediently chose to give up resistance, and let the Cook family control the Dragon's Head Fort.
For most of the aristocratic private army, the struggle between the Cook family and the Benson family is even higher, and the battle between the crown prince and the second prince has little to do with them. Although some nobles have accepted the invitation of the second prince, or secretly defected to the Benson family, the Bright Holy See, but when Andy was killed in battle, Yi Ruoke fled, and the Benson family's power in the Snow Dragon Pass was basically swept away, these people wisely chose Mingzhe to protect themselves.
After all, without the Benson family as the main force, with the remaining forces in the nobles' private army, even if they really resisted, they could not be the opponents of the Cook family, and they would not even pose too much threat to the Cook family. And once you resist at this time, it is equivalent to completely tearing your face with the Cook family, and once you fail, I am afraid that you will die without a place to bury, and even be charged with crimes such as collaborating with the enemy, implicating your own master's family.
Therefore, in the hearts of most of the leaders of the aristocratic private army, it is the right thing to do now and wait for the reaction of the Benson family. Andy Benson was killed in battle, but General Barlow was still at the Benson family. As a gold-tier warrior who can compete with Baron Cook, General Barlow has enough weight to change the situation.
But what these noble private army leaders did not expect was that shortly after Rason and Lennon took control of Dragonhead, Baron Cook, who had repelled the barbarian attack, also appeared at Dragonhead Castle and brought the body of General Barlow.
Seeing General Barlow's head, although according to Baron Cook, General Barlow was assassinated by the joint efforts of the fish man and the barbarian master, which belonged to sacrificing his life for the country, but fools know that this is the result of the struggle between the Cook family and the Benson family, and it may even be that Baron Cook personally killed Barlow.
And the death of General Barlow not only means that the power of the Benson family in the Snow Dragon Pass has been completely cut off, but also means that Baron Cook, under great pressure, is no longer ready to abide by the usual set of rules of the game between nobles, but chooses to use violence and blades to speak, and prudently does not hesitate to burn the jade with the Benson family. In this case, even those noble private army backbones who were extremely loyal to the Benson family did not dare to shout anymore, and obediently surrendered under the orders of Baron Cook.
For these noble private army backbones with complex components and different thoughts, Baron Cook did not choose to imprison. In fact, in the case of a large-scale attack by the barbarians, the Cook family did not have enough manpower to guard these noble private armies, which were not very weak.
But for these backbone of the aristocratic private army that almost did not play a positive role in guarding the Snow Dragon Pass, Baron Cook was not too polite, and directly gave them two choices: one was to change the defense to the front line of the barbarians in Snow Castle, contribute to resist the invasion of the barbarians, and be loyal to the Kingdom of Elson. The second is to take his personal belongings and leave Xuelong Pass immediately and return to his fiefdom. Before the end of the battle, you are not allowed to appear near the Snow Dragon Pass.
Facing Baron Cook, who had a cold expression and murderous eyes, although he was very reluctant in his heart, most of the nobles' private army still took a small amount of goods and some dry food and braved the cold wind to leave the Snow Dragon Pass. After all, for most of the aristocratic private army, leaving now is just a matter of suffering and losing some things outside of their bodies, but if they stay, I am afraid that they will either die at the hands of the barbarians or die under the knife of the Cook family.
After sending away, or clearing most of the backbone of the noble private army, Baron Cook immediately reorganized and transformed the ordinary defenders of Fort Dragonhead, with the help of the elite of the Cook family and a small number of backbone of the aristocratic private army loyal to the crown prince, before dark, Baron Cook initially completed the control of the guard force of Fort Longshou and initially controlled the defense of Fort Longshou.
While Baron Cook was busy reorganizing the defenders of Dragon's Head Castle, Mage 'Baker' also completed the takeover of the authority of the Mage Tower. With the real Baker's soul and the staff of the Snow Dragon's Heart, plus the previous months of research into the magical enchantment, the work went well. Without alarming the other casters, the 'Baker' mage truly took over the magical enchantment of Snow Dragon Pass.
After completely controlling the two important places, in the evening, Baron Cook and Mage Baker announced the 'truth' of today's series of events to all the defenders of Snow Dragon Pass through the magic enchantment: the barbarians and fish people teamed up to pollute the grain reserves of Snow Dragon Pass with a conspiracy, and took this opportunity to assassinate General Barlow and ambush the main force of the Banson family. And Baron Cook and Mage Baker joined forces to repel the enemy's attack and take over all the defenses of Snow Dragon Pass.
Although most people don't believe this statement, they don't really care about it. The contradiction between the Cook family and the Benson family, everyone knows it, and it erupts at this time, although it is somewhat unexpected, but it is not unacceptable.
Moreover, although the strife at the top was somewhat demoralizing, Baron Cook's prestige itself was much higher than that of General Barlow, and most of the soldiers also recognized General Cook's ability and integrity, so the impact of infighting was originally imagined to be smaller.
However, at the end of his speech, Baron Cook announced that there was a secret warehouse in the Snow Dragon Pass, stockpiled enough food to supply the army to continue fighting, and publicly displayed it to the defenders. In front of the grain prepared in advance by the White Tower of the Nine Rings, the military spirit that was originally panicked because of the food problem and infighting gradually stabilized. After all, for most of the soldiers at the grassroots level, the issue of food is always the most important. Solving this problem, the other problems are trivial.
After stabilizing the army's morale with food, Baron Cook's movements did not stop. With the joint support of the intelligence of the Cook family and the White Tower of the Nine Rings, Luo Sheng, Alisa, Kelly and others took advantage of the night to carry out a resolute and decisive purge of the hidden power of the Benson family, the second prince, and the Bright Sect in the Snow Dragon Pass. Before the other party figured out the truth of the incident and passed on the news, these hidden dangers were decisively solved.
After working until late at night and getting rid of all the hidden dangers that could be discovered, Luo Sheng and the others were really relieved. By this time, the Cook family and the Nine Rings White Tower had truly and completely mastered the Snow Dragon Pass.
"Alyssa, are you okay?" On the way back to the Mage Tower, Luo Sheng looked at Alyssa, who looked a little haggard, and asked with concern.
"It's fine, it's just a little uncomfortable. Alyssa shook her head, but a hint of confusion flashed in her eyes.
If it is a battle against an external enemy, no matter how fierce and cruel it is, Alyssa is confident that she can persevere. In fact, whether it was exterminating the fishmen, kobolds, or fighting the barbarians in the Snow Dragon Pass, Alyssa has never been weak. No matter how tired and dangerous she is, Alyssa can persevere.
But let Alyssa deal with humans with her own hands, even if she knew that these people were not in the same camp as herself, and knew that these people might be unfavorable to her side, Alyssa always felt a little reluctant in her heart. Especially the personal disposal of these ordinary spies who originally seemed completely harmless increased Alisa's psychological burden.
"Then get used to it as soon as possible. Luo Sheng didn't say anything comforting as Alyssa expected, but said in a firm tone: "The future world will become more and more cruel, if you can't adapt, I'm afraid it will be difficult to survive." ”
In her previous life, although Alyssa relied on the support of Marcia, the embers of the Cook family and her own bravery supported the defense of Snow Dragon Pass, and even won the name of 'Valkyrie', but in the end, because of her foolish loyalty to the royal family of Elson, because she couldn't bear to purge the traitors inside, she was betrayed and died in Snow Dragon Pass. And after she died in battle, the Cook family completely lost its foothold and completely disappeared.
Although the fate of the Cook family has changed, the future needs to face no fewer crises. If Alyssa can't adapt to the cruelty of the struggle, she may not repeat the mistakes of her previous life.
"I know all of that. My father had already told me this. It just takes a little bit of getting used to. Alyssa nodded, then turned her head to look at Luo Sheng, and asked with a solemn expression, "Luo Sheng, will the future really be cruel?"
"Maybe it's more brutal than you think. Even whether humanity can survive or not is an unknown. Thinking of the overwhelming future, the endless scourge of the undead, the tide of demons, and the crumbling human alliance under the impact of all sides, Luo Sheng sighed and said.
In fact, when Luo Sheng fell in the previous life, the situation of human beings was already very worrying. Although he defeated the undead and withstood the first round of attacks from the demons, the strength of the humans themselves was greatly depleted. Faced with the demon's imminent second onslaught, humanity can only rely on the alliance of various races and the Heroic Legion of the gods to barely have the power to protect themselves.
And even in this case, there is no intention of stopping the strife within humanity. The forces of various parties are constantly fighting among themselves for their own interests. Coupled with the gods' struggle for faith, the entire coalition is like a plate of scattered sand. And the strangulation of Luo Sheng is actually a manifestation of this kind of infighting. In this situation, it is difficult for Luo Sheng to have confidence in the future of mankind.
"Then I'll get used to that as soon as I can. Alyssa nodded and said solemnly.
"But Luo Sheng, you are really straightforward!" After walking forward for a while, Alyssa suddenly turned her head and said to Luo Sheng.
"Straightforward, is it another way of saying that won't coax people?" Luo Sheng was slightly stunned, and then understood what Alyssa meant, and scratched his head a little embarrassed.
"I'll pay attention to it later. After scratching his head, Luo Sheng hesitated for a moment, and finally reached out to Alyssa. "Let's go together. ”
After looking at Luo Sheng's eyes, a smile appeared on the corner of Alisa's mouth, and she put her hand in Luo Sheng's hand happily.
"Let's go!" (To be continued.) )