The gnomes lost half a boatload of men, allowing Quest to successfully wedge a nail in the emperor's place.

I have to say that this is a really good deal, of course, only for the latter.

At the same time, this is not a cause for celebration for the third party of this "transaction".

"The gnome's icebreaker is gone?" the fat mayor of Soft Maple snorted, slumped in his seat like a deflated ball.

Three hourglass hours ago, he was confident that he had the Storm Mech, and was ready to use it to claim the throne of the Five Cities Alliance for himself, two hourglass hours ago, he was terrified when he found that the switch of the war machine was locked, and now that he learned that the gnomes had withdrawn on their own initiative, the only thing that remained in him was fear and helplessness.

Like the people before he was drowned, he wanted to do everything in his power to grasp even a straw. "Go and get the mayor of Red Pine City," the fat mayor said to his attendants, "and tell him that I have decided to support their previous election results. Let them hurry up and garrison the city with their troops. Vacate the houses of the communities around the city walls and prepare barracks for the army. ”

Without confidence, there are not many obstacles to negotiations. Mayor Red Pine left Soft Maple City with a pile of promises, and quickly rushed to Juniper Village to share the news with the other leaders of the Five Cities Alliance. When the sun set in the west, a mighty army came out of the dense forest, waving its flag and raising its momentum.

The gates of Soft Maple had been sealed with stones, so the army could only enter through a small gate at the corner of the wall. It took a lot of work to straighten out the queue before they were all stationed in this precarious city.

The fat mayor made good on his promise, and the houses several blocks near the city walls were vacated, and the people who lived there were evicted. However, they are not homeless, and the wealthy merchants who fled before have left behind a lot of large mansions, enough for these people to live in, at least as many beds and roofs as possible.

In his mayor's residence, Mayor Soft Maple held a meeting with the mayors of four other cities. In order to boost his confidence, he also specially asked Quis to be taken down from the Leviathan Giant.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is our ally, Mr. Quest, the plenipotentiary of the Scales Chamber of Commerce of Eternal Order," the fat mayor arranged a seat for the young blue dragon and sat right next to him, "Previously, since the paladins needed to garrison Soft Maple City, the escort of the Priest of Heryonis was provided by Mr. Quest, and they were a reliable source of support against the Emperor. ”

Having seen the Goliaths of the other side, Mayor Green, who is martial by nature, is obviously very interested in the Scales of the Eternal Order Chamber of Commerce. He was really curious about the Chamber of Commerce that could have such elite fighters.

"Open the skylight and speak brightly. We want to know the exact strength of the Emperor now, and how much specific garrison strength is left in Soft Maple City," Green nodded to Queth, as a kind of greeting, and then turned his head to look at the fat mayor, "The armies of the four cities are now basically familiar with each other through the combined march of the past few days, so we hope that the army of Soft Maple can also join in." ”

The so-called "soft maple army" does not only refer to the "steel fork battalion", but the mayors of other cities generally know the family background of the "old neighbors". They all knew very well in their hearts what the garrison of Soft Maple City looked like.

Therefore, there is not much interest in the army that can only suppress the civilians, confiscate the goods of some smuggling merchants, and at most fight a tailwind war. What Green really fancied was actually the mercenary army of the mayor of Soft Maple City.

As for the forces of the Heronis Paladins, like the other reinforcements sent by the Temple, which were under the orders of the Temple's assigned priest on duty, they were not in their turn.

"The steel fork battalion in Soft Maple City has a history of 600 years and is full of 1,000 people, and now it is actually ...... There are about 500 people, "For his own unsuccessful garrison force, the fat mayor is actually powerless to complain." If it weren't for the fear of the officer's mutiny, he would have brought them all to justice just by virtue of the empty salary, "I have hired a private army, the number is two hundred and fifty-three, all of them are elite in a hundred battles, those good young men...... At least each person can fight ten people. ”

When gambling, you must not show your hole cards unless you buy and leave your hand in the last round. But the current mayor of Soft Maple knows that he has no more leverage, so he can only choose one strategy - bluffing.

Mayor Green glanced at the other mayors, the mayor of Red Pine City had no expression, and the mayors of Black Willow and Lan Feng shook their heads slightly. Together, the armies of these four cities numbered about 20,000 men, and the defenders of Soft Maple were able to provide only one-tenth of the strength of that army. These old fritters don't believe the nonsense of "one beats ten".

"So, apart from these armies, what war resources can Soft Maple City provide?" Green thought for a moment, and did not delve into the issue of the army. He does have a better view of the overall situation, so it is clear that now is not the time to ridicule the administrative ability of Mayor Soft Maple, or the character of the other party. "Our war with the Emperor will definitely consume a lot of resources. Although Emerald Wood City had already brought a certain amount of supplies, those things would be a drop in the bucket if a tough battle fought. ”

Another question in his heart, the fat mayor could hardly answer, and Soft Maple City still had no confidence in this regard. There were some weapons and equipment in the warehouses of the city guards, but they were all hundreds of years old. Moreover, whether it can be used or not, who knows if the officers of the steel fork battalion have sold it privately?

As for other supplies, the food in Soft Maple City is in short supply at present, and there may be some food in the homes of every city citizen, but the city's big granary has indeed bottomed out. Not to mention the war beasts brought by the Four-City Alliance, which were just to feed the stomachs of more than 20,000 soldiers, he estimated that he could hold on for a day or two, and he was as lenient as possible.

"I ......"

While the mayor of Soft Maple City was searching for some words, Quest, who was sitting on the side, suddenly interrupted him, "There is an ancient war machine in Soft Maple City, as long as there is enough dye, it can always fight on the battlefield. ”

This sentence attracted the attention of all the mayors, and what he said next made them all prickly their ears.

"That mech is supposed to be the preparation of the ancient Ramzi and the gnomes for the possibility of the emperor being awakened. As far as I know, after the Great War of the Ancients, there are many mechs that have disappeared......

So, I suspect that every city with the Raider's Seal is like the Soft Maple City, and it also has such a war machine buried in case it is needed. All of you may wish to think about it, are there any suspicious mecha burial places in your city?

Now that the emperor has been awakened, if we want to fight him, what we need is the confidence that belongs to the Ramsey people. ”

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