The king knew that even if he temporarily conquered the Herbert region now, the people in Felder's territory would still not obey his control, and it would not be peaceful, so it was better to let Felder continue to rule here, on the one hand, as a containment of Catasmo and Darra, but on the other hand, he increased Felder's taxes, so that the most important advantage of the other party, the economic advantage, was weakened, so that Felder would not dare to rebel in the future even if he was not convinced. The king has always been self-righteous and smug about this kind of power trick.

None of the people around them dared to speak, and they were immune to such a ridiculous decision as the king, and they would not be shocked anymore.

Even Dara, in the process of quelling the civil strife, not only became friends with Alex, but also got acquainted with many other powerful people, and he also had a deeper understanding of the king's mentality and the faces of these high-class nobles, and at this time, he could see how arrogant and ridiculous doubts were hidden behind the king's abnormal behavior, so he was not too surprised.

Moreover, most of his thoughts at the moment are on the old Balter, who is willing to serve as a scapegoat.

Looking at the Faceling, Dara recognized him as the old man who had accompanied Fernia to find him in Order Town, only at that time the old man was wearing a mask on his face.

Dara was suddenly sad, the old man entrusted his granddaughter to him there, although he didn't say a word, but he could see that the old man cared about his only relative, and he looked very helpless when he left.

Darla's heart was filled with grief when he thought that the old man was also persecuted and on the run, that his only relative had lost his whereabouts again after a brief reunion, and that the old man himself did not know how he would be punished by the king.

He himself impulsively offended Duke Sara because of Fenya, and his family and the whole village were innocently killed, and the girl he once liked, Fenya, later disappeared into the "River of Time" because of himself and her life and death are unknown, and her maternal grandfather was bound to die because he led his troops to defeat Felder, Dara suddenly felt a grudge between himself and this family, and he really didn't know who owed whom, who affected whom.

Thinking of Fenya's weakness and helplessness, Dara felt guilty for a while, but with his current status and status, as well as the huge responsibilities he carried, he had more and more problems to consider, and he could no longer stand up for the old man and plead with the king for the old man as before. Darla's heart ached, his fists clenched, his nails were embedded in his flesh, but he didn't feel the pain at all.

"Now," the king looked at old Bert, "how do you want to die?"

"If I could, I would have died of old age. Old Balter replied, still bleeding from the dagger-stabbed wound on his body. Due to excessive blood loss, the old Belte was already pale and unsteady on his feet. He knew that if he could die just like that, it was already the king who had given him a pleasure and a bargain. He only hated that he had not succeeded in taking revenge, and that he had not been able to see the day when his great revenge would be avenged.

"Well, if I fulfill your wishes, I will let you die of old age. The king laughed.

Everyone was taken aback, and the king's decision was once again taken by surprise.

Dara breathed a sigh of relief, and he began to feel that his decision to save the king for the sake of the big picture was not wrong.

"I will put you in a dungeon and torture you once a day until you die of old age. The king sneered, "Then you will feel that life is worse than death." ”

"I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you, my old bones won't last that long......" Balter said, suddenly falling to the ground, a wisp of blood flowing from the corner of his mouth, and a strange grin seemed to hang on his terrifying face.

Darla returned to his fiefdom, Midland, with Mike and the two dwarves, along with their troops.

After the civil strife was quelled as quickly as possible, the human empire was once again united, and the covenant relationship with the other two races was re-established, and the three races were once again in contact with each other, although not as close as before, but normal trade activities had resumed two-thirds of the time.

Although Dara himself was not a small lord, the mercenary group he led was designated by the king as a legitimate mercenary group, and from then on they were free to accept various tasks and inhabit the Midland forests, and their position in the entire empire was essentially second only to the blade regiments loyal to the king.

Dara led the people to continue to engage in production and construction based on Midland, renovating and repairing the old town of Midland, so that this once barren forest began to become vibrant, and became a paradise and home for many people who came to Darrah to seek refuge here.

Although the most dangerous moment has passed, Dara is keeping a close eye on developments everywhere to prevent a recurrence of trouble.

During this time, he wondered the most: why didn't the underground legions take the opportunity to invade when humanity was in civil strife? Could it be that the future vision he saw in the "River of Time" was an illusion? Or had those scenes changed and would not happen again? Or had that future not yet arrived?

In any case, Dara now has the power of his own, and even if there is really no more terrible future aggression, he will not be able to stop it halfway. The team has grown to such a scale that he can't stop. He had to think about the soldiers and the people who had come to him, and if he gave up halfway, they would be reduced to their former state again, enslaved and bullied by the king and the nobles. He would never give up on these people at such a moment.

Therefore, on the one hand, Dara continued his development and reform in the Midland Forest, and on the other hand, he began to learn from his former opponent, the Marquis of Feld, constantly befriending those powerful people, and always maintained close contact with Alex, the leader of the Blade Corps, which made his strength further strengthened.

Dara knew very well in his heart that except for Alex, the current relationship between the others and himself was based on the face of the king, and there was a large part of the snobbery, in fact, in the hearts of those nobles, he was always just a country boy from a small mountain village who was born as a commoner.

Underground, the city of Shama.

Kas hasn't been back to his hometown for a long time.

At this time, as he led Amber through the moat outside the city, Cass couldn't help but stare at the misty underground river, where his mother had ordered him to abandon his wounded. If it weren't for Šiventam, he might have been eaten by the monsters hidden inside, or he might have drifted down the river into a crack in another dimension. (To be continued.) )