Chapter 136: The Rules of the Robbers
By the time Roger arrived at the scene, Palanti had already captured the last few robbers to escape. It only took her thirty-six seconds to kill the robbers, and it took five minutes to drag their bodies back and line them up. In such a short time, the leaders of all parties had already received the news and gathered around.
The Poison Widow herself is not good at force, so she does not appear on the front lines of the battlefield. But as the most notorious intelligence monger in the brownland hills, she rushed over as soon as she got the news. After seeing that her baby daughter was fine, the woman with a murderous face like frost immediately softened, patted her chest and thanked Ellian with a scared look, and did not forget to reveal her plump figure vaguely when showing her pitiful side.
Next arrived Thomas, the gold pointer, who was able to make a name for himself in the brownish hills, again by his brains rather than his muscles. Unlike the poisonous widow's deliberate show of weakness, the gold man showed the steadiness and caution of a businessman, he politely greeted El and Thea, and carefully inquired about the cause of the incident, and then sent his own men to gather all the robbers who had just watched and participated in the fight, and began to patiently interrogate them one by one.
"What the hell is going on?" Roger asked with a calm face as he jumped off his horse. Although he heard a general idea on the way over, he always felt that something was not quite right in his heart.
"Boss, you're going to call the shots for me!" a bandit leader, kneeling beside the corpse, suddenly jumped to his feet, snot and tears cried.
Roger's eyes moved slightly, and he recognized the guy in front of him as the leader of the "Black Skull" bandof thieves. Their small gang does not have many people, only thirty or fifty people, but because they are all outlaws, they are also well-known in this area. They were originally under Blackbeard's wings, but they secretly defected to Roger before Blackbeard lost power, and it can be said that Roger is one of the most effective teams besides his own lineage.
In the process of exploring the ancient ruins, the Black Skull paid the price of seven people's lives, which made Roger feel relieved in addition to heartache, so he specially gave them an extra gold coin. But now, seven of them were lying on the ground, six were killed by a single blow, and the other of their leaders was torn in half by a punch, and the body was still incomplete.
At this time, the golden hand has gradually restored the truth, and Thea is out of anger, and the leader of the Black Skull is out of loyalty to Roger, and questions Thea. Both sides moved in an emotional state, and casualties were inevitable. And the Black Skull also had enough reasons for Thea's stalking, because many people present saw that it was Thea who attacked the Black Skull first, and they just fought back in anger.
It all seemed like a ridiculous misunderstanding, and this kind of example of doing something without knowing it was too common in bandit circles, and this kind of bullshit was not worth mentioning, and it was not even worth a second glance from the big guys. If it weren't for Thea's special status, absolutely no one would have bothered to pay attention.
The only person who seemed unreasonable was El, who had helped Thea. According to the Black Skull Leader, everyone knows that Miss Thea is a silver-level powerhouse, and his subordinates are just ordinary people. They may have lost control of their emotions, but they couldn't have done any harm to Miss Thea.
On the contrary, as an outsider, El actually intervened in the internal conflicts of the robbers without authorization, and killed the killer without mercy to his allies, this kind of behavior is simply madness.
It's actually very simple to say, but everyone has their own perspective on the problem, and it can't be said that there is something wrong with the statement of the leader of the black skeleton. After all, everyone saw that he was really thinking about Roger at that time, even if Roger was unhappy now, it was impossible to kill his loyal subordinates in public for the sake of his woman.
But if he agrees with the Black Skull Leader's claims, it means that he has to admit that Thea has done something wrong. Sometimes things are just like that, and if Roger has the idea of killing Hawkeye in his heart and puts it into practice, it's not a big deal. However, after Hawkeye said the name of the poisonous widow, Thea seemed to be a little eager to cover up, and even intended to kill people. Anyway, she was too impulsive this time.
The poisonous widow obviously realized that the situation was a little awkward this time, so she didn't say a word of superfluous nonsense when she arrived, but just hid behind El with her arms around her, refusing to look up no matter what others said.
Roger suddenly finds himself in a dilemma, if he supports Black Skull, then he must need an explanation from the mother and daughter of the Poison Widow. But if he doesn't protect Thea now, not only will he lose the Poison Widow, a staunch ally, but there may also be gossip that he, a king of robbers, wants other men to protect his women.
Roger listened to the whole thing with a blank face, groaned for a moment, raised his head to look at El, and met El's smiling eyes, and couldn't help but sink his face.
"I suddenly feel like you're a little too weak. El sneered mercilessly, "If it were the Blackbeard I knew, I would never have been made so ugly." I can't figure out how you managed to defeat that guy. ”
"It's because I'm more kind than Blackbeard that I'm recognized by everyone. But kindness does not mean cowardice, and I don't need you to educate me. Roger said with a cold face. He grasped the hilt of the knife at his waist, turned around and looked deeply at the leader of the black skeleton, and asked in a deep voice, "I would like to know how high the price for you to betray me is, is it more than the gold coins I gave you?"
"What do you say, Boss?" the Black Skull Leader stretched out his hand to the Poison Widow with an unbelievable look on his face and shouted, "Don't you know why the Poison Widow has this nickname? Everyone knows that this woman cannot be trusted! Boss, you actually slandered me for that kind of woman? I am loyal to you, Boss!"
His words may sound like a justification for himself, but in fact they are a subtle accusation of Roger's injustice. Hearing what he said, the robbers around couldn't help but whisper.
"I said, don't take my kindness for cowardice. Roger stared into his eyes and said word by word: "For the sake of your brothers who died before, I will give you a chance to confess." ”
"Old ...... Boss, why are you ......" Under Roger's cold eyes, the Black Skull Leader realized that he was not joking, and a trace of fear suddenly flashed in his eyes, and his speech became stammering.
"You're a good robber, but not a good actor. Roger shook his head and sighed, holding down the hilt. The Black Skull Leader's face changed, and he turned to flee, but only his head left the place.
The sword flashed, and the blood in the black skull leader's skull cavity spurted out, and it was only then that everyone saw Roger's action of retracting the knife. In front of everyone's eyes, no one expected him to really make a move, and he was so clean and left no room for a while.
"Since the Black Skull has been bought, it is the enemy, send people out to find the rest of their members, and kill them. Roger wiped the blood from the blade and commanded his cronies. His voice was not deliberately lowered, and the others next to him could hear it clearly. But unexpectedly, this time no one dared to speak out again, and they all shrank their heads and closed their mouths tightly.
"Lord Roger, with all due respect, you have done this a little inconsiderately......" While Roger's men were running their own ways, the golden hand walked up to him, frowned and whispered: "Actually, it's not a big deal, we just won the victory, we can go back and deal with it slowly." ”
"There's nothing to think about, since he dares to betray, he must be prepared for death. Roger turned his head, the frost on his face still lingering. He took a deep look at the gold hand and asked in a deep voice, "You are a businessman, what kind of price do you think is needed to drive them to betray?"
"Actually, it's very simple, it doesn't need to be too high......" Before the gold hand could speak, Luo Lana's voice suddenly sounded from the side. Roger raised his head and saw the eldest lady squeezing out of the crowd, clapping his hands while showing a standard commercial smile, and chuckled and said:
"Lord Roger, your men have obtained enough gold coins to last a lifetime, and they have the capital in their pockets to marry a wife and settle down, ......who wants to be a robber? Wouldn't it be better to leave the brown hills with this money and find a place to settle down than Lord Roger's dream of rebuilding Dimiente?"
"If it's this kind of price, don't talk about black skeletons, but I have to think about it too. Roger said to himself, while squinting his eyes and staring at the golden hand: "Although this price is simple, there are only a handful of people who can really afford it, who can guarantee that they will leave safely?"
"Lord Roger, I don't think there's any point in this kind of nonsense. A drop of cold sweat flowed from the head of the gold hand, but he still maintained a calm expression on his face, and said cautiously.
"Mr. Thomas, I think you must have gotten one wrong. El's voice suddenly came from behind, and the distance was so close that the gold hand couldn't help but sweat. He wanted to continue to defend himself, but he was suppressed by the murderous aura behind him, and he couldn't open his mouth at all.
"You think I have a plan to go further, and I must pay attention to my words and deeds. Roger coldly took El's words and continued: "But that doesn't mean that I have to learn the things of the lord and nobleman. Aristocracy has aristocratic rules of the game, and I have always been a robber. The rule of a robber is that there are no rules, and they only speak by strength. If the black skeleton dares to touch my woman, he will die, and I don't need to look at anyone's face, and neither will you. ”
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