Chapter 144: Conditions
The extremely ugly face of the messenger of Herod was naturally in anticipation.
Taking advantage of the danger of the people, the armed invasion killed people and set fire to occupy the village, and fought a humiliating defeat, so they became angry and put forward unrealistic conditions to extort money, which was called peace talks, which was actually a threat.
Vincent had never seen such a brazen person.
If he hadn't personally commanded the army to win the battle, and seeing the conditions offered by the Herodians, Vincent would have thought that he had become the defeated and captured party.
In the face of greedy and shameless war criminals and aristocrats, Vincent will not show weakness, you do the first year of junior high school, I will be the fifteenth, who is afraid of whom!
"Oh, honorable messenger, have you seen those thieves so soon?" Vincent looked kind, and pretended to be surprised, and asked, "Well, is it a group of extrajudicial fanatics who should be sentenced to death?"
If he didn't say that, it would be fine, but the messenger suddenly couldn't suppress the fire.
As a member of the Herodian aristocracy, who could bear to see his country's elite locked in wooden fences like cattle, looking depressed and staring blankly, shivering under the gaze of the undead and lichs.
As for the mercy of the demons in sparing their lives, the messengers should not be able to see it.
If you are dead, you can only express mourning, but since you are alive, you cannot turn a blind eye.
"O gods! You have tormented our knights, forced them to call themselves thieves, and tattooed them with curses!"
The envoy was simply angry, if it weren't for a group of monsters around him, I was afraid that he would not rush up and tear Vincent apart.
"I persecuted them? You go and ask them, and each of them admits that he is a thief, and what else is there to explain." Vincent put on a simple look of knowingly committing a crime, and said to the messenger with a smile, "As for tattoos, this is the way we hold prisoners in our territory, just to avoid escaping."
When all surrendered, the demons made it clear, if they wanted to live, they would accept the conditions of detention, and the knight lord was full of promises, and Vincent could swear to the gods, and there were no threats and frauds.
If you want to blame, you should first blame this group of broken spine dogs for their lack of backbone, and voluntarily accept the curse in exchange for life.
The deputy head of the regiment, Karl, surrendered smoothly without much struggle, and the others had nothing to hold onto.
"But if you don't do what you say, the curse will endanger their lives, and it's not the same as persecution." The messenger stamped his feet and rebuked, "This is a desecration of the knight's dignity...... You, you, too, are nobles, shouldn't you have more pity and sympathy for them?"
What are you kidding, how can class empathy transcend racial differences?
"The law is the law, and the law must be strictly enforced, and when they choose to be caught with their hands tied instead of fighting to the end, and choose to eat my food to survive instead of going on a hunger strike, they should understand one thing - all the gifts given by fate have been secretly marked with a price!"
Vincent pointed to the messenger's furious face, unwavering in righteousness.
Anyway, now that all the captives are under their absolute control, no one has the courage to say even a bad word about the demons.
Let them admit that they are captured thieves, and they will not dare to admit that they have been knights, members of the Knights of the Silver Wolves of Herodes.
Regardless of his true motives, Vincent not only wanted to kill some of the deterrent enemies, but also those who were left alive should not feel that everything was all right, and the price of giving up his dignity was to be ruined in the future.
He wanted to see if the Herodians would pay a lot of money to redeem a group of thieves.
When the time comes, whether they choose to redeem or give up, this incident will disgrace the Herodians and become the best laughing stock provider of the year on the mainland.
When he was bored, Vincent had even added to the story and made it a legend, and as soon as it was over, he commanded that the hundreds of troubadours in the realm would get the latest stories for everyone's fun.
Vincent doesn't understand the principle of being a man and leaving a line, but it's a pity that the Herodian people don't be the first to be human, so don't blame the devil for making waves in this matter.
As for the revenge in the future, Vincent didn't pay much attention to it.
Originally a royal family
Members, subservient to the defeat of the Terran group, groveling, is the biggest political incorrectness within the family and the demon race.
Thinking about the assassination of oneself, does it really have nothing to do with one's own race?
The demons worship the strong and despise the weak, and as rulers, it is natural for the enemy to kill, torture, blackmail, deceive, play, use or blaspheme.
Only repaying grievances with virtue is a red line that must not be touched.
If it was Vincent's eldest brother standing here, the messenger of Herod would probably not see the living. If it's the second brother, then they'll only see a bunch of waste-based skeletons or zombies, baring their teeth and claws at their fellow citizens.
Thinking of this, Vincent still sighed secretly - he was really too merciful.
It's really out of control, the sky is falling and there are tall people on top, so it's a big deal to go home and shake people, no, shake the devil.
"Enough is enough? Now it's time for me to put forward the terms for peace talks." Vincent slowly raised his voice to the grumbling messenger, and his tone began to become majestic, "This is my territory, now give me ears to listen!"
Seeing that the demon leader was angry, the envoy shuddered, moved his steps, and slightly distanced himself from the monsters around him.
"Out of respect for the kingdom, we can hand over these thieves of Herod to the kingdom, and the horse thieves will be fined 1,000 gold coins, and the general thieves will be fined 100 gold coins, and all the belongings they carry will be confiscated." Vincent emphasized the word "Herodian thief" in particular, "but all criminals must be tried, and we will send messengers to visit the trial and execution."
The envoy gasped, the demon clan is really a lion's mouth!
"Compensate for the loss of the territory and the loss of the people, especially the villagers who were slaughtered by the whole village," the lord ignored the envoy's ugly face, and only continued to say the next condition, "100 gold coins for each deceased lord, 50 gold coins for each of the subjects who were forced to work, and a total of 10,000 gold coins for the loss of other property."
Although he wanted to refute it immediately, the messenger looked at the eager monsters and gave up.
It seems that the demons don't want to negotiate anymore, and they are intent on making things bigger.
"Immediately release the villagers who have been captured by the thieves to Herodes, guarantee their safety, and give them 10 gold coins each."
Compared with the previous two, this one was not too much, and the messenger hurriedly wrote down the contents.
"In order to prevent this from happening again, the kingdom should strengthen its governance, exterminate the thieves, and prevent the thieves from wandering." "For the sake of peace, His Majesty the King or a nobleman of high power must come forward to endorse it and ensure that the tragedy will not be repeated."
"In addition, the kingdom should face up to the tragic situation of people becoming poor and thieves, open legal border trade, open legal and compliant trade markets at local borders, and use economic development to reduce poverty and unemployment, so as to seek benefits for both sides and achieve a win-win situation."
"Finally, and I attach great importance to this point, that is, the two sides should issue a joint statement to jointly crack down on free cult organizations, crack down on cross-border missionary and criminal activities of cults, strike hard at cultists, stabilize people's lives, and defend integrity and faith."
After listening to Vincent's five conditions, the envoy's face turned completely pale, and they had no idea how such conditions could be conveyed and accepted.