Chapter 107: Welcome to the Kingdom of Stars (Part II)
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Douro stared at Tom Ding: "Do you know that this will increase your charge?"
"Collaboration, spies, plus bribery!"
What the?
Teastin's face turned pale and he was completely overwhelmed.
Confused, Tails looked at Douro's face and suddenly remembered a long time ago, when he was begging in the lower city.
Officers and vigilantes are generally too lazy to patrol the dirty Lower Town, but Tails has had many experiences begging at the West Gate.
There, everywhere green, a very different set of rules is enforced than in the underground streets.
In the face of the people in the black street, you can just give the coins out, but in the face of the smooth and flexible green skins at the feet of the royal capital......
Tails couldn't help but sigh as he looked at the terrified Tom Ding and the others who didn't know why.
The boy took a step forward.
"We see, my lord," Tails squeezed out a smile that drew everyone's attention, "but believe me, we're all legitimate merchants, and we left Camp Bladetooth before the lockdown order was issued, carrying with us all the daily merchandise that complied with the regulations. β
The Captain of the Anomalous looked at him slightly.
"Unfortunately, our caravan ran into orcs on the way, and our cargo was looted, and we lost a lot of men, leaving only fifteen camels, and we escaped with nine lives. Tails shook his head.
Hearing this, the captives turned different, and Captain Douro's expression darkened.
"I'm sorry to hear this," he sighed sadly, "it should be our duty and responsibility to ensure your lives and interests in the desert, but we are busy encircling and suppressing the orcs, and we have left you in the hands of dust and sand thieves, which is our rereliction of duty." β
Tails keenly noticed that Douro's Western Wilderness tone disappeared a lot in an instant.
"Evil sand thieves......"
Douro frowned slightly, motioning for him to continue.
Tails immediately understood.
"Yes!"
He hurriedly corrected: "We were robbed by a group of sand thieves, and all the goods disappeared after that, but we were lucky, and within a few days of escaping, we met Lord Douro and you led the army to encircle and suppress the desert orcs, that scene was really shocking!"
Douro's complexion slowly softened.
The captives looked at each other with strange expressions.
"It's you, Captain Douro, the glorious Stardust Guards, who saved us from the chaos of the battlefield," Tails looked at him gratefully, "and gave us enough assistance to be helpless and resource-poor, so that we who had lost everything could return home." β
Tails emphasised the importance of "losing everything".
Douro sighed slightly.
"Oh, no, young man," the squad leader patted him on the shoulder with a humble face, and said in a kind and gentle tone: "There is nothing to lose the goods, as long as the life is healthy...... And don't you have 'ten' camels left?"
Douro highlighted the "ten".
Tomding covered his face in pain.
"As for thanks...... This is what we should do, the reason why the army exists is to protect the people, whether it is your property or your life. β
Tails' face froze.
But he forced out a little tear in time, turning this embarrassing stiffness into a choked sob: "Yes, at least we have 'ten' camels left, and as for your kindness, captain, we ...... We admire it......"
Behind Douro, the female knight nicknamed "Spirit Blade" was about to pop out her eyes.
Tails continued to choke: "This is the only consolation we have after losing the goods, except that Master Tomding offered to pay you a thank you money, but you just didn't agree, so we were very upset." β
In the freak squad, the snake hand snorted and laughed.
Douro glared at him.
The snake hand suddenly stood obediently.
Douro turned his head in satisfaction and coughed: "I understand your intentions, but we are principled, and I really can't accept it." β
The fast rope rolled his eyes in the corner where he couldn't see.
The freak boss looked at Tails with satisfaction, "Very well, it seems that you really understand things, young man." β
"What's your name?"
Tails' face froze: "Saika." β
Hearing the name, Dean raised an eyebrow.
Duro took him into his arms and laughed, "Good, Saika!"
"Towndy, if I were you, when this young and promising young man grows up, I would promote him to deputy!"
His cavity of the Western Wasteland is back.
Thomding squeezed out a smile that was uglier than crying.
"With people like you, with good people like you who support the kingdom and support the army," Douro shook Tails, who was smiling a little stiffly, with emotion: "How can our warriors not fight bravely and well, how can they not move forward bravely?
"Seeing how the current situation of the Kingdom of the Stars is so thriving," Tails sighed and said sincerely, "I'm also very excited." β
The Adeptus nodded, "So, do you know what to tell the rest of the camp when you get back?"
Tails sighed, "Of course, we who are in distress in the desert and have lost our goods are fortunate enough to meet Lord Douro of the Stardust Guard, and he is a very good man, dutiful, kind and kind. β
Douro bowed slightly.
"You know, I'm a peace-loving person," Douro's face instantly turned cold, his eyes were like knives, and he glanced at each captive: "But if you come across those collaborators and smugglers who intend to destroy the peace, please let us know, believe me, even if we go all over the desert, we will wipe them all out and create a safe and prosperous trade route for you!"
The captives felt a chill in their hearts, and hurriedly nodded violently like pounding garlic.
"Great," said Douro with satisfaction, "that way, you will be able to return home safely, and we will have fulfilled our duty to defend our homeland." β
"I'm really glad that the fighters on the front line and the civilians in the rear are considerate of each other...... How can the Kingdom of the Stars not be strong, how can it not rise, how can it not be revived?"
Tails only felt a slight sour smile.
"Towndy, if I were you, I would definitely marry my daughter to him, really, if I had a daughter......" Douro finally patted him on the shoulder, looked at the goods around him, and said with emotion: "Trust me, this dowry will not be lost!"
Tails smiled stiffly.
Finally, Douro waved his hand.
"Alright, you can collect the necessary luggage, remember, it is necessary, such as ten camels to go back to the Bladetooth camp. β
"Be careful on the road, but don't worry, in the desert," Duro clenched his fists and smiled at his thick arms: "We will always be your strongest backing!"
Tom Ding, who instantly became nothing, responded to an ugly smile from Douro.
The merchants and mercenaries blushed and looked away from their solid backing.
Tails sighed to himself, but didn't say anything in the end.
Right now.
"Wait. β
Baron Guz, who had been silent, spoke, with anger in his tone: "I've had enough. β
Duro looked at the one-winged crow flag behind Baron Guz and frowned: "What?"
"I'm a nobleman," Guzi lowered his arms and said coldly, "I'm sorry, Captain Douro, but I can't watch you snatch what belongs to them." β
The captives were amazed.
"What do you mean?"
Guzi walked up to Duro and looked him in the eye: "You, return the goods to them." β
"We came out with a mission to sweep the desert, but we didn't come to collect money. β
The Adeptus Boss was stunned.
The captives were also stunned.
It took Douro a few seconds to figure out what was going on.
"I thought we had a great time working together, Guz," Douro scratched the back of his head, "Listen......"
"Nobody likes to work with you," Gutz said coldly, "freak." β
The faces of the others sank.
Douro sighed.
"I know, I understand, no one wants to come to this desert where birds don't shit this season to suffer, chase and drive away those poor and white scum, and get a pitiful amount of reward," the freak captain belonging to the Stardust Guard looked solemnly at the baron opposite: "So please, the opportunity to finally bump into me, don't stand in my way, I just want to get some compensation." β
Baron Guzi shook his head, his eyes cold.
"My people didn't complain about that. β
With his words, the soldiers of the Croma family tensed up and gathered behind the baron.
The freak boss fell silent.
But instead of showing weakness, he stepped forward with his waist in his back, his right hand just falling on the hilt of his sword.
The stout left arm trembled.
The people of the Stardust Guard, including the Freak Squad, also took a step forward with unkind expressions.
The atmosphere of the scene became tense.
Tails watched the scene with amazement.
It stands to reason that both of them were ordered to come and clean up the desert to meet their ......
But at the moment, it seems that it may not be a good idea to let the two sides cooperate.
Among the captives, the old hammer's face was ugly: "Damn it." β
"We're caught in the middle again. β
At that moment, Tomding's hand trembled and raised.
"Your Excellency, you don't have to ...... for us"
But Baron Guz didn't buy it.
"Shut up. β
Guzi refused: "It's not for you, merchant. β
"It's for justice, and it's fairness. β
He looked coldly at Douro, whose face was gloomy: "For the sake of our tenets that have guarded thousands of years. β
It's as if Douro heard the funniest thing in the world.
"Are you sick? Do you still play this game in this era?" Duro opened his mouth and glanced at the subordinates behind him,
But Guz still stared at him with a cold expression.
Douro's breath became rapid.
"Okay. β
"Sancheng," Duro looked at the pile of goods in the distance and gritted his teeth: "You can take Sancheng of this batch of goods." β
Guz chuckled.
"What," the baron sneered, "you still want to buy me, Baron Amorey, Van C. Guz, under the command of the Earl of Wingburg?"
"Forty," Duro clenched his fists, "No more, this shipment is not a small amount, and you are just a baron." β
Gutz shook his head.
"You so-called royal standing army are obviously also members of the army, but you just don't understand, right?"
"It's about what we're fighting for, about what it's duty and honor. β
This made the atmosphere even more tense.
Du Luo took a deep breath: "Listen, I know, we let that orc run away today, and it's very unhappy that you have less combat exploits, but listen, don't get into trouble, how many big people are watching." β
"Trouble, the real troublemakers are people like you," Gutz did not flinch, "Count Chlomar often told me that. β
"I repeat, return the goods to them. β
Douro stomped his foot violently.
"Half a point!" he pointed to his feet angrily: "This is my bottom line!"
Gutz chuckled.
"Oh my God, it's unbelievable, you still want to use the money to eliminate the disaster and calm the situation. β
Baron Guzi sighed: "The power of the king is too great, and under his invisible wings, maggots like you will always breed and erode the pedestal of the entire kingdom. β
"That's what we're all about: the aristocracy must check and balance the royal power, starting with the flying armies under his command. β
Tails watched them go back and forth, but there was not much nutrition, and there was not much common ground in common, and he felt a little strange.
Guz ...... Is it possible that this vassal under the Chroma family is still an idealist?
It's just that the current situation, the conflict between them, is a little not optimistic for the captives?
Douro fell silent.
"You can really be involved, Lord Baron. β
"But you don't want to fight us here, over this matter," the captain pointed to the sky and whispered, "The people above, whether they are barons or counts, or even ...... None of them will be happy. β
"You're right," Gutz replied coldly, putting his hand on the hilt of his sword by the way, "I think so too. β
"And do you want to make them happy?"
"Freaks?"
Douro's face changed.
Both groups of men and horses pressed their weapons on their hands, and looked at each other with murderous eyes.
"Sixty percent," Duro stared at the other party fiercely, and the weapon in his hand was already unsheathed by an inch: "If you can't accept it, then let's fight." β
Guz silently looked at his opponent.
After a second, the baron smiled.
"Deal. β
Guz said proudly.
His hand left the hilt.
What the?
The captives were stunned!
Yes...... Delivered?
The captives who had just watched in amazement as the baron refused the other party's bribes again and again, and feared that Guz's willfulness would implicate them, was dumbfounded and speechless.
Even Tails was taken aback for a moment.
Douro spat the ground.
"Phew, greedy enough. β
But Guzi just turned around and straddled the saddle and got on his horse: "Remember, sixty percent, my flag bearer will confirm with you." β
"I'll be waiting for you in front...... Happy working together, Captain Douro. β
The next moment, the baron and his men galloped away.
"These moths!"
Duro looked at the baron's back with disdain: "Nobles? are simply vampires lying on the kingdom. β
"The stars are destroyed on you. β
The captives looked at each other dumbfounded.
"Don't get in the way here, disappear quickly, and don't get into trouble," Duro, who was in a bad mood, waved his hand to them impatiently: "We are the army of the kingdom, we want to protect you, we are very busy!"
The captives stiffened and turned away.
Tails looked at the departing baron, and then at the sulking Douro.
After a few seconds, he let out a long sigh, repressed the steps he was about to take, held back the words he was about to speak, and turned around with the others.
No.
Tails shook his head silently.
No.
It's getting darker.
In the cold wind, the caravan walked to their respective camps with mixed feelings, packing up the remaining luggage and bodies.
The Stardust Guards keep a strict watch on them, preventing them from taking too much of the cargo that has been "lost".
But Dante's greatswords were gloomy.
"Honestly......"
In the ranks of the mercenaries, Luisa closed her eyes for Ponga's body with a blank face, and said hoarsely: "I don't think Tom Ding will pay us, at least not enough for him to have a good reason to excuse it, and even accuse us in turn." β
"Ponga, Kanze, Haken...... So many war losses, everyone's compensation ......"
Luisa couldn't say any more.
Dante's greatswords fell silent.
The atmosphere became oppressive.
Dean sighed, took Kanze's greatsword out of his hand, and pushed the big man into the dug sand pit: "I'll figure out a way now, put our things away first, pack them with some skill, don't let them stop you." β
McGee slammed his fist into the sand.
"What was that?"
The barren bones glanced at the cavalry looting in the distance, and could not hide his anger: "Those ......"
Dean shook his head and didn't speak.
Tails sighed.
"Welcome ......"
He spoke hoarsely, rather listlessly, "Welcome to the Kingdom of Stars." β
The prince helped the sullen fast rope to pick up the sand and bury the unrecognizable body of the mercenary Hakena.
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