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However, it was clear that someone did not want him to continue, and the blood-stained scimitar was stabbed through Lorris's back, spine, and internal organs, and the tip of the knife dripping with blood stabbed out of his chest. A little bit of bright red and warm blood, "pop~" and "pop~" dripping on the ground.

Loris turned his head with difficulty, and saw a scarred and embarrassed figure standing behind him, which was the leader of the thieves who had just been knocked to the ground by his punch: "You...... It's you...... weishenme......" The staccato words struggled to pop out of Loris's blood-soaked mouth, and along with the words, a large mouthful of blood poured out of his mouth.

"Don't blame me, I'm not because of the punch you punched me. The leader of the thieves stood there with difficulty, and said lightly, with a hint of guilt in his tone.

“...... weishenme......" Loris continued with difficulty.

"With your approach, we're dead. Look at these brothers, they don't have the strength to fight anymore, and their wounds can't fight anymore. As for the comeback, we are also forty or fifty years old, and the hard work of a lifetime is gone today, how many more forty years do we have? I don't want to spend the next few years of my life still in the forest with those vicious demonic beasts and demonic plants. At this, the eyes of the leader of the thieves showed a deep loneliness and a hint of fear.

Obviously, the luxurious life brought about by being in a high position for a long time (for the thieves is considered a high position as the head of the thieves), accompanied by alcohol and women, has worn away the fighting spirit and temperament of his youth.

At this time, he could no longer return to the hard life of sleeping in the jungle and racing against Warcraft, and his body and mind could not adapt to this drastic change.

Immediately afterward, he continued: "So I don't want to live that kind of life when I am wanted by the kingdom anymore, I am fed up with hiding in Tibet day and night, I want to live an easy life!"

"I know that in the laws of the kingdom and the customs of the nobility, there is such a thing as leniency for those who surrender on the battlefield, even if we are thieves. So, Lorris, you are now the only stumbling block to our lives! Your stubborn character and mind, and your identity as the first offender, are obstacles. Don't blame me, go in peace!" the leader of the thieves said, and with a sharp force he drew his bloody scimitar and threw it aside.

Without looking at the corpse that had fallen to the side and glaring at him, he came to the thieves, who were now stunned by what had just happened, and completely bewildered.

He cleared his throat and said loudly to the remnants of the defeated generals with dull eyes and turbulent hearts: "Everyone, now our numbers and combat effectiveness are almost gone, I know that everyone wants to live, and I have a proposal that can guarantee everyone's survival......"

After speaking, he looked around, and sure enough, most of them had excited and expectant eyes in their eyes at this time.

He saw the scene in front of him as he expected, and for some reason, while expressing his joy with relief, a wave of sadness welled up in his heart for no reason.

"My proposal is ...... We laid down our arms and surrendered to the count's army opposite. He took a deep breath and spoke his proposal to the crowd around him in the highest volume, and this proposal was naturally opposed by many people.

You know, just now, they were still fighting the Counts' Army, and many of their companions died at their hands. The death of their comrades-in-arms is not so simple to eliminate, and it makes them surrender to the enemy just now, which makes their hearts very uncomfortable.

"Coward!" the name he had just added to the 'Forest Safari' had been put on him not long after.

Titles such as "traitor!" and "son of a mouse!" and other insulting words filled his ears.

"Don't get excited, everyone, listen to me. He kept waving his hands and motioning for everyone to calm down, and it was not until the crowd had gradually stopped that he spoke again.

"I have been very interested in the aristocratic laws of the kingdom for the last few years, and I have studied them in my spare time. You may not know that one of the terms of the kingdom is a clause that allows the captives to be lenient, as long as they surrender before the battle, no matter what status the person is, when and under what circumstances, the surrendered party must accept the surrender of the other party. He softened his tone and explained to the crowd.

Most of the thieves looked hesitant, and he knew that everyone was moved, so he decided to add another fire.

"I think everyone joins the thieves group just as a job, since everyone is in it for money, then there is no need to live with their own lives, after all, no matter how much money you have, you need to have a life to enjoy. He reasoned with the crowd, and he knew that although these people had just said nicely, they just didn't know that surrender could be pardoned, after all, most countries did not treat Daker's followers very kindly.

However, because the Kingdom of Ustan is adjacent to the Angolan Special Administrative Region, the border between the two countries has been in conflict all year round, and there is even a large-scale war every few years.

As a result, Ustan had a great desire for any potential source of soldiers capable of fighting, and even the royal family, the government, and the great nobles reached a rare consensus on this point, issued a decree, and wrote it into the kingdom's constitution.

Even if the other party is a thief, a criminal, a foreigner, or a slave, as long as they are willing to surrender and serve in the army for the required number of years, the kingdom is willing to accept them, and even force some small and medium-sized nobles to accept them.

After all, if we only rely on domestic training of soldiers, we will not be able to meet the troop requirements for border defense, and even the domestic economy will be continuously damaged. For the same reason, the kingdom has a much better welfare treatment for soldiers than in most other countries.

In other countries, junior officers like Olivier Giroud, severant pensions and other benefits do not add up to help them in their business, even if it is a small one. And in Ustan, Giroud is a poor mix.

The leader of the thieves, who was in charge of surrender, looked around, paused, and continued: "Well, now those who are in favor of surrender will stand on the left, and those who want to continue to resist will stand on the right. We do not force those who want to continue to resist to surrender, we all go our separate ways and do not hinder each other. ”

As his words fell, most of the people immediately stood to the left, which symbolized surrender. Only seven or eight people stood in place, looking at the way they whispered, looking a little hesitant.