"Lord Allen, hanging the demon's head in such a conspicuous place will not lead to retaliation, right?" The obese middle-aged man looked through the window at the bustling scene in the square outside and asked cautiously.
As a businessman, he actually rejects this kind of flamboyant and easily offending behavior.
In his opinion, killing these invading "monsters" is enough to show his strength. There is no need to risk offending more monsters by hanging Ricarudo's head in public.
It¡¯s a pity that the real power of this city does not lie in the hands of this fat middle-aged man, but in the hands of Allen.
He was just responsible for handling the tedious and troublesome daily affairs when Allen was away.
After all, in this world, violence is the weight that determines the ownership of all resources and rights. Rich businessmen often cannot even save their own wealth and life, let alone acquire rights through monetary transactions.
Seeing the cautious appearance of his men, Allen replied casually: "Don't worry, I will take care of the aftermath. After this incident, I believe that no monster will dare to approach the West for a long time. . You'd better seize the opportunity during this period and merge all the surrounding villages and towns together to form a unified whole."
"Understood! I have been promoting this matter recently. At present, forty villages and two small towns have agreed to accept our management and protection. If nothing else, I will wait for your glorious record of defeating the powerful demon to be passed down. After opening, there will be more villages that are still waiting to join in. After all, in this world, there are not many people who have the power to kill monsters. Compared with the half-human, half-demon silver-eyed witch, you are worthy of it. The title of hero." The fat middle-aged man quickly bent down and complimented with a flattering look.
"Forty villages and two small towns? You must have used some shady means, right?" Allen turned around and stared at the other party with some surprise.
Don¡¯t think this number is small.
On the contrary, for an island that has been attacked by demons and awakened beings, this is already a quite large number.
If added together, the total population is likely to exceed 100,000.
And the population of the city below is only about 40,000.
The fat man hurriedly shook his head: "No! Of course not! I always state the conditions to the other party openly and only send people to station after receiving a positive reply. In fact, the reason why most villages are willing to accept the conditions we offer is because It's all because the price of the big sword is too expensive and they can't afford it. And if they can't pay the fee, they can't hire a big sword to clean out the monsters, so they choose to accept our asylum. In any case, the knights of our Order He is still capable of killing ordinary monsters."
"I see!"
A look of realization appeared on Allen's face.
There is no doubt that not every village or town in this land can spend enough money to ask organizations to send big swords to clean up the demons or awakened ones hiding around them.
And those who cannot afford the high remuneration naturally have only two choices.
¡°One is to let these man-eating monsters lurk around and pretend that nothing has happened, eating up all the people in the village bit by bit, and then the village is completely deserted.
The other one is running away with his family, betting that the monster is not a relative or friend around him.
No matter which one it is, it means that the originally peaceful and peaceful life has been broken.
But now, they have a third choice, which is to accept the rule of fellow humans in exchange for asylum.
You must know that Allen didn't do anything after becoming the city lord. Instead, he personally formed a knight order of 100 people and granted these knights life energy cultivation methods.
After more than a week of hell-like special training, each of them has initially mastered certain basic skills.
¡°At least there is absolutely no problem in identifying monsters and people at close range.
In addition, wrapping life energy around the weapon can greatly enhance the attack power, so killing ordinary monsters is basically no problem.
Such a force may be nothing in the eyes of the organization and other Abyss, but it is enough for ordinary villagers.
It doesn¡¯t take much, as long as the knight¡¯s power to kill monsters is shown in public, many villages will donate one-third of their harvest in exchange for military protection.
Of course, when facing the awakened ones, the combat effectiveness of this group of knights is a bit worrying.
This can be seen from the way Ricarudo led a group of awakened people into a deserted place.nbsp;Because after leaving the land of the west, it didn't take long for him to arrive at the town where a large-scale melee broke out in the original plot - Pieta.
Strictly speaking, this is the boundary between the organization and the Isli territory of the Northern Abyss.
Normally, as long as the balance is not broken, whether it is an organization or Isli, they will try their best to avoid provocations and head-on conflicts.
Because they don¡¯t want to be taken advantage of by the other two abyss.
But now, with the emergence of Allen and Artoria, the originally balanced situation has undergone subtle changes.
West Leaf Road was so frightened that she gave up her own territory and fled directly to Isli's nose to hide and recuperate. She no longer had any ambitions.
And this move also made Yisli feel that his opportunity had come.
On the one hand, he began to try to join forces with the injured Lifulu, and even wanted to subdue her to become his deputy.
On the other hand, he did not forget to send Ricardo to the Western Land to inquire about the information, and at the same time see if he could swallow this piece of fat and turn it into his own territory.
So although Pieta appears to still be under the control of the organization, it actually hides several awakened people under Isli.
Feeling the weird and depressing atmosphere, Allen couldn't help but smile and murmured to himself: "The King of Silver - Isli. This guy is really an ambitious hero! It's a pity that his head is empty and he has no ambitions. But there is no talent to match it.¡±
The words just fell!
He jumped deep to the top of the tallest building in the town, inspected the surroundings from a high position, and soon locked his eyes on a young man wearing silver armor.
There is no doubt that this young man who looks to be only seventeen or eighteen years old and rides a group of strong stallions is the famous "Northern Abyss".
And accompanying him was Livlu, who was almost killed by Artoria's sword not long ago.
No hesitation!
Allen instantly turned into a meteor, hitting the ground just one step away from the two of them with a bang, and splashed a lot of dust and sand.
"who?!"
Possibly because of being almost killed before, Lifulu was very alert and almost immediately released her demonic power and entered the awakening state.
Without saying a word, he waved his tentacles and launched a tentative attack on the stranger who suddenly appeared.
At the same time, she also controlled the main body to retreat quickly to prevent the same situation as last time.
But the next second
The terrifying murderous intention instantly made Lifulu feel cold from head to toe.
"Get out! If you don't want to die!"
Allen waved his arms, tore off all the noodle-like tentacles and threw them on the ground.
You must know that this is a part of the body of the West Abyss, and its toughness is definitely no less than steel.
If it had been before, Livlu would definitely have stood up and argued with the opponent.
But after witnessing Artoria's destructive holy light energy, she had long been frightened. She didn't even stay for a second, and immediately abandoned her so-called "ally" and ran away.
Duff followed closely behind, also without any intention to fight.
In the blink of an eye, only Yisli and Allen were left here.
The two sides stared into each other's eyes. After about a minute, Yisli took the lead in breaking the silence and asked with a smile: "You should be the mysterious man who has been under crazy investigation by the organization recently, right?"
"Ah! That's right! Since you know who I am, you must know why I came to you today, right?" Allen asked meaningfully.
"Because of Riccardo?" Yisli said with a hint of uncertainty in his tone.
"Yes! He actually dared to run wild on my territory, so I had to unscrew his head and hang it on a flagpole to show the public. As the mastermind behind all this, what price do you think you will pay for this?"
When he said these words, Allen's eyes showed a malicious light. (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com