Why did the lord rebel

Chapter 165 Good words are hard to persuade a damn ghost
In the lord's tent where the lord was temporarily absent, Katerina and Mayor Joel met the "envoy sent by the barren bandits" that Master Donald said.

The visitor was a thin, shrewd and deceitful man.

His roving eyeballs, and his dirty, tangled beard reminded Mayor Joel of a mole in the mud.

After entering the lord's tent, the "bandit envoy" did not look at Miss Katerina on the main seat and Old Joel standing next to Katerina, but turned his head to look at Something in the tent, muttering something.

Then, he turned to Katerina, stared at the beautiful cheeks of this noble lady for a long time, and then swallowed with a "gulp".

This detail made Mayor Joel frowned slightly.

"Who is the leader of this camp?" The bandit envoy asked loudly, his voice rough and noisy.

Katerina's expression didn't change at all, she just replied flatly:
"The lord of this territory is not here, but I can speak to you on his behalf."

When he heard the word "lord", the bandit envoy wrinkled his nose, as if he smelled something extremely foul.He smacked his lips loudly, then took out a tattered piece of parchment from his bosom, and read from the script:
"Uh... my humble Halifax, on behalf of the leaders of the [-] civil territories of the Cracked Soul Land, including Yellow Sand Castle, Blood Demon Village, and Blade's Edge Mountain, hereby issue a joint announcement to your territory!"

Mayor Joel raised his chin slightly.

The other party said it nicely, and the so-called "Twelve Soul-Cracking Lands Civilian Territory" can be considered grand-sounding, but the old mayor and Katerina knew well that this was just the "Twelve Robbers' Cottage". Just whitewashing.

But what really attracted the attention of the two Shuangfengling high-level officials was the inexplicable "joint announcement" that the bandit envoy said——

——The bandit villages on the Land of Cracking Souls, there are as many as double digits in size, and most of them are scattered in the mountains on the edge of the wasteland like the Moon God Village.

On weekdays, these bandits do everything they can to kill, rob, and do anything. Once they encounter conflicts of interest, it is common for bandits to fight each other:

In the history of the Land of Cracking Souls, the warring states disputes where the bandit forces split up and merged, and intrigues almost never stopped.

But now, this bandit envoy actually claimed that twelve bandit camps came together and issued a "joint statement"?
Mayor Joel and Katerina racked their brains and couldn't figure it out. Could it be that times have really changed, and even the barbaric bandits, whose new and old grievances are like oceans and whose conflicts of interest have no reason to resolve, finally have a " The day we united"?
Like the illiterate leader of the unit, the bandit envoy who has no speech ability and only knows how to read the manuscript did not notice the strange expressions of the two senior officials of Shuangfengling, and read aloud from the parchment. :
"Since September last year, the chiefs of the [-] civil territories of the Land of Cracking Souls, including Huangsha Castle and Blood Demon Village, have gathered and agreed to establish an armistice agreement on the wasteland, set up a meeting of chiefs of the major territories, and maintain the stability of the wasteland. and development."

Hearing that a group of murderous bandits claimed to "maintain the stability and development of the wasteland", Mayor Joel and Katerina didn't know how to express themselves.

The Bandit Envoy shook his head and continued:

"Recently, the great commander of our territory learned that you, as outsiders, have established a camp in the Shuangfengling area. They are very dissatisfied! The Land of Cracking Soul is the inherent land of the people of the wasteland, and its interests should be transferred to the folk territories that originally settled here. Shared, has nothing to do with outsiders! Your existence has violated the interests of twelve civil territories, so in the spring of this year, we will form a coalition to attack your territory, hereby inform you!"

Katerina stretched out her slender fingers, pinching the space between her eyebrows dumbfounded.

Don't look at this "bandit envoy" talking about the hype, in fact, there is only one central idea:
The land of cracking soul is the private land of bandits and robbers, outsiders don't want to gain a firm foothold here!

According to Karen Le Pegg, when this group of demon refugees crossed the defense line of the Arcane Spire and came to the wasteland, it was only after a bloody battle with the local land bosses that they were finally able to establish a foundation in the Luna Village—— From this point of view, the Igor family had already started building large-scale projects in the Shuangfengling area, and the local wasteland bandits had only come to the door now, and they even seemed a little slow.

However, perhaps out of fear of Shuangfengling, this group of bandits and robbers actually claimed to "form a coalition army" to crusade, and I don't know if Karen's Luna Village received such treatment back then.

Seeing that Katerina and Mayor Joel were silent, the bandit envoy probably thought that the delicate noble lady and old man were frightened by him, and said with a grinning grin:
"Of course, as the special envoy sent by the twelve chiefs, I still have certain discretion over various matters... If you are willing to cooperate, as long as you leave all your wealth and evacuate the wasteland before the spring, that can also be avoided. A dead end!"

Mayor Joel sneered:
"You 'folk territories' are quite generous..."

"Of course!" The bandit envoy smiled even more proudly, "Of course, the premise of everything is that you must first show us that you are willing to cooperate..."

Mayor Joel raised his eyebrows:
"attitude?"

"That's right, posture! For example..." The bandit envoy stretched out his finger, pointed at Katerina who was on the main seat, and smiled greedily, "...As long as this little girl is willing to sleep with me for a few days, I'm not wrong I can help you say a few good words in front of the leaders, and I will spare your lives when the time comes!"

Mayor Joel's eyes were filled with anger, but Katerina on the side just said coldly:

"Our Igor family is the only legal lord of the Land of Cracked Soul, which was conferred by the emperor himself. Frost Maple Ridge is our unquestionable territory! From this point of view, all people, things, and things on the wasteland are Under the jurisdiction of the Igor family, you bandits and bandits are the dregs that should be cleared out of the wasteland!"

The bandit envoy was stunned for a moment by the tough attitude of the eldest lady, and then said viciously:

"So you are not willing to cooperate?"

Katerina said awe-inspiringly:
"There is no reason for slaves to rebel against their masters, and there is no rule for subjects to attack the lord! You bandits and robbers are the subjects of our territory. If you surrender as soon as possible and bow your head to Shuangfengling, our lord may still I reward you with a way out, if you dare to raise troops to provoke, then please wait for the prairie fire of the Igor family!"

Mayor Joel turned his head and glanced at Katerina:
The old mayor really didn't expect that the usually gentle and kind lady of the Igor family would have such a strong and tough side.

As for the bandit envoy standing in the middle of the big tent, he was completely speechless because of Katerina's counterattack.

In his imagination, this group of waste aristocrats who have just established themselves in the wasteland should have been frightened when they heard the news that the bandit coalition army was preparing to attack, and sent bribes and beauties to him. The special envoy offered it with his hands, just to ask for a little mercy!
But in reality, the other party's tough attitude like a rock smashed his youthful dreams into pieces!

A nameless anger rose in the bandit envoy's chest. He pointed at Katerina with trembling fingers and roared:
"In this case, then you just wait! I want to see, how can your shabby territory resist the coalition forces of our twelve camps! I want to see how your lord can stop you, a little boy! You bitch, was turned into rotten meat by hundreds of people, and then sold into a brothel!"

Mayor Joel and Katerina looked at the bandit envoy with anger and compassion, as if they were looking at an ant provoking a dragon.

I have to say that the timing of this bandit envoy's arrival was just right: the damage caused by the Knights of the "Pride of the South" in Rock Creek City has not been completely repaired, and the most elite forces of the military team have all gone to hunt dragons. The militiamen also finished their morning exercises and started production.

——Therefore, at least in the eyes of this envoy, it is indeed quite appropriate to describe the situation of Phoenix Terrace as "ragged and broken";

It's just that he doesn't know if he can make the same judgment if he sees Clement in heavy armor, military guards with rapidly updated equipment, and four genuine magicians.

If they had just established a foothold in the wasteland, the Igor family might still frown at the provocation of the Bandit Alliance;
But after capturing the Luna Fortress and repelling the raid of the "Pride of the South", this emerging territory has long since ignored any local forces in the wilderness—this is also Mayor Katerina and Joel, The confidence to be able to maintain a tough attitude in the face of the bandit's gauntlet.

The ignorant and fearless envoy of the bandits uttered a few harsh words without shame, and left without looking back.

Only Katerina and Mayor Joel were left, looking at each other silently in the big tent.

……

At nightfall that day, Xia Houyan led the dragon-hunting team full of rewards and ambitions, and rushed back to Phoenix Terrace from the treasure house of Dragon Bone Peak.

However, before he could show off the rich harvest of this trip with the curious-looking citizens, and show his merits to the lord himself by the way, together with Master Laurie, who was also confused, he was beaten by his sister and Joe. The mayor of Seoul pulled into the lord's tent.

"What's the matter, is it in a hurry?" Xia Houyan asked inexplicably.

"Let's talk about something important tomorrow, we have to quickly count the supplies brought back from the treasure house..." Master Laurie also looked impatient, "You don't know how valuable those aquamarine crystals are, if you accidentally lose them One, don't cry your eyes out, old Joel!"

"Let's put aside the matter of the treasure!" Mayor Joel tugged at the Lord's sleeve and said, "Listen to me, Lord, today the Missy and I received an envoy—an envoy sent by a bandit!"

Therefore, Mayor Joel and Katerina repeated the words of the special envoy of the Bandit Alliance to the official Xiahou.

Thus, the lord's expression changed from confusion at the beginning, to a sneer later, and finally to a bone-chilling coldness that was a bit colder than the breath of the frost dragon Cristiano.

"What the hell does he want Katerina to sleep with him?" Xia Houyan glanced at his sister.

Mayor Joel shrugged and nodded.

"I've ruined the tablets of the [-]th generation of this group of idiot bandits!" The lord yelled, "Mayor Joel, you fucking let him go back? Just chop him up on the spot and use it as fertilizer for the agricultural team, and it's over." Already!"

Katerina complained and hammered her angry and outspoken brother.

Mayor Joel also said aggrievedly:

"The two countries are at war, and if you don't kill them, we are a noble territory, so we still have to talk about basic etiquette..."

"Let's fight!" Xia Houyan slammed the table hard, and the loud noise caused Master Laurie to jump, "This group of bandits who grew up eating hanging hair are also worthy?! I am the only ruler of the wasteland!" Or, even if we, Shuangfengling, flatten this group of unsightly bandits, it is not a war, it is a suppression of bandits!"

Mayor Joel resolutely decided to remain silent and let the lord vent his emotions.

The official Xiahou held on to the table and took a few breaths. Katerina hurriedly called to An Jie who was standing by and asked her to pour a glass of water for her brother.

"Okay, it's not a big deal, isn't it just a coalition of bandits, let them come anyway!" Master Laurie, who has witnessed the harvest in the elves' treasure house and is well aware of the improvement of the fighting power of the territory, has a better attitude than The previous Mayor Joel was even more crazy.

"I haven't had time to take out the bandits these days, but these bandits have come to my door!" Xia Houyan sneered, "It just so happens that the Shuangfengling militiamen have been training without pressure, so why not use this opportunity to give Hu Ann's 'Igor Pioneering Army' is here for an actual combat training! The flag of our territory should also be launched in the wasteland!"

"This group of bandits will definitely not be successful, but I'm worried that there are orioles behind..." Mayor Joel stretched out his hand and pointed in the direction of Rock Creek City.

"Grand Duke of Houston?" Xia Houyan was stunned for a moment, then smiled ironically, clapped his hands and shouted, "Chris, bring me a bag!"

Ten seconds later, Chris Mann dragged a bulging package into the big tent.

Xia Houyan took the package from Chris, holding the mouth of the bag in one hand, and the iron-wood dagger that shaved iron like mud, the rune plank that was almost physically immune, and the ancient elf magic props that exuded a dangerous atmosphere. , One by one, it was placed in front of Mayor Joel and his sister.

The two senior leaders of Shuangfengling felt that their heartbeats were rapidly losing their rhythm as the tables became more and more full:
——Before the lord set off to hunt dragons and find treasures, they thought that there would definitely be treasures in the elves' treasury, but they never expected that the lord would earn such a lot of money this time!
"Did you see the elf equipment I got? If the old bastard Houston dares to intervene, be careful that the lord will kill his mother's tablet together!" Holding the elf secret treasure in hand, it seems to have the main body and nuclear weapon protection at the same time, aggression The lord, who was becoming more and more sexual, raised his hand and slapped the table hard, and suddenly there was a jewel-like aura.

Mayor Joel had nothing to say, so he raised a thumbs up silently.

(End of this chapter)