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Chapter 1066 Chapter 297. Satellite City

Sunset Plains, Tongbu City.

As a satellite city of the new royal capital, the city lord is undoubtedly the most leisurely position.

You don't have to be bound by the rules and regulations of the new capital, and you don't have to fight with the nobles all day long. You don't have to eat dust on the border and worry about the rat demon free blade. You can also collect tolls and city entry taxes, and ask for some supplies from the new capital.

That is, the golden food is always distributed to the useless guards.

Fortunately, the staff made a good suggestion not long ago: add sand to the millet and sprinkle sawdust into the wheat.

Lord Montella felt that he was still very conscientious. He only mixed less than one-fifth of the substance and sold it at the original price, making only a 20% profit.

"But why does it feel a bit too much?" Lord Montra picked up the grain mixed with sand, and fine sand leaked out from between his fingers.

This seems to be almost halfway.

"The grains are bigger than sand, so they are all at the bottom," the aide said quickly.

"Oh~"

The Lord of Montella obviously had little knowledge and common sense. He believed it and shook off the sand in his hand and took the handkerchief.

"report!"

The embarrassed messenger ran over at this time, exchanged glances with the staff, and shouted in surprise:

"A great victory on the front line! Kingdom soldiers wiped out 13 Freedom Blade enemies at the border, and the minions of Freedom City surrendered in tears!"

Lord Montella listened to the victory report from the front and said to his staff with arrogance: "If I go to the front, I can drive them back to their hometown before January next year."

"The old master underestimated you."

The staff followed with a flattering smile. At this time, the guard rushed in with a panicked look on his face:

"Lord City Lord, a group of Free Blades appeared outside the city. They said that the army has entered the Sunset Plains!"

"What? Free Blade also forged battle reports?!" the staff exclaimed in shock.

"What?" Lord Montra didn't hear clearly.

"I, I, I...I mean that Liberty City must be faking the battle report!"

The guard who reported the news said in panic: "No, we have seen smoke and dust in the distance. The Liberty City army is more than ten miles away..."

"do not panic!"

Lord Montra and his panic-stricken staff said, confident of victory: "It is probably just a group of refugees claiming to be Free Blades. Bring me the cloak given by the king. I want to go to the battlefield in person!"

"okay!"

The aide hurried to the city lord's mansion, not to get a cloak, but to pack up his things and escape.

He spent several months coaxing the fool city lord and finally made a fortune. If he didn't run away, all the money would go to Free Blade.

On the other side, the Lord of Montella waited for his staff to come back, so he was anxious to drive to the city wall.

Looking out the car window at the magnificent six-meter-high city wall in the distance, Lord Montra sneered that the refugees couldn't pry off a single brick even after knocking for a whole day...

But why is it so noisy over there on the city wall?
"The city lord is over there!"

Suddenly, there was a loud roar, the chaos on the city wall paused, and then everyone rushed over.

Lord Montra looked panicked, and the captain of the guards drew his sword: "Lord Montra, I will protect you, you go!"

Lord Montra looked at the loyal guard and was deeply moved: "What's your name?"

Unexpectedly, the guard then placed the cold blade across his neck and screamed into the distance: "I am Florin, I have captured the city lord!"

Montella, who was still trying to beat the Free Blades to pieces, was surrounded by the Free Blades before he could react...

No... they seem to be the city guards!
"You betrayed me?!" Montella said angrily.

"You give us food mixed with sand, and you think you deserve our loyalty?" The angry guards surrounded him. At this time, someone shouted, "There's another one over there! He's the city lord's staff!" The guards ran halfway and caught the sneaky figure in the distance.

"It's just a little sand, how can you be so unsatisfied? Common people can't even eat it if they want to!"

Montella thought he had never treated the guards badly. Unexpectedly, they surrendered before the Free Blade arrived!

A guard shot back: "Then why should we protect you? For that half of sand and sawdust!?"

Wait, half?
Montella was stunned and looked at the staff member who was dragged over with a pale face: "What's going on? Why do they say there is half sand?"

The staff member with a dead look on his face said helplessly: "You are full, but the people below also need to share..."

The city lord adds a little, the staff adds a little, the food officer, the quartermaster adds a little, and each captain adds a little, and that's about half of it...

Montella's eyes were red with anger: "You misled me, you misled me!!!"

Tongbu City, a satellite city of the new capital with a population of tens of thousands and a knightly order stationed there, opened its gates without even a resistance.

"Open the city gates and welcome Annan! Annan will not pay taxes when he comes!"

The roar of the Free Blade outside the city came in like a tsunami.

The civilians on the street were stunned. Some fled in all directions, some hid in shops, and some rushed out.

"What should we do with this guy?" a guard asked.

Montella realized they were talking about him and shouted, "My father is—"

In the chaos, Montella was kicked by someone and fainted immediately.

The South Gate was lost, and the Knights stationed in Tongbu City were ready to go out. However, before they put on their armor and mounted their horses, they received news that the North, West and East Gates had been lost one after another.

"How come it's so fast?! There was no resistance from all four gates?!"

The Knight Commander didn't believe it, and the knight who reported the news said, "Ten Knights and Mages of the Free Blade have arrived!"

The Knight Commander burst into swear words: "Ten Knight Orders?! Are we the kingdom or are they the kingdom?!"

The battle to capture the city of Tongbu was over in just twenty minutes.

Having lost the city gate and being flooded by enemies several times their number and having the city lord captured, they were simply unable to form a desired resistance.

The nobles in the city welcomed the Free Blade... but there was nothing they could do if they didn't like it.

After taking over the city of Tongbu, Little Smo followed the old rules and handed over the city defense to the legion, and he went to the dungeon.

Montella, the lord of Tongbu City, is a little stupid.

This is a compliment, because he is not a bad person, he is even... simple.

He had never done anything bad and usually stayed in the City Lord's Mansion, completely different from Annan. The only bad thing he did was when he was instigated by his staff and "only" mixed one-fifth of the sand.

As a result, because of this bad thing, he was betrayed by his subordinates and the city was captured without bloodshed.

He thought it was my staff's fault.

Little Smo went to see the aide again, who flattered him by saying that he had admired Free Blade for a long time and wanted to help, so he came up with this idea to make the guards resentful towards the city lord.

"So we should thank you too?" Little Sima said with a smile.

If the guards hadn't discovered that this guy was trying to run away with a bunch of gems, little Smalls might have actually believed it.

"That's not necessary! It's enough for the adults to remember my kindness..."

"Okay, then I'll hand you over to those guards."

"Thank you, sir...eh?"

The staff reacted and it seemed that what he said was "hand yourself over to the guards" instead of "hand the guards over to yourself"...

(End of this chapter)