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Chapter 1287 209. Head-on confrontation

After sending Elimoyas away, Annan looked at Joan who stayed behind and sneered, "I underestimated you, Joan. You dared to elope with Elimoyas behind my back."

"hey-hey……"

Joan tried to fool him by playing dumb, but Annan refused to give up: "Tell me, what do you think?"

"It's just... there's a kind of bird that can't be trapped..."

"Those are the lines I wrote. Are you using my lines against me?"

"hey-hey……"

Annan stopped joking and looked a little serious: "Are you unhappy in Liberty City?"

"No, it's just..."

Joan, who was still trying to argue, met Annan's gaze and suddenly became quiet: "I used to be struggling to survive, and after coming to Liberty City, I have been struggling for a career. If it had always been like this, it would have been fine, but Miss Blue Dragon suddenly gave me the opportunity to have another life."

At that time, she was lying on the dragon's back, with clouds around her and the earth under her feet, like a free spirit.

"I used to be free, I did whatever I wanted, I ran around everywhere... My dream at that time was to make a lot of money and have my own store. After I got rich, I didn't know what to do, so I just did what I was best at..."

"understood."

Joan, who had no idea what to say, asked confusedly, "What do you understand?"

"What do you think of Captain Ryan and his team?" Annan did not answer her, but looked at Captain Ryan who was discussing with his team members.

"I don't know. I've known them for less than ten minutes. But they look like... a group of good people with principles?"

"Do you want to join them?"

"I?"

Joan pointed at herself and waved her hands in panic: "No, no, no, they are experienced mercenaries..."

"What's wrong? Aren't you a warrior too?"

"How can it be the same?"

"Princess, muster up the courage you have to elope with Elimoyas."

"Lord Annan, please stop teasing me..."

When Joan felt like she had lost all hope in life, Captain Ryan walked up to Annan with his powerful figure.

"Lord Annan Reeves, we accept your employment."

"Trust me, you won't regret it."

Annan smiled.

It seemed that Annan did not need help from outsiders. Captain Ryan and others agreed that this was Annan "taking care of business" - in fact, they were far more useful than they imagined.

The Osculus Mercenary Group has five masters, while Liberty City has only five or six masters so far.

Annan has big things to do in the Broken Mountains. It is not enough to rely on him and the Free Blade alone. Sending the army of Liberty City will cause a big war. Hiring Captain Ryan becomes the most appropriate choice.

"As an employer, can I add another person to the mercenary group?" Annan asked.

"Do you mean send someone to keep an eye on us or..."

"To be honest, Princess Joan has always had a dream of adventure."

"I can see that," Captain Ryan agreed.

The dignified princess of the empire sneaked out and was nearly killed by a group of villagers...

Then Annan said, "I think the Osculus Mercenaries are very reliable. How about letting her follow you?"

"No."

Captain Ryan was as decisive as when he knocked the slave knight to death.

Annan looked at the tall Captain Ryan and said, "I'll pay more."

"This is not about money..." Bang——

Annan threw out the slave knight's treasure chest, and the lid popped open, with gold coins scattering all over the floor like flowers from heaven. Fortunately, Ilimayas wasn't there, or else she would have rushed over and scratched the gold coins on the floor with her hands, shouting, "Mine, all mine!"

"Is this enough?"

"We will be the most loyal knights to Her Royal Highness the Princess!"

This is what Annan admires most about Captain Ryan: while sticking to his creed, he is frank and unpretentious.

"I haven't agreed yet!"

Joan couldn't help but protest when she saw that Annan had stuffed her into the mercenary group with just a few words.

"But you're moved, aren't you?"

Her voice became much quieter: "...How do you know?"

"I just know it."

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Because Annan was like this back then.

He fantasized about embarking on a fantastic adventure, meeting various races in the world of Allen, and experiencing their customs and practices...

During that time, he earned a meager salary, but lived an extremely fulfilling life until the moment his hand touched the test magic ball.

When it turned out that he didn't have the talent to become a mage, no one knew how painful he was.

No matter how magnificent the adventures or the extraordinary powers are, they have nothing to do with him. For the rest of his life, Annan will at best be a rich man relying on some small inventions, and then lose everything when the ratmen come.

Fortunately, the nightmare was short-lived.

Alan World strangled his own neck, but when he was about to suffocate, the painful feeling faded away and he gradually felt comfortable.

Hmm... this seems to be the word of Black Widow.

Annan looked at Joan as if he was looking at his former self: "Go do what you want to do."

Joan stared at Annan blankly, holding her chest, and said with emotion: "Thank you... But even if you are so good to me, I will not give up Miss Lan Long."

Annan turned his head expressionlessly and said to Captain Ryan: "After she follows your actions, find a way to teach her a lesson."

"I'm still here!"

"You want to separate from us?"

Annan waved to the gnolls and kobolds who were left behind by Ilimoras and huddled in a corner, not daring to move, and said, "We will split up after we return. I will go back to the Golden Palace to wait for the trial tomorrow, and you go to the Black Reef Tavern and have them spread the news of the dragon slaughtering the village. Remember to make sure the news reaches the Golden Palace."

"You want to set a trap for the overlord?"

"Yes."

Annan nodded: "The people will naturally stand on their side. So even if I produce evidence to deny Lord Raymond, they will only think that I am well prepared and am protecting the evil dragon."

“But if the great lord himself tells the truth about the dragon slaughtering the village, and the rescued villagers I brought here expose his lies, the people will question him and everything he said in the past.”

"When the seeds of doubt take root and sprout, that's when the Freedom Blade takes action."

Captain Ryan opened his mouth slightly, unable to speak.

He actually saw in Annan the shadow of a leader that the Lake of Ten Thousand Lakes did not have...but how old was he?

Captain Ryan didn't know about the war between Free City and the Kingdom of Rekanel, so naturally he didn't know how well Annan knew about civilians.

There wasn't even a single legend in the Broken Mountains, and Annan didn't plan to waste too much time here. Help Wilson fulfill Adele's last wish, and then let the Osculus Mercenaries gain favors from the people of the Broken Mountains - this would be of great benefit to them.

Annan can return to Liberty City and continue to make money.

His only concern was how to minimize the turmoil of regime change and who would become the new master of this place.

The worst order is better than the best disorder. Who knows if the Broken Mountain people are not stepping from one abyss to another...

(End of this chapter)