On the Seven Towers

Baron Paragus said: "I must thank you for your concern, but we can protect ourselves. The warriors I brought you here are the warriors we carefully selected from the town. They will protect the townspeople with me."

"It seems that you are very resistant to cooperating with us." Xiao Chen walked to the sofa in the living room, sat down by himself, and looked at Baron Paragus.

Baron Paragus walked to the sofa opposite Xiao Chen, sat down slowly, and said: "There are many things that can be done by yourself without bothering others. Hungry wolves hunting for food must be careful of tigers and leopards. Not to mention asking people to fight against the imperialists? Everything needs a price. I have lived for 65 years and I know this too well."

Xiao Chen's eyes moved around the room and found another old "Chinese painting" on the opposite wall. This painting is larger than the paintings in the corridor and occupies one-sixth of the wall. It allows Xiao Chen to see more details. There are rocks, pine trees, pavilions, and figures on it. Even the dress of the figure is very Chinese style. It is obviously created according to the ancient Chinese paintings of that world. This makes Xiao Chen more determined in his guess. But before asking about this, he needs to talk to the baron about the "help" he provides.

"You know, three of the four villages I visited before coming here made the same choice as you. Do you want to know what their endings are now?" Xiao Chen's eyes were very oppressive. He looked at Baron Paragus while speaking, which made him need to spend a lot of effort to look him in the eye.

"You should be familiar with these towns, but you may not know what they have experienced in the past few days. The town of Kavisong is a territory managed by Baron Cassias. The baron does not run the territory in the town like you do, but I met his eldest son, Elwe. The young man flatly refused my help and insisted that our description of the plague was a lie. The next afternoon, their town was attacked by a small team of imperial soldiers. Elwe is a low-level peak knight like your son. Together with his several servants, they killed more than ten imperial soldiers at the cost of only three soldiers injured.

But the next day, seven or eight people who participated in the battle, including Knight Elwe, had black spots on their bodies and began to fall ill. When I went to inspect again the day before yesterday, Elwe had fallen on the bed and could not get up. The disease was also spreading in the village. According to my observation, at least thirty or forty people have begun to get sick."

After Xiao Chen finished talking about the situation in Kavisong Town, Baron Paragus and Avadia exchanged glances with each other, and they both saw the worry in each other's eyes. Xiao Chen continued, "Emersey, which is relatively close to Cavesong, is the fief of Baron Emilio, the elder brother-in-law of Baron Cassias. They also rejected my proposal. They were lucky at first, and no imperial people attacked their town, but later the plague broke out there. After the plague broke out in Cavesong, some people fled to Emersey, and these people who fled also brought the plague with them. The outbreak in Emersey was one day later than in Cavesong. After Baron Emilio and his family learned the news, they fled overnight. But I, who had been secretly observing, blocked them. By the way, , they fled in the direction of your Goyo town. "

Baron Paragus was shocked when he heard this and asked; "This must have happened two days ago. We didn't find anyone coming from the direction of Emerse Town. You must have stopped them, right?"

"Of course, when I first contacted them, I warned them that even if they were unwilling to accept our help, we would definitely use various means to prevent the spread of the plague. Unfortunately, when I stopped them, they still didn't listen to my advice, but attacked me instead. Now Baron Emilio's family has disappeared from this world." Xiao Chen said.

"There are also more remote villages of Fransani and Gaviria." Xiao Chen continued.

"I know these two villages are composed of some escaped slaves, refugees and fugitives. They are very remote and don't produce anything valuable. I didn't expect you to be interested in such marginal places." Baron Paragus said. "The Tower of China will be responsible for every village and town in the territory we control." Xiao Chen said seriously, "No matter where these people come from or what their identities are, as long as they need our protection, we will protect them. We will give all villages a chance to actively provide help, and it depends on whether you will seize the opportunity. This time, the two villages made completely opposite choices."

"The territory you control? When did this become the territory you control?" Awadia whispered.

Xiao Chen did not argue with him and continued, "Francani Village rejected me, which was a sad mistake. Like Kavison Town, they were attacked by the Imperials, but their luck was worse. They ran into an Imperial team led by two Dou Qi warriors. Although there were two people in their village who had reached the low level, they were no match for the Imperial Knights after all. When I went to check the situation again, I found that the village had been massacred by the Empire.

Gaviria Village was weaker than Fransani Village, so a vote was held, and in the end most of them agreed to let me help them defend the village. A day later, I met the team that massacred Fransani Village, and it took me two minutes to deal with these Imperials."

"How will you treat the remaining three villages?" Baron Grapas asked.

"Gaviria Village has agreed to be under our jurisdiction. We will naturally send people to establish a village-level government. At that time, they will find that our investment in them will be much higher than the taxes they have to pay. Slowly, they will move from a small village that is self-sufficient at a low level to a better life. As for the towns of Caveson and Emerse, we don't have the time and energy to deal with the sick patients now. We can only leave them for a few days. When we are sure that the imperials who entered our territory have been cleared, mages will go to treat them."

"I heard that this plague kills people quickly? In a few days, these two towns are afraid that..." Baron Grapas said.

Xiao Chen said: "There is no way. Our manpower is limited. It is impossible to give priority to manpower in the villages that oppose us. This can only be said to be the fate of one's own choice. I don't know, what will you two choose?"