Chapter 20 What, you are not convinced?
The smile on Baron Hoven's face suddenly faded, and his whole person exuded a serious and undeniable aura from the inside out.
"I have thoroughly investigated the entire story of this terrible incident with extremely negative consequences, and I just want to tell you about it."
After he finished speaking, he summoned everyone present at the banquet and explained calmly:
"The tragedy that happened that night was chilling. I investigated it carefully as soon as I came back. The whole story is like this."
Everyone was silent, just waiting for Baron Hoven to continue speaking. Everyone knew that the "investigation results" he announced would become "facts" that could not be overturned.
"First, a despicable servant of the mayor's family colluded with the jungle natives and kidnapped the mayor's granddaughter. The mayor was so anxious that he mobilized all patrol guards to search for his granddaughter in the jungle."
Irene and Lucius just heard this and basically understood Baron Hoven's specific thoughts on dealing with the mayor.
Baron Hoven continued, took a deep breath, and said: "The sheriff left with the patrol, and the servant opened the town gate at night, which ultimately led to a terrible tragedy."
"The patrol has arrested that servant. I will personally judge him in a few days. Those jungle natives are really hateful. The mayor also lost his granddaughter and is extremely sad."
"He is willing to spend half of his property to help us fight against the jungle natives. He believes that he can use the blood of those evil people to comfort the souls of the Siyat people."
He paused, looked into everyone's eyes and asked calmly:
"Everyone in Nasir Town, are you satisfied with the investigation results and handling plan?"
Before everyone could speak, they suddenly heard "papa" applause suddenly ringing out in the banquet hall.
It turned out to be Lucius from the Fisher family. He actually smiled, clapped his hands, and said loudly:
"As expected of Baron Hoven, he handled it extremely well. The Fisher family is very satisfied!"
Everyone expressed their opinions one after another, and they all felt that everything the Baron said was very reasonable, and they were not dissatisfied at all.
Irene observed everyone silently. She knew that the mayor and the baron were related, but she still had a small hope.
After all, more than fifty people died in Nasir Town overnight.
Many people were neighbors she knew. There was a mother and daughter who sold eggs for a living. Both of them died. She once treated the mother's illness. From then on, her daughter would smile and give a basket of eggs to the Fisher family every month. .
After eating for more than half a year, Irene and the others couldn't eat the eggs anymore, and they couldn't save their face by giving them away, so they secretly distributed them to the family servants.
On the surface, she also colluded with the members of the Fisher family and told the mother and daughter that the eggs were eaten by several members of the Fisher family themselves.
They had a hard time pretending, but they no longer have to pretend anymore.
In the morning, Irene passed by and saw that some of the chickens that the mother and daughter had gotten up to feed every morning were burned to death, and some chickens that had returned after the disaster were silently spinning in place, still waiting for their owners to feed them.
At this moment, there was endless praise all around.
She wanted to say something more, but her shoulders were held down by Lucius's thick and powerful hands.
Lucius had an exaggerated smile on his face, as if he had encountered something very happy, and an unprecedented joy emerged from deep in his heart.
Irene finally nodded silently, watching the elegant smile return to Baron Hoven's serious face.
"And you, Lucius Fisher, warrior of the Fisher family, my friend, you are our real hero!"
"I have decided to give you a trivial award in my own name. You must accept it. Everything is for the glory of the Siyat people!"
After the banquet, various families in Nasir sent money and supplies, some of them directly.
The Fisher family invested ten gold coins without any manpower, and the baron award they received was a "Metal Low-Level Knight Inheritance."
People with metal bloodline can advance to the first level of transcendent by practicing this knight inheritance and combining it with magic potion, which also has the matching defensive combat skill "Full Armor".
The value of a low-level knight's inheritance is about fifteen gold coins, which is equivalent to the Fisher family earning five gold coins each time.
Of course, Eileen knew very well that in fact, the low-level knight inheritance was a bit of compensation for Baron Hoven.
After all, the Fisher family was in the most dangerous situation that night, and two guards even unfortunately died.
After everyone else left, only Baron Hoven and the mayor were left in the banquet hall.
The smile on Baron Hoven's face was completely missing. He sat on the chair without speaking for a long time. The mayor stood beside him with his head lowered, not daring to move.
"More than fifty people have died. You are so brave. If you hadn't been a distant relative of mine, I would have sent you to Nasir's prison today."
Baron Huo Wen's expression was extremely cold and ugly. The mayor took a deep breath, but deep down he didn't care at all.
He is friends with the largest maritime merchant on the east coast, and is responsible for helping to sell goods. The money he provides every year accounts for one-third of Baron Hoven's expenses.
If you really kill me, wouldn't it be equivalent to cutting off one of Baron Hoven's legs?
It was impossible for him to let himself die like this, but he still wanted to take advantage of the situation and take away half of the property. He was simply more hateful than those jungle natives.
The mayor's face twitched slightly, but he still bowed his head respectfully and said:
"Lord Baron, I don't dare anymore. I really appreciate your help! From now on, I will definitely serve the Hoven family more loyally!"
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Three months later, it was not until spring that Baron Hoven's uncle, the Governor of the East Coast, transferred an infantry regiment from the Kingdom of Siart.
The gradual development of alchemy, technology, and cluster spells has created an army that can pose a threat to extraordinary beings, changing the previous war pattern of small-scale extraordinary groups.
In recent years, the Siat Kingdom has imitated the Lorne Empire in reforming its military system, establishing a national unified standing army, and dividing the army into two parts: a standing army and a reserve army.
The infantry regiment, with a total strength of 1,200 men, is equipped with flintlock muskets. There are two field training days per week, each time seven rounds of gunpowder and live ammunition are provided.
There were fifteen extraordinary beings participating in the battle at the same time, five spellcasters and ten knights. The leader, Baron Hoven, and a storm priest accompanying the army were the only two second-level "metamorphic" extraordinary beings.
The entire bloody suppression lasted for about three months. The jungle natives who had been forced to survive were continuously killed, and the war situation was almost one-sided.
Until the jungle natives sacrificed their own flesh and blood to organize a horrific ambush.
The mysterious existence that suddenly appeared was the Bloody Lord that the natives called him. The powerful Bloody Demon finally appeared. His extremely terrifying power took away the lives of more than 300 soldiers in an instant, and the rest were also cursed. Die one after another.
The governor was extremely angry and persuaded the Storm Bishop on the east coast to go there in person. However, he soon discovered that the natives had moved north en masse, and there was no trace of the enemy in the jungle.
The north is the territory of the neighboring country Rhea, and the Siyats have a thirty-year peace agreement with it. It is not easy to pursue them and kill the indigenous people.
This unequal war ended with the complete flight of the remaining jungle natives.
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At noon one day, the sun shines brightly in Nasir Town.
Eileen and her servants had purchased things for the festival at the market and were about to return to the carriage. She suddenly heard crying, and then saw a group of jungle natives tied up with ropes not far away, most of whom were women and children.
They are the spoils of war. Driven by the Siat soldiers, they will be transported to Fein City by ship. Their subsequent fate is unknown.
An indigenous girl of similar age knelt on the ground and cried. The soldiers whipped her naked back with whips, and the surrounding townspeople cheered.
Erin felt some instinctive discomfort deep inside.
She suddenly recalled the smiling face of the girl who delivered the eggs. If the Fisher family had not obtained the power of the great Lost Lord, they would be the ones who died that night.
Just like Byrne said, the only thing he cares about most is God and his family. The most excess mercy can only be given to those acquaintances with friendship rather than enemies.
She simply cannot have any more sympathy, because sooner or later it will bring disaster to the Fisher family.
"What's the matter, Miss Irene?" the coachman asked.
"Nothing, let's go back."
