Chapter 319 Resistance Organization
Kaimen City, sewer——
The three of them followed the secret passage into the base of the resistance organization.
If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, you really couldn't imagine that there was a space as big as a military camp hidden underground in Kaimen City.
This base not only meets the needs of food and housing, but also provides alcohol and has a complete training ground, which is large enough for hundreds of people.
However, as the tiger man said, they have arrested many members recently. Currently, there are only about one or two hundred people in the base. Putting them in Kaimen City with tens of thousands of defenders is not even a waste of time.
After learning that these are all the manpower, to be honest, I am a little disappointed.
It's no problem to take down Kaimen City with internal and external cooperation, but you should also have some ability as an internal supporter. With just these few people, you don't even have the qualifications to seize the city gate in the chaos.
Having said that, since you are here, you have to contact them anyway, otherwise it will be in vain.
The leader of the resistance organization is a rare vampire, and it is said that they have the blood of vampires.
Negative energy can cause harm to living things, while positive energy can heal living things, but it is the opposite for the vampires, who have certain characteristics of undead creatures.
"Hello, welcome to the envoy of Her Royal Highness the Princess. I'm sorry about the environmental problems here. For safety reasons, we can only meet here."
The vampire welcomed the three people and asked them to sit in the deepest room of the base. Finally, he introduced himself:
"I am Melanie. I used to work in the tax department of Kaimen City, but I was almost arrested for resisting the rule of the Subia Demon Kingdom. After that, I joined the resistance organization."
Many people in the resistance organization were officials or public servants of Kaimen City. They are very eager for Viola to liberate Kaimen City, and they also want to return to work.
After briefly introducing herself, but hiding the true identities of Olde and Renia, Reina, who was in charge of the negotiation, asked:
"I want to know, do you have any way to open the city gate?"
It was Reina who asked the question, but Melanie asked back:
"For Your Highness, simply opening the city gate will have little effect, right?"
It really won't have much effect. No matter how low the morale of the defenders is, the army is several times larger than Viola's. Even if the city gate is opened and street fighting begins, the effect is actually similar to relying on the navy to blast open the port water gate to enter. Not to mention whether they can win, the loss of personnel alone is hard to accept.
"What suggestions do you have?"
Melanie waited for Reina to ask this.
She immediately swept all the bottles and jars on the table to the ground, took out a map full of marks and spread it out.
"I got the news that the generals and the city lords of the garrison will hold a banquet in the castle tonight. If we can eliminate them and His Highness cooperates with the attack, the garrison without command will likely be in chaos."
The combat effectiveness of the violent group of the army comes from discipline, otherwise they are just small gangsters on the street, at most well-equipped small gangsters.
Taking off the command level will be a huge blow to the army. Coupled with the low morale caused by the previous rout, the possibility that they will abandon the city and flee is really not low.
"Especially the city lord Sullivan, he must be eliminated."
When the news came that the capital of the Avarus Demon Kingdom was breached and the army of the Subia Demon Kingdom was approaching, the city lord Sullivan surrendered without a fight and opened the door to lead the enemy in.
Otherwise, with the defense capabilities of the Kaimen City, it is impossible for the army of the Subia Demon Kingdom to control this place in a short time.
The Kaimen City does not belong to the territory of a certain feudal noble. It is directly governed by the king, but it is a bit far from the capital, and remote control is difficult.
Therefore, Kaimen City had a city lord directly appointed from the palace, and unlike other noble territories, the city lord here was changed every few years.
Not only the city lord, but also the soldiers guarding the city and the generals were rotated according to the cycle, which is the so-called iron camp but changing soldiers.
In most of the fiefdoms, the lords were in charge of military and political affairs, and were basically local emperors.
The purpose of doing this was to prevent someone from becoming bigger in Kaimen City, and it also indirectly showed the importance of this place to the Avarus Demon Kingdom.
Since it was not his own territory at all, the city lord had no idea of defending Kaimen City to the end. He felt more that the Avarus Demon Kingdom was gone and he had to think of a way for the rest of his life.
So the city lord surrendered to the Subia Demon Kingdom on the condition that Kaimen City would be divided into his own territory.
He was stable, but it hurt the lower-level officials.
A large number of dissatisfied officials were dismissed, and even the soldiers in the army were reduced in number. Unfortunately, they had no other source of livelihood, so they could only go underground and become a resistance organization.
To put it bluntly, the city lord ate too much and didn't leave any soup for the people below. What are they waiting for?
For all the people in the resistance organization, the arrival of Princess Viola is like timely rain, and they have been looking forward to the liberation of Kaimen City.
"It is indeed a rare opportunity to eliminate the command of the garrison in one fell swoop, but it is not so easy to get in, right?"
It is obvious that the security of a banquet of this level must be extremely strict. It is impossible to get in by using methods such as invisibility. On the contrary, the magic fluctuations of magic will arouse suspicion.
It is true that Reina is a local, but she has never been to the castle where the city lord is, and she doesn't even know the terrain.
Melanie explained:
"We have a reliable informant who has infiltrated the maid team in the castle. She can help bring a few people in. She is the only one who knows the defense deployment and specific time in the castle. We can discuss countermeasures based on this information."
"Where is she?"
"That's the problem."
Melanie said helplessly:
"My informant likes gambling very much. I have warned her many times, but she just can't change her gambling habit. As a result, she was taken away by the creditor not long ago."
This is too coincidental. Can't I collect the debt later?
"Who is the creditor? Can I redeem the person?"
Rena said:
"I have some connections in Kaimen City. The brothers who make a living on the street should give me face."
Hearing her say this, Melanie was also a little surprised. She didn't expect that the envoy sent by the princess actually had a relationship with people in the gray area.
"I only know that they call themselves the Mud Monster Gang, and they also have a base in this sewer. The people who were sent to negotiate with them came back and said that they wanted a ransom of 1,000 gold coins, and we simply can't afford that much money."
This is really a lion's mouth. 1,000 gold coins are enough to cast a golden man.
"Mud Monster Gang... This is not easy to deal with. Not only do I have no friendship with them, but I also have some hatred."
When Reina was making a living in Kaimen City, she once had a grudge with the Mud Monster Gang because of a smuggling business. Although many years have passed, as long as the old members of the other gang are not dead, they should know her.
At that time, let alone a ransom of 1,000 gold coins, they may even raise the price.
"Where is their base?"
At this time, Alde, who had been listening, interrupted.
"I think we can go and talk to them."
Of course, what she meant was not as simple as talking...
