I Will Be The Crowned King

Almost at the same time, after getting rid of the stalking of the soldiers of the Storm Division, the three letterless knights finally returned to the temporary stronghold, a mid-range hotel in Nancheng District.

With the gradual prosperity of Beluga Port, this kind of tavern is not just cleaning up a few attics on the second floor, but there are also more service places that provide accommodation for tourists and the colonists who have just settled down; there are even multiple levels. Everything from the Chase shop to the luxurious suites that even consider a "maid's room".

Obviously, there is no so-called "identity censorship" in the hotels in the colony... So the three people who have enough money at the moment pass through disguise and frequently change their names, wandering between several hotels of different grades, avoiding all parties. Monitoring and tracking of forces.

Although Ian's bloodline power has a strong concealment ability, frequent use of bloodline power itself can easily cause alertness, and it is not as good as some more "ordinary" but lower-key conventional methods.

"I still don't quite believe it."

Lighting the candle on the bedside lightly, Sir Carnot stared suspiciously at Ian leaning against the wall: "Do you really think he would do that?"

"It's not 'feeling', but a conviction." The leader of the Knights of No Letter raised the corners of his mouth, his eyes flashing with a firm light:

"Because our commander-in-chief is such a person - extremely confident, extremely cautious, very accustomed to achieving a certain goal with the least cost, making very complicated and rigorous plans for this purpose, and never easily doubting himself ."

"From the process of contacting us, to controlling the Beluga Harbor and even the Ice Dragon Fjord, and then controlling one imperial colony after another, and finally defeating the empire with the Sail City Alliance, it is always this model."

"If you look closely, you can even see that he is very obsessed with the... process."

Ian opened his hands and gestured the interlocking movements with his flexible fingers: "One link after another, one step after another; in his eyes, the so-called 'defeating the empire' is probably the completion of a hundred The inevitable result achieved after setting the task; and this result will become the necessary condition and foundation for the next task.”

"This is the behavioral logic of Anson Bach... the commander-in-chief of the Beluga Port Defense Army."

Karno was silent for a while, and his face gradually became solemn:

"Scary guy."

"That's right! Even if you tell him that you want to kill a god, he will probably calmly ask you about your planning time and budget, collect all the information that can be collected, and then make a very feasible plan." Ian Nodding his head, he spread his palms outwards:

"In contrast, once you understand this logic, it's a very simple matter to talk to him and confirm his next move - so Ansen Bach, he will inevitably follow the clue of the blood alliance, and gradually get closer Those who are operating these organizations behind the scenes..."

"Dong Dong Dong!"

A hurried knock on the door interrupted Ian Clemence's eloquent conversation.

Just when the two were alert, Derek, the Wild Hunt knight, suddenly pushed in the door, looking a little flustered, panting slightly, as if he had just run back from somewhere.

"It's a mess... It's almost chaos outside..." Derek was out of breath, facing the confused Karno and Ian, raised his hand to the window:

"You, you guys have a quick look...look outside...outside..."

Outside?

Carno stood up first, walked over and opened the window sealed with wood and iron; Ian also moved forward curiously, wanting to see what was going on.

The window opened, and the eyes of the two of them instantly froze.

Under a pitch-black night, golden-red flames shot up from the city on the west side of Beluga Harbor, and were enveloped in billowing black smoke, overflowing into the surroundings.

And the direction in which the fire ignited was exactly the location of the blood alliance's secret stronghold!

Ian was stunned, and for a moment, he even wondered if he had fallen into some kind of terrifying black magic.

And when he came back to his senses a little, Carno's words sounded out of nowhere:

"It seems that this so-called 'logic' doesn't always work..."

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"...On the 23rd of this month, a grocery store selling fuel suddenly caught fire in Xicheng District. The violent fire quickly got out of control. The flames and thick smoke were burning dozens of meters away, and the whole Beluga Port could be seen clearly. Chu..."

"...According to the investigation, the affected building was the stronghold of a group of gangsters called 'Blood Alliance'. All the gangsters gathered in the grocery store that night to discuss the vicious plan to assassinate the commander-in-chief of the garrison..."

"...Liza Bach, the chief sheriff, discovered the conspiracy of the gangsters in time and planned to ambush their strongholds; before the justice trial, the gang leader would rather die, brazenly used grenades, gunpowder and fuel to set the grocery store on fire, in an attempt to fight with The sheriff and the soldiers of the storm division perish together..."

"...In the end, except for a small number of gangsters who survived, the rest all self-immolated to death. The sheriff and all the soldiers are safe and sound..."

"The reporter of this newspaper was fortunate to observe the whole process of the incident, and to provide readers with the latest first-hand information; the latest development of the situation will be published later - Our reporter Moreira, October 20, 101 of the saint's calendar Four days..."

On the second day after the demise of the blood alliance, the "Beautiful People of Beluga Port" was just released, and it was sold out in an instant, and it was even forced to print nearly double its usual sales.

The wealthy businessmen and property owners who had just gone through various channels and finally found out what happened at the party that day in the entire Beluga Port were shocked by Anson Bach's "thunder method" again before they had time to be shocked.

For the "new immigrants" who have just come to Beluga Port, whether it is the warehouse incident or the shotgun sheriff, they are only legends, and they usually see only very easy-to-talk, but extremely firm Faithful Allied militiamen. maintain security.

After nearly a year of peace, and the gradual prosperity of Yangfan City, the old immigrants also forgot how they controlled the entire colony in the shortest time and with the highest efficiency when the storm division first arrived.

It wasn't until last night's firelight and the black and white words on the newspaper that they finally remembered that this was an army that had just spent half a year defeating the imperial army, but its own casualties were minimal!

Usually, there are two situations for the army returning to the station after such a victory: the more civilized officers will restrain the army’s actions and return to the barracks as soon as possible to avoid conflicts with the local people, so as to win the favor of the local people; the low-quality officers will use the army to blackmail the city , the soldiers quickly transformed into "high-level gangs" who were good at kidnapping and robbery, shocking the city with violence and terror.

Anson chose the third option.

Relying on the parliament to promote administrative management, the Faithful Alliance maintains social order, and the "Beluga Port Good Man" provides intelligence and public opinion guidance, and uses the most undisguised means to quickly destroy certain "security risks", showing force to everyone to prove that Who is the real ruler of Beluga Harbor?

On the third day of the Blood Alliance Incident, Speaker Mason made a high-profile announcement in the 500-member parliament that he would strengthen the "public security management" of Beluga Port and carry out "strong rectification" against some "obviously suspicious" armed groups. Strengthen patrols in marginal communities.

At present, Beluga Port's only "official armed" Alliance of Faithful Trustees has also publicly stated that there is indeed a shortage of manpower. After all, most of them are militiamen, and it is the residents' self-consciousness that maintains law and order. , expressed a strong welcome.

Of course, the most exciting is the editors of "Beluga Port Good People"... After a few months of silence, the newspaper's most popular theme "Shotgun Sheriff Series" can finally start serialization again!

After the extermination of the blood alliance, the chief sheriff Lisa Bach did not stop her footsteps, and continued to start the once interrupted journey of eradicating evil.

Through patiently interrogating the surviving blood alliance members—referring to torture and 24-hour uninterrupted confessions—the Storm Division has mastered a large number of bandits in the city.

They have different situations. Some are like the Blood Alliance, some are really planning to go to the New World, some are running a business similar to the contraband dealer Carlin Jacques, and some are trying to take root in Beluga Port. Relying on "service-oriented public places" such as pubs and casinos to occupy a place...

The only thing they have in common is that they are a little bit dark, and they are convinced that there are gems and gold worth 300,000 gold coins buried under the Rune mansion.

Even the "well-informed" Norton Crosell and reporters from the newspaper do not know when this rumor, which has come out of nowhere, only knows that it is indeed very widely circulated; although no one has seen it. , but all seem to be convinced of this.

The most troublesome thing about this rumor is that it is impossible to clarify.

If Anson really let them come in to steal and dig openly, even if the whole house was bombed into the sky, they would definitely feel that the gold had been transferred in advance.

And this kind of rumor is not completely unfounded. If Talia really has a similar idea, let alone the Rune family, even Anson can find a way to get so much gold - Stormmaster also controls a secret gold in Long Lake Town. mine!

However, since rumors cannot be eliminated, they can eliminate those who spread and believe rumors... After getting the information, Chief Sheriff Lisa began to "fixed-point elimination" of these organizations one by one, trying not to leave any survivors.

As the designated mouthpiece of the storm division, "Beluga Port Good People" also simultaneously launched a new interview mode of "following reports", observing the sanctions activities against various gangs on the spot, compiling reports on the spot, and sending the report on time the next day. Disseminate these "justice actions" to the general public in Beluga Harbor at the first time.

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In Luen's mansion, An Sen, who was sitting in the study, was taking stock of Lisa's "trivial achievements" recently, and there were dozens of thick incident reports next to it - not the detective novels of the "Beluga Port Good Guys". is the real report.

"The Blood Alliance, the Wolf Gang, the Black Pirates, the Skull Flag..." Anson muttered to himself, his eyes quickly passing over the names of these reports; after a detailed investigation and sorting out by the little secretary, more about these The common ground of the gangs is slowly emerging.

The most obvious point was when they arrived at Beluga Harbor.

The last one was less than a month ago, and the earliest one arrived at Beluga Port two months ago—according to their respective financial resources and manpower, they ranged from wandering in a slum block to controlling a certain street or casino and operating underground contraband. Business...and more.

The rumor of "gold worth 300,000 gold coins" began to appear more than a month ago.

More than a month ago... Carin Jacques noticed that the Faithless Knights were abnormal and disappeared from the world. It was almost two months ago.

Assuming there is a connection between the two, and it is a rumor deliberately released by the Knights of the Untrustworthy, then it may be because Ian Clemens has been slow to act, so the members of the Knights who are secretly responsible for monitoring him— - or the black mage - can't wait any longer and decides to "help" him.

At the same time, the gangsters who are attracted by the rumors and are ready to act, or at least have intentions in this regard, have just arrived at Beluga Port for less than two months.

The foothold is not stable, the foundation is not deep, the understanding of the storm division and the Rune family is basically zero, and the intricate relationship between the various forces in the new world is not clear, and not many local people know them; well, how to say... …

The perfect tool man.

If it was An Sen, if you were going to conduct exploratory sexual harassment against an organization with deep roots and powerful local strength, you would probably use similar means; It's even harder to find the real culprit behind all of this.

But as long as there has been action, no matter how covert it is, it will still leave traces.

For example...the gangsters who have clearly seen the strength and tactics of the Storm Division with their own eyes~www.readwn.com~Why are they still so obsessed with the flow of "300,000 gold coins"?

Gently exhaling a ring of smoke, An Sen's eyes involuntarily moved to the rubbing copy of the "Big Magic Book" by the table.

Not the one the Elf Queen stole from Louis Bernard, but the volume on "Black Magic" that he quietly took away from Clovis Cathedral:

"...For all black mages, there are three principles of spellcasting to keep in mind: whether active or passive, black magic cannot create feelings out of thin air, it can only amplify a certain aspect of emotions, and the more the caster's wishes in this aspect, the more The stronger it is, the easier it is to be affected..."

"...The secrets you can spy are the memories buried in the past and the aura of the spied on at a certain moment, that is, the past and the future; truth and falsehood, lies and sincerity, you need to judge for yourself..."

"...Illusion is the most powerful power of a black mage, and it is also the ultimate trump card. Don't use it unless you have to, or don't let the caster realize that this is an illusion, otherwise it will bring fatal risks..."

"...Excellent black mages should avoid such unnecessary risks as much as possible, and establish a safe and unique "behavioral logic"..."