I didn't open it in another world, I'm sure

"Well. This kind of thing is not uncommon, especially now that the Kingdom of Stentel is mainly focused on war, and the law and order in the provinces under its rule are very chaotic. Bandits are rampant, and chaos such as burning, killing, and looting often occurs. Appeared. Of course, the reason why Kerton Province is so comfortable is because our soldiers in Dawn City have done their best to maintain law and order."

After hearing Nangong Xiao's words, Yukino Yukino's face changed a little, her mouth opened, she wanted to speak a few times, but she held back her silence, and finally fell into silence.

For a moment, Nangong Xiao, who had been observing Yukinoshita Yukino, couldn't help but smiled and said, "You are very good, really. In a sense, Jing and I's worries are superfluous. As long as you are given time to grow, even You can live well in this world without us."

"I..." Yukino Yukino was stunned, but wanted to say something, but Nangong Xiao interrupted.

"Let's go, you need to go and see, to see the most real side of this world."

"...Thank you." While Yukinoshita Yukino spoke, bursts of shame sprouted in her heart.

"I'll do it, that's my ability. Your previous silence is the most correct way, don't be ashamed of it. Remember, in the future, no matter how unbearable you are when you encounter things that have nothing to do with you, you have to act Make a good balance. Blindness is essentially a stupid performance. You are a smart person, and I hope you will always be smart."

"..." Xue Nai looked up at Nangong Xiao under the snow, and the ripples in her heart gradually rose.

At this moment, she was really grateful to the boy in front of her.

After Nangong Xiao asked Awei to change the course, he said, "No matter what the world is, if there is light, there will be darkness. Right and wrong can be said to be relative. Without darkness, there will be no so-called light, and there will be no light. Behind the shadows are often accompanied by breeding.

The world you lived in was like this, and so is this world.

I hope you can face the darkness while pursuing the light, and don't get lost. "

"Well...I see."

"very good."

Chapter 224 Weakness is the Original Sin

After crossing the northeast border of Kerton Province and entering the Luyuan Forest in the southern part of Nanzhong Province, it didn't take long to see a forest village with a population of about 300 to [-] people, mainly hunters.

This village is not remote, and its location is not far from the official road from South Central Province to the northern part of Kerton Province. Unfortunately, there are no special products here, except for some small fur traders who visit every once in a while. , there are very few outsiders coming.

Therefore, in a sense, this village can also be said to be isolated from the world.

When Awei took Nangong Xiao and Yukinoshita Yukino to the sky above this forest village, he found that the burning, killing, and looting had ended, and the village was littered with corpses. Except for very few corpses of young women, other Villagers, young and old, men and women were slaughtered.

At this time, the Bailai gangsters were escorting thirty or forty young women and a dozen carts of various supplies looted from the village, and they came out of the messy village.

Listening to the gangsters laughing, cursing and fighting wantonly on horseback, and some gangsters humiliated women in public, as if they were showing something, the ugly, filthy scene, let alone Yukinoshita Yukino, even Nangong Xiao couldn't bear it. Zou couldn't help frowning.

"Under the snow."

After being called out, Yukinoshita Yukino, who was holding back her anger and disgust, looked over.

"Let's go down."

Yukinoshita Yukino didn't speak, but just nodded. At this moment, she was really stimulated by the scene in front of her.Fortunately, it was relatively far away, and the tragic situation in the village could not be seen clearly, otherwise she felt that she would go crazy directly.

Letting Nangong Xiao hold her up and jump down, the two soon landed directly on the forest path that the gangsters must pass through.

During the process, Yukinoshita Yukino thought unintentionally. At this time, her mind was still filled with the images of corpses strewn across the fields in the village. The turbid feeling of dizziness, nausea and anger made her whole body tense. Nangong Xiao asked her to stand in the When she was on the ground, she almost couldn't stand still, but fortunately Nangong Xiao gave her a hand, so that she didn't make a fool of herself.

The two people who suddenly descended from the sky startled a group of gangsters, and took up their weapons one by one.

Among them, the face of the man with the scar in the head changed even more.

The sharp-mouthed young man next to the scarred man cursed, "Where is that bastard..."

"Snapped!"

Before the sharp-mouthed young man could finish cursing, he was slapped heavily by the man with the scar.

"Leader, leader?"

"Shut up!" The scarred man glared at the sharp-mouthed young man viciously, and then looked vigilantly and worriedly at the pair of young women who fell from the sky in the distance.

After Nangong Xiao let Yukinoshita stand up, he glanced indifferently at the bandit Bailai in the distance, and said in a tone with almost no ups and downs, "To be honest, I have seen many bandits looting villages, but this This is the first time I have seen such a one-time slaughter.

Generally speaking, the gangsters only take food and property and young women, even if they kill people, they are just killing chickens and monkeys, most of them are just for deterrence.After all, bandits also pay attention to sustainable development.

And it's really rare for you to actually do it without leaving any chickens and dogs behind.

Although the armor and weapons are dilapidated and messy, you can still see the shadow of the standard equipment. The queue of personnel seems to be scattered, but it is chaotic and orderly. The sword and shield are in front of the bow and crossbow. Mobility, are you deserters from the capital of Stentel?Or a horse thief disguised by the local army in South Central Province? "

The man with the scar who stood up for the first horse's face froze, and when a sense of uneasiness spread from the bottom of his heart, he said as calmly as possible, "If the two professionals are passing by, I can distribute some supplies to the two on behalf of the brothers. As travel expenses, we are just begging for life in the mountains and forests, dare not... woo!!"

Before the man with the scar could finish speaking, his mouth and upper body were tied up by a vine extending from nowhere, he was pulled from the horse's back, and hung in the air.

"what!!"

"Help me!!"

"what is this...."

"Tree, the tree is moving... ah..."

In just a few breaths, all the gangsters of Bailai were tied up and strangled by vines that jumped out from the surrounding woods. In the end, only a few gangsters headed by the man with the scar did not die, but their limbs were broken and their mouths were sealed. Dying to hang in the air.

With such a sudden change, not to mention those twenty or thirty captured women who were frightened themselves were huddled together in fright, not daring to make a sound or look this way, even Yukinoshita Yukino was also startled, thinking there was a monster What about the attack?

But on Nangong Xiao's falling right hand, the fading light blue afterglow made Yukino Yukino understand that all this was caused by Nangong Xiao.

At this time, Nangong Xiao suddenly called out, "Mai Wei."

"Your subordinate is here." Maiev appeared next to Nangong Xiao and bowed to salute.

"Bring the living ones back to Dawn City, tell Qiuye, and pry their mouths open. It doesn't matter whether they are deserters from Stantel's capital or local soldiers from Nanzhong Province. King Tel, if he can’t manage it, we will.”

"Yes!" Maiev said, beckoning, and then more than a dozen men in black robes appeared from all directions, put down the few living gangsters led by the man with the scar from the vines, and poured a drug that can hang The potion of life prevented these gangsters from dying on a long journey, and then the man in black quickly disappeared into the forest with these gangsters who were still alive.

All of this was gone in a blink of an eye, especially when the men in black left with a few gangsters, the vines hanging hundreds of gangster corpses seemed to be alive again, quickly dragging those corpses into the woods.

Soon, the vines and corpses disappeared into the dark forest, only Nangong Xiao, Yukinoshita Yukino, Mai Wei and twenty or thirty young women who had been terrified were left in place.

Most of the disturbed horses fled away, and the rest of the horses pawed the ground in place, with unease in their nostrils.The supplies collected and loaded by the gangsters were also scattered all over the place, and the whole scene looked chaotic, yet extraordinarily quiet and eerie.

Fortunately, Nangong Xiao quickly broke the strange solitude, and said to the twenty or thirty women who were huddled together, "You are free. I will give you a suggestion. After dealing with the affairs of relatives and friends , it is best to follow the official road and enter Kerton Province to make a living, and Nanzhong Province will not be peaceful for a long time to come."

After those women heard the words, maybe they felt safe and felt sad, and soon they leaned on each other and cried bitterly.

There were also some determined women who kowtowed to Nangong Xiao with tears in their eyes, and expressed their thanks in tears.

Regarding this, Nangong Xiao didn't say anything, but after thinking about it, she whispered to Maiev who was beside her, "Separate a few people to look at these women, if they plan to go to Kerton province to seek a living, they will escort them secretly. "

Maiev asked, "What if not?"

"Observe in secret for a few days, and let them go."

"Yes."

After Maiev responded, she made a few gestures towards the dense forest in the distance, as if conveying Nangong Xiao's order, but after it was over, she presented Nangong Xiao with a brand new document, "Master, the matter of the Kongming Stone vein There has been a conclusion."

Nangong Xiao took the document, looked through it roughly, and said, "This Alphonse is really a simple repayment. I have written down this great gift...just in time, use this as an excuse to quickly take down Nangong. Zhongxing Province, Maiev, send a letter to Qiuye, the action can be a little bigger, if King Stantel dares to use force, we will dare to fight."

"Yes."

Maiev disappeared after responding.

Nangong Xiao looked at Yukino Yukino at this time, and found that she had calmed down, so she said, "Let's go."

"Okay." Yukinoshita Yukino saw that everything was arranged properly, and she didn't want to stay any longer, but after nodding, she asked Xiang Nangongxiao, "Are you going to start a war?"

"You are sharp." When Nangong Xiao spoke, he hugged Yukinoshita Yukino horizontally, jumped onto the tree, and then used his strength to jump on the head of Awei who was waiting in mid-air.

Putting down Yukinoshita Yukino once again, Nangong Xiao said, "The tragedy in this village is not an exception. As the war in the capital of Stantel continues to worsen, except for the province of Kerton, the entire Stantel The original order of the world will gradually collapse, and if we just stand by and watch, it may develop to an unimaginable level."

Yukinoshita sat down with her knees hugged, sitting next to Nangong Xiao, looked at the sunset in the distance, and said in a low tone, "Dawn City, or is Kerton Province just a special case?"

"It can be said that the reason why Kerton Province is stable and peaceful is because of the existence of Dawn City, and Dawn City has the strength to give the people stability and peace." After Nangong Xiao asked Awei to continue in the original direction, he calmly He said, "Before the emergence of Dawn City, Kerton Province was not much stronger than Nanzhong Province.

To be honest, even if there is no reason for war, people with power and status in this world can trample on all laws and morals unscrupulously. They thoroughly interpret the jungle rules of the jungle. In this world, weakness is the real original sin. I hope you Being able to clearly recognize this is the law of survival in this world. "

Yukinoshita Yukino rested her cheeks on her knees, and looked sideways at Nangong Xiao, "Can you bring peace and stability to the people of this province by launching a war?"

Nangong Xiao sat down cross-legged, smiled and nodded, "Of course, I promise."

Facing the beautiful sunset, that confident and sincere smile made Yukinoshita slightly taken aback. That dazzling feeling made her lose her mind for a while. At this moment, for some unknown reason, she firmly believed in his promise. No doubt.

"Ah Wei, speed up, we must reach our destination before dark."

"Polly!"

With Awei's speed up, although it is not too fast visually, the oncoming wind made Yukinoshita feel the change in speed. At the same time, the cool breeze gradually made the depression in her chest gradually dissipated...

Chapter 225 King Stentel's Response

According to the common calendar in the mainland, in late November 3114, with the first snow, the whole territory of Stantel ushered in a real cold winter.

On this snowy day, the Shuguang Daily officially published all kinds of chaos in Nanzhong Province and Leipu Province, as well as relevant evidence. There are many bandits, and people are living in dire straits. The writer even severely reprimanded the consuls of the two provinces for their misbehavior, and called on Stantel to severely punish the dereliction of the consuls, and return thousands of people in the two provinces. A fair and so on.

Once this newspaper was put on sale, it caused a huge storm, and the entire Kelton province, and even the entire Stentel aristocratic circle were all focused on it.

Because anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is a precursor to the further expansion of Dawn City!

Not to mention the parties in the newspaper, how panicked the consuls of the two provinces are now, at this time, the nobles of the capital of Stantel and the capital of the king could not sit still, and they gathered in front of the palace by coincidence, begging to see King Stantel to discuss countermeasures.

In the council hall of the palace, King Stantel on the throne——Luke Stentel, calmly watched the generous statements of the courtiers below, to the effect that the set of rhetoric that the expansion of Dawn City could not be allowed to continue could be solved by asking When he was talking about the Tao, all he got was non-constructive empty talk. After listening to the reports and suggestions of several courtiers and finding that they were all the same, Luke Stentel shook his head in disappointment.

In particular, some noble ministers quarreled in public over whether to use troops against Dawn City, making the entire council hall messy, like a vegetable market.

If it was before, Luke Stentel would have scolded angrily, but now, he is sitting on the throne so calmly, watching the quarrels of these courtiers indifferently, like an outsider who has nothing to do with himself Same.

Soon the courtiers realized that His Majesty had been silent all this time, and then they came to their senses. They quickly calmed down and, like quails, lowered their heads not daring to meet Luke Stantel's gaze.

Luke Stentel was not angry, but said lightly, "Enough of the noise, let's talk about business. Minister in power, what's your suggestion?"

The aged ruling minister came out with a bitter face, bowed his body and then bowed his head and said, "Minister, you are incompetent."

waste.

Luke Stentel sighed secretly, and said, "Dawn City's intention to want the two provinces of Leipp and Nanzhong is very clear. But it wants to gain a firm foothold in righteousness. This is a common method used by the dragon people. Presumably it won't be long before the officials of Dawn City will declare to temporarily take over these two provinces, and help us rectify the law and order in these two provinces."

"This is betrayal! It's an excuse for the Dragon Clan to invade!" The minister in charge of the capital yelled loudly, "My lord! We can't let them encroach on Stantel's land!"

"Then what should we do? Go to war directly?"

"This..." The elderly ruling minister opened his mouth, but finally he didn't dare to answer.

"We don't have the extra strength to open up a new battlefield in the south, you all know that." Luke Stentel said coldly, "We can only endure this humiliation."

"..." A group of civil and military ministers all lowered their heads, not daring to answer. They have also seen Luke Stentel's cruelty these days, and they are not ignorant of the current situation in the kingdom, and they are indeed incompetent War against Dawn City.

"Minister in power, let the consuls of the two provinces of Leipu and Nanzhong return to the capital to report on their duties, and declare that the kingdom will send new consuls to manage the two provinces in the near future, and issue an official order to let Shuguang City take care of itself The territory of the province is enough, and the local nobles have no right to intervene in the replacement of provincial governance rights.

At the same time, they secretly ordered the garrison regiments in the two provinces to prepare for the battle with all their strength, and to resist desperately once the Dawn City sent troops.Then the royal capital officially announced to the world, denounced the bad behavior of Shuguang City, and called on all human nations to besiege Shuguang City. "

"My lord... will the nations of the human race respond?" The minister in power asked a question that could almost be said to be knowingly asked.

"I know that the countries of the human race will not respond. It is a foregone conclusion that the three southern provinces will be annexed by Dawn City. What we have to do now is to preserve the nominal ruling power of these three provinces. Once we have the opportunity in the future, we will be able to justify our rights and interests. Take it back. Now, the only thing we can do is to make the son of the Dragonman in Dawn City lose his foothold in righteousness. Aren’t they dragonmen who pay attention to being famous? Gu wants to see if he can turn the robbers into An act of justice."

When Luke Stentel said something like this, all civil and military officials did not dare to say more, and the ruling minister had no choice but to bow and salute.

"Now we can only focus on the orcs for the time being. Although this cold winter has given us a chance to breathe, it also gives the orcs a chance to adjust their situation. Gentlemen, according to the plan, the spring of next year will be a critical moment. .As for the issue of the three southern provinces, I have my own concerns."

"I am Wang Yingming!!"

"Okay, let's all retreat, let the leader of Charles come to see Gu."

"Yes!"

It didn't take long for all the civil and military personnel to leave the council hall when Char Duronda, dressed in a white robe, was summoned.

Luke Stentel dismissed all the palace guards and met with Char Duronda alone.

On the throne, Luke Stentel supported his right chin with one hand, and said calmly, "My lord, a Kelton province can no longer satisfy the appetite of the son of the Dragon Man. Not a good thing."

"I've heard about this matter, how does my king plan to deal with it?" Char Duronda asked back.

"My lord, you know that I can't spare any troops to go south to suppress the rebellion. If the son of the dragonman really wants to do something, I can only watch the southern provinces be annexed."

"Your Majesty, you know, it's impossible for the crusaders to go out like this."

"My lord, you misunderstood."

"Oh? The king means..." Charl Duronda narrowed his eyes.

"I can give the Holy See the right to garrison troops in the two provinces of Leipu and Nanzhong. If the Crusaders have time to enter and hold these two provinces, then I will send these two provinces in the name of King Stantel. The consul positions of the provinces are conferred on the members of the Holy See of the Holy Light. The Kingdom of Stantel only retains the nominal right to rule these two provinces."

Luke Stentel's directness made Charle Duronda's heart move, "My lord, what does the Holy See of the Holy Light need to pay?"

"[-] million amethyst coins."

Char Duronda's expression froze, because the amount was too large. Although with the background of the Holy See, he could indeed come up with this amount, he could use [-] million amethyst coins in exchange for the ruling rights of two barren provinces. cost-effective.