“Therefore…”
I watched as another guard fled in panic, then turned to the innocent-looking Hei Luoli beside me.
“The guy just now didn’t let you in because you refused to be searched?”
“Yes, he said he wanted to frisk us, and for such an uncouth person, he had to be kicked out, right, Bai?” Hei Luoli puffed her cheeks.
“Yes yes…” Bai Yueguang said while covering his face.
It seems that this guy doesn’t stand a chance against Hei Luoli.
“Well, so we happily annoyed the guards, and I believe we will soon see Mr. Tian. Although we originally came here to challenge… no, to convince people with virtues, we civilized folks should try to avoid fighting as much as possible.”
As soon as I finished speaking, I could feel the disdainful glances from everyone.
Sigh, why is it so difficult to be a good person? Why can't everyone understand the true essence of persuading with reason?
And during the time we stood at the gate, none of the guards on the city tower came down, they just watched from afar. However, more and more spectators gathered around, after all, with no gate guards, the flow of people increased.
“Make way, make way!”
Just as people were about to block the gate, indeed, the person we were looking for finally arrived.
The scene was grand, a large group of people first pushed back the crowd with weapons, then a gorgeously decorated sedan chair rushed to the center of the open space.
As soon as the sedan chair was set down, four muscular men came over holding clubs thicker than my thigh…
No, that description might not be clear, as no one knows how thick my thigh is.
Uh, they should be thicker than a bowl, the clubs held in front of the sedan chair.
"Tsk tsk tsk."
I laughed.
“Look at that, the Governor's pomp outshines those two emperors. Really, learn from him, don't always think high rank means you have few guards.”
“Well…” Hill said with a hint of embarrassment.
“Actually, the guards the emperors have are hidden in the shadows.”
“What good are they if they don’t come out when it counts?”
Thinking back to the scene when the Elder Elf and the Dragon Clan Chief fought, I felt helpless.
Are your guards all having tea?
Look at their grandeur.
There are 200 guards up front, all wearing light armor, the standard soldier setup. This isn’t like mercenaries just grabbing a weapon and heading out, this is fully equipped, look at those knives, tsk tsk tsk, it would cost around 30 silver in a regular store, what's the concept here, it's the reward for a D-level mercenary mission, if you budget carefully, a family can live on that money for several days.
Well, maybe we should consider the differences in equipment concepts between the Eastern Continent and the Western Continent. Weapons may be cheaper in the East, as they are more inclined towards martial skills, which could drive weapon prices down, but overall, the equipment of these guards is quite good.
And these are just the guards, as for those four burly men with clubs I mentioned earlier, although their weapons look rough, the dirtied but undamaged spikes tell me that these things are at least made of refined iron.
Besides them, there are many archers appearing on the roofs of surrounding houses, but I can’t be bothered to assess their equipment.
Well, to put it simply, the guards are level 20, the burly men are level 30, archers are level 20. With the equipment, there might be a margin of error of around 2 to 3 levels.
Unless it is a divine artifact, how could there be a difference of several levels or even a dozen levels?
Watching the scene, we all began to imagine a big fight about to break out. Looking around, everyone's hands were on their weapons, waiting for someone on the other side to make a move.
Just then, a voice came from the sedan chair.
"Hmm?"
And then, the door of the sedan chair opened directly, and a middle-aged man in traditional Han clothing came down from above, his eyes fixed on Hei Luoli.
"Are you... no, are you... the princess, milady?"
Tian Boye
Swordsman LV35
Neutral · Old Sly Fox · Practitioner of Huatian Swordsmanship · Governor of the Coastal Region · Head of the Tian Family
Taking the opportunity, I glanced at this guy's profile.
To my surprise, this guy was labeled as neutral. I thought he was just letting the people be bullied by the marine clans, which would be considered evil. But turns out not really?
Then, this guy scanned us all and furrowed his brow.
"Does who I am matter?"
Hei Luoli smirked.
"..."
Governor Tian fell into thought.
Well, I could probably guess what he was thinking. Although Hei Luoli and Bai Yueguang were wanted fugitives, the issue here was that Hei Luoli was still the heir to the throne. Despite being wanted, once back in the palace, that was not something Governor Tian could handle.
However, encountering Hei Luoli now and not being able to let her go was also a good opportunity for a reward. Even though I didn’t know how much the bounty on them was, I was sure it wasn't a small sum.
"The way this guy is struggling is quite amusing," Fran commented from the side.
"I checked before, on the wanted poster of Hongye, it was written that Bai Yueguang and Hei Luoli are wanted for 1 million gold coins, of course, Hei Luoli must be captured alive, life or death is irrelevant for Bai Yueguang."
"Hey hey hey, I'm right here, don't talk so happily, okay?"
Bai Yueguang beside him retorted.
"Go! Captured everyone except the princess!"
After pondering for a while, Governor Tian suddenly issued the order.
Alright, I've been waiting for this statement.
"Ice Seal..."
I was about to use my skill when suddenly a flash of electricity, a large number of stun markers appeared in front of us.
At the same time, I also saw several green names appear in the air.
Assault UAV (Trial Version)
Probably using some kind of invisibility module, apart from their names, the drone's figure was completely invisible.
We looked silently at Dale, who had been silent all this while, only to see him whistling and looking up at the sky.
Well, that's just his personality.
Helplessly, we turned our gaze back to Governor Tian.
But he was nowhere to be seen!
On closer inspection, we found that he had actually fled down the street!
"Alright, it's up to you how to handle this."
I looked at Hei Luoli and Bai Yueguang.
"Hmm..."
Hei Luoli pondered for a moment.
"Capture them first, then we'll decide."
Really just a capture?
