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A nobleman said: "We really want to leave. Our family has sold all the remaining ancestral property and invested it all here. If we leave now, our future life will be unsustainable."

Another said: "Who is not? What can we do if we don't leave? You have also seen the situation outside. Although it seems that we can still fight with those monsters now, we all know that the little force in the hands of the city lord will We can’t consume those monsters.”

Several nobles immediately sighed. It was originally a long-term business that would make a lot of money, but it ended up losing everything right from the beginning. It was hard for anyone to accept it.

But in the final analysis, life is still important. If you don't run away, not only will the money be lost, but the people will also be left here.

"Walk"

"If I don't leave now, I'm afraid I won't be able to leave even if I want to when I get to the point where I can't stand it any longer."

“Since we are leaving, let’s not go empty-handed.”

"yes"

A few people got together and began to perfect their retreat plan, trying to get more benefits.

Although the Brocade Empire does not allow nobles to recruit soldiers, which noble family does not have servants to protect them? Although the number is not large, the number of them together is not a small number. If nothing unexpected happens, safety issues can still be guaranteed.

These little nobles had discussed a plan, and when they ran away, they thought the city lord would stop them.

But what surprised them was that there was quite a movement of their departure, but the city lord and the guarding soldiers seemed to have deliberately let them leave, and did not appear in their plan from beginning to end.

Even though they took a lot of things they shouldn't have, they were not stopped. The soldiers who were supposed to be guarding were transferred away by the city lord at that time to go with the city lord to support several adventurers who were attacked by the harpy. .

Does the city lord really not know their plan? No.

But at this time, everyone is making plans for their retreat.

Although they don't know what the city lord's plan is, what these little nobles know is that the city lord is also planning something, and I am afraid that their departure has become part of this plan.

The empty houses of the nobles could not be hidden from the eyes of the people in this half-finished city. The city lord who received the news was very angry. He rode on horseback and led his guards to carefully check the empty noble houses.

After listening to the guard's report, the city lord cursed loudly in Ma, and even threatened to retaliate against the empire in public, because those minor nobles stole some of the spare weapons and stored grain when they left. Theft of weapons was a serious crime in the Brocade Empire.

Naturally, it was impossible to hide this news from the adventurers. They were ordered to cooperate with the defenders in the city to defend the city. They were originally unwilling to do so, and were even very disgusted and worried. However, they secretly remembered the escape of these nobles. .

Many adventurers have little Jiujiu in mind. The adventurers naturally know what is going on with the nobles here.

Those nobles wanted to leave the city at great cost, probably because in the eyes of these well-informed nobles, there was no hope of staying in this city.

So, if nobles can run, why can't they run?

After all, the nobles have names. As long as they, the adventurers, change their clothes, throw away their weapons, and keep them safe, no one will be able to recognize them.

In this way, the food storage warehouse in the city was stolen again. Some foresighted adventurers brought enough dry food and ran south at night.

As for going to other cities in the Meteor Mountains, that is impossible.

No one is stupid. If you run, you must run thoroughly. Run completely out of the big fire pit of the Meteor Mountains. Are you going to be recruited again in other cities here?

The city lord cooperated very well and reenacted the previous scene of being angry and swearing, but everyone in the city knew that this somewhat cowardly city lord could only use his words.

There are not many regular soldiers in the city. They have to defend against the harpies along the simple city walls during the day. Naturally, they are very tired. It is impossible to perform other tasks at night.

Therefore, the city lord cooperated very well and handed over the task of guarding the food to the three largest groups of adventurers in the city, letting them supervise each other and guard the food warehouse.

What happened next was not as expected by the city lord. The three groups of adventurers not only ran away overnight, but also took away the inventory in the warehouse in one fell swoop, taking away all the limited inventory.

Now, even the stupidest adventurer understands that this city is doomed, and if he doesn't run, he really won't be able to escape.

Facing the simple city gate that was unguarded at night, the adventurers filed out, and they were all gone within two nights.

What's strange is that none of these adventurers thought about why the city lord's guards slept so late at night, and no one stopped them.

Where are the city guards at this time? They are all in the vacant houses near the simple city lord's mansion.

As there are fewer and fewer people in the city, they have to gather together to ensure their own safety.

"Are you done?" the city lord asked his bodyguard.

"It's clean," the guard replied.

"Have all the family members gone out?"

"The caravan sent a telegram that Madam and the others have left the Meteor Mountains."

The city lord nodded and said: "Send them a telegram and wait for us at the place we planned."

Although the city lord's family is in decline, that is relative. Being one of the five city lords is naturally something.

Apart from anything else, as a warrior who had made meritorious service in war and was named the city lord, his team was very loyal to him.

As a high-ranking soldier, he had actually already understood that they and the adventurers had been regarded by the empire as a human defense line against the plane enemies, and it could be said that they had been abandoned.

He had already guessed that the empire's large forces might have begun building a new line of defense at the border of the Meteor Mountains.

And they and those adventurers were the abandoned ones who delayed the empire in deploying troops and building defense facilities.

He knew that there were not many paths left for him to choose. Even if he pretended to be the city and was attacked by the harpy, and he was defeated and retreated, he would still be dragged to the new defense line together with his guards because of his mistake. Work hard.

By that time, even if these deserters are not executed, they will be placed on the front line and accept the supervision of the regular army of the empire to resist the Harpy. They will still escape death.

Therefore, after the city lord analyzed the situation with his guards, they chose another path, which was to pretend that they all died in the city.