Realm of Power

Olua, commander of the Fifth Flag of the Empire's Northwest Army, got off his horse with a livid face. An imperial officer quickly stepped forward and saluted.

"Sir, this is the scene of the attack."

Olua was a tall man with half-bald hair and a strong murderous look in his eyes. He looked solemnly at the dozen corpses on the ground, including two corpses wearing Imperial Guard armor. It was like a needle piercing his eyes, even making his breathing pause.

The bodies of a dozen other Fezer slaves were placed on the other side,

"Have you confirmed that he is a personal guard of His Majesty the Emperor?" Oluya turned around and looked at the patrol captain, "Already confirmed." The patrol captain nodded quickly, with a hesitant look on his face. Based on his identity, he had no way of knowing who the emperor was. How come Konoe appears here, but even the flag commander has arrived, so this must be something serious. "These damn bastards!" Olua looked at the two corpses of the guards, took a deep breath, and clenched his fingers fiercely. These slave owners were getting bolder and bolder. They not only attacked and killed slaves, but also Instead, he started to attack the emperor's people. He couldn't help but guess in his heart that there were guards among the dead, so His Majesty Falcon would soon know about it. According to His Majesty Falcon's style, it should be He would choose to gather all the slave owners together and kill a few of them ruthlessly! These bastards should be taught a lesson, otherwise they would really think that the emperor's people are just decorations,

I heard that at a banquet, a drunk Fezer shouted that the Emperor was only an occupier on the surface, and that this coast was still owned by Fezer's slave owners. The Fezer Coast without slave owners would be nothing. no!

At this moment, the sound of horse hooves and cars retreating came from the street ahead. Olua raised his head in surprise and saw a group of imperial cavalry appearing in front, with the only white thorn flower on the full black armor. ♦, the scarlet cloak and the red tassel on the top of the helmet were as fierce as fire in the wind. Behind the cavalry, there was a large black carriage coming this way. There were no marks on the carriage, but the driver sitting in front, He is wearing the standard armor of the Guards Squadron Captain. With such an identity, there is one person in the entire empire. Even the Imperial Minister of Affairs is not qualified to ask the Guards Squadron Captain to drive the carriage.

"That's it!" Olua's body trembled slightly, and his pupils suddenly shrank to the size of a needle tip. This fierce general who killed many people on the battlefield had beads of sweat on his forehead. He quickly stepped forward and stood at attention nervously in front of the stopped carriage. He did not expect that His Majesty Falcon would come in person.

"Are you Captain Olua of the Second Squadron? Is this city your defense area?" The carriage stopped, and a slightly surprising but extremely touching voice came.

"Yes, Your Majesty, my subordinate is now Oluya, the commander of the Fifth Flag of the Empire's Northwest Army. This city is my subordinate's defense zone." Oluya lowered his head excitedly and put his right hand on his chest in salute.

The foundation of the empire's northwest army is the original Samor soldiers, who are basically all Vecians, and His Majesty Falcon is a Vecian. He is the hero in the hearts of all Wikiyans. As the leader of the Fifth Flag, Olua was once a squadron leader next to His Majesty Falcon, who was still the Archduke of Samour.

"Do you know who did it?"

The fat man nodded to the old subordinate and came to the body. The area that was attacked was a 100-meter-long walkway from the west to the east of the city. On both sides were the eaves extending from the previous houses, even in the daytime when the light was good. About half of the area here is in the dark, not to mention that at night when visibility is extremely poor, the city will be under martial law. If you are not paying special attention, the attacker only needs to use the houses on both sides to easily kill people walking below. Bows and arrows are put to death, "It should be the slave-catching team, but I don't know which slave-catching team it is yet," Oluya said respectfully from the side, and also said that this kind of attack specifically targeting escaped slaves is not a new one for him. Twice. During this period, only four of the 5th Flag Regiment were responsible for The city has already discovered twenty attacks like this. This kind of private capture team of slave owners who are very familiar with the area sneaks into the city at night and kills escaped slaves under the cover of the city's inner line. Those slave owners arrogantly called it "hunting escaped animals" "Hunting? These guys are really desperate!"

The fat man felt a surge of anger. Could it be that he was really too gentle? So that these Fezer slave owners didn't even understand the situation? When did the emperor's people become targets that could be killed at will? I was in Gaul, and when Gang Fei was killing so many people, I didn't see anyone who was tough enough to challenge the empire!

Olua looked at the cold and frightening face of His Majesty Falcon, hesitated for a moment, and continued, "It is rumored that many slave owners themselves joined in this kind of hunting activity to show off their bravery and serve as a token of gratitude to the occupiers." A provocation from the emperor, during this period because of the stability of the situation To meet the needs, the garrison has always turned a blind eye to the arrogance of the slave owners. If it were normal, the garrison could only order the garrison to collect the slaves' bodies and bury them, and then let the patrol team strengthen the patrol area. Send people to nearby slave owners to warn them." "Because there are more important things to do, the garrison cannot focus too much on this, and these people who attack slaves are very good at hiding, and their familiarity with the terrain is far better than that of the garrison. They can gather and disperse at random. If you want to It's hard to catch them!" "So, these people are all slave owners?" The fat man's cold face curled up slightly. There are only 60,000 imperial troops entering the west coast this time. It will take 60,000 people to radiate the enemy in the shortest possible time. Thousands of miles of west coast, more than 20 cities, each city can provide security forces It is very limited. It is good to be able to maintain stability, let alone expect to have the entire area under complete control. As Oluya said, if troops are allocated to chase these people, I am afraid it will cause a greater crisis. Turmoil, but we must pursue and suppress these erratic guys! "Yes, they are all slave owners." Obia nodded and glanced at Lu Andribia who was following the fat man. He didn't know who the old man behind His Majesty Falcon was? From just now, this old man has been looking anxious and lowering his head, saying nothing. "Lou Andribia, if I remember correctly, all of Fezer's slaves were marked with red-hot irons. Different families have different marks. It's like putting marks on the butt of horses. Some slaves were resold. If you go to three or four families, you will have three or four brands on your body." The fat man raised his hand. , and asked the guards to bring in the body of a Fezer slave. This was a middle-aged man. After taking off his shirt that was stained red by blood, he revealed a back with bulging ribs caused by long-term malnutrition. The lower part of the back There are three or four scars like heraldry in the position, although the scars have healed. But they are all bulging outwards, and they look like burns at first glance. "Louandribia, tell me whose coat of arms this is."

The fat man pointed at the raised brand on the back of the corpse, and his tone was as harsh as frost. He brought Luandribia so that he could identify the marks. This is a specialized heraldry in Feize. Among the servants of the Ze nobles. There are heraldry scholars who are responsible for branding slaves and identifying slave brands. Fezer is a large country on the west coast. There are hundreds of noble families gathered in the coastal area, and they have all kinds of heraldry. Those who do not understand professional heraldry will not be able to identify these traces at all, and these marks are also used as a basis for judging which family the slave belongs to. With recognized legal effect, heraldry is precisely an important course taught by Luandribia to the children of aristocrats.

"It's from the Nakan family." Lu Andribia's eyes flashed with hesitation. He recognized the owner of the coat of arms and after a few seconds said

"There is indeed a Nakan family in the southern part of the city, which is considered the most powerful slave owner in the city." Oluya explained beside him. He was secretly shocked that the old man could tell at a glance who these slaves belonged to, because this showed that this was a slave owner. Noble Feizer, the question is, how can a noble Feizer be with His Majesty Falcon?

“Then let’s do it like this”

The fat man's eyes narrowed into a thin line, and the chill flashing inside them was like a blade. He ordered Olua to "immediately arrest all the Feize slave owners in this area, as well as the entire family of these slave owners. There are now two The emperor's people died, and someone must be responsible. I don't care if it is the Nakan family or someone else who did this. Two hundred lives must be spared. At the same time, I will give an order to the entire army. If there is any more trouble in the future, Ze When slaves are attacked and killed, the empire will not investigate who killed them. It will always follow this rule. How many slaves die will be counted as twice as many Fezer slave owners. If there are not enough people, the family members of these slave owners will be included! The empire has no energy to play hide-and-seek with these slave owners. Tell them directly that the sky here belongs to the empire. They can only live if the empire wants them to live. If the empire wants them to die, they must die! " "yes!"

Oluya's inner admiration could not be greater. On that day, Oluya mobilized 3,000 troops to surround the residences of more than 200 Feize nobles in the city. Groups of murderous imperial soldiers rushed into these noble residences. Arrest them all according to the specially provided list. His Majesty said that two hundred lives are needed, so there must be no less than one. Including the dozen or so slaves, Olua tied up all 250 Feize nobles and pulled them to the city square. Fifty selected imperial soldiers neatly lined up rows of crying fathers and shouted The mother-in-law Feize nobles and slave owners pushed them down on the stage. The swords fell and the heads rolled. Below were tens of thousands of city citizens watching and holding their breath.

"What's going on?" asked a Feize citizen

"I heard that the slave owners attacked the Imperial Guards and killed two Imperial Guards," someone next to him whispered.

"There are only two emperors who died, so what happened to so many people?" An older citizen was a little dumbfounded.

"It is said that he is an imperialist. He wants to use the lives of a hundred slave owners to compensate. It is really cruel." The person who answered him was a grocer. He was looking at the headless corpses with their heads cut off. tremble

"Even so, it seems that there are more than two hundred people."

"I heard that a few slaves died. It was just one, and two slave owners were needed to fill in. " "One slave, two slave owners..."

Looking at the turbulent big figures of the past who were tied up one by one on the stage, there was a lot of discussion in the audience. The Fezer people gathered here are all citizens. Unlike the nobles and slaves, these citizens are free, but they are still attached to the nobles. I make a living on the big tree of slave owners, so I know the situation of these nobles quite well. The news they heard was also the fastest. A few days ago, these Feize citizens were still listening to these big shots making fun of the emperor's incompetence, and the capture team killed slaves and then cut off their heads to show off. Unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, the cold-blooded ruthlessness shown by the Imperial Army made all the citizens of Feize feel cold in their hearts.

Olua, who was sitting on the seat as a supervisor, was not interested in these whispers. He just felt that this time he was really happy. Let's see which slave owner dares to be arrogant and let out his anger. His Majesty said it is better. This is the empire. In the sky, you can live because the empire lets you live. If the empire doesn't let you say it, you have to die! I feel that the blockage in my heart is gone. This is the style of His Majesty Falcon, and the style that the empire should have in conquering the four fields. As an occupier, do I need to investigate who did it? One word will make you die, one word will make you live! As many slaves as possible will die, as many Feize nobles will be killed as compensation!

Oluya really hopes that these Feize nobles will kill more slaves because they are crazy. There are only so many Feize nobles in the entire region. Their family members can only have two or three thousand people. How many times can they kill them? Moreover, the Empire has made it clear that there is a reason to touch you. You, noble Feize, want to die yourself, so don’t blame the Empire for being too sharp!

In the capital of King Fezer, King Fezer looked out the window with deep eyes. The gray sky was filled with low clouds, and his eyes were full of inexplicable emotions. His old face did not look old at all, but looked like a fighter. Exuding ruddy "I heard that the emperor has begun to purge the slave owners on the west coast."

"That's true. I heard that more than two hundred people were killed in one breath, and a cruel decree was issued, saying that as long as one slave is attacked and killed, the life of two Feize slave owners will be used to replace it." The Kingdom's Minister of Internal Affairs Hakas Ti stood behind the king with a solemn expression,

"It is indeed the Falcon Empire in the north. This courage is quite admirable." King Fezer turned around. Looking at Longzag fiercely, the light fell on Harcasti like a sharp sword. "As for the matter in the south, what does the Falcon Empire say? The South Anfu region can't be dragged along like this, right?"

"The other party agreed, but the other party believed that the South Anfu area should be under the management of the Imperial Bank and serve as a commercial hub between Fezer and the South in the future," Home Secretary Hardcastle hesitated and said "Of course. If the Imperial Bank is willing to invest in Feize, should we still refuse?" King Feize's eyebrows finally relaxed a little, "The South should not have thought that the Nan Anfu area would open the door to the Imperial Guards. , with these we can quietly cross the Nan'an Fushan Mountains and appear unexpectedly on the flank of the Southern Army."

While the two were talking, a guard officer pushed the door open and came in with a report in his hand. "Your Majesty, the military has just issued a notice, accusing the royal family of betraying Feize and planning to attack us!" Boom! Dark rolling thunder came from far and near, making bursts of dull sounds, spreading over the capital of Feize (To be continued.)