Alien world

Chapter 1027 Chapter 258. Traitor
There were many people outside watching Annan's every move, so he took Dirk back to the Purification Court first.

Because they arrived in time, and only a living Free Blade is valuable, Dirk and the others only had minor skin injuries.

Upon learning that the person who had captured him was the notorious head of the Purification Court, Dirk spat, "Kill me, we won't say a word!"

“Hehe, you don’t seem to know where this is. The Purification Court, the burial place of your Free Blades!”

"Sir, please don't scare Boss Dirk..." the middle-aged man who came over said hurriedly.

"looks like?"

Dirk stared at him solemnly and said, "You didn't escape either?"

"An...Master Orme is one of us." The middle-aged man knew not to reveal Annan's identity.

"impossible!"

The head of the Purification Tribunal who captured and killed the Free Blade was one of our own? It would be better to say that he was Annan Reeves!

"Yes, it was that look... that look of hatred that couldn't kill me... hehe!" Annan laughed strangely, "Of course I am one of 'one of us', because he was the one who betrayed you!"

Maria looked at him with confusion, and Annan exchanged glances with her, telling her not to speak for the time being.

"Prepare torture instruments for my guests. Hmm... I remember that the Purification Court has a punishment called Salt Prison?"

"That's right, Your Honor. We will fill the prisoner's eyes, nose, mouth, and buttocks with salt, so that he will die painfully in the thirsty hell, leaving behind a complete dehydrated body."

"Very good, I think it's just right for these free blades, hehe."

Maria wanted to say that this kind of laughter really didn't suit you, but since Annan was having fun acting, she turned around and made preparations.

"No...no, sir, I am one of you!"

Suddenly, a shout rang out among the restless and silent Freeblades. The man in the felt hat cried out, "I am a spy sent in, not a Freeblade!"

The Free Blades looked at their former companions with an expression of disbelief. Now he had no shame at all. He mentioned several names and said that he had sneaked into the Free City under the orders of Sheriff Milburn.

Annan exhaled and said to Maria, who had not walked far away and was standing in the corner, "My acting is okay, right?"

"As expected of Lord Annan..." It was Dirk who echoed this, bowing deeply to Annan.

Annan untied his rope himself and asked in surprise, "You know all this?"

"We may be weak, but we are definitely not stupid."

They developed slowly on Holt Street, so although the local residents did not like the Freeblade disrupting their peaceful lives, they had no chance to contact them. After being caught, Dirk thought for a long time and decided that it could only be their own people who had problems...

But until the spy jumped out, he thought it was someone who accidentally let the cat out of the bag, not a traitor...

"Are you the rat lady?" he asked Maria.

Maria nodded modestly.

Finally, Dirk looked at his former companion with a pale face, unable to understand his betrayal: "Buster, I can't believe it's you who betrayed us... Have you forgotten our declaration!?"

"What a bullshit declaration. Save all the people like us? We can't even save ourselves!" The man named Buster lost his mind due to the sudden changes and roared, "Remember Horn and Aunt Lime? Do you remember how they died? They starved to death! Did anyone save them at that time? No one!"

"I just want to live, I just don't want to worry about what to eat tomorrow. That woman gave us a bag of money, but did you buy anything with it? Nothing! We still can only eat one meal a day! I've had enough. What's wrong with me working for the nobles? At least I can eat meat as their dog!"

"What's the difference between being a dog of Liberty City or a dog of the Kingdom? They are all hiding behind and watching us fight each other! The only one who can save us is ourselves!"

"Sorry to interrupt." Annan suddenly interrupted Buster's hysteria, "You seem to have forgotten what Dirk called me just now." Buster, with bloodshot eyes and saliva flying, was stunned.

"I, Annan Reeves, came to the new capital in person to destroy the Kingdom of Rekanel. So your statement of 'hiding behind' is not accurate." Annan said softly.

"As for what I just said, one thing is true."

“Salt Prison is real.”

In the end, Annan did not use the Salt Prison to try Buster. It had nothing to do with the fear of causing grief to Dirk and the others, but because Buster's crime was not serious enough.

The traitor's problem was solved, and Annan was ready to talk to Dirk. He suddenly said, "Lord Annan... can you send us to the front line?"

"why?"

"We know your identity..."

"What's the big deal? Would I worry that you would betray me?" Annan smiled.

Dirk said seriously: "We will not betray you for profit like Buster did, but we cannot be sure that we can still keep the secret when painful punishment pries open our mouths."

“You must not have seen Let the Magic Fly.”

"what is that?"

"Teach you how to unite everything that can be united and fight against the enemy."

Dirk was still very persistent. Seeing that he couldn't be persuaded, Annan had no choice but to say, "Okay, I'll let you go to Little Smoo."

At least Liberty City has twelve more future residents.

Witnessing the emotional Dirk stepping into the portal, they ended their struggle in the new capital, and their hopes would be carried by Annan to destroy the Kingdom of Rekanel.

As for the outcome for the traitor Buster… although he escaped the Salt Prison, he will still be hanged as a Free Blade.

Sheriff Milburn...

He avoided being framed as the Free Blade because Annan suddenly transferred to the Purification Court, but he couldn't blame Annan for jumping out on his own initiative...

Buster sat in the cell in a daze, thinking back to what had happened during the day?
Am I really wrong? I betrayed my companions for the sake of profit. How is my behavior different from that of the people of the kingdom whom I hate?
Da da da--

The sound of footsteps in the quiet dungeon made him look up and see the president of the court... no, the Lord of Liberty City, Annan Reeves, standing outside the cell.

"Do you want to redeem yourself from your crime?"

……

A few minutes later, Annan obtained Buster's "false testimony", and with the help of witnesses, they were able to break into Sheriff Milburn's estate and search it with justification.

The nobles are all corrupt, especially the city guards. Although they are not unforgivable, they have committed many crimes and there is no shortage of evidence for their crimes.

If all else fails, Annan can still fabricate evidence.

Before dealing with this former rival, Annan took some time to return to the official residence, but he did not expect that Olmedo had already found out the news.

"The question you asked about protecting the church has been answered."

(End of this chapter)