Warlords of the witcher world

Chapter 140

The first stop of the Lord Protector's tour was the city of Kaedwen, which is very famous in the whole north, and even in the whole continent, Ban Ard.

It can be said that Kaedwin’s political significance is second only to Ad Kale’s city, and its influence is still higher than Ad Kale’s, and most importantly, it is not far from Ad Kale’s It is very suitable for the first stop of your tour.

The reason why Ben Ade is so famous is mainly because there is Ben Ade Academy, a magic academy corresponding to Arethusa Academy.

However, like Arethusa College, Ben Ade College does not teach magic completely, it actually provides higher education for nobles and rich merchants who can afford it.

As far as higher education is concerned, only the University of Bullburg can be better than these two colleges.

In the north, many public offices must be held by highly educated people, which is an absolute threshold.

Only the most powerful can ignore these rules, but not many people will break the rules.

Lord Protector had studied at Ben Ade College back then, but unfortunately, he was forced to drop out of school in the end.

Now, the Lord Protector led his patrol team to look at Ben Ade, feeling quite admirable in his heart.

Ban Ade is located on a high mountain, standing among the mountains.

Although the terrain is so remote and dangerous, there is a paved road with a luxurious width that circles the mountains, turning the journey into a passage.

You know, this is Kaedwen, the Kaedwin who is famous for his poverty.

Since the Lord Protector invaded Kaedwen, most of the places he has seen are dirt roads, and stone roads are rarely seen.

From a distance, Ban Ade looks like a tall tower. The whole city sits on a mountain that seems to have been cut off, surrounded by mountains.

Along the way, Herme saw many mine pits, and workers were working in them, transporting boxes of ore out of them.

The vicinity of Ban Ade is rich in mineral resources, so with these pits, the main industry of the city is actually mining.

The locals were not surprised by the arrival of the Duke Protector, nor did they feel much.

They just watched the Duke Protector's team enter calmly, just like watching the caravan entering Ban Ade to purchase ore and deliver supplies.

Because they have lived in the mountains for a long time, from the perspective of the Ban Ade people, the outside world has nothing to do with them, and they still concentrate on doing their own things in the mountains.

Ban Ard itself is a masonry city. The entire city is composed of masonry buildings. This is undoubtedly very rare in Kaedwen, where the main body is wooden houses. It can also be seen that the city is rich.

Before the gate of the city on top of the mountain, local teachers and powerful people, as well as teachers and professors of Ben Ade College, have already waited, waiting for the arrival of the Lord Protector.

These two groups of people stood on one side clearly, and they seemed to be very conflicted and wary of each other.

Herme looked at the waiting crowd, and then he saw a familiar figure, Dorrigaray, the dynamic (referring to monster) warlock who had made trouble in front of him in the past.

Standing in front of everyone in Ben Ade Academy, it is Dorrigare, an old acquaintance of Herme, who is now in charge of Ben Ade Academy.

As for how he became the headmaster of Ben Ade College, that's a long story.

The original Headmaster of the Academy was Gerhardt of Elle aka Hen Gedimides, one of the five members of the Society of Gifts and Arts, the central center of the Order of Warlocks.

Before the coup on Shaned Island, he was the oldest living warlock. He looks like an energetic middle-aged man, but he is actually close to 500 years old.

He is a child of immigrants from the "First Landing" of mankind, and was chosen to be taught by an elf mage to become a mage.

However, during the coup on Shaned Island, Hen Gedimides suffered a heart attack and died of invalid treatment.

In that coup, the Order of Warlocks lost too many heavyweights, and Heng Gedimides was just one of them.

It was precisely because of the deaths of these people that the Warlock Order collapsed so easily. Otherwise, it would not be so easy to end this organization that had influenced the north for hundreds of years.

After his death, and the impact of the Second Northern War, Ban Ade Academy was in chaos. First, a large number of students left the academy to go home, and then a large number of warlocks who escaped from Thaned Island poured in.

Most of the sorcerers even regarded the Ben Ade College they had attended as their new center of activity.

So many warlocks immediately began to fight for the power of the academy, in order to increase their bargaining chips in the chaos visible to the naked eye.

So from the dean to the teachers of the department, and even the captain of the security, there are people fighting for power, but no one is fighting for the position of principal.

At that time it seemed that it was only a matter of time before Nilfgaard conquered the North, and no one wanted to be the Headmaster of the Academy.

Everyone knows the strict management of Warlocks in the Southern Empire, and no one wants to be the one who wants to hand over the power of the academy to Emhyr, and then become an iconic and shameful figure in the history of Warlocks.

As an experienced warlock, Dorrigalei decisively took over the post of principal, a hot potato in everyone's eyes, in the face of the current chaos, and was able to rule the academy.

Then Dorrigaray showed a strong willingness to support the North, and the new principal expressed his trust in the North's victory in public on many occasions.

This was glaring in the context of the capitulation and defeat rhetoric at the time.

Many warlocks took advantage of this power to shake Dorrigale, but Dorrigale still insisted on his opinion and did not waver at all.

However, with the actions of the Lord Protector in Aedirn, the situation changed and the battle situation was reversed.

Those who once doubted Dorrigale have now started to flatter him, and Dorrigale's position as principal during that special period has also become a real principal's position.

Then Dorrigare used the power in his hands to support the northern countries. Under his order, the students of Ben Ade College were organized and sent to various positions suitable for them.

As for the warlocks, Dorrigaray couldn't mobilize many people, and most of the warlocks didn't want anything to do with the war at all.

Moreover, most of the warlocks who were good at fighting died in the bloody civil war on Thaned Island.

They now recognize Dorrigalei's power, but it is impossible to drive him to do anything.

In the end, Dorrigaray could only send a few warlocks who were willing to obey to the court of the kingdom with magic needs.

As for those warlock apprentices, they were sent to work overtime to make magic tools.

The magic industry in the north is systematic, and warlocks will produce a lot of handicrafts that are useful in life, and these things can also be used in the military.

There are even magic handicraft workshops in the north, but the scale of such workshops is very small.

After all, only Warlocks and Warlock Apprentices worked there, not even a single one whose number exceeded fifty, and the products produced were often only used by the middle and upper classes of society.

These little things are still useful, but because they are too "common" (for upper tiers), they are not as noticeable.

As a result, the contribution of Ban Ade College was largely ignored after the war.

After all, compared with the sorceresses wandering in the courts of the kings, these male sorceresses are so inconspicuous, and the resources they provide are so "ordinary".

Even the warlocks sent by Dorrigarei were basically squeezed out of the court after the war and returned to the academy. The influence of the male warlocks has now been completely reduced.

But to be precise, the influence of the "heirs of the sect" has been reduced in an all-round way.

Although they didn't go to Ben Ader, some sorceresses were also inclined to the idea of ​​Ben Ader's warlocks, and it was too arbitrary to divide men and women.

Ban Ade has concentrated a large number of the original power class of the order, and these "successors of the order" regard themselves as the successors of the order and the orthodox of the order.

They really want to rebuild the church, but most of the warlocks have an ambiguous attitude, choosing not to help each other, and watching from the sidelines.

After experiencing the tragedy of the coup d'état on Shaned Island, many warlocks became more resistant to politics, and developed some kind of post-traumatic trauma to politics.

Opposite them, of course, are the sorceresses headed by Philippa of Redania. Since the victory of the war, the jewel of Tritog's court has greatly increased in power, and many sorceresses have also defected to the past. Driven by Philippa.

(The assembly house is a secret organization, but the Redanian power group around Philippa is not.)
Philippa opposed the rebuilding of the Order, or to be precise, she demanded that she lead the rebuilding of the Order, which made many people very opposed.

Judging by Philippa's appearance, he wants to reorganize the organizational structure of the church. How can this satisfy the beneficiaries of the existing order in Ben Ade.

The most important thing is that Margarita next to Philipa even revealed that after Philipa took over the power, Arethusa College will completely overwhelm Ben Ade College and become the leader of the sect. There has been a lot of talk about the superiority of Arethusa College students over Ban Ade College students.

Margarita herself was only talking about it as a private matter, and she had no idea of ​​the possible political impact of what she said, let alone that her words would be leaked out, and that was it.

How could this make Ban Ade agree? The reaction was quite fierce, so the two sides naturally fell out.

Dorrigalley was quite angry about this. Although he was pushing ducks to the shelves, he still wanted to regain those influence and status-sitting in that position, his mentality would naturally change.

It's just that he doesn't know how to play with power at all, which leads to a big problem.

Now only Abelard in Aden still maintains their status. He was invited to the academy by the Lord Protector of Aden.

The Lord Protector of Aden was very close to the academy, so the academy naturally reciprocated, and began to continuously respond to Aden's goodwill and divert resources to Aden.

This time Aedirn invaded Kaedwen, and it was also for this reason that the academy directly chose to join Aedirn.

At present, among the northern countries, only Adian has such a strong goodwill towards the academy. Why don't you go to Adian and serve the dead Henselt?
"Master Dorrigale, I haven't seen you for a few years. It seems that you have changed a lot."

Facing the leader of magic in the north who is second only to Philippa, Herme got off her horse and said.

Facing Dorrigalley, etiquette must still be in place, and he still wants to get more talent support from Ben Ade Academy, not to mention political influence.

"You seem to have changed a lot. Back then, you were a little Bianbo, then became the Lord Protector of Aedirn, and now you have annexed Kaedwen."

Today's Dorrigaray is more like a principal who is exhausted for the academy than the animal protectionist who ran around all over the north to protect monsters.

The tiredness between the brows couldn't be hidden at all, Dorrigalei looked a few years older.

"It's all God's blessing, Cliff."

Herme blamed everything on the gods, and Dorrigalei didn't say anything when he saw this. It seems that this warlock has really changed.

If it was him before, he might have doubted the nature of the gods and tried to correct him.

Next, Herme met Mayor Ben Ade, a middle-aged man with the appearance of a miner. He was even dressed in classic miner uniforms, except that there were some beautiful decorations on it.

"Welcome, Lord Protector, I am Rigar, Mayor of Ben Ade."

The mayor also couldn't hide his fatigue between his brows, which made Herme curious, how could the mayor be so tired in this position.

Logically speaking, it would be very easy to be the mayor of such a city, no matter how rich the city is, and it is not on the border.

Herme didn't ask any questions, he just led his team into the city under the guidance, and he will ask about this kind of thing later.

And when Herme passed through the city gate, the first thing he saw was Ben Ade College, and the memories of this scene in this body also surfaced in his mind.

Ben Ade College stands like a huge tower in the city. This is the teaching building of the college.

There are a large number of outbuildings under the tower, which are basically the student dormitories of the college.

The Duke Protector couldn't help but smiled, the medieval university is quite interesting.

Then the Lord Protector led the team to walk on the streets of Ben Ade. Whenever he saw some buildings on the street, some memories automatically appeared in his mind.

Some annoyed him, some made the corners of his mouth twitch.

Although he knew that these memories belonged to his predecessor, and that person was not himself, but when these memories surfaced, he couldn't help but put himself in them.

I have to say, this is a wonderful feeling.

And through these memories and everything she saw, Herme's understanding of Ben Adler is also deepening.

In Ban Ade, the combined permanent population and floating population of this city are almost tens of thousands.

About one-half of them are migrants, and the students of the college account for [-] of them.

And the remaining half, excluding miners, basically make a living by providing services to students and miners.

It can be said that without colleges and minerals, this city is nothing more than a humble Kaedweni town.

Even in the entire north, this is considered a big city.

Soon, the Lord Protector came to the square of Ben Ade, which was called the Miners' Square because it was built by the Miners' Guild.

Because it is located in the center of the city, it naturally becomes the commercial center of the whole city. It is usually a big market full of vendors.

Now this place is naturally very lively. The Lord Protector saw an apprentice warlock selling the magic gadgets he made, a fat businessman bragging about how good his products are, and entertainers performing acrobatics.

The people were not panicked by the arrival of the Duke Protector's team. At most, they continued to be busy with their affairs after bowing respectfully to Herme.

"I like the sight."

The Lord Protector said from the bottom of his heart that he liked the prosperity, especially when he knew it was his own territory.

However, as soon as the Lord Protector's voice fell, there was a commotion in the miners' square.

The Lord Protector saw a group of miners approaching from the other side of the square with sticks. Seeing their aggressive appearance, most people would be in trouble next time.

On the other side corresponding to it, a group of students from Ben Ade College came in. They also held sticks, and some held knuckles.

"Oh, I forgot, Ben Ard's daily repertoire."

Herme immediately recalled what it was, and the smile on her face became stronger.

The "friendly exchange" between students and miners, I think he also participated in it back then.

An important reason for the bad reputation of Ban Ade College in Ban Ade is that students often have "daily exchanges" with local people, mainly miners.

Ben Ard College, being a boys' school, was stuffed with big, vigorous animals, and the miners were also in the prime of life, and belonged to vigorous animals.

With so many large animals, the local area naturally gathered a large number of prostitutes to serve these people.

The college doesn't manage much about it, as long as you don't bring prostitutes into the college, you can do whatever you want.

In the service, the two parties inevitably compete for resources, which leads to friction.

Not to mention the stumbling in some other daily relationships, and then everyone has to solve the problem.

Both sides are young and vigorous, especially the students. What stands out is that a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers. If you want to fight, then fight.

The fight between the two sides was like a chicken and dog jumping, and later it developed into a regular fight. The two sides fixed the conflict on a certain day, and then had a good blow to each other to vent it.

It seemed that Herme just caught up with such a day.

And seeing these two waves of people, the people in the market were very tacit and quickly put away their things, making room for them to fight.

It didn't take long for the square to be deserted.

"Ah, Lord Protector, please avoid it, the next thing is a bit disgraceful."

Mayor Ben Ade's face was a little bad. Didn't he tell these people that they couldn't fight today?Why are you still fighting.

Dorrigalei's complexion was also not good. The Duke Protector watched his students fight as soon as he came.

"It's nothing, it's nothing, I experienced it back then, I'll take a look now and see how my juniors play well."

Herme felt very interested, and it was good to see this kind of group fight.

It's just that, when the Lord Protector watched happily as the two waves of people were about to start a fight, some people with evil intentions were preparing nearby...

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"Odo, are we really going to do this? If we start, we will have no way out."

"Why, Waff, do you want to back down at this time? Don't even look at what time it is, and now we have to attack! Even if we don't do it, others will do it. When the assassination fails, someone will definitely be captured , then we will all have to be confessed!"

"But I... I still..."

"Don't worry too much. As long as you kill the Lord Protector of Aedirn, Kaedwen will be free. Once he dies, civil strife will break out in Aedirn, and then they will ignore Kaedwin!"

In the attic of a nearby apartment building, a group of men, many of them wearing old and faded Tan Banner uniforms, were preparing weapons, while others appeared to be students of Ben Ard College.

Compared with these former soldiers of the Brown Banner Battalion who were just calmly arranging their equipment, those students were much more nervous. They were very afraid of what would happen next.

Since Homer came to Kaedwen, he has dismissed many people in Kaedwen's army.

Especially the Brown Banner Battalion, the famous Kaedwenian light cavalry was directly ordered to disband.

This troop is basically bound to Henselt. As long as it is mentioned, people will immediately think of Henselt, so how could Hemei keep this troop.

The liquidation of the Henselt loyalists is very necessary. If the Henselt Gang (Herme) in the Kaedwen army is not cleared, then Hemme will never dare to use this army.

Yes, Herme kept Kaedwen's army, and he could only keep it. After all, all those military strata couldn't be cut off.

And with the various liquidations and dismissals in the army, this naturally produced a lot of dissatisfied people.

Some of them are now gathering people and horses to rebel in areas that have not yet been controlled by Aedirn, but it is only a matter of time before they are wiped out. They can only continue to wander in the vast wilderness and forest of Kaedwen.

Some are like this first, preparing to assassinate the Duke Protector.

These Kaedwenians are also quite accurate in their grasp of the Lord Protector's government.

Just as Homer killed Henselt and left the Kaedwens leaderless, if Homer was killed, Aedirn would immediately have to fight among himself.

Therefore, there was this large-scale assassination. After they inquired about Herme's tour plan, they were preparing. First, they contacted the Kaedwin students in Ben Ade College, and then found some family members who died in Hemei. Those who were involved in the Tianan War, ignited their hatred and recruited people to join them, and then organized the assassination.

And in the process, they gained the support of some people...

"So, get ready to do it, don't hesitate any longer, either he will die or we will die."

The former soldier of the Brown Banner Battalion handed the crossbow to the restless student in front of him, and said seriously to him.

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Marondo has been feeling uneasy.

I don't know why, since he entered Ben Ade, he has always had a sense of restlessness, and now this feeling of restlessness has reached its peak with the fight in front of him.

The fights between those students and the miners were really scary. Both sides were fighting with all their might, and they didn't hold back at all.

The beating is so bloody and bloody, and it is common to break teeth, but breaking bones is barely considered a relatively big thing.

Anyway, there are warlocks from Ben Ade College to provide medical treatment afterwards, and people will definitely not be beaten to death.

The Lord Protector was enjoying himself, and he seemed to be reminiscing about his past experiences-Marondo knew that the Lord Protector had been through these things.

"Garth Luojia, let your people come forward, I am afraid that the fight among these thugs will involve Lord Protector."

The Vilam chief nodded, and then called his people to form a human wall in front of the Lord Protector.

This did not affect the Lord Protector watching, he was much taller than the Weilang people on the horse.

Looking at the figure of the Weilang people, Marendo sighed.

In terms of guard work, these large lizards are much more deterrent than them. Such a group of large lizards is enough to scare away most young people.

However, although the Weilang people formed a line of defense, Marondo still felt a strong sense of uneasiness, which could not dissipate no matter what.

How did this feeling come about?

Marondo looked around, looking for an answer, and as he looked around, he did find it.

The captain of the guard saw some people with nervous expressions, and some people who were vaguely trying to get close to the Duke Protector.

And the center of the fight between the students and the miners... is getting closer and closer to the Lord Protector.

Marondo subconsciously put his hand on the wheel-wheel gun at his waist, something is wrong, damn it, this is absolutely wrong.

The captain of the guard quickly sent a few soldiers to the back to call up the musketeers. He had a strong premonition that these people would be needed next.

With the firepower of the musketeers, no matter what enemy you face, you don't have to be afraid.

Next, Marondo rode his horse to the Duke Protector, and when he was about to share his thoughts with the Duke Protector, he heard the roar of a musket.

Marondo felt something hit his breastplate, and felt a strong impact on his chest, and the impact even made him feel a little painful.

The captain of the guard almost fell off his horse. After he stabilized his horse, he looked towards the place where he was hit.

I saw that the part of the breastplate that felt the impact was directly dented. It was obviously hit by a musket, but fortunately, although the musket broke the breastplate, it was blocked by the chain mail armor behind it.

"Enemy attack! Protect the Lord Protector!"

So he yelled at once, and with his wheel-wheel, he overturned the musketeer who was shooting at him, who was on the roof.

And with his roar, the whole scene became chaotic.

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"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The roar of muskets kept ringing, and Herme was a little unresponsive. Why was he suddenly set on fire?

Not only bullets were fired at the protector, but also crossbow arrows. Arquebuses and crossbowmen appeared on several nearby rooftops, and they were all shooting at the protector.

If it weren't for the quick response of the qualified guards and the Weilang people to block these attacks with their bodies and shields, the Lord Protector would have been beaten into a sieve long ago.

Other guards drew their wheel-wheel guns and fired at the shooters on nearby rooftops and platforms.

Musket shooting is also a skill that the National Guards must master, so their accuracy is very good.

As the muskets roared, those shooters fell down one after another, and the rest did not dare to stand up.

However, the assassination will not end like this.

With the sound of horns from nowhere, suddenly many assassins rushed out from all directions. Some of them were dressed in the uniform of the Brown Banner Battalion, some were dressed as students, and some were dressed as ordinary citizens or even farmers.

And they all held sharp knives in their hands, and they all looked like they were going to kill the Duke Protector. At this point, everyone understood that this was a long-planned assassination!

With so many besiegers suddenly appearing, the guards around the Duke Protector instantly became insufficient, and the original perfect defensive circle was immediately burst into several holes.

During the scuffle, several assassins directly rushed to Hemei's face.

"clang!"

Homer used the elven scimitar in her hand to avoid the long sword of the first assassin who rushed in front of him.

This fellow took the lead, leaving his companions behind, and only wanted to avenge his family by beheading the Lord Protector.

When he avoided the assassin's sword with strong hatred, Hemei saw a face distorted by hatred.

This made Duke Protector feel chills all of a sudden, he doesn't like this kind of person, he doesn't like that kind of face.

In order to ease his bad feelings, Duke Protector chopped off the assassin's left shoulder.

With the cutting of the scimitar, the sharp blade chopped off the entire left arm with great ease, and with the gushing blood, the fanatical assassin fell down screaming.

This scene awakened the assassins who were feverish after seeing Herme, and the lessons learned from their companions reminded them that the target was not some powerless nobleman, but a battle-hardened warrior!

By now, Duke Protector had basically come to his senses and knew what he was facing. Now he had to defend his own life.

The assassins did not rush and fight like before, but scattered around and surrounded the Duke Protector.

Judging by their attire, these people are basically citizens and students. As for the veterans, they are busy blocking Herme's guards.

Seeing this, the nearby guards and Weilang people all rushed towards this side desperately, but these assassins blocked them desperately.

The assassin knew that if these people came to the Lord Protector, they would fail completely, so the veterans of the Brown Banner Battalion played desperately, blocking the guards and the Weilang people.

But to the surprise of these assassins, Herme took the initiative to attack!

He first drove his steed over the front of the enemy, and then began to swing his elf scimitar.

As the Duke Protector's scimitar continued to stab and dance, several assassins died under his swing.

After chopping down one person, the protector immediately slashed at the other person with the fastest speed, ending their lives.

Herme understood that in such a battle, she was already at a disadvantage.

It is even more impossible to let the assassin take the initiative. If the assassin takes the initiative, it is really doomed.

Herme's battlefield skills are pretty good, and it's not a problem to beat these improvised garbage teams. It's enough to last for a while in such an occasion, and this is enough.

After easily avoiding the two spears that were stabbing towards him, Herme immediately responded, and the tip of the blade scratched the heart of one of the assassins, causing him to fall.

Herme didn't stay too long, but quickly turned the sword to another enemy.

The assassin was still thinking about running away, but the scene just now frightened him into a fool, but when he exposed his back, the machete slashed down.

Judging by the attire of these two people, most of them are just students, no wonder they look so unfamiliar, this makes the Duke Hu Guo sigh.

These assassins did not expect that Duke Protector would be so powerful, and the battlefield skills he showed were so much stronger than them.

However, although their faces were ugly, their hearts to assassinate Herme were not shaken, and they still firmly besieged Herme.

After all, only with the Lord Protector dead would Kaedwin be free and they would live.

This group of people is like brown sugar, no matter how Hemei drives the horse, they will surround him tightly.

And there were people fighting everywhere nearby, which made Herme dare not ride the horse and gallop. If one of them couldn't manage to bump into someone, and he had to roll off the top, it would be over.

"Protect the Lord Protector!"

Such shouts seemed to be urging the assassin to do something, and another assassin rushed forward, but was directly trampled by the horse driven by Duke Huguo.

Under the trampling of the war horse, the assassin in the uniform of the Brown Banner Battalion kept screaming, making the other assassins fearful.

They were not professionals, not even military personnel, and it was really embarrassing for them to assassinate the Lord Protector.

And these people haven't collapsed yet, it's just because hatred is supporting them.

It's not easy for Duke Hu. He knows very well that if these people rush forward next, he doesn't know if he can stop it.

Thinking of this, Duke Protector took out a helmet from the saddle pocket and put it on his head, then put down the visor, no matter what, it was at least safer.

Since so many assassins were arranged, there was no reason for them not to arrange shooters. Although many were killed, who could say that there were no hidden ones?
After a few more seconds, the assassins plucked up their courage, and they swarmed directly at Herme. The Protector felt very difficult. Damn, where are his people?If you don't come again, you will really be finished.

Just when the Duke Huo was about to drive his war horse and make a direct charge, a burst of muskets roared.

This voice was very familiar to Herme, who had heard it countless times.

For it was the sound of his Musketeers.

"Bang bang bang bang bang!"

The matchlock guns kept roaring, and the matchlock gunmen who had found the shooting position kept firing.

Assassins fell in groups before them like wheat facing a scythe.

The assassins around Herme were given special attention. It didn't take long for them to lose almost all their casualties, and the rest of them also ran away.

Seeing this, Hermena was relieved. It seemed that this damn assassination was finally coming to an end.

With the arrival of the arquebus team, there are also a large number of Cossack riders. For a long time, in order to show his relationship with the land of Cossacks, Duke Protector has a team of Cossacks around him.

Arriving here, the assassins also realized that assassination is absolutely unfeasible, so what they have to do now is to run away according to their own abilities.

Herme watched the Cossacks chasing and killing the assassins, surrounded by guards and Verands, and Marondo and Gasroja knelt directly in front of the Protector.

They are pleading guilty to the protector of the country. It is their task to protect the protector of the country, but they have not completed this task well, so it is not an apology.

The Lord Protector didn't answer them immediately, but looked at Mayor Ben Ade who was trembling in front of him.

Duke Hu Guo suffered such a large-scale assassination here, and he said that there is no problem with him, so the devil would believe it.

In comparison, Dorrigaray was much calmer.

Of course, it is only on the surface, strictly speaking, their Ban Ade Academy is also responsible for this matter.

After all, the fight happened so coincidentally that it was hard to say whether there was a problem with the academy.

On the other side, the soldiers were neatly stacking the corpses of the assassins. These people were dressed in all kinds of clothes.

The scene was a mess, nothing could be seen except blood and corpses, and the two waves of people who had fought before had fled when the fight started.

"I need a purge, both of you, so I need your cooperation."

Herme's tone was very plain, but there were countless horrors in the plainness.

Judging from the scene, there were almost a hundred assassins. Such a large-scale attack could not be organized by a few lone wolves.

And such a large-scale attack, without any leaks in the middle, and his whereabouts are so clear, it's no problem to believe it.

Therefore, there must be the support of powerful people in Kaedwen behind this. The handling of Ben Ade is just the beginning, and the Lord Protector must settle accounts with them because of this.

Even if these people did not participate, it would not affect the plan of the Lord Protector to settle accounts. Some things are just incidental.

As for the two people in front of the Duke Protector, they can only agree submissively, what if they don't agree?Revolt?Rebel?It's better than just committing suicide.

They knew that a certain terrible box was about to be opened because of the Lord Protector's current order, and it was absolutely impossible for the Lord Protector to just clean up Ben Ade and end the matter.

And all they can do is accept it and pray that the storm doesn't blow over them.

"As for you two."

Herme looked at his two captains of the guards who failed to complete their tasks. Seeing these two, he became very angry.

Thinking that he had to face a group of assassins, and survived by relying on the chickens on the opposite side, Duke Hu Guo wanted to drag these two guys out and hang him.

However, when he thought about Duke Hu, he thought that if he hanged these two people, he would have to find the captain of the guard again. By then, the newcomer would not be familiar with the business, and it would be even more dangerous.

Moreover, they have followed me for so long, and they have feelings for themselves, and they are not used to changing people.

"Both of you, go down and receive thirty whips, and your salary will be deducted for one year. Do you have any objections? Then, I don't want what happened today to happen again."

The protector of the country has said so, how could they have any opinions, and how dare they have any opinions.

The Lord Protector is already showing great mercy. Originally, this person and the lizard were all ready to be hanged.

As for the thirty whips and wages... the former will be over, but the latter, they don't live on wages now, so it doesn't matter.

But they didn't dare to relax, if something like this happened again next time... So they prepared to start training the troops as soon as this incident was over.

(End of this chapter)