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Chapter 49 How Do I Pay What I Owe You?
"Seniors, please listen to me!" Next to the big tent of the rebel army where Irene often stayed, Leod was standing in front of the conference table, reporting to seven veterans of the rebel army with different expressions, "Irene Leader, for the sake of a so-called leader of honor, she simply drew her sword and stabbed me in the neck..."

"For the sake of an outsider, threatening your own commander, how can such a move convince the public!"

After getting away from Irene just now, he immediately went back to his tent, ready to do something.

As a result, as soon as he returned to the tent, the guard told him that Baldwin had reported to the elders shortly after he left.

This time, Leonard simply went straight to the meeting hall without even treating the wound on his neck.

Compared with the big tent of the Rebel Army, the meeting hall is a place with stronger airtightness and stronger sound insulation - because it is a fixed building, not a mobile tent like the big tent.

And this was only started after Irene was elected as the leader.

The purpose is to prevent the internal disputes of the veterans from being known to the lower-level rebel soldiers and cause misunderstandings.

It's just that now, this measure is not very useful.

"Leod, what do you mean?" A veteran who looked about 50 or [-] years old and wore a monocle in his right eye asked with a frown, "Outsider? You mean the man named Xia En?"

"Yes." Leod put away his indignation in an instant, and replied respectfully.

At this time, the positions of the elders on the conference table... looked somewhat strange.

The monocle veteran sat on the right side of the conference table with the other two, and the remaining one sat on the side of the conference table, neither to the left nor to the right.

There are three seats left, one is also on the side of neither left nor right, and two are on the left side of the conference table.

And one of the seats on the left belongs to Irene—as the leader of the rebel army, she naturally has a place in the council of elders.

"Although we and the leader usually have different opinions...But Leod, how much selfishness is mixed in your accusation?" Another elder continued.

Sitting among the three elders on the right, he was in his early 40s, with a broad chest and thick back, and a heavy jaw on one side. He looked extremely mighty.

And when he looked at Leod, there seemed to be a halo in his eyes, as if he was distinguishing whether there was a problem with Leod's words.

"Hmm..." Leod snorted, "Senior Mendez, I do have selfish intentions, but Chief Irene's behavior has become completely uncontrollable since he received the news from Corvi!"

"She just notified the council of elders, then led the team straight to Cedar Town, and after she came back, she threatened me because of the man next to her, just to make me take back a sentence..."

Resisting the pressure, Leonard tried his best to say, "I don't think such behavior is what a leader should have."

Hearing this, the halo in Mendes' eyes dissipated, and he nodded slightly.

In this way, it still makes sense.

At least from Mendes' point of view, he has no personal grievances with Irene, and he also recognizes Irene's character.

Their biggest dispute, and the only dispute, is which route the rebels should advance.

Mendez believes that the rebel army should be dispersed into small groups and each go to a different town for development.

On the other hand, Irene held the opposite attitude, thinking that such a strategy was too radical, because the Holy Cult fell into a dormant state after the big move three years ago.

And this is not abnormal, and the strength of the rebel army can only be regarded as reluctant, so it cannot be taken lightly.

Even after Irene pieced together some information based on the fragments of the map in her hand, she forcibly passed the decision to move the rebel camp southward with the authority of the leader.

You must know that the rebel army was able to grow three years ago because it absorbed the lord's rout, and this decision made the overall range of activities of the rebel army move southeast by nearly a thousand miles...

It is very suspected that the rebel army has become a rootless water.

"Leod, then who do you think should be..." The monocle veteran had just answered the words when he saw the door of the meeting hall open again.

An old man with gray hair came in, yawning as he walked, "Sorry, sorry, I'm late..."

"Riemann!" Seeing the old man's loose expression, the monocle veteran couldn't help scolding, "We should have sent someone to notify you of the meeting...how come you didn't come until now?!"

"I'm old, and my body is not as good as before." Riemann yawned again, "Forgive me, forgive me."

As he spoke, he smiled at Mendez, looking apologetic.

Mendes snorted coldly and didn't answer.

Riemann was an officer under the lord back then, and he led some rout soldiers to join the rebel army, but every time he fought, he would go to battle in person without any excuses.

His outstanding military exploits, and his participation in the meeting of the elders was also the result of his efforts with the group of defeated soldiers under him.

And this was in stark contrast to his usual lazy appearance.

Moreover, not to mention his merits, this guy usually never cares about the fight between Irene and Mendes. It is often that other people's faces are flushed (excluding Irene), and he snores there.

After the quarrel is over, take the time to ask the recorder what decision was finally reached.

It can be regarded as a centrist, and the old fritters have reached the extreme.

The other old man sitting next to Riemann looked hale and hearty, but a little too hale and hearty, as if he was thinking and calculating something all the time.

"The leader has arrived!" Just as Riemann was about to doze off, Baldwin's voice suddenly came from outside.

The next moment, the door of the barracks was opened, and Irene walked in with Shane and another middle-aged man.

"Boss, about the report from Leod..." According to his usual habit, Mendes did not even wait for Irene to sit down, and he did his part to stir up the topic.

"Hey...you are, Sean?" Just when Mendes was ready to attack, Riemann, who was supposed to close his eyes and rest, suddenly made a suspicious voice.

Xia En heard this, looked a little surprised, and then saw Riemann who seemed to have just woken up.

He laughed, "Uncle Riemann, why are you?"

He spoke easily, but Riemann quit.

The gray-haired old man jumped up from his seat, rushed in front of Xia En, and grabbed his collar, "Stinky boy, you asked me to borrow ten gold coins, but you still haven't paid me back!"

The atmosphere in the barracks was momentarily awkward.

"I'll pay it back, I'll just pay it off, didn't I go in a hurry..." Xia En nodded repeatedly, took out ten gold coins from the storage bag, and patted them in Riemann's hand, "Well, this is considered to be paid off. "

"What about the interest?"

"There is still interest... okay, just take another gold coin, okay?" Xia En took out another gold coin with a heartbroken face.

"...Well, okay." Riemann nodded, "You have paid off what you owe me, and what I owe you...how should I pay?"

There was a moment of silence in the barracks.

(End of this chapter)