Love and passion, cutting up the wasteland.

"After learning that Tin Fist has returned, the United City will definitely recall the Blood of the Eyes, the slave marshal, from the Bast front." The sky was high and the air was clear. Lu Meng stood on the steel platform of the lagoon in the depression, and the waves of the lake hit his feet. "Only in this way can a new balance be formed."

This was something that both he and the anti-slavery activist Ash had anticipated.

As for the Holy Nation, without the Blood of the Eye in command, there would be no one to restrain the flames on the Buster front.

——When the Flame Guardians passed through Rebirth Town, their real purpose was to support and defend the northern front. As for forcing back More of the Flotsam Ninjas, it was just a side job.

Although the current generation of Phoenix is ​​an outstanding martial artist and a rare hero, it is conceivable that the "reincarnation" inheritance model of the Holy Lord cannot guarantee that every generation will be the same. In the history of the Holy Kingdom, there have been mediocre people who could not even lift the inscribed sword.

What allowed the Holy Lord to suppress the rest of the princes and generals in the country, apart from the faith of the Auckland Church, was the guards of flames that had been passed down from generation to generation.

Each generation of Flame Guardians is the strongest paladin in the entire Holy Empire and symbolizes the highest honor among knights. They are only loyal to the Holy Lord and are willing to abandon their wives and children for this.

The way they select the Flame Guardians is the only similarity between the Holy Kingdom and its old enemy, the Shek Kingdom. A replacement can only be made after a duel and when the flames are stained with the blood of their predecessors.

Lu Meng estimated that the current Flame Guardian was about seventy years old, but since he took office, he had not yet faced any decent challenger.

"Unless it is truly a crisis involving the survival of the Holy Nation, the Flame Guardians will not easily go out again and leave the Holy Lord's side - Long En has calculated this." Lu Meng thought, "The transfer of Blood of the Eyes will at most mean that the United City's plan to avenge Buster has failed, but the battle line will not be pushed back to the country."

However, a large part of the president's reputation was accumulated under the banner of revenge for the burning of Buster.

For this purpose, he also formed a huge imperial army, which was called the Central Army but actually only obeyed his own orders.

Now frustrated in Buster.

It is bound to be a major blow to its reputation and legitimacy.

"But the impact is probably very limited." Lu Meng sighed softly, "Long En has now accumulated enough power in the Northern United City, and the last dissident has been eliminated. Even if he swallows his original oath, no one can shake his position."

Not to mention the monster called Eye Blood.

To deal with an opponent like Long En, even Lu Meng would find it difficult to find his flaws.

And while the anti-slavers had indeed caused a great deal of damage after so many years of efforts, the fear they had caused had pushed the remaining noble forces under the command of the Merchant Guild, making them feel that they could only protect themselves by relying on Long En.

Indirectly promoted its unity.

Make the United Cities more difficult to deal with.

There is even something strange behind the other Bast tragedy - Bast is an important grain-producing town in the United Cities, and the Merchant Guild has already established a trade network. How could they not detect the movements of the Holy Kingdom's God's Wrath?

If they had given advance warning, although Bastet would have been attacked, when the coalition forces arrived, the entire city would not have been abducted and even the noble lords would not have been executed and burned to death.

The power of the nobility was further weakened.

Lu Meng recalled that the Black Knight Griffin once told him that there were two high-level inquisitors, one in charge of internal affairs and the other in charge of external affairs. Varnate had won victory after victory on the front line, and the number of slaves he captured and sent to Rebirth Town far exceeded that of the heresy trial conducted by Seta in the country, which further increased his power.

There was a great war between the two countries, but the commander behind it benefited at the same time.

This can't help but make people think wildly.

You know, Long En’s number one ally is Lady Kana, and her slave trading guild can even extend its tentacles into the Holy Kingdom.

On the other hand.

The destruction of Bastet also led to the outbreak of the Bloody Rebellion in the southern city-states.

The reduction in grain production is not the only reason for the Bloody Rebellion, but it is definitely the biggest fuse - Long En, who is in charge of the trade routes, is the one who can pull the trigger at any time.

The Bloody Rebellion weakened the southern nobility and directly killed the previous emperor, and the newly elected Tengu became his puppet.

Interlocking.

Merchant guilds became the biggest beneficiaries.

Although Long En has always been lurking behind the scenes, as if it was only the trend of the times that pushed him to this position, there are too many coincidences, which are enough for perceptive people to piece together the president's path to wealth.

If Lu Meng had not used the whereabouts of the intelligent core to tear open a gap between the northern and southern city-states... if a warrior country that was completely ruled by Long En and truly united appeared, what it would look like, no one could tell.

This is also the reason why Hui fully supports Lu Meng.

In the opinion of the Bee Prince, the only way to defeat Long En is to rely on an "accident" that had never appeared in the president's plan from the beginning.

One is the birth of anti-slavery activists.

No one could have imagined that Tin Fist, a figure who seemed to be from the ancient legendary era, would appear.

Also choose to help humanity.

But after fighting for such a long time, Long En used the Yamudu he cultivated to figure out the anti-slavery opponents' thinking and suppressed their influence.

It is difficult to find new breakthroughs.

Hui observed the remaining seeds for a long time. Some of them were even traps set by the enemy... But in the end he still chose Lu Beiyou, the nameless one.

Although his reputation has spread and he doesn't seem to be someone that Long En would ignore, it was not until he met him in person that Hui realized that behind Lu Beiyou's many identities, there was something even more unknown.

It often brings people great surprises.

——Or maybe it was a shock.

This young man is disguising himself in this way.

Gray judgment.

Then, perhaps there is still hope.

Facts have proved that Lu Meng has confirmed his guess. There are indeed conflicts between the United City of North and South, the sword-bearing nobles and the robe-wearing nobles, but to have them explode in this form is definitely not what Long En wants to see.

No matter how he had used these contradictions and laid out his plan to annex South United City, it seemed that he had to start all over again now.

Since I can't figure it out.

Just overturn the table.

This was Lu Meng's answer. "But you have to be careful. I have to say... Long En is also a very lucky man." This was the last thing Hui said to him, "He was able to pick out the Eye Blood from among so many slaves... This is more profitable than a hundred conspiracies."

Also more destructive.

After all, no matter how terrifying Long En is, he is just a mortal.

Master the trump card of Eye Blood.

He can always be safe and sound.

The nobles couldn't even try to incite the army to revolt - even if they did, it would be useless.

Back to the beginning, there were rebellious slaves everywhere. The Hunter Gang ship owner who sold Eye Blood for just an additional 200 Cat coins must have regretted it now.

Before this, people had never imagined that a soldier bee from the Southern Hive could be so tame.

In the past, when they bought them, they would throw them into the arena and leave them to the wild beasts for the show.

Gray also regretted it.

I regret not rescuing those slaves earlier, which eventually led to Long En's bloody eyes - but such thoughts are all hindsight.

The person cannot be saved.

When Eyeblood was first bought, he was just a slightly violent and rebellious slave. He showed some talent, but not enough for everyone to take him seriously.

No one had the foresight to foresee that an ordinary soldier bee slave would grow so quickly to his current level, become the empire's marshal, and become the "ultimate solution" to all problems.

This can only be called luck.

Lu Meng expressed his deep agreement - at least in front of Hui.

In his heart, he could only curse the production team.

Make this plug-in tailor-made for Long En.

But then again, which of these level-breaking guys are not considered cheats?

The knight who protects the holy lord, the tin fist of the anti-slavery fighter, the blood of Long En's eyes...

It is also they who can establish a new cycle for the continent's order above the war level.

The strength or weakness of the former may determine the victory or defeat on one or two fronts or even several wars.

The latter directly affects the overthrow of the entire national power.

The bad news is that Lu Meng himself is not yet able to reach such a level. He has not even fully reached the limit of the current framework.

The good news is that even if the Eye Blood is deployed, it will not be his turn to worry about it for the time being.

Gray would say this to him, which undoubtedly made it clear: there is also the Tin Fist.

With Brother Quanzi around, it is impossible for Long En to use the Blood of the Eyes to destroy his forces or even kill Lu Meng himself. What's more, the other party may not be sure that he has reached a quasi-alliance relationship with the anti-slavery factions in private.

This raises suspicion.

Eye Blood is Long En's true trusted trump card. If he is dispatched to attack Shandi, he will actually be lured away from the mountain and fall into danger.

As Hui's old rival, he had to be on guard - even if Lu Meng had left the Flash Land now, if Long En couldn't track him down, it would make him feel helpless and afraid to act rashly.

This was also the countermeasure they had discussed at the beginning.

"Red King, we will leave first." Huang Xiang, wearing a black robe that covered his pair of steel feet, bowed to the young man on the shore.

They boarded the Tortoise.

Although it was not the direction I came from in the dream, it was also heading north, towards the legendary grassland, where the first fire shone.

Lu Meng waved his hand enthusiastically, indicating that they didn't need to feel any burden.

As he and Hui had confirmed, he couldn't go back yet - what's more, there was still work to be done. Long En had triggered a rebellion in Ai Mine Town, one to support Tengu's ascension to power, and the other to weaken the power of the Southern United City.

Now, it's time for him to suffer the consequences of his actions.

"Blood in the eyes, right..." Looking at the drifters' receding backs, Lu Meng was not frustrated by the powerful enemy or the coming threat. His mind was constantly churning with memories, strategies, and details of the slave ship described by Huang Xiang.

Even the captain of the Hunter Gang didn't know.

The slaves who broke free from their restraints and caused chaos at the dock were the ones who were responsible for more than just blood.

There used to be a companion of the God of Death, who was regarded as an equally capable fighter - but he was low-key and cautious by nature, so he was completely overshadowed by the violent actions of his purple-skinned compatriots in the south, and was simply regarded as someone who took advantage of the chaos to escape.

After being caught by the Hunter Gang, the slave owner did not punish him severely, not realizing that he was actually trying to take the opportunity to rescue Eye Blood. Unfortunately, before he could make a move, Long En had already bought the latter and left the Lagoon Town in the North.

Never see each other again.

As the saying goes, "different destinies at the same time": even if you have the same talent, in order to become the Blood of the Eye, you must be discovered and cultivated by a person like Long En.

If it were any other master, he would probably just be an ordinary servant at this moment, or even be whipped to death because of his excessive temper.

——Perhaps it was because the new owner had spent a small amount of money to buy the slave and felt sorry for him and was reluctant to let him go, so beating and killing him was out of the question.

It's just a master and a slave traveling around.

But now, Lu Meng knew their possible whereabouts.

The "mute".

Right in the town of Sad Mine.

(End of this chapter)