Lord Saren: I have a proficiency panel

Chapter 20 Cleaning
  Seeing Caton's performance, Rody was very satisfied. He turned to look at Barron next to him and showed him an apologetic smile.

Barron shook his head helplessly. He was also startled by Lodi's sudden action. Julius looked sturdy, and when he came in, he almost hit his head on the beam of the wooden house. Judging from the body shape, it is obvious that he has practiced the Wild Bear Breathing Technique to the second level or above. Logically speaking, even if he is naked, his defense power is equivalent to a layer of strong leather armor.

But Lodi's black iron long sword was like cutting cheese, piercing it without any hesitation. This once again impressed Barron with his strength.

But, this kid is really messy. Julius is now the actual leader of the territory, and God knows how loyal those soldiers are to him. Now that they are being killed without any warning, how are those soldiers going to control them? What to do with the attendants outside?

However, when he saw that Lodi had left Caton alive, he suddenly understood Lodi's next plan.

"Sir, I will go out right away and gather my troops, all for your use." Katon stood up tremblingly and wanted to escape immediately.

"Stop." Luo Di said coldly.

Katon was startled and stopped immediately, his body shaking with fear.

"Are you going out like this?"

Luo Di restrained his murderous intent, pulled Caton to his side, and while helping him tidy up his collar that was messy due to being choked, he said in a gentle tone: "I heard from Joseph that you are quite friendly to him. On weekdays, Liya didn't make things difficult for him?"

When Caton heard this, he seemed to see a glimmer of hope, and nodded quickly: "Yes, Joseph is my friend, no! No! I said it wrong. Joseph is my lord, and I have always been loyal to him. Of course, I will definitely be loyal to you! Even more loyal than before!"

"That's right." Luo Di smiled and patted his shoulder and said: "You can be considered a sensible person, and I appreciate this very much. To be honest, you have no other way out. You can only survive by following me. .Because I am your master, understand?"

"Yes, you are my master. I swear, I will always be loyal to you!" Caton immediately bowed and said.

"Don't be nervous, sit down." Luo Di pulled Caton to the table and pressed him on the chair.

Under Lodi's influence, Caton calmed down a bit, but when he saw his three former colleagues lying motionless in a pool of blood, his body began to tremble uncontrollably.

"Try the abyssal spirit we brought from the territory. This is a fine product brewed by a dwarf master from the south." Lodi pushed a goblet in front of Caton.

Caton picked up the wine glass and drank it in one gulp. He relaxed his mood slightly and quickly expressed his loyalty again: "My lord, Julius and the others boldly committed this crime and disrespected their master. It would be a shame to die. His confidants and all his belongings I know everything about property. As long as you can give me another chance, I can do whatever you want."

"Then what are you going to do?" Lodi asked.

Without thinking, Katon immediately replied: "It all depends on your instructions! I will do whatever you tell me to do!"

Lodi was very satisfied with his performance, nodded and said: "Okay. I want you to quietly find your deputy and assemble your team. Then under my leadership, all Julius in the territory will Thoroughly cleanse your confidants.”

When he heard the word 'cleaning', Katon's expression froze and he glanced at Luo Di with some fear. There are many close friends of Julius who are related to him, and they have some kind of brotherhood.

Lodi solemnly promised: "After the matter is completed, I will still retain your position as squadron leader. In the name of Lord Talon, I promise you that you will be the first squadron leader of our Talon territory."

Carton knew he had no room for bargaining. Lord Lodi possesses absolutely unquestionable authority, both in terms of strength and status.

‘As the squadron leader of the Talon Territory, of course you must obey the orders of Lord Talon. ’ Caton comforted himself in his heart, drank the wine in one gulp, and bowed to Luo Di: “I will obey your orders!”

He stood up, opened the heavy curtain of the cabin, and waved to his adjutant who was eating in the cabin in the distance. In order not to make Lodi suspicious, half of his body deliberately did not leave the cabin.

After a while, the adjutant ran over and asked softly: "Sir, what's the matter?"

Caton whispered to the adjutant: "Go to my manor and assemble our third squadron. Everyone must wear armor and hold a sword. Be careful not to alarm anyone, especially people from other squadrons."

The adjutant didn't know why, but as Caton's confidant, of course he followed his orders, bowed immediately and walked to Caton's manor.

Although the Talon territory has about 50,000 acres of land, the barracks and officers' residences are basically near the fortress. After a while, fourteen people from the third squadron arrived in front of the cabin.

The adjutants and attendants of other squadrons who were drinking and eating meat in the wooden shed saw these people arriving and were a little confused for a moment. The people in the Third Squadron were also very confused, thinking, are they coming to have a barbecue with the adults? But why be armed?
  At this time, Rody and Caton walked out of the wooden shed together, and everyone immediately looked at them.

One of Julius's adjutants asked directly: "Hey, Master Caton. Is Master Julius okay in there? Master Lodi, you are carrying a bow and arrow on your back. Maybe there are not enough wild animals, and you are going to shoot some more." ?”

Caton did not answer him, but whispered to Lodi beside him: "Sir, my team has been assembled."

Luo Di nodded and asked: "Tell me, among these servants who are eating, who are their confidants?"

Katon raised his arm and pointed at a few people calmly, including the adjutant who asked the question just now.

The adjutant felt something was wrong in the atmosphere, and immediately rushed to the cabin, preparing to go inside to check on Julius. However, Lodi had already taken off the elf bow from his back, and then bent the bow with arrows.

Only the sound of 'swish, swish' was heard, and without any warning, Luo Di started the volley of arrows mode at the attendants on the field.

Caught off guard, the attendants were hit by arrows and fell to the ground before they could react. Including the adjutant who wanted to enter the room just now.

One person saw that something was wrong and wanted to turn around and run away, but Caton already had the idea of ​​​​staining blood to show his loyalty, so he immediately stepped forward and chopped the escaping person to the ground in one fell swoop.

"Listen!" Katon shouted loudly: "Julius committed a rebellious act and tried to rebel against the lord. I, Katon, killed him!"

As he spoke, he pointed his sword forward and ordered the Third Squadron under his command: "The Third Squadron obeys the order and captures Julius' accomplices. Anyone who dares to resist will be killed!"

With this order, the original banquet suddenly fell into chaos. Some people began to flee in a hurry. Some people did not believe this was true, and took out daggers with their backhands and charged at Katon. Under Caton's order, the men of the third squadron raised their swords in unison, and the two groups immediately fell into a fierce battle.

Although they are in the same territory, they belong to different teams. On weekdays, they compete for water sources and occupy land. There are some disputes of interests and a sense of opposition between them. Since Caton's status was inferior to that of Julius and the other three, it was often the third squadron that suffered. At this moment, old and new grudges were added together, and the superiors of both sides were involved, and it suddenly entered a fierce close combat.

Rody, on the other hand, holds a bow and arrow and is responsible for controlling the field. As soon as someone fled far away, he would shoot them to death.

Since Katon's side was well prepared and most of the soldiers were wearing armor and holding swords, the battle soon became one-sided. Most of the people were killed on the spot, while a small number of people raised their hands and surrendered.

After this round of massacre, the victors were all red-eyed. At that moment, Caton led the men of the third squadron and charged towards Talon Fortress.

And Luo Di always followed Caton, firstly for surveillance, and secondly because he was afraid that Caton was not strong enough.

The people staying in Talon Fortress were all middle-level officers under Julius and Uquis. At this time, they were drinking, eating meat and playing with women. They were caught off guard and had no organized and effective defense at all.

Even if someone senses something is wrong and breaks through armor in time to fight, they still can't stop Lodi's moves.

Soon, the fortress fell into another one-sided massacre.

Luo Di looked at this rabble and shook his head secretly. This team cannot be regarded as real knights at all. The whole scene is like a fight between villagers.

The only difference is that these people are more ruthless and know how to kill the enemy more effectively than the villagers.

After this massacre, some soldiers finally fled in panic.

Lodi ordered Caton to dispatch his infantry and military slaves to immediately take over the defense measures of the fortress and territory, then close the gates of the territory and guard important bridges and intersections to ensure that no one was allowed to escape.

At the same time, he ordered Caton to personally lead people into the manors and camps of Julius, Uquis and others, and begin a thorough cleaning.

Suddenly, the entire territory began to become restless.

(End of this chapter)