The heavens begin with the king of gotham

Chapter 760 I am such a kind person
"Have you heard? There is a new Arno gang recently?"

In the Shabad Tavern, people were talking to each other about recent major events.

"Of course, the Arno gang has brought together all the nearby bandits, and I heard that they have started to collect tolls from merchants along the way." Someone answered immediately.

"Isn't that still a robber?"

“But they will actually send people to protect you on the road if they collect tolls.”

"What if I don't pay the toll?"

The person who responded shuddered: "You don't want to know."

An experienced person explained: "If you pay, you may not encounter danger on the road, but if you don't pay, you will most likely encounter danger."

Someone asked: "Will you protect orcs if you encounter them? There are obviously more orcs around here recently."

"I know. I paid the toll when I came here and encountered orcs. The people from Arno's gang helped me fight off those beasts!" said a businessman with fear.

"Without the Arno Gang, I definitely wouldn't have made it here alive."

Then the wind in the tavern changed: "Then this Arno gang is really good. Although they all have to pay, they are much better than bandits."

"I heard that they are recruiting people and will come to Shabad next." At this time, another ranger in leather armor suddenly said, which immediately caused a small riot in the tavern.

“What are you doing in Shabad?”

"I heard that they will collect money from every household, but they will be responsible for the defense of Shabad," the ranger replied.

“That’s just collecting taxes.”

Some people agreed: "It's good that they are here. The guards of Shabad are getting less and less responsible. It doesn't matter who you pay the money to."

Some people were very resistant: "No, the Arno gang wants to occupy Shabad, I will never agree to that!"

Some older people didn't care and sighed: "Arno? This name hasn't appeared in this land for a long time."

The ranger who first proposed that the Arno gang was coming to Shabad took note of the reactions of everyone in the tavern, and after leaving the tavern, headed straight out of the city.

This is a camp, filled with a large number of men armed with weapons.

The ranger trotted to the center of the camp and walked inside.

"My Lord Chief, most of the Shabad people are not too resistant to us taking over the defense, but many people who have connections with the guards are very hostile to us."

The ranger quickly reported the information he had collected, and there were several people around him who did the same thing as him.

"Well, very good, go down."

Li Ming nodded slightly, and then several rangers immediately ran away without stopping, as if there was some ferocious beast in the camp.

This Arno Gang was naturally the work of Li Ming.

He will be staying here for more than ten years, so it will be convenient for him to have his own power.

Since he couldn't find any clues about Loren and the Bishop, Li Ming simply gave up looking. He thought he might as well just let things take their course. If the Reincarnator didn't show up, he would just wait for the plot to develop and use the next ten years to analyze the Soul Gem.

Although Li Ming's privileges cannot be used, the analysis panel is still continuing to analyze. However, due to the limitations of the original task, even if the analysis is completed, it cannot be used for the time being.

Anyway, the analysis of the Soul Gem is completed, so he can be considered to have gained something.

Moreover, Li Ming didn’t believe that Loren and the Bishop would not change the plot at all.

At this time, there were still a few people left in the tent, all of them were small leaders of the Arno Gang. Without exception, they all bowed their heads in front of Li Ming. "The time is ripe to occupy Shabad." Li Ming made a judgment, "Akshan."

A small leader in yellow leather armor immediately trembled twice, then quickly stepped forward and responded: "Here!"

Li Ming waved his hand towards the others, and everyone who passed by trembled slightly: "Take these few of them with you and kill all those who are most opposed in the city. Tell everyone that the Arno Gang will take over Shabad at noon tomorrow."

"Yes!"

Akshan immediately took the others downstairs. These people swarmed towards the door, even causing a brief traffic jam, and it seemed like they were rolling and crawling.

He didn't know why these people were like this. Maybe these rangers were just timid.

He is so kind and friendly, how could anyone be afraid of him?
"How rash." Li Ming said as he touched the fully charged Supreme Lamp Ring, the yellow gem on it shining brightly.

Li Ming's Arno Gang now has more than a hundred people. He has already eliminated the surrounding thieves, and all those who are willing to follow Li Ming are here.

As for those who were unwilling or answered late, they were also buried.

More than a hundred people occupying a small town the size of a village is actually not a small number.

Ever since the Witch-king of Angmar conquered the last northern kingdom, this land has been without a master.

The Arnor royal family also led their few subjects and transformed into a northern refugee tribe. The royal leader became a chief and led the northern refugees to secretly protect their homeland.

However, the northern nomadic tribes were sparsely populated, and most of them were active in the north from Bree to Rivendell, and had little impact on southern areas such as Shabad.

This gave Li Ming an opportunity to take advantage of.

As for why they named it the Arno Gang instead of Gotham, on the one hand, he was worried that Loren or the bishop might have heard of Gotham, and on the other hand, it was also because of the culture of Middle-earth.

In this world where Aragon can become the emperor just by being a descendant of the royal family of Arnor and holding the sword of his ancestors, there is no such thing as the difference between kings, princes, generals and ministers. Therefore, naming the gang Arnor can be quickly accepted by the people.

This was indeed the case. After Li Ming's men led people to discredit and kill those who took the lead in opposing the Arno Gang in the city and hung them on the wall, Shabad opened its gates to the outside early the next morning, and important figures in the city were waiting at the door.

But Li Ming said he would come at noon, and he arrived at noon, leaving them alone for several hours.

However, instead of complaining, those people contributed even more fear energy to Li Ming.

So when he arrived at Shabad's door surrounded by members of the Arno gang, he did not encounter any resistance, so Shabad changed his surname to Li.

Afterwards, Li Ming only did three things.

Collect taxes, recruit people, and make laws.

Although Shabad was autonomous before, it also had simple conventions and laws, but they were relatively loose.

Now Li Ming has re-regulated all aspects of Shabad with laws, and the punishments are very severe.

At the beginning, many people did break the rules and were immediately severely punished. After the news spread, it brought a lot of fear energy to Li Ming.

After all, he has the Supreme Lamp Ring, and all the fear energy belongs to Li Ming's strength, so he naturally has to implement a reign of terror and make everyone afraid of him.

However, even so, the public security and people's quality of life in Shabad have been significantly improved.

Many people from other places have been coming to Shabad, eager to contribute their fear energy to Li Ming.

"I told you, I'm such a kind person, I'm sure everyone will like me." Li Ming thought happily.

(End of this chapter)