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Chapter 112: White Terror (Please subscribe, please vote)
The Marquis family castle outside Oakland.

This is a castle built on a cliff. Although the cliff is not high, it is already the highest point in this area.

Looking down from above, you also have a feeling of being superior.

Although this place is not as prosperous as Oakland, it is a symbol of power and the glory of the Marquis family.

For countless years, the head of the Marquis family has been handling various trivial matters in this castle.

Until today, everything seems to be crumbling.

Inside the castle, in the study.

The hexagram formation was activated, magical light shone, and a portal appeared.

Baron Marquis stumbled out, along with a transcendent knight who was protecting him and a gray mist assassin.

This gray fog assassin should be the one who destroyed the demon altar. He was seriously injured and one of his legs was missing. The broken leg was uneven, bleeding, and with exposed bones.

However, Chaofan had his own extraordinary cards, so he jumped on one leg and actually escaped.

In fact, to be honest, they were lucky, because after deceiving Dorji, Baron Marquez immediately hid away.

He is a baron and even at such an old age, but he has no awareness of fighting on the front line.

It was this action that saved his life. When the magic fireworks exploded, he had already left the battlefield area.

Only then did he have time to activate the teleportation scroll he carried with him when the artillery fire was overwhelming.

However, even though he escaped, he was now in a state of madness and even a little bit unbelievable.

"Impossible, impossible, how dare Doyle Guitar? How dare he?"

"This is in the city, in the downtown area, and he actually dared to use artillery fire directly. How can he explain this to the empire? How can he explain this to His Majesty the Emperor?"

"He, how could he do this?"

This person had obviously completely lost his composure and was roaring hysterically, unable to accept his own failure.

However, in this world, misfortunes never come alone!

Then the housekeeper rushed in, shouting as he ran: "Master, master, it's bad, there are officers and soldiers from the police station at the door, they said, they said, they said..."

"what did they say?"

"They said the Marquis family was colluding with the devil and intended to massacre humans. They wanted to arrest you for crimes against humanity."

Crimes against humanity, also known as traitors, are crimes as serious as treason, and it's actually collusion with the devil of the abyss?
Even though Baron Marquis was used to the nobles' deceit, lies, and distortion of right and wrong, he was still amused by the accusation!

Just when he was about to say something, a loud voice rang out: “Baron Marquis, I know you are in there.

Now, listen to my orders, lay down your weapons, and surrender without being killed!"

Marquis was very familiar with this voice. It was the commander-in-chief of the city guards and the tribune of Oakland City. He had ascended to this position with the help of the power of his Marquis family.

Now, he actually dares to come here and make a fuss?

Baron Marquis straightened up, smoothed his hair, restored his aristocratic demeanor, and prepared to step out and have a good argument with him.

However, before he could take a few steps, he heard the voice again: "What? You, you dare to resist arrest?"

"You are flouting the laws of the Empire and ignoring the rights of the City Guards. You, you will be dealt a resolute blow by the Empire!"

"Retreat, retreat! Everyone, retreat!"

Just as he finished speaking these incoherent words, he saw a group of city guards running away again. Before Baron Marquis could react, the face of the guardian knight next to him changed drastically.

Boom boom boom boom!
The sound of artillery fire was heard, and amid the roar, the castle walls suffered a huge impact, with earth and rocks flying everywhere and shaking continuously.

One of them was trembling and about to fall down!

Of course, this castle is worthy of being the base camp of the Marquis family for many years. After being attacked, magical lights actually lit up and eventually enveloped the entire castle.

Looking closely, it is coming from the fountain inside the castle.

At this moment, streams of colorful water rose up to the sky and splashed down like a water curtain, forming a super-large defensive force field.

The shells landed on the colorful water curtain, exploding into bursts of fire. The entire castle trembled under the violent impact.

This super-large magic defense force field is obviously not an ordinary item, and it is worthy of the entire Baron family.

But under the continuous bombardment, it was still crumbling.

Baron Marquis looked ashen as he watched the scene in front of him. He knew that this meant that they were not going to let him live, and they were not going to leave the Marquis family any chance to continue.

The extraordinary guardian knight immediately stepped forward and said, "Master, I will escort you away."

"Leave? No, I can't leave! Go away, hide your identity from now on, don't mention the name of Marquez again, and live a good life!"

Having said this, Baron Marquis stumbled out of the study and headed towards the castle gate!
That back figure looks desolate and hunched.

The guardian knight looked grim, but in the end, he raised his sword, put up his fighting spirit defense, stepped out, and chased after him.

A knight should be a knight with honor. You can say he is pedantic, but he is absolutely loyal!
As for the gray fog man with a broken leg, he had disappeared long ago.

...That night, the Oakland City Guard received a tip-off from an enthusiast that Baron Marquis was holding a demon summoning ceremony and using it to besiege the Executive Office.

This is a provocation to the empire!

Therefore, the city guards asked the Seventh Mixed Corps of the Empire for help.

The magic cannon bombarded for two full hours, completely reducing the Marquis family castle to ruins.

……

19 Lombard Street, second floor, in the study.

Luo Yi sat down on the chair and let out a long breath. He seemed to have lost all the air and his shoulders slumped.

That night, whether actively or passively, he had a clear understanding of his own combat power.

He believed that after this night, few people would dare to jump in front of him.

Because there was a window in front of him, and outside the window, two wooden stakes stood in front of the door, with a corpse hanging on each side.

Those were the corpses of two extraordinary people. Although it was unsightly to see them there, it was enough to scare anyone.

There was a sound of footsteps, and Luo Yi did not stop talking, but said: "Teacher Oliveira, is everything arranged?"

"That's it!"

"That's good!"

At this moment, his gaze moved upwards and looked at the eastern sky again.

There, the darkest moment had passed, and a hint of dawn had already appeared.

This night is long enough!
But the night will always pass and the sun will rise as usual!
……

The day finally dawned, but what happened that night was not so easy to calm down.

The Executive Hall was gone, the Marquis family castle was gone, and the city of Oakland was in a state of anarchy for the next few days.

But, it's very quiet!

It’s really quiet!
The dance troupe stopped all performances, the nobles' banquets were cancelled, and the Philante School of Magic chose to close the school. All students had to stay in the school and were not allowed to go out.

Except for those shops selling food, which were forced to open, all others basically chose to close.

Even if there were pedestrians on the street, they all kept their heads down and walked in a hurry, not daring to stop for too long.

The most common and numerous ones are probably the city guards of Oakland. Behind them are often soldiers from the Seventh Mixed Corps carrying guns.

At this moment, no one mentioned the difficulty of the Divine Grace Festival anymore. No one even dared to mention this incident!

Roy stayed at home for a few days, and neither he nor Oliveira chose to go out.

There was no way out. The side effects of the God's Sigh, Giant Beast's Heartbeat began to erupt in full force. They could no longer maintain their combat effectiveness; they all looked powerless.

They were also recuperating their bodies, using various secret medicines, magic potions, and medicinal baths every day to restore their dried-up fighting spirit bit by bit, as well as recovering from the hidden injuries in their bodies.

As for supplies and food, almost all of them were sent by Ang.

Every morning, he would go to the Ancient Mage Tower first, and then come here to deliver enough potions, snake meat and bread for the day.

As for Mrs. Cassidy, she was sent to Provence Manor by Roy before the war. The old lady was still in good health, but they did not dare to let her live at home.

Roy was a little uncomfortable with the daily diet of dry bread and barbecue, no soup, no tea, and no snacks.

As expected, it is always easy for people to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality!
After two days of this situation, the city of Auckland began to become chaotic again.

Many city guards led armed soldiers into every house to search.

They said they wanted to capture the remnants of those who were colluding with the devil, but they couldn’t say who they were.

Anyway, they wanted to eliminate all possible dangers, and the result was that anyone they didn't like was arrested.

In this world, there is no such thing as the military and civilians being one family. The army and the city guards are both violent organizations.

They might even arrest you for taking a second look.

If Luo Yi were asked to describe this situation, only four words would come to his mind - white terror!
However, few people dared to act recklessly at 19 Lombard Street, as the corpses of the two extraordinary people were still deterrent enough.

Moreover, the captain of the police station in this neighborhood, a man named Weiner, knows how powerful he is and would never dare to offend Loy.

This situation lasted for more than ten days, until April 311, 4 of the New Divine Calendar, when an order from the Empire was delivered.

The arrival of the new governor of Oakland City finally brought some changes to this depressing life.

However, what Roy did not expect was that the person who would succeed him as consul this time would be Miller Petrovich.

To be precise, it should be Baron Miller Petrovich.

　One move can lead to success or failure!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)