Don't move, it's a robbery!

Knight Nat was born into a knightly family. He was exceptionally talented from a young age. With his outstanding talent and excellent combat ability, he quickly won the favor of the old city lord. If nothing unexpected happens, he should be able to become the youngest captain of the guard in the history of Linde City.

Unfortunately, fate had other plans. In the first year that Knight Nat had served the old lord, a plague broke out in Linde City, and the old lord died.

Although the newly appointed city lord is still the patriarch of the Kadir family and the eldest son who inherited the old city lord's title, he does not trust Knight Nat very much, considering him an outsider, and instead trusts Knight Hamiti more.

Is this some kind of nonsense? I, Nat, am an outsider, but isn't Hamiti an outsider too?

No, that's not true. The following year, the city lord married his daughter to Hamiti.

Then Hamiti's position became even more secure.

Nat was unwilling to accept defeat. He had been waiting for an opportunity, a chance to become the captain of the guard. He wasn't trying to prove how great he was; he just wanted to get back everything he had lost.

The opportunity soon came. A rebellion broke out in Linde City, and the Kadir family lost power. Because everyone knew about his conflict with the city lord, the newly established council quickly approached him. Before long, Nat became a councilor and even wielded considerable power. Although he failed to bring down Hamiti, he achieved his goal and became another captain of the guard in Linde City.

Gradually, Nat's wishes changed.

What's so great about being a mere guard captain? If you're going to be a man, be the city lord! That's what a real man should do!

Therefore, in order to build up his power, Nat secretly colluded with Ronaldo, the third son of the Cadir family, gaining his trust while preparing to betray him.

Originally, Ronaldo only had connections with vampires, but at Nat's recommendation, he became involved with Nightmare. When Nat saw Ronaldo personally preside over a sacrificial ritual, he knew that the scales of victory would eventually tip in his favor.

Next, with Nate's assistance, Ronaldo successfully carried out the assassination, severely damaging the council. The council also found some dirt on Ronaldo and, at Nate's suggestion, began recruiting mercenaries to investigate him.

According to Nat's plan, the struggle between the Parliament and Ronaldo will intensify, and he, Nat, will be the one who stays hidden until the very end and wins the whole game.

Then Ronaldo was kidnapped.

Who did it? Who did it?!

The balance that Nat had painstakingly created was suddenly shattered. The council gained the upper hand, and the Cadir family was doomed to defeat, with no chance of recovery.

This won't do!

So Nat decisively took action, exposing the vampire issue directly, making the ordinary people in the city aware of it. However, because of his interference, the people who colluded with the vampires changed from the Cadir family to the council.

Vampires will naturally seek revenge, regardless of public opinion. It was your council members who attacked us vampires, so we vampires must seek revenge on the council members.

Nate took the initiative and led his mercenary group to directly break through the vampires. The Kadir family was allied with the vampires, so the attack on the vampires did not cause Nate any loss. On the contrary, it deprived the Kadir family of their last hope of turning the tide.

The damaged parliament was not faring well either. Next, Nat began to coerce and bribe problematic members of parliament, frame members who were unwilling to go along with the scheme, and then take advantage of the mercenaries' trust in him to lead them to ambush locations, causing the parliament to lose its last armed force after losing public support.

The council and the Cadir family were all losers; only Nat emerged as the ultimate winner.

It's all over. Linde City is now Nat's territory.

He acknowledged that Ronaldo's abduction was indeed a major crisis, but a crisis can also be an opportunity. He seized the opportunity, acted bravely, and ultimately succeeded in turning the tide.

Now, who can defeat him?!

"Snap!!"

Nat died because he didn't wear a helmet during a meeting.

Ah, right, I smashed it. Before I did, I really thought his head would be hard, since he's a cult follower, so I used all my strength. Turns out I was overthinking it; it was just an ordinary person's head.

Looking at the members of parliament lying on the floor, Eve couldn't help but swallow hard.

"What have you done?! How could you kill someone in Parliament?!"

"What's the problem?"

"You'll be wanted... They'll arrest you... They will..."

Eve realized that I was originally a wanted criminal, and one with a very high bounty.

I proudly raised the stick in my hand, then declared that the truth was now in my hands.

"Alright, enough with the nonsense. Do you still want to save your companion or not?"

Eve pouted, then nodded.

"That's more like it. At your rate of investigation, by the time you find where they're holding people, your companion's body will be completely cold. If you think that's okay, I can just ignore this."

"But you killed Nate! Who's going to tell us where the hostages are?"

I rolled my eyes, then stomped on a congressman's mouth and broke his right arm with a stick.

"Waaaaaah!"

"Shut up, look at that pool of brains on the floor, and think about what you should and shouldn't say next, understand?"

This guy isn't very honest; he's still trying to struggle.

Then I broke his left arm, and this time he behaved much better.

"Next, I'm going to ask you three questions. If your answers are 'I don't know,' or if they don't satisfy me, I'll break all three of your legs one by one, understand?"

I pointed the stick at his groin, and the congressman, enduring the pain, nodded vigorously. Even as I raised my foot, he dared not shout.

"First question, what's your name?"

"My name is Vitos."

"Very good, very good. You see, we've already established the most basic level of trust, haven't we? Your left leg can be saved."

Vitos gave me an awkward smile, and then I heard my second question.

"What's my name?"

"Huh? I, how could I possibly know your name?"

"Pfft~ Wrong answer. I already said you can't say you don't know, and you can't make me unhappy."

Ignoring his resistance, I stomped on his mouth and then smashed his right knee with a stick.

"Waaaaaahhhhhh!!"

"There's one last question. Regarding your shortest leg, if you're still going to try to brush me off, then say goodbye to it now."

"Waaaaah!!"

"Where did Nat take those mercenaries the night before last?"

Vitos didn't hesitate and quickly gave me a location. I smiled and asked him if he had anything to add. After receiving no answer, I knocked him unconscious with a stick.

"Let's go, let's go now!"

Little Dot and Eve were about to set off, but I stopped them.

"What's the rush? Aren't you afraid it's fake news?"

"Huh? What should we do then?"

"That's easy, just ask one more question."

I selected another member of parliament and repeated the process, knocking him unconscious before starting to question the third unfortunate man.

After going around in turn, all the councilors who had originally stood on Nat's side were questioned. I finally confirmed that the location they gave was correct, except that a few unlucky ones seemed to genuinely not know the location, having lost their third leg, and now their lying positions were somewhat different from the others.

After confirming the address where the mercenaries were being held, Eve and Little Dot set off, while I stayed behind.

It's not that I'm not going to rescue people, but I need to deal with the mess in the parliament first.

There wasn't much to do. I found a carriage, got all the councilors into it, and then took all the gold coins out of the room where the council kept its public funds.

There weren't many, only a few hundred gold coins. It seems most of the money was transported elsewhere.

No problem, this is easy, just ask again.

After another round of howling and wailing, I found several locations where the wealth had been hidden. Then, with the gold coins I found in the council, I drove my carriage through the streets and alleys of the city, shouting that all the council members who had colluded with cults and devils had been arrested and that it was time to put them to trial.

Whenever I come to a crowded place, I scatter a dozen or so gold coins to attract people to come and watch.

Gradually, people from almost half the city were attracted, at least several thousand. I first scattered all the remaining gold coins, and then kicked one of the councilors awake.

This time, I picked one of the senators who had previously supported Eve. He was covering his head and rubbing his eyes, looking utterly miserable.

I wiped his eyes with an oiled cloth. At first, he wanted to get angry with me, but he quickly noticed the surging crowd around him. He was clearly at a loss and then looked at me blankly.

"What...what exactly are you going to do?"

"Here, take this. These people are here to approve your applications, but I know you're innocent. Now you can continue to be a good guy and lead these people to kill those guys on the documents. I don't need to teach you how to incite them, right? You've been through riots before."

The unnamed congressman silently took the documents I handed him, gave me a deep look, and then began to read out the list of names and the crimes they had committed with cult members.

The crowd went from initial curiosity to surprise, then to anger, and what happened next was no longer my concern.

I jumped off the carriage, mingled with the crowd, and headed towards the direction where the mercenaries were being held.

Isn't it a coincidence? That place is a no-man's land, which happened to be my first stop here.

Because of the previous delay, by the time I arrived, Eve and Little One had already rescued the trapped mercenaries. Although they were all injured, most of them were still alive.

They took care of the guards here without me even having to lift a finger?

I was a little surprised; I didn't expect them to actually have some skills.

However, the color of the woman named Eve had changed again, and the clothes she was wearing had become tattered. At this moment, she was wearing a men's shirt to cover her private parts.

"Hiss~ I get it! You guys must have used the legendary honey trap! Brilliant! Brilliant! Why wasn't I there during such an exciting part?"

I felt heartbroken and immediately asked the little girl how they had saved the person.

"Eve had prepared some clever spells for me to sneak in and pick the lock, but after she cast the spell, she suddenly went berserk and her skin became so tough that it was impervious to blades and spears. Then, she broke in."

"what?"

"She smashed the cell door with one punch, and then the mercenaries all rushed out. We outnumbered the cultists, and they all ran away when they saw us escaping."

"That's it?"

"Yeah, they're cultists, not regular soldiers. How much fighting spirit do you expect from them? By the way, Robin Hood, this is our captain. You've met him before."

I looked at the blond handsome guy walking towards me and suddenly realized that this guy had shortchanged me by 98 gold coins when he bought the wanted criminal from me before.

"Hello, I am Leos. As you can see, I am a..."

"Princess, you must be a princess!"

"Huh? What?"

"I've only seen you three times. The first time you were waiting for someone to pay you and save the day. The second time you were waiting for someone to save you. The third time you were still waiting for someone to save you. You must be the princess the bard was talking about!"