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He quickly shuttled through the alleys and killed all the slave gang members who were trying to escape, nobles who were negotiating business, and guards.

Then they ripped off the roofs of the houses one by one, knocked out the seemingly innocent people and put them in the nearby square, piling up the damaged houses until the entire street was demolished.

Finally, Gawain lifted up a section of the floorboards.

I saw a familiar scene in my memory.

"Aunt Lilia, I'm Gao Wen. Come out. I'm here to pick you up."

Lilia hesitantly climbed out of the huge wooden box and looked up. The original ceiling was lifted up, unexpectedly revealing the blue sky behind it. The person holding up the ceiling with one hand was a strange knight in black and gold armor. He had disheveled hair and was covered in blood.

"Gawain?"

Gawain used magic to crush the ceiling to the side, then accelerated and stopped abruptly, using the air to wash away all the blood stains on his body. He then flew to Lilia's side, placed one hand on her shoulder, and a rich green light emanated from his palm as he spoke:

"it's me."

Lilia grabbed Gawain's arm armor and asked hurriedly:

"Everyone else, are everyone else okay?"

Gawain lifted the elder up and carried him on his back, explaining as he floated towards the transport bay at a speed Lilia could accept.

"Of the Greyrat family, only Aunt Seness has not been found, but we have a lead. We should be able to rescue her within a month."

Although it turned out that the human god did not deceive him at least in this first time of helping him, Gawain still could not guarantee what would happen next time.

Lilia hesitated to speak:

"That..."

Gao Wen said calmly:

"My parents haven't been found yet, but they shouldn't be in any danger for the time being."

In a square, Gawain opened the transport cabin that was inserted directly into the ground, placed Lilia, who was severely weakened from not eating for too long, inside, and ordered:

"Aunt Lilia, you can rest in here for a while. I need to rescue some people. I'll take you to Ars to find Paul and Aisha later."

Lilia's glasses were long gone. Although she couldn't see Gawain's face and expression when he grew up, she couldn't help but feel tears welling up in her eyes. She nodded.

"Bon voyage, little Gawain."

Chapter 39 The Promised Punishment

Gawain smiled and closed the hatch.

The smile gradually faded from his face.

He instantly flew to Luo Qixi, who was rescuing the wounded, and patted her shoulder:

"Aunt Lilia is already in the transport cabin. Please take care of things here for the time being. I still need to go to the palace again."

Luo Qixi was not scared. She could understand that there must be a reason why Miss Lilia was forced to hide in that place. If it was not handled properly, the arrangements made in the Kingdom of Xillon would probably be in vain.

She asked in a boyish voice:

"Don't go too far. By the way, don't forget to hold the Kingdom's higher-ups responsible for the damage and compensate those affected. Oh, and have them send a medical team. I can't handle it all by myself."

Gawain nodded:

"it is good."

Then he soared into the air, instantly drawing a white line in the sky, and then, smoke and dust exploded in the direction of the palace.

Since Gawain's actions in the slum area had lasted for a full twenty minutes, even the kingdom's high-ranking officials, no matter how slow they were, reacted and began to take action.

Their reaction, of course, was:

resistance.

Although that guy was a monster with unimaginable strength, it was not realistic to expect people to just sit there and wait for death. Therefore, the nobles who were related to the black industry in the slums, including several members of the royal family, all gathered their forces and gathered in the palace, almost rebelling and preparing for a resistance battle.

Even if my entire family would be wiped out, I wouldn't want other unrelated people to get away with their lives so easily.

Human nature is such a selfish thing.

After Gawain landed, he saw a group of silver-armored knights surrounding him, as well as a large number of mercenaries and adventurers with mixed equipment. The knights were generally hesitant in their movements, but those ragtag troops were still full of fighting spirit. They probably didn't recognize him at all.

Although the insects and ants could be killed by clapping their hands, that move put a heavy burden on the magic armor, so Gawain just swung his hand knife left and right, and all the people who surrounded him were cut in half by the sword of light. Many of them did not even die on the spot, and fell to the ground, dragging their intestines and starting to wail.

He continued to move forward, and the gathered dignitaries retreated until he once again entered the temporary audience room and looked at the old king standing under the throne.

Gao Wen thought for a moment before ordering:

"First, tell me why Fitoa and the refugees have to hide in Latakia. I think this violates the contract between us."

"Second, tell me why you would want to hurt someone as reasonable and caring as me."

He raised his third finger and smiled:

"Third, are the ten royal family members ready?"

At this moment, a man with glasses and a bowl-cut hair suddenly rushed out from the crowd. He shouted and punched Gawain's cheek hard, hitting the corner of his mouth that was raised in an evil arc.

But Gawain, who was floating an inch off the ground, didn't even shake his head. After the fist cut him open, it was clear that there was not even a bruise on his face, let alone bleeding or serious injuries. However, a second heavy punch followed from below, aimed at Gawain's chin.

Gawain casually caught the punch with his hand. The recoil caused by the easy interception even caused the man's sleeve to burst and his forearm to break into a knot. Even so, the man was not afraid and swung his only remaining intact fist again.

Gawain grabbed his wrist and threw him to the ground, creating a deep crater in the marble floor. A flying fragment even blinded the king's left eye.

Gao Wen, looking down from above, asked curiously:

"Nice strength! Are you the Son of God of the Kingdom of Xillon? And why are you attacking me?"

The Son of God coughed up blood and replied:

"It is my duty to defend...my country..."

Gawain pinched his arm back to its original shape and cast a high-level healing spell on him, somewhat puzzled:

"Is the kingdom inside the palace, or outside it? I'm curious about your answer, but I'm in a hurry. I'll hear from you next time I have the chance."

Gawain looked at the king, whose eyes were bleeding but who dared not treat him or say anything, and said kindly:

"How about this? I'll leave the first point of the investigation to the royal family. I believe the respected king will not give me a perfunctory response. I will come to inspect the results tomorrow."

"Also, everyone present, please rest assured. Those involved in this matter will be prioritized among the ten noble families. Those who are not included will be randomly selected and killed. Children under the age of fifteen will also be spared, but their surnames and assets will be removed, returning them to civilian status. Therefore, everyone is welcome to actively assist."

"Finally, I just thought about it and realized that always targeting young people isn't a good idea. After all, young people are the hope for the future of civilization! So, let's prioritize executing the elderly next."

Faced with Gao Wen's wise decision, everyone present obeyed it, and some nobles even immediately reported several noble families who had blocked everyone here and wanted to die together.

But Gawain kept his promise:

"I said we'll discuss it tomorrow."

He immediately put his words into practice and captured ten of the current King of Xillong's blood relatives and surviving brothers from the palace and the audience room. He locked them in a row with earthen shackles and made them kneel in the center of the square of the palace.

Gawain strolled past them and, with a casual wave of his hand, executed all ten of them.

"Oh, and don't forget to rescue and compensate the victims of today's incident. They are, after all, citizens of this country. You will surely treat them as your loved ones, right? Send a medical team over now to help. I will inspect the situation together tomorrow."

"that's it."

"See you tomorrow, everyone."

Gawain disappeared.

Soon, everyone present saw a huge black object rise into the air, leaving a white mark in the shape of a 7 in the air before disappearing into the sky.

Although they were clearly enemies, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. After a pause, chaos erupted again. However, it was only a matter of time before the rebels, most of whose strength had been eliminated by Gawain, were suppressed.

It took about ten minutes after that.

Gawain found his sister's best friend at school, Vanseni, and her father at the edge of the Wanglong Mountains.

Then, he spent another 25 minutes to find the general manager and his wife, whom he had relied on the most, and gave them water and treatment.

While Gawain wondered when his top subordinate would be able to resume normal work, he searched for Philip and his wife in the jungle north of the Conflict Zone. Finding someone in the dense forest proved incredibly difficult, so after an hour of work, he simply dropped the transport capsule off at the Chamber of Commerce headquarters in Ars and asked Lokisi to stay and help with the dispatch. Gawain then returned to the Conflict Zone with the capsule, found Gilena, and deployed her and her team in batches to the search area, leaving them to do the work for him.

When they returned to Ars, it was almost an hour later. Loki had already settled the few people who needed rest and treatment, and also notified Paul and Aisha who were currently staying at Boreas's house.

Luo Qixi handed a cup of hot tea to Gawain, who was busy as a bee.

"Next, we're going to look for Miss Elinalize, right? Do you want me to accompany you?"

The cold nails pinched the teacup:

"I'm sorry to bother you again."

"Humph, you're only polite when it doesn't matter!"

Chapter 40 Mother and Son

The two returned to New Roa. Since it was still quite a while before evening, this simple city was still busy.

In the past two days, more and more supplies and staff have been dispatched. I believe that this place will soon become bustling again.

After asking the staff, Gao Wen took Luo Qixi straight to the number one conference room at the headquarters and pushed the door open.

The room was filled with several key managers headed by Saulos, three former members of the Black Wolf Fang, and two teams of knights transferred from the royal capital. It seemed that they were explaining the content of their future work to them.

Lokixi slapped Gawain on the back:

"Knock, knock!"

Gawain dragged her into the room and ordered:

"Sauros and Elina Lijie stay here, everyone else go out and rest for a while."

Luo Qixi crossed her arms and nodded slightly with satisfaction. This sentence was quite reasonable, but the first half was not very polite.

The staff and knights bowed slightly to Gawain without saying a word, and then filed out through the front and back doors.

Talhand immediately stood in front of Elinalijie.

Keith walked up to him and grabbed Talhand's arm tightly, shouting with a playful smile:

"Let's go! Mother and son are reunited, what are you doing here? You can't be attracted to Lord Saulos, can you?"

Talhand glanced sideways at his old friend. Elinalize smiled and nodded at him. Talhand stopped being stubborn and slapped Keith on the butt, muttering softly:

"Am I the kind of person who would attack a married man? Do you think I'm Paul?"

Keith climbed onto his shoulders and grinned:

"I remember you shared a couple with Paul?"

It was not until the two left and closed the door that Lokisi ended her stupid behavior of standing on tiptoe to help Gawain cover his ears.

Sauros was the first to speak:

"Haha, what's the matter with me? If it's nothing serious, I won't bother you anymore!"

Gawain placed his helmet on the table. Roxy also took off her helmet and placed it aside. Gawain stopped Saulos who was about to leave and said,

"Philip and Hilda's locations have been confirmed, and they're still alive. Gilenu and the others are conducting a thorough search. We should have good news within a day, right? I just wanted to tell you this."

Saulos's hand firmly grasped Gawain's arm armor. He smiled, and a faint fluctuation could be seen in his still sharp old eyes. It was obvious that he was not as indifferent to his family's lives as he appeared.

"That's good. Thank you very much, Gawain."

"Ah."

Sauros also left.

When the door closed again, Gawain looked at the familiar figure standing at the other end of the conference room. Or rather, it was a figure that hadn't changed at all. He called out softly:

"Elina Lijie."

Luo Qixi gave him a kick, a lesson:

"Idiot, call mom!"

"Mother."

"Don't look at me when you call me mom! Look ahead! I'm not your mom!"

Watching the interaction between the two familiar black-armored knights not far away, Elinalize, who was originally a little nervous and uneasy, couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Gawain really couldn't stand this funny guy Lokisi anymore. He quickly took off his armor and walked out of the open magic armor. Then he picked up Lokisi and put her at the door, and helped her put her hand on the door handle.

Then, dressed in his ordinary white attire, he walked up to Elinalize, knelt on one knee in front of the blonde, red-eyed, long-eared creature, took one of her hands, and placed it on his head, his tone filled with longing and guilt: