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Then he lowered the muzzle of the gun until it was pressed tightly against Lumi's forehead. The cold, hard touch of the metal seemed to penetrate her skin and reach deep into her heart, causing her to shudder involuntarily.

"Let the Cori army surrender, otherwise, you will die!" Yun Shuo's voice was low and cold, full of threatening murderous intent.

He pressed the muzzle of the gun again, and the sharp metal touch left a faint mark on Lumi's forehead.

Lumi felt her forehead soaked with cold sweat. She stared at Yun Shuo with wide eyes, her heartbeat instantly accelerating, so fast that it seemed like it was about to escape from her throat.

The bolt was deliberately pulled only now, and the crisp "click" sound that resounded across the already noisy battlefield seemed unusually clear, as if it had been magnified several times.

Lumi secretly sensed the divine power in his body - he still had the strength to fight, so he naturally began to feel relieved.

She looked up at Yun Shuo across from her, even finding the energy to smile. "So what if you don't surrender? Can you really kill me? Even if you could, would you dare? ELO's defeat is already certain. If you express your stance now, I can still spare your life."

His words were full of confidence, and he even had the leisure to put pressure on Yun Shuo and test the other party's bottom line.

"Sir, do you really think that I can stand here just by luck?" Yun Shuo frowned and slightly adjusted the gun in his hand.

There was a loud bang, and the bullet went astray, hitting Lumi's head. The ground shook violently, and the splashing dirt hit Lumi's face.

Lumi suddenly stood up, feeling dizzy from the sudden rise. She had no choice but to hold onto the ground with one hand, trying to steady herself while stretching out her other hand to vigorously wipe the dirt off her face.

She widened her eyes, staring at Yun Shuo closely, and yelled through gritted teeth, "You!"

"I'm here." Yun Shuo responded with a clear conscience.

He then slowly pulled out a piece of paper from his bosom and began to read, "I hereby obey the order of the King of Wind Country to arrest the criminal Lumi to uphold the law and maintain peace and order in Wind Country. The charges are: unauthorized interference in the affairs of other countries and provoking war."

"What is that?" Lumi's face wrinkled and he couldn't help cursing.

The beginning was still listenable, but the end was a complete mess of haphazardly cobbled-together writing. It's rare for Yun Shuo to find so many mistakes and omissions in such a short article.

If it were any other petty nobles who were ignorant of the ways of the world, they might really be frightened by Yun Shuo's serious words.

But Lumi had actually seen the king's order and proclamation, and they did not match what Yun Shuo was making up at the moment.

"You actually want to scare me with such a crude fake? I advise you to improve your counterfeiting skills first." Lumi curled his lips and said with a bit of contempt.

Not only did she disdain the paper in Yun Shuo's hand, she also sneered at Yun Shuo who was still pretending.

Yun Shuo finally raised a faint smile, "You should be glad that this one is fake, but if you don't surrender, I can give you a real one instead."

"Heh, it's amazing that a lowly person like you actually knows the rule that war between countries is not allowed." Lumi was choked by these words and had to change the subject sarcastically.

"I'm unworthy of it." Yun Shuo agreed without any hesitation, not looking embarrassed at all. "Then please go in."

Lumi suddenly felt a surge of strength from somewhere. She snatched the list and tore it into pieces without mercy. The fragments fluttered down and scattered around the two of them.

At this point, she laughed wildly and said, "What's the point of inviting me? As long as you all die, naturally no one will know what I, Lumi, did!"

Whether it is participating in other countries' wars or killing other countries' people, as long as it can be kept secret, it can naturally be pretended that nothing happened.

Yun Shuo's eyes also turned cold. "Your Excellency seems to have misunderstood. Since I can stand here, it means that the ELO troops have arrived here. How long can your mere regiment hold out?"

At this moment, Lumi suddenly realized that the sounds around him had disappeared without a trace, as if the whole world had fallen into dead silence.

She looked around and saw that the fierce battle had completely stopped, leaving only some sporadic smoke and flames flickering from time to time in the woods. It seemed that the previous battle was just an illusion, and the calm at this moment was the real reality.

There is no way back...

Until this moment, the helplessness in Lumi's heart gradually burned like a lit charcoal fire, and she finally felt a sense of desolation of being "a fish on the chopping board".

After a long pause, she spoke softly, her voice ethereal, "The Kori Army has already lost, so there's no need to surrender, right?"

These words sounded quite submissive, but unfortunately Yun Shuo refused to give in and kept pressing forward.

After sacrificing so many lives and still failing to send Lumi back to her Kingdom of Wind, how can ELO possibly win this war?

"No," Yun Shuo shook his head with a hint of sneer on his face, "You haven't even gone back to your Wind Country yet."

Hearing this, Lumi felt a surge of anger in her heart. She raised her head and looked directly into Yun Shuo's eyes, "If I don't go back, what dare you do to me?"

A cold light flashed in Yun Shuo's eyes, and he spat out two words coldly, "Kill you."

"You dare?" Lumi screamed.

Yun Shuo sneered, "If ELO loses, I will surely die. How could a dying man fear the threat of a mere Wind Nation like you? Do you think you can actually drag a dead person back to the living world and inflict all seventy-two kinds of punishment on him?"

"Who would believe you?" Lumi's heart sank, but he still pretended to be fearless.

"What matters is not who believes it, but who is willing to believe it. I believe you know much more about the internal affairs of the Wind Country than I do."

Lumi was slightly startled when she heard this, and her eyes, looking at Yun Shuo, suddenly became cautious, and a wave of anxiety could not help but rise in her heart. She looked around and saw that the ELO members who were originally scattered around were now gradually gathering towards Yun Shuo.

She took a deep breath, a complex smile curled up at the corner of her mouth, and said with a look of resignation: "I can leave, but I have two requirements. First, I must be able to return to the Kingdom of Wind as soon as possible."

"Secondly, I'm very curious about what kind of magical power your commander possesses that would allow you to fight such a completely unnecessary battle with the nobles even if it meant your death."

The first requirement is easy to achieve. After all, the slums are at the very edge of Kori City, and Kori City borders the Kingdom of Wind, so it is naturally convenient to get out.

As for the second question...

"It's unnecessary?" Yun Shuo shrugged helplessly, a hint of bitterness and sarcasm in his tone. "Perhaps, in the eyes of you nobles who have no worries about food and clothing, all the disputes and sufferings in the world are just passing clouds, insignificant. In other words, it really is 'unnecessary'."

Then, he changed the subject. "See? This is the evil consequence of your so-called 'unnecessary' actions—officials forcing the people to rebel!"

Yun Shuo pointed at the villagers who hadn't even changed their clothes, still dressed in peasant shorts, with red ribbons tied around their arms as they charged forward with guns. "They don't want to resist, they've already knocked their heads to the ground. But you're still not satisfied, you insist on making their heads fall to the ground. You're the ones forcing them to resist!"

"We?" The villagers' eyes, filled with hatred and despair, looked truly terrifying. Lumi subconsciously wanted to argue, to clear herself from this dispute. "What does the affairs of your city of Cori have to do with me, a Wind Nation?"

[Humph, they're all aristocrats, pretty much the same.] Gouzi also stepped forward, a sneer of disdain on his face, and echoed the sentiment.

He was really unwilling to accept that Aemon used his own life to self-destruct, but in the end he couldn't even replace the noble Lumi.

This four-star character is even more powerful than a tank!

Lumi continued to shirk responsibility. She curled her lips and said lightly, "It wasn't me who ordered the massacre. If you have the guts, go find Satesh and settle the score."

To be honest, she wasn't wrong. After all, she had only focused on attacking and moving on, and hadn't allowed the Kori army to burn, kill, and loot. For this, she had received a lot of dissatisfaction and complaints from people.

Then, fearing that Yun Shuo would continue to dwell on this topic, Lumi casually asked, "How many lives do you have to sacrifice to buy the life of a noble? Not to mention the Kori Army. What makes you think you can fight against the nobles?"

She asked casually, but she was genuinely curious. No, it was like anyone would have such thoughts upon learning that a group of commoners dared to rebel against a noble blessed by the gods.

After all, the last person who attempted to challenge the power of the nobles, even if he had everything going for him, would now be lying scattered at Lumi's feet.

He paid with his life, while Lumi only paid with an arm, or maybe he could recover from that sacrifice.

Yun Shuo frowned. Why did all these nobles keep asking the same question? A faint smile curved his lips. "You've been serving the gods like dogs for so long, do you really think you're gods?"

Lumi's pupils shrank when he heard this. "Be a dog?" He really dared to say such a thing.

Yun Shuo continued calmly, "Gods don't bleed, but you do."

His gaze was like a blade, piercing Lumi's heart, forcing him to be unable to resist. In order to clear his conscience, he could only spit: "Everything you do is just because you want more. You are too greedy!"

"Greed? What qualifications do you have to stand on the people's land and call them greedy? Taking back what belongs to you is never greedy."

As soon as these words were spoken, before Gou Zi could even clap his hands in approval, the barrage of comments started to get excited.

【Well said! Give them two slaps! 】

[Great! Today I've got new material for scolding those bastards from the noble camp.]

[Can you snipe this woman right now, Gouzi? ]

[If I snipe them, the Wind Country will know, right? Plus, with the Wind Country's help, ELO really can't beat them.]

[Isn't it true that we can't start a war? ]

[Silly child, giving weapons doesn't count.]

[Also, they can make the Machine Nation aware of this, and then ELO will pack up and prepare to reorganize.]

[So, at this point, letting this guy live is still the best solution? ]

Chapter 118: Who told you to open the champagne at halftime?

"A resounding victory!" Ella looked at her latest battle results. It was the first time in days that she smiled so happily. Finally, it was her turn to win a round. "It proves that we are the ones favored by the gods after all."

Setaish sat upright on the side, his eyes lowered, his face showing a complex expression that was hard to tell whether it was sad or happy, but more of an indifferent attitude.

At this moment, he felt mixed emotions and couldn't tell whether he should be happy or sad.

The good news is that Yun Shuo is now in a state of decline, and ELO has been beaten to the point where he has no power to fight back by the Corey army. It is impossible for the powerful class to be overthrown.

The sad thing is that ELO was beaten so badly that it had no power to fight back, so it won’t be long before it is punished.

"What? Lord Setash doesn't look very happy? It doesn't look as cheerful as the bubbles in the champagne." Ella handed the full champagne glass to Setash. There was a light of victory in her eyes, and she did not forget to cast a hint of playful teasing at the slightly frustrated opponent.

"We are about to win this battle completely. Aren't you excited and encouraged, Lord Setash?" Ella's voice was clear and pleasant, like the gurgling of a stream, but it made Setash want to vomit.

"Cheerful and encouraging. Of course I'm happy and encouraging." Setash smiled coldly and took the champagne glass from Ella, but he didn't rush to drink it. Instead, he gently shook the golden liquid in the glass, watching the plump bubbles slowly swirl on the wall of the glass.

"How can I not be happy? After all, the city lord and I are now on the same page. If the city lord is happy, I am naturally happy too." He took a deep breath and gently took a sip of the champagne in his hand under Ella's pressing gaze.

The slight sweetness of the wine spread in the mouth. The sweetness that is usually refreshing feels too cloying today.

He didn't even dare to shout "Ella". Setash's confidence was like a dead leaf being peeled off bit by bit by the wind, gradually disappearing.

Ella knew what Setash was angry about, but she pretended to be ignorant. A smug smile played on her lips, and she said hypocritically, "I thought Lord Setash was still here, worried that he would be liquidated if ELO lost."

"Then, will Lady Ella?" Setash frowned and asked.

"Of course..." Seeing this, Ella's smile deepened a little.

She deliberately kept it a secret, her eyes raised, carefully observing Setash's expression. Seeing his emotions gradually become tense due to her drawn-out tone, and the muscles on his face tensed, she smiled and said, "Of course not. Lord Setash, how could you think of me like that? I'm not the kind of person who would burn bridges after crossing them."

"I've always been an upright person. I've always stood on the side I say I'm on. I never jump back and forth or play both sides!"

Ella's words were clearly a criticism of Saitai, saying that he was close to ELO one moment and could be sold out the next.

Setash's face froze, as if Ella's words had touched a sore spot. He frowned slightly, a hint of displeasure flashing in his eyes, but he quickly concealed it.

He just said lightly, "That's natural..." and then used the wine to block his mouth from saying anything else.

This was said lightly, but Ella was dissatisfied again. She invited Saitaishi here today, not to share the good news, but to add insult to injury.

After ELO's defeat, one of her and Setash had to die. The city lord's position was like a single-plank bridge that could only accommodate one person. If one person crossed, the other would be pushed into the abyss.

Everyone can only envy the position of City Lord, but cannot covet it. Those who covet it will die.

Lumi was killing people in the front, but the troops he used were all from Setash, so naturally, all the dead were also from Setash. Although this seemed to indicate that Setash had many more battle-hardened soldiers.

But everyone knows that Lumi is her good friend, and rounding it off means she is his man, so her man can control Sai Taishi's soldiers.

It is clear at a glance who is more important in status between her and Setash.

As a result, more and more people began to imitate Luo Lan's betrayal. In order to save face, they began to use excuses saying that Ella had some kind of handle on them and that they were forced to do so. Then they left Setash and turned to Ella.

These fence-sitters eventually swayed back to Ella's hands for their own interests, and their actions made Setash's position precarious.

Setash dared to challenge Ella because he held three cards in his hand: the support of most nobles, the army, and ELO.

Now the first card was destroyed by Ella; the second card was held in Ella's hand and could be scrapped at will; the third card was destroyed by Satesh himself.

Having no cards to play does not mean victory, but means being eliminated.

But before she could say anything else, Sai Taishi looked embarrassed.

A servant hurriedly walked through the ornately decorated corridor, holding a sealed letter and approaching, "Lord City Lord."

Ella took it and looked at the stamp on the cover - it was Lumi's.

Although they were good friends, Lumi usually didn't write to her, preferring to meet in person to talk. She wanted to know what he had done these days, but she had to rely on the battle situation on the front lines to find out.

The letter paper is full of writing, even more than one page, and can be divided into three parts in summary.

The first part is to express that he can no longer continue to fight due to injury.

The second part explains the casualties of the final battle and the fact that Setash still controls part of the Kori army.

The third part is the longest, emphasizing that Ella should pay attention to the safety of the nobles going to the battlefield. Then until the end of the article, it is all about how terrifying ELO is and how reckless it is.

Especially the sentence "Even if God himself comes to the battlefield, ELO dares to go up and blow him up, just to see if God will bleed." Ella frowned and her whole body seemed to be shrouded in a layer of haze.

"What's wrong?" Setash's brows, which had just relaxed, wrinkled slightly following Ella's expression. Worry was revealed in his eyes, and he asked in a slightly tentative tone.

Now, apart from ELO's counterattack, there is probably nothing else that can make Ella frown so much.

He stood up, straightened the wrinkles on his clothes, and walked slowly and steadily to Ella's side.

Ella was immersed in her own thoughts when she vaguely saw a figure walking towards her. She hid the letter in her hand with a guilty conscience.

Setash noticed Ella's little move, but he didn't expose her directly as he usually did. Instead, he said softly, "Since the Lord Mayor doesn't want anyone to see it, then at least tell us a little bit."

Ella naturally avoided the important points in the letter, not mentioning anything that could touch Setash's heart, and simply said, "The troops that followed Lumi were completely wiped out."