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However, when Yun Shuo tried to get closer, the face of the statue of the god on the platform turned dark at a speed visible to the naked eye, as if he was some unlucky thing.

Willis was still there comforting Yun Shuo, insisting that he must be seeing things, and that it was obviously just a simple change in light.

Yun Shuo thought carefully about the statues of the God of Machinery that had his face carved on them, and he secretly guessed that the God of Machinery probably thought he was there to steal his business, so he just stood there with a stern face to look at him every day.

If this happened to him, he might not be happy about it.

But it is always a good thing that Willis can please the God of Machinery.

Less than a quarter of an hour after Willis came out of the temple, this shocking news exploded like thunder in the city of Cori, causing an uproar.

For a long time, the residents of Kori City have firmly believed that only those nobles of noble blood are worthy of the favor of the gods and become the highly respected ones favored by the gods.

Even some nobles might not be able to enjoy this honor due to various reasons, not to mention ordinary people like them.

As a result, Willis, who actually followed Yun Shuo out of the slums, is also qualified to become a God-favored One!

This news was like a sharp sword, piercing through the inherent shackles and forcing everyone to re-examine the rules of this world. The last shackles between the nobles and ordinary people naturally shattered.

The nobles went from being immortal to being mortal; from having special bloodlines to being ordinary; from being high and mighty to being just a piece of rotten flesh when stripped of their silk clothes.

……

Luo Lan followed the mayor of the neighboring city back to Cori City in fear.

Of course, they did not choose the winding path that Luo Lan took when he fled, but walked directly along the main road.

After all, they are not here to cause trouble, so how could they possibly take a small road to launch a surprise attack?

But for some reason, Luo Lan's heart was always lingering with an indescribable chill, as if she was not going to apologize and fight for a way out for herself, but was walking into a trap.

Especially when I saw those ELO members walking along the way, all of them were smiling and greeting me. Not only were their smiles exactly the same, but they were all the kind of smiles that showed their teeth but not their eyes. I felt even more uneasy.

I was clearly walking on a broad, bright, sunny avenue, and the sun outside was scorching, making me dizzy. It was definitely not the time to shiver.

However, she felt a biting chill in this warmth, as if she was walking on a road to death.

Luo Lan's gaze passed through the gap in the curtains, gazing at the scenery that was gradually becoming familiar. His fingers unconsciously clenched in his palms, trying to calm the inexplicable trembling in his heart.

As he watched, Luo Lan forced a smile that was about to cry and asked in a low voice: "Or, I won't go."

She nervously pulled at the window frame and leaned over the edge, as if without a fulcrum, she was about to collapse to the ground.

Luo Lan didn't even dare to look back at the gaze of the mayor of the neighboring city.

After all, I had agreed to it before, but now that we were almost there, I changed my mind. This kind of fickleness really deserves a beating no matter how you think about it.

An inexplicable regret welled up in her heart, as if she had a thousand words to say, but she couldn't find the words. In the end, she could only sigh softly and silently called out in her heart: "Wow, housekeeper, I miss you. I should have brought you here! I'm scared!"

The mayor of the neighboring city had long seen through the man's cowardly nature, and couldn't help but feel contempt for him, so he rolled his eyes impatiently.

Anyway, Luo Lan always had his back to her, so it couldn't be considered rude in any way.

Then, while forcefully pulling the man off the window frame, she softly comforted him, "Don't be afraid. After all, it was Ella who destroyed Setash. You were just a bystander at best. What does this have to do with you?"

Haha, this is a huge deal. Luo Lan shook her head, wanting to cry but unable to, and held on even tighter.

The city lord continued to persuade him, "He's in dire need of people right now. As long as you admit your mistakes and correct them, I'm sure he won't give you too much trouble. Think about it, even Ella in the past only abolished Setash's divine power when he attempted to usurp the throne but failed. Besides, you've simply chosen the wrong side. Lord Setash will understand."

When the city lord spoke, he deliberately concentrated his energy on his dantian, causing his voice to become low and hoarse.

It wasn't that she did this intentionally to show off her authority, but Luo Lan used too much force and almost broke the windows of her carriage.

In order not to appear aggressive, she brought Luo Lan, a noble from Cori City, with her this time, and rode in a carriage that suited her status.

So whether it's a person or a carriage, once it's gone, it's really gone.

But even though the city lord was very careful, the wood of the window frame was still deformed by Luo Lan's strong pull.

Wow, this guy has a little courage but great strength!

The city lord wiped his sweat. The nobles of Cori City chose this coward as their leader. Could it be because none of them could beat her?

Luo Lan sat there dejectedly, her eyes filled with anxiety and helplessness. She said in a tangled voice, "What if, I mean, what if... uh, I have a friend, and that friend has betrayed Lord Setash before? What if I still want to save her life..."

Her words were incoherent and confusing, just like her heart which was now a tangled mess of struggle and helplessness.

But she really didn't know how to deal with this difficult situation.

Lord Setash is completely different from Lord Ella. He is vindictive and ruthless. If you fall into his hands, your divine power may not be destroyed, but he may force you to swallow poison with a smile.

After all, poisoning is Saitaishi's forte. All his relatives died in this way, and the old city lord also died in this way.

She no longer dared to have too many extravagant hopes for her future.

Perhaps, there were only two possibilities: one was to obediently swallow the poison handed to him and end his life in pain. The other was to be forced to drink the poison by Satesh and end his life in pain.

It's all a dead end anyway!

No matter what the outcome was, it was like a cold wind in the dark night, making her shudder.

My life is over!

Luo Lan felt hopeless. She hugged her trembling knees tightly with both hands in frustration and curled herself up into a lonely ball.

Looking at the scenery passing by outside the carriage window, my heart was filled with regret and unwillingness.

If I had known this earlier, I should have written a suicide note before coming here.

However, just as she was lost in thought, the carriage suddenly stopped. Luo Lan's thoughts were interrupted by this sudden pause - as expected, they had arrived at their destination.

She couldn't help but feel an ominous premonition in her heart, and her legs were shaking as she didn't dare to get off the car.

The mayor of the neighboring city sighed, looked at Luo Lan with a complicated expression, and slowly said, "Don't let your imagination run wild. You'll know once you meet him. You'll have to come back eventually. Do you still think I'll let outsiders like you stay in my city forever?"

The city lord naturally understood who "that friend" was, but what does the life and death of the people of Keli City have to do with me? I can't even manage my own city properly, so why should I care about the life and death of the people of Keli City?

Luo Lan sniffed softly, as if trying to dispel the tension and uneasiness in her heart, and followed the people out of the car.

But when she saw the familiar yet unfamiliar smiling face of "Satesh" who was smiling towards her, she felt her eyes go dark for a moment and she wished she could just fall down.

Butler, I seem to... really can't go back.

Chapter 131: Are you pretending?

Are you not going to pretend at all? You have the nerve to say "I am just a piece of shit" with such a blatant face?

Can you have a little more professionalism? It’s too late to “change your face”, but at least you should put on those single-sided gold-rimmed glasses that Satesh never takes off!

But after thinking about this for a while, Luo Lan felt cold sweat all over his body.

Known: The "Setash" in front is actually Willis, and this is now the base camp of ELO.

After all, Luo Lan had worked under Setash before. Although he couldn't say that he knew the big man's style of doing things very well, he did know a little bit about it.

The thing that impressed her most was that Setash was a man who cared a lot about face. It could even be said that he valued face more than anything else.

So no matter what, he would meet the mayor of the neighboring city in person. Even if he only had half his life left, he would pretend to be relaxed and at ease.

How could a person like him who is so obsessed with face that he would suffer in vain tolerate others to enjoy the glory that originally belonged to him in his place?

However, now, the person who appeared before the mayor of the neighboring city was actually Willis! Or Willis who was standing here under the name of "Setaish"!

Luo Lan didn't think he was very smart, but it was impossible for him to still not understand things.

There is no doubt that this means that the real person in power here is definitely not Setash as the mayor of the neighboring city thinks, but the ELO organization.

At this moment, Setash might be lying in some unknown corner, seriously injured, powerless, or even dead.

But no matter what the actual situation is, he is no longer the master who can control everything.

For a moment, Luo Lan felt his whole body stiffen, and even forcing a friendly smile on his face became extremely difficult.

But no matter how hard he tried, the forced smile looked very stiff and unnatural, like a candle swaying in a storm, which could be blown out at any time.

But she didn't dare not smile, for fear that Willis would think she was being rude.

Although she had met Willis before and they had a good chat at that time, but with the precedent of Yun Shuo, the smiling tiger, Luo Lan no longer dared to believe that there really existed someone in ELO who spoke softly and had no intention of killing you behind your back.

Besides, what kind and gentle person would do such a thing?

She glanced carefully and saw that the mayor of the neighboring city still had the air of a self-important mayor. He didn't realize that anything was wrong and continued to walk ahead with a proud and confident manner.

Luo Lan thought timidly: Since she is here, I should be no longer needed, so can I leave?

Then she lowered her head slightly, and her neck trembled and shrank down, as if she was avoiding the impending storm.

At the same time, she secretly hoped that this "Setaish" would not notice her. It would be best if he could just treat her as air.

Seeing that "Saitaishi" really had no intention of paying attention to her, Luo Lan thought again: Anyway, it has nothing to do with me, so it should be okay for me to move back to the car...

But even though she had prepared herself mentally, her feet hidden under her skirt refused to obey her at all and stood there as if they were rooted to the spot.

She wanted to fly back to the housekeeper immediately and cry about ELO's inhumane behavior, but in reality she didn't dare to move at all and could only stand there blankly.

No! Take a deep breath and calm down, Luo Lan!

The other party hasn't said that he is Sai Taishi yet, so how can I assume that he is Sai Taishi?

Although this sentence seems a bit awkward, there is no doubt that: since Setash and ELO are together, and the commander of ELO is Yun Shuo, and Willis is Yun Shuo's subordinate, then rounding it off, Willis is Setash's subordinate.

So, judging from this logical chain, it is normal for Setash to send Willis to welcome the lord of the neighboring city. Maybe Setash is waiting inside. This is also possible!

Luo Lan finally chose to stay back and see how things would develop before deciding whether he could still save his life today.

At this moment, it was obvious that Willis was not dressed like an ordinary person. He looked like a nobleman. The mayor of the neighboring city naturally did not need anyone to introduce him and treated him as a Satesh.

Although Willis was the first to come over, this was someone else's territory after all, and the mayor of the neighboring city was not the kind of person who was ignorant of tact. Naturally, he responded with the same bright smile and greeted him with just the right amount of warmth.

Both of them followed etiquette, gently pressing their left hands on their right chests, leaning forward slightly, and nodding in respect.

Although Willis still had a smile on his face, his words were straightforward. "Lord City Lord, I wonder what you want to do here? And you are carrying..."

He paused here deliberately, his eyes intentionally or unintentionally sweeping over Luo Lan who was standing behind the mayor of the neighboring city. The man immediately became like a docile quail, standing there silently, not daring to say a word.

"Ha..." The city lord was also choked by his straightforward attitude. Before he could finish his mouthful of polite words for noble communication, they were blocked back in his mouth.

But as soon as she heard the meaning of the other party's words, she understood in her heart - this attitude was not directed at her, but at the person behind her.

After all, he had just been betrayed by this man and his divine power was wasted. Although the situation of the battle has turned around now, the divine power cannot be recovered.

He was really lucky. Whoever had the biggest grudge against the newly appointed Lord of Kori City was chosen to be the one to come over. It was normal for him to be angry.

Who would be in a good mood if this happened to them?

The city lord's eyes narrowed slightly, and he smiled, "My Lord, you may not know that although the city of Cori is now almost stable, for some reason, most of the nobles have fled to our city. This is really inappropriate."

She simply followed Willis's respectful address to her, and the two of them called each other "Lord City Lord" to avoid using different titles, which would make one appear superior to the other and lose their status.

Willis's eyes revealed a hint of disdain, and he said lightly, "Let them run away. Anyway, those people are useless."

As a member of ELO, he naturally felt that none of these noble guys were good people. If they left, they left. He didn't see any use for them anyway.

However, Willis's light words hit the city lord's heart like a hammer.

The city lord's face turned pale in an instant, and he cried out anxiously in his heart: "No! If you think it's useless, you can't just throw it to me! It's useless for me to hold it!"

The resources in my small town are already stretched thin. I can barely cope with even the nobles in my own city. How can I have extra resources to support those outsiders you threw here?

Seeing that Willis remained calm and indifferent after uttering those shocking words, the city lord couldn't help but feel a nameless anger in his heart.

They've been here for a long time, but until now they've just been standing outside chatting, which has already made the city lord very dissatisfied. And now, you actually say such words!

"Saitaishi, Saitaishi, you look like a man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, but you are actually crazy, right? Your own city of Kori is in chaos, and you want my city to be in chaos with you?

"Lord Setaishi, you're joking. How can we govern like this?" the mayor of the neighboring city said, suppressing his anger and trying to maintain a friendly appearance. "This kind of thing has never happened in the Mechanical Kingdom, and there's certainly no such thing as throwing nobles from one city into the neighboring city."

The previous "event" was about Setash's excessive struggle for power, which led to the excessive ignition of the war. If it weren't for the intention of the higher-ups to suppress Ella, his drama would never have been able to be performed, and even if it had been performed, it would have been forcibly suppressed.

The "examples" mentioned later were meant to warn Setash not to make such absurd remarks again. It's always been the case that "the mayor of the city changes, but the nobles remain." You can't change the rules just because you want to.

However, although the mayor of the neighboring city said this, he had actually already found a reason for Willis's words long ago.

After all, it's still the same old problems.

The city lord then casually waved his hand, luring Luo Lan, who was standing behind him, up to him. He explained with a pleasant expression, "The nobles' departure wasn't due to any problems with your governance, Lord City Lord. The root cause is that they were too timid and had no experience of war, so they fled in a hurry."

Seeing Willis's brow relax slightly, the mayor of the neighboring city hurriedly continued to appeal to his feelings and reason, saying, "However, since it has already happened, there is no need to delve into it further. I also know that when you fell from power, none of those nobles remained by your side. Such heartlessness and disloyalty are truly disheartening."

"But they are nobles after all. You may be the city lord, but no matter what you want to do after that, you still can't do without these nobles."

Willis raised his eyes and looked at the other party, with a look of unfathomable thought in his eyes. Then he said evasively: "Let's go in and talk in detail first."

The commander-in-chief didn't say what to do if this continues.

After so much effort, those nobles finally got out on their own, but in the end, I still have to bring them back one by one. Bringing them back is one thing, but what should I do after that?