272. Lanfrick's Confusion
The instructions given by Joel were executed perfectly by Crassus.
All the nobles outside the city were hanged, and no noble escaped the punishment.
Before hanging them, Fuztel gathered the people and announced to the people the mistakes made by the nobles, and announced the hanging punishment of these nobles by Joel.
"here you go!"
"My poor sister is in one of the noble territories. She must not have escaped the goblin attack..."
"Have they ever treated us as human beings...?"
"Originally I was somewhat resistant to Long becoming the lord, but what he did today made me sincerely support him as our lord."
The public sentiment was agitated, but there was a chorus of applause.
The opposite is true for nobles.
Although they also believed that these nobles had made mistakes, their crimes were not worthy of death.
In Duke Tobias Ridge, which is dominated by Duke Tobias, not all of the territory belongs to Duke Tobias. After wars and sales, many of the territories belong exclusively to a certain noble family.
And the people in the territory also belong to their private property. In the eyes of these nobles, how can throwing away their own treasures be considered a mistake?
Besides, during the war, there were also nobles who abandoned their people and chose to take refuge.
This has become the default rule in various countries.
Even if such behavior is expressly prohibited in the law, has any noble been actually punished? All sensible nobles know that this is just a way to deceive the people.
Fight if you can, and if you can't, choose to protect the family inheritance of the nobles. It has always been Rui, and the territory and people are taken over and disposed of by the victor. Even if the nobles are captured, they can redeem themselves through treasures.
Reply. These are their privileges, and now their privileges are easily overturned before their eyes.
Joel's punishment made these nobles feel uneasy.
"We have to resist...! Let a dragon be the lord, and we may end up on the gallows at some point... and our treasures will also be embezzled," said a noble.
His words resonated with other nobles.
"You're right, but how can we resist? Although that evil dragon deserves to die, we don't have the force to fight him."
"What about magic props? There are always useful props in each family."
"That won't work...that evil dragon is really too strong, far beyond the damage that magic items can do."
"This won't work, that won't work either! Then what should we do...? Are we just going to sit back and wait for death?"
"Master Lanfric..." a nobleman said.
A name familiar to nobles.
Unlike Furstelle, Lanfric showed a smart attitude among the nobles and often proposed some bold ideas, which were all beneficial to the nobles.
Obviously, Lanfrick was more favored by them than Foztel, who had surrendered to Joel.
"I remember... the evil dragon Li'an seems to have reached some kind of agreement with Master Lanfric. If we surrender to Master Lanfric... we can avoid this disaster."
"The Kingdom of Bana has been captured by the evil dragon Li'an, and that territory has also become a no-owner's land. Maybe surrendering will allow us to get one or two territories?"
The nobles were discussing, their words full of expectations.
"The Goblins will arrive in E. Palenque soon. With the existence of the Mage Tower barrier... they will resist for a long time. Especially the recently re-established Mage Association is a problem."
"My family is in charge of transportation. The magic stones transported in recent days are enough to maintain the barrier for about seven days."
"This matter is easy to handle. My family is responsible for managing night patrols... Just send someone into the mage tower to steal the magic stones."
The nobles' words to each other are full of hopes for the future.
But immediately a nobleman said: "How should Lanfric know our message?"
This question troubled the gathered nobles until an inconspicuous noble said: "I have a message to contact Master Lanfrick."
I didn't care how the noble got the message paper. More importantly... as long as I have this, all plans will be feasible.
The tent where the orcish troops were stationed.
Lanfric unfolded the message paper and saw the surrender message sent from the message paper.
He did not smile or make any statement. He just replied with a short sentence on the message paper, "No problem, but when it comes to the distribution of territory in the Kingdom of Bana, everyone needs to rely on their own abilities." After replying, he continued.
He put away the message paper. He didn't really intend to help those nobles. These words were just words to deceive them.
The reason why the message paper was left with the inconspicuous little nobles was because the little nobles didn't think too much.
When he left Duke Tobias Ridge, he had long expected that such a situation would happen because he had originally planned to do that, and as long as he wanted to, he would do it. This was due to his confidence in himself.
The purpose of doing this was simply to disgust his brother and father and let them understand the nature of nobility.
The ancestors signed a contract to protect the dragon with the dragon Nag Tobias Favron, and he signed a contract of destruction with the evil dragon Liyan.
Destroy people, and also destroy...dragons.
In fact, it was Lanfrick's idea that led to Liyan's destruction of the Bana Kingdom.
Otherwise, according to Elijah's temper, he would attack human beings but would not deliberately destroy a country. This is the same as people not paying too much attention to ants. After destroying the ant nest, the water would be flushed away.
Entering the ant nest, but you don't care whether the ants inside are dead or not.
And this time...the attack on Duke Tobias Ridge was also his idea.
Under his father's repeated denials, he went to extremes and wanted to become an epoch-making hero king through his own power. Only in chaos will humans remember heroes.
However, this time, Lanfrick unexpectedly did not think that Duke Tobias Ridge would fall, and the reason for this was the dragon named Yoel.
Just when he thought so simply, the orcs contacted him, and the orc king Shiya told him a message, "The operation will fail."
This news also made Lanfrick firm up his mind, and then changed his itinerary and headed to the Yonsai Empire with the orcs.
Although I don't understand how the Orc King came up with this message, whether he betrayed the evil dragon Li'an, or what the reason was, but in short... he would not joke about such a thing.
The only thing that Lanfric couldn't understand was why the orcs told him this news. Lanfric didn't think that he was kind to the orcs. In fact, as the second son of the Tobias family, the orcs should have been kind to him.
Chapter completed!