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Chapter 111: Taking refuge and running out of food

Although Carlo's pioneering commander in Walker County was Carlo, the person who met Atrice and Debra was Xu Yue. After all, he existed as an open leader. If Carlo was the receptionist, it would be impossible to relieve the senior management of the two Blood Eye Brotherhood.

Looking at Atrice with a charming temperament and Debra, who looks more manly than Kairuth, Xu Yue's eyes were a little weird, but he quickly covered up the strange color in his eyes.

"You are the leaders of the Blood-Eyed Brotherhood?" He sat on the master's seat with a calm expression and asked the two people standing. In his current status, even the nobles are still of a high status. There is no problem with the leader of the underground forces in a small place to pose such a high posture. On the contrary, if he had no aristocratic airs at all, he would probably make Atricia and Debra feel that they were not reliable.

"Atrice, the leader of the Blood Eye Brotherhood, and my subordinate Debra, have met Marquis Xu Yue. As the news we had heard before, we hope to be able to be subordinate to the Lord and get your protection." Atrice and Debra respectfully said to Xu Yue a manner of representing the surrender and respect of the superiors.

After Xu Yue looked at the two of them, the expression on her face did not change at all. Instead, she sat there and asked casually: "Oh? I remember that your Blood-Eyed Brotherhood is the second largest underground force in Walker County, right? Why do you seek the protection of an outsider like me? And why do you think I can provide you with the protection you need?"

Atrice said respectfully: "Last night, you have shown your strong strength to everyone. The team of 30,000 people and many strong men were easily wiped out by your team. As the leader of the second-ranked force in Walker County, I still know this. The Blood Eye Brotherhood was excluded and forced by the other five major forces in Walker County, so after seeing your strong strength, we decided to seek protection from you and are eager to follow you."

"Haha? Interesting. Other forces should not exclude you for no reason. When you come to surrender to me at this time, you have to connect with conspiracy and other things. So, how do you prove that you are sincerely surrendering to me? What benefits can your surrender bring to me? You must know that everything has its own price and if there is no sufficient reason, why should I accept the allegiance of an underground force like you?"

"Sir! We can help you occupy Walkershire, and you need us when you rule Walkershire..."

Before Atrice finished speaking, Debra, who was already impatient next to her, waved her hand and interrupted her, and said, "Okay, Atrice. Don't try to impress the Marquis with those false things. This adult's intelligence network is much more powerful than you think. I think he probably knew what happened to the Blood Eye Brothers, and just show our sincerity!"

After being interrupted by Debra, Atrice showed a look of shock and anger on her face after hearing her words. But after looking at the smile on the corner of Xu Yue's face, she suddenly felt cold all over. It was obvious that Debra was right. The expression of the other party alone showed that the honorary marquis who she had only thought was a puppet had known everything. And the things like empty checks she just said obviously did not convince the other party at all.

Xu Yue looked at this woman who was stronger than Kairu with a look of appreciation. The other party's directness just showed her cleverness, unlike this woman named Atrice who tried to exchange some fancy promises from herself for some benefits.

"Marquis Xu Yue, I believe you have enough confidence to occupy Walker County, and I am afraid that you have made detailed plans for this. But I believe that the detailed information about Walker County I have can allow you to occupy Walker County at a smaller price and in a shorter time. Of course, as you said, everything must be exchanged at a sufficient price. I also have my own conditions." Debra said calmly.

"Debra!" Atrice screamed in shock after hearing her words. It was obvious that she thought Debra wanted to leave behind the senior leaders of the Blood Eye Brotherhood and relied on the information she had to give her benefits.

Debra looked at her coldly with a disdainful look and said, "Don't worry! I didn't put aside your plans. Moreover, the information I used to exchange with the Marquis was not the previous ones, but the information from the entire Walker County that I have carefully collected over the years."

After saying that, Debra turned his head and said to Xu Yue: "Sir, I want to exchange detailed information from all the forces in Walker County for your promise, plus the lives of our senior officials, such as the Blood Eye Brotherhood."

Xu Yue's eyes had a hint of inquiry, and he leaned back and said, "This is different from what you said before. But I'm still willing to listen to your conditions."

Debra bowed slightly and gave a bow. It was hard to imagine that women with the appearance of her always seemed so calm and orderly when doing things.

"My conditions are actually not a problem for you. I'm afraid you will do this even if I don't propose this condition. My conditions are to kill Egbird, the leader of the Dark Hand, when occupying Walker County!" When Debra said that name, his eyes turned blood red, and a strong sense of hatred and murderous intent appeared on her, making Kailuth next to him put his hand on the weapon with some vigilance.

Debra quickly calmed down her mood when she noticed that her actions were a bit out of place, but from the veins on her forehead, she could tell that she was still very excited.

Atrice, who was surprised to see her, looked at her with confusion. In Atrice's memory, she had never heard of any hatred between Debra and Egbird. She was deeply puzzled by Debra's expression that she wished she could eat Egbird.

Xu Yue's expression became a little serious. He looked at Debra and asked curiously: "Do you have a grudge with Eigberd?"

Debra's mouth twitched for a moment and said hatefully: "The irreconcilable hatred! Actually, it's nothing strange. I actually came from the Kingdom of Druman among the seven kingdoms of people. My hometown is on the North Wind Plain. The tribe I was born in was just a small barbarian tribe, but it was destroyed by Eigerbird. At that time, I was not old and was suppressed by my parents and escaped, but my parents and all my relatives died because of this. If possible, I hope that the adults would give me the opportunity to kill Eigerbird."

Atrice looked at her with an unexecutable expression and said, "How is that possible? You have been in Walker County for eight years. During this period, you met Egbird no less than a hundred times, but you never saw you show any resentment or murderous intention to him!"

Debra looked at her coldly and said, "Egbird is a level seven magician, and his strength is far above me. If I had dared to show any hostility to him before, I would probably have died long ago. I know that I am unlikely to break through to level seven in a short time and have the strength to kill him, so I have been secretly collecting detailed information from various forces in Walker County over the years. Now Walker County seems to be ruled by six major forces, but in fact everyone knows that except for the one behind the hidden house who can slightly get a little insignificant power from Egbird, the entire Walker County is actually under the rule of Egbird. After all, he has killed not few level seven strongmen, and the other level seven strongmen in Walker County are actually afraid to oppose Egbird's rule."

Xu Yue's eyes became cautious when looking at Debra. From the words of Debra and Atrice, it can be analyzed that Debra not only has good strength, but what is even more rare is that she also has an excellent mind and a tough and tolerant personality. Not everyone can pretend to be completely unaware of the enemy who kills close friends and destroys her homeland, and this disguise lasts for several years. To be honest, Debra's personality and the appearance she shows are really two extremes.

In fact, what Debra said about her origin in the Kingdom of Druman is just a explanation of why Debra has such an amazing tomboy appearance. The Kingdom of Druman ranks fourth among the seven kingdoms of mankind and is in the middle. This country is in the cold northern highlands, completely composed of highland barbarians. The height of the Highland barbarians, whose physique and strong folk customs are their greatest characteristics.

Because this country is located in the northern plains, the food crops are relatively poor. However, its excellent physical talent allows any northern Highland barbarian to become an excellent warrior, even women are no exception. Therefore, this country is also called the country of warriors. In order to survive, most of the Highland barbarians will become mercenaries to accept employment from various forces.

However, although the Highland Barbarians can become excellent warriors due to physical factors, most of them are guys with a lot of muscles and poor thinking. Just looking at this race, almost no one can become a magician can prove it. The Highland Barbarians have always liked to be straightforward and do not understand the tricks of being foolish. Therefore, highland barbarians like Debra who are delicate and good at forbearance are very rare even female Highland Barbarians.

"Your conditions are really not simple at all. It is not easy to kill a level seven magician. Not to mention giving you the chance to kill him. To do that, at least he must completely lose his combat power. This is more difficult than killing him." Xu Yue said in meaningful words.

Debra obviously knew that her last request was a bit too much. She said sadly: "It's okay to kill him directly. I think you might have collected a lot of news about Walker County before you come. Eggbird completely regarded Walker County as his own taboo. Anyone who wants to occupy this place will receive his crazy attack. Even if he can temporarily drive him away from this place, he will not give up. I think you don't want a crazy level seven-level strongman in the dark at any time, right?"

Xu Yue looked at this woman with a smiley face. Although she looked much more beautiful than Debra next to her, the two were completely opposite in terms of ability. Through the information she had in her hands, he certainly knew that this woman was a very ambitious but limited ability. After smiling casually, he said, "I have my own plan for Walker County, so you don't need to serve. You can come to my guard camp to receive our protection. After I resolve the power in Walker County, you can leave."

Xu Yue's words made the smile on Atrice's face froze, and her face turned pale in an instant, but soon she gritted her teeth and made up a decision. She suddenly exuded a charming temperament, which made any man unable to help but want to possess her after seeing her. At the same time, her appearance that seemed to be changing suddenly became clear, and a beautiful woman in her thirties appeared in front of everyone. Then she said in a tone of teasing and tempting, "Sir, as long as you are willing..."

Before she could finish her words, a shocking pressure and powerful murderous intent next to her suddenly completely enveloped her. The charming temperament emitted by her body was instantly dispersed. At this moment, she felt as if she was facing a high-level monster, and she might be torn to pieces at any time.

Xu Yue glanced at Kairuth standing in front of him with an angry look on his face. At this time, the level seven-level strong man was covering Atrice with his powerful aura and murderous intent, and at the same time his hand was already on his weapon. It seemed that as long as Xu Yue nodded, he would immediately cut this stupid woman who dared to use means to charm his boss into seventeen or eighteen sections.

After signaling Kairuth, the warrior who had become a level seven powerhouse but was still a subordinate in front of Xu Yue retreated back to Xu Yue. After the momentum and murderous intent that suppressed her disappeared, Atricus's legs softened and fell directly to the ground. His pale face and sweat dripping from his head showed how great Kairuth felt about her oppression just now.

"Celebrity talent? It's rare for humans to have this talent. I remember that most of this talent are possessed by the succubus in hell, right? The talent is good, but your ability is a little worse, and your ambition and ability are not proportional. Forget it this time, if there is another time, I won't let you go like this time. Notify you and your subordinates. Come here as soon as possible. If time delays for a long time and is discovered by the other five major forces in Walkershire, I won't have time to enter Walkershire and let you go." Xu Yue said calmly at Atrice.

Atrice, who was almost scared by Kairuth's momentum, struggled from the ground with a pale face. After she nodded in agreement this time, she quickly left the tent with her weak legs. After the remaining Xu Yue and Debra, Xu Yue looked at Debra with a hint of doubt and interest, and said, "How did you judge that I have the strength to occupy Walker County? If you just look at what I show now, at most, it will be similar to the strength within Walker County. It is even a little worse. What made you put all your bets on me?"

After hearing Xu Yue's words, Debra sighed and said, "Look at what you said. Obviously, there is still a backup plan that can determine the outcome. In fact, I am not completely sure of your strength. In fact, when you were going to open up the territory and position Walker County two years ago, the news had been leaked to Walker County by some people from relevant departments of the Kingdom of Sia. After all, there are many forces with their own interests in Walker County, and there are also many forces and people in the Kingdom of Sia that have been linked to Walker County. However, according to the information I have collected over the past two years, you and the Chamber of Commerce under your name have risen rapidly in the past three years, and there are no responsibilities in this process.

He's jealous forces can stop you. But there is no way to find out that any hidden forces behind you are supporting you. So I think you have risen by your own strength. No matter what your support is, being able to make the Chamber of Commerce develop rapidly in more than three years proves that the strength you have hidden is enough to pose a sufficient threat to Walker County. I have been waiting for too long. I almost feel that there is no chance to take revenge. This Blood Eye Brotherhood just forced Atrice, a stupid woman, into a desperate situation. I don't have many choices anymore, so I just blocked everything on you."

After hearing her words, Xu Yue smiled and said, "Don't worry. You won't disappoint. Eggbird will be sent to you soon. Now, I want to see if the information you provide can make it easier for us to capture Walker County."

While Xu Yue was discussing with Debra, a note with intelligence was also written from inside the Dark Hand of Walkershire, which was teleported to the capital of the Kingdom of Groney. After complicated procedures, it came to the hands of a grand duke of the Kingdom of Groney. In a kingdom like the Kingdom of Groney, which adhered to the traditional old-fashioned form of aristocratic rule, the opinions of a grand duke of the real power can already represent the opinions of the highest authority of the country to some extent.

The grand duke glanced at the information on the note in his hand and sneered, and said to the entourage beside him: "Let the people of the Fifth Legion on the border send a team to Walker County, where there is a honorary marquis of the Kingdom of Shia that want to attack Walker County. The marquis had two level seven strong men under his command, and asked the people of the Fifth Legion to send two level seven masters to solve the two strong men on the other side."

After saying this, the grand duke looked at the leaving entourage and said to himself: "It's so interesting. There are fools who want to occupy Walker County under the competition between the two kingdoms. He doesn't know that this behavior is purely seeking death?" After saying that, the grand duke shook his head and threw this matter behind his head. For a big man like him, an honorary marquis who was blinded by interests would obviously not be taken seriously by him. The other party's news is just a small episode in his life.

On Walker County, after the guards wiped out the invading troops on the first night, they immediately divided into two groups and completely cut off the roads entering Walker County from both east and west. At the same time, the granaries of major forces in Walker County were suddenly destroyed by the dark sect hidden inside. Either the granary fire ignited, or the grain in the granary was poisoned and polluted. In just half a day, the food of the underground forces in Walker County was destroyed by more than 70%. This made all the underground forces in Walker County furious and jumped in their feet.

Walker County is located at the junction of the Three Kingdoms, and is convenient for trading. The side close to Yege Forest makes the forces here easy to advance and retreat. If they cannot defeat them, they can run to Yege Forest to avoid disasters, and at the same time they can cause some trouble for the forces occupying Walker County towns from time to time. However, even such a superior geographical location also has its most obvious weakness - grain.

A hundred years ago, the Kingdom of Shia and Groney used an army of millions of people in the prosperous and prosperous Walkershire. Among them, there were many powerful magicians and various spell casting professions. After a shocking battle, not only did Walkershire turn into ruins, but even the land that was originally very suitable for cultivation became extremely barren. Almost few pieces of land could cultivate crops.

There are about 100,000 ordinary residents and local underground forces in Walker County. As a prosperous commercial hub, there are tens of thousands of caravans and merchants who pass here every day or temporarily stay here, and for various reasons. In this case, Walker County's demand for food has always been at a very high level. The grain produced by the local land in Walker County is difficult to meet the grain demand of 10,000 people for half a year. Let alone satisfy everyone here.

Food is the most troublesome thing for the local forces in Walker County. In order to solve the food problem in Walker County, local forces even had the idea of ​​opening up a large forest near the Yege Forest for cultivation. But on the one hand, the forest of Yege Forest is an important retreat for the local forces in Walker County. On the other hand, if their staff here want to open up those huge forests and deal with the monsters inside, they really don’t have the manpower or strength. So this proposal was eventually rejected.

Every year, most of the huge benefits obtained by the local forces in Walkershire are used to purchase food from the outside world. As many foreign forces that can control Walkershire and make a lot of money, they naturally will not miss this great opportunity. Therefore, the price of food that can enter Walkershire is three times higher than that of other places, and even some vegetables and fruits entering here is extremely expensive than that of the outside world. It is at this price that many foreign forces in Walkershire have to take advantage of the opportunity to continuously install their own hands and secrets in Walkershire. The local underground forces know this well. But in the end they still have to pinch their noses and recognize them. There is no way, the land of Walkershire really can't grow much.

In the past, some forces even proposed to use high-level storage rings to buy a large amount of food from the outside world and secretly transport it back. However, if it is just one or two high-level storage rings, it is no problem for Walker County. However, if it involves nearly 200,000 people, it is undoubtedly a joke if it wants to transport the food with two or three high-level storage rings. However, if it is a large number of high-level storage rings, even if the six major forces in Walker County and those small forces pay together, they cannot afford it.

Someone once proposed to buy grains for a short period of time and time to store them. This idea was really successful at the beginning. However, if the 200,000-strong grain was purchased in a nearby area, this big deal quickly attracted the attention of many forces. The final result was that not only did the grain not be purchased, but those high-level storage rings also became the spoils of others. Later, although some people wanted to buy high-level storage rings and go to a farther place to buy grain, they later gave up. After all, if the place where the grain was purchased was too far from Walkershire and it could not be solved by relying on two or three high-level storage rings alone, and this also requires the interception of other forces.

Later, some people even thought of using the teleportation array to buy food from a long distance and put it in the storage ring to teleport back. However, the cost of the teleportation array and each transmission was so high that it was scary. Later, after a while, some foreign forces who found something wrong simply set up a distraction-type magic array in the distance against the area in the town, so that the storage rings that were transmitted several times were teleported to some unknown place.

In the end, the local forces in Walker County completely surrendered, but it is impossible for outsiders to monopolize Walker County by controlling food. There are too many forces here. It is impossible for all forces to reach an agreement on the occupation of Walker County. Unless one is willing to offend all other forces and has enough strength to block the transportation of food into Walker County, it is not realistic to completely ban the supply of food in Walker County.

And even if the army can enter Walker County, you still need to eat food. Once the food is transported to Walker County, the local forces either snatch the food or poison the food, and the army you enter will only go hungry.

Under this complex relationship, the local forces in Walkershire have always been able to buy food at high prices under this wonderful balance, while those who have the idea here can restrain each other and no one can take over Walkershire.

But now the situation has changed. Xu Yue, a newly-entered honorary marquis who had risen in the Shea Kingdom for less than three or four years, completely cut off the food supplier road in Walkershire with a powerful team of fully magical equipment armed to the teeth. When entering Walkershire's only two business roads, merchants who are doing business or smuggling can pass freely, and pedestrians who come and go. However, any caravan transporting food will be stopped.

What made all forces even more stunned was that in order to avoid someone using advanced storage rings to bring food into Walker County, the guard even used a large amount of precious materials to build a huge barrier to cover the town of Walker County. This barrier has no attack power or defense power at all, but it can not only cut off the teleportation array in the town, but also emit an alarm when the storage items that have not been inspected and marked by the guard will enter the barrier, and quickly determine the location of the storage ring that enters the barrier.

Although this type of large barrier of detection and interference is much cheaper than the defensive and attack-type barriers used in some cities, it is all barriers of cities and barriers. That price will definitely shock all those who know how to learn. The forces that peek at Walker County are not powerless to take out the money, but forces that can take out the money will never use so much money to occupy Walker County. Moreover, without the level combat power of the guards, even if they set up barriers, it will be difficult for them to prevent others from transporting food to Walker County.

The actions of Xu Yue and the Avo Chamber of Commerce have undoubtedly offended all the forces that were willing to attack Walker County nearby, but Xu Yue just sneered at this. If he wanted to offend all the teams that were willing to attack the guards that night, he would have offended all the forces. Moreover, if he wanted to occupy Walker County, his relationship with those forces would not be able to reconcile. Since he would stand on the opposite side sooner or later, it would be better to do something ruthlessly so that those forces would not dare to act rashly.

In the eyes of many forces who fought against Walker County, Xu Yue's actions were obviously a bit crazy. Just watching the Guard's investment in weapons and the money invested in occupying the large vigil of Walker County was already a surprising number. These forces are not unable to afford the money, but they still say the same thing. If these forces want to occupy Walker County, they are ready to make money, not to spend money in. If they pay such a large price, they may not even be able to return the original, so why should they do that?

What they didn't know was that Xu Yue not only spent a lot of money in the occupied Walker County, but after occupying Walker County, he was even more prepared to spend more money. As long as he occupied Walker County, he would have a stable development base, and at that time, he would have a sufficient foundation for expanding the scale of his own army or developing his own business. As for the many forces he offended, he was not worried at all.

The interactions between forces always depend on the comparison of the strength of both sides. As long as Xu Yue showed strength enough to consolidate his territory after occupying Walker County, those forces would not always be evil to him because of what happened today. Politics is the most unconscionable thing.

After Xu Yue came to Tarenmiya Continent, he always used money to open up the way. Whether it was personal battles, the development of the chamber of commerce, and the struggles against external forces, he adhered to the strategy of smashing the opponent with gold coins. Just looking at him with his many advanced magic equipment on his body, he could see this with his many advanced magic equipment on his body. The business of pure containers gave him enough confidence to attack this kind of money.

This time, he planned to completely expand the business of pure containers after occupying Walkershire. In the shortest time, he spread to the entire Tarenmia continent. With the money obtained from the transaction, he would build Walkershire into a territory that foreign forces could hardly conquer in a short time. Unless the Kingdom of Shia goes crazy to attack their own marquis, or the Kingdom of Groney risks the risk of provoking a full-scale war and invade Walkershire in full swing. Otherwise, Xu Yue's territory will be a solid fortress.

Although this plan contains great dangers, the benefits it can bring as long as it succeeds are absolutely tempting. At that time, there will inevitably be many forces who are jealous of his pure container business. However, under the involvement of the relationship between various forces, as long as those forces are not crazy and do not directly send more than tens of thousands of troops to attack him on the surface, it will not have any impact on him.

After the guard blocked the main commercial roads in Walker County and set up a barrier to prevent the inflow of food from outside the world. The five major forces in Walker County started to make a fuss like a pot. Most of the food in the hands of the local forces was destroyed, which made Walker County's food become tense. Although the remaining food was enough to support Walker County for the first half of the month, the other party's preparation to completely trap Walker County made all forces unwilling to sit and wait for death.

"Can't wait any longer! Once the food in Walkershire is exhausted, we will have no chance even if we want to resist."

"Why should we retreat from the Yege Forest first, and wait until they occupy Walker County before coming back and rob their food in turn so that they can't eat?"

"The other party clearly wanted to trap us outside the town. Even if we retreated into Yege Forest without food, we would not be able to hold on for long."

"The other party can't starve the entire Walker County people to death, right? They can't even call on new leaders to come here after occupying Walker County like that."

The leaders of the five major forces were discussing in a hall in a mess. This time, the leaders and senior leaders of the five forces participated in. Looking at the crowds below, Eigberd said coldly: "Quiet! Look at what you all look like?"

With the blessing of his magic, the voice instantly overwhelmed the chaotic sounds in the venue. When everyone saw the powerful magician of the level 7, they immediately shut up and sat down.

After seeing the actions of everyone, Egbird nodded with satisfaction and said, "The other party's method of cutting off the food channels has indeed hit our key points, but if we want to destroy our underground forces in Walker County by relying on this, it is still a bit of a matter of course. From now on, each force will take half of the food as reserve grain for retreating into the Yege Forest. At the same time, the senior officials of each force contacted those forces who were dissatisfied with the Marquis and asked them to send the food to the Yege Forest. They blocked Walker County, could they still block the entire Yege Forest?"

Eggbyd's words calmed down the top leaders of the five major forces. They thought about what Eggbyd said was indeed correct. Once the weakness of Walkershire is given up, the five major forces will no longer be troubled by the food problem. On the contrary, Xu Yue, who occupied Walkershire, needs to worry about the food problems of the people in the entire Walkershire. At that time, the forces that are dissatisfied with Xu Yue will intervene. The final result will be that Xu Yue cannot provide enough food and has to retreat in despair.

At this time, a man quietly walked to Eggbold and whispered something. He saw Eggbold, the unrestrained level seven-level powerful man, smiled a little coldly and said to the leaders of the other four forces around him: "We just received the news that the Kingdom of Groney has secretly sent elite teams to deal with the marquis' army. This time our villain is in trouble."

At the same time, on the border of the Kingdom of Groney, the Fifth Legion stationed here also received an order from the Kingdom capital. After three hours of preparation, an elite unit with a population of 5,000 completed the dressing with amazing efficiency, and then quickly left the station as a bandit. However, the team did not notice that some eyes that had been staring here had already conveyed the news of their departure in a kind of bird.
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