Since the system became my girlfriend

"Mercenaries! Let's go!" Marshal Salo said to Su Rui.

"Yes, Grand Marshal!" Su Rui nodded, then followed Marshal Salo into the teleportation array!

With a dazzling white light, Su Rui and Grand Marshal Salo left Xuanwu City together. A moment later, they were teleported to the royal city.

When their vision returned, Su Rui and Marshal Salo had already arrived at the royal city.

In the game's design, players will only arrive in the royal city after reaching level 50; before that, the city is basically only inhabited by NPCs.

So when Su Rui and Salo stepped onto the main street of the royal city, there were no other players around, but there were many NPCs. Unlike other cities, the NPCs here were all intelligent. If players liked to chat, they could talk to a certain NPC all day without getting bored. You could even learn about the history of the royal city from different perspectives through these NPCs.

"Grand Marshal, where are we going?" Su Rui asked.

"Go straight to the king's castle, I'm going to expose that liar!" Marshal Salo said.

"Okay!" Su Rui nodded, then followed Marshal Salo straight to the king's castle.

The entire royal city was built against the mountain. To its north was a large mountain, and the king's castle was backed by the mountain. The city walls were arc-shaped and built around the mountain. While surrounding the castle, they also enclosed a large amount of open space, where residents' homes and various commercial streets were built.

Su Rui followed Grand Marshal Salo, and the two headed straight for the king's castle.

"Grand Marshal!" Upon arriving at the castle entrance, the soldiers not only did not stop Salo, but instead saluted him!

Su Rui followed behind Marshal Salo as the two walked into the castle. Not a single soldier dared to stop Salo, even though he had not been summoned.

Upon seeing Salo, all the soldiers simultaneously took two steps back to clear the way, then knelt on one knee to give Marshal Salo the highest level of military salute!

Although Marshal Salo had voluntarily retired and returned to his hometown, his influence in the army remained. Every soldier in the entire kingdom's army held him in the highest esteem, and every officer regarded Marshal Salo as their idol. Therefore, none of them stepped forward to stop Marshal Salo.

Soon, Su Rui and Marshal Salo entered the castle.

"Grand Marshal, do you know where Marquis Valens is?" Su Rui asked.

"Go to the military hall! He must be there!" Marshal Salo's voice was incredibly firm.

"Okay!" Su Rui nodded, then followed Marshal Salo forward.

……

Just as Marshal Salo entered the King's castle, Marquis Valens, who was in the military hall, also received a report.

"Damn it! He's still alive! A bunch of useless cowards!" Marquis Valens thought to himself, but at this moment, he had no time to blame his incompetent subordinates. What he needed to do now was deal with the crisis at hand.

"Marcus! Someone has trespassed into the castle's forbidden area. Seize him! If he resists, kill him on the spot!" Marquis Valens said to a general beside him.

“Yes, Your Excellency!” Marcus nodded. He was the highest-ranking commander of the castle's garrison.

Marcus then led a squad of soldiers out of the military hall and came before Marshal Salo.

"Marcus! Long time no see!" Marshal Salo said with a smile.

"Grand Marshal!" Marcus, like everyone else, knelt down on one knee and gave the highest military salute upon seeing Marshal Salo, as did the soldiers behind him.

"Marcus, make way," Marshal Salo said calmly.

"Grand Marshal, you know my duty is to guard the castle. Without your decree, I cannot let you pass." Marcus looked troubled.

“Marcus, you are someone I personally promoted. You know my character. I’m going to do what I believe is right. What about you? Follow your heart and do what you believe is right,” Marshal Salo said.

"Grand Marshal, I am in a real dilemma. I have received orders that if you resist, I will execute you on the spot..." Marcus said with great difficulty.

“I know this puts you in a difficult position, but now is the time to make a choice. Kill me, or let me pass!” Marshal Salo stepped forward and said.

"Grand Marshal...I..." Marcus wavered.

“Marcus, I know you’re following orders, but imprisoning me or killing me is not the right choice. The kingdom is facing a crisis, and you must let me pass!” Salo said.

“Hoo…” Marcus took a deep breath, then said to Salo, “Grand Marshal, you are right. I trust your character and your judgment. Since you have made the decision to do what you believe is right, then I choose to believe in you and support you!”

After saying this, Marcus took two steps back and shouted to his soldiers, "Retreat! Soldiers! Do you know who you are standing before? He is the Grand Marshal of the Kingdom, a hero of the Kingdom. He has fought for the Kingdom more than ten times, been seriously wounded, and lost more than one son on the battlefield. We cannot stop him!"

"Step back! Make way for them!" Marcus shouted. "Today you will walk through as heroes, today you will witness history!"

At Marcus's voice, the soldiers stepped aside. Although they did not kneel down again, they held their swords to their chests and watched quietly as Marshal Salo led Su Rui past them.

After Su Rui and Marshal Salo walked over, the soldiers, led by Marcus, followed behind them. Their purpose in following them was not to monitor the two men, but to protect them!

Soon, Su Rui and Marshal Salo arrived at the military hall, where Marquis Valens was discussing matters with several important officials of the kingdom.

“Marcus! How dare you disobey my orders!” Marquis Valens demanded.

"Alright! Valens! Take off your mask of hypocrisy! I'm here today to expose your true colors!" Salo shouted.

“Salo, you criminal! You trespassed into the castle without being summoned by the king. Do you know your crime?” Valens questioned.

"Hmph! Valens, you don't need to act anymore. I already know your identity, and all the shady dealings you've done in the Moraka Brotherhood will be exposed today!" Marshal Salo shouted.

"What!? The Brotherhood!?"

"How can it be?!"

"How could Marquis Valens possibly be a member of the Brotherhood?!"

“Yes, if someone else had said this, I would definitely think they were slandering me, but since it came from Marshal Salo, I choose to believe it!”

"Yes, in comparison, I'm more willing to believe Marshal Salo!"

……