Can't I develop my own character?

After Casradi left, Ryan continued to deal with the affairs of the Underground Fire Gang. After Burnett's death, Ryan took over the arena. Those nobles who had originally had ideas immediately suppressed their thoughts when they saw the mayor take action.

But in addition to the arena, there are also horse farms, bars, and other industries. Ryan still needs to sort them out one by one and squeeze this part of the benefits out of other people's mouths.

As for protection money, it has too much impact on public security, so Ryan doesn't plan to continue.

Compared to this, the Dihuo Gang has to continue to develop. According to Xia Li's younger brother, the gang forces in the South City have united and plan to fight against the big bad wolf, the Dihuo Gang.

There were even assassins who smuggled in from the South City, who vowed to kill the "Underground Emperor" to help eliminate the evil. However, they were killed in the alley by the small leaders before they even saw "Xia Li".

Gang fighting was inevitable, but thankfully, the Underworld was well behaved and nothing serious happened. Jonathan had been busy investigating the murder of Burnett. The assassination of a noble by a Transcendent had a significant impact, and the investigative team was talking to him daily, demanding he solve the case as quickly as possible.

Jonathan was almost pulling his hair out, but he didn't find any clues. The Fire Covenant did catch a few peripheral members of the Dark Hand and the Blood Archbishop, but unfortunately they knew nothing.

Ryan could only sigh inwardly upon seeing this, saying sorry to the old captain for making things difficult for him.

An had been sent out of the city and back to the Iron Blood Legion. Even if Jonathan turned the whole city of Berman upside down, he wouldn't be able to find him.

...

Kasradi's team set out in the evening and took a direct train to Kosovo the next afternoon. However, when they arrived the next day, they did not receive the news that the princess had arrived in Kosovo.

Jonathan had barely taken a bite of his lunch when the members of the Fire Covenant who had accompanied Casradi on their journey sent back news that the train had been attacked after entering Kosothoa, and Her Royal Highness the Princess was missing!

Overturned!

The railway tracks and the train were blown up. Five hundred royal guards fought desperately to protect them. Finally, the remaining soldiers escorted Casradi into a forest.

We have lost contact with him and we don’t know whether he is dead or not, but if something happens to Casradi, many people will die.

"What the hell? Can this even turn over?"

When Ryan received Jonathan's message, he was a little confused. Is it really okay to attack so openly?

"It's Viscount Avik of Kosotho!" Jonathan cursed. "Damn, where did that old fellow get the guts to attack the princess?"

"Are you sure? Could you be mistaken?"

"There's no doubt about it. The attackers are from Kosothoa's army. And Avik is a well-known figure. He works for Grand Duchess Maganna!"

"What?" Ryan was stunned. "What did you say? For whom?"

"Magnana, the news has spread throughout Kosothoya. Avik has even admitted his loyalty to Magnana. He's now inciting his people to rebel against the empire."

"That's impossible, that guy must be lying."

"how do you know?"

"Ahem... I mean, no matter how dumb Maganna is, she wouldn't do something so foolish. Not only did she attack, but she also revealed her identity. Unless she has one foot on the throne, she wouldn't do that."

"I've thought about that, but now is not the time to talk about it."

Jonathan was not too sure. After all, he was not there and the information was only obtained from spies. The most important thing now was not to figure out who was whose, but to rescue the princess as soon as possible.

If Kasradi died in the territory, the old emperor would be furious, and blood would flow for thousands of miles, and everyone would be doomed.

Jonathan planned to take the Fire Covenant people to the rescue immediately, but they alone were definitely not enough, so he wanted Ryan to help as well.

The Royal Guards have been dispatched, but the Iron Blood Legion seems to be ready to make a move. This wave of attack suddenly makes it feel like the world is in chaos.

"Could this also be the effect of the 'war'?"

Ryan wasn't sure how this mysterious concept worked, but there was one thing he had to confirm, so he quickly contacted Maganna.

Then, as expected, the Grand Duke was not aware of it.

"...That bastard! He dared to plot against me. He's really courting death!"

The Grand Duke was very angry and the consequences were serious.

There are many people who are hostile to her, but there is no one who is a traitor, because the Grand Duke admires opponents who are worthy of respect, and absolutely hates those who stab her in the back.

If Avik did this, even if he managed to escape, he would be hunted down to the ends of the earth by the iron-blooded army.

"Grand Duke, does Avik have anything that can prove his loyalty to you?" Ryan asked.

"Let me think... there was a letter of surrender, and I replied to him at that time."

"Good fellow, waiting over here."

"Hmph! I'll send people to kill Kosotoya right now! Let's see who still says that I have anything to do with that guy." Maganna was filled with murderous intent.

"No, no, no," Ryan said quickly, "If you do that, people will think you're trying to silence someone. You won't be able to clear yourself up even if you jump into a cesspool."

Maganna was stunned. What does it mean to jump into a cesspool?

"Then what do you think we should do?"

In fact, she was not worried about being framed by Avik, but she could not bear this humiliation. The Grand Duke's majestic figure could be admired and could be killed on the battlefield, but he could never be so aggrieved!

"Let me see... As long as we can rescue Kasiladi, everything will be fine. Even if Avik is really your man, the old emperor won't want to overturn the table. But if Kasiladi dies, then even if Avik is not your man, it will be very troublesome."

"How about this, Grand Duke, you find a way to sever your ties with Kosothoya, and by the way, find out who is behind Avik. I will send someone to rescue the princess." Ryan said.

He always felt that there was an invisible hand controlling the recent series of events.

"You? Do you have anyone?"

Maganna believed in Ryan's resourcefulness, but the Kosothoa city defense force had a total of 6,000 people. How could Ryan fight them?

"rest assured."

Ryan hung up the phone and then issued an emergency attack order. After the death of Colonel Grove, the direct command of the city defense forces was in his hands, so with one order, two thousand city defense forces were ready to go.

At the same time, in the Dihuo House in Dongcheng District.

'Xia Li' stood up from the sofa and walked out of the house.

"Boss, where are you going?" the younger brothers asked.

Bloodshot flashed in her eyes, and Xia Li drew out the long-hidden Sword of Ares, saying coolly, "Go kill a few hundred people."

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Chapter 62: Killing 88,000, the Blood God Laughs! [7k5]

Da da da da da!

"Quick! Gather! Everyone assemble!"

At the train station in Berman City, the city defense forces quickly gathered together.

The city defense captain in charge, Major Robert, stood on the assembly platform and shouted loudly.

Rescue the princess, it’s urgent!

In about fifteen minutes, the 2,000-man team was assembled, including some new recruits who had just joined the city defense army.

There is no way. The city defense army has been badly defeated, and half of them are new recruits. Otherwise, they cannot gather here, which will not only waste time but also be inconvenient.

"Is everyone here?"

Rob asked.

"Sir, the First Company is still short of one person."

"Huh? Not here yet? Who's missing?"

"Bad... their company captain, Charlie."

Rob was stunned for a moment, then cursed, "Damn it! We're about to attack, and the captain hasn't shown up yet? And it's a woman! Kick her out, replace her, and leave immediately!"

"Sir," the adjutant beside him said quickly, "Captain Xia Li was appointed by the mayor himself."

Rob was stunned again. "Oh damn, what did I just say? I said we should wait until she's together before taking action. Did you hear me?"

"Yes, yes, sir, you said we should wait for Captain Xia Li to arrive and then take action together."

The people around nodded repeatedly.

Rob wiped the sweat from his head. What a damn hot weather!

Just as he was thinking about it, a figure rushed over from the distance at a very fast speed and finally stopped in front of the first company's team.

"Sorry, I'm late."

Looking at the blood-red sword that was almost as tall as a person next to 'Xali', Rob swallowed his saliva. His military intuition told him that this woman was not easy to mess with.

Praise the mayor, he has great vision.

"It's not too late, the time is just right, so let's... set off?" Robert said in a tentative tone.

'Xia Li' was puzzled: "What else, do you have something else to do?"

"Let's go!"

"Everyone, get on the train, hurry up!"

In less than ten minutes, a team of two thousand people boarded the train and headed towards Kosovo at full speed.

'Xia Li' sat by the window, her greatsword placed upright in a specially made scabbard beside her.

Around her were other members of the First Company. Even so, it was the first time for these people to see the 'legendary' company commander.

The appointment of territorial officers only needs to be reported to the Imperial Military Center. Generally speaking, the territory appoints them on its own and the military agency registers their names. After all, it is an internal matter of the territory and the Imperial agency will not interfere.

However, the highest rank was colonel, and generals needed to be appointed by the emperor himself. There were only two great generals in the entire Augustus Empire, one was Alvin, the second prince's grandfather, and the other was Maganna.

Alvin is a veteran with outstanding military achievements, while Maganna is a rising star, but her military achievements are no worse than Alvin's.

If Maganna had not been stationed at the western border of the empire, the actions of the Western Barbarians would have been much more serious than they are now.

"She is actually our company commander. She doesn't look like a noble."

"Maybe it's a knight named after a nobleman?"

"I don't know. I haven't seen it during training."

The soldiers whispered to each other.

The military officer positions in the empire were basically controlled by the nobles, with the most being knights. However, in the Augustus Empire, knights strictly speaking did not belong to the category of nobles, so the positions they basically held were below the colonel level.

'Xia Li' was dressed in ordinary clothes, not even wearing armor, and these people were very curious about her.

“Hopefully I can catch up.”

In front of the game interface, Ryan stared at the map near Kosotoya. The city defense army had already set out. At the same time, he asked Gluck to take the special forces team over as well. They would be much more efficient in finding people than the army.

"Hey, this location is..."

He remembered that Gluck had discovered a mysterious army two days ago, and it didn't take long to get from the attacked point where the train passed to that direction.

If this was a planned attack, it would make sense.

"Tsk~ This unlucky princess is so miserable."

First it was the Grand Duke who targeted him, then it was the Second Prince, and now no one knows who it is, maybe it's still the Second Prince.

To be honest, Casradi was quite good to him. If he hadn't been tricked by the Grand Duke, it would be good for him to be a mayor now. As a loyal minister, it doesn't matter who he is loyal to, right?

This is all he can do right now, and what happens next depends on Casradi's own luck.

...

the other side.

Kosotho Territory, Khalkha Mountains.

This is a mountain range that runs across half of Kosovo, with continuous mountains and a vast area of ​​forest coverage.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

Gunfire suddenly rang out.

Then a series of shouts spread throughout the woods.

"Found it! Over there!"

"Hurry up! Hurry up!"

"She must be killed!!!"

At the foot of the hill, dense groups of soldiers appeared, some holding cross swords, some holding muskets, and were charging towards the mountain.