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The full name of Setash is Setash Lyle, and the city lord's intention is to tie Willis to death under the skin of "Setash".

Willis also smiled and said, "Of course."

Chapter 133: Must Fight

Just forget it?

Luo Lan was still confused as he followed the mayor of the neighboring city back and brought the rest of the nobles back to Cori City.

"Lord City Lord, are we going to... go back for reinforcements?" Luo Lan asked cautiously, with a hint of uncertainty in her voice, as if she already knew that she would most likely get an answer that she didn't want.

The mayor of the neighboring city glanced at her and sighed softly, feeling somewhat helpless about Luo Lan's slowness.

Why hasn't this person reacted yet? If I don't explain it completely, she won't understand, right?

"Of course not." The city lord's voice was low and firm, but it immediately made Luo Lan's heart jump.

She continued, "Anyway, Setash has completely accepted you now, so just live your life the same way you did before."

At this moment, only the two of them could hear these words. But even in this situation, the mayor of the neighboring city still acknowledged Willis as Setash without hesitation. This was an absolute recognition from the heart, without any falsehood or expediency.

"But ELO organized it... You didn't know..." Luo Lan hurriedly tried to defend herself, her voice filled with fear and worry. "ELO wanted to kill the nobles! It's a team formed by commoners. How could they accept this?"

Calling them civilians is an exaggeration. Those leaders are all "untouchables"!

They have finally gotten up, so how could they be willing to let us nobles stand on their heads and show off our power?

What kind of moral character does a nobleman have? Doesn't Luo Lan, a nobleman, know this?

"Has it killed before?" The city lord asked slowly and leisurely, his fingers gently touching the tassels under the carriage curtain.

Luo Lan's heart tightened when he saw a hint of ruthlessness in the city lord's eyes. It seemed that after carefully analyzing every word in Luo Lan's words, he had murderous intentions towards Willis.

She immediately felt a surge of joy in her heart, and quickly stabilized the extremely resolute expression on her face, and responded affirmatively: "Yes, it has killed."

"How many have you killed? What are their identities?" The city lord continued to ask with a sharp gaze.

"Just a few. As far as I know, they are all minor nobles." Luo Lan didn't really know the exact numbers and details, but he had vaguely heard relevant information when chatting about gossip.

However, surprisingly, after hearing these words, the city lord was no longer as nervous as before, but relaxed. "That must be the hand that Lord Setash ordered before."

She nodded slightly, as if she had guessed the whole story, and then asked, "So, did these murdered petty nobles deserve their punishment for their crimes and their crimes? And after their deaths, did the ELO organization's reputation soar?"

"Yes." Luo Lan continued to affirm.

Nonsense, if someone is not a bad person, ELO will not kill him; if he is not a small noble, ELO cannot kill him even in the previous state of the organization; how can ELO's reputation not increase if the bad people are killed.

"So, are these minor nobles more or less at odds with Lord Setash?"

Luo Lan scratched his face and said doubtfully, "I don't know about that."

She hadn't even made it into Setash's circle at that time.

But the mayor of the neighboring city categorically stated, "That's right! This is just his way of eliminating dissidents and winning over the people. There's no need to be suspicious."

"But... this isn't necessary, is it?" Luo Lan asked, still a little puzzled.

"Now ELO has won, do you still think it's unnecessary?" The city lord sneered, his tone full of sarcasm.

Setaishi's move was really good, but unfortunately, although he had the ability to do it, he couldn't keep it, and in the end he just made wedding clothes for others in vain.

After saying this, the City Lord straightened his clothes and then turned to Luo Lan directly, "If you have any questions, ask them all. This will save you from having to think about it and never being able to figure it out."

She was giving Luo Lan an earnest explanation here, not because she felt the journey was boring and she was wasting her time here for fun.

I just hope that the other party will stop doubting this and that, and then bring this suspicious mentality back to the city, causing the nobles of Cori City to refuse to go back.

Although it is certain that civilians will not come to flee this time, these nobles should not even think about staying here. Every single one of them must go back.

Seeing that Luo Lan remained silent after he allowed her to ask questions, the city lord confessed, "You still think that Willis, as the current leader of the ELO organization, will fight with you nobles endlessly, even to the death, right?"

The city lord changed the subject and cursed directly, "Don't be silly! Who can give up the power that has been placed on their head? Moreover, this power is not temporary, but can be passed down from generation to generation."

"Those guys in the ELO organization are also human beings. As humans, they have desires and they want to trample others under their feet. How could they willingly lift others up to be on equal footing with them?"

After hearing what he said, Luo Lan's eyes revealed a hint of eagerness to defend himself.

Seeing this, the city lord raised his lips slightly, as if he had already seen through everything. He continued leisurely, "Perhaps, you have seen such a person before. Let me think, is it the former commander of ELO?"

But her feigned thoughtful expression didn't last long before it suddenly turned into an angry look. She said angrily, "But what happened to him now? Killed by his own men!"

Luo Lan shrank his head in fear, not sure whether the other party's anger was to stand up for Yun Shuo or if there was some other deeper meaning.

But the city lord's next words made her realize that this was just a pretense.

The mayor of the neighboring city continued, "See, this is the end! Those who harbor delusions will eventually be killed by reality. Ever since Willis killed the ELO commander, ELO has likely become a place where he and his likes have the final say."

"After all, he even killed the commander-in-chief. Is there anyone else he can't kill?"

After all, the city lord had held a high position for many years, so his majesty was naturally needless to say. At this moment, his face was filled with anger, and his aura became even stronger. He suppressed Luo Lan so tightly that he could not move at all and was completely led by the other party.

Not to mention, every word the city lord said made sense, leaving her with no way to refute.

"Be obedient and loyal, and nothing will happen." Seeing Luo Lan's shrinking look, the city lord patted her shoulder to comfort her.

"You heard that just now, didn't you? Willis even took the initiative to propose that several high-ranking officials of ELO be ennobled. You still naively believe that ELO can overthrow the rule of your nobles? Luo Lan, you are truly foolish."

In just a few minutes, Luo Lan was called "stupid" twice, but she was no longer as timid as before. Instead, she nodded in agreement, and even her eyes lit up.

Yeah, why didn't I think of that before?

……

On the other side, Ella, who was driven to a corner of Cori City by ELO and prepared for a last-ditch battle, found that when she counted the number of people, she found that almost all the nobles had run away.

When Fati hurried over, he saw Ella sitting in the trench. The expression on her face was as dead as a dead leaf swept by the autumn wind.

Fati sighed. She naturally knew what this news meant to Ella.

After all, she was also panicked when she first heard the news.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly: He just made a wish silently in his heart, but he didn't expect that this wish would be so "effective" - ​​those nobles actually all fled.

"Fati, what should I do?" Ella's voice was filled with endless fatigue and despair. She sat there, holding her head tightly in her hands, as if trying to suppress all those chaotic thoughts.

"I..." Fati opened his mouth, not knowing what to say for a moment.

Hearing the voice, Ella looked up at her, her eyes revealing deep helplessness.

She had thought she was fully prepared to deal with any situation, but now faced with such a situation, she felt helpless.

She was too confident and really thought she could still win, so she didn't think about it at all, let alone expect the nobles to make such a decision.

Ella expected these nobles to be extremely reluctant, so she deliberately forced them to have no choice but to fight with all their might.

As a result, who would have thought that they would just run away, and abandon their generations-old legacy. Anyway, they would not stay in your Kori City anymore.

"Why did they run away?" Ella asked herself again, her eyes full of confusion and puzzlement.

This sudden change caused her originally firm belief to begin to waver, and the fire in her heart seemed to be extinguished by cold water at this moment.

Fati swallowed, cautiously moved closer to Ella, and hesitantly delivered the good news, "Lord Ella, there's no need to panic. We'll be back in Cori City soon. Setash is dead, and the news of ELO will soon be known to the Mikanko adults. Their arrogance won't last much longer."

During the retreat, Ella showed extraordinary trust in Fati and told her almost everything.

It was at this moment that Fati suddenly realized why Setash had suddenly stopped caring about his self-respect and begged for mercy, asking him to give him some dignity - allowing him to end his life with poison.

You have to know that at that time, Ella had already publicly expressed her disgust for Setash and had his divine power stripped away.

All the servants in his household who were loyal to him had been replaced. Although they would not be abused, it was almost impossible to get their wholehearted service.

Not only that, the nobles who had been humiliated by Setash always held a grudge and would always mock and ridicule him. Not to mention that some people at the time deliberately went to mock him in order to please Ella.

Based on these reasons, it is understandable that the always arrogant Setash chose to end his life.

But at that time, Fati couldn't understand why it had to be poison?

After all, there are so many ways to commit suicide, so why insist on using poison?

Besides, Setash is not a fool. He should know very well that he will never give the poison to him.

Everyone knew how many people Setash had killed with poison. Now he was completely free, with so many nobles coming and going in his house. What would happen if he accidentally let other nobles become his burial companions?

But after being subconsciously rejected by himself, Setash said something puzzling: "It doesn't matter. When you leave me, it's still not too late to give it to me. I just hope that Master Fati will remember this by then."

It was precisely because of this strange remark that Fati had such a deep memory of the incident that before she finally evacuated, she even rushed over and gave Setash a dose of poison.

After Ella told her everything, she finally understood what Setash was trying to do - he wanted ELO to be buried with him, and poison was the only way to take Yun Shuo away with a chance.

After being unable to resist Ella, Setash chose to point the finger at ELO and Yun Shuo.

After listening to Fati's explanation, Ella tilted her head slightly without showing any joy. Instead, she asked calmly, "What if Yun Shuo saved Setash and didn't let him die?"

Fati secretly congratulated herself on her soft-heartedness. She explained, "At the time, I considered that Saitais was about to die, and I wanted to at least make his passing easier. Therefore, I deliberately chose the most toxic and fastest-acting drug. Yunshuo had absolutely no way of saving him."

However, Ella continued to ask questions. "So, what if he ends up being afraid of death?"

"It's common knowledge that you abandoned him. It's impossible for those servants to resist until no one survived, and it's impossible for Yun Shuo to kill everyone who knew about it. He wouldn't do such a thing."

Those civilians would not be willing to leave Setash behind, they would not think too much about it.

After saying this, Fati shook his head slightly, then leaned forward and said to Ella, "Lord City Lord, the most important thing right now is to evacuate this place as soon as possible. As long as we're alive, we still have a chance to make a comeback! As long as we have the green mountains, we will never lack firewood!"

Ella frowned and asked, "But where are we going? Not only us, but also those nobles who fled will all turn back sooner or later."

Fati thought to himself: Why don't we just scatter? The Mechanical Kingdom is so big, as long as we don't all flock to one place, who wouldn't be willing to accept us?

But she couldn't say such words, so she could only continue to persuade him earnestly: "This is just a temporary solution. When the time comes, you can write a letter to Mikanko. It won't take long. Run!"

"Run? Why run?" Ella suddenly burst into laughter. "Then I'll have to fight even harder. Otherwise, how can I show off my power as the city lord?"

Her eyes flashed with a hatred that was hard to conceal. "After this war is over, it will be time to settle accounts with them."

The higher-ups wanted to put him down, so they brought in Saitaishi to challenge him. But Saitaishi was pulled out mid-fight by ELO and replaced. If he didn't fight to the end, he'd be labeled a coward. So he had to fight this battle, and he had to do it well.

Chapter 134: I Really Don’t Have a Drop Left

"We must fight this battle, even if we can't win!"

The other nobles could run and escape, and surrender without a fight, but the city lord couldn't, not Ella!

At the moment, it seems that the best strategy Ella can adopt is to fight at night.

"Pass on my order, all personnel rest immediately and launch the attack at three o'clock in the morning!" After saying that, Ella's scarlet eyes swept across Fati's lowered eyes, preventing her from seeing his inner emotions.

Ella slowly stretched out her fingers and gently touched Fati's cheek with her fingertips. She watched as the other party trembled slightly in fear of this sudden action, and then froze in place.

Her hand slid down her cheek little by little until her slightly hard nails poked the blood vessels on the side of Fati's neck and she stopped after feeling the weak beating pulse inside.

Fati's throat rolled involuntarily, as if swallowing the invisible fear.

It was as if what was poking her neck at this moment was not a fragile nail, but the tip of a knife that could cut her skin and end her life at any time.

An indescribable fear surged in Fati's heart, and his heartbeat became more and more violent.

I thought to myself: Could it be that Ella has discovered that I deliberately concealed and condoned the escape of those nobles?

This matter is not big or small, but it is indeed a tricky one.

In fact, if we follow the plan Fati just described, it would be easier for those nobles to flee. After all, it is obvious which is easier, escaping with a group or escaping alone.

But if Ella thought about it, she would understand that everything Fati had just said was fundamentally Setash's plan.

Not only did Fati directly apply this plan, he also used it as a fig leaf to cover up his original rebellious idea - to make money by using the title of "former city lord" and squeeze out the last value of Ella.

This undoubtedly created a rift between her and the city lord.

You know, the city lord has always valued friendship and is sensitive in this regard. He might become wary of you in the future because of this incident.

Fati's eyes flickered slightly, revealing a hint of guilt.

She subconsciously lowered her head to glance at her neck, but found that she couldn't see it at all due to the angle. She could only see Ella's white but murderous hand.

Helplessly, she had to bite the bullet and meet Ella's bloodshot eyes again.

Ella's nails remained where they were. Although her voice was gentle, her movements gave off a certain venomous tone as she spoke, "Relax, this battle is just a bluff and won't last long. It's just a show."

Then her hand finally moved away from Fati's neck, patted Fati's face and said, "Go down."

Fati naturally felt as if he had been pardoned and quickly retreated.

When Fati's figure disappeared from sight, Ella was finally able to calm down, take a deep breath, and prepare for the upcoming battle.

The pen in his hand kept writing and drawing, trying to plan how to fight the next battle, but after a long time, he still couldn't come up with a final plan.