The owner of a large-scale estate with several thousand acres of land must be at least a powerful baron - or even Earl.
Lion Territory's Crimson Brotherhood shouldn't be so rampant that they dare to openly occupy a large territory, right?
Crimson Brotherhood belongs to the underworld and lives in the dark side of the city. It usually only engages in some illegal transactions or does some killing and smuggling business.
On weekdays, the various 'big brothers' also fight fiercely with each other and are difficult to integrate. They usually do not have the ability to break into such a large manor.
Especially near Long River Town, due to the existence of Horn Summon Ranger Corps, Crimson Brotherhood is almost extinct. How can they gather in such a large manor in broad daylight?
This is not a town either...
At present, the lord only has about ten people from the personal guards around him. Of course, he will not be easily involved in danger, so he asked Kloze to go in and see what's going on.
But Kloze just walked to the door and took a few glances. Before he could go in, a throwing ax was thrown from behind the low wall on the other side!
Moreover, this flying ax seems to be aimed at Li Ang.
The attack was so sudden that even Li Ang didn't have time to react - he was paying attention to Kloze's side, and the low wall was in front of him, and the trajectory of the flying ax was just blocked by Amy beside him.
Fortunately, Amy reacted quickly. She saw the flying axe, and blocked it with her sword - but her strength was really not that good. Although she barely blocked the flying axe, the sword was also knocked to the ground.
"Amy, hide!"
The lord flew out on horseback and planned to fight back. Alice jumped directly over the low wall, which was only more than one meter high. Then he heard Kloze shout, "They are pirates!"
In fact, Li Ang has also seen it.
Several guys wearing horned helmets were running towards the big house in the center of the manor.
This outfit looks very familiar to the Lord - it is exactly the same as the pirates he encountered after coming out of Mistveil City!
How did these pirates come to this inland area?
It's a pirate and it's a brotherhood, so it's obviously a gangster den!
Now that we have encountered a bandit den, we must destroy it first...
"Brothers, charge! Don't kill them all, leave one alive for questioning!"
This time, the lord is not going to be nagging.
He has experienced the fighting power of these pirates on land. A dozen hungry naked Meitengheim people can beat twenty pirates like chickens.
Now that Great Swordsman are well fed and fully armed, it is estimated that killing hundreds of pirates will not be a problem. The lord is not even interested in participating in the war, and directly drives his horse back to Amy.
Amy had already picked up her noble sword, rubbing her wrist and looking at him.
"I really didn't expect you to have this skill. Who is better at swordsmanship, you or Sarah?"
Li Ang was quite impressed with Amy. This young apprentice was very calm when facing the enemy, and he blocked the sword very accurately.
"Absolutely... Teacher, aren't you worried about the fighting situation inside?"
Amy is indeed not nervous at all. After seeing two large-scale battles, she is no longer afraid of the battlefield, and her adaptability is amazingly fast.
"These pirates are nothing to worry about, there is no need to worry..."
But just as he said this, someone in the manor was heard shouting, "Where are you bastards from? How dare you run wild here! Do you know who I am? Come on! Kill them!"
Li Ang was stunned, this voice sounded so familiar!
This male duck voice...
Let me guess, this seems to be the voice of Foucher?
Duke Alma's illegitimate son!
Li Ang I feel like I may have made a mistake...
This place may indeed be regarded as the stronghold of Crimson Brotherhood, but it is so normal for Crimson Brotherhood to gather here - this manor probably belongs to Foucher!
As an investor of Crimson Brotherhood, there will naturally be a sign of Crimson Brotherhood on the doorstep to prevent 'brothers' from looking in the wrong place.
Perhaps this manor was given to Foucher's father, Alma, as a place for him to settle down and start a business after he was sure that he could not obtain a development certificate for his illegitimate son.
It turns out that these people are the intruders...
But who told the pirate to throw an ax at the first sight?
Could it be that the pirate has a grudge against me?
Li Ang hurried in.
When they entered the manor, the two sides were already fighting fiercely.
There are more than thirty pirates and about thirty men in black in the manor, all of whom are dressed in familiar costumes to the lord.
These pirates are obviously the same group as those who kidnapped Ansen. They are probably most of the pirates that Ansen said are not in the lair. The way these guys attack people when they see people is exactly the same as the pirates in the lair...
Those men in black were dressed similarly to the people who hunted down Li Ang in Lion City, and even looked similar in how they used throwing knives.
These two groups were besieging the Great Swordsmans led by Kloze, but despite their large numbers, they could not stop the tough men at all - Meitengheim people's heavy armor was quite thick, and those flying knives and axes could not even break through the armor.
However, there are a few guys who look like tin cans in the manor. They seem to be some rogue knights, probably the leaders of the men in black.
They do have some fighting ability, Great Swordsman are just guarding against these few people, otherwise they would probably be able to chase the others everywhere.
Foucher was indeed standing outside the mansion in the center of the manor, holding an ax in his hand.
But this time he didn't rush forward, but said something to a bodyguard beside him.
It was a tall bodyguard, no smaller than Kloze. He seemed to be carrying a two-handed sword, and the steel helmet on his head covered the upper half of his face.
"Hurry up! Kill them! Are you scared, bastard?"
Foucher The voice suddenly rose, and it seemed a little angry.
The lord once again heard Foucher say this...
This time, he also said this to the bodyguards around him.
But the tall bodyguard did not go out to fight. He kept looking at Great Swordsman and turned to say something to Foucher.
Then Foucher became furious. "Old guy! I paid to hire you! And I'm Child of Prophecy! You actually disobey orders? What's wrong with my fellow countrymen? You can't fight my fellow countrymen?!"
It seems that the bodyguard is also Meitengheim people...
Li Ang remembered the words of Mistveil City Arena Fat Boss Andrew: "The Great Swordsman he hired before was injured in the last game, and I have to change his formation members, otherwise it will be too fake..."
Is this referring to the bodyguard in front of me?
The lord shook his head, stepped forward and shouted, "Stop! Stop the one on the other side! Foucher, are you okay?"
Foucher immediately noticed Li Ang and frowned. "It's you..."
This guy seems to remember Li Ang.
But he was not as impulsive as he was on the field. Instead, he glanced sideways at the Li Ang flag.
"You are now a Baron... Everyone, stop! It seems this is a misunderstanding..."
This guy's gloomy face suddenly became sunny, and he even smiled.
This guy doesn't look stupid, he just doesn't know how to fight, right?
The contrast between Foucher's previous performance on the field and now is really big, and for a while the lord was completely confused.
The leaders on both sides said to stop, so the fight naturally stopped, and both sides retreated to their bosses.
And Kloze also saw Meitengheim people on the opposite side.
"Is that a fellow countryman of yours? He seems to be quite old. Do you know him?"
The Lord Lord asked.
Kloze whispered, "His helmet covers his eyes, so I can't recognize him. But at his age, since he is still on the battlefield, he must be a Deathmatch Swordsman!"
Deathmatch Swordsman?
The lord looked carefully at the bodyguard.
He has a thick beard on his lips, which seems to be combed into two sides. He looks to be in his fifties. He is wearing a yellow and black striped imperial breastplate with a cape - this is not the Meitengheim plate armor, but the Bacchus Empire half-length armor.
It's just that the yellow and black stripes are indeed the flag pattern of Meitengheim.
This guy... could he be Frederi?
The lord remembered the appearance of a partner in the game. He seemed to have two big beards?
But this old guy actually followed Foucher. Isn't it too miserable...
Seeing the lord looking at Meitengheim people across from him, Crozier added, "Don't worry, sir, we have sworn allegiance to you. No matter who the other party is, we will fight for you."
Probably because he was worried that the lord would have random thoughts, Kloze was showing his loyalty.
There are quite a few Meitengheim people who work as mercenaries in the Pande Continent. Sometimes they do meet on the battlefield. It is not uncommon for people who know each other to be on opposing sides on the battlefield.
When encountering this situation, they can only discuss with their employers to see if they can not participate in the war.
But if the employer doesn't agree, then you still have to fight - as a mercenary, Meitengheim people must keep his word. It would be shameful to betray the employer, so we can only try not to fight with our fellow villagers.
However, Kloze and the others have officially pledged allegiance to Li Ang. No matter who the enemy is, they will take action.
But what the lord is thinking about is not whether their fellow villagers will kill each other, but another matter - how to get the Meitengheim people on the opposite side...
"Sir Foucher, is this your manor? I think you should know that your subordinates can easily cause misunderstandings - unfortunately, I have the responsibility to assist Lord Godric in cleaning up the security around Long River Town!"
Li Ang pointed at the gangs around Foucher who could tell at a glance that they were not decent people.
Foucher still smiled and curled his lips, "This is not the jurisdiction of Long River Town, Lord Baron, this is private territory... You are trespassing on private territory. I'm afraid this is not called cleaning up public security..."
The lord made a serious face, took his Griffin flag from Sammer and raised it up. "This is the first time I have seen a commoner dare to talk to a noble like this... You, a commoner who doesn't even have a surname, have a shitty territory! Have you paid taxes on these properties?"
The smile on Foucher's face disappeared, "I remember your name is Li Ang, right? A Pioneer Baron dares to be so arrogant? This is the territory of Duke Alma! You entered the dukedom without permission and killed the Duke's attendants. Wait to be wanted!"
The lord frowned and expressed disdain for this verbal slander. "When did I kill the Duke's attendant? Why didn't I know?"
Foucher grinned and struck an ax on the neck of a pirate who had been seriously injured by Great Swordsman before.
The pirate fell down at the sound, with a deep bloody groove cut into his neck. He was definitely not going to survive.
"Now you know? Surround them!"
Hiss...
This guy seems to be a real gangster - he seems to be very skilled at doing this kind of things like false accusations!
His poor performance in the arena is probably just because he is used to being arrogant, and he is really not good at fighting. In addition, he knew that someone was protecting him and he did not restrain himself...
However, the lord was not frightened. Instead, he said to the pirates, "Your people were killed like this, and you just watched?"
None of the pirates spoke, but Foucher smiled conspiratorially, "This kind of injury would have caused death. Do you think my man is a fool? Come together! Catch him!"
Then Foucher began to retreat quickly.
The Lord Lord sighed.
He also knew that when Foucher called a halt before, he actually wanted his people to surround him.
But he didn't care, after all, these pirates and underworld gangsters couldn't surround Alice, who was now wearing horse armor.
Foucher does have good abilities in dealing with underworld affairs, but his weakness is also obvious - he is not good at fighting, does not understand real war, and does not understand how powerful a fully armed and well-coordinated heavy armored force is!
Gangster gangsters always like to increase their numbers... and always like to surround their opponents with more people.
They did now use seventy people to surround the twelve people on their side.
But the problem is, neither Meitengheim people nor Li Ang cares about being surrounded by such lightly armed gangsters or even unarmored gangsters...
This will actually prevent them from running around throwing axes!
"Then kill them!"
The lord rode Alice and easily broke through the siege of Crimson Brotherhood members. The power that Alice exploded when charging was simply not something that these unarmored men in black could stop.
Then Li Ang rushed straight towards Foucher.
Foucher was retreating. Seeing the lord rushing over so easily, he became obviously panicked, dancing and shouting, "Come on! Old guy, you have to protect me!"
That Meitengheim people did take action. He took off the sword from behind and faced Li Ang.
But the lord did not intend to deal with him. He rode around and directly dealt with that weakling Foucher.
However, just when he passed by Meitengheim people, the big sword took action.
Meitengheim people used a turn, vertical jump and one-handed horizontal slash. This is a very rare practice on the battlefield. This kind of unreserved sword posture usually only appears in swordsmanship performances.
But the long duel sword followed this turn and jumped, covering a distance of more than two meters to his side, and the blade went straight to Li Ang's chest.
The force of this sword does not seem to be strong, but the acceleration of the turn makes the blade speed terrifyingly fast - Li Ang didn't even hear the wind of the sword, the blade was already in front of him!
Fortunately, the long sword in the lord's hand was already standing upright on his chest. The two swords intersected and made a gentle 'check' sound.
After just a slight contact, Meitengheim people's duel sword was retracted by the force of blocking, and then it was pulled sideways again from the opposite direction.
This is another horizontal slash after turning in reverse.
Li Ang directly hit Su Qin on horseback with his sword on his back and blocked him again. This time, he did not give his opponent a chance to use his strength.
But Meitengheim people stepped forward directly, grasped the hilt of the sword with both hands and slashed along the sword body of Li Ang, with an astonishingly fast pace.
This is a plan to chop off the hand. If Li Ang dares to let go, he will chop off the horse!
Li Ang kicked off his legs, Alice took a step forward, and Li Ang also used the horse's forward leap to jump down, half-turned in the air, and used the strength of his waist and abdomen to throw away the sword.
Then he took a big step and rushed in front of Meitengheim people.
The sword of Li Ang is much shorter than the duel sword of Meitengheim people. When riding on a horse, you can only passively take the beating and fight back when you get close in front of you.
Moreover, the lord didn't want to give his opponent too many chances. He even reached a distance of less than half a meter. The sword in his hand was not used for thrusting, but for cutting - a one-meter long sword was not suitable for this distance and could only be used for cutting.
But with this close-quarters fighting method, the opponent's two-handed duel sword, which is 1.7 meters long, is completely useless and cannot be blocked.
The Meitengheim people didn't retreat. He knew that if he retreated, Li Ang would easily change his position from cutting to stabbing, which would inflict even greater damage.
So he stepped forward and bumped into him with his shoulder, seemingly trying to knock the lord away.
Li Ang saw this situation and bumped into each other. As a result, the two did not retreat from each other, and it became a real hand-to-hand fight, and the armor was squeezed out, making a "squeak" sound.
Neither of them could use their swords. The opponent freed up one hand and started punching, and seemed to be planning to grab Li Ang's armor.
But the Lord Lord was obviously better at fighting in this state - he kicked his opponent's calf on the bone, then dodged sharply, and then swung his sword over.
The opponent's upper body was already pressing forward, but his calf was kicked again, causing him to lose his balance and stagger.
Although he stabilized and did not fall, Li Ang's sword after dodging had already hit his shoulder.
The victory has been decided.
"Excellent skills... I am Frederi of Meitengheim. Since I lost one on one, I will let you handle it."
This Meitengheim people threw down his dueling sword in a shameless manner, and opened his hands to express his resignation.
Sure enough it is Frederi!
"Frederi, withdraw from the battlefield yourself. Your fellow villagers are my bodyguards, and I will not harm you."
The Lord took back his sword and turned around to look for Foucher.
No one was seen...
"He has entered the building. There are still a few people in the building. Be careful not to be ambushed..."
Frederi was talking behind him, his words showed relief after admitting failure, and he seemed to be a little gloating about his misfortune. He was probably also a little dissatisfied with that Foucher.
"Thank you!"
The lord ran directly towards the house.
It was a two-story white-painted wooden building, covering an area of about one acre, and looked like a standard manor villa.
But just as Li Ang ran to the door, he saw someone holding a long black pole inside the door, and it seemed that there were sparks burning?
The lord's hair stood on end. He turned around suddenly and threw himself at the foot of the wall like a dog chewing mud.
Although he looked embarrassed, he managed to avoid it.
At the same time that Li Ang threw himself against the wall, a loud voice sounded from inside the door, "Boom!"
There was smoke coming out of the door.
That's a fucking matchlock gun!