Kloze has rushed over quickly, intending to capture this prisoner.
"Ssss...Emperor Marius Go to hell! Long live Aziz Dahaka!"
But just before Kloze rushed to the side of Cobra Warrior, the guy pulled out a knife, shouted and stabbed his own jaw resolutely.
Blood spurted out.
Kloze walked over quickly, then shook his head. "He is dead!"
Another religious fanatic who is not afraid of death...
What the lord hates most is this kind of fanatical believer.
The entrance to the village quickly calmed down again. Many villagers were alarmed by the fighting, but they did not take the opportunity to run out. They just poked their heads in the village and watched from a distance.
Without incitement, these villagers did not dare to face the killing battlefield with real swords and guns.
The short sneak attack had no other consequences except for the Lord Lord and the two Meitengheim peoples being slightly injured, but the appearance of the Snake Worship Cult disciples cast a shadow on everyone's mind.
"Red Death must be related to Snake Worship Cult..."
Li Ang said with a frown.
It is obvious that there is a plague in the village, and the team of Snake Worship Cult came to attack the team responsible for the quarantine.
Thinking again about the instigator who was shot before, the purpose of this attack can easily be imagined - Snake Worship Cult was to spread the plague.
If this plague was spread intentionally by Snake Worship Cult, it would be terrible...
"Our Grand Commander Sir Molai thinks so too. We are often attacked by snake cultists..."
A doctor answered.
"But Snake Worship Cult's troops appeared so close to Imperial Port... Isn't this a bit too rampant? Imperial Port is not an ordinary port for Bax... Isn't the empire encircling Snake Worship Cult?"
The speaker is Amy.
Imperial Port is the place where the conqueror General Osa landed in Pendor. Although General Osa did not make Imperial Port its capital in the end, the city's symbolic significance and actual status are very high, and it is the economic center of the empire, not inferior to the capital Siyuan City.
"Maybe this shouldn't be said, but we in the Knights do suspect that some nobles from Imperial Port have been infiltrated by Snake Worship Cult, such as some people from the Shadow Legion... but we have no evidence."
The doctor shook his head, feeling a little uneasy.
After experiencing a brief sneak attack together, the doctors seemed to regard the Li Ang group as their own, and they spoke much more directly.
While talking, the doctors once again began to demonstrate their miraculous speed in treating trauma. The two injured Great Swordsman were bandaged within two minutes.
"This technique is really skillful. How much does such treatment cost?"
Frederi looked on and asked an inappropriate question.
"Ha, we never charge money for battlefield treatment..."
Several doctors could tell that this was teasing them, and shook their heads and explained, "We usually charge money to treat people, and we charge very high prices for wealthy businessmen and nobles - the reason is very simple. If we don't charge money, all the minor problems will come to us. We have limited manpower and will not be able to treat emergency patients. And we always have to charge for medicine, otherwise we will not be able to survive."
This is the same as doing good deeds. Frederi nodded and bowed to express understanding and apology.
A doctor stood up and spread his hands. "You must have never seen it... I met an aristocratic woman who only had a small cut on her finger with a fruit knife. She sent someone to cry and asked us to fly more than a hundred miles for treatment. When I arrived, the wound had basically healed on its own... So I applied some salt water to her and charged her two hundred dinars!"
A group of people burst into laughter, and the gloom caused by the Snake Cult believers' raid was diluted by laughter.
"So this is the rumored reason why you don't treat civilians. I once thought that the Cross of Radiance was no longer pure..."
The lord bowed to several medical officers.
"We are used to this kind of statement... The first person to spread this rumor was probably Shadow Legion, because we charge high prices for treating them - they are very rich. And the Snake Worship Cult gangsters have also been slandering us. You have seen the reason before. When encountering a situation like Red Death, we really can't treat it and can only isolate it, so some civilians don't understand..."
Several doctors turned to look at the village. Although they spoke openly, there was still some helplessness in their words.
The lord also frowned. There seemed to be a big conflict between Radiant Cross Knights and Shadow Legion.
This place is only more than a hundred miles away from Emperor Lin, and Shadow Legion is stationed at Imperial Port.
Shadow Legion is the strongest legion of the Bacchus Empire, and the commander of the Shadow Legion is Governor Kairos.
And Radiant Cross Knights has already reported to Imperial Port because of the plague here. If nothing else happens, he should see Kairos soon.
"Shadow Legion is slandering you? Is Governor Kairos colluding with Snake Worship Cult?"
The lord simply asked directly. He actually deliberately brought the topic to Kairos so that he could learn more about the situation.
"This is impossible..."
"Lord Kairos is not such a person..."
The doctors and Lord Dean spoke almost at the same time, and surprisingly they defended Kairos in unison.
"Lord Li Ang, although our knights have conflicts with the Shadow Legion, we also feel that someone within the Shadow Legion may have been deceived by Snake Worship Cult... But to be honest, Governor Kairos is indeed a respected consul, and it is impossible for him to join Snake Worship Cult."
All the doctors at Radiant Cross Knights are actually protecting the reputation of Kairos.
This reaction is a bit unexpected.
Radiant Cross Knights and Shadow Legion are at odds with each other. This matter is basically open to the public and is not a secret at all. Even Li Ang who is in Lion Territory knows about it.
In fact, even if you don't know, it's easy to think that Radiant Cross Knights is mainly descended from the Pande aboriginal people, and Shadow Legion members are all descendants of the old Baxian.
Emperor Marius's reforms will definitely further intensify the conflicts between them. Shadow Legion are both conservatives. The reform does meet the expectations of most civilians, but it does not meet the interests of the Shadow Legion.
Because Shadow Legion is the representative of vested interests.
Shadow Legion was the main army that followed General Osa in the expedition to Pendor. The current members of the Shadow Legion are all descendants of those warriors.
They were all originally 'senior citizens', and Shadow Centurion among them were all members of the ruling class, and most of them were former 'tribunes'.
They are inherently superior to others, and their descendants will inherit this status.
However, Emperor Marius's reforms have made them now only nominally equal to the status of the slave soldiers under their previous rule - Pande was once regarded as serfs by them, but now Emperor Marius has formed various civilian legions, and they are 'equal' to these serfs in terms of status.
The improvement of the status of the low-level Pendor civilians means that their status has been reduced - most people will have an unbalanced mentality when faced with this situation.
At the same time, Emperor Marius vigorously promotes the belief in Goddess Damia, while most people in the Shadow Legion originally believed in War God Mars, which is the mainstream belief of the Old Bacchus Empire.
Contradictions in beliefs are not just a matter of mental imbalance...
Although Emperor Marius did not ask them to change their beliefs, the gap was already obvious.
In addition to mentality and belief, there is also a more direct contradiction - interests.
Before the reform, the empire did not have that many legions, and it did not implement the separation of soldiers and peasants. Shadow Legion was the main force of the entire country.
Shadow Centurion is a real centurion in battle, and will lead dozens or hundreds of levied peasant soldiers.
And Shadow Infantry is actually the Marine Corps when the fleet landed in Pendor. It has its own independent organization and is a superior fleet soldier.
But now, the empire has many legions and has implemented the separation of soldiers and peasants. Shadow Centurions can no longer lead the peasants to fight. Now these original centurions have almost become big soldiers.
For the country, the separation of soldiers and peasants and the reorganization of civilian legions have improved the overall eliteness of the army, but for the members of the Shadow Legion, this directly deprives them of their actual rights.
At the same time, when there were no wars in the past, they would often be elected as tribunes or hold other civil positions - at that time, only a small number of Baxian had the right to vote, and centurions were almost certain to be elected.
Before Emperor Marius came to power, a centurion's territory often had thousands of serfs, which was essentially equivalent to a small lord.
But now, after the separation of soldiers and peasants, legionnaires cannot serve as civil officials, and even if they retire and return home after serving for 16 years, it will be difficult to win elections - Pande, who was originally a serf, now has the same civilian status and has the right to vote. After all, Pande is the majority, and they often elect Pande, who is also in the proletariat with them, as tribunes.
Besides, the current 'tribune' is not the same as before. He is just a civil representative. This position that once represented a 'noble status' is now just an ordinary director of the subdistrict office.
It is conceivable that in the face of reform, the members of the Shadow Legion have indeed suffered losses in many aspects, and their mentality can be imagined.
Therefore, Shadow Legion refused to accept reform, remained loyal to tradition, and had conflicts with all the legions of the Bacchus Empire.
This powerful force gathered around the senior consul Governor Kairos. They only obeyed the command of Legion Commander Kairos and were unwilling to obey the dispatch of Emperor Marius.
Conflict of interest, there's nothing you can do about it.
The ones that contradict them the most are Radiant Cross Knights and Immortal Legion - these are two legions that completely ignore nationality and identity, and they are the legion that supports Marius Reform the most.
The conflict between them is easy to understand.
But according to the Dean doctors, Shadow Legion's Legion Commander Governor Kairos is actually a reliable consul.
As the leader of the legion, Kairos will naturally safeguard Shadow Legion's status. For this reason, he does not support the reform and has some unpleasantness with Emperor Marius.
But he never abandons public service for personal reasons, and never hesitates when he is needed to fight for the country. When any other lord or legion is in danger, he will always come to the rescue immediately - including Radiant Cross Knights and Immortal Legion, who are the least likely to deal with the Shadow Legion.
They fight within themselves but still fight together when encountering foreign enemies. They are very principled.
"In the process of dealing with Snake Worship Cult, our knights have received timely assistance several times, led by Kairos himself, so in any case, he is not the kind of person who would collude with Snake Worship Cult."
Several doctors at Radiant Knightly Order still agree with Kairos.
"Although they are both conservatives who oppose reform, Governor Kairos and Governor Livius are completely different... Although he does not support His Majesty the Emperor's reforms, he never causes trouble for His Majesty and has always safeguarded national interests. The water conservancy project I presided over in the south a few years ago was also completed with his support."
Dean also seems to respect Governor Kairos, and even compared it with Livius.
Livius is the Shadow Infantry commander of the Shadow Legion, which is the head of the Marine Corps.
"Governor Livius? Forget it..."
When Dean mentioned Livius, all the doctors began to shake their heads in unison. "Don't mention him..."
"Has Livius done anything bad? Why do you all have this expression?"
What appeared in front of the lord's eyes was the image of the bald man clamped between two swords. He did not expect that the governor was so unpopular.
"Let's put it this way, every year the indictments accusing him of committing crimes can fill a room... except for treason, they include all kinds of charges."
Dean curled his lips and explained.
"This...Emperor Marius doesn't know?"
Li Ang I didn't expect that skinny bald guy to have this ability. He kept making big mistakes and small mistakes, and he was probably a Grand Slam winner with small mistakes.
"Your Majesty must know. As far as I know, even Governor Kairos once reported to Your Majesty Livius about robbing civilian girls and expropriating them violently. But the Livius family is so powerful that as long as it is not a major crime such as collaborating with the enemy and rebelling, Your Majesty will probably not deal with him..."
Dean shook his head and mentioned Livius without even mentioning his job title.
"It seems that these governors are very interesting... Where is Justus? What kind of person is he?"
The lord is in high spirits.
"Governor Justus is His Majesty the Emperor's think tank and the first person to propose 'replacing faith with faith'..."
A group of people gathered together and chatted for several hours, and the topic naturally revolved around the three governors of the empire.
And one of the protagonists they talked about, Governor Kairos, appeared at the entrance of the village with his troops just after sunrise in the early morning.
He led an elite cavalry force of more than two hundred men, all covered in black armor, and their military appearance was very neat.
This team of Shadow Centurion can be said to be the neatest and most silent team that the lord has ever seen so far. Everyone looks like they have been through hundreds of battles.
"Black Crows guys, you can leave, my people will take over here."
Kairos was talking to several doctors, his voice was very indifferent, and his tone was quite rude, but he didn't seem to have any malicious intent.
Those doctors do look like Black Crows, which is probably Kairos's scornful name for doctors Radiant Knightly Order.
Several doctors saluted and nodded. They did not refute being called 'Black Crows', but stepped forward to report the situation.
Later, they expressed their gratitude to Li Ang and planned to leave with Li Ang.
But the lord came to Kairos, touched his chest, saluted, and asked, "Sir Governor, can I talk to you?"
Kairos looked at the Snake Worship Cult disciples' corpses lined up in a row on the ground, then looked at Li Ang and those Meitengheim people, then turned over and dismounted.
"Your Excellency seems to have helped a lot... Thank you for your help. What is your name?"
Kairos is very arrogant towards Radiant Cross Knights people, but he has no airs about other nobles.
"I am Li Ang Griffin, the lord of Lion Territory Aier County. You may have heard of my name."
The Lord did not hide his identity, and he has no grudge against Kairos.
Since Dean and the doctors all say that this is a respectable governor, there is no need to hide it. Speaking more frankly will make it easier to gain trust.
"Li Ang... Are you the kidnapper?"
Kairos raised his eyebrows. It seemed that he had heard of Li Ang's name, but it probably wasn't a good reputation...
"The Governor actually knows my name? It seems that my reputation is not very good... But it was forced by the war between the two countries. I believe the Governor can understand. We are now dealing with Snake Worship Cult together. Don't be so excited..."
The lord spread his hand and pointed at the corpse of the Snake Cultist on the ground.
"Lord Li Ang's name is so familiar that even His Majesty the Emperor probably remembers it... General Agason told us about your heroic deeds. Kidnapping two consuls single-handedly is admirable for your courage and ability - so I dare not get too close to you. Tell me, what do you want from me?"
Kairos said he didn't dare to get too close, but instead took a step forward. It seemed that he was not worried about the notoriety of the 'kidnapper' at all.
His troops did not move at all.
On the contrary, several Radiant Cross Knights doctors behind Li Ang looked at each other in confusion.
"I'm here to make a deal with you. You will definitely be interested. But this can wait until you have arranged the defense here. I will wait for you in the carriage outside."
Li Ang led Great Swordsman to the village entrance and stood on the roadside outside the village, and motioned to the doctors to take away the carts of leather materials, indicating that they were waiting for Kairos.
Several doctors muttered and drove away in their trucks, leaving only a truck filled with grain seeds and the box carriage without curtains.
Kairos looked at the sensible Li Ang and squinted his eyes, turned around and ordered his men to take precautions everywhere, and arranged for people to start patrolling.
After everything was arranged, he came over with dozens of guards.
"What kind of business does Lord Li Ang want to do with me?"
"Lord Governor, we can sit on the carriage and chat - your troops are here, and they can see us. Don't worry, I don't mean any harm."
The lord directly took off all the weapons on his body and handed them to Kloze. He spread his hands and rolled up his sleeves to show that he had nothing to hide.
Kairos shook his head, smiled slightly, and walked directly to the carriage. "Your carriage is not bad... Lord Li Ang, in fact, even if you are armed, you may not be my opponent. I am not as vulnerable as Justus."
It seems that the governor is probably very skilled and has no fear.
Legion Commander, who can lead a traditional strong army like Shadow Centurion, must have good martial arts skills.
But the lord had no intention of taking action, he really came to discuss business.
The two sat across from each other in the carriage, Kairos's tone was still indifferent. "I'm actually not interested in this kind of business that requires avoiding people... But I am very interested in you, young man.
Your miraculous performance in White Deer Fortress made me suffer the shame of failure, but now you dare to reveal your identity in front of me openly, Lord Li Ang, your courage amazes me.
To be honest, if it weren't for you helping to control the plague and killing these Snake Worship Cult gangsters, you would be riding in a prison car now."