Tauren Overlord

Although some of these people were not in town on the day of Pierre's theft, they are said to have led the way.

Acting Lord Cecilia has released nearly half of these townspeople, but the remaining half cannot prove their innocence for the time being.

Then just lock them up and let them do some work for the lord as a way of repentance, such as making some arrows that are urgently needed in Artemisia Town.

Before leaving, Pierre also told his daughter not to be so diligent in releasing people.

At least let them make the arrows first!

This made Cecilia feel very uncomfortable, as if her father arrested people not because he really thought they were guilty, but deliberately arrested them in order to make arrows.

In order to rescue the innocent townspeople, Cecilia tossed around in the dungeon for a long time before dragging her exhausted body back to her study.

Lu Heng also saw the girl with long golden hair in a ponytail and deep blue pupils like the night sky through the landing point vision.

Cecilia was unaware of Lu Heng's admiration for her. She just sat quietly by the window, gazing at the starry sky with a dazed look in her eyes.

Her thoughts were also wandering, and the figure of a boy always appeared in her mind.

He is Cecilia's cousin whom she misses deeply - William de Bruis.

Although Cecilia has a brother, Gabriel who just disappeared.

But... maybe distance creates beauty. Cecilia really doesn't have any good feelings towards her brother who she sees every day.

What's more, there are conflicts of interest between them.

Cecilia always felt that her mediocre brother was ranked ahead of her because he was born earlier and had the advantage of being a male heir.

At least in this world where there are not only swords but also magic, Cecilia awakened her unique talent earlier. This can also be considered a talent, right?

Gabriel needs his father to provide him with potions for promotion. No matter how you look at it, isn't this more mediocre than his sister?

On the contrary, she was full of beautiful expectations for her cousin from Qunshan Territory.

Now Cecilia has to take charge of things on her own, but she feels like she is walking on thin ice on the first day she becomes acting lord.

This made her feel even more that her cousin, who was also capable of doing things on his own, must be even more talented and more tenacious.

In fact, Cecilia also felt that her father did not seem to want her to get too close to her cousin, and even deliberately avoided contact with her.

Although they are both members of the Burrios family, Cecilia and her cousin have not seen each other for several years.

Whenever Cecilia thinks of William, she recalls the times they played, read and explored together as children.

Those were all beautiful and precious moments. When the girl thought of them, she admired her brother from the Mountains even more.

My brother now must have become a handsome young man just like me when I grew up into a girl, right?

So William... uh, brother, are you okay now?

Anyway, Cecilia's situation is very bad.

She knew very well that after her father left with the troops today, he left very little for her.

Basically, there are 60 melee infantry, 180 archers with almost no ammunition, and 30 light cavalry that can only be used for patrols at best.

Then, there are 200 old peasant thugs who are just there to make up the numbers, and the loyalty of these 200-plus people is questionable.

Because some of their relatives are still in prison making arrows.

In fact, even if we don't consider their loyalty, this armed force can only suppress the residents of Aicao Town.

As for the defensive role it would play when encountering a powerful opponent...even the naive Cecilia would not have such an illusion.

But is Artemisia Town safe?

Wasn't there some minotaur robbery here recently?

Cecilia even had a vague guess:

Could it be that she and her mother had been abandoned? Even if the Minotaur Bandit had bullied her mother and raped her...

Father, he... seems to be able to accept it?

So does Aicao Town really have no resistance at all?

Nor is it.

Because there is still an unmobilized force in Wormwood Town - the adventurers in the Adventurer's Inn.

Therefore, for this attack, Lu Heng did not intend to use conventional troops, especially the ratmen troops.

The other side may have adventurers, even if there are 10 first-level spellcasters, their power is deadly to ordinary ratmen.

In addition, the Empire has someone like Gaspard who can "reminisce about the old times", so once the ratmen set out, they can be easily tracked by him.

Then he could track her all the way to the Drawbridge Abbey.

If he wanted to hide his tracks relatively well, Lu Heng could only choose to teleport the entire army, but this would consume a lot of spiritual energy and was not a long-term solution.

Therefore, Lu Heng gave the rat people the task of scouting the surrounding terrain and not allowing them to participate in this attack.

As for the precarious Aicao Town, it only takes Lu Heng, a minotaur, to push it.

In Artemisia Town, Cecilia did not lie down and wait to be beaten, but wanted to struggle.

The last straw she was going to use was the adventurer waiting to be hired.

These people usually offer very high prices, and they are generally not local residents and have no obligations to the lord.

In terms of combat power, it is difficult for ordinary guards to suppress powerful adventurers.

The reason why the adventurers did not cause much trouble was not so much because they respected the local lords, but rather because they were afraid of retaliation from the empire.

Pierre and Cecilia of Wormwood Town may not be very powerful, but the governor of the Beast Suppression Province does.

Even if we really encounter a lawless adventurer and even the Governor can't control him, it doesn't matter.

The Beast Suppression Province is just one of the provinces of the Holy Blessing Empire, and Governor Edric also has people above him.

There are powerful fourth-level or even fifth-level spellcasters in the entire empire. There will always be someone who can deal with him.

This structure results in an adventurer who is often unwilling to defy the entire empire, but who also has no need to be subservient to small local lords.

The noble status of the lord could hardly have much of a deterrent effect on them.

Besides, it’s not that nobles are not allowed to participate in adventures. For example, the late famous adventurer Ruby was the nephew of the Governor.

In terms of background, he is better than a minor noble like Cecilia.

Therefore, the lords often have to offer enough benefits, such as enough money, to impress these powerful people.

However, when it comes to money, Lu Heng had already made Cecilia's family poor.

This would effectively limit the finances of Pierre's family, thus preventing them from having enough resources to temporarily hire a group of combat-capable adventurers.

So Cecilia is in a really difficult situation. How can she, who is short of money, convince these adventurers to work for her?

It's so difficult! The more I think about it, the harder it gets!

However, the more Cecilia felt uncomfortable, the more she thought of her cousin in the Mountains.

I heard that the situation of that brother in the Mountains is even more difficult.

Aicao Town is a town after all, but the so-called Mountain Territory was built by finding a "beast man" building on a barren mountain and building the lord's mansion there.

If it were William... uh, brother, how would he solve the current crisis in Wormwood Town?

How nice it would be if her brother was there to help her through the difficult times?

The author says:

Author's Notes: Woohoo! It's another day of recommending books!

This time, the work recommended is the soup dumpling-"The Gold Finger is the Mobile Game Wife".

The story is basically... traveling through various worlds with your wives, completing missions and winning!

True story introduction:

Ordinary office worker Zhong Lang was teleported to a strange main god space, for which he pulled all kinds of gun girls, ship girls and flying girls in the mobile game to help him.

Of course, adhering to the principle of "the wife does the work when there is work to do and does the work when there is nothing to do", Zhong Lang can also drink with M16A4 in the bar, sit on the deck of Belfast and let the sea breeze blow, or fly in the sky with Miss B-29 after the game.

But compared to the big-breasted Belfa, Zhong Lang also wanted to see who was flatter between UMP45 and Saratoga, and who could yell louder between 2B and Enterprise!

85. For justice and conscience

Lu Heng moved his focus to the Adventurer's Inn in Aicao Town.

I have to say that the facilities in Aicao Town are indeed much better than those in the mountains in the wilderness.

Adventurers can rest here and buy various supplies.

Including anesthetics, aphrodisiacs, incense, alcohol, various ingredients rich in spiritual energy, or various magical materials.

If some adventurers have too much energy to vent, they can also purchase a night of pleasure from the maid in the mansion.

After all, this is not the Qunshan Territory under Lu Heng's rule. Lu Heng directly abolished the position of maids in the mansion and turned them into miscellaneous maids.

Anyway, the Qunshan Territory had just been established, and the maids didn't receive many guests, so Lu Heng didn't spend much on renovation costs.

It’s different in Aicao Town. Apart from the high-end maids who cannot be “restocked” due to some accidents, there are still many “low-end” girls from poor families.

However, the main reason why this place is so lively is that there are so many maids for adventurers to choose from.

Instead, they had just received an exciting piece of news - right here in Artemisia Town, they encountered a "super minotaur" who needed to be hunted down.

The bounty price for this super prey has soared from the initial 20 to 200 million!

This undoubtedly attracted the adventurers. Even if they just hunted with a group, each person could get tens of thousands, right?

However, some experienced adventurers clearly realized that this was definitely not a good job to make money.

Prey with a high bounty must be powerful, so no matter how attractive 200 million is, the prerequisite is that you have to live to spend it.

Another problem is that if one is assessed as too weak and is directly denied participation in a mission, it is also a blow to one's personal reputation.

So when it comes to signing up, most adventurers are very conservative.

However, the reason why Lu Heng looked here was mainly because he wanted to see Scarlett Ghost and her Lily Regiment coming south from the Mountains.

Scarlett claims to be an undercover agent lurking within the Holy Blessing Empire, and her dream is to restore Taimenia.

She also provided Lu Heng with intelligence three times:

One time, the White Legion is extremely powerful, so if you want to run, run quickly;

One time, the defense of Qunshan Territory was weak, so they had to hurry if they wanted to attack;

The last time was to hope that Lu Heng would not attack the Qunshan Territory. She felt that Lord William was someone she could win over...

Although she didn't actually help Lu Heng much, Lu Heng was still willing to believe that she was his ally emotionally.

However, although he was willing, Lu Heng was not the kind of person who believed everything others said.

It is still necessary to make some necessary observations on Scarlett.

What if she is actually on the Empire's side and is just trying to get information from him?

It was precisely because Lu Heng could not completely trust Scarlett that he did not invite her to participate in the last military meeting.

However, according to Lu Heng's observation, there were no flaws in the performance of Scarlett and the entire Lily Corps.

Maybe, their entire group supports the recovery of Taimenia.

Under Lu Heng's gaze, Scarlett Ghost Shadow of the Lily Regiment discussed with her members:

"This minotaur's worth is increasing so quickly, this may not necessarily be the limit of the bounty."

"Yes, what if his real bounty value is actually more than 200 million? If we hunt him rashly at this time, we might end up dead."

This made Lu Heng somewhat suspicious. They deliberately said this to provide a reasonable excuse for his unwillingness to participate in the hunt.

However, on this night when the adventurers were supposed to sleep or play with maids, Cecilia was still working hard.

She appeared at the door of the Adventurer's Inn and announced something to them:

"Dear brave adventurers, I am the acting lord of this town - Cecilia de Burrios."

"Our main force and capable officers have already gone to the front line."

"Now, it's time to show your glory! Who wants to be my affairs officer?"