Chapter 603 Thorns Under the Shadow

Everyone thought they heard wrong.

The leading city lord looked at the strange man in front of him in confusion, "Comrade reinforcements, what did you say...?"

Bai E's eyes were cold and he repeated it calmly, "I said, change the city lord and come and talk to me again."

There was an uproar among the crowd who confirmed that they heard correctly.

Someone immediately yelled, "How dare you! Do you know who you are talking to? The person standing in front of you is the Lord of our Thorn City!"

But the scolding voice was lonely, and there were no more voices to echo him.

Under normal circumstances, the ashes of anyone who dared to speak to their city lord like this would have been scattered.

But today... after having just seen the other party's terrifying power of destroying the entire insect nest by himself, no one dared to pursue this little detail.

They were just wondering, was there some misunderstanding?

Or even if there was a little conflict in the past, it can be completely reduced to a major issue. The minor matter can be reduced~

They are all allies, why bother?

The corners of the city lord's eyes twitched slightly, "Your Excellency... Your Excellency, I don't quite understand what you mean? I am the city lord of Thorn City. I am the real deal. If you have any opinions, you can tell me clearly. If we can do it, we will all do it. Cooperate!"

Bai E frowned slightly and said in a low voice, "What I said is not clear enough? I will ask you to change the city lord!"

Then the city lord's face turned completely gloomy, "Your Excellency, your hand is stretched a little too long!"

Bai E ignored him and just looked behind him, "Someone, come forward! Just say one thing and you will be the new city lord from now on."

"Your Excellency, you have gone too far!" The city lord's face was as gloomy as water, and he almost growled a threat, "We in Thorn City are not afraid of you!"

However, there is a strange situation behind him.

Although most people don't know what kind of feud there is between the adult who came to help and their own city lord, they don't care about the details, or even about right or wrong.

All they knew was that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

The old city lord can become the city lord, of course because he has the most power and resources in Thorn City.

But that doesn't mean everyone agrees with him.

Even because of the despair when facing the insect nest, the city lords in recent years have almost completely failed in the development of the city except for being more concerned about their own dominance.

Many aspiring officials have long been dissatisfied with such a city lord, but there is no room for resistance in the face of the city lord's iron-blooded methods to maintain his rule.

And now...

This opportunity for resistance may have come.

In the past, they had never considered how much influence one person's power could have on the layout of the city.

Even if it was an existence of the level of the rumored God of War in the Imperial City, they expected that they would have to hang out in the city for a few years and reach a truly high position before they could have a certain impact on the city's pattern.

But right now...

A true God of War who could easily destroy the insect nest by himself could also easily destroy their Thorn City.

Facing a being who can destroy a city by himself, what pattern can the city have?

It’s not just what the other party wants, what does the city have to become?

Such a person who wants their Thorn City to change its city lord should not just pay lip service to it, right?

The only thing they need to consider is whether the true God of War who comes to support them just treats the candidates who stand up as disposable pawns.

If the other party sincerely supports him, even an unknown person who has no foundation in Thorn City can instantly become the actual person in charge of the entire city!

Between the iron-blooded methods of the old city lord and the powerful human allies who came to support, countless people in the team behind the city lord looked at each other, ready to make a move.

Knowing that any attitude towards the strong support in front of him was incompetent and furious, the city lord turned to look at the team behind him. He also noticed the strange atmosphere in the team with an angry look on his face, "What are you doing?! What are you all thinking? ?! You...want to be my enemy?"

These words seemed to arouse some people's rebellious intentions, so a man who was still wavering took a step forward instantly.

He directly ignored the city lord in front of him and looked directly in Bai E's direction, "Sir, if you are really willing to protect me from death, then I will be the new city lord of Thorn City!"

As soon as these words came out, there was a chorus of voices in agreement.

"Sir, I am also willing to be the city lord!"

"Sir, I can also be the city lord!"

The drummer of the honor guard next to him also raised his drumstick and shouted loudly, "I want to be an adult too!"

Bai E, however, just looked at the man who stood up first, with steady eyes and nodded vigorously, "It's you."

"Crazy! You are all crazy!" The old city lord swept his fingers in all directions, "You are causing trouble! You! You all must die! Where are the guards?! Where are the guards? Take them all down quickly! Execute them all on the spot! Not a single one of you! Keep!"

The guards of the Guards quickly came up from all around, but looking at the lonely foreign figure, no one dared to take action.

Those figures wearing standard armor were eager to try, but hesitated.

The city lord, who knew what they were thinking about, suddenly turned back to stare at Bai E and warned: "This is our own matter in Thorn City and has nothing to do with your Excellency in Blackwater City! Even if it goes to the Alliance Council, we will be responsible! I hope Your Excellency is somewhat self-aware!”

These words were both a warning to Bai E and an instruction to his own bodyguards.

After all, the other party is just an outsider. Even if the matter gets out of hand and ends up at the Alliance, he, the real city lord, is in the right.

"Do it!"

"Who dares?" Bai Er narrowed his eyes and released his psychic aura.

Killing is much easier than deterrence. He just hopes these people don't know what's good for them.

Seeing that the guards who were about to charge stopped in the blink of an eye, the city lord jumped anxiously, "Go, what are you waiting for?!"

The fat finger even pointed directly at Bai Er, "He is not in the mecha now. No matter how strong the pilot is, his body is made of flesh!"

Before he finished speaking, a dark shadow shot out from his fingertips in an instant.

Bai Er, who had been keeping the utmost vigilance, shook his hand and swung a sword. The enchanted long sword that appeared in his hand instantly bounced off the black claw blade that shot towards him.

"Dang!"

The horrifying sound of metal clashing stung the eardrums of everyone present. Bai'e held his sword and just sneered at the city lord who looked like a human in front of him, "Finally, you can't help but show up?"

His Zerg nemesis had already alerted him early in the morning, but the group of people coming out of the Thorn City was so crowded that it was difficult to accurately locate them.

Bai'e had been waiting for this... or this group of insects to show up on their own initiative.

But he didn't expect that the human incarnation of the insects was actually the city lord himself!

The change between the two made the teams that were originally in chaos instantly fall into fear and move away. Everyone looked at the black claws growing in the hands of the old city lord in horror.

That was not the physical organ that humans should have. It was the chitinous shell texture that had only been seen on insects in the past.

In the minds of a small number of people who knew about it, they instantly remembered the information brought back by the participating teams who went to form an alliance -

There are mutant insects that have disguised themselves as humans and mixed into human society.

At present, it is only confirmed that this mutant Zerg has appeared in the Eternal Night City in the far north.

And now...

These mutant Zergs have actually already infiltrated their Thorn City, right?

The completely exposed city lord no longer cares about his disguised identity.

The city lord's identity is of course the best disguise, but now the other party is determined to abolish his position as the city lord of Thorn City, so there is no point in maintaining this disguise.

Seeing that his identity is useless, he must take this opportunity to achieve the greatest results.

As he said, in his eyes, Bai Er, who left the mecha, is the weakest time for him.

As long as he kills the other party at this time, he will eventually rise again.

The city lord's identity is exposed? At most, he can change his identity.

Change takes time, but he has plenty of time.

The premise... is to kill this deadly threat who just wiped out its mother nest!

"Shua shua shua!" The dark bone blade flickered in the dusk, and every attack was full of threats.

Bai Er kept dodging, only occasionally using the enchanted Star-Eating Blade in his hand to resist.

The bugs in Thorn City had to be shown for a longer time so that these people would really take it seriously and it would be more convenient for the whole city to cooperate.

Acting alone is indeed convenient, but when cooperation is needed, the disadvantage of not having a team to follow will be revealed.

This was the first city he rushed to help, and everything he encountered would be absolutely useful for reference in the following journey.

The officials of Thorn City, big and small, who were watching from afar, stared at the two-person battlefield with fear and exclaimed.

"City Lord, how did you become like that?"

"Is that some new type of human body modification technology? Why haven't I heard of it?"

"I didn't expect the City Lord to be so strong?"

"What City Lord? That's a bug!"

"Bug!"

"Bug!? How could it be a bug?! How could a bug look like the City Lord?"

"You haven't read the report of the team that came back from the imperial capital... The latest variant has appeared among the bugs, which can perfectly transform into the appearance of us humans and lurk in our human society. I heard that it was at the alliance conference that the true identity of a contestant from a city was discovered, and everyone in the entire alliance learned about this new news."

"Then why didn't we know?!"

"Of course you didn't know! Except for a few of us, the city lord who got the news first has strictly ordered all insiders to keep silent."

"Oh~ No wonder!" Someone suddenly realized, "The city lord himself had been replaced by insects for a long time, no wonder he kept silent about such things."

"No wonder this lord targeted our city lord so much when he came. It turns out that he had already seen that our city lord was disguised by insects! Wait! If insects can disguise themselves as city lords, can they also disguise themselves as each of us?!"

When someone really said this terrifying guess, the welcoming team that was originally huddled together for warmth instantly fell apart.

Everyone tried to keep a certain distance from others around them to prevent the people around them from being disguised by insects and launching an irresistible attack on themselves instantly.

Didn't you see that the outer city lord who could destroy the insect nest alone only fought back and forth with the city lord disguised by insects? What if other disguised insects attacked them, how would they resist?

However, Bai'e didn't let their fear last for long.

Letting this bug disguised as the city lord play was just to make everyone in Thorn City have a deeper impression of it.

Seeing that everyone had already recognized this fact, his men no longer held back.

The enchanted Star-Eating Blade cut out a continuous sword shadow, and the terrifying blow that instantly killed hundreds of heads almost instantly chopped the incarnated mother lurker into a sausage with flowery knives.

In the end, the figure with dozens of cuts on his body lay powerlessly on the ground, and the iconic octopus head appeared clearly in front of everyone present.

The officials who saw this scene clearly no longer had any doubts in their hearts, "Sure enough!"

"The old city lord is really a bug!"

"Bugs have really mixed into our human society!"

The officials were terrified, and for a moment they all seemed a little at a loss.

Countless eyes turned to the foreign figure in front of them, hoping that this foreign reinforcement who first wiped out the insect nest and then recognized the fake city lord would lend a hand to their Thorn City and help them completely escape from the shadow of the insects.

Bai'e walked closer with the corpse of the octopus head in one hand, and threw it in front of everyone. He swept his eyes over the dark-haired and terrified people in front of him, and said in a deep voice: "You should all know the current situation, right?"

"I know, I know!"

The man who stood up first took the initiative to walk to the front of the crowd, looked at Bai'e and replied respectfully: "Sir, we just learned about what happened in the Imperial Capital Alliance Competition."

He pointed at the corpse of the octopus head on the ground, his face full of fear, "Before, we were all deceived by this fake city lord and had no idea about this. I also hope that the lord will help us Thorn City for the sake of the alliance! On behalf of the entire Thorn City, I thank the lord for his help today!"

"This is exactly the purpose of my visit." Bai'e nodded and strode towards the direction of the city, "I can identify whether there are other lurker bugs in your city, but the premise is that I need the full cooperation of your entire city."

"Of course!" The man followed Bai'e closely.

At the same time, he glanced at his former bureaucratic colleagues who looked at him pleadingly, and asked Bai'e carefully, "Sir, I have another unwelcome request..."

"Go ahead."

"I also hope that you can tell us if there are any mutant Zerg among us... Otherwise, even if we do something, we may be afraid."

Bai'e glanced around and gave everyone a comfortable answer, "Here, there are none." (End of this chapter)