Chapter 536 Determination

"Lord, what the teller said before is right. The Mercenary Guild does cover the entire empire.

And unlike those mages who are indifferent to the outside world, mercenaries are generally very united. If you do this, you will offend all the mercenaries in the entire empire."

Xu Lai frowned and said, "Then I should ask them to put our bounty high at the top of the list?"

Ji Long was speechless and finally said, "In addition to having a huge influence on mercenaries, the Mercenary Guild also has a significant impact on merchants.

Once the Mercenary Guild announces sanctions on a certain If a certain force or city is attacked, there will be few caravans going to that city.

You also know that before you swept the grassland bandits, the major caravans were severely harmed by these bandits.

In addition to bandits, there are also thieves, robbers, bandits and pirates.

Once the mercenary guild imposes sanctions on a city, all mercenaries who have joined the mercenary guild will no longer be able to undertake the mission to go to this city.

If the protection of these mercenaries is lost, most caravans will not dare to go to these cities. "

Now it was Xu Lai's turn to be silent. If the caravans dare not come, what is the point of talking about economic development.

Those who are able to form their own caravans and escorts are all large chambers of commerce, and they cannot do without the support of major lords behind them.

However, in the grassland area alone, most of the nobles should have been offended by Xu Lai, so it seems unrealistic to rely on the local chambers of commerce in the grassland.

"What's more, even if you force the Mercenary Guild to withdraw such a task, the Thieves Guild will still hang it.

Over the years, such bounty tasks have mostly been completed by people from the Dark Alliance, and they usually only go to the Thieves Guild to accept the bounty and receive the reward."

Ji Long really cares about Xu Lai. Their whole family's name is on it, and he can still persuade Xu Lai to calm down at this time.

Xu Lai has already calmed down. He didn't turn his face directly in the mercenary hall at that time, which was already restraining himself.

After coming out, Xu Lai also thought about related issues and considered the consequences.

Although his considerations were not as detailed as Ji Long's, in general, he could accept any consequences.

People live by their faces, and trees live by their skins.

Xu Lai has occupied this city, but the largest organization in this city openly put a bounty on his head and hung it in the highest and most conspicuous place.

If Xu Lai doesn't even deal with this and turns a blind eye, he will never think of truly ruling this city.

In the eyes of most businessmen and dignitaries, Xu Lai is just a clown.

Just look at the Mercenary Guild, a small teller who is not even a professional can also look down on Xu Lai with a contemptuous tone.

As for the consequences, in Xu Lai's view, all the consequences are not as powerful as the saying that power comes from the barrel of a gun.

This is a world of power. As long as he is still strong, others will only submit to him.

Before today, Xu Lai had no big ambitions.

As the saying goes, those who achieve great things have great ambitions. Xu Lai doesn't even have a big ambition. Isn't it just running here and there, taking things as they come?

The reason for robbing Aini's territory is that Aini has done too much, and the second is that Qingfeng City is too small, and Xu Lai has provoked too many and too powerful enemies.

If he doesn't rob Aini's territory, Xu Lai is worried that when he is found by others in the end, he will have no strategic depth.

Moreover, relying on only one city, the reserve of soldiers and economic capacity will be severely restricted, and even if Xu Lai actively develops affiliated towns and villages, he cannot meet them.

If Xu Lai doesn't take all the existing cities on the grassland, how long will it take for him to gather tens of thousands of troops?

But even if he robbed Aini's territory, Xu Lai's purpose was just to protect himself, and he never thought about anything more far-reaching.

However, today, Xu Lai was somewhat stimulated.

If before today, he just wanted to defeat Aini's allies and occupy their cities.

But now, Xu Lai no longer thinks so. He believes that he must take over the entire grassland and then wipe out all the discordant voices on the grassland.

He wants to be the ruler of the grassland, and even further, to be the king of the grassland.

The first step to rule the grassland is to let all his opponents and enemies see what kind of end will come to those who disobey him.

There are only more than 200 knights in the two teams, but they are knights, and they look mighty with their mounts.

Jimmy first commanded a team of knights to surround the entrances and exits of the mercenary guild.

After that, he didn't get off the horse, and directly led another team of knights, rushing into the mercenary hall with people and horses.

To be a mercenary, one must at least be a professional. Ordinary civilians who become mercenaries are courting death.

And although the gate of the mercenary hall is spacious enough, it has more than a dozen steps, and Jimmy and his team can't speed up for a while.

Therefore, as long as they are not fools, they don't have to worry about being hit by the knights.

The knights have already rushed in. It can be said that the face of the mercenary public has been lost, and the two sides have completely turned against each other.

After the fall, there is only one consideration, that is, how to defeat the other party.

Although Jilong is not very old, he is quite decisive. After seeing this scene, he stopped persuading and said to Xu Lai:

"Lord, can you hand over the swordsmen and knights you have recruited these days to me first, and I will go to seal the teleportation array."

Only mages can preside over the teleportation array, but the Mages Guild is also an old force that has been in Conaston for a long time.

Although Xu Lai has only opened the teleportation route connecting to Martell City now.

But if someone takes the opportunity to open other teleportation routes and let the Mercenary General Association or Aini reinforcements come in, it will be more troublesome.

However, Xu Lai shook his head and said, "No need, it would be great if someone came.

You take them and the security team to block the East-West Cross Street.

Whether the people over there want to come or the people over here want to go, stop them all.

If anyone disobeys orders, kill them without mercy!"

Xu Lai watched outside in person and called the angels over, who were circling overhead at the moment.

If this is the case, he can still let people escape, then Xu Lai is lucky.

But if someone cooperates on the teleportation array, then Xu Lai can just use this as an excuse to reorganize the Magic Guild.

Although the mages of the Magic Guild acted very calm and cooperative.

However, these mages were all recruited by Aini, so how could Xu Lai trust them?

Usually, these mages cooperated very well. The president even traveled thousands of miles to Qingfeng City to build a teleportation array for Xu Lai.

If Xu Lai bullied his subordinates while they were away, Xu Lai himself would not be able to bear this shame.

After Elvy and Jilong were in place, Xu Lai shook his cloak, and Roland hurried to help him take it.

The sun shone on the magical armor with full light, and the colorful artifact light kept flowing from various parts of the Angel Alliance.

"Sir, please don't go in."

After all, it is a mercenary guild. This is a group of people who are best at fighting alone and cooperating on a small scale. Their equipment may not be as luxurious as that of the nobles, but it must be the most suitable for them to use.

Moreover, after removing the knights surrounded outside, their own side must be at a disadvantage in terms of manpower.

The mercenary hall is not an open-top building. If Elvy and others stay outside, they can't even get support in time.

Xu Lai shook his head and said, "If even I, the real boss, dare not show up, then what can I use to deter others?"

Speaking of this, Xu Lai paused, patted Roland on the shoulder and said, "Besides, don't I still have you?

At any time, as long as you are by my side, I don't have to worry about my safety."

"Protecting you is my mission!"

Roland stood up straight. Even though his loyalty was full, he was deeply moved by the feeling of being recognized.

The atmosphere in the military hall was a bit tense.

Although Jimmy rushed in with the knights, he had the same idea as Jilong and did not want to tear his face with the mercenary guild.

He just received a communication from Xu Lai, asking him to lead the troops here immediately and prepare for battle.

Jimmy thought Xu Lai had encountered some danger in the mercenary guild and was going to bring people here immediately.

Fortunately, Xu Lai said that he was fine and asked him to guard every entrance and exit to prevent any mercenary from leaving.

Although Xu Lai said that he was fine, his order obviously showed that he had encountered some trouble here.

Therefore, Jimmy rushed in with his men without saying a word.

The embarrassing result was that he did not find Xu Lai in the crowd.

The reaction of the Mercenary Guild was also very fast. After all, someone broke into their home.

Dozens of high-level mercenaries, wearing various equipment, drew their swords, raised their shields, hid in the distance and high places, and aimed their bows and arrows at Jimmy.

The guild leader was a burly middle-aged man. He did not show any weapons, but stood in front of Jimmy's horse with his head held high and his neck raised, shouting at Jimmy:

"Viscount Martell, do you think that Conaston Castle is your Martell City?

If you want to show off your prestige as the new city lord, please go back to your Martell City. Conaston Castle does not welcome you!"

Jimmy frowned. He knew that many people in this city looked down on him, and many people did not obey him.

But no matter what, he is the current master of this city.

Being shouted at in public to go back to Martell City, does Jimmy really have no shame at all?

Jimmy raised his head and said to the president of the Mercenary Guild:

"Mohan, I'll give you a chance. If you cancel this mission now, I can still pretend that this has never happened.

Otherwise..."

"Otherwise what? Do you really want to fight with our Mercenary Guild? Do you have the courage? If you really fight, do you think you can walk out of here alive?"

Jimmy glanced around, and the low-level mercenaries didn't dare to look him in the eye.

However, in the hall, in addition to the Mercenary Guild's own guards, there were many mercenaries eager to try.

After all, his bounty was also hung at the highest point of the Mercenary Guild.

Most mercenaries would be willing to kill him in the chaos, and then exchange him for a bounty of hundreds of thousands of gold coins, and live a worry-free life for the rest of their lives.

Being stared at like prey by so many people, Jimmy couldn't help but feel guilty even though there were nearly a hundred well-trained professional knights following him.

This is not a battlefield. The battlefield may seem dangerous, but in fact, he is relatively safe with the protection of his personal guards.

But these mercenaries who are willing to risk their lives are not the law-abiding soldiers on the battlefield.

They are not bound by the formation, and may be vulnerable in a head-on battle, but if it is against Jimmy alone, then even if the battle is won, he has a high probability of dying here.

Let alone the others, the 7th-level swordsman in front of him alone has the strength to kill him.

Jimmy's face was flushed with anger, but he still suppressed his anger and said: "Mohan, your Mercenary Guild must be the enemy of Mr. Xu Lai, right?

The seven great mercenary kings of your association, do they know? Did they agree?"

Mohan said bluntly: "Don't use them to pressure me.

Someone has issued a task, and the publisher has neither died nor canceled the task.

The task has not expired, and the publisher has paid a full deposit and has the ability to continue to pay the task reward. This task will of course always be hung in our Mercenary Guild's task system.

If you have the ability, go and kill the publisher of the task. Without the publisher, won't the task be canceled naturally?"

Crack, Jimmy's fists creaked.

However, Mohan on the opposite side was not afraid at all. The knight was just a little more defensive and had a little more HP.

Even if he was sitting on a tall horse, Mohan was sure to pierce the opponent's throat in an instant.

Although Jimmy was wearing armor, he did not wear a helmet that could cover his entire face like on the battlefield.

Feeling the killing intent from Mohan, Jimmy wanted to retreat.

But he hadn't found Xu Lai yet. It would be difficult to explain to Xu Lai if he left at this time.

Just when the two sides were deadlocked, Xu Lai finally came in with Roland.

Seeing Xu Lai, Jimmy breathed a sigh of relief.

Maybe the armor could not protect his whole body. Even the helmet would still leave holes in his eyes.

With Mohan's swordsmanship, he could completely pierce his eyes with that kind of rapier.

But with Xu Lai and the powerful hero power, any damage he suffered would be reduced by defense.

The terrifying thing about heroes is this. They will stand on the battlefield. Even if they do nothing, they can increase their soldiers by dozens of times.

Seeing Xu Lai, Mohan, who had just been a little arrogant in front of Jimmy, restrained the ferocity on his face and walked up to him quickly.

"Mr. Xu Lai, what brings you here? If you have something to talk to me about, just send someone to let me know."

As soon as he took a step forward, the mercenary leader Mohan had already forced a smile from his face, and the smile was sincere and very contagious.

Xu Lai had been deceived by this enthusiastic smile before. If he hadn't come to inspect it in person, he would never have thought that behind this enthusiastic smile, there was a lot of hypocrisy. (End of this chapter)