Chapter 546 The End

After about ten minutes, the smoke gradually dissipated, and the movement on the tower gradually disappeared.

The specific appearance of the two bodies also appeared on the tower, one man and one woman, they looked very ordinary, and there was no iconic mark or object on their bodies.

Xu Lai later asked someone to identify them, but unfortunately, even the captured Thieves Guild members could not recognize the two people.

The bodies of these two people were relatively intact, and the unlucky guys in the first wave of attacks had long been chopped into meat paste by the Holy Light Knights.

In addition, there was an assassin who fell from the wall and was already dead.

Xu Lai deliberately exposed a flaw and endured great pain, but in the end he only killed 6 assassins, and the most important one escaped.

The key is that none of these assassins can be identified.

If he could recognize them, Xu Lai would have to find trouble with their families. There is no such thing as "not harming family members" in this world.

The main reason is that Xu Lai has been in this world for so long, and this is the first time he feels so disadvantaged.

In fact, apart from the pain he suffered, the paladins around him did not suffer any losses, which was equivalent to a zero-for-six exchange, which should be a profit.

But in Xu Lai's heart, the pain he suffered could not be compensated even if he killed the entire Thieves Guild.

He did not suffer any losses, but Jimi and others suffered serious losses.

The mercenaries and the Thieves Guild joined forces to cause great chaos in the city.

Even though Xu Lai arranged small mercenaries and the security team for protection and sent all his angels out, the chaos in the city still led to the deaths of many people.

Most of them were civilians, and a small number of low-level mercenaries and some administrative officials were also quietly assassinated by killers in the chaos. They were all officials who surrendered to Xu Lai at the beginning.

On the contrary, the large force led by Jimi killed at least a thousand mercenaries head-on, but lost less than ten people, and they were all killed by sneak attacks during searching and finishing.

These mercenaries do have some means. With Xu Lai's bonus, even level 3 and 4 soldiers have the defense capabilities of level 6 and 7 soldiers.

But these guys have ways, either using armor-piercing weapons or using fixed damage skills that ignore defense.

The battle was basically over at noon, but because of the chaos caused by this action, it did not stop until the night when the war was completely stopped.

Fortunately, Xu Lai's strategic goals have basically been achieved.

The bases of several mercenary groups have been blocked, and tens of thousands of people have searched and taken away countless boxes of supplies from these places.

In addition to the bases of these mercenary groups, all the shops under the name of Aini and places related to Aini were also cleared out.

Including the slums of Conaston, they also took this opportunity to turn it over thoroughly.

There was no room for so many people in the dungeon, so Jimmy had no choice but to use military law and cut hundreds of serious criminals on the spot.

It is easier to deal with petty thefts. Young people watch the execution, and adults directly chop off their hands. It is simple, clear, clean and quick.

Of course, such a rough handling method will cause many false and wrongful convictions.

But it is true that neither Jimmy nor Jilong and others have time to deal with such trivial matters slowly. They must restore peace to the city as soon as possible.

After coming down from the tower, Xu Lai led Elvy and others to personally preside over a resurrection ceremony.

Resurrect those officials who have died once, those mercenaries with higher ranks and surrendered earlier, and some innocent people involved.

These people are lucky, their bodies are at least intact.

Moreover, the time chosen by Xu Lai is at night, which is equivalent to releasing two resurrection spells in a row. Most of the resurrected are civilians, and their health points are all within 100 points.

Under the leadership of Elvy and others, a group of Seraphim and Archangels raised more than 500 people in two resurrections.

The collective resurrection of more than 500 people is still a spectacular scene.

At least the temple is reluctant to give the precious resurrection quotas of Archangels and Seraphim to civilians.

On Xu Lai's side, the most resurrected are civilians, and the officials and mercenaries who were assassinated are less than 100 in total.

Mercenary Xu Lai resurrected the least. Only those who had real achievements and performance would be resurrected by Xu Lai.

For those who were really unlucky, Xu Lai would only give an additional pension on top of what their respective mercenary groups gave.

There was no other way. Mercenaries were all professionals with higher physiques. Often, resurrecting one mercenary could revive two civilians.

In Xu Lai's case, if they had real merits and were confirmed to be his own people, they would naturally be given priority.

Otherwise, all lives were equal. I could revive two, and would never revive only one.

Even if Xu Lai's compensation for civilians was much less than that of the mercenaries, he would rather revive two civilians. Losing some money was nothing.

The cash looted from the mercenary bases and major shops today alone was as much as millions of gold coins.

The remaining various supplies had not yet been counted and sorted. It would take at least three or four days to sort these things.

As for this cash, Xu Lai allocated two million gold coins to the City Hall and handed them over to Jimmy for full handling.

Xu Lai had instructed him to do so many things before, especially to form a legion, launch a new war, and stockpile war supplies, all of which required a large amount of financial support.

Although there is money in the municipal warehouse, after all, there may not be much new money in the future, so it must be stored first.

Xu Lai did not take a penny of the remaining money. He first took out more than one million gold coins to compensate the families and organizations that suffered losses in the chaos.

It also includes rewards and pensions for the mercenary group, as well as special rewards for Jilong, Mohan, Hancock and others.

Xu Lai is stingy, but he is only stingy to himself, and he is relatively generous to others.

Especially he has experienced it, and knows that those bosses who only paint big cakes and promote wolf culture every day can only release a group of lazy sheep in the end.

Don't let people eat meat and drink alcohol, talk about bullshit wolf culture.

The Aini family has ruled Conaston for so many years, why did so many people surrender directly after Xu Lai occupied the city with only a few hundred people.

Even some loyal subordinates are mostly like Hancock, who enjoyed the benefits before and are considered vested interests.

Mercenaries can be dealt with with money. They are here for the money.

Xu Lai also prepared positions for Lin Qiu and others, which can be regarded as rewards and also as a way to help Xu Lai to check Jimmy.

Finally, there were still a few hundred thousand gold coins left in the castle.

This part of the money was left by Xu Lai for recruiting soldiers.

Not only the heroic buildings in Conaston Castle, but also the archers and spearmen in the nearby towns, as well as the knights, archers, infantry, etc. in the field buildings.

This is not a small amount of money. Just the 6th-level knight in the knight training camp costs 1,800 gold.

After Xu Lai took away the God-given Body, the number of places in the knight training camp will be reduced to 14.

But with the two cavalry training camps in the field, the cost of recruiting the 4th-level trainee knights and upgrading them through the knight training camp is the same.

Therefore, these knights alone need to consume 25,000 gold coins a month.

In addition, there are 5th-level swordsmen, 4th-level heavy crossbowmen, 4th-level longbowmen, heavy-armored spearmen, and the griffin fortress built after Xu Lai came.

Although the unit price of these arms is not as high as that of knights, they are superior in number.

Not only can field buildings increase their production, but all affiliated villages and towns affiliated with Conaston Castle, as long as there are corresponding buildings, can increase production.

Therefore, recruiting all these soldiers in the city and in the field will cost at least 100,000 a month.

In addition, Xu Lai also requires that soldiers continue to be purchased and recruited in the market, as well as the wages of castle workers, craftsmen, gardeners, chefs, etc.

More than one million gold coins may seem like a lot, but they can only support one year at most, and that is based on Xu Lai having no other additional expenses.

Xu Lai entrusted Lin Qiu to keep this money for him, and he also entrusted all these matters to the other party.

Xu Lai is a person who clearly distinguishes between gratitude and resentment. Before, her man had ideas about her, so Xu Lai forced the other party's mercenary group to disband and confiscated most of Lin Qiu's soldiers.

A team of 12 Crusaders was left by Xu Lai to Lin Qiu for self-protection.

The number of 12 people is not large, but it is elite enough. The most important thing is that Lin Qiu is a high-level hero, and there are some elite backbones left by the Rainbow Mercenary Group around him.

With such a guard force, even if the killers and assassins of the Thieves Guild want to assassinate, they have the strength to protect themselves.

After all, Xu Lai just turned the entire slum over, causing heavy losses to the Thieves Guild.

Moreover, under Xu Lai's generous policies, the slums will gradually be transformed, so that the Thieves Guild will completely lose the soil for growth and reproduction.

Of course, it is unlikely to eliminate them. After all, even a city like Qingfeng City, which Xu Lai built, can't eliminate these people.

Lin Qiu is also willing to hand over these people. After all, her current position is considered a civilian position, and it is not appropriate to bring hundreds of elite guards around every day.

Besides, Xu Lai gave her all his millions of gold coins to manage, and she also served as the castle manager, and most of the time she spent enjoying the castle on behalf of Xu Lai.

Even Jimmy could only pick a castle from the confiscated tycoons, but she could live in the castle.

These more than 100 rank 5 sharpshooters, more than 100 heavy armored halberd soldiers and more than 100 swordsmen were all trained by her with a lot of effort.

The money may not be worth a million, but the feelings are definitely worth more than that.

And because of Hancock, Lin Qiu's order to call a general has not been used until now.

Lin Qiu also handed it over, which was regarded as Lin Qiuna's token of surrender, representing her complete abandonment of military efforts.

Xu Lai not only returned most of the property of the Rainbow Mercenary Group, but also arranged a good position for Hancock.

Xu Lai asked him to go to Qingfeng City and serve as the president of the Qingfeng City Mercenary Guild.

Logically speaking, the president of a city's mercenary guild, even if Xu Lai is the city lord, is not qualified to make the decision. That is the business of the mercenary guild itself.

But that is just a matter of logic. If a mercenary guild wants to be established, can it be established without the permission of the owner?

Besides, how can a city's mercenary guild carry out its work if it has a bad relationship with the city owner?

Xu Lai was most worried that because of the scene he made in the mercenary guild, the leaders of the general association felt that they had lost face, and thus deliberately made things difficult for Xu Lai.

Even if he had now reached a friendly and cooperative relationship with Mohan, the lost face would not be recovered.

However, the General Assembly finally agreed to Xu Lai's request.

In fact, if the General Assembly disagreed, Xu Lai planned to drive the Mercenary Guild out of his own city, and then set up another organization himself.

He even thought of a name, but the Mercenary Guild had existed for thousands of years, and it was easy for Xu Lai to offend them, but it would be difficult for even the king to ban them.

Xu Lai's sending Hancock to Qingfeng City was not a bad taste, nor was it simply to restrict Lin Qiu.

After making this decision, Xu Lai treated it as sending a box of deep-sea crystals to someone's home, so that they could take the teleportation array back and forth every day without any problem.

Therefore, the so-called problem of being in a different place does not exist.

Anyway, if they don't want to run away at that time, it's their own business.

Moreover, Xu Lai did not force Hancock, but clearly told him that he had promised all the mercenary forces in Conaston to the Evernight Mercenary Group.

Even if the old leader stepped down, he would ensure that the Evernight Mercenary Group was the largest and strongest mercenary group in Conaston.

As the first mercenary group to defect to Xu Lai and not accept the bounty, Xu Lai gave them the greatest care.

Hancock was unwilling, so Xu Lai provided him with another platform.

He went there completely voluntarily, Xu Lai did not force him at all, and he also took a box of deep-sea crystals.

However, after reaching an agreement with the Naga tribe, the trading volume between the two sides became higher and higher. Unless there was a problem with the Naga's production, they would have as much as they wanted.

After the teleportation array was opened, Xu Lai did not leave immediately, but sent Hancock to take office first.

He stayed in the city for about a week.

He personally presided over and supervised the return of all the houses that collapsed and damaged due to the war to the citizens who were still waiting.

He personally witnessed the demolition of the walls of Conaston, visited every village and town in person, and witnessed how the heroes who came to govern and develop these villages and towns.

He also received the transport team coming from Qingfeng City, and even trained with the soldiers in the newly formed "Knight's Wind" Legion for two days.

If Reina hadn't asked Su Ya to call Xu Lai, Xu Lai would have to stay in this city that was in need of reconstruction for at least another month.

His tax reform policies, land re-inspection and allocation policies, and policies to encourage business were all just issued and in operation for a short time.

Xu Lai was really worried about leaving them behind at this time.

But he had to leave, because Su Ya told Xu Lai that the reconnaissance eyes he had placed underground had discovered a large number of cavemen. (End of this chapter)