I am the son of the traveler

Chapter 139
"You are young Hobbs?"

Seeing the ashen-faced young man kneeling beside the old Hobbs, Antigonus asked in a cool tone. Helen, who was already much calmer in his arms, visibly trembled after hearing the name. Antigonus noticed that At this point, the eyes looking at Little Hobbs could not help but bring a touch of murderous intent.

"Yes, I am young Hobbs."

Perhaps because he understood that his current situation should not be harsh, Little Hobbs admitted it straightforwardly. Looking at Antigonus surrounded by many soldiers, the corners of his mouth slightly curled up, and he laughed at himself: "I didn't expect that I really kicked this time." An iron plate, maybe I shouldn't have touched that girl in the first place."

"No, even if you don't move her, I will still do it to you."

"Why? Just because of the Macedonian I arrested?" Little Hobbs asked puzzled.

"Yeah." Antigonus nodded, looked at Little Hobbs contemptuously, and said, "You should have expected such a day when you started."

"I underestimated your courage, Macedonians, but don't forget that this is the capital of the Republic of Feronia, and you can't get out of this city." Little Hobbs said calmly, as if he had accepted it. The imminent fate, although the fear of death is still in the pupil, but the body no longer trembles.

"This is not something you need to care about, Mr. Hobbs." Antigonus said with a smile, and then he waved to the Thracian mercenaries who were escorting Hobbs and his son, and the latter immediately understood the king. Meaning, dragged the two of them roughly away, preparing to drag them to a place far away from Helen's sight and execute them to death.

And just after they were dragged away, several Thracian mercenaries walked over with the help of a scarred young man in a prison uniform. Agaius, who was standing next to Antigonus, saw the man's face clearly. Behind his face, he exclaimed, "Herodos?"

Suddenly he heard someone shouting his name. The young man being supported raised his head blankly and looked at the sound, and saw Antigonus and Ageus beside him. The young man almost cried, and he pushed away The Thracian who was supporting him stumbled to Antigonus. His feet softened and he fell to his knees. He was not aware of the pain in his legs at all, and said with a cry in his voice: "Your Majesty, Zeus is here. Go on, I always believed that you would come to save me, and you did come."

Because Helen was still in his arms, Antigonus could only ask Agaius to help Herodas up, and then said: "It is impossible for me to abandon my subjects, Herodas, I am very glad that you supported me." to today."

"..."

Here Antigonus and others were still talking, while on the other side the red-eyed Thracian mercenaries had killed all the Philonites who were still standing in sight, and they broke into the warehouse where the wealth was stored. They looted everything inside, and when everything was removed, they set fire to the storehouse and burned the house to the ground.

The movement of the Hobbs family manor quickly attracted the attention of the surrounding residents. They looked at the manor screaming and screaming in horror, and reported the matter to the nearest city defense force tremblingly. It was related to the honorable governor. Safety, the city defense army cannot be slack, they hastily assembled troops and rushed to Hobbs Manor to check the situation, and the officers loyal to the local faction quickly sent their cronies to report to Antigonus through the trail, and delayed the departure time as much as possible .

Knowing that the city defense army started to rush here, Antigon quickly asked the mercenary commander Baldiris to gather all the scattered Thracian mercenaries and break out in the direction of the port area. However, at this time, the Thrace The disadvantages of barbarism and lack of discipline are revealed. Those barbarians who are red-eyed directly ignore the orders of the leader. They are still looking for survivors, or searching for all valuables that come into their eyes.

In desperation, Antigonus could only abandon the small number of Thracian mercenaries who disobeyed the military order, and led the main force to break out in the direction of the port area. Because their speed was a little faster than the city defense army, the vanguard troops who broke out could only fight against the city defense army. A small group of city defense troops hastily rushed directly from the patrol route fought, and there was no other trace of the enemy.And those city defense troops were caught off guard when they bumped into the blood-soaked barbarians head-on. They were frightened and collapsed and fled after only one encounter, not daring to confront the sudden enemy head-on.

In the port area, under the conscious coordination and concessions of the local officers, the city defense troops guarding the area were defeated and allowed a large number of enemies to rush into the port, "casually" "robbed" a few ships and then fled.Of course, it would take some time for hundreds of people to board the ship at the same time, but the attention of most of Cerro City's city defense troops was attracted by Hobbs Manor, and the local officers refused to let their men go back to report the news. This group raided the noble The savages of the governor's estate boarded the ship in full leisurely manner, and sailed out of the port.

On the other side, the city defense army that surrounded the Hobbs Manor forced their way in and then fought with the few Thracian mercenaries who did not withdraw. They quickly wiped out the Thracian mercenaries and found the The bodies of the beheaded noble Governor Hobbs and his eldest son, family members and a group of servants who were killed by knives in their sleep.

Then, they followed the trail all the way to the port area, and informed the Republic Navy stationed in the nearby military port, but at this time the sky was already bright, and Antico and the ships he hired had already left the inland sea of ​​the Feron Merchant Republic and disappeared into the vast sea Among them.

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The case of the extermination of the noble governor shocked the entire Feron Commercial Republic. After being shocked, the National Assembly immediately ordered a strict investigation, and dismissed and imprisoned all the officers of the city defense army who were suspected of being responsible. Naturally, a large number of local factions were included. Officer, this undoubtedly weakened the degree of penetration of the local party officers, but they eliminated the biggest threat of the Hobbs family in one fell swoop, and every chief who knew about it felt that it was worth it.

After ordering a strict investigation, the parliament passed the proposal to re-elect the honorable governor. The native faction knew that they could not push their own people to the top, so they followed suit and elected the senators from the populist faction to be the leaders of the country. After thinking about it, they would rather let those hypocritical aristocrats who are full of common people govern than let their opponents gain power.

The aristocratic faction is overwhelmed by the death of the leader, and now they are forced to conduct elections, unable to do what they want, and can only watch helplessly as the leader of the opposing populist faction becomes the noble governor.

The investigation results of the Miemen massacre quickly made progress. Thanks to the bodies of those Thracian mercenaries who did not evacuate and died in battle, they investigated the "Crescent Moon" mercenary group and followed the clues to investigate. However, when the city defense army came to the door of the intermediary, what they saw was the body of the intermediary hanged on the beam and his family members who were poisoned. All documents were also burned, and the investigation was deadlocked.

(End of this chapter)