I Will Be The Crowned King

Remember [New] for a second,! The moment the voice fell, the three figures froze.

The Wild Hunt knight who followed at the end was blushing, with blue veins on his neck and forehead, and his slightly trembling shoulders seemed to be trying his best to contain the anger in his heart.

It was you who took the initiative to threaten, why did you ask us why we came back? !

Faced with the humiliation of Anson Bach's "knowingly asking", Sir Carnot, who was standing beside him, was expressionless, but silently moved to his side to block the Wild Hunt knight who had not yet entered the door.

"Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief, where do you start?"

With incomparably sincere eyes, the leader of the Knights (former) Ian Clemens smiled and sat down on the sofa in front of Anson naturally: "After all, we still keep our original promise and have never left Moby Dick. port."

An Sen squinted his eyes slightly, and a slight smile appeared on the corner of his mouth:

"no?"

"Absolutely not." Ian's tone was very certain:

"We just thought of leaving the city for a while to take shelter after calmly judging the situation - but never had the thought of leaving."

"why?"

"……Feel sorry?"

"Why didn't you think about leaving?" Anson asked: "In the chaotic situation at the time, you can leave with Louis, and you don't have to come back here again, and you don't need to be with the Knights of No Faith, the Crecy Family, and the Guardians. The grave man and all this are related, and it's not good to start over in a certain pattern?"

At this moment, Anson's expression was also extremely sincere - he really couldn't think of what it was necessary for the trio in front of him to come back.

But when these words came to Ian's ears, they had a completely different meaning.

"Of course not!"

Without waiting for the companions behind him to express their opinions, Ian said decisively: "According to the agreement between us and you, you cannot leave without your consent."

"Perhaps for you, this is just a dispensable verbal agreement, but since a commitment has been made, it must be followed. This is our consistent aim!"

"So that's the case." An Sen suddenly realized, with a little respect in his eyes.

If he was just skeptical at the beginning, then he is basically certain now that it is definitely not because of this.

"So... the purpose of your coming to me is to hope that I will cancel the agreement and allow you to leave freely?"

"On the contrary, Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief." Ian smiled and said, "We are here to further cooperate with you."

"...could you speak more clearly?"

Anson's heart was even more confused. He could probably guess that the trio in front of him did not come back voluntarily, but encountered some kind of threat or coercion and had to continue to serve him.

The question is who is threatening?

The grave keeper was defeated and could not make waves for the time being; the Crecy family was destroyed, and no one wanted to hunt down these "traitors" - now the entire Beluga Harbor is covered by the magical atmosphere of Rune, if there is any hostility The outsider appeared, and it was not even Ansen's turn to deal with it himself.

Looking at the commander-in-chief's questioning expression, even Ian, who was forced to remain calm, couldn't help frowning slightly.

Although he is the one who is at fault, the difference between such an aggressive Anson Bach and the previous practice that at least left some leeway on the surface is too obvious.

Is it because of being a Blasphemer Mage?

The leader of the Knights (former) was in a mess, but on the surface he didn't show it at all: "Intelligence."

"Although you are already the youngest brigadier general of the Colonial Corps commander-in-chief, and the de facto ruler of Beluga Harbor, your intelligence is still insufficient compared to those who have been entrenched in this land all year round."

"As early as at least a hundred years ago, the Crecy family has been rooted in this ice and snow, and you have witnessed their power with your own eyes."

Ian probed slightly and deliberately looked up at An Sen with a slightly upward gaze: "As the leader of the Knights, I can give you this information network in its entirety."

Anson's pupils shrank suddenly.

This is no longer "cooperation", but disarming and surrendering; Ian is taking out the capital that they can finally save their lives.

Could it be a trap?

But judging from the wild hunter knight's expression of anger and unwillingness, it doesn't seem to be fake.

Sir Carnot didn't seem to have much reaction, his drooping shoulders and indifferent eyes seemed to be quite indifferent.

But this reaction itself can prove that Ian is not lying - otherwise, as the most inconspicuous of the trio at this time, he should always observe his own reaction to judge whether the plan is exposed, rather than indifferent.

"Not only that, we also know that you are vigorously promoting the movement to free the indigenous people in order to recruit the soldiers of the shooting army to suppress the price of animal slaves." Ian continued:

"Beast slaves are one of the most valuable commodities in the New World, second only to coal mines and iron ore; representatives of the colonies and wealthy businessmen have either directly, or definitely indirectly benefited from the animal slave trade, even if you threaten them with force, they will It won't be easy to let go."

"But... what if there were some small problems with the business that hurt their interests?"

"Oh?"

An Sen raised his brows and showed an interested expression: "You mean, can you destroy the beast slave trade?"

"No." Ian said very simply:

"The number of slave trade groups in the New World is huge and widely distributed. It is not a group that can be easily shaken; besides, you need cheap and sufficient animal slaves to replenish your troops, and fighting them is really worth the loss."

"But if it works well, it might make them realize that it's not worth it to continue with the status quo, and that working with you is a really sensible choice."

"Slave traders are actually very simple. They are actually similar to most hunters in essence, except that the objects they sell are slaves; so what will ordinary merchants do in competition, you may as well treat them."

"You can't ban the slave trade in an upright manner, you can hire people to cause chaos when they trade, spread the negative news about them in the newspapers, assassinate a few particularly disobedient thorns, and finally... Slave traders, give the greatest convenience."

Ian said meaningfully and slowly: "They have been tossed and tossed, and they will naturally choose to do business in a safe and convenient place, and I believe that within the colony of Beluga Port, there will be no more bids than New World Company. Taller, bigger acquisitions... what do you think?"

Anson was silent for a while, then a smile appeared on his face - he was finally sure what the three of them wanted.

In the brief silence, the Wild Hunt knight holding back his anger held his breath, and Karno on the side raised his head silently, looking at the figure that they can only look up to now.

Ian, who seemed to be very sure, quietly crossed his fingers, waiting for the answer with confidence, and cold sweat flowed down his palms into his cuffs.

"Lord Ian, Sir Derek and... Sir Carnot."

An Sen, who read out the names of the three people one by one, glanced quickly over their faces, and then smiled slightly:

"It's just an offer, but if you don't mind... Would you mind taking a position at New World as head of sales and business promotion?"

"Don't worry about remuneration, and there is also a commission for performance; and from today, you can no longer abide by the past agreement, as long as you think it is necessary, you can leave or return to Beluga Port at any time, completely free to come and go."

Although it is not clear what happened, the current trio obviously have no intention of running away. Not only do they not want to run away, but they also very much hope to join the Rune family behind them, or the interest group currently headed by Rune in Beluga Port. among.

The reason is also very simple. If they want to join the Storm Legion, they should not mention the issue of the shooting army and the beast slave, but the guard company, or they are willing to help Anson form a new "Knights of No Faith", or serve as the Instructors and the like.

Anson speculates that this is probably related to their identities... There is one remnant of the knights, either fugitives or members of the old gods, and they are all of the kind with files, it is easily impossible to join an official organization such as the army that will leave traces , so as not to be investigated.

Under the intersection, it must be the New World Company and the Luen family that are more suitable for them.

After hearing the price offered by Anson, the nervous trio were stunned for a moment at the same time; but it was not because the conditions they exchanged for "surrender" were too low, on the contrary, the conditions were too good, completely good. beyond their expectations!

In their minds, since Anson Bach had already planned and mastered their actions in advance, and deliberately pretended to be unexpected, he must be preparing to punish the "disloyalty" of the three of them first, and then squeeze them hard. , which is the price of "self-innocence" after defecting.

It turned out that things were completely the opposite. If it wasn't for knowing Anson well enough, Ian would almost have thought that the other party had not found that the three had almost successfully run away and was forced to return... It was more like he had forgotten about them and put this matter aside. Treat it as a pure surprise.

This... how is this possible!

But even though he was uneasy in his heart, Ian's face still showed a bit of joy, and it was sincere joy: "Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief, you... You are really unexpectedly generous."

"Really, I just gave you a deserved result." Anson waved his hand, completely disinterested: "We used to be enemies, but it was only because of our respective positions, and there was no deep hatred for each other; in this case, Why be the enemy instead of cooperating?"

"As you said, the Crecy family has been destroyed, but I still need a Crecy family who can cooperate with me, master the secret network and various news channels in the new world, deal with a lot of me, or The Rune family is not suitable for dealing with troubles."

"For this purpose alone, I really can't imagine a more trustworthy partner than you."

Crack down on the animal slave trade, create "hot news", assassinate "innocent businessmen"... Of course, Anson can't come forward for such a shameful thing, and he can't even have anything to do with him and the Rune family.

If it was before, An Sen could only launch a "public opinion offensive", and if he had to do it himself, he would try to clear the relationship and create an alibi.

But now that the three members of the Faithless Knights are willing to "come forward", of course he is happy for this convenience - it is no exaggeration to say that even if Phil Crecy is immediately resurrected, they will not be able to let them betray him anymore. .

The satisfied three people changed their expressions at the beginning, and there was a bit of ease and comfort mixed with their astonishment.

Only Karno seemed to realize something, and his eyes stayed on Anson's face for a long time; but before he couldn't help but speak, he followed behind Ian and left the living room of the headquarters.

The inexplicable Anson was stunned for a while, and finally shrugged, poured himself a glass of rum, and leaned back on the sofa to relax completely.

In order to gain time for disaster relief and the assault training of the shooting army, he has been covering most of the Beluga Harbor recently, forcibly "created" good weather with breeze and no snow for half a month in the severe winter.

In incantation, this kind of "distorted reality" has no technical content and consumes little, but if the coverage and duration are counted, it would be impossible to squeeze out a dozen former Ansons.

But this kind of high-intensity reality distortion is not without its benefits, allowing him to sum up a lot of techniques for "continuously distorting reality" without anyone being aware of it.

In this way, even if the enemy steps into their own domain, they will not notice it, and even make a misjudgment because they do not know the actual scope of the domain, and fall into an absolute disadvantage from the moment of contact.

And because it is the wind and snow that is distorted, by the way, you can understand this natural phenomenon more thoroughly, so when you need it, it is not difficult to create a false wind and snow.

"Ah, it's very lively today."

The soft footsteps followed the sweet words into the living room. Thalia, who was wearing a long purple dress, put her hands behind her back and smiled at Anson on the sofa: "It's rare that so many guests visit, it feels both familiar and unfamiliar."

"It's the leader of the Untrustworthy Knights~www.readwn.com~ and their former knight captain." Anson explained:

"After that night, they disappeared. As a result, it was only a dozen days later, and they suddenly came back and asked to join the New World Company."

"Really?" Talia gently covered her lower lip in surprise: "That's why they chose to go and come back?"

"I don't know, it's probably because of a danger that can't be solved, and I need to be sheltered by Beluga Harbor... Probably." Anson guessed randomly:

"You think they're suspicious?"

"It's not." The girl shook her head:

"Talia just thinks that maybe it's not the outside world, but the internal cause."

"...Internal causes."

"Because dear Anson, you are a very kind person." The girl walked forward with a smile:

"They know that they can't live up to the kindness they got from you, so even if they have left, they will eventually choose to come back."

"If they fail, they ... will be deeply condemned by their own conscience."