The square-faced man, named Hancock, is the leader of the recently disbanded Rainbow Mercenary Group.
At the same time, he was also one of several mercenary captains who were awarded knighthoods by Aini during the Battle of the Grassland.
It was the knighthood hanging on his body that made Hancock make the wrong choice.
The Rainbow Mercenary Group, which he worked hard to form and develop into a large mercenary group, rising to second place in the ranking, disappeared overnight.
In fact, when Hancock heard that Lin Qiu asked him to disband the mercenary group, he was so angry that he almost broke up with Lin Qiu.
However, after learning that Lin Qiu was vouching for him with his own life, plus the large mercenary group that originally had nearly a thousand people, by the third day, there were only more than 200 key members.
With his enthusiasm waning, Hancock simply disbanded the mercenary group.
He knew that even if he refused to disband and successfully survived this storm, the mercenary group would inevitably be demoted in the future.
Of course, if you win, a large number of mercenaries will definitely defect to you, and demotion may be avoided.
It’s just that Hancock is much calmer than the other mercenary captains. He knows that even Count Aini cannot defeat opponents, and it is even more impossible for these unorganized mercenaries. win.
There was no hope of victory. The reason why Hancock wanted to join forces with other mercenary groups before was just to use collective strength to force Xu Lai to make concessions.
He can bear to pay the fine, but he cannot bear the end of the mercenary group's demise, or even the death of himself and the leadership.
Although the mercenary group was disbanded, he also greeted the core brothers and hoped that they would not join other mercenary groups for some time in the future.
When the dust finally settles, he will still find a way to continue to create a mercenary group.
However, it is hard to say how long this period will last and how many people will be willing to follow him by then.
The leader of the No. 1 Evernight Mercenary Group, known as the Prairie Eagle, is also the hereditary knight Lanluo of Aini.
Not only did they not accept this fatal task, but when Xu Lai announced that he would liquidate these mercenary groups, he immediately expressed his willingness to provide Xu Lai with free services.
Therefore, in the past three days, most of the mercenaries who have separated from the major mercenary groups have tried their best to join the Evernight Mercenary Group.
Even Hancock had to admire the other party's courage. He did not hesitate to take risks in order to inherit his knighthood to future generations, but he was willing to throw away the title he had already obtained.
Xu Lai is a person who loves others in return.
Lan Luo was directly appointed by Xu Lai as the deputy city lord to assist and assist Jimmy.
Of course, although his Evernight Mercenary Group does not need to be disbanded, he himself cannot continue to serve as the leader.
It's just that the position of group leader was passed on to his son by Lan Luo, which is still equivalent to being in his hands.
This order has not been announced yet. Hancock was able to get the news because Lin Qiu was also appointed, but was demoted from the previous Executive Speaker to the Director of the Department of Taxation.
He, Hancock, didn't even get a damn job, and he could only get a result that would be discussed later.
Originally, Hancock was full of resentment, but after he followed him during the day, all his resentment and grievances could only be swallowed into his stomach.
Just like what Lin Qiu said, in front of Xu Lai, he was like a mantis blocking the car, a character that others could easily crush to death.
Seeing Hancock like this, Lin Qiu couldn't bear it.
She said to Hancock: "Don't worry, after Lan Luo becomes the deputy city lord, he will definitely control the power of the Yongye Mercenary Group.
And Xu Lai currently lacks a large number of capable people. , a helper with vision and strength
I think this is not his ambition, and he is not stingy with the slightest benefit. If we follow him now, our achievements in the future will definitely be much higher than if you run a mercenary group.
If nothing else, he definitely needs one of his own to fill the position vacated by the Yongye Mercenary Group.
And since he recruited so many mercenaries in one go, he must have one of his own to manage them.
Lan Luo definitely looks down on such a position now. If you perform well today, you will at least be able to command the mercenaries in the entire Conaston and even the entire grassland in the future. ”
I don’t know if what Lin Qiu said successfully moved him, or if he figured it out on his own. In the next period of time, he was indeed much more positive.
She personally led the backbone of the Rainbow Mercenary Group and cooperated with Lin Qiu and her guards to firmly block one of the mercenary group's retreat directions, greatly reducing the pressure at the city gate.
These mercenaries have already made two plans, either to beat Xu Lai to the point of physical pain, or to take the opportunity to break out and develop in other cities with the wealth they have accumulated over the years.
If it really doesn't work, at the worst possible outcome, just put down your weapons and surrender directly.
Under the vigorous propaganda of Lan Luo, Mohan, Hancock and others, all the resisting mercenaries knew Xu Lai's attitude:
Only punish the culprit, and ignore the followers. .
In other words, the only people Xu Lai wanted to kill at the beginning were the mercenary leaders who opposed him.
For ordinary people, as long as they put down their weapons, there is no threat to their lives at all.
As for the leaders of the mercenary groups, no matter whether they put down their weapons or not, they will only die.
The gap-like difference between the two makes it impossible for the superiors and subordinates of these mercenary groups to remain united.
Except for a few mercenaries who were extremely loyal, or who were just junior cadres and were not sure whether they would die if they surrendered, they still resisted fiercely.
The rest of them didn't have much desire to fight.
They ran if they could, but if they couldn't escape, they simply threw away their weapons and knelt on the ground.
The mercenaries, who were already in disarray, under the leadership of these people, imitated others and even didn't bother to run.
Lin Qiu’s prediction was absolutely correct. No matter how many experts there were, these rabble could not withstand the blow of the regular army.
There has been no collective training, no strict discipline, it is still a mixed group of several mercenary groups, and there is no collective consciousness at all.
But these mercenaries are really good at running.
Jimmy did not disperse his army easily, because once the army dispersed, it would be easy for assassins and killers to find opportunities.
The second is the scattered army, which is easily defeated by mercenaries with stronger individual capabilities.
In a crowded alley, Jimmy would rather demolish some illegal buildings.
Anyway, he only needs to be responsible for defeating the opponent head-on. After the opponent escapes, it is the business of Lan Luo, Hancock, Mohan, Lin Qiu and others.
Xu Lai stood on the city wall for several hours. He relaxed a little until the flames were extinguished and most of the mercenaries knelt down and surrendered.
His spirit has also been in a state of high tension.
Today is not just about attacking the mercenaries, they are just Aini's apparent supporters.
In fact, Xu Lai planned to take advantage of the chaos caused by the mercenaries to wipe out all Aini's forces in the city. This is also the reason why Jimmy takes his time. He can't resolve the battle neatly yet.
Clearing out the mercenaries already involved the entire city, and Xu Lai wanted to expand the scope of the attack. Xu Lai had no idea how terrifying the resulting chaos was.
He was worried that this city would be completely destroyed due to his own mess.
Fortunately, the situation is getting clearer and clearer, and the situation is increasingly under stable control.
But just when his tense nerves relaxed, a faint sound of breaking through the air reached his ears.
Xu Lai, who has an amazing physique, even this extremely small sound fell into his ears clearly.
The same amazing agility gave him extremely terrifying reflexes.
Having been on the battlefield for a whole year, even if his nerves relaxed for a moment, he would instinctively tilt his head.
With a snap, scarlet blood shot out from his neck.
Xu Lai's timely dodge allowed him to avoid the fate of being stabbed through the throat.
But the speed of this sword is also extremely terrifying. Even if Xu Lai dodges fast enough, he still cannot completely avoid it.
And it wasn't until the sword was completely thrust out that the attacker's figure was revealed for a moment.
This guy actually didn’t come up from the city gate tower, but flew directly up from the city wall.
Ordinary assassins will immediately flee thousands of miles away if they miss a hit, but the opponent is more interested in Xu Lai's head.
The moment the figure was revealed, the whole person suddenly completely disappeared into the air, so that Xu Lai's timely counterattack only hit a piece of air.
After the figure completely disappeared, Roland, who had just woken up from a dream, subconsciously released the sacred armor.
Golden light shrouded the nearby units, and the invincibility effect was added. Only then did Xu Lai have time to check his own status.
It didn’t matter what he saw. After reading it, his face turned green.
Not only did he lose more than a hundred health points, but he also had a particularly perverted poisoning effect on his body.
"Affected by the skill "Weakness Critical Strike", 125 health points were lost (this attack will definitely trigger a critical hit when hitting a weak point and ignore defense, and will be affected by defense spells.)"
" Poisoned: Being affected by severe poison, losing 30 health points every second, lasting for one minute. Currently under the influence of sacred armor, the poison is sealed (it will take effect after the effect of sacred armor ends)."
Xu Lai touched the wound on his neck and saw that the tough skin had broken open, but except for a little bright red blood flowing at the beginning, what was squeezed out later was dark green blood that exuded a foul odor.
Obviously, the effect of this poison is very severe. The delay between Xu Lai being scratched and Roland turning on the sacred armor may not be more than a second.
However, in this second, the toxin had been fused with his blood, so that even the sacred armor could not expel it and could only temporarily seal it.
Even Xu Lai didn't see this assassin clearly. He only knew that he was a slender male assassin. He struck out with two fatal attacks.
If Xu Lai hadn't been able to dodge quickly and receive such a weak critical hit from the front, he would have lost at least 4,500 health points.
Xu Lai's defense, even without the protection of the prayer light, is still a very terrifying value with the support of the Angel Alliance and high morale.
But the assassin's weak point critical hit ability, as long as the weak point is stabbed, it can ignore the defense and will definitely hit a critical hit.
This kind of damage is really terrifying to think about. Even if Xu Lai's health points exceed a thousand points, he can't withstand such a torment.
Then there is the poison that can cost him 1800 points in one minute and cannot be dispelled even by the sacred armor.
Wudi has the ability to be immune to all negative effects, but in order to expel the toxin, Wudi can only drain the blood from Xu Lai's body, which is also equivalent to killing Xu Lai.
The sacred armor can only expel toxins, but the prerequisite is that the toxins must be separated first.
Most of the poisons are fatal instantly, and the toxins go straight to the heart, brain and other places.
Only this kind of poison can be said to be extremely poisonous and can kill people in a short time.
The ability to mix with the body's blood, which is usually an ordinary toxin, cannot make people die in a short time, but can only make people lose health continuously.
The assassin's poison combines these two abilities. It is highly explosive and difficult to clean up.
After releasing the sacred armor, Roland urgently added a holy healing spell.
With the bonus of his own captain's specialty, this holy healing spell is enough to restore Xu Lai's lost health just now.
The skin on the neck has completely healed. It is the effect of poisoning, but it cannot be cured by holy healing.
But fortunately, Xu Lai knew that he would definitely become the target of the killers, so he begged many antidotes from Elena early.
Because the archbishop of Conaston was "sent" away by Xu Lai, the temple simply issued an official letter and transferred Bishop Elena to be responsible for the temple affairs in the Conaston area.
The reason why Xu Lai used the method of "begging" was because his meritorious service had been basically exhausted.
But Elena is one of her own who is in the Cao camp but in the Han heart.
Xu Lai only gave a symbolic donation of 100,000 gold coins, but Elena almost gave Xu Lai all the antidotes in the cathedral as if she didn't want the money.
This time, she was originally going to come, but Xu Lai didn't agree with her taking the risk and told them to stay in the church.
At this time, even if you just go to the streets to appease the people, you may be attacked by killers.
After all, almost everyone knew that the bishop Xu Lai brought must be on Xu Lai's side.
As for assassinating the temple bishop, will it anger the temple?
With so much chaos on the streets, what kind of accident could possibly happen?
But the meaning of breaking into the cathedral is different. Once a killer does this, the temple will have to dig three feet into the ground to find the person and crush the ashes.
Xu Lai realized that he was poisoned, so he was not stingy. He directly picked up a bottle of the most powerful antidote and drank it.
Sure enough, after taking the antidote, Xu Lai felt much better, and the numbness on half of his neck began to gradually lessen.
But in the last ten seconds of the sacred armor, the poisoning effect on Xu Lai was still not removed, but the effect was much weakened.
"Poisoned: Being affected by severe poison, losing 18 health points per second, lasting 45 seconds. Currently under the influence of sacred armor, the toxin is sealed."
Losing 18 points per second. points of health, which is 810 points in 45 seconds. The poison after its weakened effect is no longer able to poison Xu Lai directly.
In fact, even if the effect is not weakened, this strong poison cannot kill him.
Because there are hundreds of Holy Light Knights and Paladins around Xu Lai, and with so many holy healing spells, it may not be possible to poison him to death in an hour, let alone a minute. (End of this chapter)