Chapter 319 Resistance Organization
Open the city, sewer——
The three entered the resistance organization's base along the secret passage.
If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, you wouldn't have imagined that there was a space as big as a military camp hidden underground in Open City.
This base not only meets food and housing needs, but also provides alcohol and a complete training venue large enough for hundreds of people.
But as the tiger man said, many of their members have been arrested recently. There are only about one or two hundred people in the base at present. If you put them into an open city with tens of thousands of defenders, they won't even be considered a success. .
After learning that these were all available, I was honestly a little disappointed.
There is no problem in cooperating with the inside and outside to win the city gate, but you, the inside, should also have some ability. A person like this is not even qualified to take advantage of the chaos to seize the city gate.
Having said that, even though they are here, you have to contact them at least, otherwise you will suffer in vain.
The leader of the resistance organization is a rare vampire. Legend has it that they have vampire blood.
Negative energy will cause harm to living creatures, while positive energy will heal living creatures, but the opposite is true for vampires. They have certain characteristics of undead creatures.
"Hello, welcome to Her Royal Highness the Princess's envoy. I'm sorry for the environmental problems here. For safety reasons, we can only meet here."
The vampire welcomed the three of them, invited them to sit in the deepest room of the base, and finally introduced himself:
"I'm Melanie. I used to work in the tax department of Open City, but I was almost arrested for resisting the rule of the Demonic Kingdom of Subia, and then I joined the resistance organization."
Many people in the resistance organization were once officials or public servants of Open City. They very eagerly hope that Viola will liberate Open City, and there are also reasons why they want to return to work.
After briefly introducing herself, but hiding the true identities of Aldai and Renya, Lena, who was in charge of the negotiations, asked:
"I want to know, is there any way you can open the city gate?"
It was Reina who originally asked the question, but Melanie asked instead:
"For Your Highness, simply opening the city gate will have too little effect, right?"
It really doesn't have much effect. No matter how low the morale of the defenders is, an army several times the number of Viola is still there. Even if the city gate is opened to enter the street fighting, the effect is almost the same as relying on the navy to blast open the port water gate to enter. Let's not talk about the effectiveness. If we can't win, the human losses alone are hard to accept.
"What do you suggest?"
Melanie waited for Lena to ask.
She immediately swept all the bottles and jars on the table to the floor, took out a map full of marks and spread it out.
"I have received news that the generals and city lords of the defenders will hold a banquet in the castle tonight. If we can eliminate them and His Highness cooperates with the attack, the defenders who have lost their command will probably fall into chaos."
The military, a violent group, derives its combat effectiveness from discipline, otherwise it is just a gangster on the street, at best a well-equipped gangster.
Taking away the command level will be a huge blow to the army. Coupled with the low morale caused by the previous defeat, the possibility that they will abandon the city and flee is really high.
"Especially City Lord Sullivan, we must get rid of him."
When news came that the capital of the Demon Kingdom of Avarus had been breached, and the army of the Demon Kingdom of Subia was pressing on the border, the city lord Sullivan surrendered without a fight and opened the door to bring in the enemy troops.
Otherwise, with the defense capabilities of Kaimen City, it would be impossible for the Subia Demon Kingdom army to control this place in a short time.
Open City does not belong to the territory of a certain feudal noble. It is directly under the jurisdiction of the king, but it is a bit far from the capital, so remote control is difficult.
As a result, Kaimen City has a city lord assigned directly from the palace, and unlike other noble territories, the city lord here changes every few years.
Not only the city lord, but also the soldiers who guard the city and the generals are rotated according to the cycle, which is the so-called iron-clad camp and flowing soldiers.
In most of the feudal territories, the lord was in charge of military and political affairs, and was basically the local emperor.
The purpose of this is to prevent someone from becoming big in Open City, and it also indirectly illustrates the importance of this place to the Demon Kingdom of Avarus. Since it is not his own territory at all, the city lord has no idea of defending the open city to the end. More importantly, he feels that the Demon Kingdom of Avarus is gone and he has to think of a way for the rest of his life.
Therefore, the city lord surrendered to the Demon Kingdom of Subia on the condition that the city be divided into his own territory.
He was able to hold his own, but he caused trouble to the lower-level officials.
A large number of dissatisfied officials were dismissed, and even the soldiers in the army were greatly reduced. However, they did not have any other source of livelihood, so naturally they had no choice but to go underground and become a resistance organization.
To put it bluntly, the city lord ate too hard on his own, leaving no trace of soup or water down there at all. If it wasn’t overturned, what the hell were you waiting for?
For all those in the resistance organization, the arrival of Princess Viola is like a timely rain, and they have long been looking forward to the liberation of the city.
"It is indeed a rare opportunity to eliminate the garrison command in one fell swoop, but it's not that easy to sneak in, right?"
Even if you think about it, you know that the security of a banquet of this level must be extremely strict. It is impossible to sneak in by means of invisibility. On the contrary, the fluctuation of magic power will arouse suspicion.
It's true that Reina is a local, but she has never been to the castle where the city lord is located, and she doesn't even know the terrain.
Melanie explained:
"We have a reliable informant who has infiltrated the maid team in the castle. She can help bring a few people in. Only she knows the defense deployment in the castle and the specific time. We can discuss countermeasures based on this information."
"Where is she?"
"That's the problem."
Melanie said helplessly:
"My informant likes gambling very much. I have warned her many times, but she just can't get rid of her gambling habit. As a result, she was taken away by her creditor not long ago."
This is too coincidental. Can't we collect the debt later?
"Who is the creditor? Can you redeem him?"
Reina said:
"I have some connections in the open city, and the brothers who are just working on the streets should give me some face."
Hearing what she said, Melanie was also a little surprised. She didn't expect that the messenger sent by the princess actually had friendship with the people in the gray area.
"I only know that they call themselves the Mud Monster Gang, and they also have a base in this sewer. The people sent to negotiate with them came back and said that they wanted a ransom of one thousand gold coins, and we simply couldn't afford that much money."
This is really a lion's mouth. One thousand gold coins is enough to cast a golden man.
"The Mud Monster Gang...this is not easy to handle. Not only do I have no friendship with them, we also have some hatred."
When Reina was working as a breadwinner in Kaimen City, she once had a feud with the Mud Monster Gang over a smuggling business. Although many years have passed, as long as all the old members of the other gang are still alive, they should all know her.
At that time, let alone one thousand gold coins to redeem the person, if the situation is not good, the price will be increased.
"Where is their base?"
At this time, Aldai, who had been listening, interrupted.
"I think we could go talk to them."
Of course, what she means is not as simple as just talking...
(End of chapter)