The ultimatum time of a quarter of an hour was getting closer and closer. The army below was not in a hurry and slowly approached the tower. As the enemy army got closer and closer, the people on the tower became more and more nervous. They didn't know how the enemy would attack, and they didn't bring any siege equipment.
Just outside the range of the bow and arrow, a cute bear came out. When the soldiers on the tower were curiously watching the magic bear, a gorgeous magic flame appeared in the sky.
"It's a magic attack."
The flag leader was depressed. The number of magicians in the city was seriously insufficient. How could a dozen people compare with the magician army of hundreds of people? At the moment when the magician completed the protective magic.
"Meteorite falling from the sky."
The large-scale attack magic finally launched the attack, and the tower was in chaos. Magic like meteorite falling from the sky can be controlled by at least a great magician or above. Several magicians died under the magic attack before they could even shout.
"Master, let's surrender. If we don't surrender, we will have no chance." The city lord said anxiously. Now he also saw the situation clearly. The opponent was obviously well prepared.
"Humph, now is the time for us to sacrifice for the empire. The archers are ready."
The soldiers could only carry out the orders of the flag commander helplessly, but there were magical flames burning everywhere on the tower, and they had no place to stand.
While they were hesitating, a group of cavalry had already begun to attack the collapsed part of the tower attacked by the meteorite magic. A tall figure rushed directly to the city gate, emitting dazzling silver-white fighting spirit.
"It's the earth warrior."
"Boom" Before everyone had time to sigh, the city gate was split in half by the warrior's attack. The cavalry divided into two groups and entered the city under the attack of arrows. Although this team of heavy armored cavalry was slower, they were not afraid of arrow attacks at all. When the street fighting took place in the city, a large number of infantry had already begun to attack, and the archers also carried out suppressive projectiles. The entire city wall was full of arrows.
The fat city lord has already gone down the tower, holding up a white flag and announcing his surrender. The flag captain is still resisting, but most of the soldiers are not on the same page with him. As the city lord surrendered, the other side did not seem to kill all the soldiers as they had said at the beginning, but happily accepted the surrender.
The city was occupied and all the soldiers who resisted were killed. This is also a very strange invading army. It does not harm ordinary people, but if you try to attack them, you will die and will definitely be killed. All the weapons of the surrendered soldiers were confiscated, but their freedom was not restricted. They were organized to maintain the public security of the entire city, mainly to coordinate the relationship between civilians and the Reis Empire Army, so that there would be no conflict between them and to ensure their lives.
"Your Highness." City lord Naxi stood respectfully beside Cage, smiling flatteringly at the tall and handsome leader of the invading army.
"List the names of people in the city whose assets exceed 2,000 gold coins, and tell them that as long as they hand in one-third of the activity funds, I will not hit their business or restrict their freedom." Cage said with a smile, "I believe that the city lord will coordinate the relationship. I don't want bloodshed. Killing is a bad thing. I am just punishing your country for aggression against my country and charging a symbolic little interest."
"Yes, I will definitely make this list according to your request." Naxi smiled humbly at Cage, but he began to curse in his heart. One-third of the activity funds, do you know how much it is? I will pile it up to death.
"Tell them that I will only wait for them for two days. If they don't listen, bad things will happen. Tell me the list of people who are unwilling to cooperate with this matter, and I will deal with it."
"Yes." Naxi retreated respectfully.
Cage knew that the richer the people, the more reluctant they were to hand over the money. If they were all killed, not only would they not necessarily get more money, but it would also cause a mutiny in the entire city. This is why Cage ordered the troops not to harass civilians.
The civilians in the city saw the strangest army so far. They treated everyone with a smile and would not disturb their lives at all. Even if they found that a soldier was robbing their things, the officer next to them would come up and teach the soldier a lesson with a whip. Therefore, the whole process of the team did not affect everything in the city. They also set up a very strange department called the Dispute Complaint Office. The main functions announced were: first, if a soldier robbed civilians, they could complain directly here. They would be responsible for recovering the money and teaching the soldier a lesson; second, if the officials in the city took this opportunity to exploit them, they could also complain. As long as the investigation was true, the official would be beheaded and a reward would be given to the reporter; third, if there was a bloody incident such as taking advantage of the war to disrupt or incite civilians to riot, there would be a reward for reporting.
The whole city not only did not become panicked because of the invasion, but was more orderly than before the invasion. The people in the Dispute Complaint Office always greeted every visitor with a smile, kept detailed records of their complaints, recovered all the property of the robbed civilians, and all the soldiers who did not obey Cage's orders were collectively whipped in public. All corrupt officials and instigators were dealt with, which made these civilians feel that their lives were freer than before.
The Dispute Complaint Office was very busy, with 24-hour reception. Even the smallest trivial matters had to be patiently listened to by the complainant and detailed records were made. Some oppressed civilians liked to come to the Complaint Office to complain when they had nothing to do. As the only fourth-level city in the northwest of the Bytin Empire, Kiev Rus City became orderly. There was no feeling of being invaded at all.
"Your Highness, there are mainly three families who are insulting you and refusing to hand over their activity funds. They are quite powerful in the imperial capital." Naxi humbly pointed to the names of the three families on the list.
"Oh!" Cage looked at the names on it. "Put their names on the blacklist. House will lead people to raid their homes. Kill all the main family members and take the others back to the city lord's mansion to sell them as slaves."
"Yes."
House turned around and took a group of people out. Nashi felt cold sweat all over his back. These three families that had been entrenched in Kiev Rus City for hundreds of years just disappeared.
Cage smiled at Nashi, "Well done, keep up this working state. When House comes back, you can urge them again. I think they will definitely cooperate with your work. We are just punishing your invasion a little bit. The main thing is to punish the invaders of your empire. Don't worry, just be your city lord at ease."
Cage's smile made Nashi feel like the devil was smiling. He never robbed without blood. He didn't want to see blood, but he didn't care about shedding more blood.
With a "bang", the door of the mansion flew directly to the back.
"Who is it?"
The guards were very nervous. The strength of the person who could kick a door weighing hundreds of pounds away must be very strong. A team of well-equipped soldiers walked into the gate, led by a man who was over 2 meters tall.
"Who are you? How dare you break into our Sri family?" A thin old man shouted loudly.
"Sri family, that's right. Kill!"
House just finished speaking, and the two-handed sword in his hand split the skinny old man in front of him in half. A group of soldiers also raised their butcher knives and killed the guards. One of the trainee magicians sent out a fireball, which was directly bounced off by House's fighting spirit. House also cut him in half with one knife.
"We surrender, and all our property will be handed over to His Highness." A fat old man ran out and shouted loudly, holding a white sheet.
"Too late."
House ignored their surrender. His Highness's order was the sky, and it must be fully executed. He killed everyone in the family and took a group of maids and slaves back to the city lord's mansion.
Tragedies occurred simultaneously in three places in the city. In a flash, three big families disappeared. The news was not blocked, and everyone knew what happened and why it happened.