Chapter 22 Peace Comes

Buck stared at Dunn, licked his lips and said, "If you don't want her to die, throw away the weapon and kneel down by yourself. I'll cut your head off, and naturally I'll let her go."

Tang En raised his eyebrows: "Do you think I look like a fool?"

"What do you mean?" Buck was furious. "Do you want to see her die?"

"idiot."

Dunn pouted and said to Fiona, "Is it the magic scroll of the fourth-order spell Flame Storm? Tear it up, everyone will die together."

Fiona, Elsa, Severed Finger, Buck, and everyone else around were stunned.

Buck took a deep breath and yelled, "You're crazy!?"

"I'm not crazy, isn't it just a life? Who is afraid of whom?"

Dunn looks like a broken jar.

Fiona was stunned for a moment, and immediately realized what Dunn meant, her eyes lit up, and her hands ruthlessly tore open the piece of paper she rolled up.

Severed Finger saw Fiona's actions, and was so frightened that he forgot to stop her.

Buck exclaimed, turned and fled!

Use all your strength to escape!

However……

The corners of Tang En's mouth twitched, and he stomped lightly...

"boom!"

A loud noise, flames, soaring into the sky!

The flames dissipated, and there was no sign of Buck and his party on the streets of Ellington.

They all turned to ashes.

"My head!"

Brian howled strangely: "Damn it! Cheap him!"

Dunn gave the frightened Fiona a thumbs up, his teeth gleaming: "As expected of a magic scroll of fourth-order spells, its power is extraordinary!"

"Uh-huh……"

What more can Fiona say? I could only hold back the tears that came out of fright, and cooperate with Tang En to continue the performance.

"The gods are above..."

Elsa was stunned: "Is this the power of the magic scroll?"

Uncle Depp corrected Elsa: "It's the magic scroll of the fourth-order spell Flame Storm, the fourth-order spell!"

Uncle Depp felt that it was not enough to emphasize it, so he said again: "That is the magic scroll of the fourth-order spell! When I was an adventurer outside, I had seen the magic scroll of the first-order fireball technique, and it was worth a hundred. A gold coin! The magic scroll of this fourth-order spell is probably more expensive."

As he spoke, Uncle Depp was speechless, apparently realizing how precious Fiona had just used up.

"It's nothing."

Anyway, it's acting, and it's not really using a magic scroll, Fiona seems very relaxed: "It's just a magic scroll, that kind of thing our Golden Rose family has, I want as much as I want, right? -Lord-Big-Man!?"

Dunn smiled, walked straight to the center of the square, and announced loudly.

"I am Dunn! Lord of Ellington!"

The sound spread throughout Ellington with the effect of the wind element, and everyone could hear it clearly.

"Buck and all his followers have been killed!"

The residents of Ellington who were hiding suddenly heard the good news, and all of them couldn't believe it, because the news was so unbelievable!

New lord, solved the big problem of bandits on the first day of taking office?

"I hereby announce that the former Ellington Guard was renamed the Ellington Guard today, the former captain Ronnie was dismissed, and Elsa became the captain of the guard!"

"It has been verified that Ronnie, the former captain of the Ellington militia, is a ghost in Ellington. He tried to assassinate the lord today because he colluded with the bandit Buck to kill his compatriots. The rest of the guards testify!"

Suddenly hearing the news, all the residents of Ellington were stunned!

The militia captain Ronnie is actually a ghost! ?

He actually colluded with the bandit! ?

Listening to the Lord, and Elsa and the others can testify, it can't be fake, right?

No wonder the militia guards were unsuccessful in suppressing the bandits, that Ronnie was actually a traitor!

"Damn it, that Ronnie has been in Ellington for ten years, right? How could he have the heart to betray everyone!? It's a shame we handed over the security issues to him!"

"So, he may have been with Hogg from the beginning..."

Many people whispered, but no matter how they discussed it, the result was not going to change.

"From today! Residents of Ellington, you are safe!"

You are safe!

Safe?

Peace, is this coming?

There are still many people who can't believe what they heard. It's not their fault, it's just because they're used to being robbed every now and then.

leave?

It's not safe at all outside Ellington, ordinary people will just die on the road when they leave here!

This is how Hogg smoothed their edges and corners little by little, and let them stay here honestly and work for him.

But now, Dunn's arrival has changed all that!

Ellington, it's safe!

No more bandits, no more danger!

Now, they only hope that Dunn can become a qualified lord. As for other things, such as letting Dunn reduce taxes, they don't even dare to think about it.

Tax cuts?

Taxes are the main source of the lord's income. If the tax is reduced, how will the lord earn gold coins? There may be more terrifying means.

Therefore, they would rather accept the current heavy tax than other methods.

People got out of their hiding places, walked out to the street one by one, and looked at each other, only to realize that everyone heard the same words.

"Long live Lord Dunn! The gods protect Ellington!"

"Long live Lord Dunn! Ellington will rise!"

I don't know who made the first call. These voices increased from small to loud, and gradually merged into a wave of sounds that gathered towards the square.

People rushed to the square, hoping to see Tang En's figure, as if only in this way would they feel at ease.

So, Dunn stood there to accept the admiration, and it was not until sunset that everyone gradually dispersed.

"Huh, I'm really exhausted."

After returning to the lord's mansion, Dunn lay on the sofa all of a sudden.

On earth, Duncan has never had such a much-anticipated experience.

"Lord Lord, you scared me today."

Fiona sat opposite Dunn, but the elegant sitting posture cultivated by the girl since childhood was completely impeccable, and Dunn expressed regret for this.

"I was negligent, I should have left you some means of self-protection."

Tang En smiled, and after pondering for a while, a stack of scrolls suddenly appeared in his hand, and he tossed and muttered: "These are the scrolls of falling meteorites, these are the scrolls of wishing, these are the lava hell... Permafrost abyss……"

Listening to the name of the spell that popped out of Dunn's mouth, Rao was that Fiona already knew that Dunn's strength was very powerful, but she was still shocked enough.

She didn't know how many spells those spells were, but just hearing the name made her feel very powerful.

"I'm afraid... it's at least a fifth-order spell, right?"

Fiona tried to think as high as possible, but I am afraid that no matter how bold she guessed, she would never have thought that these spells were all ninth-order spells.

That's right, the stack in front of Tang En is all magic scrolls of ninth-order spells, and even a few scrolls of legendary spells are mixed in them. Even ordinary people can see the bright light overflowing from it.

"No...nothing for you."

Tang En helplessly threw it away, and hula la, a stack of scrolls fell to the ground, frightening Fiona next to him, and jumping onto the sofa subconsciously holding his head.

"Uh……"

Dunn looked at Fiona in astonishment. After a long time, Fiona recovered and sat down again with a blushing face.

"If the scroll really explodes, it's useless to hold your head and squat to defend..."

Don't know whether to laugh or cry, and put away those scrolls.

Fiona concealed her embarrassment, her eyes dodging: "Are you looking for something for me?"

Tang En said nonchalantly: "Yes, I will prepare some self-defense things for you, but there are no ready-made ones. If I find the materials, I will get some for you."

Fiona was speechless again. Magic scrolls are very popular. Although high-level magic scrolls can only be used by magicians, low-level magic scrolls can be used by ordinary people. Those mercenaries and adventurers can use them. Everyone is happy to prepare a few to put on their bodies in case of emergency.

However, there are not many magicians willing to make magic scrolls, and the success rate is not high, so the price of magic scrolls has remained high.

Looking at Dunn's appearance, it seems that he can make a lot of things casually, so Fiona is naturally very surprised.

"By the way, how's the statistics for you today?"

"I have a general impression."

Hearing Dunn mention the business, Fiona was refreshed and said, "The problem with Ellington is bigger than expected."

"Oh?"

"Due to Hogg's years of exploitation, the average monthly income of residents here is less than fifty silver coins, and the disposable income is less than ten silver coins. Do you know what this is?"

Seeing Dunn shaking his head, Fiona continued: "This belongs to the extreme difficulty line in the entire empire! No wonder those guys shook their heads when Ellington was mentioned, and no one was willing to come."

Fiona sighed, if she had known about Ellington's situation earlier, she would not have chosen to pass here.

However, if she hadn't chosen to pass through here, she wouldn't have met Dunn.

"In addition to the per capita income, the food production here is also very low, the land here is very fertile, but I don't know why the production is so low."

Fiona looked puzzled.

"Isn't that easy?"

Tang En shrugged: "The bandits come every three or five times. How can they be in the mood to take care of the farmland? The harvest will naturally be poor. I believe that after the bandits are resolved, the situation will be much better this year."

Fiona was startled: "I was negligent, I forgot this... In addition, there is another very important place, and that is the various taxes ordered by Hogg."

Tang En was refreshed: "How do you say?"

Fiona said: "In addition to the empire's basic tax, Hogg has formulated a lot of private taxes. After a dozen miscellaneous taxes, Ellington's tax rate has reached 70%."