Chapter 230 Receiving the City
If no one speaks up, and silence continues, everyone will die. And they will die of plague, with festering all over their bodies. It's not just him who will die, but his whole family will die miserably.
Finally, someone couldn't bear the pressure and spoke up: "Surrender, as long as we surrender to Grand Duke von Willow, we still have a glimmer of hope to survive.
At worst, we will abandon all our assets here and leave here with Grand Duke Willow. We are not doing this for ourselves, but for the 100,000 people here, who should not die of the plague like this."
The first person to speak was a young nobleman. Although he was a little impatient, he still tried to make up for it and put his behavior on the welfare of the people, which was considered to be standing on the moral high ground.
"Yes, what Brack said is so right. Think about the 100,000 people in our port. They are innocent. Our behavior is not a betrayal, but for the safety of the people's lives. Even if we surrender, it is understandable. I believe Mr. Demytro should be able to forgive us." Then another middle-aged nobleman spoke up.
The nobleman's face was already red, not because he was embarrassed by what he said, nor because he was angry, but because he had been infected with the plague, and his skin was red all over, especially on his face. This situation shows that the plague in his body can no longer be suppressed, and it will take less than a day for his body to start festering.
Although the methods of the Dmytro family are scary, it seems that the plague that Feng Willow has unleashed is even more terrifying. The middle-aged nobleman felt that he was not afraid of death, but was afraid of dying from the plague festering all over his body, which was too painful.
Soon, the proposal to surrender was agreed by all the nobles. Of course, it was also because they did not invite anyone from the Dmytro family to participate in this meeting.
In fact, the Dmytro family is a large family. Even in this port, the number of officials accounts for more than one-third, but most of them are just side branches.
"In that case, let's start contacting Grand Duke Willow and tell him that we are willing to surrender. Ask him to save the people in this city. But before that, I think we need to show some sincerity. For example, first capture the people of the Demetro family and hand them over to Grand Duke Willow." The young noble who spoke first said harshly.
"Baron Brack, this is not good, right? Even if we surrender under compulsion, we are still vassals of the Demetro family. If we do something to backfire on the master, I'm afraid it will ruin our reputation. When we get to the new master, I'm afraid Grand Duke Willow will not use us with confidence. Instead, he will be on guard." An old noble said disapprovingly.
"Do you think that if we surrender without any words, Grand Duke Willow will believe us? I think we need a token of surrender, and the people of the Demetro family are the best token of surrender.
And I am also afraid that some of you will pretend to surrender. If someone really surrenders and stabs Grand Duke Willow in the back at a critical moment, I am afraid that those of us who surrender will be suspected or even executed directly.
But as long as everyone has the blood debt of the Demetro family on their hands, it can prove that we are all on the same path, and at the same time there is no way back, Grand Duke Willow will be able to believe us." Baron Black said with a sinister look.
After he said this, many nobles followed him to think about it. It must be said that what Baron Black said makes sense. There will always be people who are indecisive, but at the same time, there will be loyal people.
And will there be these two types of people among them? This is really hard to say. There may not be loyal nobles, but there must be more than one person who is indecisive.
They surrendered to survive, but if the opportunity is right, they may stab them in the back for their own benefit. Once someone does this, all those who surrendered together will probably not end up well.
"Okay, I think Baron Black is right. I agree with his proposal. If anyone objects, they want to harm all of us." Another young noble stood up and said in agreement. At the same time, he also looked at the other nobles with a fierce look, as if he would attack if someone stood up to oppose him.
Seeing him like this, some nobles who didn't want to take action dared not to express their opinions. Soon, this proposal was agreed by most nobles.
What they didn't know was that their secret gathering was being watched by Feng Willow throughout the whole process. After transforming into the Magic Eye, with the help of the powerful mental power of the Magic Eye, Feng Willow's current mental power can almost cover most of the city.
Of course, being able to cover these places is just to detect the intelligence of these places. If you want to attack such a far place, the power is still not enough.
The scorching rays he cast after transforming into an eye demon had a shooting range that was no worse than the latest steam cannon, and even farther. However, the farther the distance, the more the energy dissipated, and the less powerful it was.
However, with the powerful mental power, the accuracy of the scorching rays he sent out was almost 100%. It can be said that he never missed a shot.
"Okay, it seems that the time has come. Today is the day for us to fully occupy this port. When it gets dark today, we will launch a full-scale attack on this port." Feng Willow gave the order.
"My Lord Duke, since they are going to take action, why don't we wait until they take action before we take action? Even if they fail, the civil strife will seriously weaken the city's defenses." First Mate Anthony asked in confusion.
"Because the ordinary people in the city can't wait any longer. Even if I didn't use mystical techniques to catalyze the plague to infect the family, this time is enough to destroy the lives of most people in the city.
Don't forget why we came here this time. The main purpose is to rob people. If the population dies, then we will suffer a great loss." Feng Willow was in a good mood and explained to Anthony.
"Thank you for your advice, Lord Duke. I was still a little angry and didn't think twice before acting. It's still the Lord Duke who has a sharp eye." First Mate Anthony said flatteringly.
This flattery was not natural at all. Feng Willow waved his hand and said, "Anthony, you are one of the first to follow me. There is no need to be like this. I have seen your loyalty and ability, and I will not let you have no fate in the future. You should have some understanding of my character after such a long time of getting along with me."
"Thank you, Duke." First Mate Anthony said excitedly.
For Feng Willow, there is no difference between night and day. Under the cover of his mental power, all the defensive forces of the entire city are under his control.
And now there is no defensive force in the city. Ordinary soldiers have fallen ill. It is impossible to let a few sequencers defend such a big city, right?
Many sequencers in the city also rebelled with those nobles. In fact, many sequencers are born from those noble families. Real grassroots sequencers are very rare.
Even if a few lucky ones get the inheritance of sequencers, they can't afford the expensive extraordinary resources. Many extraordinary resources have been monopolized. Many sequencers need more than one extraordinary resource to advance. This made the road of those civilian sequencers very difficult.
Feng Willow saw that the whole city was in chaos. Those nobles began to attack the people of the Demetro family. The rulers of the Demetro family were naturally not soft persimmons, but one side was prepared and the other side was unprepared.
The Demetro family, which was attacked by surprise, suffered heavy losses. There were also a few wild sequencers who didn't know what happened, and they took advantage of the turmoil to fish in the city.
This was a carnival for the sequencers. If it were normal, I'm afraid that the gangsters and various gangs in the city would also take the opportunity to make a profit. Unfortunately, this time, there was no gangster and gang at all. As ordinary people, most of them were tortured by the plague at this moment.
A large number of skeleton soldiers poured down from the ghost ship like a tide. Under the guidance of Feng Willow, the skeleton soldiers quickly occupied the port turret, turned the muzzle, and aimed at the most intense fighting in the city.
"What happened?" The two sides who were concentrating on fighting found that the other side's eyes were as confused as their own. Even both sides didn't know what was going on.
Forts, ammunition depots, resource warehouses, key locations fell into the hands of the skeleton soldiers.
"It's the undead, no, it's Feng Willow who launched the attack." Some officials who were late to realize that it was the army of all spirits led by Feng Willow that entered the city.
"Duke, we are willing to surrender, and we have the heads of the Demytro family here as a token of surrender, presented to His Excellency the Grand Duke." Compared to dying under Feng Willow's plague, they would rather choose to die under the knife of their opponents.
"Yes, I accept your surrender. From now on, you are under my command. As a reward, the plague on you will be extracted, so that you will be away from diseases and plagues from now on." Feng Willow said as he looked at the royal nobles who launched the rebellion below.
"Left-hand secret technique: plague extraction."
Feng Willow raised his hand, not only the nobles who surrendered in front of him, but also the plague on the ordinary people in the city, were all extracted by Feng Willow.
It is said that illness comes like a mountain falling, and illness goes like pulling out a thread, but Feng Weiluo's secret technique is different. One after another, the plague gas condenses into threads in the human body, and is actively extracted from the body and merged into the torrent composed of other plague gas.
Feeling the huge amount of plague gas drawn out flowing into the Plague Banner, the Plague Banner can be upgraded just a little bit.
Feng Weiluo felt it was a pity. The upgrade of the Plague Banner not only requires plague gas, but also requires the replacement of some better materials.
However, Feng Weiluo has already prepared the materials. He has a lot of dragon skins and dragon bones in his hands. He can slowly integrate these extraordinary materials into the magic weapon, and add huge homologous energy to evolve the Plague Banner.
He has collected enough plague gas now, and he also has materials in his hands. As long as he goes back and finds a place to sacrifice and refine it with peace of mind, he can completely upgrade the Plague Banner to a magic weapon.
Tonight's action has just started with such a huge harvest, which makes Feng Weiluo feel better.
With Feng Weiluo's spirit hanging over the city, the whole city has a secret that Feng Weiluo doesn't know. Where the rebels have the upper hand, where the rebels are in crisis.
Under such precise command, the strength of the Dmytro family was quickly disintegrated. Even after Feng Willow came forward, many branches of the Dmytro family surrendered directly.
Before dawn, the entire port had completely fallen into Feng Willow's hands.
"Meet Grand Duke Willow!" Soon the managers of this city came to Feng Willow.
"You have done a good job. You, including your family, can take your property and leave with my fleet and return to my territory. And the plague on you has been lifted. Not only you, but also the people of this city, you will no longer suffer from the plague.
Don't worry, you all performed very well tonight. When you come under my command, you can still sit in management positions." Feng Willow's first thing was to give these people who surrendered a reassurance.
When Feng Willow said this, these people's hanging hearts were immediately put down.
"There are two things you need to do now. We can take the people who are willing to go with me with us. When we arrive in my territory, I can distribute land to these people.
The second thing is to count how many New World natives there are in this port city. These people are our trophies as slaves, so I want to take them away.
How well you do these two things is an assessment of your ability. If you do well, you will be reused in my territory in the future. If you do not do well, I will not punish you, but in the future, you can only be a small official who manages slave farming.
Perform well, and I will see all your actions." Feng Willow said majestically.
After Feng Willow finished speaking, the sequencers who surrendered became nervous. The two things Feng Willow told him seemed simple, but in fact they were not so easy to do.
It is not easy to quickly notify everyone in the city, let alone make them willing to follow Feng Willow to go to sea.
Even if Feng Willow agreed to give these people land, I am afraid that many people would still have concerns in their hearts. How to dispel these concerns and make the people willing to follow Feng Willow is a manifestation of ability.
As for the second point, it is even more difficult. In this port city, not all natives are slaves. Many natives are in gangs, and some work for various nobles. Although these people are not good people, they still have a high status in the port.
To capture all these freed natives as slaves and confiscate their property is even more difficult. There are also many sequencers among the natives. (End of this chapter)