Lord Shen Mu whispered to Lezalit and Bestour, who had just entered, explaining his plan: a seemingly peaceful negotiation that was actually a surprise attack, a tooth-for-a-tooth, eye-for-an-eye act of revenge.
Lezalit and Bestour, of course, had nothing to say at this moment.
On the contrary, as two Generals from the evil faction, they were even more excited after hearing this news.
A 'surprise attack' sounds good, but it's actually a sneak attack. And using a negotiation as a facade to deceive the enemy before launching a sneak attack made them excited just thinking about it.
To suddenly attack the enemy, catch them off guard without any defensive measures, and then hold a knife to their neck, gripping their life in your hands.
Whether to kill or severely injure the opponent was entirely up to their whim.
Manipulating others' lives.
How could this feeling not excite them?
In Calradia, where Lezalit and Bestour came from, their favorite thing was to achieve their goals through various schemes, tricks, and insidious tactical means.
If possible, they even wanted to cruelly torture their enemies for their own amusement.
And incidentally, use their fearsome reputation to intimidate future enemies, letting them know how terrifying it was to dare oppose them.
And how tragic their end would be.
"Respected Lord Shen Mu, we have no objections to this plan." Lezalit and Bestour exchanged glances, both seeing the satisfied smile in the other's eyes.
Lezalit then turned back to Lord Shen Mu, casting a sidelong glance with a hint of ridicule towards Fatis, Manid, and James: "Then, I wonder if our three kind Generals from the righteous faction can accept Lord Shen Mu's actions?"
"Hahahaha, exactly, can they accept Lord Shen Mu's actions? After all, this is a sneak attack." Bestour also watched the expressions of the three Generals from the righteous faction from the side, looking incredibly smug.
Lord Shen Mu's action was a sneak attack.
And the most despicable kind, using the guise of peace to deceive the opponent and then stabbing them in the back.
In Calradia, such an act would absolutely not be approved by the Generals of the righteous faction, especially Fatis, who championed chivalry.
In fact, according to the game's settings.
If the player intended to do this, Fatis would definitely protest, and Bandak and Aleron from the good faction would also protest this behavior.
After all, it was too base and too insidious, not conforming to their established values of righteousness and kindness.
But that was just a game.
This was reality.
"This is a necessary measure, after all, Green Leaf Group attacked us first, and if we can't eliminate Green Leaf Group, it will be a danger to the future development of Deherim."
Fatis spoke slowly at this moment, his tone carrying a hint of disdain, especially as he saw Lezalit and Bestour looking at him with mocking eyes, and said calmly: "Use righteous means to confront those competitors who also hold righteousness in their hearts, or use kind advice to make those enemies who know how to turn from the wrong path understand what true kindness and righteousness are."
Fatis paused slightly as he spoke, then became serious: "But for those evil enemies, we must use the most direct means to eliminate them. Only then can evil be eradicated, after all, our main goal is to eradicate evil."
"Oh, oh, oh, very good, Fatis Knight, what you said is very reasonable, we have nothing to say." Bestour and Lezalit exchanged glances again, both seeing the helplessness in the other's eyes, shrugged their shoulders, and fell silent.
Because this answer was indeed very good.
Even James and Manid, who were sitting at the table on the third floor of the castle, smiled at this moment.
"Alright, let's not talk too much now, everyone go and get busy." Lord Shen Mu also spoke at this moment to interrupt their argument, after all, this was his order, and given their absolute loyalty, they would carry out his orders.
The most crucial thing now was not this argument; in any case, matters of alignment like so-called good and evil, order and chaos, were unnecessary for someone who possessed mount & blade.
He only cared whether these mount & blade could accomplish the tasks he assigned.
"Understood."
They heard Lord Shen Mu's command, so they all stood up, bowed respectfully with hands over their chests, and then left the main castle building to organize their respective troops, preparing to gather and respond to future actions.
After all, facing another war against a different faction meant they could refer to the war against Diesel Company.
Especially Fatis and Manid.
They had personally participated in that battle at the time.
And just as Fatis was about to leave, he thought of something, slowly stopped, and after the others had left, he turned back to the main castle building and respectfully said to Lord Shen Mu: "Lord, do we need to notify Mr. Bandak and Aleron Knight about the upcoming battle?"
After all, Bandak was a Crossbowman Captain, and he had ample experience leading Crossbowmen and heavy infantry.
Aleron was also a Knight, and when leading cavalry charges, he was even stronger than Fatis.
"No need, Aleron still needs to defend Vikia Castle in the far east, he can't leave there." Lord Shen Mu pondered for a moment: "Bandak can be transferred, but just let him be a commander of the infantry."
"Understood, then shall I go and notify Bandak?" Fatis asked.
"Arrange for someone to notify him." Lord Shen Mu nodded, and also made arrangements: "Also have Bandak gather his troops, and tell those Rodok soldiers to prepare for battle."
"Understood." Only then did Fatis withdraw.
And within this castle, only Lord Shen Mu remained, along with the Swadian Light Infantry serving as attendants and the Holy Tree Knight serving as guards.
The previous discussions had now quieted down.
Allowing Lord Shen Mu to think more.
After all, he still needed to think carefully, and if he didn't, it would affect his subsequent plans and strategic layout.
Moreover, after receiving the reward for the eighth stage of the mission, the extremely large reward also required him to have time to digest it.
After all, completing the eighth stage of the mission, and especially killing the so-called Black Arrow Tower Seventh Dynasty Vanguard Commander at the highest level, the rewards he received truly shocked him even now.
It was truly abundant.
...
However, while Lord Shen Mu was still looking at his rewards.
Zhang Bo also watched as 10 teams of Human Clan cavalry, riding fine horses, with Nomadic Scimitars and Nomadic Bows slung across their backs, rushed out of the West Gate and sped towards the west of Bali River Street.
They were clearly acting as messengers.
"I say, Zhang Bo, what's going on?" And right in front of Zhang Bo, that senior manager named Zhou Mo was also curiously watching those lightly armored Human Clan cavalry rush out of the West Gate and speed towards the depths of Bali River Street, his brows furrowed even tighter.
He had already learned about what happened last night, and according to others, it was a general offensive launched by the Commander's Legion against Deherim, but this siege battle did not cause much damage to Deherim.
Even though they saw that the city walls had been damaged, as the sun rose, the Skeletons had completely turned into black mist and disappeared.
Only a damaged section of the city wall remained.
As well as the surrounding arrow towers and city gates that had not suffered any damage, including their vast Town Area which did not seem to have been impacted.
He understood in his heart that Deherim had clearly been the victor last night.
The so-called terrifying undead army.
Had not caused Deherim any significant harm.
It had only caused some minor injuries.
Therefore, this phenomenon made Zhou Mo even more fearful, as he had killed almost all of the middle-level managers last night.
If responsibility were to be investigated, he would not be able to escape.
So now, seeing the expressionless Zhang Bo in front of him, he knew that he had offended this guy last night, but due to the friendly relationship between Zhang Bo and Lord Shen Mu, especially the friendly relationship that he knew about, he still forcibly swallowed his anger and returned to his previous polite demeanor.
"Zhang Bo, what happened last night wasn't directed at you. Didn't you say it? We were targeting some remnants of Diesel Company. And we killed some remnants of Diesel Company. Don't be angry, it's just that we were too furious last night, after all, the remnants of Diesel Company came into Deherim and were a threat to every one of us, that's why I killed them so directly."
Zhou Mo explained at this moment.
"Yes, I know you all killed those remnants of Diesel Company, you did very well in that regard." Even though Zhang Bo was now quite angry at Zhou Mo and those senior managers for almost ruining his plan, he didn't show any emotion on his face.
The key was that even if Zhang Bo got angry now, there was nothing he could do, after all, what could he pursue now?
His grand plan had failed, and it was a complete and utterly tragic failure, and Green Leaf Group was facing a life-or-death crisis.
Everything was sliding towards the worst possible direction.
If Zhang Bo didn't want himself and Green Leaf Group to both slide into the Abyss and completely sink, forever unable to escape, then what he needed to do now was to use all the resources at hand to cover up his arrangements and his grand plan from last night, and incidentally, through adjustments in details, make Deherim spare Green Leaf Group.
Therefore, he had to reach an agreement with this Zhou Mo in front of him and form a group with shared interests. He had to push all the responsibility onto those middle-level managers, making them the remnants of Green Leaf Group, and blame all the bad things on these dead guys.
After all, dead men tell no tales.
"Yes, yes, exactly, just some remnants of Diesel Company, Zhang Bo, you don't know how much effort we spent to root them out." Zhou Mo's face also showed a smile at this moment, he could of course hear that Zhang Bo had acknowledged his statement.
Although he also understood that Zhang Bo must have grudgingly accepted his statement, and he had already made the matter a reality.
But he still couldn't offend Zhang Bo.
Especially after such a dangerous incident, and it seemed there was also a battle in the castle, and according to Zhang Bo's introduction just now, it was a sneak attack launched by Green Leaf Group.
Zhou Mo now understood that Lord Shen Mu was definitely in a state of anger because of this attack.
If he were to jump out and provoke Lord Shen Mu and Deherim, his fate would likely not be much better.
Those in power greatly disliked being provoked.
Zhou Mo was very clear about this.
"There are some things I still need to discuss with Zhang Caidong, but for now, it doesn't matter if you talk among yourselves." Instead, Zhang Bo slowly stood up, looking at the Blue Star Humans who were still gathered in the Town Area and had not left the city walls, his tone becoming more serious: "The most important point we need to pay attention to now is searching for spies."
"Zhang Bo, please clarify." Zhou Mo also stood up with him at this moment, his tone also becoming more solemn: "I was ignorant before, now I want to correct myself."
"Search the entire Deherim, and find the remnants of Diesel Company and the spies of Green Leaf Group." Zhang Bo slowly turned his head and looked at Zhou Mo, saying in a serious tone: "You and I both know that the remnants of Diesel Company have not been completely purged, and now there are also spies from Green Leaf Group. I think you should be very clear about what the focus of our work will be next."
"I understand." Zhou Mo nodded seriously: "Whether they are remnants of Diesel Company or spies of Green Leaf Group, I will find them."
"Very good." Zhang Bo nodded and left without saying anything further.
Only Zhou Mo remained standing in place, and at this moment, the surrounding senior managers and middle-level managers also quickly gathered around when they saw Zhang Bo leave.
One of the senior managers eagerly asked: "Brother Zhou Mo, what did that guy Zhang Bo say? He wouldn't expose us, would he?"
"It's okay, it's all sorted out." Zhou Mo slowly nodded, but there wasn't much smile on his face, he just said seriously to the surrounding senior managers and middle-level managers: "Now it's our turn to be busy. The remnants of Diesel Company and the spies of Green Leaf Group, these are our jobs."
