Last Totem Novel - Chapter 464
Chapter 464 Officialdom
“What do you think of this matter, the Red Scorpion Corps?” Sequoia’s Evgeny turned to look at Big Beard and asked.
“What else can I say?” The bearded man frowned and asked unhappily. They had already lost nine Viper Sandtrucks, 28 Red Scorpions, and three Transformers, so they would no longer bear any responsibility. The reason why they participated in this operation to suppress Cyrus Investment Co., Ltd. Was to get a piece of the pie. However, they had already lost tens of thousands of gold coins before they could reap the benefits. Moreover, he had no good impression of the Sequoia Company and the Belle Foundation. When the Red Scorpion Corps first arrived in the No.5 Desert, they had suppressed them together and occupied more than half of the mining spots within their jurisdiction. However, as the “old bird” who had a firm footing, bullying the “rookies” who had just arrived here was a long-standing tradition in the southwest of Sand Wind Castle, where business groups were gathered. Even if they suffered a loss, the Red Scorpion Corps could only admit it.
“Brother, I understand your feelings …” Evgeny smiled and said, “You have indeed suffered some losses, but I guarantee you in the name of the Sequoia Company that you will receive generous compensation.”
“I hope so.” The bearded man said calmly. The scene became stiff because of his indifference.
In silence, Valeria of the Belle Foundation shook her glass and swept her gaze across everyone’s faces. Then, she smiled charmingly and said, “Everyone, do you think” She deliberately lengthened her voice and paused for a moment before continuing, “This small company with a background of nobility in the Northern Desolate Territory is truly too arrogant.” ‘”If we can’t suppress their arrogance, the ore we’ve taken will be in vain.”
“Don’t worry, Ms. Valeria. We’ve already taken action. We’ve dispatched the Azure Bee Reconnaissance Company to hunt down their patrols.” Yang Yong from the Azure Bee Mobile Corps said. Of the two strongholds recently built, Storm Stronghold was Notre Dame’s territory, so they naturally did not dare to touch it. However, Crimson Peak Stronghold was just a small company with a simple background, so they could suppress it at will.
“How was the result?” Dazhi Tokuda, who had been silent all this while, interrupted.
“So far, we have eliminated a total of three of their patrols.” Yang Yong replied.
“Good job!” Tokuda Dazhi nodded his head forcefully and gave a thumbs-up.
“If they choose to remain silent and shrink their patrol range, we will win.” Yang Yong toasted Dazhi Tokuda and said.
“I wish us a pleasant cooperation.” Evgeny stood up and raised his glass.
“Happy cooperation!” Valeria replied with a toast.
“Yes.” The bearded man also stood up and raised his glass.
Shortly after the discussion at the Honeycomb Stronghold ended, the Black Pig King began to interrogate the Azure Bee members. In the candlelight tent, the Azure Bee team members were tied to wooden chairs. They were holding pins while answering questions.
In order to ensure the authenticity of the confession, the Black Pig King continuously used threats, torture, repeated questioning and other methods in the process of questioning, causing the interrogated to be in extreme panic. Tie Ling, on the other hand, sat behind a long table and carefully recorded the other party’s confession.
After several hours of interrogation, Tie Ling wrote down a few pages of information and had a preliminary understanding of the situation of the Azure Bee Mobile Corps.
The leader of the Azure Bee Mobile Corps was called Bill. He possessed Saint rank strength and was nicknamed the “Azure Killer Bee”. He was named because his skin was green and black, and his personality was cruel and belligerent. Its skin color is said to be due to accidental ingestion of poisonous plants while participating in planar exploration. It appears to be middle-aged, but its actual age is unknown. Because the lifespans of Saint-ranked experts far exceeded those of ordinary humans, most of them were between 150 and 300 years, and some could even reach 500 or 600 years. Hence, looks alone cannot determine their actual age.
The Beehive Stronghold had about 1,300 troops, and there were three teams of armored warriors. Among them, there were 21 psionic warriors, seven bug warriors, and two psionic warriors. There are reconnaissance companies, assault companies, sniper companies and other special operations companies. There are about 150 different types of mecha, about 30 modifiers, and about 500 ordinary garrison members. In the surrounding strongholds, there were more troops stationed there than any other strongholds.
Tie Zha couldn’t help but frown when he saw the information. Even the Temple Princess’ Tyre Stronghold didn’t have so many troops stationed there. However, this was because he was unaware of the situation, and it was not because the Azure Bee Mobile Corps had deliberately increased its manpower. The reason Tyre Stronghold had fewer troops was because You Ge could mobilize the Dawn expeditionary army to reinforce them at any time. As for the gathering areas of the commercial groups, they could only rely on their own strength to defend them. If they waited for the Dawn expeditionary army to save them, they would probably be cold.
At this moment, there were only two choices before him. One was to shrink the patrol area and not touch its edge, and wait until the stronghold was completed before making any plans. The other was to fight back resolutely, as he wished.
Choosing one was very simple, but based on his years of experience in Tieshan Town, if he compromised now, he would be bullied even more miserably in the future. Therefore, he quickly made a decision. On the one hand, he had Hagrid and the Black Pig King gather their troops and split them into two, sweeping through the Green Bee Squad within his jurisdiction. On the other hand, he went to the jurisdiction of Beehive Stronghold to hunt down their patrols.
He did not believe that the Azure Bee Mobile Corps would dare to wage war. A civil war between humans would definitely alert Sand Wind Castle. No one cared about small battles, but when it came to legion battles, the higher-ups would definitely send people to mediate. Moreover, with his current strength and the Fierce Tiger Regiment and Vermillion Bird Regiment, he was no less than the troops stationed at the Honeycomb Stronghold. However, there was a lack of power armor combat units. However, this wasn’t a big problem. If necessary, he could ask for help from Storm Stronghold.
As for the green killing bee Bill, although he didn’t have enough information and didn’t know the other party’s strength, he had Lena, so killing the other party was definitely more than enough. One had to know that Brandon Peter, who possessed the might of a Saint, had to be honest when he saw a Dragonizer, let alone an ordinary Saint. Also, although Bill was a Saint realm expert, he did not have a faction. As long as he was lured to a deserted place, killing him would have no consequences.
In the following period of time, Tie Zha launched a massacre. As long as he encountered people from the Azure Bee Mobile Corps, he would directly kill them. Although Hagrid was unwilling to slaughter civilians, he could only acquiesce for the sake of his future development.
A day later, the Azure Bee squad within the jurisdiction of Crimson Peak Stronghold was wiped out, and seven or eight patrols within the jurisdiction of Honeycomb Stronghold were killed by Tie Zha. Strangely, after losing hundreds of members, the Azure Bee Mobile Corps did not react at all, as if nothing had happened.
The opponent’s abnormal behavior made Tie Zha alert, so he stopped moving and returned to the camp.
As soon as the car was parked, he received Tie Ling’s notification that the Sand Wind Castle had sent an investigation team to ask them to cooperate in investigating the missing patrol of the Azure Bee Mobile Corps. Tie Zha couldn’t help but frown. It turned out that they wanted to use the situation to suppress others and use mature social relations to exert pressure on them. Then, they quickened their pace and rushed to the command tent.
Hagrid was talking to one of the fat clerks in the reception area of the three clerks dressed in leather and wearing the badge of Sandstorm Castle City Hall. Tie Ling whispered to him from the side. That person was He Xin, the supervisor of the Sandstorm Castle Mining Committee. The person in charge of this investigation had once had contact with Cyrus. He was a typical low-level bureaucrat. He was cautious, but he was greedy and lecherous.
Tie Zha approached quietly and heard He Xin say, “Your name is Hagrid, isn’t it?”
“Yes.” Hagrid nodded.
“Commander Hagrid, I hope you can understand our work. It’s not our intention to appear here, but the intention of the higher ups. We are also quite helpless.” He Xin said sincerely. His gentle tone was like an old friend he had known for many years.
“Understand, understand.” Hagrid grinned and said with some simplicity.
“Actually, this isn’t a big deal. In my opinion, it might just be a small misunderstanding.” He Xin smiled and asked Hagrid, “What do you think?”
“Yes.” Hagrid replied.
He Xin smiled faintly and said meaningfully, “As a person, I usually don’t have any hobbies and like to make friends …” “The matter of friends is my matter.”
“You mean …” Hagrid hesitated.
“These two friends have come from afar. As landlords, shouldn’t you arrange a place for them to relax?” He Xin glanced at the other two clerks and pointed at them.
‘”Oh” Hagrid nodded his head as if he was enlightened and looked at Lilith, intentionally or unintentionally. The latter immediately understood and turned to leave.
Moments later, Hagrid invited He Xin and the others to the dining tent next to the command tent and opened a valuable bottle of Beowulf VS. This wine is known as “Hero Wine”, the market price is about 70-80 gold coins, and “Pope Wine” Saint Augustman Roja is a series.
Tie Zha and Tie Ling stood behind Hagrid as subordinates. Seeing the latter take out his precious wine, the iron slag was extremely painful. Ever since he left the academy, the best wine he could drink was Beowulf VS. In the past, drinking Saint Augustus Manuel Roja was like drinking water, but now, his treatment had plummeted, and he could only drink one or two mouthfuls of wine that he didn’t like in the past.
“Aiya, how dare we drink such good wine?” Seeing Hagrid open the wine, He Xin pretended to say it and stretched out his hands to stop it.
“You’re too polite. Good wine is for you to treat your brothers to.” Hagrid felt a little nauseous when he said that. However, there was nothing he could do. He had to abide by the rules of the lower echelons of the Silver City world.
He Xin sighed and said, “I’ve really expended a lot of money …”
At this moment, a burst of laughter came from outside the tent. He Xin immediately turned around and looked at the entrance.
Then, his eyes lit up, and a group of revealing-clothed Flowing Warblers, led by Lilith, entered. Their beautiful eyes flowed, and they smiled sweetly. For a moment, the tents were filled with spring.