Chapter 1034 My Land Is In Danger
"I'm taking this piece of land of yours," I waved my glaive high in the air a couple of tis, "surrender or fight, it's up to you."
"How about this… I help you take all the land around in exchange for leaving alone?"
"Help … How?" I laughed, "don't dream about showing around and act as my tour guide. I don't need such help."
"I didn't an that."
"Adding your army to mine won't help either. I can simply take your head and that army will be mine."
"I didn't an that either," he shook his head before suddenly giving such grand news, "lots of lords here already grew aware of your presence and movent. They said you left your territory unwatched, unguarded, without a single defensive building or troops. Only a giant weak looking behemoth stood there in watch."
"And?" I could already expect what he was trying to say.
"Most of them led their forces and are heading towards your land as we speak. I can show you around and make you take their lands."
"Without killing all of them, these lands won't be mine," nice try, jerk. Did you think that I was new and ignorant?
"But what if they left their lords behind?" yet his face didn't change when I said that. Instead, he smiled as he added, "killing their lords with few forces on his side isn't a big problem for you, right?"
"That's great indeed if what you are saying is true. Besides… Where does your contribution here lie?"
Even by telling this piece of intel, this couldn't be counted as enough contribution for to let him off the hook.
"I can guide you to all the territories around without forces to defend them. After that, you can just disperse your armies and attack all of them simultaneously."
"This…"
"If you are thinking about taking them down one by one then let tell you this… It's a big mistake! In this world, we have nothing more than eyes that watch everywhere. So you'll end up having a couple of territories before other lords will recall their forces back and they'll fight you together. And that is a dead end for you and a rough path to tread upon."
I have to admit, he had a point here. "So what? I can guess that most of the territories here did that. So I can simply take a tour and determine my targets."
"But your chariot is already famous. Once spotted on the move, all of the lords will get notified."
"And?"
"I know which territory got few forces behind. I can even tell you the exact number of forces at each one, the rough strength of each lord, and how to kill him or her."
"Hmm… And how do you plan on doing so?"
"I got a map here," he took out a folded piece of paper with many lines and drawings on one of its sides, "and I got eyes everywhere. I can pinpoint the locations your armies shall go, and then you can hit all of them at the sa ti."
"Interesting…"
"Lord, don't listen to him, he is just trying to buy his ticket out of danger by such nonsense!"
Just while I stood on my chariot, thinking about what this old man said, the lord who kept chasing after shouted, "let be the one to lead your forces and claim these lands for you. They know you, but they don't know ."
"Humph! Lang, stop fooling around. I got the news that your land is already in ruins. If not for you being here, running away from danger, then the forces looking for you would have found you a long ti ago."
Oh, so this was the main reason then. I looked at Lang for a long mont before sighing.
"Pal, you got your chance and yet you spoiled it by your greed."
"No lord, I'm willing to follow you, be your lackey," and just when all of his secrets got exposed like this in the open, he fell to his knees, "I beg you. Take under your wing and save from the incoming armies."
"Armies?" I raised one eyebrow, and the middle aged lord interfered as he said:
"I don't know how the two of you t, but Lang has too many enemies. This little punk has a dirty mind in there, and he did lots of bad things to many other lords before. So, you can guess how big the armies coming after him are."
That middle aged lord pointed at his head, making wonder how many lords did this little fellow offend.
"Lord… Please… I beg you…" Lang's eyes turned all red, "I got a sick mother back in my world, and a couple of powerless sisters to look after."
"Don't add a debt, or else I'll mistake you for a poor human kid and not a mighty lord with such strong forces and territory," I couldn't help but laugh. This dude… Did he think I'd fall for all this bullshit of his?
Sick mother? Weak and powerless sisters? Damn! He brought two sensitive matters to most, aiming at the soft spot at any heart.
Yet he aid at the wrong heart this ti, as mine had no such weakness.
"Lord…" and as he realised this, his lips trembled and his desperate face turned all vicious and cruel, "no matter what, I'm not going to leave your side! These lords can co and kill , but they'll take you down with as well."
"Pretty nasty," I laughed. This dude was just the type I liked to have on my side.
Such a dude would bring trouble, great trouble, to my enemies thanks to his unique mind and thinking.
But accepting him without putting him under heavy shackles would be a grave mistake as well. Such idiots had no loyalty or honour, except for themselves and their benefits.
"No problem for ," I suddenly shrugged, "after all I'm going to accept this lord's invitation."
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