The city bells kept ringing incessantly.
More and more refugees gathered in the square.
The soldiers, who originally maintained order, were forced to accept the Night Watchers' arrangents and began distributing large amounts of food.
These soldiers weren't fools; just by observing the recent behavior of the officials, they understood that the Night Watchers in front of them weren't to be trifled with.
Not to ntion, their captain easily sided with them and was all smiles.
Obviously, their captain knew what kind of power the other party held.
This group of arriving Judges was clearly prepared, pulling many Night Watcher resource transport boxes behind them.
These space equipnt were filled to the brim with sealed compressed food.
This compressed food was constructed recently, originally intended for rapid transport to places in need of support, providing the maximum food supply with minimal space.
"Everyone line up; the Night Watchers will ensure that each person has enough food, and every day thereafter, there will be enough food supply here."
A Judge projected his voice to every person present, maintaining order.
As for those who didn't listen, they had already been singled out and taken down by the temporarily assembled maintenance team.
More people in line were now looking towards the front of the square.
There, the fat bureaucrat they had loathed for so long was kneeling in the snow, like a dead dog.
Soon, the sound of hooves approached.
A troop of fully ard Knights, surrounding a middle-aged man in luxurious attire, arrived at the square.
He looked at the bureaucrat on his knees, then at the Night Watcher Judges standing before the bureaucrat.
With a gentle smile on his face, he rode his warhorse up to the Judge.
"Welco to my city, Night Watchers. Can I ask you to return my secretary? Having him kneel in the snow is quite unseemly.
If he has offended you in any way, I will have him apologize and make ands later."
Although the noble's voice was polite, his tone betrayed his dissatisfaction.
The Judge rely raised an eye to glance at him.
"You, co down, and kneel beside him."
"Outrageous!" exclaid a Knight nearby in a loud reprimand.
The noble raised his hand, seemingly amused.
"It seems you Night Watchers lack the proper etiquette. If so, please leave; my city doesn't need such rude individuals."
"Your city?" the Judge asked with so confusion.
"Of course, the Losak Clan has been settled here for generations; it is the land granted to us by the King."
"Then, where is your King?"
"How audacious! You Night Watchers are truly lawless and have no manners."
Clearly, the Judge was no longer in the mood, casually waving his hand.
In an instant, the noble was dragged to the ground.
The knights hurriedly drew their weapons, yet before their blades were even fully unsheathed, they were all torn from their waists, and they too were pulled from their horses.
In almost an instant, everyone was bound tightly.
The noble was forcibly made to kneel beside the bureaucrat.
The noble angrily shouted, "How dare you treat like this! You damned ignorant warriors! I'm Losak, a noble of the Kingdom!"
"What a fool, you brought this on yourself," murmured the kneeling bureaucrat, cursing softly.
"What did you say?"
The noble beside him appeared sowhat incredulous.
Clearly, the bureaucrat was also at his wit's end: "I said, you're a fool! A fool! What made you think you could embezzle the supplies given by the Night Watchers? I warned you, the Night Watchers would find out."
As he spoke, still unsatisfied, he cursed further: "And your cowardly parents who abandoned the city, not knowing whether they're dead or alive now, while you are an even bigger fool, easily swayed by other nobles to carry out such acts?
Do you really think you have courage? You damned fool, like a pig.
Did you not realize why they distributed the food so obediently?"
The noble clearly didn't listen, continuing to curse endlessly: "You damned lowborn, how dare you!!"
The Judge raised his hand slightly.
The quarreling master and servant instantly had their mouths sealed, able only to emit muffled sounds.
anwhile, cheers erupted from the refugees behind them.
This behavior pleased them greatly; it demonstrated that the Night Watchers were indeed formidable, forcing even the distant nobles to kneel.
The Judge looked at the bureaucrat: "Your words just now saved your life; the managent of this city will temporarily be handed over to you.
We will return to handle matters later, including the cris you've committed.
We will settle all of these, but if you perform well during this period, you might gain so leniency."
The noble struggled even more fiercely.
But the bureaucrat, full of gratitude, nodded continuously.
...
The Night Watchers' office on the Lebia Continent had been relocated to the central defense zone, where a relatively intact large city stood.
The main eting place for the Order Alliance had also been set here.
Kana, who had just returned, was in his office dealing with so unresolved issues that required his attention.
"These nobles are truly incorrigible, put them all in confinent for unified processing later."
Since Alyris was at a critical juncture, two Elves were temporarily serving as Kana's secretaries.
Lululuse couldn't help but say, "Many factions are dissatisfied with our private punishnt and capture of the nobles."
"These dragging fools exist in every race," Miguel West couldn't help but curse.
Kana naturally understood these issues.
Nodding, he said, "Do as I instructed, I will handle the subsequent matters.
By the way, prepare for the first alliance eting, where I will discuss and resolve the issues just ntioned.
However, the main purpose of this eting remains to discuss our offensive strategy following the spring, also, have the Comrce Association people ready."
In any scenario or country, these damned nobles are truly infuriating.
Kana felt sowhat helpless.
To him, these nobles were almost useless; he wanted the majority of the common folk to survive as much as possible.
This was his main reason for resisting the Evil God, to minimize the extent of the war's impact.
Daring to embezzle the supplies of the Night Watchers on their own behest, though anticipated, witnessing these things still sparked a fire within him.
Embezzlent cannot be prevented in any circumstances.
It's just that so nobles have outrageously large audacity.
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