345: Entering the city

Inside was a group of trembling soldiers, armed with long spears.

After Lin Ang's two rounds of slaughter, not many soldiers were left in the city.

These in front of him were very likely all that the City Lord could currently muster.

But facing Lin Ang now, they had no will to fight, their eyes filled with terror.

Seeing this, Lin Ang sighed deeply, "You may leave."

The soldiers had already started to stir, but no one left.

Lin Ang said nothing more; if they wanted to fight, then let them.

Just then, one of the soldiers suddenly jumped out and shouted, "I quit!"

He cried, wailing loudly, "I quit, so many people have been killed by him, this is clearly a suicide mission, I quit."

Saying that, he suddenly dropped his weapon and knelt before Lin Ang, "I have an eighty-year-old mother above me and a three-year-old child below me. I joined the army to achieve great deeds, not to die."

Lin Ang nodded, "Alright, you may leave!"

The soldier was overjoyed, "Thank you, sir!"

After kowtowing to Lin Ang, he quickly turned and left.

None of the soldiers behind him, including the general, stopped him.

Looking at them, Lin Ang asked again, "Does anyone else want to leave? This is my last inquiry. Once I act, the nature of things will be different, and I will not give you another chance to change your minds."

Upon hearing this, the remaining soldiers exchanged glances, and immediately a large group of them imitated the soldier who had just left.

They dropped their weapons and shouted for mercy at Lin Ang.

"I still have an unbetrothed wife!"

"I've never even held a woman's hand since I was little..."

"I'm just a miscellaneous recruit here to make up the numbers!"

"I don't want the benefits promised by the City Lord's Mansion anymore!"

"I... I don't want to die yet!"

Someone took the lead, and the others quickly became restless. Lin Ang's words finally failed to suppress their inner fear.

In less than half an incense stick's time, only two people remained in the field.

One was Lin Ang, and the other was a general.

Evidently, he was the commanding officer guarding the city gate this time, the highest-ranking among everyone.

But facing Lin Ang's threat, he did not leave. From beginning to end, he remained silent.

Even when the previous soldiers and his subordinates fled, he also remained silent, letting them go.

Now, with all the soldiers having fled.

Lin Ang looked at him, "You're not leaving?"

"The City Lord's kindness to me is as vast as a mountain."

The general tightened his grip on his weapon, looking directly at Lin Ang, "I will absolutely not desert in battle."

Lin Ang nodded, and continued to ask, "If that's the case, why did you..."

"Why did you let those soldiers leave?" The general smiled and explained, "Because I knew we couldn't possibly win this battle. Staying here would just be waiting for death."

"Some of these people have followed me for a long time, some haven't, but no matter what, they shouldn't die like this.

Die in a meaningless slaughter."

Saying that, he charged towards Lin Ang with his weapon, "But I am different. Today, only one of us two can leave here alive."

Facing the charging general, Lin Ang kicked him to the ground.

Of course, he held back.

Otherwise, with that kick, there would have been a pile of flesh in front of him.

After being kicked down, the general struggled to stand up, but couldn't due to his severe injuries.

Helpless, he could only throw his weapon at Lin Ang, roaring, "Come, come on!"

Lin Ang ignored the weapon that landed on him and walked past the general with a swagger.

But after only a few steps, he heard a 'pfft', followed by something falling. The general's roar disappeared.

Lin Ang stopped and looked back.

He saw the general's waist-cloth turned up, blood spurting from his neck, and a bloody dagger beside him.

He didn't try to cover his neck, but simply lay there quietly, letting the blood gush out.

Watching the light fade from the general's eyes, Lin Ang turned his head and clenched his fist.

"This error, I will correct it!"

Afterward, he stopped thinking and rushed towards the innermost part of the city.

City Lord's Mansion, to catch the bandit, first catch the king.

By taking them down, he could quickly eliminate all the scourges in the city and restore peace and order inside and outside the city.

For how many years, big and small matters, which one was not related to them?

The City Lord's Mansion.

A majestic-looking man sat in the main seat, resting with his eyes closed, as if waiting for something.

Below him were several men and women dressed in luxurious clothes, with extraordinary bearing.

They were the heads of various major forces in the city, including families, gangs, and merchant associations.

On normal days, they held immense power in the city. A word, a gesture, decided the lives and fortunes of countless people. A stomp of their foot could make the entire city tremble.

But at this moment, they were all pacing back and forth below, looking anxious.

Especially one of the family heads, surnamed Yang, who had been sweating profusely from the very beginning.

This person was precisely the ultimate behind-the-scenes boss of the Brothel where Lin Ang's wife was sold.

The few people the man in white killed were just his subordinates sent to manage it.

After all, someone with his standing in the city wouldn't personally engage in such activities.

Those so-called behind-the-scenes bosses were actually just his puppets.

The man in white, of course, knew this, but his primary mission was to deal with cultivators who arbitrarily attacked mortals.

Considering that he also played a role in maintaining order in the city, he spared his life.

The others were basically involved in various gray industries in the city.

After all, with such a large piece of fatty meat, who wouldn't want a bite?

How could those industries have developed without their support?

Even if someone started from scratch, the first thing they would do afterward would be to pay their respects to the local powers.

The money would be split two-eight, with them taking eight and the industry owners taking two, but in reality, it was mostly nine-one.

Now they were all gathered together because of Lin Ang.

Who didn't know that Lin Ang's wife was sold into a Brothel, repeatedly abused, and then died under a volley of arrows from the army?

Regarding the subsequent speech, although the dispatched soldiers all died, Lin Ang did not harm the surrounding residents and common people.

Just ask a few people, and you would know what Lin Ang said back then.

To be precise, everyone in this room right now would not survive.

But the most panicked, without a doubt, was the family head surnamed Yang.

Because the Jiantian Division disciple failed to take down the opponent, everyone else might live, but he would surely die.

So he kept muttering something in the room, frantically promising benefits to the leaders of other factions.

Such as, if they could escape this calamity today, then such and such would happen in the future.

But for such unrealistic promises, everyone who could come here was no longer a child, and no one would fall for it.

They mostly adopted a facade of amiability, taking the sugar-coating and returning the cannonball.

After all, they were all in danger themselves, and they would absolutely not hesitate to betray the family head surnamed Yang.

At this moment, the City Lord in the main seat slowly opened his eyes.

"Enough!"