Chapter 340: Offensive

Kaierluosi slowly descended in altitude, landing near the newly discovered pier.

Compared to the pier of Wali Knight mentioned earlier, the one before them was very small and quite crude; it could likely only barely accommodate a ship twenty or thirty meters long.

Not far from the pier, a simple wooden shed had been erected, and one could see quite a bit of timber of similar length stacked inside.

"Generally speaking, goods from Jiliu Island are transported to Wali's port before being loaded onto ships and sent away. This timber here..."

Combining this with Wali Knight's previous statement that "the White Flower Society's timber has become increasingly difficult to demand recently," Luoning guessed that the White Flower Society had built this pier privately and had their own external communication channels for smuggling timber.

In this way, relying on the supplies brought by smuggling ships and the potatoes they grew, they no longer needed Wali to provide food for their survival, which could be considered breaking free from their shackles and becoming independent.

It was just that they did not know that news of the situation on Jiliu Island had reached the higher-ups so quickly, and that His Majesty the King had personally sent people to handle this matter.

After investigating the pier, Luoning boarded Kaierluosi and flew into the air to continue investigating the residential area of the White Flower Society.

Perhaps it was because the ancestors of the White Flower Society were all criminals held in concentrated detention, or perhaps they needed to labor in groups, but the houses here were relatively concentrated.

Although the further north one went, the more signs of logging could be found, compared to the forests of the entire Jiliu Island, the area cleared by humans only occupied a small portion.

On this island, there were still abundant oak resources.

After investigating the White Flower Society, Luoning went to fly a lap around the residential area of the Laen Society.

Comparing the two, the Laen Society was "more honest"; not only were there no signs of them eating potatoes, but there were also no traces of timber smuggling.

Their negotiations with Wali were perhaps more out of a desire to eat a little more and demand a little more.

After investigating all of this, Luoning returned to the port.

While Luoning was investigating, Luqi, Mixi, and Wali had already begun to arrange the offensive and defensive matters for tomorrow.

Relying on the advantage of the port's defensive walls, even if the people from the Laen Society came to seize the port, with Lisi Knight leading the defense, there should not be much of a problem.

Early the next morning, a team of nearly one hundred people assembled outside the port.

"If I had this many men, I would have captured those few troublemakers from the White Flower Society long ago!"

Looking at so many troops, Wali was full of confidence for a moment.

In the past, it was already his absolute limit to bring thirty people when he went over; in that situation, with the opposition being numerous and powerful, he did not dare to go deep.

Now, not only did his side have more people, but there were even several Silver Knights and a Royal Griffin; any one of them brought out would be very difficult for the opposition to handle.

Luoning said with a smile, "For this operation, we are only targeting the leaders of the White Flower Society. As for the others, as long as they do not participate in the resistance, we do not need to raise our swords against them."

Wali nodded, "I understand. After all, the work of cutting oak later still needs people to do it. Killing one more means one less laborer, and the Kingdom will have that much less timber."

Luoning could not help but give the other party a thumbs up.

It seemed that after managing for so many years, Wali Knight had learned how to squeeze labor.

Perhaps compared to the White Flower Society and the Laen Society, the lives of that group of descendants of prisoners directly managed by Wali were even harder.

After all, the timber that the White Flower Society failed to deliver still had to be made up by someone in the end.

Because the Laen Society had a certain degree of autonomy, they could still bargain, while those directly under Wali's control could only work hard without complaint.

Without warhorses, except for Mixi, everyone else walked on land.

Fortunately, although it was a mountain road, a main path had been trodden out over these years of transporting timber, so it was still quite convenient to walk.

The group walked toward the territory of the White Flower Society in such a swaggering and blatant manner.

When passing under a hillside, Mixi in the air saw someone on the mountaintop running rapidly toward the interior; it looked like someone the White Flower Society had arranged to keep watch there.

With the speed of a Griffin, as long as she was willing, chasing down this person would not be a difficult task.

It was just that according to Luoning's plan, even if the other side had scouts, let the scouts go back to report the news and let the other side gather all the resistors; it would save him from having to interrogate and screen them one by one later.

Not long after, inside the stronghold of the White Flower Society.

"My lord, Wali Knight has brought people over!"

The scout on watch brought the information back, "There are quite a lot of people coming this time; I estimate there are about a hundred of them."

At this time, two people were sitting above; the one with a tiger's back and a bear's waist and a scar on his face was the leader of the White Flower Society, Marcelo, and sitting on his side was a bearded man.

The two looked at each other, and Marcelo laughed, "Wali has actually transferred most of the personnel guarding the port at once; it seems our neighbor is truly anxious."

He had not received intelligence from the port and did not yet know that four ships had arrived at Jiliu Island yesterday.

Therefore, he assumed that Wali had brought all the guards over.

The bearded man laughed, "He must be afraid that failing to deliver enough goods multiple times in a row will draw dissatisfaction from the higher-ups."

Marcelo nodded, indicating his agreement.

"Wali has guarded this godforsaken place for seven or eight years; he only needs to persist for two more years to complete his mission and leave Jiliu Island. If he fails to deliver enough timber in these last two years and makes the nobles above unhappy, all his hard work over these years will be in vain."

Stationed on Jiliu Island, Wali's status was somewhat like the warden of an open-air prison. Completing ten years of guarding would earn him enough merit and pay, and if his performance was outstanding, he might even become a Baron.

"We shouldn't push him too hard. If he is too tough this time, we will agree to him and ship some timber to him."

Marcelo nodded; a not-too-powerful defender of Jiliu Island was beneficial to them.

"Let's go, call everyone, we'll go meet them."

The mobilization of the White Flower Society was fast; two Knights shouted from a high place, and a massive crowd gathered.

Most of them wore crude hemp clothes and were tattered; the things in their hands were not standard weapons, but machetes and axes used for cutting trees. Only the twenty or so people in front wore iron armor or leather armor, looking like they meant business.

These twenty or so people were those recently armed by Marcelo with weapons and equipment provided by Clifford.

"Our core combat power is still a bit lacking," Marcelo could not help but feel a bit worried, "If we confront them head-on, I don't know if we can compete with Wali's Knight Squad."

"Don't worry, they can't beat us."

The bearded man Clifford said confidently, "I alone can tear his Knight Squad to shreds."

Hearing this, Marcelo's worried mood was relieved.

"That's right, Wali is only a Bronze Knight; he can throw his weight around in front of us, but facing a Golden Knight like you, he can only kneel and beg for mercy."

The two groups of people walked toward each other and soon met in a small valley.

It was just that when they got close and saw the people coming, both Marcelo and the Golden Knight Clifford were stunned.

The other side was tall and sturdy, and every single one of them wore standard-issue armor; that quality looked much higher-end than theirs at a glance.

"No, that's not right!"

Marcelo was somewhat panicked, "This is not Wali's Knight Squad!"

"What is going on?" Clifford asked in surprise.

On the other side, Luoning drew the Yanliu Sword, and the raging fire upon it swept forth, "Attack!" (End of chapter)