Chapter 678: Lake-town!

One month later, in Mirkwood, several figures rushed out quickly.

Holding the Dragon-Slayer, Zhang Cheng backhanded and slaughtered the giant wolf that was chasing them, then turned and dodged the attack.

Soaring into the air, Legolas shot arrows continuously with his three-arrow-in-a-row technique.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh!"

Grazing past his ear, the arrows hit the giant wolf directly, causing it to collapse to the ground.

"Bang!"

A heavy sound rang out, stirring up dust on the ground.

Just at the moment Zhang Cheng landed, Legolas looked ahead vigilantly and drew his bow.

Slowly standing up, Zhang Cheng looked at the forest in front of him and said, "I knew it, the forest is too dark; either there are ghosts or there are monsters!"

Hearing Zhang Cheng's complaint, Legolas said, "Your luck is really bad; we have been attacked twelve times along the way!"

"Can this be blamed on me?"

Looking at Legolas in disbelief, Zhang Cheng was immediately dumbfounded.

"Blame me? I told you not to go south, but you didn't believe me!"

Walking up unhappily, Legolas pulled the arrow out of the giant wolf and put it back.

And just when the two were arguing endlessly, the Krieg soldiers came out holding blood-stained longswords.

Looking at their appearance, Zhang Cheng couldn't help but say, "Let's go, we still need to hurry on our way?"

Leaving five Krieg soldiers in the Elven Kingdom to protect Ashara, Zhang Cheng intended to head to Lake-town to incorporate it into his territory first.

After all, as an outsider, you must find a soft persimmon to pinch when planting a flag.

If there are many people, you might not be able to beat them, and even if you can, wouldn't you lose soldiers and generals?

He only brought four thousand people in total; Zhang Cheng didn't want to be consumed here. After all, the troubles in Westeros hadn't been solved yet, right?

He told Thranduil that he possessed an army of "twenty thousand"—how much water was in that, Zhang Cheng knew too well!

Arriving at the gathering place by the lake, a large camp had already been set up here.

Watching the soldiers coming and going continuously, Legolas turned his head and said, "Your soldiers?"

"Strictly speaking, they should be my people!"

Smiling indifferently, Zhang Cheng walked inside.

Seeing Zhang Cheng appear, the soldiers at the entrance immediately bowed and said, "Count, you are back!"

"Hmm!"

Signaling with a smile, Zhang Cheng walked forward.

When the attendant knight who stayed behind ran out, Zhang Cheng immediately asked, "Nothing happened this month, right?"

"Except for some monster attacks, we didn't encounter any other problems!"

Saying this, the attendant knight said, "Count, the people here don't seem to like receiving gold dragons!"

"So? How did you acquire items from these small towns and villages?"

Asking the attendant knight, Zhang Cheng couldn't help but joke.

"According to the Count Count Celingen tradition!"

Revealing a smile, the attendant knight became happy and appeared exceptionally pleased.

Watching the many people added to the camp, who were working in shackles, Zhang Cheng couldn't help but laugh loudly: "Hahaha, worthy of being a knight of the Count Count Celingen family, that's how it should be done!"

Looking at Zhang Cheng in astonishment, Legolas said in surprise, "You plundered these villages and small towns!"

"I paid money, but they didn't want it, so what could I do?"

Looking at Legolas with a full face of confusion, Zhang Cheng couldn't help but tease: "I couldn't just watch my soldiers starve to death, could I!"

And just after Zhang Cheng returned to the big tent, Legolas said seriously, "Release those innocent people!"

"Your father let you come out with me to gain experience, not to give suggestions!"

Speaking to Legolas, Zhang Cheng pointed to the perfect map in front of him and said: "Have the sentries figured out the situation? 'The kingdom closest to us is the Kingdom of Redania! They are relatively wealthy among the Northern Kingdoms! Should we occupy it? Count!'"

Looking at Zhang Cheng, the attendant knight explained hurriedly.

"It's too early to start a war now. We have no way to attack on two fronts. Let's find a way to occupy this place first and control the exit to the sea..."

Pointing to the location of Lake-town, Zhang Cheng's eyes flickered with light.

Because once he took Dale and repaired it, he could finally rely on the geographical advantage here to slowly swallow the entire Middle-earth continent.

As for the orcs, weren't there kingdoms like Gondor and Rohan helping him block them?

Zhang Cheng couldn't do the thing of stabbing friends in the back, but he was very skilled at hitting friendly forces hard!

Two days later, in Lake-town, located in the center of the lake,

people were looking at the distance in astonishment, because a behemoth seemed to have passed through the thick fog and sailed over.

But just when people were panicking, many residents ran out one after another.

Just when the mayor was puzzled, the angel with outstretched arms appeared.

"Boom!"

Huge waves rolled, and the *Dawn* appeared in front of everyone.

Looking at the giant warship in front of them, the people of Lake-town were dumbfounded, not knowing what to do at all.

And just at this moment, the *Dawn* near the port opened its deck and lowered the stairs.

!

Just as the Count Count Celingen soldiers clad in black armor appeared, people realized something and fled in panic.

Because the news that had been spreading nearby recently was that soldiers clad in black armor were capturing people in small towns and villages everywhere.

One could imagine how terrified they were when they encountered the Count Count Celingen family soldiers!

Getting off the ship slowly, Zhang Cheng said to the attendant knight beside him: "Have all the town residents gather in the square. If anyone escapes without permission, blow them to the sky!"

After coldly finishing the order, Zhang Cheng arrived at the square surrounded by people.

But after looking at the magnificent house in the distance, he turned his head and said: "Whose house is that?"

"It is said to be the mayor's, but he has already fled. Our soldiers are capturing him!"

Hearing Zhang Cheng's words, the attendant knight explained hurriedly.

"Such a good house, it's actually the mayor's. One can imagine how rich the king here is!"

Revealing a smile, Zhang Cheng couldn't help but squint his eyes, appearing exceptionally happy.

Because Middle-earth is good; there are no reputation constraints, and he could finally do whatever he wanted!

One hour later, when the residents of the small town were driven to the square, a young man was seen wearing half-body armor, with a black dragon engraved on his chest, sitting on the high platform with a full face of playfulness.

"It's the mayor!"

Just at this moment, a noisy sound arose, and the mayor was escorted out.

Looking at the people below, Zhang Cheng stood up and said: "Nice to meet you, my name is Luo Sai, Luo Sai von Count Count Celingen. You can call me Count, because I come from Westeros, and I am here to lead everyone out of poverty and obtain glory..."

Opening his arms, Zhang Cheng pointed at the mayor and scolded: "This despicable and shameless person, as your mayor, actually abandoned you when the army arrived, and we even found countless gold and silver jewelry in his home."

"As mayor, since you cannot guard the land and fulfill your duties, then stain Lake-town with blood to apologize!"

Speaking indifferently, Zhang Cheng sat slowly on the chair and then said coldly: "Behead him!"

"Clatter!"

Raising a huge battle axe, the knight ignored the mayor's wailing and slashed down with one axe!

Just after the head fell into the bamboo basket, Zhang Cheng continued: "Now, you can point fingers at each other. As long as there are things like stealing, robbing, theft, or insults, I will stand up for you, because the Count Count Celingen family represents 'just justice'!"

Following Zhang Cheng's words, the commoners of the small town immediately boiled over.

And looking at Zhang Cheng above, Bard, as a master archer, was surprised. Because are they really justice?

Zhang Cheng: Only children talk about justice; adults only look at pros and cons!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 679 =====