I Become a Landlady in the Game World

"Lord, it's terrible, the Mercenary Team has defected."

"What? They dare!" Viscount Robin was furious.

"Over a dozen mercenary groups have already stormed out of the city gates, and upon hearing the news, many other mercenary groups are in pursuit."

"What about the soldiers at the gate?"

"They're assembling a team to chase them down," Foster stated directly.

"Let's go! I will see this for myself!" As he spoke, Viscount Robin immediately issued an emergency task to all soldiers in his territory.

By the time Viscount Robin had boarded the Beast Cart and arrived at the city gate posthaste, he saw a considerable number of soldiers already gathered at the entrance.

"Greetings, Lord," Pavel saluted Viscount Robin first thing.

"Where are they?" Viscount Robin asked with a darkened face.

"When I arrived, the teams that should leave had already gone. I immediately dispatched three hundred men to pursue them. I stayed back to control the situation and prevent others from seizing the chance to flee," Pavel explained earnestly.

Hearing this, Viscount Robin's expression softened somewhat, and he looked at Pavel, "Take another thousand soldiers and continue the chase for me. You must bring them back. If they resist strongly, you may kill!"

"Yes," Pavel agreed at once, his expression excited, "Lord, I will surely bring them back."

As he said this, Pavel began to muster the soldiers.

In no time, after mustering a thousand soldiers, Pavel went off in pursuit.

Viscount Robin watched the retreating backs of the troop, then turned his attention to the control panel.

And then he noticed, on the borderlands of his territory, the small green dots kept vanishing.

Their disappearance meant they were leaving the range of Barnes Village's territory.

Indeed, upon looking at the territory's resident population, the number of itinerant people was plunging dramatically.

At this moment, how could Viscount Robin not realize? These were all ordinary residents of his territory.

Taking the chance of gathering wood and stone, they had defected.

It must have been the doing of Hope Village.

Thinking of this, a surge of anger welled up in Viscount Robin's heart; he tasted a sweetness in his throat but forcefully suppressed it.

The possibility of two thousand residents and professionals leaving in a short time was very slim.

With more than a thousand soldiers intercepting, they should be able to bring back quite a few people.

And the borderlands of the territory that Viscount Robin was fretting over...

As soon as they knew the Mercenary Team had already broken through, Li Xingteng and the others began evacuating residents.

A wide array of neat Magic Arrays.

A tidy line-up of Beast Carts.

Flying Magical Beasts waiting in line.

Three ways of leaving were so straightforwardly presented to all the residents.

"Groups 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, board the Beast Carts."

"Groups 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, take Magic Array number one."

"Groups 22, 23, 24, take Magic Array number two."

"Groups 25, 26, 27, take Magic Array number three."

"Groups 28, 29, 30, take Magic Array number four."

"Group 31, board the Flying Magical Beast."

"..."

And just like that, under the orderly arrangement by the soldiers of Hope Village, a large number of residents left the territory of Barnes Village.

In no time at all, thousands of residents had been relocated.

The Beast Carts started moving one by one.

As soon as the last Beast Cart belonging to the residents left, the Mercenary Team led by Maimaiti and Lucian arrived.

"Quick, get your families on the Beast Carts." Upon seeing them, Watt and Ellis immediately spoke.

Maimaiti and Lucian felt a surge of relief upon seeing the neatly arranged Beast Carts in front of them.

They quickly made arrangements.

Once all the families of the many mercenaries had successfully boarded the Beast Carts and departed, the mercenaries followed closely behind their carts.

Similarly, in a very short period, the large group of hundreds of mercenaries was also sorted out.

"Let's go too!" Ellis said to Watt, his gaze lingering on Li Xingteng and his companions for a moment.

The ability of Hope Village's soldier team was indeed formidable!

Quickly, Ellis and Watt's mercenary team followed suit.

No sooner had they moved than the soldier team from Barnes Village followed.

Seeing the remnants of shadows ahead, they immediately caught up.

Their captain had ordered them not to say much, just to follow the team ahead.

When Li Xingteng saw these soldiers appear, he instinctively became vigilant.

But as he watched them jubilantly following the team, the corners of his mouth lifted.

Zhong Yongnian and his team were really skillful.

They had even managed to dig under the soldiers' walls.

After this group of soldiers disappeared, Alike looked at Li Xingteng, "Should we also get going?"

"Not yet!" Li Xingteng said with a smile.

"There's more?" Alike looked a bit surprised.

"You have no clue about our brainwashing capabilities," Li Xingteng boasted proudly.

Not to mention the possible gains to follow, the fact that they had already dispatched those few made this operation perfect.

The rest would be left to the spies they had in Barnes Village!

And just as Li Xingteng finished speaking, Pavel arrived with over a thousand soldiers.

Seeing so many people, both Heidi and Alike couldn't help being on their guard.

Eagerly greeting Li Xingteng's group, Pavel said, "Lieutenant Lord, I am Pavel."

"These are all the soldiers you brought?"

"Yes," Pavel replied.

"Brother, well done!" Li Xingteng gave Pavel a thumbs up.

"Shall we go now?" Pavel, seeing the clear admiration in Li Xingteng's eyes, felt a wave of contentment, then asked immediately afterward.

Bringing out so many people, he must have done a considerable deed! Could he finally establish himself in Hope Village?

Without any hesitation, Li Xingteng nodded, "Let's go! Move out!"

Thus, the soldier teams from Hope Village and Barnes Village joined forces and headed towards the distant team ahead.

The whole group was full of Professionals, so naturally, their pace was swift.

In the team, Heidi and Alike were also running, looking around at the dense crowd. It took them a while to catch their breath.

"Is it so easy to sway the loyalties of Barnes Village?" Alike couldn't help but ask, disillusioned by the day's events.

This was the first time he had seen how one could add so much to their population without fighting a war.

He suddenly understood the saying "A gentleman fights with wits, not with strength," hanging on Li Xingteng's lips—this kind of feeling was truly exhilarating!

Listening, Heidi curled her lips and said, "The main thing is the village chief's family members have quite the gift of gab, right?"

In terms of swaying loyalties, Hope Village was professional!

While the entire team was getting further and further from Barnes Village, within Barnes Village itself, as Viscount Robin saw Pavel's team also disappear from the territory, a sense of foreboding rose in his heart.

"I wonder if they've caught up?" Foster said anxiously.

Just then, a soldier from the watchtower stumbled down from the city wall.

"Lord, there's trouble!"

"What did you see? Could it be that our soldiers didn't catch up with them?" Foster asked urgently.

"No, no, no... that's not it," the soldier stammered. "They ran, they all ran away!"

"What do you mean?" Viscount Robin asked through clenched teeth.

"I saw... the soldiers chasing after caught up with the people outside and left together," the soldier quickly finished, calming his emotions.

"Pfft..."

A spurt of blood sprayed from Viscount Robin's mouth; his mouth was filled with the taste of iron.

The next moment, his entire body slumped down limply.

"Lord..." the people around him shouted in panic.