In Stormwind City, Shiloh followed Claire with a livid face to somewhere in Stormwind City.

I saw a group of soldiers commanding the carriage, breaking a large number of black stones into pieces and evenly distributing them along the street.

Some soldiers also bundled hay, right on top of these black stones, evenly distributed along the street.

Shiloh recognized what these black stones were at a glance. Aren't they just common coal!

What is Old Joel planning to do! Is he planning to burn the entire Stormwind City?

These soldiers had expressionless faces. Some of them separated themselves from the crowd, while others continued their work in an orderly manner. Some citizens raised questions, but were glared at by these heavily armed soldiers and separated from them at a distance.

Shiloh squeezed out of the crowd, strode up to the soldiers who separated the crowd, and said coldly: "What are you going to do? Who gave the order!"

Hilo is not a mysterious lord. Everyone in Stormwind City remembers his appearance. When they saw Hilo appearing, the citizens immediately cheered, and some citizens immediately complained.

"Your Highness! These people want to burn down the entire Stormwind City!"

"Your Highness, stop them quickly. They have been setting up these flammable objects since early in the morning. We have seen these black stones. As long as they are ignited, they can start a fire that will last for a long time. If it really burns, Stormwind City will definitely

It’s going to turn into ruins!”

"Your Highness, these soldiers are definitely not well-intentioned. They want to burn down our home!"

The crowd was furious. Almost everyone looked at these soldiers with resentment and complaint in their eyes. After all, Stormwind City was built bit by bit with their hands. Now that they saw someone actually placing such dangerous things in the city, they were naturally furious.

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If it were not for the fear of the weapons in the hands of these soldiers, the citizens would have rushed forward and stopped them with force.

When the group of soldiers saw Hilo arriving, they were slightly panicked for a moment, and then a soldier with a resolute face stood up, who was the captain of this small team.

The captain first gave a military salute to Shiloh, and then replied: "Your Highness, we are acting on the military orders of Commander Joel."

"Acting on military orders? Joel's military orders tell you to burn the city down?!"

"Chief Joel ordered us to distribute these things evenly according to the drawings, but my subordinates don't know exactly what we are going to do."

"Nonsense! Coal, hay, kerosene, these things are enough to burn the entire Stormwind City to the ground! Stop all of them and move your things back!"

The captain didn't say anything, he just stood there stubbornly motionless, seemingly not intending to obey Shiloh's order. Shiloh was furious and said with an angry smile: "Okay, it seems that Joel's men are not willing to obey."

Take my orders seriously, right? Well, I will ask Joel now to find out what stupid thing he plans to do!"

"Before this, no one is allowed to take action!"

After saying that, Shiloh waved his hand fiercely and strode towards the executive hall.

Along the way, Shiloh saw from a distance that there were Guards soldiers setting up these flammable objects at several intersections around him. Shiloh clenched his fists tightly, wishing he could fly to Joel immediately and grab him by the collar.

Ask him what he plans to do.

Claire did not dare to express her anger, and followed Shiloh closely with small steps. Ever since she followed Shiloh and got along with him for more than a month, she had never seen Shiloh so angry.

After passing through the gate of the ruling hall and crossing the courtyard, Shiloh walked straight to his study, pushed open the door, and saw Joel leading some soldiers from Hope Island to discuss the distribution of the battle lines.

Old Joel saw Shiloh walking in with a livid face, his expression remained unchanged, and he just saluted and said: "The military meeting is still going on, and various war reserves are still being arranged. Does your Highness have any questions?"

Shiloh snorted coldly, strode to his seat, sat down, and stared at Joel and the various non-commissioned officers in the study with cold eyes.

Among them were the squad leader of the desert mercenaries, the non-commissioned officers of the Storm Army, and the rest were all members of the Guards.

Everyone was swept by Shiloh's gaze and lowered their heads unconsciously. Only Old Joel did not see any change in his expression and looked directly at Shiloh.

"Pong!"

A cup of tea was thrown directly at Old Joel's feet. The teacup burst suddenly and Old Joel's trousers were soaked with tea. Shiloh cursed: "Old Joel, what are you thinking in your head!

I gave you the power to resist the lizardmen, but it would be better for you to attack Stormwind City instead! By acting like this, have you considered the lives of thousands of Stormwind City citizens?"

"Have you ever taken me, the Third Prince, seriously?"

Hearing Shi Luode's angry curse, the expressions of other non-commissioned officers in the room changed and they lowered their heads and did not dare to speak. Only Old Qiao Er still said calmly: "His Highness said that this war will be handled by your subordinates.

My subordinates have also issued a military order. If they cannot kill ten thousand lizardmen, they are willing to be dealt with by military law. All arrangements are to protect Stormwind City and His Highness."

When Shiloh heard this, he immediately became angry. Old Qiao's personal guards had spread flammable materials to nearly half of Stormwind City, and now he was still saying that all this was to defend Stormwind City.

This old guy is so arrogant, does he really think he can't live without him?

"Joel! I gave you great power, not to act like this!"

"Your Highness, you also promised your subordinates that as long as you can defeat the lizard people, you are willing to lend the city for use. Are they just empty words?"

As soon as he said these words, Shiloh was speechless. He didn't even know what to say for a moment. He was so angry that he wanted to throw this old guy out of the house immediately.

After Old Joel knocked Shiloh down with one sentence, he still refused to give in and asked again: "Is this the so-called royal demeanor of His Highness?"

"Is His Highness's measure of employing people just a piece of empty talk?"

After two words in a row, Hilo's face turned red with anger, and he wished he could drive Old Joel back to the wasteland immediately.

Since Shiloh came to this world, he has never seen a subordinate who didn't give him face like this, and actually questioned him in public until he had nothing to say.

What can be done? Yesterday, Shiloh had already promised with a pat on his chest that all the arrangements for this war would be left to Old Joel. As long as the lizardmen could be defeated and future troubles forever eliminated, he could agree to all the conditions.

Even if it was Old Joel's ambiguous words of "borrowing the city for use", Shiloh nodded and agreed. If he regrets it in public now, it will not only be a matter of his face, but also the future commander of the army will be affected.

This old Joel was so ungrateful. No wonder the aristocracy wanted to put him to death. It must have something to do with his prickly personality.

Shiloh was breathing rapidly, his chest rising and falling as if there was a bellows installed, but at this point, it was hard for him to intervene. It was already getting late, and changing generals on the spot would definitely be detrimental to the war.

At this moment, another person walked in, it was Connor.

Connor did not participate in this military meeting. He asked Old Joel for military orders from the beginning and personally protected Shiloh's safety. Now that he walked in, he just diverted the middleman's attention.

"Mr. Joel, how is the progress of the war arrangements now?"

Old Joel glanced at Connor and said calmly: "The arrangements have been made. As long as the lizard people dare to come tonight, they will never come back."

"In this case, it's all a matter of trouble to Mr. Joel... It's just that the [Killing Art of War] is too overbearing and will inevitably hurt innocent people. Stormwind City is the place where His Highness lives and lives. I hope Mr. Joel can be more careful."

Old Joel didn't speak, his eyes flickered a few times. Connor had long heard about this old man's character and deeds, and knew that he was difficult to convince others. He was almost like Marshal McMahon when he was young, using troops to take the wrong direction.

, as long as the goal can be achieved, it will not care about other casualties.

To put it simply, Old Joel is a sharp double-edged sword, the kind that can injure an enemy a thousand times and damage himself eight hundred.

Only those who are stronger than him, or who convince him sincerely, can truly adopt him as their own, and so far, only two people have won the approval of Old Joel.

One is McMahon Cavendish, the only marshal in the kingdom for hundreds of years, who is a god in military use;

The other is the honor of the Pontos royal family. The bloody lion who is in charge of the most powerful army in the world now, the eldest prince Hammond Wilf.

As for the current Shiloh, although he showed his prominence in the Royal City Competition, he still cannot make Old Joel surrender.

Connor could see that Old Joel did not take Hero's orders to heart at this time, so he silently used his extraordinary power and gathered a momentum to envelope Old Joel. Old Joel trembled all over, and suddenly

It felt like the figure of the junior in front of him had grown as tall as a mountain, and his expression finally changed.

No one else in the study felt the momentum rising from Connor at this time, but they saw old Joel swaying and then stood up straight again.

"As expected of Marshal McMahon's grandson, he has already reached this level at such a young age... Since even you are willing to recognize His Highness, I will be more restrained in this battle to ensure that Stormwind City will not be seriously damaged."

After receiving Old Joel's answer, Connor immediately regained his momentum and returned to his calm military appearance. He walked behind Shiloh and said: "Your Highness, there is no need to worry. Mr. Joel will definitely act in accordance with His Highness's orders. No,

Harming the innocent citizens of Stormwind."

Connor's words finally found a way for Shiloh. Shiloh snorted coldly and strode out of the study.

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After leaving the study, Shiloh was so angry that he returned to his room and drank several large gulps of juice to calm himself down.

Connor followed Shiloh and said: "Your Highness does not need to argue with Mr. Joel. It was precisely because of his bad temper that he was tricked by the nobles. In the end, even grandpa's intercession failed to save him."

Shiloh snorted and said nothing, and Connor stopped trying to persuade him and stood quietly aside.

Subordinates with a personality like Old Joel's are the most troublesome. The key is that this guy is really capable, so everyone who has been his boss loves and hates him.

No matter how much he values ​​his talents, he will be pissed off to death by his character.

After what happened today, Shiloh naturally figured this out. At this time, his stubborn temper was aroused, and he made up his mind to conquer this thorn in his side and make him respect him respectfully.

"Connor, how can we subdue this old guy?"

"It's very simple, surpass him in strength, or conquer him in magnanimity."

After listening to Connor's words, Shiloh couldn't help lowering his head and taking a look at himself. Now his big belly has disappeared, but if he wants to surpass old Joel in strength, it is estimated that he will never be able to achieve it within a few decades, so the only way he can

The only choice is to show the magnanimity of a person in power and convince this old guy.

When Shiloh was thinking about what to do, he suddenly felt the ground shake slightly, and then saw a circle of black light suddenly appear in the center of Hope Island. The completely black light shot from the ground into the sky, forming a

The black hole of space seems to swallow up all the light, which is extremely strange.

[Ding...the second ring of the continuous mission "Conquer the World" is triggered! 】

[Task description: Creatures in the darkness curse the sun, and the deadly poisonous mist is eager to spread. When the lost kingdom awakens again, killing and war have become the only themes of the Gulfstream Island Chain.

Ask the host to defeat the awakened lizardman kingdom!】

[Task Difficulty: C+]

[Task reward: 8000 energy points, mage tower*1, special building drawings*3]
To be continued...