The knight Saben was a little stunned and stammered, "Your Excellency, I, I don't quite understand what you mean."

“I mean very simple”

Varam stared at Saben coldly and cruelly: "You carry a sword on you. This is the real reason why I allow you to kneel down. You are a knight and a warrior. Just use your way to gain my trust. Remember, you only have one chance."

Saben's face looked a little better. He understood the implicit meaning of Valam's words. So he drew out his sword and strode to the middle-aged man who was in a coma. The moment he raised the sword high and wanted to stab the other person's heart hard, he suddenly seemed a little hesitant.

However, the complex and hesitant expression only appeared on Sambo's face for less than a second, and everyone present saw that the sword in his hand had fallen, pierced the middle-aged man's heart, and then pulled it out, bringing a burst of blood that soared into the sky.

Sambong closed his eyes and felt the bloody heat splattering on his body from bottom to top. By the time he opened his eyes, he had become very crazy, with indescribable fierceness and cruelty all over his body.

Valam looked at the scene with his eyes slanted. When the knight Saben turned around and his eyes released inquiry and flattery, Valam also shook his head gently.

“Not enough”

Valam was filled with ridicule and sarcasm in his heart, but his expression was extremely serious: "You are not trusted enough for this person alone."

Saben swallowed a bloody saliva hard, and followed the guidance of Valam's gaze, he saw Count Lasson who had just climbed up from the ground.

With his wet left hand, Saben became a bloody man. He knelt down at Valam again, and with heavy breathing, a roar like a beast in his throat: "Sir, before proving that I am absolutely loyal, can I ask what kind of reward I can get?"

Valam's ridicule began to appear on the surface. This is the true willingness to be loyal. No one can use the guy without desires and wants, and he dare not use it at all. Only speculators will be bound together by interests and can be talked about true allegiance.

"What do you want?"

Saben lowered his head, with humility in his words and unconcealable excitement: "I want Savanna, the Count's eldest daughter."

Varam's smile looked extremely ferocious. He nodded: "This is the reward you deserve. You know what to do."

An indescribable fanaticism rolled in the body of the knight Sabomon. He stood up, held his sword, walked towards the Earl's family, stood in front of a young and beautiful woman, stared for a few seconds, suddenly swung his fist and hit the girl's waist. The girl suddenly felt so painful that she bowed her whole body. Sabomon lowered her head, grabbed her clothes, and carried her whole body on her shoulders, her face covered in blood, showing fierce and satisfied ecstasy.

"Saben, what do you think? Let go of my daughter"

The gray-haired Count Lasson screamed desperately and shouted at the knight Saben at the top of his lungs: "You, you can't do this. I picked you up from the slums, I raised you to be a human, and let you receive the best education and become a knight. You, you actually killed my son, and now you want my daughter. You, you, you..."

"You can't die old bastard"

Saben turned around and kicked the count's chest hard, his muscles twisted, and he roared loudly with all his strength: "You always say that everything is for me, why don't you agree to my proposal? Why don't you marry Savanna to me? I'm working hard for you, just to be your guardian dog? Savanna is mine, but she is no longer a noble count lady. When I feel good enough, I will sell her to a slave trader. Don't stare at me with such a vicious look, as you are looking for all this."

After saying that, Saben waved the sword in his hand with all his might. The count's head was chopped off on the spot, and a clear bloodline was rolled out on the ground.

The design of the "Kunming" castle follows the most practical fighting rules. Su Hao abandoned all beautiful elements, and all designs started from a practical perspective. The power he currently has is not very strong. Except for the indispensable staff in the zircon mine, there are only more than 200 guardians inside and outside the castle.

KRIj, the army soldiers under Lieutenant Nelson, have entered the mine. They have a systematic living space, which is brought by a mechanical transport vehicle and automatically completed according to fixed procedures. KRIj does not need Su Hao to provide food, and there is a complete set of small food production and processing workshops in the military camp, which is enough to maintain about twice the daily consumption of the combat squad.

The number of zircons transported back to the main world in each batch has increased to thirty tons. In addition to the part that must be handed over, Su Hao also obtained generous military achievements from Dai Xiaolou. Of course, the word "full" is compared to ordinary people. Although Su Hao is currently the major of the "Iron Warriors" minion army, he is not a real officer of the main army. According to Dai Xiaolou, if you want to truly become a member of the main army, you must go through a complicated and cumbersome assessment period. In contrast, paying ore honestly and accumulating military achievements step by step to achieve identity transformation is the safest way.

Qiao Yuheng's death did cause some trouble for Su Hao. The Qiao family filed a complaint with the Supreme Court of the Empire and successfully received a reply from the court to enter the review stage. However, the matter did not continue as expected. In addition to Captain Nelson, more than 20 "Iron Warriors" fighters became witnesses of the incident that day. Dai Xiaolou presented sufficient evidence to show that the incident was completely initiated by the deceased Qiao Yuheng. At that time, Konoha Town was already Su Hao's private territory, and Qiao Yuheng's entry without authorization was illegal. No matter how to apply any imperial code, Su Hao's counterattack was not an exaggeration. At most, the solution to the problem was simple and crude.

The Qiao family was not willing to give up. They spent a lot of money to save the situation from other ways. However, Su Hao presented documents signed by Lieutenant General Steinberg in court, proving that Konoha Town was included in the sphere of influence by the main legion of the "Iron Warriors" a few months ago and became one of the important resource supply points for the General Administration of the Legion Industry. Therefore, Qiao Yuheng's various actions were provocations to the main legion. According to the imperial military rules, the Qiao family must pay a fine of up to 800,000 gold coins within the prescribed time limit, or compensate with resources of the same value.

The benefits obtained from the space field are not just those on the surface. In addition to zircon, fur and grain are also important trade commodities between Kunming Castles transported to the third stage main world. Konoha Town itself does not produce grain, and all the food consumed daily is transported from the empire's domestic domain. As a town manager, Su Hao must take out a large part of the income, buy grain from merchants, and maintain the normal operation of Konoha Town. As for fur, the thorn bear skin is even better in quality and higher in price than werewolf fur.

Qiao Tianyu was indifferent to the struggle between the family and Su Hao. He now began to trade fur and arms between Konoha Town and the Imperial Domain. Although there was no profit in food trade, Qiao Tianyu believed that with Su Hao's further exploration of the space field, more special commodities could be found. In this case, a large number of armed personnel stationed in the resource distribution center will inevitably be escorted, and arms will become something with higher profit value.

I'm afraid that only by using the phrase "spend money like flowing water" can we describe Su Hao's current situation. The 200,000 gold coins reward from the Imperial Research Department has been spent. About 10% of the zircons transported by Su Hao were replaced by various building materials by Su Hao. The current Konoha Town is equivalent to a war fortress set up by humans in the border area. Under the attention of Lieutenant General Steinberg, two large-caliber fortress cannons were transported to Konoha Town, and were installed by professional technicians of the Legion. This cannon is powerful and usually only available in the Legion fortress. This also shows that the senior management of the "Iron Warriors" Legion attaches importance to Konoha Town and must ensure the stable supply of zircon sources.

It was at this time that Garros came to Konoha Town for the second time.

Compared to the last time he came, the changes here shocked him.

The outer wall of the town is no longer an ordinary steel-concrete structure, but a layer of mechanical drilling is added to the surface. This setting is to add steel plates to the surface of the city wall, which can withstand the attacks of dark creatures using heavy guns and other weapons. Of course, the defense of the armored wall doubles, and the price is also amazingly high. Garros does not think that Su Hao has the ability to complete such an expensive project. However, the fact is right in front of him, and perhaps it is only a matter of time before he finishes it.

The warning tower has been completely modified. It is no longer the four-sided transparent building that used to be facing, but a fully enclosed and rotatable building similar to the turret of the chariot. All weapons are changed to a joint cannon. The tower body and the ground are connected by elevators. The ammunition supply system is convenient and flexible, and can be monitored in and out of the town as needed. Of course, this kind of transformation cost is definitely not a small amount. Even the family of Garross must carefully consider if they want to carry out such transformations in the main control city.

There are dozens of light chariots in Konoha Town, and some important buildings are transformed according to combat needs. They form three internal and external defense lines together with the city walls and the warning tower. Even if they encounter dark creatures of the last large-scale attack, they will have enough firepower to block the enemy outside and kill them one by one in an orderly manner.

When Garros met Su Hao, he was wearing power armor and preparing to lead the next group of armed personnel into the space passage.

"The changes in you are so great. If I hadn't seen them with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed that all this was true."

Garros's feelings did not resonate at all. Su Hao looked at him coldly: "If you have anything, just say it."

The negative effects brought by Qiao Yuheng have not been completely cleared from Su Hao's mind. The experience of coming to the third stage of the world made Su Hao increasingly disgusted with the word "noble". Although Garros is a fair figure among the nobles, Su Hao did not have a deep friendship with him, so naturally there is no trust.

"Obviously, you have bias against me."

Garros no longer had the arrogance and indifference of a noble young man. Although there was a hint of resentment in his words, it sounded somewhat low-key: "I don't want to explain more about this issue. It's just a waste of time. I know you don't have a good impression of me. Too damn it is simply the mistake of that idiot Brito. I was just with him last time, so I was affected by the fish. You have achieved your goal, and Brito has become disabled, and he can't even complete the action of sitting up from the bed."

Su Hao's eyes released a cold murderous intent: "What, do you want to be upset for him?"

"How is that possible?"

Garros spread his hands and looked innocent: "I don't like that sarcastic guy at all. I just regret that why didn't you shoot his head at that time, but you'd save his life?"

Su Hao sneered and said lightly: "I deliberately. He died, but it is a relief. I know that you nobles can open joints in the upper level of the empire, spend a lot of money, and get several places for broken limb regeneration surgery at the Imperial Institute. However, once the central nervous system is damaged, it will never be repaired. Perhaps in a few hundred years, when medical technology develops to a higher level, this situation will change. However, so far, and in the next few decades, Brito will always be a useless person who cannot stand up. He can only become a bunch of flesh with thinking ability, which is what I want."

Garros couldn't help but chill. He suddenly realized that Su Hao was far more cruel than he looked on the outside. Perhaps, things had exceeded his original plan. Maybe even his father could not really see through this mercenary and put him on a too low level.

"I have no hostility to you."

Garros reiterated his position and his words became cautious and careful: "I think we can be friends. At least, we should be partners."

Su Hao picked up a piece of armor from the table next to him and put it in his arm, turned around, and looked at him deeply: "This kind of thing is not as simple as saying it. I rarely believe in others. I can't see the possibility of cooperation between us."

"You are not a god, and you cannot be omniscient and unpredictable in everything."

The expression on Garros's face seemed a little weird: "There are many things in this world that are beyond your expectations, and even much more terrifying than you think. When facing danger, no matter who you want to get help. You are only one person, and even if you get the help of the main legion of the "Iron Warriors", you still can't fight against all the troubles alone."

Su Hao stopped the injury and slowly stroked the smooth steel armor shell on his arm. He frowned: "What are you referring to?"

"I have to admit that you do have a talent that is incomparable to ordinary people in terms of management. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed that the land under my feet was Konoha Town."

Garros obviously had expected Su Hao to ask: "We all know what space exploration is. My family also has several space territories, and the production from there supports my family to maintain it until now. The Empire is like a huge spider, spitting spider silk in countless space fields, continuously obtaining nutrients, and making itself stronger. Including your Konoha Town, it is also an endpoint of the source of nutrition in the Empire. From this level, you should be safe. Because spiders cannot fixate the carefully woven spider webs. However, even spiders need to sleep and rest. They cannot take care of every corner at all times. If you want to get real safety, you must rely on the spider webs to be strong enough to withstand the impact from any direction."

Su Hao thought for a few seconds, his voice heavy: "Brito's family wants to steal my space domain?"

"The existence of zircon is not a secret."

Garros looked at Su Hao's eyes seriously, and smiles filled his face. It can be seen that it is only now that Su Hao truly has the intention to have a direct conversation with him. This is exactly what Garros wants.

"A blue-level mineral vein is enough to become the largest source of wealth. After all, the Clement family is a noble family. In the case of Brito, they have lost a family heir. Moreover, as long as they obtain Konoha Town, it means that they have a stable source of zircon. If it weren't for the limitations of the imperial law, they would have swallowed it up to two cleanses long ago."

Su Hao's voice became a little weird: "Do they actually want to occupy this place?"

“As long as there is no legal problem.”

Garros' expression and voice were very serious: "If it were me, I would do this. Only when the real person was captured will the thief be sentenced to imprisonment by the court. Without evidence, robbers can succeed in killing people. He will take it for granted to enjoy the benefits that did not belong to him. No one accused or verified, and no one wants to pursue the murder and robbery to the end, then everything becomes natural and all behaviors become reasonable and legal."

Hearing this, Su Hao suddenly looked up, looked at Garros, and said solemnly: "Thank you."

After the last battle with the dark creatures, Su Hao was waiting for revenge from the Britto family. However, things did not go as he imagined. The Clemen family remained silent and seemed not to want to pursue this at all.

Su Hao knew that this was not normal. It was equivalent to an extra time bomb around him that he had been detonated at some point. It was precisely because of this that he did not refuse Dai Xiaolou's suggestion to send a combat team to the space field. In this way, the zircon mine was at least safe, and he could also shrink some of his manpower to increase the combat effectiveness of Konoha Town.
Chapter completed!