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Chapter 16: Failure in Recruitment

  Chapter Sixteen: The Failure of Recruitment

  "How come you're back so late?"

  Ten minutes later, in Ochi's tent, he asked while looking at the head that Bastet had sent.

  Bastet, shrouded in black clothing, had more than half her body hidden in the dark corner of the tent. She lowered her head slightly at his words and spoke in a hoarse voice: "Ran into a tough opponent, so..."

  "Uh-huh, I see. The other party is indeed not easy to deal with. I'm sorry for the sacrifice of your companion." Just as Freddy had expected, Otchi, who was immersed in ecstasy, didn't notice anything different about Basute's voice.

  Looking at the bloody "heads" of Xier and Fredy, Ochi said with a smile: "In the end, it was still in my hands. Now there is no need to worry about anything else, I don't want to stay here for another moment."

  As he spoke, he walked out of the tent and shouted loudly: "All assemble, go and annihilate those bandits!"

  Half an hour later, the assembled guard troops, led by Ochi in high spirits, slowly moved towards the mountain pass. Although the terrain was treacherous, with this elite force, Ochi believed they could easily annihilate the bandits without breaking a sweat.

  A heavily armed guard unit, marching in lockstep, approached the valley, their heavy footsteps breaking the stillness of the night sky, like the drumbeat of hell summoning souls.

  Just then, a group of people rushed out from the valley, and it was that group of robbers.

  The defending team saw this and also stopped advancing, taking a defensive posture.

  Ou Qi stepped forward, walking to the front of the crowd. Looking at the robbers gathered at the entrance of the valley, he sneered: "Want to fight to the death? Or want to surrender? Unfortunately, either way, you all must die."

  "Oh, Ochi, you've really grown up a lot without me knowing." Suddenly, with a voice, a person walked out of the group of thieves.

  When he saw clearly, Ochi's face showed an unbelievable expression: "How is it possible, you're not already..."

  "Are you dead?" Under Freddie's wide hat brim, a gloomy and icy gaze shot out: "Unfortunately, it's too early for you to think of killing me."

  At this time, another person quietly walked out from behind Freddy.

  "What...what's going on here!?!" The two people he wanted to kill were still alive, and in his shock and anger, Ochi turned around to interrogate the returned thief.

  Just then, he suddenly felt a cold and heavy object being placed on his neck, followed by a blackout, and he knew nothing more.

  As she watched Bastard slit Oichi's throat, Cercia took a slow breath and stepped forward, saying loudly: "Everyone listen up, I am the daughter of King Wiruk, Duchess Cercia!"

  After that, things went just as Freddy had predicted. Following Ochi's death, the leaderless security team was briefly thrown into chaos before Silsa guaranteed them immunity and they switched to following her orders.

  After all, these ordinary soldiers did not have the courage to openly rebel against the nobles yet.

  Raymond and Lutz stood on the hillside, gazing down at the guard post of the collection camp. This day had been far too long, who would have thought that just because of a little curiosity, they would get entangled in such complicated matters.

  Just then, a voice came from behind: "Raymond, I want to talk to you."

  Raymond turned around, but it was Cilla. She had changed into a new outfit and regained her usual haughty and cold demeanor.

  Raymond made a gesture of please go ahead. Silsa walked to Raymond's side, also looking down at the security team below, and said very calmly: "You've already heard everything from that guy named Freddy."

  Raymond nodded: "Although it's a pity, but I'm not interested in your family affairs, and even less willing to get involved."

  This is actually true, fighting for power and profit, brothers hurting each other, it's really nothing new to him.

  Raymond referred to the royal family as "your household", this casual attitude couldn't help but make Sylvia glance at him sideways. But thinking of how this person had always been so rude, she let it go.

  "Your attitude is really... never mind." Silsa let out a soft sigh, then turned her head, her expression becoming extremely serious: "Raymond, do you want to live?"

  I didn't expect her to say something like that, Raymond's eyes narrowed slightly: "How, you want the security team to silence me?"

  Xier shook her head: "If I really had that intention, I wouldn't have come here. Not just you, Freddy, but also those robbers, I won't do anything to them, after all, thanks to them I can survive tonight. However, this doesn't mean they can live on, and neither can you."

  She sighed and said, "You... should have realized what kind of situation you've gotten yourselves into. By saving me, you've offended my uncle, and since you know the inside story, he will absolutely not let you off. Those people are the same way; even if my father doesn't take action, my uncle will still kill them."

  The uncle in Xier's mouth is naturally the current king.

  "So as long as you're still in Dinah for a day, you can die at any time."

  "Is this what you came here to tell me?"

  Xier Sha said: "No, I'm here to ask you to surrender to my father. This is your only way out. Now the only one who can save you is him."

  "I didn't expect her to be here as a speaker," Raymond couldn't help but say, "Is this your way of thanking me?"

  Xier Sha fell silent for a moment: "Alright. Although you are rough and impolite, you have very strong skills, which is exactly what my father needs. I think that with your abilities, your future prospects will be boundless."

  No matter what Raymond thought of her, Sylvia did this for his sake. Although Raymond didn't intend to be a servant to her old man, he still prepared to say thank you.

  But then Xier Sha said: "Also, before you surrender to my father, it's best if you sever your relationship with those two beastmen."

  "What do you mean?" Raymond's gaze suddenly turned cold.

  Xier Sha didn't think there was anything wrong with her words, and she said matter-of-factly: "My father would never accept two beastmen, so it's better for you to send them away first. This is also for your own good. As a human being, how can you mix with beastmen?"

  "......" Raymon's gaze grew even colder, and he calmly said: "So this is what you wanted to say? Unfortunately, I have no intention of being anyone's subordinate."

  "Why?" Silsa finally felt something was off.

  Raymond looked at her coldly and said word by word: "Because of a mere prince, I didn't even put it in my eyes."

  This was nothing short of the greatest insult for a noble like Xier Sha. Her face flushed bright red: "You dare to..."

  Raymond couldn't help but laugh at this point, and he looked at Silsa, who was furious, as if to see whether a well-bred noble would swear.

  Xier Sha panted hastily, opening her mouth several times as if she wanted to call the guards. In the end, however, she only spat out in hatred: "Fine, this is what you asked for. Remember, no matter how formidable you are, one day you will be exhausted from endless pursuit and wish you were dead. At that time, I hope you can still remember what you just said."

  She finished speaking and ignored Raymond's reaction, turning around and leaving.

  After Xier Sha left, Basute and Ruz walked over. The cat girl said indignantly: "What's the matter with her? She actually told Master to shake us off, this woman is really hateful."

  "This is how humans view us beastmen. Perhaps in her eyes, this was just a normal thought."

  "Haha, you're quite open-minded." Raymond joked: "However, it's a pity. Even if not because of this point, I also don't have plans to be under anyone's command."

  "Exactly, young master, you are a prince, how can you stoop to the level of those humans." Bast said with a snort.

  "But..." Raymond suddenly sighed: "When I left the northern wilderness, I only thought of a place where I wouldn't be treated as an outcast. Who knew that when I came here, it would actually harm you and make you suffer from discrimination. I'm really sorry to you all."

  "Meow, those humans are no good, always getting into trouble." The cat girl said hastily: "After following you out, I've seen many things that I never thought of before, and eaten a lot of delicious food. Not regretting it at all."

  Lutz also said: "Young master, please don't blame yourself, how humans look at me is not something I care about."

  Raymond let out a long sigh and walked to the edge of the hill: "Rudolph, it's only been a few days since we left the northern wilderness, but I've seen so many things. Apart from those beautiful things, there are more ugly things like money, greed, power, and status."

  "It turns out that what I thought was a beautiful place is essentially no different from the northern wilderness. No, it may be even worse."

  Lutz fell silent for a moment before saying, "This world has no pure lands; everywhere is the same."

  "Ha, this really is like you said." Raymond smiled and shook his head.

  "After a moment, he said: 'I've never cared about my prince identity, so I could leave the northern wilderness without any worries. But after suddenly losing everything, I realized that power and status have such a great impact on people.'"

  "I don't care about these things, but I hate the feeling of being at someone's mercy even more. Is there really no way to get rid of these things and live a bit more freely?"

  Luz said calmly: "Yes, as long as you hide in the deep mountains and never contact this world again."

  "Uh, this..."

  "So you don't want to be subordinate to anyone, there are only two options. Either return to the northern wilderness immediately and become your prince again, inheriting the throne of the beastman king in the future."

  "Either on a piece of land you can identify with, be the new king. Whichever choice, I will follow to the death."

  "Meow, same here." The cat girl said with a defiant tone.

  Seeing Raymond's silence, Rutz said: "Money, power, status - these things can only be said to be unimportant after truly possessing them. Just like when you were still a prince. An ordinary person can only passively accept the influence of these things."

  "So, to avoid being influenced by money, earn more than everyone else; to avoid being controlled by power, possess the greatest power; to avoid being inferior to others, stand at the highest position."

  "This is our beastman logic, simple enough, but I think it's quite correct."

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