Chương 94: Destroying the Adventurer's Guild

Li Qinwu looked toward Miss Hana and asked, "What on earth is a white-haired witch?" Miss Hana ran over, pointing at the white-haired girl in a panic.

"She... she is a white-haired witch! This kind of person is born with a magical power content ten times higher than that of ordinary people. As their age increases, the magical power content will increase even further, but they simply cannot control it, and it is very easy for them to lose control and cause large-scale casualties!" Just as she was speaking, the dizzy circles in the white-haired girl's eyes slowly vanished.

She recovered from her dizziness and saw at a glance that her own shack had been ignited into a torch.

"Ah! My home!!" She began to lose control, and magical power condensed toward her body. Miss Hana was greatly shocked.

"Oh oh oh! She is going to blow! She is going to blow!!" Li Qinwu also felt the magical concentration around him soar, intense to the point where he could inhale a massive amount of magical elements with every single breath.

"My... home!!" Seeing that the young girl was truly about to blow, Li Qinwu grabbed her legs and spun her around in a frenzy, the young girl being spun just like a big windmill. She directly fainted, her eyes turning into dizzy circles once again, and the surrounding magical power returned to a normal level. Li Qinwu threw the young girl to Miss Hana.

"This child is given to you to manage." Miss Hana hurriedly held the young girl.

"Eh? How am I supposed to manage her!" Li Qinwu said indifferently, "However other human factions handle it, that's how you handle it." After finishing speaking, Li Qinwu left. He believed that with Miss Hana's kind personality, she would take good care of this young girl. As for why he kept the white-haired girl, Li Qinwu felt that an individual with such a high magical reserve content should possess value; he would take her along to see first, just in case she could be developed in the future.

As for the risk of losing control. Li Qinwu called Gobu-Bow over.

"Keep an eye on that white-haired girl next to Hana; if she shows any abnormalities, then..." Li Qinwu patted the big gun carried on Gobu-Bow's shoulder. Gobu-Bow indicated he understood; for a long time afterward, he carried the big gun and loitered around Miss Hana's side. The fire-fighting work lasted from morning until around 3: 00 PM. Fortunately, the fire-fighting was timely, and the dozen-plus arson points did not expand.

The Punisher Army soldiers were exhausted to the point of collapse, their entire bodies covered in ash; each and every one lay directly on the ground outside the fire scene to rest. Poloia's commoners watched from a distance, their expressions complex. They had seen the entire process of the nobles killing people and setting fires, and they had also seen the entire process of the demon army fighting the fire; right now, they didn't even know with what kind of mood they should face this demon army.

Li Qinwu walked to the front of the ash-faced soldiers and shouted loudly, "Assemble!!" The soldiers let out a burst of wails, rising to their feet loosely and sporadically, forming a phalanx, though it was much more loose. Li Qinwu shouted loudly, "Warriors! I know you are very tired, but the combat mission is not yet completed; there are still organized armed elements of the enemy inside the city, and if we do not annihilate them, we cannot occupy Poloia!"

Everyone looked at Li Qinwu with tired eyes, and Li Qinwu continued to shout, "When everything is finished, tonight I will supply blood-organ soup and wine!!" Hearing up to here, everyone began to swallow their saliva. Blood-organ soup was a specialized grand dish of the Goblins, incredibly delicious! Their tired bodies raised a bit of strength.

Li Qinwu nodded with satisfaction and gave orders to everyone, "The 1st Company and 2nd Company, go switch in the 9th Company and 10th Company who are guarding at the city gate." Taken from Royal Road, this narrative should be reported if found on Amazon.

The 9th Company and 10th Company had not participated in fighting the fire, keeping guard at the city gate all along to secure their retreat path, and their physical strength was abundant; Li Qinwu wanted to deploy these two companies inside to act as the main assault force. Before long, the 9th Company and 10th Company were in position, and they also brought 4 cannons along.

Li Qinwu then made the 3rd Company and 4th Company go guard the warehouse area, bringing just the remaining 6 companies to attack the nearest Adventurer's Guild. The Adventurer's Guild was a three-story marble building, with a white-ground flag hanging from the absolute top of the roof, the center of the flag surface featuring a shield.

The building style was a bit like a bank; the first floor was a dining hall, where adventurers ate, accepted quests, and handled various business affairs, while the second and third floors were accommodations, with some adventurers renting rooms from the Guild. Aside from this, the Adventurer's Guild also possessed facilities like stables, blacksmith shops, armories, and warehouses, being a militarized organization with relatively loose management.

When the Punisher Army soldiers surrounded the Adventurer's Guild, the Adventurer's Guild's big gate was tightly shut, and the windows were also blocked with debris, allowing the cold glint of crossbow bolt tips to be seen inside the crevices. On the roof, a large amount of personnel activity could also be seen; they had prepared large stones and throwing spears, intending to give the attackers a painful blow. Li Qinwu shouted loudly to the Adventurer's Guild, "Listen up, armed elements inside!

Within 10 minutes, lay down your weapons, take off your armor, and come out to surrender, otherwise suffer destruction!" These 10 minutes were not given to the Adventurer's Guild, but to allow the soldiers to catch their breaths evenly. A burst of ridicule and angry curses came from inside the Adventurer's Guild.

"Dog shit! Wanting us to surrender to Goblins! Go to hell, you!"

"Hahaha! Goblins! The ones outside are actually Goblins! The Goblins who died by my hands number no less than 1, 000 if not 800; please call me Goblin Slayer!"

"Are the nobles fools? To actually let Goblins fight their way in! Thought it was some kind of powerful demon army, just this? I won't give back the bounty, oh!" Listening to these curses, Li Qinwu called Young Master Lance to his side.

"Your family used to be great nobles, and there must have been an Adventurer's Guild within your territory too. Come, you tell me, what do you rulers think, allowing an armed existence that cannot be one hundred percent controlled to exist." Young Master Lance replied, "Lord, this is very complex."

"We have 10 minutes."

"To put it simply..." To put it simply, the existence of the Adventurer's Guild was actually beneficial to the lords' rule. Firstly, the Adventurer's Guild absorbed idle personnel from society, and specifically idle personnel possessing force, providing employment positions. Secondly, should a situation occur where adventurers killed people or set fires, going to the Adventurer's Guild to check records made it easy to find the criminal, stabilizing public security.

Thirdly, paying taxes, and paying a great amount of taxes. Fourthly, the lords in this world had to fight wars from time to time, and could not achieve one hundred percent control over the territories under their rule; sometimes powerful monsters would pop out from the mountains to bring disaster to a region, or a green disaster—which meant Goblins—would break out, and at these times adventurers were needed to clear them out on a regular and periodic basis. Adventurers protected human safety.

Fifthly, historical issues; humans shared four kingdoms under a common master, and the first generation of human heroes started out as adventurers, so adventurers had already become a cultural symbol of freedom and bravery. Sixthly, the Adventurer's Guild's grand trend was already established, and many strong individuals had joined the Adventurer's Guild—for example, Leon's hero party were all registered adventurers; wanting to move against them, should resistance be met, a grand turmoil might break out.

Seventhly, when each term's Adventurer's Guild president assumed office, they would give guarantees to the royal families, great nobles, Mage Guild, and the High Priestess of the Goddess of Life not to participate in the various factions' contentions for interests.

"Lord, the above are the reasons why the Adventurer's Guild can exist." Li Qinwu curled his lip.

"You say so much, but isn't it just that the rulers are no good, lacking the determination to deal with the Adventurer's Guild? I simply don't believe that the Adventurer's Guild has never caused chaos in history." Li Qinwu could know even using his toes that the Adventurer's Guild had absolutely done things to disrupt the court.

Never mind that the Adventurer's Guild president had gone to various big figures to give guarantees; once an actual melee among lords was encountered, being an armed force with capability, even if you didn't want to enter the field you would be forced to enter the field. Young Master Lance nodded with admiration.

"Lord, your wisdom makes one marvel; in history, the Adventurer's Guild indeed interfered multiple times in the private fights of lords, and reaped quite a lot of interests. There were also lords who wanted to eradicate the Adventurer's Guild within their territories, but the ends were never too good. Mainly because the populace indeed has a demand existing, and adventurers satisfied these demands." Li Qinwu waved his hand.

"Bullshit demands! Public security, employment positions, maintaining the safety of surrounding regions, providing jobs—these are originally the obligations of rulers! The Adventurer's Guild is just a private armed force whose tail is too big to wag! Pass my command, shell the Adventurer's Guild, kill our way inside, and leave not a single one!!"

Adventurers were a pack of idle social personnel possessing force; they served money, did not respect the commands of local rulers, and only looked at the quests hung on the Guild quest board, having already cultivated a personality of despising authority. Such people were super dangerous. Li Qinwu would rather let go of ten thousand soldiers from good families than let go of 100 adventurers. Boom boom boom!!!

The sound of cannons rang out, and cannonballs smashed open the Adventurer's Guild's big gate; the Punisher Army soldiers swarmed inside, and the sounds of gunshots and screams echoed through the Adventurer's Guild. A few minutes later, a team of Punisher Army soldiers rushed onto the third-floor roof, a few shots shooting to death the adventurers guarding the roof. They pulled down the white-ground shield flag and threw it down the building, hoisting up a Union Round-Star Flag.