38 Chapter 38

  "Are you worried about retaliation?" Ian knew what he meant.

  "Yes, of course, we are worried. The people you want to arrest include mercenary knights. If it is a head on battle, and the mercenaries attack the knights, of course, there is no problem. But what you want us to do is only called an arrest if we do it correctly. If we catch the wrong one, that's called kidnapping! Kidnapping a knight for no reason is a provocation to the entire aristocracy. If we catch the wrong one and you let him go, he may not dare to retaliate against you, but we can't escape. Once he reports what happened to the big lord, even if I survive because I became your attendant, these mercenaries under me will face disaster."

  "So you want to silence all the wrongly arrested people?" Ian's eyelids twitched as he read this message from Denzel's eyes.

  "You are right, Sir Lucien," Denzel quickly lowered his head.

  "No, no," Ian shook his head subconsciously.

  "Of course, of course, Sir, you are a knight anointed with holy oil and an apostle of Heavenly Father on earth. Sinful things like killing innocent people indiscriminately have nothing to do with you. These are our own decisions."

  "Enough, yeah!" Ian interrupted Denzel. This was not the result he wanted but there was no choice in this situation.

  Because he found that what Denzel said was unavoidable. There is no doubt that if he does not allow the mercenaries to silence the wrongly arrested people, then there will be no mercenaries to serve him. Mercenaries will fight for money, but they will not die for money. Therefore, silencing all those caught is a necessary condition for this plan and is indispensable.

  "I only take away the people I want to arrest," Ian shook his head and exhaled. "If you arrest the wrong person, that's your business. How to deal with it has nothing to do with me." Ian couldn't think of a good idea for a moment.

  The solution was that he didn't want to accidentally kill innocent people, but he couldn't give up his hunting plan just because he was afraid of accidental killing. When possible, he will try to avoid the death or injury of innocent people, but if things cannot be done, he does not intend to be a hypocrite. When players launch wars in the later stages, there will be more than tens of thousands of casualties. What are these casualties compared to that?

  "Yes, Sir," Denzel nodded quickly, knowing that Sir Lucien acquiesced to his request.

  "Then there's the second group," Ian looked at Eric again.

  "You and the rest of Spike's men are under my command and will be stationed in the inn. After our target enters the inn, he may start to test the identities of other people, and you need to focus on these guys. Of course, I will also stay in the hall most of the time to identify the targets personally. In addition," Ian suddenly thought of a good way, "I will select a decent looking person from among your men. We will equip him with a set of equipment that is exactly the same as the mercenary knight I want to capture, and then let him sit at a table alone and drink in the hall. If anyone comes to test him, let someone go to the kitchen and report it to Martha, and ask Martha to put a sedative in that person's wine."

  "What?" Martha was a little confused.

  "Anesthetic."

  "What?"

  "Drug that can make people faint."

  "Seven hells! How could I have something like that?" Martha screamed.

  Ian pinched the bridge of his nose said, "There must be some medicine to make him have diarrhea, right?"

  "No i don't have this. But I know that there is a certain kind of mushroom in the forest behind the mountain. After eating it, it will make people weak and even cause hallucinations."

  "Then use that, in short, to make him lose his physical strength so that others can take him away quietly. And if someone chooses to directly attack our bait, then the other mercenaries will use the pretense of subduing him without causing any trouble."

  "Now we all have a mission, who will help you fight for the Blackfire treasure? Do you want to ask the family for help?" Denzel was a little disappointed. In that case, they have no chance of getting the treasure.

  "Have you seen the shadow of the Black Fire Treasure? Is there any evidence to prove the existence of this thing? How can I ask the family for help?" Ian asked arrogantly to cover up the flaw that he was unable to ask the family for help, "I am not against the so called I have become interested in the Blackfire Treasure, but that is nothing compared to my own mission, understand?"

  "I'm sorry, Sir, I didn't mean to question your decision." Denzel always showed his attitude very low and immediately apologized as soon as he realized that Ian was unhappy.

  This made Ian wonder how many social beatings this young Dornishman had received. You must know that the proud Dornishmen never lowered their heads in the face of Aegon the Conqueror's dragon, and even used a crossbow to kill Aegon's sister Rhaenys and her dragon Meraxes fell from the sky.

  "Then next, Grantson and Denzel, you each choose one of your subordinates to go to the nearest castle with Kith to purchase the armaments needed to rearm the two mercenary teams, including armor, weapons, and horses." Ian originally wanted Kith to buy himself a set of plate armor, but when he thought that it would be better to customize it, he temporarily gave up the idea.

  "Before they come back, we will not control the King's Road for the time being. We will only monitor the inside of this inn. Anyway, this is the main place." Denzel, you and Grantson will go make arrangements now. By the way, help Martha. Please do your best to clean up the hall as soon as possible."

  "Yes, Sir," Denzel followed the order and left.

  "Then there's the issue of the Blackfire Treasure. Sir Grantham, tell me all the information you know."

  "To be honest, I know very little information because I didn't act with Boss Morgan. He told me to arrange for me to pretend to be someone who does not belong to the Black Falcon Mercenary Group at the Crossroads Inn to attract outsiders who are interested in the Blackfire Treasure to hire me, so that I can be his eyes," Sir Grantham explained.

  "Did Black Falcon tell you why he came to this inn yesterday?"

  "He never told me that we have no relationship on the surface, so we deliberately kept a distance. I think his adopted son Dorian should know something. But Dorian is probably preoccupied with revenge for the Black Falcon, and he probably won't accept your employment."

  "Why do I need to hire him? If we want to get him to talk, we obviously have a better way, right?"

  "I don't understand what you mean."

  "If we were to investigate the death of Black Falcon and help him avenge his father death, wouldn't he naturally share all the information with us?"