Chapter 105: Re-arrangement of the Lawless City
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After returning to the real world, only a little over a day had passed.

Since the place where Reed left was relatively close to Impossible City, Reed planned to go to Impossible City to see Elizabeth first.

At the top floor of the dark tower, Elizabeth, who had received the notification, was already waiting here.

Ever since she killed Gagno some time ago, the Dark Tower was quickly taken over by her.

Then, in order to make it convenient for Reed to come, Elizabeth occupied the top floor alone.

Reed, who was teleported here through the contract positioning, saw Elizabeth, wearing a dark red dress, standing on his left.

"Master, it's been a long time since I last greeted you!" Seeing Reed coming, Elizabeth immediately bowed and then spoke.

In fact, in the real world, it wasn't long since she was brought to the Impossible City by Li De.

In addition, even after coming to the Impossible City, Li De would come here from time to time to spend a night or two with her.

But if you count the time that Li De has spent in the mission world, it has indeed been a while since Li De has seen her.

"How is that matter going?" After Li De nodded, he walked straight to the sofa not far away, sat down and asked.

"It's going smoothly so far. After all, the rumors from a thousand years ago have never stopped. Once someone mentions them, those who are interested will naturally weigh the pros and cons. When the blood moon is really in the sky, those people will no longer dare to hinder others from attacking the Crimson Tower." Elizabeth walked behind Reed and answered while pinching his shoulders.

"Everyone is afraid of death. Although the Three Kingdoms Massacre happened a thousand years ago, many people no longer believe it. But no one dares to bet that such a thing will not happen. After all, there is a tragic history of humans being enslaved by vampires, and all countries still have documents about it." Li De said after smiling.

"Yes, it is precisely because they know how terrible vampires are that those in power will not risk sheltering them. After all, they all live within the three-day moving range." Elizabeth nodded and said.

After all, she had inherited all the memories of the vampire ancestor and knew the whole story of the Three Kingdoms Massacre in Three Days very well.

In fact, the real massacre took place only on three nights when the blood moon was in the sky a thousand years ago, and the vampire queen destroyed an entire kingdom in one night.

Of course, it wasn't that the massacre stopped that night after destroying a kingdom, but there were only three kingdoms surrounding the resting place at the beginning, otherwise the number of victims would have increased a thousand years ago.

But things are different now. There are more kingdoms bordering the lawless city, which was once the resting place, than the three back then, and their scope is also larger.

If the tragedy that happened thousands of years ago were to reoccur, the casualties and losses caused would be absolutely unimaginable.

It was for this reason that Elizabeth was ready to take the initiative to remind the forces she was dealing with, and she soon received a response.

That is, once the blood moon is in the sky, the vampires in the Crimson Tower can be wiped out without any scruples.

"As long as no one comes out to interfere." Li De nodded.

"Then master, do we need to clean up the zombies created by the vampires in advance? After all, those zombies will become extremely crazy during the blood moon." Elizabeth couldn't help but ask.

"Don't worry about it. There are no good people in the Lawless City anyway, so it doesn't matter if a few more die. If we don't let others see the tragedy of the Lawless City and feel the harm brought by vampires firsthand, how can our achievement in conquering the Crimson Tower become so important?" Li De shook his head and said.

After all, for Li De, if he wants to make the feat of conquering the Crimson Tower greater, he must inflict sufficient damage on the Lawless City.

Because only in this way, after the riots on the scene are completely quelled, this achievement can be dazzling enough.

As for how many people will die during this period, Li De really doesn't care.

For Li De, life and death are determined by fate.

If you can escape it is luck, if you can't escape it is fate.

Li De didn't care whether the violent zombies would spread during this period.

Because even if it spreads, the zombies are not bloodthirsty queens and cannot cause much damage.

In addition, he has decided to make good use of this blood moon to achieve his goals.

Whether my younger sister Claire can be knighted at once depends on the upcoming blood moon event.

As for whether Li De felt any guilt, Li De said not at all.

After all, just because Sid Kagenor can cancel the blood moon state doesn't mean that Li De can also do so.

In addition, according to the memories obtained by Elizabeth, the previous blood moons only lasted for three days.

In other words, as long as we can hold on for three nights, we will be able to survive this disaster. It’s not that difficult.

After all, when the zombies are unable to move during the day, they can take the opportunity to escape from the lawless city.

The borders of each country will only block zombies, not living people, so the three blood moon nights without the bloodthirsty queen are not the end of the world, and the chance of survival is entirely possible.

In the end, Li De used his own way to stop the riots. What else could he do? After all, he didn't want to be a savior.

"I understand. After I stopped the Snow Girl from going to the Crimson Tower that night, I organized my men to concentrate their forces for defense." Elizabeth already understood Reed's plan.

"That's it." Li De nodded again. After all, this was his plan.

He believed that as long as Elizabeth concentrated her strength on defense, the Snow Girl would not be able to take the initiative to attack.

At most, they would each take care of their own business, organize forces to clear out the zombies in Happy Street, and then set up defenses around Happy Street.

Without the participation of the Pure White Tower and the Black Tower in the elimination of the zombies, the City would have to let the Royal Guards led by Claire accumulate military merit.

In this way, there is no need to worry about not having enough military merit. After all, military merit is simply the accumulation of human lives.

Otherwise, how could there be such sayings as "A general's success is achieved at the cost of thousands of lives", and "Killing one is a sin, and killing ten thousand is a sign of heroism"?

"Master, regarding the income of the Dark Tower this month," Elizabeth suddenly asked.

After all, Li De knew that they had discussed this matter in a group meeting before.

The result at the time was that a portion of Elizabeth's income was taken out to support the expansion of the Siyue Chamber of Commerce.

After all, before Impossible City was taken, the Siyue Chamber of Commerce was the foundation of the Shadow Courtyard. "No need to continue, I have changed the positioning of Impossible City, and you can manage the funds of the Black Tower reasonably from now on." Li De said slowly.

Because of its particularity, the Lawless City gathers a large number of criminals, people from the dark world, and a large amount of illegal funds. Therefore, it is a good source of intelligence and a place to make money.

In addition, in order to control the Lawless City, one must have a certain level of military strength. That's why Li De took a fancy to this place in the first place, hoping to use it to increase the overall strength of the Shadow Courtyard and the peripheral military force.

After all, Shadow Court is currently following the elite mode. Although everyone is strong, there are very few of them.

If you want to fight against the powerful Diabolos Cult, you must have considerable military strength.

That's why Li De wanted to take over the Impossible City at that time in order to strengthen the overall power of the Shadow Courtyard.

But looking back now, my original idea was a bit idealistic.

Because one thing is that if the city wants to have complete control, Li De must provide enough contract personnel.

The other is that the city is doomed to be impossible to be independent due to its special geographical location, and even independence through neutrality is impossible.

Of course, this is not absolute. If Reed is willing to let Elizabeth fully expose her strength and suppress her with absolute force, let alone independence, even expansion is completely possible.

But Li De was unwilling to do so because it would be very troublesome.

Don't forget that the Diabolos Cult has always coveted Aurora's bloodline. Once they learn that the bloodthirsty queen from a thousand years ago has been fully resurrected, the Diabolos Cult will definitely have some ideas.

In addition, the Blood Moon tragedy thousands of years ago is still circulating, and the surrounding kingdoms cannot ignore Elizabeth, a major security risk.

What if the Bloodthirsty Queen goes berserk again one day? After all, no one stipulates that the Bloodthirsty Queen will only go berserk when the blood moon is in the sky, right?

Another thing is that the Lawless City now involves the interests of other parties. These beneficiaries will not allow Elizabeth to turn the Lawless City into a peaceful and quiet resting place again.

Therefore, once Elizabeth stands up, it may even trigger a war if things go wrong.

On the other hand, even if there is no open war, there will definitely be a lot of covert wars. In addition, it is very likely that the city will lose its former vitality because it has a single owner.

You must know that the prosperity of the Lawless City is absolutely inseparable from the support of the surrounding forces. Once these people join forces to blockade the Lawless City, it will become a dead city, and thus become a useless thing that is tasteless to eat but a pity to abandon.

At that time, the choice facing Li De would be to either take the initiative to expand to the size of the kingdom, or give up simply.

Then looking back, the shadow world is the world for Li De to rest after the mission. You can play with the strategy, but there is no need to make yourself too tired. After all, Li De’s main energy needs to be focused on the mission strategy.

Therefore, Li De did not want to come up with a huge strategy that would distract him. After all, he had not thought about dominating the world so far.

In this case, it is necessary to readjust the strategic positioning of the impossible city.

Because the biggest change from now to before is that Li De is now super rich and does not need funds from the No City to support the rapid expansion of the Siyue Chamber of Commerce and the establishment of the army belonging to the Shadow Courtyard.

When he was in Iluber, Li De used his free time to carry out deductions.

Then he discovered that after eliminating the most lacking funds, the role of the City in the plan to enhance the overall strength of the Shadow Courtyard became limited.

After all, with the expansion of the Siyue Chamber of Commerce, the intelligence network of the Shadow Courtyard is also spreading rapidly, and the intelligence from the Impossible City has become a supplement.

Who says that the information that can be collected in Impossible City mainly comes from the dark world?

In addition, these two major intelligence networks do not necessarily have to be forcibly merged. It may be better for them to be independent and complement each other.

As for the military issue, we can completely rely on Alexia.

There is no need for funding, no need to merge intelligence networks, and even the army does not need to be considered. The dark tower on the city side is now only a simple peripheral force relationship.

And the relationship with this peripheral force does not necessarily have to be maintained, which means either giving up the Dark Tower directly and transferring Elizabeth back.

But this would be a bit of a waste, so the only option left for Elizabeth's Dark Tower forces in Impossible City is to become independent.

"Master, I wonder what you mean?" Reed's sudden change of mind made Elizabeth a little at a loss.

"It's very simple. You will be independent from the Shadow Courtyard in the future. The Dark Tower will no longer be a peripheral force of the Shadow Courtyard, but will exist independently as a new force that I have developed." Li De set the tone.

"My master, I understand. I will manage the Dark Tower well." Elizabeth nodded immediately after hearing this, and said excitedly.

After all, if the Dark Tower was a peripheral force in the Shadow Courtyard, then Elizabeth would be just the second to last person in the ranking among the Nine Shadows.

But if the Dark Tower becomes independent, she will be the leader of the new force, and her status will be equal to that of Alpha of the Shadow Courtyard.

"Elizabeth, can you first tell me what the Black Tower's business is?" Reed was a little curious about this.

"Master, the main business of the Black Tower is the casino, and it also operates businesses such as intelligence trafficking, arms smuggling, and the sale of bulk daily necessities," Elizabeth replied.

"Is that all?" Li De asked in surprise.

Because in Li De's opinion, the business scope of the Dark Tower is somewhat inconsistent with the positioning of the Dark Tower.

"Master, actually, there were a lot of them in the beginning. Gagno would do anything as long as he could make money, including but not limited to assassination, slave trading, red-light districts, etc. These are the only ones left now after I divested some unnecessary businesses." Elizabeth said slowly.

Reed understood what Elizabeth meant, which was that she was eliminating the dross and retaining the essence of the original Dark Tower's business operations.

"So that's how it is. Actually, this is a good idea, but it still lacks the most important business." Li De said after touching his chin.

"Master, what is this business?" Elizabeth asked curiously.

"Mercenaries! In addition, the assassination business can actually be retained. It depends on how to use killers. They can play a big role when used at critical moments." Li De said slowly.

"I understand, Master. I will resume the assassination business, but mercenaries may be a bit troublesome." Elizabeth knew very well what mercenaries were, but precisely because she knew this, she understood how difficult it was for a city to set up mercenaries.

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