Chapter 215, Solar Panels

Chapter 215, Solar Panels

The crowd's attention was drawn.

At the same time, a patrol squad quickly climbed onto the stone pedestal, covering the man's mouth, while two others carried him off swiftly.

No matter how much the man whimpered and struggled, he couldn't break free from their grip.

After the group left, the person holding the flyers climbed back onto the platform and said loudly, "It says here that during the Warhammer Party's attack, the Iron Guard Knights were defeated at every turn... it was Captain Wu Heng who killed the Warhammer leader and, according to the agreement with the city lord, took over the East and North Districts."

As soon as these words were spoken, the crowd began discussing again.

It seemed different from what others had been saying in the past few days.

The result was the same: the necromancer gained control over the East and North Districts, but the process was entirely different.

One said the necromancer took advantage of the situation, using the lives of the city's residents to threaten the city lord.

The other said the necromancer defeated the Warhammer Party, and the city lord honored the agreement, ceding the two districts.

Everyone looked at each other, unsure of what to believe.

They continued listening to the person on the stone pedestal, who kept reading from the flyer.

......

Inner City, City Lord's Mansion.

City Lord Elno sat at the dining table, cutting slices of meat and placing them into his mouth with a fork.

Below him sat two city officials.

Elno wiped his mouth with a napkin and asked, "How are things progressing?"

One of the officials replied, "Rest assured, my lord. After all, this is our domain. His reputation in the city is likely ruined by now. In a few days, the residents of the two districts might all leave, leaving him with an empty city."

"Heh, that's good."

"Should we arrange something—like killings or imprisonment—so word reaches the Guild? He won't even be able to remain a captain," the other official suggested.

Elno paused, then immediately shook his head, "Don't do that. We don't want to create another Skull-Crusher. We wouldn't have peace then."

"Yes, yes, the city lord is wise."

"Keep ramping up the rumors."

"Understood, I'll—"

Tap, tap, tap~

Urgent footsteps echoed.

A servant rushed in with a piece of paper.

He glanced at those present and bowed, "My lord, there's something you should see."

Elno looked at him, "What is it? Speak directly."

The flyer was handed over, "This is something being distributed in the Outer City. They claim it was produced by the Guild."

Elno narrowed his eyes, taking the flyer.

As he read through it, his eyes widened, filled with shock and anger.

Bam!

Elno slammed his hand on the table, standing up abruptly.

The two officials jumped in surprise.

One whispered, "My lord, is it... bad news?"

The flyer was tossed over to them.

They took it and carefully read through it.

Their eyes also widened gradually.

It detailed many things, but in summary, there were two key points.

First, the necromancer had repelled the Warhammer Party, saving all of Rentam City.

Second, the Iron Guard Knights were utterly incapable of defending the city, relying on false authority. When faced with the Warhammer Party, they abandoned the Outer City and retreated to the Inner City to protect the nobles.

It was a blatant public humiliation of the city lord and the Iron Guard Knights.

If it were false, Elno might not have been so furious.

But everything written was true.

"Was this distributed by the Guild?" one official asked, curious.

Local Guilds always maintained good relations with the city lord, so something like this was unusual.

"It's said to have come from the Guild," the servant said cautiously, keeping his head down.

Elno shot him a cold glance, saying, "That kid did this. Even if Gomez lost his mind, he wouldn't do such a thing."

"What should we do?" one official asked.

Elno sat back in his chair, closing his eyes in thought, then said, "Pause the spread of our rumors for now. Find someone to mediate this situation."

"Uh? Oh, alright!" The official nodded.

"That's all for the luncheon. Go deal with this first."

"Yes, my lord!"

The officials stood and left quickly.

......

Wu Heng led his squad on a patrol around the two districts.

Since he was wearing a helmet, not many people recognized him, so no one approached.

Along the way, they saw several people reading aloud from the flyers.

Wu Heng stood among the crowd, eavesdropping for a while.

Most people found the content believable. After all, the Iron Guard Knights were known to ignore the Outer City and would definitely retreat to the Inner City when faced with the Warhammer Party.

But that didn't mean they trusted the necromancer's rule.

The necromancer's reputation wasn't much better than the Warhammer Party's.

Many rumors continued to circulate.

People were discussing the situation.

After listening for a while, Wu Heng and his group left.

"Captain, the way that guy was talking, it sounded like he'd seen it all firsthand," Duke said, walking quickly to catch up.

Wu Heng replied in a low voice, "One of Wen Mansa's people."

"Oh, I see!" Duke nodded, and the other two also realized it was someone they had planted.

They continued walking a few more steps.

Duke asked again, "Captain, is the city safe now?"

"If you're asking about the Warhammer situation, then yes, it's safe for now. But the city is still in chaos, so be cautious," Wu Heng answered.

"Glask told me before he left to let him know when things were safe so he could come back and resume business. I'm thinking of writing to him," Duke said.

"You can start preparing. There shouldn't be any more major issues."

"Alright."

Wu Heng led the squad on a patrol.

After confirming everything was fine, he said, "Alright, there's nothing else for today. You can all head home. No need to go to the Guild every day. When the Stewards return, I'll send someone to notify you."

"Got it, Captain. We'll head back then."

They all waved and went their separate ways.

......

Dusk.

After dinner.

Wen Mansa said, "Someone came from the city lord's mansion."

"Oh? What did they say?" Wu Heng asked.

"They said there's a gang spreading rumors against you in the city, and they've already had the knights arrest those responsible." Wen Mansa shrugged, "That's what they said."

So they were pushing the blame elsewhere.

"They came all the way over just to tell you that?"

"They asked if we could stop distributing the flyers. I told them I'd ask you what to do," Wen Mansa said.

They were trying to mediate.

Wu Heng thought for a moment and said, "We went through the trouble of making all these copies, so there's no way we'll stop now. Just ignore them for the time being."

"Understood!"

They chatted in the living room for a while before heading upstairs to rest.

......

The next day, around noon.

Zombie World.

Wu Heng stepped out of his residence and saw the convoy had already returned, parked in the courtyard.

In addition to the original trucks and vans, there were five buses reinforced with steel plates and bars.

The survivors from the prison were unloading supplies from the buses.

Seeing the courtyard filled with skeletons, they showed no signs of fear.

When Wu Heng came down from upstairs.

They waved and greeted him from afar.

Li Yanhong walked over and said, "Everyone's here. Today we'll assign rooms and living spaces, and tomorrow we can start scavenging for supplies nearby."

"Alright, you handle it."

"Okay." Li Yanhong nodded, then added, "The Flame God Shelter is gathering survivors from other shelters to launch an attack on a factory."

"A factory? What kind of factory?"

"According to them, it's a solar panel factory. They plan to join forces to take it over and solve the power supply issues for the sanctuary," Li Yanhong explained.

Solar panels?