Berserk, Total War: Second Son of Nobles

Chapter 260: Sweeping away gangs and eliminating evil while stealing money

It was another quiet night. Except for the aristocratic district, people in other areas of Mont-de-Marsan had gone home early. Apart from a few pedestrians, the only people on the street were the city defense troops on patrol.

In the slums, the city defense forces do not need to patrol all night like they do in the civilian and noble areas. They only need to patrol once and then return to their stronghold at the junction of the slums and the civilian areas.

When the last team of city defense troops left the slums, the actual rulers of the entire slums shifted from the city hall to the underground society of Mont-de-Marsan - countless gang leaders and a group of hooligans under them.

Following the alleys to the depths of the slums is the gathering place of the entire Mont-de-Marsan gang. Countless gray gangs have taken root here, greedily absorbing the last wealth of all the bottom people in the slums.

At the entrance to the alley, a group of gang members were chatting as usual.

"Hey, let me tell you, did you know that a brothel has just opened in the red-light district? I heard that the girls there are completely different from those in other places." A gangster was bragging to other gangsters about what he had seen and heard.

"What's the difference? Have you been there?"

"I haven't been there, but I've heard about it."

"Oh, you've never been there, what are you talking about?"

The gang member looked around, lowered his head and said to the others:

"I'm not asking casually. I heard it from Boss Bober. The other day, the representatives of the Andrew Chamber of Commerce invited Boss Bober to dinner, and I was listening to their conversation. Now I know most of the fun places in Mont-de-Marsan."

Then he coughed and continued:

"Why do I say the girls there are different? Because most of them are daughters of businessmen. Those businessmen went bankrupt in the competition with the Andrew Chamber of Commerce and were forced to sell their daughters. And I heard that the brothel is the asset of the Andrew Chamber of Commerce."

"That's great. Girls from wealthy families are usually fair-skinned and beautiful. Let's go shopping someday!"

"Go away, what do you have to do there? Do you know how much it costs to go there in one night? I'll tell you, the entrance fee alone is one gold coin, and you can figure out the rest yourself. These girls are for our boss and all the rich nobles to enjoy."

Just as he said this, a sharp-eyed gang member suddenly looked toward the street in the distance and said:

"Hey, hey, hey, look at what's over there."

The others looked in the direction they were looking and saw dozens of people vaguely appearing on the dark street in the distance. Under the moonlight, these figures reflected a metallic white light.

"What's the big deal? It's just a patrol of the city defense forces."

"It shouldn't be possible. They are still patrolling at this time." A gang member took out his pocket watch and looked at it. The time on it was long past the previous patrol time of the city defense army.

Everyone began to sense that something was wrong, so they immediately picked up their weapons and gathered at the entrance of the alley. They watched as those people got closer and closer to them, and could even see the city defense army armor worn by the first few people.

"I thought they were from other gangs, but they turned out to be the city defense army. What are they doing here in the middle of the night?"

A courageous gang member went up and asked directly:

"Hey, what time is it now? Why are you still on duty? Is there any adult coming?"

However, the city defense soldiers did not respond to him but quickly retreated and disappeared in the crowd behind.

"Wait a minute, you are not the city defense troops! What are you doing here..."

Before the gang members could react, a dozen soldiers with crossbows rushed out from the crowd, aimed at them and pulled the trigger. In an instant, a dozen arrows shot straight into the gang members' bodies, and blood spurted from the wounds onto the wall.

"Oh my god! Go back!"

When the remaining gang members saw this bloody scene, they immediately dropped their weapons and ran into the alley. In the end, under the continuous shooting from the crossbow, only one or two gang members escaped.

It was at this moment that the city defense soldiers who had been there before dared to walk back to the front, led by Jacques, who had just been appointed as the captain of the Mont-de-Marsan wartime patrol team.

Although the official position was given to him, if he really wanted to keep it, it was definitely not enough to just give gifts to John. He had to let John know that he could bring him greater wealth.

So as an opportunity to show his ability, Jacques became the guide of the Mont-de-Marsan anti-crime operation, responsible for serving as a guide for John's army in this operation.

After clearing the defenses at the gate, the soldiers went deeper into the alley in small groups. In addition to this army, there were three other armies outside the slums, and together with this army, they entered the slums from four directions.

Jacques was the guide, so he had to take the lead. He had coaxed and tricked the city defense soldiers who came with him. If Jacques didn't go to the front, not only John's army, but even these few wouldn't go.

Just as the army was marching to a corner, suddenly several crossbow arrows were shot towards Jacques from a distance. Jacques immediately used his shield to block his body. Listening to the thudding sound of the shield, Jacques secretly sighed that the shields equipped by Governor John's army were better than those of the standing army and the city defense army.

After holding off a round of shooting, the crossbowmen in John's army fired at the opposite side under the cover of their shields, while the soldiers in the front row also moved forward little by little with their shields raised.

With screams, Jacques finally came to the entrance of an alley and met a familiar person. This person was one of the people who had beaten Jacques with Bober when Jacques was performing before. He was also a small leader under Bober. At this time, his arm was shot through by a crossbow arrow and curled up like a shrimp.

"Let me ask you, where is that bastard Bobber now?"

Jacques asked, grabbing the other's hair.

"In... in the old nest."

"The old nest is difficult to deal with." After the soldiers took the leader away, Jacques said to the commander of the army, a White Wolf Knight:

"Bober's lair was converted from a fortress that was built a hundred years ago. The place was a military warehouse before. The gates were all plated with brass. It was impossible to take it down without siege equipment."

"That's easy. Come on, tell the artillerymen to bring the guns over."

After a while, several artillerymen pushed their cannons to the front of the team. Under Jacques's leadership, the army quickly arrived near Bober's lair. Around it, Jacques also heard the sounds of fighting and killing, and he thought that other troops would soon approach here.

"ignition!"

As the fuse was ignited, the shell hit the gate directly with a loud bang, deforming the copper-plated gate. After several more bombardments, the gate finally couldn't bear the weight and was knocked open by the shell from the outside.

Under the cover of crossbowmen, John's soldiers rushed into the yard of Bober's lair with shields and began to search for Bober's traces house by house. During this period, most of the gang members surrendered as soon as they saw the soldiers, and a small number of those who resisted stubbornly were killed on the spot.

As the exploration continued, boxes of gold and silver coins were taken away. At the end of the search, the soldiers found Bobber behind a toilet, struggling at the entrance of a tunnel because his huge body could no longer fit into the tunnel.