Everyone was frightened by Gerry’s madness.
“Gerry, what do you mean by this?”
Barnett was so scared he even took two steps back.
“Are you… are you trying to make everyone rebel!?”
As soon as these words fell, all the soldiers and officers around fell silent.
Rebellion!
This was a word they didn’t dare to imagine, nor had they ever considered.
Even when accepting huge bribes, they never thought of doing such a thing.
Because on the Vistoria Continent, rebellion was ten thousand times more detestable than a woman losing her innocence.
Once you rebelled, it was almost impossible to clear your name.
For a lifetime, including your descendants, you would suffer humiliation and mockery.
If you were lucky, maybe you could spend your remaining days in some remote corner.
If not, it was death.
The kind that severs your Imperial Genealogy.
Gerry looked at the soldiers’ fear and sneered.
“Everyone, Lord Barnett, think carefully!”
“We’ve already accepted so much money, Ushi City’s treasury is in deficit……”
“As the Lord, would Willis let it go so easily?”
“Do you have the courage to return every dirty coin you’ve ever received?”
“Don’t say you’ve already spent it and can’t repay it, even if you somehow scraped it together and returned it to Willis, would she appreciate it?”
“Besides, none of you, including me, could ever cough up what we’ve already swallowed!”
“Willis definitely knows this, so if she wants her things back, what do you think she’ll do?”
Gerry asked, and everyone thought of a terrifying answer.
“That’s right! She’d kill us!”
“Confiscate our wealth, sell our assets, and turn our wives and children into slaves to make wealth for her!”
“You think Willis doesn’t know what we’ve done?”
“You think Willis isn’t clear about the bribes we’ve taken?”
“She just doesn’t have evidence! Once she loses patience, or the finances of Ushi City force her hand……”
“At that time, it will be our doom!”
“If you all still hesitate here, our end will be even more miserable than rebellion!”
If Willis were here at this moment, she would surely want to applaud Gerry.
Because he spoke directly to Willis’ heart.
Endure it?
Just turn the page?
Impossible!
Now, with Ushi City’s treasury empty, it was difficult just to maintain normal operations!
And these people, living freely with her money, even expected her to just forget and not care?
Dream on!
If you can’t expect them to spit it out, then Willis would come take it herself!
She would pry open their stomachs and take back everything they had eaten!
As Gerry made the stakes clear, several small captains stood up and echoed him.
“That’s right! I think the general affairs lord is correct! We can’t hold onto a lucky hope that Willis will show mercy and forgive our crimes!”
“Exactly! Think about it, even if Willis agreed, could you guarantee she wouldn’t settle accounts later?”
“Everyone knows what kind of person Willis is.”
For a time, people spoke back and forth, and the faces of the others gradually turned pale and powerless.
Rebellion…
Was this really the only move left for them?
If Mike Millen hadn’t been discovered, they would have gone on peacefully.
Now that he was exposed, it meant any of them could be next.
Barnett’s expression flickered between light and dark.
What he and the others didn’t see was that Gerry was constantly making eye signals at the other captains who spoke.
The few exchanged glances in secret, clearly long prepared!
“This matter… shouldn’t be so bad yet.”
Barnett spoke in a hoarse voice.
“Let me think, let me think it through…”
“My lord!”
“Enough, don’t speak! My mind is made up!”
“You, go monitor the situation in Ushi City, send people into the city, and watch the Castle Lord’s Mansion.”
Seeing Barnett unable to decide, Gerry prepared to add fuel to the fire!
“My lord! The situation is critical, we can’t drag it out!”
“Now that news about Mike Millen has spread, the other soldiers in the mines who took money must have heard too.”
“It’s hard for our group alone, why not unite with them? And the City Defense Army in Ushi City!”
“With these forces combined, Willis definitely doesn’t have the power to resist!”
“Then we kill her and our brothers flee far away!”
Gerry’s words caused many to waver.
But these were people whose families were in Ushi City or who had no families at all.
The rest of the soldiers, whose Imperial Genealogy remained elsewhere in the empire, stayed silent, faces grim.
Like Barnett, they found it hard to decide.
“Enough, stop talking. Do as I said, I need to think.”
Barnett and the others left.
Only Gerry and a few captains remained.
“My lord, what do we do?”
“What do you mean, what do we do? Keep inciting! Once Ushi City acts, even if they don’t want to rebel, they’ll have no choice!”
Gerry sneered.
“Unless they’re not afraid of death.”
“Right, how’s our progress in the other mines?”
Gerry asked.
“Mike Millen’s news has already spread, and under this shock, some soldiers fled in fear of punishment.”
“Most are still watching, but anxious and afraid. If we just fan the flames and apply a bit of real threat…”
“Their rebellion shouldn’t be a problem.”
Hearing this, Gerry nodded in satisfaction.
“Good, increase the pressure and try to turn more people…”
“Yes! My lord!”
The captains left, preparing to go to each soldier’s dormitory to persuade and lay out the risks.
Gerry looked in the direction of Ushi City.
A bloodthirsty and victorious smile appeared on his face.
“Former master, I wonder if you can receive this grand gift delivered by the night?”
“Kyahahaha.”
***
Although a suspected Plague incident had occurred in the mine, except for the sealed Mine Number Four, the other mines were unaffected.
Apart from the soldiers, many miners were still unaware.
And because of the news from Ushi City, Barnett and the others had shifted their focus to this matter.
So, on Nidnia’s side, whether it was Plague, poisoning, or magic, it all seemed unimportant.
After all, if things got serious, the soldiers might flee or rebel.
In short, they barely had the energy left to care about the miners or the mine’s fate.
At this moment,
Locked in the mine, Willis finally had a chance to rest.
“The first step is complete, Little Wei, things really are going as you predicted!”
Nidnia was excited, but Victoria felt nothing.
Willis leaned against the mine wall, pretending to nap, the weak light illuminating her dirty face.
“I heard the news last night. Mike rebelled, and today Ushi City lifted its lockdown.”
“With the news spreading, the mine soldiers who took bribes are sure to be uneasy.”
“We then use Dark Magic to create the illusion of Plague, making the ordinary soldiers who know nothing about magic even more confused!”
“And the day we rise up and seize this mine is within reach!”
Willis opened her eyes, a sharp light shining within!