Faced with the accusations of his subordinates, Ward could no longer escape suspicion.

Even if Simmons wanted to excuse Ward, there was no excuse.

But now for Ward, he is just a suspect.

The adventurer's nameplate in Lesk's hand can prove that he killed the adventurer, but it cannot prove that it was Ward who asked him to do it.

And this is also Simmons' final means of keeping Ward.

"Huard, just follow them. I want to see how this ends if they can't find conclusive evidence!"

Simmons snorted coldly, then turned and left.

After hearing Simmons' assurance, Ward felt relieved and acted like a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water.

“Ah~!”

Lemens sighed as he watched Simmons leave, then said to Tester, “Your Highness, I’m going back to the palace.”

"Thank you, Lord Lemmens!"

Tester quickly gave Lemmens two steps.

Troy saw that everyone had left, pointed at Slack, winked at Anno and said, "You didn't arrange this, did you? The mercenaries are completely finished now."

Upon hearing this, Ward wanted to speak up to defend himself, but when he thought of Troy's identity, he held his words back.

But he thought to himself: As long as I refuse to admit it, and with the help of His Highness Simmons, Annuo will never be able to convict me, and you will not be able to find a legitimate reason to kill me.

"No, this is a pleasant surprise!"

When An Nuo saw Hua De's expression, he knew what he was thinking and couldn't help laughing.

Now Ward is too scared and ignores the key point.

For Anno, the lives of Omar, Ward and other team leaders are not important at all.

Just a few level six.

If An Nuo had the intention to kill them, they would never be able to come back alive if they dared to leave the royal city.

The core of this matter is that Slack publicly admitted to attacking the adventurer.

And the evidence is solid.

As long as this matter gets out, the reputation of the mercenaries will plummet to the bottom.

At the same time, the conflict between adventurers and mercenaries will be thoroughly aroused.

On one side is the Adventurer's Guild which has tens of thousands of members in the Royal City alone, and the president is a seventh-level strongman.

On the other side are a few remaining mercenary groups, the strongest of which is only level six, and they are divided into several camps.

Once a conflict breaks out between the two sides, the mercenaries will naturally suffer.

And Annuo can take advantage of the situation to wipe out all the mercenary groups in the royal city.

When preparing for the directors' meeting, Annuo planned to kick out the mercenaries in the royal city before the meeting started, integrate the adventurers in the city, and then let the branches follow suit.

Within half a year at the latest, Annuo would make sure that only the Adventurer's Guild existed in the entire Kingdom of Nigar.

However, Ward has not yet realized this.

He was still happy that he had a chance to live.

However, Ward was a little confused because he was pointed out by Slack and was a little scared in front of so many high-level bosses.

It won't be long before he realizes it himself.

Simmons may not have thought of this, but those who support him certainly did.

However, by the time Lesk stepped forward to surrender, the mercenaries had already been defeated.

Therefore, Casta and others did not tell Simmons directly in front of everyone to prevent Simmons from being laughed at by Test.

Lemens had seen it a long time ago, so he sighed when Simmons left.

A year ago, Simmons had a strong lead in the succession to the throne.

There are many more nobles supporting Simmons than Test.

That's why Tester later thought about showing off and taking his army to the southern border to clear out the monsters and win over Viscount Renault.

However, Tester failed and his army was completely destroyed.

This caused Tester's support rate in the royal city to further decline.

But Tester met Anno during this trip.

With the help of Annuo, especially after the rapid rise of the Adventurer's Guild, Test's reputation in the Royal City soared.

After all, the Adventurer's Guild and Test are on the same front.

The Adventurer's Guild did help the people do a lot of things.

Although the work is done in exchange for money, without the guild as a platform, neither the principal nor the principal will feel at ease.

…

Not long after, Tester brought back a group of soldiers.

The soldiers took Ward to prison in public.

The escort process was not concealed at all. They took place directly on the streets, and they specifically chose the busier streets.

Along the way, there were adventurers who explained to the unknown crowd around them why the leader of the Red Turban Mercenary Group was escorted by the soldiers.

After a while, the news about An Nuo easily defeating the joint attack of two seventh-level magicians and severely injuring a seventh-level magician in a competition was also reported by the audience outside the city and began to spread in the city.

Yes, the information was exaggerated during the dissemination, and it changed from Anno winning the two competitions to Anno facing the joint attack of two seventh-level warriors, and defeating them with just a few moves.

But even with such rumors, no one has come forward to correct them.

Even Casta himself did not come out to make a statement.

Because all the senior officials present knew that the rumor was false because such a thing never happened.

And if Casta and Sharin really join forces to attack Anno, then the rumors will not be rumors anymore.

When Anno dealt with Custer, he only used the Dragon Scorpion.

When dealing with sarin, other means were used.

In other words, even if they both came together, the result would not change.

The rumor is actually true.

According to the current intelligence analysis, Annuo, the newly promoted seventh-level, has the strength equivalent to at least three seventh-levels!

After the king learned these things from Lemmens, a happy smile appeared on his face.

"Lemmens, I remember that Baron Anno is not married yet, right?"

"Your Majesty, Baron Anno is single, but he has two succubi by his side."

"Two succubi, young people are just playing with flowers."

King Charles smiled and said, "Selina is not young anymore. It's time to find someone she can trust. Let Tester find a way to get Selina and Annodo in touch. They are both young people and should have a lot of common topics."

"OK!"

…

"Annuo, do you have any other evidence?"

Tester looked at Ward being taken away and said excitedly, “Although after this incident, the reputation of the mercenaries has been completely ruined.

But the evidence we have now only shows what the Red Turban Mercenary Group did, and there is no evidence of crimes committed by other mercenary groups."

An Nuo shook his head and said, "Wait a little longer. Only half of the three days we promised to have passed!"

“Is it reliable?”

Tester said in disbelief: "Those mercenaries know that you are against them, do you really expect them to help you?"

Tester felt that the leaders of Zijinhua and Dujin were not fools and would not ruin their own future.

“Because they are smart people, they know what they should do.”

An Nuo looked out the door and muttered to himself, "If they really don't cooperate, then I don't mind using some unconventional means."