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Chapter 636 - 636 156 A Cornered Dog Will Jump Over the Wall_1

636: Chapter 156, A Cornered Dog Will Jump Over the Wall_1 636: Chapter 156, A Cornered Dog Will Jump Over the Wall_1 A group of experts arrived at the battlefield, met with nothing but ruins and wreckage, the giant dragon was nowhere to be seen.

They hurried up only to find they were one step too late.

Seeing the injured Northern nobles, Duke Aefero’s anger was completely ignited, his eyes glared fiercely at everyone.

Hudson’s face wasn’t good either; if his subordinates were making fools of themselves, as their commander-in-chief, he lost his face as well.

As he took a look at the ruined warehouse and glanced at the northern nobles that were pretending, he mocked, “Order down immediately to seal off the scene, and inspect the residual ruins!

Anyone who dares to destroy the scene will be punished as a accomplice of the Orcs, the whole clan’s responsibility will be investigated.”

“Fire Dragon Burns the Barn,” it should at least burn it clean.

Food and cloth could be ashed in the fire, and it made sense, but the weapon armor, even being burnt, must leave something behind.

Perhaps his orders were not clear enough.

The orders were yet to be carried out and everyone seemed to be waiting for their own boss’s orders.

Seeing this, Hudson was not angry, but happy.

Disobedience was great!

It was an opportunity to let Duke Aefero see the arrogant behavior of the Northern nobles.

Once it reached the capital, it would reduce Caesar III’s apprehension of him.

Perhaps realizing the problem, Duke Cavadia quickly remedied the situation: “What are you all waiting for, go take action!

Duke Aefero, Earl Hudson, you are late.

The evil dragon has already left.

We have recorded the portrait of the evil dragon and can organize the Dragon Slayers at any time…”

Before he could finish his words, Duke Aefero interrupted him, “There’s no need for all that trouble, just send someone to catch the dragon.

Also replenish the destroyed supplies while you’re at it.

The scene is right here and I’m not a fool.

I can see what happened myself and don’t need your explanations.

Cavadia, we’ve known each other for quite some time now.

However, you really went overboard this time.

Keep the excuses you’ve prepared for the Alliance Investigation Team!

If you manage to deceive them with those, then you’re lucky, else you know what the consequences will be!”

Every group has its own set of rules and this time, the Northern nobles really overdid it with their “Fire Dragon Burns the Barn” stunt.

But if they were to be convicted, more substantial evidence would be required.

The ruins that were left behind indeed presented an opportunity for conviction.

But this evidence could only be used by themselves and not be handed over to the Union Investigation Team.

No matter what, the Alpha Kingdom needed to present a unified front to the outside world.

They can’t be stabbing each other in the back.

If things went as predicted, the huge fire didn’t just destroy the warehouse, but it also incinerated the register with details about logistics supplies.

All the related documents were destroyed.

Any further investigations would be filled with difficulties.

If they couldn’t convict the Northern nobles, then the Kingdom would have to bear the responsibility.

This meant that Hudson was one step closer to lose his title.

However, it seemed that he couldn’t walk away just yet.

What were they supposed to do with the logistics of the Allied Forces if he was suddenly removed?

Considering it involved feeding issues, the fighting Allied Forces certainly wouldn’t allow a great turmoil in logistics.

The unpleasant meeting ended with Duke Aefero’s leave.

Now it all depended on how the Northern nobles would deal with the Alliance.

“Killing the dragon” seemed a tad riskier.

Hudson, who had dealt with Maxim before, knew that though he was a newbie among the dragon race and lacked the dragon life experience, he was pretty good at escaping.

If the dragon wasn’t killed, it would cause endless trouble.

It’s definitely worth having a Giant Dragon-brand sticky candy around.

“Respected Earl Hudson, please give the order to hunt down the evil red dragon and bring justice to the deceased soldiers!”

Hearing Duke Cavadia’s shameless words, Hudson’s anger started to rise as well.

It’s said in the name of a “request”, but in fact, he was being saddled with a problem.

In history, the Fire Dragon Burns the Barn case never affected only those guarding the warehouse, the officials in charge of the warehouse were also held accountable.

Even though he knew that the northern nobles were responsible, Hudson still had to bear the brunt of responsibility.

Although all this was expected, it didn’t mean he was willing to accept it.

“No problem, I will write to the Allied Command immediately, fully pursuing the evil dragon.

Justice will be served for the deceased soldiers!”

After finishing, Hudson tossed his hand and left, leaving a group of Northern nobles staring at each other in shock.

Hudson, the commander-in-chief, chose to give up at this critical moment, which was really beyond their expectations.

If the red dragon fell into the hands of the Kingdom, they could suppress the case of warehouse arson.

Making a big deal into a small one, and a small one into nothing.

If it fell into the hands of the Alliance, not only would those involved be extremely unlucky, but Hudson as the commander-in-chief would also suffer a huge blow to his reputation.

Not to mention anything else, just being branded as “carelessness, lack of strictness”, his road to becoming the marshal would definitely end here.

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The turmoil in the logistics department did not affect the normal operations of the front line army.

The Northern nobles knew their limits, they only burned some empty barns but didn’t burn off the supplies with it.

Other Nobles were not to mention.

They just filled up the gaps in their own, so naturally, they won’t make trouble at this critical moment.

The birth of the bounty greatly stimulated the fighting spirits of many Nobles.

Of course, the Bimon tribe was the unluckiest.

As the one with highest bounty, they also attracted the strongest firepower.