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Chapter 1218 - 830: The Fool_3

"Count," the Night Watcher Captain’s gaze was icy. "Please restrain your subordinates and proceed immediately to the designated square for assembly. This is an order, not a request."Any further acts of obstruction will be considered a direct challenge to the alliance of nations and a betrayal of world security. Proceed at your own risk."

His eyes swept across the detained private soldiers, the implication clear — next time, it won’t be just detention.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the city, Viscount Vien’s dreams of hoarding goods shattered instantly.

The heavily guarded warehouse door was forcefully broken open by several Night Watcher combat members supported by Night Watchers among the city guards.

"By order of the highest commander of the Night Watcher White Stone outpost and the provincial headquarters, all strategic resources here are requisitioned for the Hampton Town disaster relief and Void defense!

Afterwards, the Night Watchers will fully return all temporarily requisitioned strategic resources." The leading Night Watcher’s voice was loud and indisputable.

"These are my possessions! This is robbery!" Viscount Vien screamed, attempting to block.

The butler nearby hadn’t expected the Night Watchers would actually take an interest in such trifles.

Because compared to the Night Watcher’s resources, these truly weren’t significant.

A Night Watcher Warrior directly blocked him, the tall figure casting a shadow.

"Viscount, your actions are suspected of violating wartime resource control regulations and Article Four of the Void Emergency Act. You can choose to cooperate, the resources will be logged and compensation vouchers will be issued.

"Alternatively, you can choose to continue obstructing, and we will arrest you for ’aiding the enemy’ and ’endangering public safety’, and the resources will still be requisitioned. Choose wisely."

Seeing the unwavering gaze of the Night Watcher Warrior and the gleaming weapons held by the surrounding city guards, Viscount Vien collapsed to the ground, ashen-faced like a deflated balloon.

Are the Night Watchers finally going to show their fangs?

Not all nobles foolishly chose to resist.

In the central square of the city, the elderly yet sharp-eyed Marquis Harrington had already arrived with his family’s elite private soldiers.

Without a moment’s hesitation, he performed a solemn gesture to the Night Watcher commander, Mage Ovid, who was organizing the defenses.

"Lord Ovid, Harrington family private soldiers totalling one hundred twenty men, fully equipped, familiar with local terrain, at the Night Watchers’ disposal.

"Faced with the Void threat, personal honor and family interests are trivial; protecting the homeland and the Kingdom’s citizens is the noble’s duty! Please, command us!"

Behind him, the private soldiers stood silent and solemn, their eyes firm, evidently having already received clear orders and training.

They are among the few local forces that have already seen the situation clearly and actively integrated their private soldiers into the Night Watcher coordination system.

Mage Ovid’s stern face showed a hint of approval: "Thank you for your enlightenment, Marquis Harrington. Your troops will be integrated into the third containment line, responsible for patrolling the west riverbank to prevent pollution spread and infiltration by small groups of monsters. May the Light of Order protect us."

Iron-fisted suppression of the restless old forces, unifying all forces that can be united.

After a brief chaos, White Stone City began to be forcibly united by the will of the Night Watchers in the face of this unprecedented crisis.

Shrill alarms sounded throughout the city, the light of the defense rune towers illuminated one by one, the footsteps of soldiers and volunteers converged into a heavy torrent on the streets, rushing to their posts.

Everyone’s gaze turned anxiously towards the direction of Hampton Town to the south.