Chapter 223 Black Rock City

Although the losses were heavy, except for the loss of Odin in fighting against the greenskin high priest, other casualties were basically within the expectations of the Locke resistance.

After all, the loss figures were about the same when they fought against the greenskin warlords before. They have become accustomed to it, or numb to it.

Although Roland had some guesses, he still couldn't hold back after getting the approximate number of casualties.

How many people are there in Locke's resistance? So many soldiers and extraordinary people will die in fighting a green-skinned warlord. What will happen next?
Even if we exclude the existence of Kan'ozu, assuming that the vitality of every greenskin warlord is sealed by Roland, and every greenskin warlord will not unite, fighting one by one, it may not be enough even if the entire Locke Resistance Army is filled in.

Roland rubbed his head and felt that he had to speed up.

If the Locke rebels were allowed to continue fighting like this, all the military forces that Roland had gathered would probably be destroyed.

However, although his condition has improved a little, he still has no problem with daily activities and needs to recuperate for some time.

"Bang bang."

Just as Roland was thinking, there was a knock on the door.

"Open the door."

Roland began to speak.

Hela, who was sitting next to Roland, nodded and opened the door from a distance.

Then, a first-level knight came in. He walked up to Roland and Hela, saluted respectfully, and said.

"Mr. Roland, General Locke wants to see you."

Roland raised his head slightly and looked at him, then spoke calmly.

"Now?"

"Yes."

The First Order Knight nodded and added.

"But the general also said that if you don't have time, we can talk about it later."

"No need, I have time, let's go now."

Roland stood up and continued.

"Please lead the way."

Hearing Roland's words, the first-level knight nodded, and according to Roland's words, he walked in front and led the way.

Hela, who was standing nearby, also stood up with Roland, and the two of them followed him out.

After walking out of the room, the noise from outside quickly entered their ears.

After the annihilation war, the main force of the Locke rebels naturally withdrew back to the controlled area. After all, the territory of the greenskin warlord was just conquered, and there was no city for the army to be stationed.

Therefore, the main force of Locke's resistance army has now retreated here, that is, Black Rock City.

As one of the important cities connecting the rear and the front, Black Rock City is not only the headquarters of the rebels, but also a key node for the flow of personnel and materials.

Therefore, Black Rock City is one of the few cities that can still maintain order and remain prosperous.

However, from Roland's perspective, Black Rock City was not as good as the old Qi that Roland had renovated and expanded. While the flow of personnel and materials brought prosperity to Black Rock City, the mixed crowds of people coming and going also made the situation in Black Rock City complicated and difficult to understand.

Although Roland had just arrived in Black Rock City, he had already sensed some of the dark sides hidden in the city.

Moreover, in addition to the dark side, the surface of Black Rock City is not peaceful either.

Although the Locke rebels apparently had an absolute advantage, there were still forces in Black Rock City that opposed them.

Most of these opposition forces came from the separatist forces in the rear.

The separatist forces in the rear are unwilling to continuously pour personnel and material resources into the bottomless black hole of the Locke Resistance.

After all, people like Roland who are willing to go to the front line to fight against the Green Tide are still a minority. Most of the separatist forces in the rear would rather put the resources into their own pockets than waste them on the Locke rebels.

If Locke's resistance army had not been tough enough, they would have rebelled long ago. However, although they are not rebelling now, they are constantly finding various reasons and excuses to reduce the number of troops and supplies they submit.

Especially after this annihilation war, they found that the Locke Resistance had suffered heavy losses and tried to unite to resist the Locke Resistance's endless demands.

As for why Roland knew this, it was of course because someone came to persuade Roland to join them.

In response to the two options they gave, namely, agree or refuse, Roland chose to accept, neither agreeing nor refusing, and just muddled the issue.

In the following days, Roland stayed in his camp, silently watching the quarrel between the local faction and the border faction.

The local faction cried that the Locke rebels were constantly exploiting them, while the border faction angrily scolded them for not understanding the importance of the front line and denounced them as greenskin spies and traitors of Donnar.

In addition to verbal battles, the two factions also had physical conflicts from time to time, and they beat each other black and blue. Fortunately, they all stopped in time and no bloody conflict occurred.

However, those who were making the noise were only the middle and lower level members of the two factions, and the top leaders of both factions did not participate openly.

However, for the quarrel to have developed to this point, the top leaders of both factions must have been secretly pushing it forward.

In addition to these two factions, there is also a neutral third faction in Black Rock City that can influence the situation, namely Locke and the extraordinary knights who trust and follow him.

Therefore, although the local faction and the border faction argued fiercely, everyone in both factions knew that the leader of the Locke resistance, Locke, was responsible for the final decision.

As long as he sides with either faction, that faction will win.

Therefore, including Roland, almost everyone in Black Rock City was waiting for Locke's choice.

However, no matter how violent the situation in Black Rock City was, even if even the civilians knew about the conflict between the local faction and the border faction, Locke remained unmoved and remained neutral as before.

Roland followed the First Order Knight towards Locke's residence, silently wondering what Locke wanted to do when he suddenly saw him.

If Locke did not invite anyone else, then Roland would be the first person he met after returning to Black Rock City.

Could it be that Roland has not yet made a clear statement and has not openly joined the Border Area Faction or the Local Faction, and is one of the few people in Black Rock City who has been wooed by both factions and remains neutral?
Are you worried that whether you meet the local faction or the border area faction first, it will lead to intensified factional conflicts and disrupt the factional balance, so you choose to meet me, a neutral person, first?

While Roland was thinking, he was also organizing what he was going to say after meeting Locke.

As Roland got closer and closer to Locke's residence, the people sent by the local and border factions to keep watch also discovered Roland's situation and quickly passed the news on.

When Roland followed the first-level knight into the simple residence in front of him, the high-ranking officials of the local and border factions in Black Rock City had all received the news.

(End of this chapter)