Every time dusk falls, it's Wade's patrol time.

Most of the time, he takes two or three subordinates to circle around Neverwinter City, and occasionally he acts alone—theoretically, he is now the Minister of Police and the third-in-command of the Kingdom Security Bureau, and he does not need to personally perform patrol missions. However, instead of sitting in the office to coordinate planning, he prefers to feel the front line himself.

He has been in this Western Region city for a year and a half, and his biggest feelings are twofold. First, the city is expanding at an alarming rate. Originally, it only took him half an hour to circle the city, but now it takes at least twice as long, not including the southern harbor and the eastern farmland.

Second, the治安(zhì ān, public security) of Neverwinter City can simply be described as incredible. The most common criminal acts are theft and fighting, and the most serious are these two. Crimes such as murder, robbery, and kidnapping are rare in a month. It cannot be said that there are none at all, especially after a large influx of refugees into the city, public security once deteriorated, but with the concerted efforts of the police department and the Witch Union, the trend of crime was quickly contained.

His Majesty's emphasis on "every case must be solved" is not an empty phrase here. Faced with Asha's ability to rewind time and Vanilla's tracking ability, anyone who violates the law cannot escape sanctions. Due to the extremely high crime risk and cost, coupled with zero tolerance for black street rats, safety has improved in a way that almost everyone can see.

He insists on patrolling every day because he also wants to feel this peace—watching everyone walk the night road with relaxed expressions and the eyes full of trust when they salute him, Wade always feels an indescribable sense of pride in his heart.

It turns out that he can also become such a person—a respected law enforcer, instead of a villain that everyone scolds.

This was an experience that was never had in the previous patrol team.

Obviously, the initial intentions of the two constructs are completely the same, and the methods and tasks are similar, but they have created completely different effects.

In the final analysis, it can only be said that the lord's talent makes the difference.

"Boss, do you need me to follow?" Passing by the City Hall, Whistle, who had just returned from duty outside, greeted him.

"Oh? You don't have to accompany that girl today?"

"This...you know," Whistle blushed immediately, "Actually...you don't have to be together every night."

This caused some laughter from the onlookers.

"Then you have to be careful, don't let someone snatch her away."

"Sh-Shut up!"

Wade smiled and shook his head, "I'll walk alone today, you clean up and go home first."

"Then...okay, thanks boss!"

Looking at Whistle's excited back, he was quite emotional. When he left Gold穗(suì, ear of grain) City, he was alone. He thought that he might just live like this for the rest of his life. How could he have expected to have such an achievement today? Perhaps after helping Old Man Kakusim buy an adjacent house, he should also find someone to accompany him.

However, the moment Wade walked out of the City Hall, a shrill alarm sounded in the city sky.

"Woo ———————— Woo ————————"

His face changed drastically.

The sound is completely different from the alarm bells used before. From dull to high-pitched, repeatedly and continuously, once heard, it will never be forgotten—it represents the highest level of alert in Neverwinter City, and has not even appeared once in the long Months of the Demons. In fact, he had only rehearsed relevant aspects during drills, and this was the first time he had heard it.

According to regulations, when the highest alert number sounds, Neverwinter City will implement martial law. The city gates must be completely closed, the police are responsible for clearing the streets, and the First Army will go to the defense line.

"Boss!" Several people, including Whistle, rushed out of the office.

Wade turned around and looked, only to see that the entire City Hall was in a standstill, everyone stood there dumbfounded, as if at a loss.

His Majesty is now leading a large army to recover the Kingdom of Graycastle, so this cannot be a drill!

What on earth happened that would cause the garrison to issue such a severe warning?

Damn it, it's precisely the moment when Neverwinter City's defense is the most empty!

He gritted his teeth and shouted, "What are you still doing, move! Whistle, call all the people on vacation! Firehead, you take the rest of the people and go to the city wall with me! Do as you did during the exercise, understand?"

This thunderous rebuke not only awakened the police officers, but also awakened the administrative officials in the hall.

"Yes, I understand!"

The City Hall instantly became busy, but Wade was no longer in the mood to take care of those officials, and rushed out of the castle district with a group of policemen.

Seeing the residents with confused faces on the street, he suddenly felt a headache.

Since the highest alert number was only established this year, it has not even undergone a city-wide exercise. Perhaps His Majesty Roland, the maker, did not expect to encounter such an emergency so quickly, but since it has happened, this is obviously a mistake of the garrison. If it were him, he would have sounded the alarm at the same time to quickly evacuate the citizens wandering the streets.

But now is not the time to complain. Wade clapped his hands and gathered the attention of the surrounding residents to him, "Everyone listen carefully, go home immediately, don't stay on the street! This is an alarm for an enemy attack, repeat it again, go home immediately now!"

"Go home immediately, don't stay!" Firehead and others also shouted.

Fortunately, the police department is usually quite trusted by the residents, and the municipal department has also popularized the response methods for conventional alarms many times. After hearing the warning, everyone began to move towards the residential area.

In this way, the group of people shouted and rushed to the border city wall.

Soldiers preparing for battle can be seen everywhere on the top of the wall. Banners stand against the afterglow of the setting sun. The artillery on the high platform has also taken off its gun covers, and the long barrels point directly at the vast grassland in front, as if waiting to give the enemy a severe blow at any time. Seeing this scene, Wade couldn't help but calm down a lot.

As long as the First Army is there, no matter how many people there are, it will be an indestructible defense line.

This is the result that has been verified in many battles.

Soon, the police officers were put into the on-site alert and order security... However, what made him a little puzzled was that even though the highest alert was still echoing in the city sky, why was the Western Region grassland and jungle direction silent?

Where is the enemy—exactly?

At the same time, in the conference room of the lord's castle, another group of people were arguing.

"Sounding the highest alert because of a cryptic utterance from a witch of unknown origin?" Barov looked at Wendy with a face of disbelief, "Do you know how much trouble and loss this will bring us? Not to mention whether this woman named Logia is reliable, if I heard correctly, your basis is just her delirious muttering in a dream! It's too exaggerated to shut down half of Neverwinter City based on this alone! If I can't complete the scheduled tasks, how do you expect me to explain to His Majesty?"