Lord of Hyranza

It seems that the group of rebels did not give up the secrets in Mount Pagolos. The rebels that Karl had been searching for sneaked into the barren land, and these rebels had seriously affected the law and order of the barren land.

The war horses were tied outside the security post, but those rebels did not attack Wall Village rashly, and they even avoided all the villages.

The succubus Aphrodite glanced at Suldak and said, "Maybe they are looking for the place in the magic crystal image..."

Suldak sat on the chair, looked at Andrew and Samira's dusty appearance, he could only harden his heart and say:

"Now the Badlands and the Pagros Mountains are full of adventure groups and mercenary groups. It is not easy to find out the hidden rebels from these adventure groups. We only need to inform the villages to take precautions and avoid them as much as possible. When you go out alone, when encountering a rebel attack on a village, you should send the news to the outside world as soon as possible, Andrew, you still have to go to the villages and give these magic flares to the village chiefs, although it may not be useful."

As he spoke, he dug out a pack of magic flares from his magic pocket and placed them on the table.

Andrew was sitting by the side drinking water, and when he heard what Suldak said, he nodded in agreement.

Samira stared at Surdak with sharp eyes, and asked him, "Captain, do you want to call up the militia battalion?"

"What do you think those veterans are useful for?" Suldak asked with a look of astonishment.

Then why do you have to form such a useless militia battalion?Samira's big blue eyes blinked at Suldak, and these words were clearly written in her eyes.

Suldak could only explain: "It may not be useful now, but it doesn't mean it won't be useful in the future..."

"What's the use?..." the half-elf archer whispered.

Worried about offending Suldak, Samira only said this and stopped talking.

Suldak ignored her, and only said: "Now the support squadron has begun to conduct a large-scale investigation of the past adventure group and mercenary group at the Pagros Pass, basically blocking the rebels from returning to Hailansa City, but In this way, it is tantamount to forcing these rebels to stay in the barren land, we have to find a way to get rid of them all, otherwise the barren land will never be peaceful before winter..."

Chapter 535 Infiltrating Wall Village

A road-repelling horse made of oak was erected at the Pagros Pass, and the knights of the guard battalion's support squadron stood guard at the pass.

Under the scorching sun, the armor on the knights was scorching hot. Some knights kept pouring water on the armor. The knights hung their helmets beside the saddles. The adventure group uttered a curse or two from time to time.

It is indeed a mental breakdown to stay on the mountain pass for a temporary inspection in such hot weather.

Captain Sauron scolded the support squadron six times in a row in this month, and almost all the knights in the support squadron felt sullen in their hearts.

Last year, there was only a gang of bandits raging around the outskirts of Hailansa, but this year it was actually a group of rebels who wandered outside Hailansa. The last line of defense of the knights in the support squadron was about to collapse.

The corpses of the rebels hanging on the wooden crosses on the top of the mountain have now turned into a pile of bones.

The knights of the guard battalion were guarding the mountain pass in full armor, and some sweet mung bean soup would be sent to them every day from the village of Wall in the distance. This was probably what the knights looked forward to most in a day.

……

Ludwig stood in the ranks of the adventure group. He was carrying a large bag of luggage, and his thin body was slightly bent.

He was employed by an adventure group named Golden Acorn. As a senior scout of the rebel army responsible for collecting intelligence, he has excellent camouflage ability.

In the city of Hailansa, at least eight of the ten adventure groups are named after the oak tree.

He wiped his flushed face with a towel, raised his head and glanced forward, and there was another adventure group in front of him undergoing a random inspection.

A piercing police whistle sounded from the originally quiet Pagros Pass, and a group of guard battalion knights rushed towards the warning place.

Four archers stood in the four directions of the mountain pass, quickly mounted the feathered arrows on the longbows in their hands, and aimed the arrows at the mountain pass.

Ludwig looked up pretending to be panicked, just in time to see a companion being pinned to the ground by a group of guard battalion knights.

It was an old cavalry soldier in their rebel army. He didn't die on the battlefield, but when he passed the Pagros Pass, he was caught by this group of guard battalion knights called black dogs and looked at him. His head was bleeding from the sword hilt, and his hands and feet were tightly clasped in shackles. Ludwig could not wait to rush up and fight with those guards with vain footsteps.

The old cavalryman was humiliated and pressed to the ground. He seemed to have seen Ludwig through the crowd, but at this moment he turned his face away...

Ludwig clenched his fists and lowered his head extremely low, trying not to make a move.

Calm was finally restored there. The old cavalry resisted explosively at last and broke free from the shackles on his hands, but was stabbed into a hedgehog by a group of knights with long spears, and died on the spot.

The body of the old cavalryman was carried to the top of the hill and trapped on a cross.

With the harvest, these guard battalion knights finally became more energetic. When it was Ludwig's turn, they also carefully checked his palms, elbows, shoulders, and inner thighs. After careful investigation, this kind of inspection does not involve women.

The leader of the golden acorn adventure group also gave a few silver coins to one of the guard battalion knights, so the luggage was considered unopened.

……

After finally passing the checkpoint, Ludwig carried a heavy package and walked forward for less than one kilometer.

Wall Village appeared in front of Ludwig's eyes. Seeing the row upon row of brand-new townhouses on the hillside, and the low-walled townhouses at the entrance of the village, Ludwig knew that those companions really got kicked this time. It's tough.

He had ignored the barren land before. It was located in a remote mountainous area, and some mountain people living there did not pose any threat to the rebel army, so he did not conduct any investigation outside the mountain pass.

But now Ludwig discovered that the place they ignored was the deadliest.

At least one-third of the rebel cavalry who came to Hailansa City this time died in this village.

And the dilapidated small mountain village that could have been used to gallop wildly by war horses, in just two months, not only repaired the fence of the row houses to resist the raids of war horses, but also replaced the thatched cottages in the village with stronger stone houses. This made Ludwig very curious about what kind of people lived in this village.

According to the investigation information, the Suldak knight in the guard camp is a villager in this village, and there is also information that Suldak is currently a baron.

Ludwig was thinking about how to sneak into the village and go to investigate on the ground. He has been staying in Hailansa city to collect information for a while.

It's a pity that with the death of Wizard Kirdon, the connection between the rebel army and the Dark Moon Gate in Hailansa City was completely broken. Now it is even more difficult for the rebel army to find that hidden place in the Pagros Mountains .

A small stream flows out of the village. This row house looks like it has just been built, but there are traces of many people living in it. Some grains and vegetable porridge are still being cooked in a large iron pot not far from the door. Several village women Stir it with a spoon from time to time to prevent the miscellaneous grains and vegetable porridge from sticking to the bottom of the pot.

On the dead tree at the entrance of the village hangs an oak board with the words "Wall Village", and a market is actually formed under the tree. Although there are few stalls, the variety is quite complete, ranging from miscellaneous grains, vegetables, meat, and air-dried Chickens, ducks and some daily groceries can be found. Some adventure groups set up tents next to this small market, apparently using it as a supply point.

Ludwig was carrying a large package, and when passing the market, someone came up to ask what was in the package.

The head of the adventure group immediately explained loudly that what was in the package was only a marching tent, something that the adventure group usually uses, and these people slowly dispersed.

Ludwig sat at the entrance of Wall Village, packing his luggage. From time to time, a four-wheeled carriage would drive into the village. These four-wheeled carriages were filled with volcanic ash as fine as powder. And truckloads of limestone blocks.

Soon it was evening, and the Golden Acorn Adventure Group took out the prepared wheat cakes, bought a few tomatoes and onions at the market, and cooked a pot of vegetable soup.

Holding the wooden plate in his hand, Ludwig tore up the scones and put them into the vegetable soup, while watching a group of kobold slaves approaching in the distance. Each kobold slave carried a stone hammer and chisel, Covered in dust and dirt, he walked to the stream, took a bath by the stream, and then returned to the row house, all wet.

They didn't have any shackles on them. The kobold slaves lined up and put the tools in their hands into a warehouse, and took out the wooden dinner plate from another room, and began to silently knead beside the big iron pot where the porridge was cooking. Wow, the whole process was so smooth that it made people speechless.

Two village women brought up a large pot of chopped cabbage, and these kobolds actually ate it deliciously.

Wall Village at dusk has another almost decadent aesthetic feeling. All the construction sites have stopped, some concrete pillars and exposed steel bars cast long shadows in the setting sun, and the upstream reservoir has also begun to resume work. , the foundation of the third dam will be poured soon.

The villagers of Wall Village and craftsmen from other villages walked down from the construction site, and they ate dinner in the village central square, where various dinners were prepared every night, and occasionally they could have a meal of mutton soup.

Of course, the matter of drinking sheep soup depends on the mood of the ogre Gullitum, because he is currently managing the sheep in Wall Village.

Three townhouses have been repaired in the village, and Village Chief Brett plans to complete all townhouses in the village by the end of this month.

Ludwig ate the vegetable soup on the plate, put down the plate, and walked slowly upstream along the cement road in the village. He carefully counted the small townhouses built in the village, and prepared to roughly calculate the number of buildings in the village. The current population of the village.

The cement road was built very level, with slow steps on both sides of the road, and a drainage ditch to the outside.

There are all kinds of building materials in the village. Ludwig squatted next to a wooden box full of volcanic ash. He reached out and grabbed a handful of volcanic ash. The volcanic ash was very fine, and a gust of wind rolled the volcanic ash in his hand. Far away, he wondered how the people of Wall turned the ash into houses.

Some finger-thick round steel bars are casually piled up next to the volcanic ash. These steel bars can be turned into sharp spears and iron rods with a little bit of forging, and can also be made into iron cages, but the villagers of Wall Village seem to like These iron bars have different understandings. They hid the steel bars in the volcanic ash cement stone pillars.

When Ludwig had just passed several small townhouses, he saw these steel bars mixed in the cement.

A group of village women walked to these buildings with buckets from the river, and they poured clear water on these buildings with spoons...

Ludwig didn't understand why they wanted to wet the dried building again, and his eyes fell back on the magical volcanic ash in his hand.

"Do you want to have some of our specialty - the magical volcanic ash cement?" An old voice sounded from behind him.

"..."

Ludwig was taken aback, and quickly put the volcanic ash in his hand back into the wooden box.

Village Chief Brett came up from behind, stood in front of Ludwig, and said to him with a smile: "Originally, these volcanic ashes were everywhere in the barren land, but now... the entire volcano is covered by Baron Suldak. The territory of the volcanic ash also belongs to Baron Suldak, if you want the volcanic ash, you need to buy it with money."

What the old village chief said was taught by Suldak sentence by sentence. Since he is going to start the business of volcanic ash cement, he must first determine the ownership of the volcanic ash.

Ludwig looked at the volcanic ash in the wooden box, forced a smile and said, "I'm just curious, how did you think of building a house with volcanic ash, it looks pretty good..."

He is not a fool, can the volcanic ash all over the ground be sold for money?

"Listen to your accent...not a local?" Village Chief Brett didn't intend to leave, and continued to chat with him.

Ludwig bit the bullet and said: "Hehe, I often run outside, and I don't even know what my Imperial language is like."

He didn't want to expose himself for the time being, but just dealt with the old village chief casually and left in a hurry. He knew that there were many mistakes, and if the villagers of Wall knew that he was also a rebel, the consequences would be very serious...

……

Rita and Natasha cook big pot meals in the central square of the village every day, and old Sheila and little Peter eat there every day.

Suldak came out of the security station, and in no hurry to go home, he walked towards the central square of the village. From a distance, he saw the old village chief Brett chatting with a stranger, but the stranger did not After chatting for a long time, they left in a hurry.

Suldak walked up to Village Chief Bright and asked him curiously:

"Uncle Brett, who were you chatting with just now?"

Seeing Suerdak walking down, the old village chief said, "A stranger seems to be very interested in volcanic ash, so I went to ask to see if I can take another business."

When it came to business, Suldak immediately thought of agreeing to build a villa for Karl. He had been busy with other things these days, so he didn't bother to ask, so he said, "How is Charlie's preparations going?"

This time when we went out to build a villa, Suldak asked Charlie to lead the team. He was familiar with Karl, he was also smart, and he liked to use his brain when doing things.

"Charlie plans to leave the day after tomorrow, but do you think they can do it?" the old village chief asked with some concern.

Suldak said to the old village chief: "Wall Village is about to be built, and a villa should not be difficult for them."

The head of Brett Village said with some concern: "But it's not Wall Village after all! We need to prepare more carriages to transport the volcanic ash from the depths of the barren land. I don't know how much volcanic ash is needed for a villa..."

"Then build a few more four-wheeled carriages, and not all the houses are piled up with volcanic ash, or else bring some kobold slaves there, so that rocks can be mined on the spot..." Suldak said.

The old village chief frowned and said, "We need more coachmen. There are only so many people in the village. Anyone who can drive a coach has been sent out."

Suldak said: "Or find some outsiders..."

The two stood in front of the townhouse and chatted for a long time before Surdak walked to the square in the village.

Selena saw off the last child at the gate of the newly built children's home. Signa got out of her skirt and waved to Suldak.

Suerdak stopped and saw that there were many people in the square in the village, and there was a lot of steam rising from the stove, and the smell of stew wafted far away.

"Going to dinner?" Suldak asked Selena, and waved to Signa.

Selena shook her head, she smiled like a blooming tulip, her beautiful eyes were slightly provocative, and she said to Suldak: "After moving to the new house, you haven't come yet But, do you want to sit at my house?"

Suldak really wanted to go over immediately and hold her hot body tightly in his arms.

There were many people in the square in the village. He didn't want to become the talk of the village women tomorrow morning, so he could only restrain himself.

Selena smiled slightly, took Signa's little hand, and walked towards the upper reaches of the village.

Chapter 536 Night Detective

Selena's new home is on the westernmost side of the second townhouse in the village. The simple lines make the building look square. Each townhouse accommodates six villagers. The small courtyards surrounded by wooden fences have not been completely cleared out yet, and some building materials have been piled up indiscriminately.

The main body of the small building is poured with limestone and volcanic ash cement. The roof is paved with a herringbone frame, and a thick layer of oak board is laid on the frame. The oak board is covered with a layer of gray tiles. The terrace, attic, The wooden doors and windows all exude a faint fresh smell.

The townhouses are divided into upper and lower floors, with a small attic and a terrace on the top floor. In order to save time, the bricklayers who built the townhouses removed unnecessary decorations as much as possible when building these townhouses. Therefore, From a distance, the three small buildings appear monotonous, unified and lack aesthetic feeling.

But this is nothing to the villagers of Wall Village.

They are about to get out of the thatched hut and live in a solid stone house made of cement. From now on, they don't have to worry about the roof collapsing when the storm hits, and they don't have to worry about the heavy rain outside the house when the storm hits and the light rain inside the house.

Their hearts were full of anticipation for their new home, and their faces were filled with joy.

Sometimes in the square of the village, I would laugh out loud unconsciously when eating a big pot of rice with a pot in my arms.

When the four-wheeled carriage passed the wild lake ten kilometers downstream of the river bend, they would run to the lake to pick up some beautiful pebbles.

After returning to the village, these cobblestones will be paved on the sidewalks of the small townhouses before it is completely dark, and the gaps between the cobblestones will be filled with pozzolan cement, and then the road surface will be washed with water until the smooth and round pebbles reveal their most beautiful side.

The buildings in Hailansa City usually support tall and smooth marble pillars around the perimeter of the house. The villagers imitated the style of the nobles in the city and built a row of cement stone pillars around the small townhouses to form a circle. Outside balcony.

The aristocrats like to use hollowed-out lady stone fences on the terraces, and the villagers also build solid oak railings on the terraces and balconies.

Selena held the corner of the long skirt with one hand, and the soft and light long skirt outlined her two slender and straight thighs on the other side, and stepped up the outer stairs. Signa shook off Selena's hand and rushed forward. Go to the stairs, stand on the slow platform and shout to Selena: "Selena, I want to play in the attic for a while..."

It seems that the attic of every house can become a paradise for children. After leaving the thatched hut with only one room, Signa finally has a room of her own. The wooden window was pushed open, and the hands rested on the window sill, looking at the setting sun that was about to set.

Suerdak saw that the cracks on the cement stone wall were very smooth, and the construction level of the villagers seemed to be improving rapidly.

With a faint smile on her face, Dai Lina lowered her head and pushed open the door to let Suldak into the living room.

The walls of the brand-new living room are painted with white ash, and the patterned blanket sent by Suerdak is hung opposite the fireplace. A very old very old wooden table.

Behind the living room is a small dining room, washroom and kitchen, and the two bedrooms are upstairs.

Selena went into the kitchen to boil water, and Suldak was leaning against the door frame, with his hands folded around his chest, silently watching Selena.