Lord of Hyranza

The pair of guard battalion knights stopped, and the leader of the knight captain replied: "It's not too far away, turn left at the crossroad ahead, and then walk through three houses and you will be there."

The knight captain paused for a moment, and then asked respectfully, "My lord, do you need us to guide you?"

After hearing this, Suldak waved his hands and said, "Oh, no need, I went there once during the day, so I should be able to find it."

After speaking, he took Samira and Carrie Decker and continued walking along the street. The crisp sound of horseshoes was heard far and wide in the dark street.

Suldak just walked the street once, and he could see some clues. The huge Epsom City has no defensive strength at all.

Chapter 1390 Night

The current situation in Epsom City is very special. Although the streets and alleys in Epsom City are crowded with refugees who fled from the other four counties, at least half of the houses in the aristocratic neighborhoods in the city are currently empty.

There are so many people in the city all of a sudden, but the real defense force is pitifully small.

Suldak and his party walked through most of the aristocratic neighborhoods, but only encountered a guard battalion knight. This kind of situation is very rare even in Hailansa City, which has a good law and order situation.

The aristocratic block is usually the block that the guard battalion focuses on, and now there are a large number of refugees in Epsom City. If the patrol route is arranged according to normal thinking, the aristocratic block will also be the top priority, but now Suldak walks On the street, there were no guard battalion knights to be seen at all.

After much deliberation, there can only be one situation, the defense force in the city is extremely weak.

In other words, most of the soldiers in Epsom City may be on the frontline battlefield...

The lords of Evelson Province saw the current situation of the Warsaw plane. In order to avoid greater losses, they may not continue to send more troops, and perhaps what is more, they will withdraw their lords from the battlefield. But those knights who have lived in the Warsaw plane for several generations and really made their homes here have no way out. If the frontline troops are in short supply, they will add to the battlefield without hesitation.

For them, this battle is not a war of planes, but a battle to defend their homeland. Once the war fails, the home is likely to be gone.

Most of the time, Suldak has a deeper understanding of the battlefield than others, because he is the one who really crawled out of the dead and understands the cruelty of the battlefield better. He is very clear about the weaknesses of the ghost warriors.

Suldak did not expect that the situation in the current Warsaw plane would be corrupted to such a state, nor did he expect that the lord army in Evelson Province had already begun to be defeated across the board, and even the last two counties were unable to garrison, and Duke Newman unexpectedly Still holding back and looking for the last chance to come back.

...can make him resolutely give up so much fat on the Bailin plane, and then move to the Warsaw plane thousands of miles away, and he has been struggling here for eight years and is reluctant to quit, Sur Dak couldn't guess what was so attractive to him here.

When Suldak arrived at the gate of No. 57 house, he saw that the gate of the house had been completely opened. Some refugees stood timidly in front of the gate and peeked inside, while some were walking into the yard with their luggage.

And the front courtyard of the house is actually full of tents at this moment, it’s so late, and Signa and Nika haven’t slept, these borrowers are not poor in the true sense, so there is no need for anyone to support them. Setting up a porridge pot or something, and solving their food and clothing, these refugees just couldn't find a place to live in this city for the time being.

The two-headed ogre Gullitum is sitting on the steps of the main house, looking at a statue of a knight behind him. Now Gullitum is sleeping soundly, and the eyes of his good brother Naohuaer are like bells, observing Looking at the situation in the front yard.

Seeing Suldak and Samira, Carrie Decker and the three returned to the house, and Signa ran up first, and while Suldak was leading the horse to the stable, she pulled the horse here. In a word, she and Nika felt pity for the children sleeping on the street, so they persuaded the soft-hearted Selina to allow these people to set up tents in the yard.

Suldak led the horses to the stables, and a cavalryman took the horses of Suldak, Samira, and Carrie Decker.

"We will leave Epsom City the morning after tomorrow. How are you going to deal with these people? Will you invite them out, or let them live in this yard?" Suldak turned and looked at Signa who was following up. , reached out and touched her head.

Signa blinked her big black grape eyes, tilted her head and said to Suldak:

"If no one chases them away, then it's better to live."

Suldak embraced Signa's weak shoulders, beckoned Nika behind to follow, and then walked towards the main house, saying as he walked:

"But if no one takes care of this place, they may turn the entire yard into a garbage dump, and may evacuate all valuable things in the house. I don't question that all of them are thieves, but there will inevitably be more people. Some people with bad conduct, I can’t leave guards here, what are you going to do? How are you going to protect my property?”

Signa was embarrassed when she heard Suldak say this. When she invited these people in, she didn't think about it so much.

Nika followed, also dumbfounded, not knowing how to answer Suldak's question.

The two of them clearly wanted to help those people on the street as much as they could, but in fact, it hurt Suldak's interests.

At this time, I saw Selena coming out of the shadows. She was wearing a black robe with a hood on her head, and she could almost perfectly blend herself into the darkness.

She said to Suldak:

"They are not refugees themselves, but temporarily stranded in Epsom City. Many of these people are even nobles, belonging to the kind of down-and-out nobles, but I believe they can maintain the hygiene here, and they will not Someone went to move the furniture in the house, but in fact, all the things that can be moved in this house have already been moved, and the remaining items are not worth moving."

Suldak stretched out his other hand to wrap around Selena's soft waist, and a group of people walked into the house through the side door.

"So your next step is to develop these people to become believers of the Evernight Goddess?" Suldak asked Selina in a low voice.

Selina took a deep look at Suldak, her eyes were gentle, and said to meet his gaze: "At least a seed must be planted in their hearts..."

Suldak pinched Selena's cheek, and said casually, "You are an envoy who is really conscientious. I hope the Evernight Goddess can feel your devotion."

Selena turned her face away, took Signa's little hand, waved to Nika again, and said, "Of course she can feel it, but she knows more than you think, Signa , Nika, you will sleep with me tonight, and your master bedroom is at the end of the corridor on the second floor."

After speaking, he walked to the bedroom on the first floor without looking back, leaving only Suldak, Samira, and Carrie Decker in the hall on the first floor.

Carrie Decker immediately looked at Samira vigilantly, and immediately said in the next second: "Well... I'm really a little tired today, I'm going to rest first."

After speaking, he walked up the stairs with his long legs in three steps and two steps, and his figure disappeared at the corner of the stairs. Only Suldak and Samira were left in the hall on the first floor.

Chapter 1391

In the early morning, Samira came out of the bathroom wearing a towel, and changed into tight light leather armor in the bedroom.

She opened the terrace door and stood on the large terrace on the second floor. She could see that the front courtyard was full of various felt tents. After climbing a flight of stairs, she could come to another terrace. The large garden that has not been pruned for a long time looks like an impenetrable virgin jungle.

Samira was in a good mood, and her eyes fell on an umbrella-shaped tree in the back garden. It seemed that a group of appendix copperbills lived in the dense crown of the tree. She couldn't help but took out the sky strike bow and wanted to shoot A bird comes.

"Do you want to kill them?"

A pleasant voice came from the roof behind Samira.

"Ok?"

Samira put down the Sky Strike Bow, and turned to look at Signa who was sitting on the tile with her knees hugged.

Signa shrugged her shoulders and said to Samira with a smile: "Those birds, I don't think they are very tasty. We actually have better choices, right!"

Her big dark eyes flickered and flickered, looking very beautiful under the rising sun.

With loose curly hair and a fair face, it looks a bit like Selina, but it's completely different.

Samira had to admit that when Signa was quiet, even a second-rank powerhouse like her couldn't sense her aura.

"What do you want to say?" Samira turned around and looked at the eccentric little girl.

Signa looked at Samira and said very seriously: "I can take you to catch better prey and let those birds go."

Samira picked up the Sky Strike Bow again and asked curiously, "Where are you taking me?"

Signa cheered, slid down from the rubble, and then stood in front of Samira, cheering and said: "Go out with Duck, we will go wherever he goes! I know he will definitely go out today, and It should not be going to the barracks, let's go out with him, and we will definitely find more interesting prey. He is not willing to take me, but he will definitely take you, and then I will follow you secretly."

"..."

Samira found that she had been tricked by Signa, and she wanted to refuse, because she didn't want to have many clingy little troubles around her.

Just when Samira was about to refuse the call, Signa's big eyes suddenly filled with "next time I will help you create opportunities like last night", and Samira immediately changed her mind. Hold out your palm.

Crisp high-fives sounded on the terrace, startling a few sparrows hiding under the tile eaves.

……

Suldak left the house on horseback, this time he still wanted to take Samira and Carrie Decker with him.

Originally, Signa and Nika would also stay in the mansion here with Selena, Naomi, and Gulitham, but what Suldak didn't expect was that Signa didn't know what method to use. He managed to convince Samira, and the two rode the same horse together.

He knew Samira's character very well, she was the kind of person who hated trouble the most, and he didn't know what Signa used to impress her.

When the few people went out, the refugees who lived in the front courtyard had already started cooking and cooking. Almost all of them looked at Surdak and his party with curious and grateful eyes.

There are really a lot of people crowded on the streets in Epsom City, but no one is blocking the avenue, so all the way to the city gate is unimpeded.

A large number of people waiting to leave the city gathered at the gate of the city. Everyone lined up in a long queue. There were more people entering the city, and the queue was longer. They were all stopped one after another, and then driven out by the city gate guards.

Suldak rode a horse and was in the queue going out of the city.

Probably because of the aristocratic badge on his chest, he left the city very smoothly. When the people crowded on the suspension bridge saw Suldak coming out on horseback, they all retreated to the sides. Take the initiative to give way.

When Suldak left the city this time, he didn't intend to inspect the West Route Army camp.

After leaving the city, he discovered that there were at least tens of thousands of refugees gathered outside the city.

These refugees seem to be crowded at the city gate. Some have set up simple tents, some are simply lying on blankets or mats, some have built a pergola, and some are simply lying there on the ground. These refugees Almost all of them are civilians, most of them are elderly women and children.

The team entering the city was at least two kilometers away, but less than one-third of the people who could agree to the conditions for entering the city.

"Why don't those city gate guards let them enter the city?" Signa leaned on Samira's arms and asked curiously.

"Perhaps the city can't accommodate it." Samira replied with one arm around her and the other holding the rein.

"Isn't there a large number of people sent away at the portal every day?" Signa asked suspiciously.

"Who knows..."

Samira didn't care about this, she only had Suldak's back in her eyes.

Compared with Epsom City, the world outside the city looks more real. A large number of refugees crowded at the gate of the city, and they finally walked out. He clearly remembered that John and Lisa’s home was on the hillside opposite the sunflowers outside the city. .

Now, that sunflower field is nowhere to be found.

All kinds of simple wooden houses are built on the hillside, and some wooden houses are even connected together, covered with some simple rainproof tarpaulins.

This shanty town originally formed a strip along the river outside the city, and there were even one or two houses scattered in other places.

But now the sky is overwhelming, and the slopes on both sides of the river are crowded with all kinds of simple wooden houses. These wooden houses are densely packed and can't be seen at a glance. After leading the Lord's Army for so long, Suldak has a little experience in estimating the number. According to his estimation , There are at least several 10 people in this shanty town outside Epsom.

Just looking at it casually will make you feel a little big...

Suldak even wanted to get rid of the thoughts in his heart, but he just thought of the faces in his memory, so he bit the bullet and shuttled among the dilapidated wooden houses.

Looking at these dilapidated wooden houses from a distance, it seems that intermittent alleys can still be seen, but when Suldak rode in on horseback, he would find that the roads in this shanty town were so narrow and still Extending in all directions, these alleys are never straight, and when you walk, you will find that you have deviated from the direction you want to go by a long way.

Fortunately, he was riding a horse and wore a noble badge on his chest, which showed his status as a nobleman and would make many civilians stay away from them automatically.

There are many thieves here, and Suldak can tell from their timid eyes. Most of these thieves are poor people. The red-eyed hyena, who had been hungry for half a month on the wasteland, looked at the lions. Although he was terribly afraid, driven by hunger, the desire in his eyes was swallowing the last bit of timidity little by little.

When they saw Samira in dark red tight leather armor, and saw that she was still holding Signa in her arms, they wanted to surround her.

Once surrounded by them, it might be inevitable that something would be missing from him.

The hands that couldn't help but stretched towards Sami were like the clusters of bone hands protruding from the bloody door every time Earl Fornak was called out.

These people rushed forward, wanting to touch the horse under Samira, wanting to touch her calf wearing greaves...

The next moment, Samira's body overflowed with a murderous intent that only came out of the battlefield, the kind of thick murderous intent that soaked into the body only after the hands were covered with blood.

This group of refugees who were not eligible to enter Epsom City dispersed like a swarm of stinky flies with a bang.

They are a group of cowards who don't have the courage to go to the battlefield, and they are also a group of forgotten people. They lost the last bit of courage in their uninterrupted escape, and no one even cared about their lives or deaths.

Suldak felt a little regretful, if he had brought a cavalry squad with him when he came out this time, maybe there would not be so many troubles.

After such a lot of tossing around, the group of people lost their way completely in this shantytown. Except for the city wall of Epsom City in the distance, they couldn't even find any reference around them, so Suldak could only ask around. .

Suldak began to ask about 'John' and 'Lisa' from the poor people sitting at the door of the wooden house.

When the name John was mentioned, no one knew it at first.

But after asking for a long time, there are always people who know a few people named John. After all, this name is very common. If you continue to chat, you will find that the age and identity of the owners of these names are difficult to match the Catapult that Suldak is looking for. repairman.

In fact, Signa couldn't understand what Suldak was looking for. She originally thought that Suldak would go around the barracks and then go to Epsom City to inspect the terrain, because tomorrow the West Route Army will Get out of here, at least figure out where to go.

But I didn't expect Suldak to plunge into the slums, asking around for two people...

Finally, they found news about John and Lisa in a shantytown. There are quite a few people who know about them, and the John they described is exactly the same as the person in Suldak's memory.

Suldak let out a long breath, knowing that he came to the right place.

Choose a big boy who is the most active from the crowd, throw him a silver coin, and Suldak said to him:

"You take us to find him, and after we find him, I will give you some more money."

The big boy quickly caught the silver coin, wiped it vigorously on the linen clothes on his chest, looked at the luster on the silver coin in surprise, and licked his face and asked:

"Can I have something to eat?"

"of course."

Suldak took out a piece of toasted wheatbread from his sackcloth pocket and threw it to him.

So Suldak saw the wooden house in his memory.

The house they live in is still the old dilapidated wooden house, but this area has now become the center of the slums.

Spreading out from here, until the distant hillside, there are wooden houses like huts everywhere. If Suldak is asked to find it by himself, even ten days and a half months may not be able to find it here.

The big boy who took a silver coin as a reward cheered and disappeared into the alley next to him.

Surdak's eyes fell on some wooden tables and chairs placed at the door of the wooden house. These simple furniture seemed to have not been painted yet. He jumped off the horse and stood at the door of the wooden house with Gu Bolai on his hands. His eyes revealed A kind of remembrance.

That kind of look seems to be a kind of longing for the past, it seems to be a long time, but in fact it has not been a long time...

Until a man came out of the wooden house with an oil bucket and a brush. He was about to varnish the families at the door of the house, but it was hard not to notice the three tall Guberai horses at the door. He squinted his eyes, He looked over with some hesitation.