Mercenaries and Adventurers

Small merchants and out-of-towners wandering around looking for a good deal did not dare approach the pair of Kiel on horseback.

Not to mention the amber metal long staff in the hands of priest Batar across the horse's back, the weapons on Kiel's tall and strong blood licking grass and the weapons and equipment on Kiel's body, it made the passers-by look terrified He took the initiative to get out of the way after two or three meters.

Keir didn't have to open his mouth to let people out of the way, which was quite convenient.

But the two circled around here, and not only did they not see the carriages of Xueyaster and Keir in the open space at the city gate, they didn't even see familiar carriages on the several roads connected to the open space at the city gate.

"What should I do? I don't know where he went."

Kiel looked puzzled, but Priest Batar was more at ease: "Don't worry, I heard that outside of Montoka City, except for commercial scammers, it is relatively safe. Your companion has heard you say that he is a seasoned Caravan guards, there must be no trouble."

After thinking about it, Priest Batar said, "Maybe he is looking for a place to defecate, but he can't leave the carriage alone, so he asked someone he knows locally for help?"

When Keir thought about it, there was indeed such a possibility, and it was not small. It is indeed very difficult to encounter abdominal pain while looking after the carriage alone.

You said it would be convenient to get off the car and find a place, but what about the carriage?

But looking at the carriage, what should I do if my stomach hurts?

Can't you pull it in the car?

Thinking of this, Keir smiled embarrassingly.

He was riding on the tall blood licking grass, and he had a good view. Looking around, his eyes lit up.

In this open space outside the city gate where people spontaneously gather for small-scale transactions, besides these small merchants, there are also small vendors who specialize in their business.

A row of carts selling local eats and cheap drinks not far away caught Keel's attention.

"Go, go over there and ask. These people who set up the stalls must have come early in the morning. Where did Blood Fang and the carriage go, someone must have seen and noticed."

As soon as Kiel said it, Batar also understood it, and thought it was a good idea, so he beat the horse slowly to let the prairie horse approach slowly.

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As soon as Kiel's tall horse approached, many outsiders who originally wanted to eat and drink something to relieve their hunger at noon subconsciously stopped.

A few vendors who were still fiddling with their stalls looked up, and then their expressions became ugly.

But soon, he carefully put on a unified smiling face, rubbing his hands and couldn't help saying hello to Kiel in iron armor.

"It's okay, everyone, I just asked about something. You came here early in the morning, right?"

Kiel's words made the vendors a little bit relieved, but the older vendors were still cautious. They had long known how these 'big shots' would turn their faces and deny people.

If you are polite in the front, you might beat him up in the name of offense later.

The vendors, who were still eating and drinking, quickly put the food and drink into their mouths. Then they flicked the coins and hurried away with their heads down, not wanting change.

The vendors all replied that they did come here in the morning, but they only came after the farmers left the city.

Because the farmers have empty pockets, they also like to steal their food while there are many people and hands. Therefore, after a long time, the vendors waited for the farmers who went to the field to leave before quickly leaving the city or rushing out of the surrounding villages and towns. Come over and set up stalls in the open spaces outside the gates of Montoka City.

"Well, did you notice this morning, that is, in the open space outside the city gate or on the street, there is a carriage with two horse-drawn carriages parked here?"

As soon as Kiel asked, some vendors immediately bent down and nodded, saying that they had seen it, but they did not wait at the gate of the city all the time, because when there were more foreigners and small businessmen doing business here, the other party drove the carriage to the north road and left up.

"Oh! Haven't you been back?"

Bloodyaster didn't wait on the spot all the time, and Kiel had taken this into consideration, and that's why he asked the next question.

A young and stout female vendor replied: "I noticed that the carriage came back before, but it seems that a few people went up and said a few words, quarreled and left."

Keir narrowed his eyes, a few people, quarreled, and left.

There is a problem, will something happen?

Keir's tone immediately became severe: "Clarify, how many people, who are they? The small businessmen who trade are still outsiders, or, um, you know, those people."

The stern tone seemed to frighten the female vendor, who faltered.

At this time, Batar dismounted carefully on his side, wearing animal skin shoulder armor and a breastplate, and holding an amber metal staff, walked up to the vendor, first nodded politely, and then said: "Don't worry, my companion is just worried about him. For the safety of my friends, we agreed to gather outside the city gate at noon, but now we don’t see each other, so I asked you who have been working here all this time.”

Kiel coughed lightly, and added: "Yes, there is a coin reward after the question, tell me, who took my friend away after the quarrel?"

At this time, Keir was already suspicious, so he directly used the word "take away".

An old street vendor added at this time: "My lord, I didn't take him away, I didn't take him away. No one at the gate of the city dared to take him away in front of the soldiers. The people in the carriage left by themselves."

"You saw it too? What's going on?"

Looking at the young and smiling Saturn priest in front of her, the female vendor stopped hesitating and said the answer: "It is that this area outside the city gate is controlled by a gang, whether it is parking the carriage in the open space or like us To set up a stall, you have to get the consent of the gang."

The other street vendors around bent over and smiled, there was nothing they could do about it.

Keir understood: "Oh, the carriage stopped here to hinder people's business, right? Priest Batar, Blood Yaster probably wanted to collect money, but he didn't want to give it, so he drove the carriage away. Will be back."

Keel looked up at the height and position of the sun. It was noon at this time, and it had arrived or even passed the agreed time.

"In this way, you and I will go to the two bifurcated roads to the north for a while, and we should probably meet Ster and the carriage. No matter whether we find anyone or not, we will still gather here later."

Batar nodded: "It should be so. Then let's go."

Keel took out a handful of copper coins from the sturdy leather bag on his waist, and sprinkled them towards the vendors who answered his words: "It's not much money, it's all copper coins, thank you."

Then he pulled the rein of the horse and turned around. Kiel pointed to a fork in the north, and then pointed Batar to another fork in the west.

Then with a yell, the Blood Licking Grass started to 'slowly' trot.

While running, Keel noticed that among the onlookers watching him questioning, there were several young guys who were not dressed like they were doing business. Snorted coldly, thinking that finding someone is none of your business, if you don't find someone, you guys will be out of luck.

The vendors swiftly caught most of the copper coins that Kiel had thrown over in the air, holding the brown copper coins in their hands, making them look at each other in dismay: "Are you really paying for the answer?"

Although the money is not much, the total income of a few people is the total income of a street vendor for a day, which is quite easy.

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The two of Kiel split up and moved from the open space at the city gate to the north road.

Outside the city wall is a special open space for city defense. Then there is a road around the city, and low mud houses have been built on both sides of the road.

Kiel knew that houses were generally not allowed to be built outside the city walls, because he was afraid that the attacking party might tear down those houses to attack the city, or use the houses to avoid long-range strikes on the city walls, and attack under the city walls.

But after all, Montorca City is a transportation hub city with a large volume of trade. Even though the city has been built very large and accommodates enough people inside, people still built low houses outside the city.

The house was built low, and it had already been won.

Keel noticed that most of these houses on both sides of the road now have a small yard, and from time to time, small businessmen come together and go to the house to complete the transaction secretly.

It seems that most of the houses near the gate of the city are places where small businessmen specialize in storing their own goods and conducting illegal small transactions without paying taxes.

To be honest, this kind of thing is really not easy to manage. When people don't trade, the tax officials can't confirm that the goods in people's houses outside the city are used for trading.

Businessmen can say that it is used as a warehouse, and there is nothing wrong with it.

The transactions in the city can only use documents to deliver the goods, while the goods are stored outside the city. Once the transaction is established, the empty carriage can go outside the city to pick up the goods by itself with the transaction contract.

Of course, large transactions in the city will of course be supervised by people under the tax officer on the spot, and after the transaction is confirmed, the due taxes will be collected.

Keir thought about it, if the tax money is considered unsafe and troublesome, it can even be recorded first, and at the end of the month or the end of the season, the trading chamber of commerce will take the money to the tax office to pay.

Thinking about it, Keir raised his eyes and saw a carriage pulled by two horses head-on, and the driver on the carriage was not Bloodyaster?

But what was that young man sitting next to Bloodfang doing?

"Hey!"

Keel yelled, trying to get his companion's attention.

In fact, Bloodfang Stoker had seen Kiel in full armor a long time ago, and he proudly said to the young man sitting next to him: "How is it? What am I talking about? Look, my companion is here! A Oh knight! Haha."

The young man's complexion turned very bad in an instant, and then he became ruthless and jumped off the front seat of the carriage.

After falling to the ground, he limped and limped into the gap in the wall of the house next to him, and then ran to the field behind.

A farmer guarding the fields saw someone trampling on their rented crops, and immediately blew the wooden whistle hanging around his neck, calling other brothers around him to catch the young man who trampled on the crops.

Kiel saw everything on his horse. Although he didn't know what happened, he was very satisfied with the ending. Presumably those farmers would not let go of the young people who walked through the fields and trampled on a lot of crops.

At least a good beating is inevitable.

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The carriage slowed down and approached Kiel, and when it was close, Kiel walked forward in parallel, and asked Xueyasite what was going on: "After I settled it with Priest Batar, I didn't see you, so I asked about the situation in the open space. They said that you came back at noon, but you had an argument and left? What happened?"

Xueyasite said helplessly: "What else could be going on? The open space outside the city is the site of a small gang, and they have to pay for parking their carriages there. Hey, the fee is still charged by time."

"You didn't give it, right? Also, it was early in the morning, and there was still some time before noon."

"Well, so I drove the carriage and waited for a while by the side of the road with few people nearby. I will go back and wait for you at noon. As a result, the group of people came to the door and asked me to pay the money before parking and waiting for others. I If you don’t do it, they’re still relying on me. If it wasn’t for worrying about them hurting their horses, I’d at least give them a few punches in the face.”

Keel shrugged, he knew it was.

"Then what happened just now?"

Bloodyaster spat to the side: "I don't want to pay, so they drove me away. I couldn't stand on the sidelines, so I had no choice but to entangle with them first. Anyway, after waiting for you, they didn't dare Money. Right?"

Keir nodded, patted the guy on his body, asking for money? Want a taste of metal?

"That kid belongs to the other party. If I have to keep up with the carriage supervisor, I can't sneak close to the open space. Hey, I told him that my companion is a knight, but the kid still didn't believe it. Haha, after seeing you just now, don't mention his face How exciting."

"Didn't he supervise you not to approach the open space? Why did he come with you?"

He was approaching the open space of the city gate, and Xueyasite was not as cautious as before this time: "I lied to him to come over and wait for someone to pay the money. He wanted to collect the money, but I said that I can't give him the money. If you want to pay it, you have to pay it." For his boss, that kid has no choice but to follow me."

Keel smiled.

They rode a carriage and parked in the open space, but no one dared to approach.

Blood Fangste smiled at a few people not far away, pointed to Kiel on the strong horse next to him, shrugged, and hooked his hands.

But those few people acted as if they hadn't seen them, they shrank their heads and disappeared into the crowd.

"Ha ha ha ha."

"Hahahahahaha."

The two laughed together.

"You guys are smiling so happily, and the guards of Ster are back, so let's go!"

Priest Batar on a horse passed through the crowd, leaned over and said.

Kiel shrugged: "I'm not familiar with this place, Priest Batar, please lead the way. Let's follow."

So, the three of them walked around the roads outside the city, headed south first, crossed a stone bridge with a lot of traffic in the south of Montoka City, crossed a river with abundant water, and continued eastward .

They kept moving close to the city of Montoka, and when the tall city walls finally no longer blocked the view to the east of the city, Kiel saw a shining light on the horizon in the distance.

"That, that is the Whitestone City Wall level you mentioned, right?"

Although Keir was suspicious, his tone was affirmative.

The other two confirmed Keir's judgment: "That's right, we should be able to arrive before dark, and we will be able to pass soon. After passing through the checkpoint, we will find a hotel for the night."

"The supplies in the carriage also need to be tidied up. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com is right Keir, do you want to get some thick canvas to reinforce the shed of the carriage? I am afraid that the shed will be cut open and our things stolen."

Not only his own things were placed on Kiel's carriage, but also some of Bloodfang's luggage, and at this moment, Priest Batar's long-distance travel luggage were all together.

"That's right, there are those who sell those things in the level, right? The three of us will work together to strengthen the carriage at night. Other things are not needed, and the supplies are sufficient, so we can travel all the way quickly."

After deciding on the action, the three continued to advance along the wide road leading to the Baishi city wall checkpoint.

Surrounded by large fields, the terrain is slightly undulating, but compared with the continuous mountains stretching from north to south in the distance, it is nothing more than waves in a pond.

There are countless farmers sitting on the edge of the field and resting under the shade of the big tree. The farmers who are close to the road see the Batar priest riding a horse on the road beside the field, and they wave their hands when they are far away. Say hello.

Priest Batar was very excited at this time, he frequently raised the amber metal staff in his hand to signal the same, back and forth, without feeling tired at all.

Keir was not interested in these. He looked at a large white building that gradually approached the surface in the distance and gradually became brighter. The north and south mountains just sneaked into the ground like a snake, revealing a not spacious mountain pass. Allow the western provinces to have a natural passage with the southern provinces.

However, during the period of dwarf rule, I heard that those alien races did not have the provincial division of the human kingdom, but used a family and tribe with a long history to distinguish regions. Then what did they use to build such a magnificent building?

Wouldn't it be simply to build a blocking city wall fortress at a traffic point?