Mercenaries and Adventurers

Seeing that the people in the team were orderly and ready to set off, Keir felt a little relaxed and rode his horse around the edge of the fence in the open space.

War horses like blood licking grass cannot be tied to a carriage every day, or to a horse stake on the ground. They need enough exercise to maintain their excellent skills every day.

Kiel rode on horseback and saw the people who were about to set off on the road, all vying for the opportunity to excrete before the road. There were only a few cesspit dug before, so outside the mound of cesspit, several people vying for the order scolded each other. And at this time, taking advantage of the opportunity of these people arguing with each other, someone sneaked in while they were not paying attention.

The scene made Keel laugh, and relieved a little of the waking up this morning.

Yes, he had another nightmare last night.

"Damn it."

Kiel muttered that he ran away again in his dream last night, facing a large group of bandit wraiths.

A few days ago, he didn't know what running away in the dream represented, and he could explain his behavior in the dream during the day: "I was confused in the dream, and I didn't realize that I was dreaming, so I just ran away." Run away, not fight. '

But yesterday, God Bird gave him an explanation. It turned out that Kiel kept running away in his dream and did not fight those resentful souls. It was not because he was dreaming, but simply because his own soul and will were too weak. Simple reason.

"how could be?"

Keir looked at his palms suspiciously. The cowhide gloves he bought last year made his big hands look quite strong. When he took off the gloves, there were also a pair of powerful palms full of thick calluses underneath.

As long as he uses a little bit of life energy stored in his palm at this moment, let alone a piece of solid wood, even a stone, he himself has the confidence to crush the stone directly in his hand with one hand.

"I can't do anything to those guys, hey."

He sighed, a little helpless, only then did he realize that he still had too many shortcomings at this time, and any thing that he hadn't encountered before would make him at a loss, and he could do nothing about it.

As he walked his horse around the fence of the clearing, he wondered if there was any other way to deal with these shortcomings.

After all, although Big Bird God has a way to help him solve his troubles, it can also bring him new useful abilities. But after all, this is a 'gift' given by the gods, not my own power, and it is fundamentally different from the life energy in my body that can be used at any time and has the ultimate control.

After all, God's, it is God's. It's just borrowed strength.

At least Keir thinks so. He doesn't know what people in other worlds think. Maybe believing in gods and praying to gods for power is common sense for them?

After all, those priests are really powerful.

Keir still remembered how powerful those two high priests of the ancient nature gods in Kendal County were. But he still felt that these were not his own strength, a little vain.

No, it is a very vain power.

Although they do exist and are powerful and easy to use, even at this moment he has two of them on his body, which come from the powerful blessing ability given to him by the God of Saturn and the Church of the God of Saturn.

Thinking about something he couldn't think clearly for a while, Keir came to the gate of the open space.

Here, he accidentally saw Mr. Dundall Olierga Deripari, whom he hadn't seen for two days, known as 'Dry Flat Olier'.

"Mr. Deripari, good morning, are you here to see me off?"

Kiel greeted him from afar, and Mr. Deripari, who had seen him earlier, showed a businessman's standard business smile: "Of course, our noble Kiel knight is worthy of my coming to see you off in person."

Keir jumped off his horse and strode over. Mr. Deripari pushed away his subordinates and chamber of commerce staff, and stepped forward to pat Keir's arms.

"I wish our good knight a smooth trip, and I sincerely hope that these poor people can find a stable place to escape the chaos caused by this war."

After finishing speaking, Mr. Deripari took out a scroll made of pure white lambskin from his arms under the cover of his own body and the head of the blood licking horse that took the initiative to lick Kiel's face.

"This is the sole agency contract I signed with someone. It explains the fact that you, Knight Kiel, have hunted down well-known bandits before, and entrusted me with the full authority to verify and collect the bounties from various sources. I draw the final A part of the total bounty will be my reward, and your proceeds, Knight Kiel, will always be stored under your own name in the kingdom’s treasury. I don’t think there is another Kiel knight in Kendall County in the Northwest Province. ?”

Mr. Deripari said in a low voice, and motioned for Kiel to open it and read it carefully, and left his knight-level life energy imprint on it.

Signatures are useless because they can be forged.

The two whispered and discussed the matter under the cover of the blood licking grass.

Kiel read the contract carefully after opening the scroll, and confirmed that there was nothing wrong with it. At the same time, he also noticed that on the scroll-style agency contract, whether it was the decoration on both sides of the front text or the back, there were patterns and patterns of the Church of the God of Wealth.

And under the emblem of the God of Wealth on the back, there is a line of cool cursive written in hot gold. This sentence is concise, meaning that the content of this scroll has been certified by the church and protected and restricted by both parties.

With the endorsement of the church, even if Mr. Deripari has a good relationship with some priests of the local God of Wealth Church, Kiel will not suffer. After all, compared with the church priests in the godless world, the priests of the different world church with gods, but there are gods who are really watching at any time.

It cannot be said that there is no evil in the church, but at least a well-developed church of gods is relatively fair internally and externally. After all, the other world does not raise idle gods, this church can't do well, I can completely convert to his family and seek the protection of another god.

"sorry to bother you."

After reading the content on the scroll, Kiel left his own life energy at the end of the contract. When both parties to the contract did something similar to leaving marks on their signatures, the scroll as a whole lit up slightly, and then all the words on it were erased. A burst of meager divine power covered it, completely cutting off the possibility of change.

Keir handed the things to Mr. Deripari, and asked, "Then how can I access this money in the next few days?"

Mr. Deripari explained: "I will use this contract to create an account in your name for you at the Kingdom Treasury. As long as I get a part of the bounty, I will send someone to the nearby big city Deposit the money in it. Although it will not work during this period, at least you have to wait until the chaos caused by the war is over. At that time, you can use your name to withdraw this money in the big city with the kingdom's treasury. The money deposited. Of course, any large amount of money needs a certain period of confirmation and preparation."

Mr. Deripari said with a smile: "After all, every large withdrawal of money has to be notified by the local kingdom treasury to the higher-level treasury to confirm that there is still money in your account. But if it is in It’s not that complicated to withdraw money directly in the city where I save money later.”

Kiel could easily understand that this was an ancient banking system, but he didn't know who was running the kingdom's treasury? Is it the noble council or the royal family?

He guessed it was the aristocratic council, because the king, no, the power of the regent certainly cannot be spread throughout the kingdom, but the aristocratic council in which almost all nobles participate can spread power and influence throughout the kingdom.

"Actually, Kiel Knight, if you are our local, I don't have to worry about it. You can directly deposit this money in our chamber of commerce. You can easily access the money as long as you find our chamber of commerce in the southern province. .”

Kiel shrugged: "But I am from the Northwest Province after all. The kingdom is so big, maybe after this war, I will never come to this land again."

"It's true, what a pity. Finally, on behalf of the Chamber of Commerce in Dorne Town, the 'Fortune Fruit' Chamber of Commerce, the 'Treasure House' Chamber of Commerce, the 'Golden Scythe' Chamber of Commerce, and the 'Burning Furnace' Chamber of Commerce, I wish the Kiel Knight Your trip goes well, and you will win with your sword out of its sheath. I also wish you, together with Kendall’s army, to achieve brilliant results in the subsequent border battles. May the God of Wealth bless you.”

"Thank you, and I also wish Dorne Town an early restoration of prosperity, and your wish will surely come true."

Keir blinked his eyes, and Mr. Olier, who was dry, also laughed at himself. He knew that it must be Scott, who was gossiping about him to the outlander knights behind his back.

But it doesn't matter, as a successful businessman, extending his future hands to the nobles is something that others envy and want to do, but most of them are unable to do it.

After the two discussed the matter, they exchanged pleasantries for a while, and Mr. Deripari led the people to retreat outside the gate of the open space, waiting for the team watching Keir to set off, but he did not return directly to the town.

Keir didn't pay much attention to this person. After the entire team was stationed for several days, the team had a lot more things and lost a lot of spoils seized from the bandits' lair. In general, the size of the team expanded. .

This can be seen from the increasing number of horse carts and donkey carts in the team. The thickest and heaviest camp posts were loaded on the strongest carriage in Kiel's team.

As for the other heavy camp tents, it was impossible to rely on the shoulders of the people to carry them, and they were also loaded on another carriage.

The newly joined donkeys are not idle either, they pull shallow small trailers, which are piled high with all kinds of sundries, and the most precious food, according to the opinion of the priest Batar, let the **** of agriculture The believers specially pushed the carts they bought, which were filled with all kinds of beans donated by Ms. Feneya, as well as the abundant grain seeds bestowed by the gods given by the priest Batar every day.

Just looking at the bags of food made everyone in the team feel at ease, and this scene also surprised Mr. Deripari outside the gate of the open space.

"These beans? Does the shop sign on the sack look familiar?"

Mr. Deripari stroked the neatly trimmed beard on his chin with his hand, looking puzzled. He hadn't heard of a large-scale food transaction in the town recently, and it was strange that Kiel Knights' team had so much food.

He asked his subordinates to call the guards he arranged to monitor and ask them about the food, but the answer he got surprised him even more.

"Will the food be delivered on the day you come?"

This answer made him feel very strange. Could it be that this team of Kiel knights is actually supported by people in the town? who is it? No, which one of the other big chambers of commerce should I say?

So he immediately sent someone to investigate the matter.

But at noon that day, the news brought by his cronies was also very strange.

Following the shop mark on the bag they noted down, the subordinates found a shop selling beans in the town, but that shop was closed. Not only was the door closed, but even the people in the shop disappeared.

Asking around the shops, they saw people coming and going in and out of the shops that morning, but the shops that still had people going in and out were closed early in the morning.

Mr. Deripari also found it strange when he heard the news, but there was nothing he could do. After all, the combined power of the chamber of commerce could only control the area of ​​Dorne Town. Obviously, the people in the shop had already fled. Clearly, there is no other way.

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Gululu's wheels were crushed on the grassy uninhabited business road, surrounded by a barren field, except for the bushes and wildflowers everywhere, everything on the business road seemed to have nothing to do with humans.

At this time, Kiel's team had already left for the whole morning, and they could no longer see the appearance of Dorne Town. They could only vaguely turn around and see the smoke from the human life in Dorne Town floating in the distance behind them.

The sun is high in the sky, it is a good spring day, but the warm breeze blows the people walking drowsy.

As a last resort, Keir had to let everyone stop where they were and rest for a while.

Drink water, fan the wind, and rub your legs and feet.

As soon as the team stopped, the people who had been walking quietly before became active. There were always some people who couldn't stay idle and sat down in the wild by the road, chatting and bragging with their friends.

There were also women in the team who saw the wild flowers of various colors on both sides of the road, and couldn't help themselves. They put down the supplies they were carrying, and asked three or two female friends to go out to pick flowers and dress up together.

"The armed squads spread out and patrol in groups, don't rest, all of you move!"

Kiel shouted, and ordered the four teams of people with iron swords and knives to line up in a long column and patrol around the resting crowd.

This is not only for the people in the team to show their role and existence, but also for the bad guys who might be hiding in the shadows of the distant woods.

Maybe, Keir thinks this sentence can be omitted. He is riding on a horse, and his eyesight is better than that of a person walking, not to mention that his eyesight is also changing with the days after the life energy is improved and accumulated. powerful.

This is a physical change that is not obvious at ordinary times but is very obvious in retrospect.

Keel put his hands on his brows to block the warm sunlight above his head, and looked at the far end of the commercial road. At the same time, he looked left and right, scanning the weeds and shrubs in the distance that looked like they were being blown by the wind, and the places farther away under the shade of the trees that could not be clearly seen.

"Let me see."

He muttered to himself, and then murmured another sentence in a low voice, and there was a flash of magical power in his eyes.

Looking up and looking into the distance, everything becomes clear.

-

"%%￥, I'm exhausted. %!"

A low figure sat down under the shade of a tree. While cursing, he untied the bandages on his calves, and then untied the strings that bound the wooden-soled cloth shoes, releasing his feet on the ground. in the air.

The squirrel on the nearby tree covered its nose with its small hands in distaste, its big tails swaying behind its back.

"Ah, it's comfortable. The legs of these farmers are really fast. If it weren't for my fast legs, I would have been run away by these guys." After finishing speaking, the short man pouted, imitating birdsong.

This is not a native bird song, but it was chosen so that there would be no confusion when conveying information.

After waiting for a while, there was no response from the grove, and then the short man cursed again in disgust: "Is there no one here? Those guys are usually everywhere, but at this good time they all shrink back." Into the cave?"

The unwilling guy rubbed his feet again, raised his body and glanced at the hundreds of people who were still on the road in the distance, then put on his shoes, tied the ropes on the shoes, and walked along the trade road again. The wasteland on one side began to trot forward.

Keir naturally saw every move of that strange person, he guessed that the person was coming towards his team, but the problem is, that person didn't follow his team either? Instead, they overtook the team, and continuously overtook the people's team from the side.

So, what does that guy do?

He couldn't figure it out.

In the evening, Kiel's team found a clearing on the side of the trade road, so the team set up camp here directly.

Xueyasite led the people to move the tent materials on the carriage down, trying to set up the simple tents used by everyone before the sky completely darkened at the speed he had trained in advance.

This job requires a high degree of professionalism, and it is not good for other people in the team to directly intervene to help, otherwise, the more people there are, the more chaotic it will be. At that time, this tent lacks a wooden pillar, and that camp lacks a few fixed wooden stakes. Everyone should not live in tents tonight. It would be bad if they were killed and injured by the collapsed tent in the middle of the night.

So except for the group of people led by Xueyasite, the others had to go to work on other things.

Mr. Barford was busy flying up. The crowd of hundreds of people was like a complicated dwarven forging machine. When it was lying still, it was fine, but once it was in operation, the The complexity really made Mr. Barford, who had led a caravan before, feel that he was challenging one limit after another.

The people in the team are almost all young farmers from villages in various places. Everyone is used to being undisciplined. It’s okay when walking on the road. At least everyone knows not to go outside the commercial road. At this time, when camping for the night, many people casually threw their team supplies on the ground, then took out their wooden bowls and spoons, found familiar companions, and waited for dinner at night.

Seeing that the Kiel warrior had chosen a place to spend the night, Priest Batar called the believers under his command to pray collectively today. Outside the noisy team, he led dozens of believers, and first stepped out in the wild grass. An open space came out, and then everyone sat around the center of the Batar priest. The priest became more and more skilled in front of dozens of people and asked for the guardian statue of the Saturnalia Church, making it a symbol of the great Saturnalia. pray.

He selects a verse from the church knowledge he has learned in the past, he reads a section, and the believers read another section.

Since the old businessman couldn't walk, he himself was approved by the Kiel Knights, so he could sit in a carriage with a lighter load when traveling during the day. Of course, the young man under his care was spared the fatigue of the journey, and was lucky enough to sit beside the old businessman.

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After a whole day, he was only a little out of breath, and he looked okay?

This made the boy sitting in the carriage quite envious. If he had such a strong body, no one would be able to bully him. Maybe when he was attacked by bandits before, he could still protect everyone, thus defeating the bandits and saving his sister.

Keir left the blood lick that had been riding all day, took off his shirt, yelled and carried a blue axe, and led the logging team towards a woods not far away.

"Go logging!"

Keir yelled, and the logging team behind him also yelled loudly: "Go logging!!"

Each of them had something extra on them, which was an open small cloth bag hanging from their waists. It contained a kind of anthelmintic herb found in the wild by priest Batar during his road break during the day.

So Keel asked them to pick more of the wildflower bushes like that herb.

Then let the female people in the team take the time to prepare a small bag for each of the logging team members who are about to come out, filled with crushed insect repellent herbs, and hang them around their waists with ropes.

There are a lot of mosquitoes in the wild in spring, and there seems to be a small stream not far away. Keel will have to go there to check it out between logging. Refill with clean water.

After leading the team, Keir realized that the team of hundreds of people does not say how much food they eat every day, but the amount of water they drink is very large. It is necessary to arrange several people to push the trolleys filled with water and rest on the way. When the time comes, I will go back and forth in the line to deliver water to the thirsty people.

Even if everyone of the people brought some personal water storage containers.