Mercenaries and Adventurers

It is impossible for Keir to bring five more old people to the team, and the old people are unwilling to leave Shuiche Village where they have lived all their lives.

Even the once peaceful and prosperous small village is now in ruins.

But it doesn't matter, the former Shuiche Village didn't even have ruins, it was just a wild land. Among the first migrants who settled here at that time, there were these five old people. Not to mention that the village has become ruins, even if the village is razed to the ground, they can build the village again.

Not to mention that they still have younger generations, even if the young people have fled, but as long as the war is over and the raging bandits are cleared away by the lords who brought their troops back, surely those young people will come back, right?

As long as there are people, the village will be rebuilt.

And in the future, if there is a future, they must build a tall and solid wall around the village, no matter how many years it takes and how much manpower it will cost. Instead of learning from Dorn Town, not building a wall for protection.

Dawn Town is so rich and powerful, so naturally it is not afraid of sporadic bandit harassment.

Waterwheel Village can't do it.

In the end, Kiel moved some god-given food in the team on behalf of Priest Batar, and handed it to these old people. The old people took the food directly and happily, but refused more help from Knight Kiel.

"Although the few of us are old, we still have some skills and some strength. It is still possible to find useful wood in the village and build a simple house for temporary accommodation."

That's what they say.

As for the young men who coerced the elderly and secretly dug up the buried wealth of the villagers, Keir tied them up and took them away.

The young man who suffered minor head injuries was **** and handed over to the priest to take care of him. The other two, with belts tied to their bodies, helped the people in the procession to push and pull carts and donkey carts.

In short, you can't be idle and take them away together.

The punishment for them is of course more than that, but Keir did not punish them directly, but stayed in the team first and prostituted their labor for nothing.

This twists and turns at noon delayed for a while, but in the end Kiel let the team move on, trying to walk more before the evening.

The so-called treasures of the villagers in Shuiche Village made Kiel dumbfounded. They were just some exquisitely crafted farm furniture. The furniture is not elegant, it only takes one craftsman to make it with more care, and the material is excellent, so it is easy to sell it at a stable price in the market.

Those three mischievous young people also regarded Shuiche Village as a treasure trove that they could use whenever they needed. If they dug a yard in the village, they could dig out a lot of their own furniture that the villagers had buried before they fled.

These things can be easily exchanged for some money when they are moved to Dorne Town, which is enough for the three of them to be cool for a while.

Of course, it was impossible for Kiel to carry these furniture in the team. They took up a lot of space and were heavy, and there was no extra carriage to transport such things.

So he gave up directly and led the team to continue along the business road.

-

That night, Keel was just outside the overnight team camp and found something to be spied on.

Moreover, instead of being peeped by one or two eyes, it feels more, the opponent's level is also uneven, and the level is average. Kiel rode a horse from a long distance, and in the afterglow of the setting sun, he saw the metal that the opponent was carrying. Faint reflections from items.

In addition, there are several more secretive, high-level hidden peeps.

If the gaze is only swept along the high and low bushes on the horizon, these peeping gazes will not be found at all.

Only by using the long-sightedness ability given to him by the big bird god, coupled with his sharper eyesight after knight training, can he see that there is actually a figure squatting there under a certain bush hundreds of meters away. .

Or a slightly taller tree top in the distance. If an ordinary person looks at it, the big tree in the distance may not be able to see clearly, but Keel can tell at this time that the thing crawling on the top of the tree, Is it a beast patrolling its territory, or a human in a cloak.

Or an exceptionally large raptor?

He asked Big Bird if he was a god, and the other party said that there were no apostles of him nearby. This made Kiel want to be wary of people peeping from a distance.

"For logging tonight, I won't go far. The loggers are near the overnight camp. Just cut down a few trees, as long as there are enough."

Keel yelled to the loggers who were waiting for him to lead.

"I won't follow you this time. This is a test to see if you guys can complete the amount of firewood you need without my help."

The leading lumberjack immediately patted his chest and promised: "No problem! We must cut down several big trees and drag them back to the camp before dark!"

The other tall and strong lumberjacks behind them all held up their axes and shouted together.

Of course, Keir couldn't let the logging team without him go out to log without safety protection. Although these people each had an ax and each of them was strong enough, they didn't look easy to mess with.

But this does not mean that these people have enough fighting power. Fighting is not a simple matter, and it is not possible to win the battle with just blood and roar.

It is that the equipment, skills, training, cooperation, and awareness are sufficient, so that dozens of people can gather together and display their combat effectiveness.

Regardless of the number of loggers, there are dozens of people, but let these people fight with a small group of twenty-five armed squads, they are definitely not opponents of each other.

After all, the fight has not yet started, and the hunters in the armed squad can take away five or six people in waves before the two sides come into close contact with each other just by shooting arrows. And if five or six people died early on one side, the blow to the morale of the battle would be devastating.

Especially if the lumberjacks didn't anticipate the cruelty of the battle in advance and do a good job of psychological construction about death, it would be easy to scatter and flee.

Maybe it is possible for most people to surrender directly.

Therefore, Kiel directly asked one of the four armed squads, a fully staffed **** logging team, to log around.

The camp where the team spent the night was busy and noisy at this time, and everyone was busy in a hurry, trying to make preparations for the night before dark. The bald young man who was captured at noon had already woken up, but at this time, everyone stripped him naked, leaving only a piece of tattered animal skin wrapped around his waist, and he was digging a deep hole for the wooden pillars of the simple tent.

Since it is a simple tent, the main wooden pillars used as the support of the tent do not need to be dug really deep, but a depth of half a meter is still necessary. At this time, the bald young man was digging a hole with a dirty face.

Next to him, there was a team of wooden pegs. The people laughed at this person: "Anyway, I heard that you have been doing this kind of work before, so this job is entrusted to you. Do it well!"

The bald head cursed in a low voice, but the young fellow who surrendered next to him still bowed his head and ears to the people in the team who were in charge of monitoring and guarding them with a flattering smile: "Yes, yes, we promise to finish the work well."

The bald head was quite disdainful of his companion's appearance. Before, he thought this companion was a ruthless character, but when it came time to decide life and death, he turned out to be a softie, revealing the true weakness that had been concealed before.

His disdain, of course, cannot be concealed from his flattering companion. His young companion also showed a look that you don't understand. During the break of hard work, he explained to the bald head in a low voice: "You don't understand, Dying is neither scary nor difficult, what is really difficult is living."

"Bah." The bald man spat at his companion.

The companion wiped his face indifferently: "If I were like you, I was so tough at noon. Tell me, are the two of us still alive at this time?"

The bald head stared at him: "Why are you so afraid of death? If you die, you will die. Before you die, maybe you and I will join forces and take away a few old men, or give that knight a hard time."

The companion's eyes widened, and he hurriedly covered his bald mouth, for fear that he would say some nonsense again: "%￥%, do you think you are very good? Have you never lost a fight since you were young? You have stabbed a bandit in the stomach who bullied your parents. How many times have you drank wine invited by others? Is this fierce? What can you really do? Fart, let me tell you."

The companion looked around, and then said to the bald head with a frightened expression: "I heard about it when I was pulling the cart in the afternoon, do you know? The young knight who subdued the two of us at noon."

The bald head interrupted his companion disdainfully: "Only I have been subdued, you useless scum just surrender, okay?"

"All right, all right, I'm useless, I'm useless. You know, the knight who spoke to us, the young knight, not long ago, in order to protect this crowd, fought against a large number of bandits who attacked in the dark, don't I don't care, those bandits are not the softies in our hometown, they are the remaining bandits after a long fight on the commercial road, there are more than a hundred people! All of them were killed by the knight alone! He even killed those bandits at night. The lairs of the bandits were taken away and set on fire!"

The bald head didn't care at first, because the young knight looked a few years younger than him. Although he was fully equipped, he didn't think the opponent was very powerful without those things.

But when he heard that the other party had killed more than a hundred ferocious bandits by himself, he didn't believe it at first, and looked stubborn.

But looking at his companion staring at him, and the crowd of hundreds of people around him, he couldn't help but doubt: "Really?"

"Really! I asked several people, and the people in the team have basically experienced the incident I mentioned, the real thing that happened not long ago."

So, the bald head shuddered, stretched out his hand to touch the center of his eyebrows, and thought of the last moment before he fell into a coma.

-

"What's up? Are you connected to the 'Great' Saturn?"

Beside the fire in the center of the camp, Keel was trying to cover the front of his elven metal shield with a piece of soft cowhide he bought, but although he was full of strength, he was not very handy with these technical tasks, obviously Ganna When the craftsman repaired this shield, it was very easy, right?

The priest Batar, who had just finished praying with the believers at night, sat on the other side of the fire with a tired face.

In the past, every time Priest Batar led the believers to pray, he always looked radiant, but he was not in a good state at this time, and he was obviously still concerned about the disaster in his hometown.

Not only the sudden chaos in his hometown, but also the safety of the Saturnalia diocese in the city of Beresfa, which is more important to Priest Batar, has always been on his mind.

After hearing about the accident before, he relied on contacting the **** of agriculture to guide and comfort him, and then he suppressed his chaotic thoughts.

But at noon today, I learned that the chaos in Borisfa City was caused by unknown people from outside imitating their Saturn priests, and put the real Saturn priests there in a dangerous situation.

He really can't guarantee peace of mind.

In the afternoon, when he performed divine healing, the young man with a head injury spent three times his energy and divine power to barely heal.

He who had healed hundreds of injuries in a row overnight seemed to be an impossible miracle in his own eyes right now?

"call-"

The priest covered his face heavily with his hands, and said in a muffled voice, "There is a balance. On one end is the closest friend who can see a familiar face, and on the other end is the friend who was not relatives and friends when he was young, but more like relatives and friends. They're all stuck in there, suffering, probably suffering. What do you think about all this, Keel."

Kilmer raised his chin silently to Blood Fang who was sitting on the other side of the fire. Apparently, Kiel had already told Blood Fang what had happened before.

After thinking about it, Keir said: "Shouldn't you choose a side on the balance?"

"How to choose? I dare not choose, they are all so important..."

Having said that, Priest Batar, who covered his face with his hands, burst into tears.

This time both Keir and Ster couldn't get rid of them.

Taking a breath, Keir said flatly: "Then, if we don't choose, what do we want? An adult must have the courage and courage to have everything! Think of a way, and you should be able to want everything."

"Yeah, yeah, there must be a way to get everything done." Xueyasite added.

Kiel went on to say: "Besides, sometimes the development of things cannot be decided by one or two people. Of course, our mission is not counted. If the **** of agriculture can call me, it must be sure that we can handle it." This matter. As for the uncertainties, I don’t think the God of Saturn will let us get involved.”

Seeing that Priest Batar didn't respond, Kiel quickly said: "I'm not saying that the affairs of Borisfa City are not important. Listen to you, there is a large population, and the towns and villages are spread in an open plain and valley. Of course it is very important. Especially when the lives and fates of many people are involved. However, this is obviously not a place where a few people can make a difference."

"Other people who are more powerful and capable have already been involved in the affairs there. You might as well leave the matter to them. Obviously, the God of Saturn will not give up the management of the entire diocese, right? Think about it, great The God of Saturn has not even given up on the believers in the small place of Changmai Village, and he will certainly not give up such a large and important area."

"You think, like the city of Montoka we met before, the Church of the Saturnalia there is powerful enough, right? I guess it is stronger than the church of the Saturnalia in the city of Burrisfa, where none of the people are killed by the Saturnalia. Transfer, apparently things aren't that bad."

Keir looked at Bloodfang: "It's not that bad, is it?"

"For sure, I inquired about the news in Dorne before. The merchants who came back from the city of Blissfalse just said that the acting lord of the city of Blissfair ordered other churches in the city to take down the place of the God of Saturn. The church, but the other churches didn’t really contribute, they were all pretending to show the dizzy nobleman.”

Blood Yaster said with a positive face, although he doesn't know whether the news is true or not, but a positive face is enough, after all, it doesn't matter whether the news everyone knows is true or not, so what if it is true or not?

Could it be possible to fly to the city of Bolisifa at this time, and rain lightning from the sky to wipe out all the bad guys who caused trouble?

The gods might be able to do this, but since even the gods didn't do it, it's pointless for them to worry about these things at this time. It's important to appease the upset priest Batar.

After hearing the comforting words, Priest Batar seemed to be in a much better mood. His hands were lowered from his face, and although his expression was still gloomy, the corners of his mouth were no longer clenched.

The priest even asked for a bowl of wheat porridge, and drank it in big gulps.

Before the evening prayer ended, his believers rushed to have dinner immediately, but he was always worried about things and didn't eat.

"It's okay, don't worry. Let's do our own mission well."

Keel said so.

The priest nodded. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com didn't say anything more. After eating the porridge, he just lay down on the ground next to the campfire. The amber metal staff was next to him. The priest looked up at the night The vast starry sky in the middle of the sky, as well as the emblems of the gods hanging high in the starry sky competing with the moons for orbit, stared at it without blinking.

Perhaps because he thought the dim yellow light from the amber on the amber metal staff was in the way, the priest reached out and patted the huge amber gem on the top of the staff, so that the staff would no longer stimulate the hidden power in the amber gem.

Kiel has been coveting this staff weapon, but Priest Batar doesn't let others touch this precious borrowed thing.

Among the things that Kiel and his group borrowed from Montorca City, the three powerful blessing abilities are not counted, and this amber metal staff is the most precious.

Priest Batar understood this.

Looking at that thing, Keir suddenly remembered that among the things he borrowed at that time, there were two plant concealment cloaks that could hide his figure, so he asked the priest for one.

"What are you doing so late?"

Both the priest and Bloodfang looked at Kiel. Instead of putting on the full-coverage metal armor, Kiel took out the hard cowhide full-coverage armor that he hadn't worn for a while.

"What are you doing? There are some things spying on us outside the camp, and I have to get rid of them."

Kiel wore hard cowhide armor, and then put on this plant concealment cloak that can change shape according to the environment. He didn't use his usual long sword to hunt and kill with a two-handed ax with a watery head. He only used the safe "heart fire" magic A dagger, a pair of bows and arrows, and a short hand crossbow captured earlier.

"Look at the camp, I'm going out for a walk."

After explaining, Keel called a few Mao Maos to accompany him, then left the bright camp and sneaked into the dark and vast wilderness.