The Swordsman of Faerûn

Chapter 630 The Road Ahead

The new arrivals were integrated into the camp almost without any disturbance, because they were originally from the same place as most of the people in the camp.

It is said that the homeland is hard to leave, but when William proposed to relocate everyone to Dagger Falls, the response was not very strong.

Dagger Falls Town, a town located in Dagger Falls on the upper reaches of the Tessa River, is also the most important town in the Dagger Valley area. Strategic and tactical position.

At its peak, Dagger Falls Town had a population of nearly 5000, with solid stone walls, complete city defense facilities, and a strong standing army.

But all of these turned into waves on the beach in front of the powerful Zhentil Fort invading army. The army was defeated and destroyed, the city walls were occupied, part of the population was plundered, some were massacred, and some fled. Less than 2000 people are still living in their hometown.

However, the sudden flood forced the remaining obedient citizens to flee for their lives and leave their homes.

For the vast majority of people in the camp, the memory of their hometown is not the kind of beautiful and warm nostalgia, but a desperate hell full of cruelty and fear.From the cruel oppression and brutal rule of the Sante colonists, everyone is living in a precarious situation. Many people are even grateful from the bottom of their hearts for the sudden flood, which gave them the opportunity to escape from the magic cave, and this is out of the blue. The unexpected for William.

Compared with returning to Falls, people prefer this simple camp founded by William, although it looks like a refugee camp.

In fact, it was originally a refugee camp. There were no tall walls, no strong and warm houses, only straw huts made of wood and branches, and the fence-like fence could not even guard against wolves, let alone resist them. There are so many monsters in the wild.

But there was a strong and reassuring lord, a well-armed militia organized by the lord, and plenty of food and a fair rationing system.

Yes, the junior Transcendent Legion formed by William was regarded as a militia in people's eyes.

In their cognition, only those armies composed of foreign mercenaries, adventurers, and guest troops are considered real armies.As most lords believe, militias are not to be trusted, because they always have a high risk of rebellion, and only those armies composed of outsiders will go forward bravely and spare no hands when suppressing mobs.

William's strength and fair management attitude convinced the refugees in just a few days.So under his insistence, people finally embarked on the journey back home with apprehension.

The distance from the outpost at the border mountain pass to the town of Dagger Falls is not too far, the straight-line distance is even less than [-] kilometers, and the natural landscapes along the way are also worthwhile.Weeds, shrubs, and sparse groves can be seen everywhere, and various beasts have gradually increased, which has attracted more monsters to come here.

Goblins, ogres, trolls, etter monsters, wild wolves, orcs, or human bandits can be seen almost everywhere. When they saw this human migration team composed of hundreds of people, they all showed carnival smiles.

Some of the monsters are aggressive, some are hiding and ambush, some are making noise, and some are pretending to come to seek refuge. For example, the few hideous guys standing in front of William are such a group of seemingly malicious seekers.

This is a team consisting of three humans, two dwarves, two half-orcs and three halflings. They are all wearing tattered clothes, holding almost rusty weapons, and their bodies are thin, even The dwarves, who were famous for their strong physique, were almost thinned into large halflings, and the half-orcs were even more like skinny skeletons.

Clearly, this was a team that was down and out before the floods.

The leader of the party was a dwarf, the only one of them with a metal mail shirt and shield, and when he saw William, he held his head high and cried, "Praise Moradin's beard! Human boy , you are so tall, and your hair is so short."

William looked down at the dwarf, then glanced at his companions, especially the two skinny half-orcs, and asked, "Who are you?"

The dwarf muttered, I don't like talking to others with my head raised.Then he jumped onto a big rock by the side of the road, and finally he could look straight at, or even look down at, the tall William.This is the place where the dwarf chose to meet William after he had specifically searched for it earlier.

The dwarf said: "I am Bonog Steelfoot, a mountain ranger from Tesyama, leading an adventure team that specializes in fighting against the Zhente people, and I am here to attack the Zhentilbao people from Waterfall Town. Minions. As you can see, these are my teammates."

William looked at the dwarf who was always thinking of jumping a little higher, and said, "It's a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Bonu!"

The dwarf corrected displeasedly: "It's not Bonuge, it's Bonog Steelfoot. Although I don't have steel shoes anymore, I can still kick a wolf to death with one kick."

William smiled and said: "I'm sorry, Mr. Bonog Steelfoot, you are clamoring to see me, what's the matter?"

The dwarf rubbed his dirty palms, and said a little embarrassedly: "As you can see, Your Excellency, the human lord, although I don't know where your lord is. But what I want to say is that my man is Lord Randall Morn It's been more than three months since I fought, but I didn't get a big son's commission, Randall Moon promised me that I could collect taxes on his territory or that...loot to replenish supplies..."

Before William could speak, Baird, who was acting as a guard and guard of honor beside him, had already pressed his sword and said angrily: "Short! You want to block the way and rob us?!"

But the dwarf waved his hand and said loudly: "No, no! I, Bonog Steelfoot, am an upright dwarf, and I will never do that kind of robbery. What I need is legal taxation!"

Baird cried: "Short! Your taxation on this land will never be lawful, because the land has changed owners! Randall Moon's legal system has been destroyed, and all his promises are Invalid."

Shocked by the sudden news, the dwarf almost fell off the boulder, but before he could calm down and ask for details, Baird declared loudly:
"The one standing in front of you is the legal owner of this land, our new lord—William! A powerful hero who eclipses all the stars, the son of the Phoenix."

(End of this chapter)