Heart of the Castle

Chapter 72 Building a new village
A team of shirtless men chanted and walked over with a log on their shoulders. In the forest not far away, the marked trees were being cut down one by one, and the villagers with saws left immediately. Over there, saw off all the branches and pile them together.

Ranger Hua Lun raised his head and wiped the sweat from his brow, feeling very relieved.Ever since he was slandered as a robber by Fat Huck, he never thought that there would be a day when he could regain his innocence and return to the refugee camp with his head held high.

The appearance of Li Wei gave him a brand new path, and Hua Lun was full of gratitude to this mysterious young man.Although the logging work is indeed extremely hard, his mood is still bright, because he is working for his own homeland every moment, so even the hard work is fulfilling.

"Warren, we have brought lunch, let's have a rest!"

A woman's crisp and soft voice came from a distance. A smile spread across Hua Lun's face, he straightened his sore waist, and shouted loudly at the surrounding villagers.

"It's lunch time, let's rest for an hour, and then continue to work, we must cut 500 logs today!"

The villagers uttered an imposing shout of "Oh" in response to Warren's order. They put down the tools in their hands, walked over with their aching bodies, and gathered together.

"Today's work is really tiring. I can't even lift my arms." A male villager who looked like a teenager complained while beating his shoulder.

"Hans, as long as you have work, you will be satisfied." An older man tucked the logging ax into his back, took out a pipe from his pocket and stuffed it into his mouth. "Don't forget, when Fat Huck was the village head, you kid couldn't even eat a full meal, and you got up in the middle of the night when you were hungry, and stole my leather belt and gnawed on it."

Hearing what the big man said, the surrounding villagers suddenly burst into laughter, and the young villagers blushed and stammered, "Uncle Donna, that's because I can't get enough to eat... Fat Huck's cronies are more hungry than me." The wolf cubs are vicious, and they withheld our rations very badly."

The big man Donna lit a fire with a flint, took a deep breath on the pipe, and said seriously: "Hans, since you still remember the suffering of that time, you should cherish the life you have now, be able to eat enough, wear enough clothes Warm, it’s okay even if you work harder. What’s more, our labor is not for others, but for our own homeland, right?”

The young Hans nodded again and again, and the surrounding villagers also gave voices of approval.One of the villagers with a belly as big as a wine barrel wiped the sweat off his face, and said in a mysteriously low voice, "Donna, I heard that our new village chief, Mr. Li Wei, is actually a A powerful magician?"

Just as Tang Na was about to answer, a voice came from outside the crowd, "What are you all doing together? Why don't you hurry up and get some food, and take a good rest when you're full. The afternoon's work is not easy."

It was the ranger Hua Lun, holding two pieces of brown brown bread in his right hand and a wooden bowl in his left hand. A burst of strong aroma was floating from the bowl and entering the nostrils of every villager.

"Wow, it smells so delicious!" Hans was the first to call out, "What makes it so fragrant, Brother Warren, what's delicious for lunch today?"

"Just know how to eat!" Hua Lun scolded in a low voice, but his face was full of smiles, obviously not really angry, he raised the wooden bowl in his hand and said: "At noon today, Master Li Wei arranged to kill a pig , add vegetables to us woodcutters. Let’s serve it while it’s hot, the best stewed pork, everyone can get a big bowl.”

"Pork stew?" The pipe in Tang Na's mouth almost fell to the ground. This was something he had never thought of.Even before the disaster, pork was a very expensive luxury, and ordinary households could not afford it.Only during major festivals every year, the village head will arrange to distribute some leftover minced meat, which is called the gift of the benevolent lord.

When the villagers looked at each other and couldn't believe their ears, Hans had already run back from the front with a big wooden bowl in his hand, and said with a smile on his face as he ran, "There is really braised pork, Uncle Donna, you If you don’t hurry, the big piece of pork will be split up!”

Now no villagers hesitated anymore, they all stood up and swarmed towards the place where the food was being distributed.Only Tang Na was still shocked. He knocked off the embers in his pipe on the stone, slowly straightened his waist, and said to Warren, "Brother Warren, do you know why Lord Levi did this?"

"Why do you do this? Oh, what are you talking about." Warren was stunned for a moment, then he smiled, raised the wooden bowl in his hand and said, "Master Li Wei is different from any noble lord you have ever seen. Brother Donna, you are a senior adventurer, and you are much richer than me in terms of experience, so have you seen a paladin?"

"Paladin... you mean the kind of knight who undertakes the task of punishing and defending the church in the Church of the Father?" Tang Na frowned and asked tentatively.

"No, it's a real paladin, that is, a knight who can really use medical magic and possesses fighting spirit power." Hua Lun said in a very positive tone.

"That kind of real paladin..." Tang Na tilted the corner of his mouth, showing a cold smile, "The real paladin has disappeared for a long time, even the priests of God the Father have fallen, they can use There are fewer and fewer divine spells, the real medical magic? I am afraid that it can only be seen in the hands of the regional bishop."

"Master Li Wei can use real medical magic."

Warren's words rang in Tang Na's ears like thunder, and a sharp light flashed in Tang Na's eyes, with a serious expression.

"Master Li Wei can use medical magic? Have you seen it with your own eyes?"

"It's absolutely true." Warren nodded affirmatively and said, "Martha was seriously injured a few days ago, her wrist and knee were broken. Master Li Wei cured her by using medical magic. After it was cured, Martha could move her hands and feet freely."

Tang Na carefully looked at Warren's expression, and found that when the ranger talked about Lord Li Wei, there was a trace of reverence from the heart floating on his face.So he sighed softly and thumped his left thigh.

"Oh, I don't know if Master Li Wei can heal the old wound from a few years ago."

Hua Lun patted Tang Na on the shoulder, and was about to comfort him when a soft female voice came from behind: "It's sure to be no problem, Brother Tang Na, Master Li Wei's medical magic is quite remarkable, this is my Oh, I've experienced it myself."

Hearing this voice, a gentle smile suddenly appeared on Hua Lun's face. He turned around and saw the female thief Martha standing behind him. Mother's apron.In Martha's hand was a bowl of steaming broth and a large piece of black bread. The smell of stewed pork permeated the air, making the hungry Donna swallow a mouthful of saliva.

"Brother Donna, you are the only one who didn't go to get your lunch. If I hadn't saved this bowl for you earlier, you would have been eaten up by those wolf cubs who couldn't get enough." Martha smiled from Hua Lun. Walking by, put the broth and bread in front of Donna.

Tang Na picked up the wooden bowl and sniffed the thick soup suspiciously. "Oats, onions, carrots... Martha, how do you get these things?"

"Master Li Wei took it all out. Now I believe that we have not been abandoned by the Father God, and the angel sent by the Father God has descended among us." Martha replied with a smile.

"Can even food be conjured out of thin air? I really want to believe that Lord Li Wei is an angel sent by God the Father to save us." Donner muttered, burying his face in the rising heat of the wooden bowl among.

Just after taking a big sip of the delicious thick soup, the faint sound of horseshoes suddenly sounded in Tang Na's ears. Come.

Warren and Martha were talking softly beside them. The two drank a bowl of soup together, and a piece of black bread was passed from hand to hand, with happiness on their faces.Not far away, the villagers who were temporarily separated from their hard work sat together in groups of three or four, laughing and cursing at each other, and from time to time someone burst out into a yell or laugh.

Tang Na took a deep breath, he couldn't bear to break this rare atmosphere, but the increasingly urgent ominous premonition made his heart beat wildly.

"Everyone be careful, there are cavalry rushing from the forest, retreat immediately!"

Tang Na's mournful roar echoed in the forest, breaking the warm atmosphere of the noon rest!
(End of this chapter)