It feels so good to stick to Miss Witch

"Bon Voyage."

Watching the grain purchase team go away, Roy turned around and returned to the mansion.

Holding a bowl of cooked porridge, Roy headed towards Shanika's room.

According to Shanika's daily habits, it's almost time for her to wake up.

……

"Gollum..."

The wooden wheels moved forward on the uneven road.

Red rode a tall war horse and walked at the forefront of the team.

At this moment, the grain purchasing team has not yet escorted the grain and has no burden, so the forward speed is very fast. In half a day, they walked out of the Heishi collar and crossed the green collar in the north. It is estimated that they can reach Chiling before dark. Town entrance.

When Red shouted, "Everyone, hurry up, we will reach Red Ridge in two hours", the chivalry spirit of the entire team visibly lifted up.

The exhaustion of boats and cars always makes people tired, and in the hotels in the town, there is warm bath water and hot food. Thinking of this, everyone's footsteps are a little lighter.

The team marched all the way, but when they were about five kilometers away from Chiling Town, they had to stop.

Because in the middle of the official road, there is a dug channel, as well as broken stones, broken wood and other obstacles.

Red narrowed his eyes.

He raised his eyes and looked around. In the secluded mountain forest, occasionally birds flew up, and the silence was unusual, and there was no sign of anyone's existence at all.

But Red knew very well that somewhere in the forest at this moment, there must be bandit eyes watching the grain purchase team.

Perhaps it was because of the strength of the food purchasing team, until the knights cleared the roadblocks and filled the canals, not a single bandit appeared in the forest.

Red snorted coldly, scanned the surrounding mountains and forests with his cold eyes, and then directed the grain purchase team to move forward.

But within a few hundred meters, Reid at the front of the team seemed to have noticed something, his face changed slightly, and he raised his hand to signal the team to stop.

He looked at the forest on the left side of the official road, the large shadow covered by the dense canopy.

"rustle……"

The breeze blew, bringing the sound of swaying branches and leaves, and a huge creature slowly walked out of the shadow under the tree.

It was a giant bear that was much larger than normal black bears, with a shoulder height of almost 1.5 meters. If a person stood up, it would be at least four meters tall!

Its eyes were red, and foul-smelling saliva flowed from between its teeth and dripped to the ground.

Red's eyes hardened.

"At this point in time, how could there be ferocious animals?!"

It is naturally impossible for the giant black bear to answer Red's doubts.

"Roar!"

With a roar, the giant black bear rushed towards the grain purchase team. Its terrifying weight made the gravel on the ground tremble uncontrollably.

That brutal and ferocious aura made the pupils of the formal knights of the food purchase team dilate gradually when facing this scene, not to mention the apprentice knights, whose hands holding weapons were slightly moving.

Imagine what it would be like to have a terrifying giant bear that stood upright at least four meters running towards you?

Even ordinary black bears are several times stronger than normal people, let alone such a giant black bear whose size is far larger than ordinary black bears.

Apprentice knights are almost no different from ordinary people in front of such monsters. Even if they are wearing armor, they will be dented even if they are hit by a monster. What's more, most of the apprentice knights do not have the funds to purchase metal armor for themselves. They are all wearing ordinary leather armor, which can be said to be injured when rubbed and killed when touched.

Although official knights are much better than apprentice knights, their physique is at most twice the limit of ordinary people. With such physical fitness, there is not much difference between them and apprentice knights in front of the black giant. The biggest difference is that official knights are the most They all have a set of chain armor, and if they get hit by an attack, as long as it is not a vital part, there is a high probability that they will not die.

Among the people present, there was only one person who showed a little calmness in facing the charge of the giant black bear - that was Red with the strength of Bronze Three Stars!

After the knight reached the bronze rank, he cultivated his fighting spirit and officially opened the gap with ordinary people.

Facing ferocious animals like the black giant bear, only knights who have formally embarked on the path of the extraordinary are qualified to crusade.

"call……"

Red let out a deep breath, with a slightly scorching breath, forming a white mist visible to the naked eye in front of him.

Pale white light of dou qi emerged from his body surface, and spread all the way to the knight sword in his hand, and even the war horse under his crotch, the light of dou qi appeared on the surface.

"hiss……"

The reins were pulled, and the horse neighed. At this moment, Reid and his war horse turned into a black shooting star, and rammed head-on towards the galloping black giant bear.

"boom--!"

With a bang, Reid, who was riding the horse, was forced to stop. In front of him, the giant black bear was in a much worse condition. Not only was it forced to stop charging, but it also fell to the ground uncontrollably.

"Sorry..."

The horse roared, and Reid steered the horse and began to move quickly. Taking advantage of the moment when the giant black bear fell to the ground and was unable to get up, the knight sword attached to the grudge left deep wounds on the giant black bear one after another, and the bright red blood All over the place.

Red, who was riding the horse, was extremely maneuverable, and although the giant black bear whose charge had been stopped was much stronger than Red in terms of physique, it was too clumsy, and Red easily dodged several attacks.

The pain stimulated the black giant bear to become more and more crazy. If it were a normal creature, it would have retreated a long time ago, but the black giant bear is different. Its eyes are getting redder, and it has obviously lost its mind. It brings pain to the little one.

It's a pity that no matter how the giant black bear struggles, facing the skilled and highly mobile Red, the final result can only be a disastrous defeat.

It lost a lot of blood and fell to the ground weakly.

"Thorn-"

The knight sword in Reid's hand pierced through the black giant bear's eye socket, pierced through the black giant bear's brain, and ended its life.

Looking at the corpse of the black giant bear that was barely put down by the merger of the two carts, Reid's eyes were full of thought.

Violent animals, as the name suggests, are animals that have lost their minds and become ferocious and brutal. Their size is generally much larger than that of the same kind. Non-extraordinary knights often need the cooperation of a team of more than ten people to face vicious animals and pay a heavy price. There is a possibility of crusade.

Generally speaking, ferocious animals will come and go in the cold winter, attacking the citizens of the major territories.

There are still about ten days before the onset of winter. Logically speaking, there shouldn't be any ferocious animals.

Moreover, this giant black bear just happened to appear near Chiling. Could it be that the bandits have mastered the method of luring or even driving ferocious animals?

As for controlling ferocious animals?Reid directly ruled out this possibility.

Mere bandits, even if their predecessors were knights led by white oaks, they would never be able to control ferocious animals, not to mention them, in the entire empire for so many years, they have never heard of anyone who can control ferocious animals.These monsters are violent and bloodthirsty, as long as they appear within sight, they will not let any creature go.

"call……"

Letting out a breath, suppressing the doubts in his heart, Reid directed the grain purchase team to move on.

The original plan was to enter Chiling town just before dark, but now it was delayed by the black giant bear, and it was estimated that it would be dark.

Fortunately, the worst strength of the entire team is also the apprentice knight, so it doesn't matter too much.

Although ferocious animals are bloodthirsty and cruel, they are full of treasures. Not only can their specialized attack organs be used to make equipment, but their flesh and blood are also precious special food. Fei, this time I went to Chiling, with the giant black bear, I was able to get much more food than planned.

A few hundred meters above the sky, several seemingly ordinary birds are flying quietly. If someone can observe closely, they will find that there is an unusual little red glow in the center of the two small eyes of these birds, mechanically and mechanically. Indifferent, they followed the grain purchase team all the way, and followed them into the town of Chiling, like cold watchers.

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Chapter 123

Chiling Town, entrance.

The guarding soldiers checked the pass certificates of Reid and the others, and after confirming that there was no problem, they let them in.

People in this era, except for the nobles, must have a pass certificate if they want to enter the towns of other lords.

The essence of the pass certificate is a guarantee provided by a noble lord for the passer-by. Once something happens, the noble lord as the guarantor will also bear joint and several liabilities. Therefore, unless it is necessary, few lords will issue pass certificates for others.

Of course, this is also to minimize the circulation of people - because once people circulate, the number of people engaged in agriculture will decrease, and the food production will decrease, and the inflow of foreign population will easily bring about factors of instability.

Without a pass, the citizens who fled from the local area would not be able to enter other towns. It could be said that they were close to death in the wild. Therefore, if they really couldn't survive, otherwise, no citizens would choose to defect from the territory.

Under the leadership of a Chiling manager, Reid and his party headed for a hotel in Chiling Town.

Generally, merchants who came to Red Ridge to buy grain did not receive this kind of treatment, but Reid, as the Bronze Horseman, and with a ferocious animal tied to the trailer behind him, naturally received a warm reception from the steward.

"Mr. Harrison, your patrol team travels so frequently?"

On the way to the hotel, the grain purchase team encountered two waves of patrolling knights. Even though they were led by the steward, they were still interrogated. This surprised Reid, so he asked the steward of Chiling beside him.

Harrison is a middle-aged man with a long beard, wearing a black hat, and a cheerful smile on his face.

Facing Reid's question, the smile on Harrison's face became more bitter, and he sighed:

"Mr. Reid must have heard about the banditry around Chiling. Two days ago, these bandits even stormed the granary in the city and stole a lot of food."

"A large number of soldiers and official knights were stationed around the granary, but that night, a fire suddenly broke out in the town, and most people rushed to fight the fire, which led to the attack on the granary and the defense failed."

"Later, after investigation, it was found that bandits had infiltrated the town and brought in a large amount of combustion aids through unknown means, which led to the fire."

"In order to prevent such incidents from happening, the lord ordered a strict investigation of the whole town, and the vigilance has been greatly increased."

"So that's the case." Reid nodded, his expression unchanged, but there was a trace of suspicion in the depths of his eyes.

It's not the first time he has come to Chiling, and he has bought grain here before, so he has some understanding of Chiling's situation.

As a grain production area, Chiling has two large granaries, which are located three kilometers away from the lord's mansion. Logically speaking, even if the territory caught fire, most of the knights rushed to fight the fire, resulting in an empty defense force. As the lord of Chiling The Bronze Knight had time to rush to support.

With the strength of the Bronze Knight, this distance is not more than two or three minutes.

And in two or three minutes, even if the granary was opened for the bandits to move, how much could they move?Thinking about it further, the speed of the bandit team carrying a large amount of food has been greatly reduced, how could it be possible to escape?

There are too many doubts.

But Reid didn't get to the bottom of it.

Whatever the real situation was, it didn't have much to do with him.He just brought the grain purchasing team to buy grain, as long as Chiling could sell the grain, he didn't want to intervene or interfere with the rest.

After bringing the grain purchasing team to the hotel, the steward of Chiling politely said some polite words, and then left.

It was getting late, and the faces of the food purchase team were all tired, it was not the time to discuss business matters.

After being greeted by the waiter in the hotel, the knights of the food purchasing team soon settled down. Except for some knights who were watching the night, most of them took their rooms back to rest after eating and bathing.

Reid stood by the window and released the carrier pigeon in his hand.

He wrote everything he had encountered so far in the letter and told Roy.

The speed of the carrier pigeon is not fast. It takes half a day to fly back to the Black Stone collar, but it is much faster than the speed of the entire grain purchase team.

Looking at the Red Ridge where the flames flickered faintly in the night, and thinking about what happened during the day, for some reason, Reid felt a faint sense of uneasiness.

It was as if there was a pair of eyes staring straight at him in the dark.