Transcendent Noble

The season of the earth is a pleasant season. The soft wind mixed with the fragrance of plants and flowers gently blows across the mountains and forests, sounding the horn of All Living Things to Recover. But the hammer can't blow away the haze in my heart.

Warhammer mercenary group walked along the periphery of the forest for five days, and finally found the first mountain village under the guidance of Golden Crow. The mountain village is small, and dozens of huts stand behind the tall iron oak fence. Judging from the experience of the hammer, there will be no more than two hundred mountain people living here. However, there is no living person in the village, only scattered bones and collapsed huts. The originally quiet and peaceful mountain village has become a Ghost Domain.

The deputy head Fermi picked up a pale skull and carefully examined it for a moment: "There are no tooth marks, no cracks, and the food is clean. Even the brain has been taken out. It is a snakehead vulture."

Secretary vulture, a common bird of prey in mountain forests, has a wingspan of 2 meters, weighs more than 20 pounds, and is huge and clumsy. Therefore, they have no hunting ability and feed on decay. Sometimes they will Prey on injured or dying animals. Their hook beaks are powerful, and they can easily tear apart tenacious animal skins and drag out heavy internal organs. Their long barbed tongues will lick the flesh in the bones, and the corpses that have been patronized by panthera vultures even a bit of minced meat. will not stay. Secretary head vultures can breathe highly corrosive gastric juice, and groups of Secretary head vultures can even snatch prey from other beasts, but not mountain people. In front of the mountain people who are good at shooting, these cumbersome birds are the best targets. The hammers from the mountain people are very familiar with the habits of these stupid birds. They are impossible to attack the mountain people's camp, and the killer is another person.

The tall and burly Concealed Ox militia bull came over and said: "Head of the hammer, no footprints of monsters and large beasts were found, only the paw prints of red jackals. Those remains were dragged by red jackals. At least 31 people died, including 22 men and 9 women. Judging from the size and teeth of their skulls, 11 were elderly, 8 were children, and 12 were young."

The hammer was nodded, pointing to the big hole in the iron oak fence and said: "Knight did it. It should be three months ago that Knight and a team of soldiers washed the village. He was the first to smash the iron. The oak fence, and then cut off the vine ropes of the suspension bridge, the soldiers rushed in and killed people at sight. The village had no preparation at all, and many young boys died. Others ran along the back door. The soldiers ran away. All the mountain products that could be taken were moved away, and the corpses left behind were eaten up by the panthera vultures. The red jackal did not find anything to eat after entering the arena and took away a lot of bones. It’s almost like that."

Fermi dropped his skull, dug out a handful of mud and rubbed his hands: "Killing a child and a woman is definitely not a mountain citizen, and there is no footprint of a monster, then it is Knight. What I wonder is, why didn't Knight set fire?"

In order to punish disobedient mountain people, Knight often sets fire after breaking the cottage. The trenches around the village can prevent the fire from spreading, and the billowing smoke is a warning to other mountain people. It’s very rare to kill people, looting, looting and not setting fire. The Hammer asked with a sullen face, "Which lord is nearby?" Led by Beria, there is Chebman's house to the south. Hammer, what's the situation?"

The hammer frowned and said, "It's kind of like driving mountain people. Let's go. Find a village and look at it."

The merchants who were waiting for news under the mountain village saw that the hammer came back with his men, and they surrounded them.

"How about, are there any mountain products in the village?"

"Will the mountain people trade with us?"

"It is better to let them bring Something comes here to trade."

The hammer shook the head slowly and said: "There is no one inside, this village has been washed."

"Ah? Who did it?" Isn't this breaking our way of making money?"

"It must be a robber, or a monster!"

The hammer said coldly, "Knight did it." The merchant We suddenly became quiet, and after a while, Fat Witch asked carefully: "Captain Hammer, is this village a den of thieves? Will we and the bandit trade fair be treated as bandits by Lord Knight?"

Most people think that the mountain people are vicious bandits. In fact, the mountain people are neither gangsters nor lunatics. They are sturdy and simple. They can rob passers-by but rarely kill, and they often take in the victims. Powerhouse is the king and the spirit of mutual assistance is the survival of the mountain people, otherwise they would have died out long ago. The prejudice of ordinary people towards the mountain people is deeply rooted, and the hammer is too lazy to explain it.

"Let’s leave here first and find a way to find the second village."

Four days later, the Hammer Complexion Ashen stood in the cottage. This cottage was the first one they found. The conditions in the three mountain villages are exactly the same as those in the first two mountain villages, with scattered remains, broken huts, without any food, animal skins, weapons or living people. This situation shows that the nearby lord no longer allows mountain people to stay in this mountain forest.

"Damn beasts, even women and children are not spared! Greedy choppy, not even root hairs! I must tell the priest, the great Lord of Radiance, to punish the frenzied bandit Knight "

Fat Wedge waved his fist. The tragedy in the village aroused his anger. The most hateful thing was that he had been searching in the shed for a long time, but he didn't even find one.

The hammer glanced at Weiqi speechlessly. He really didn’t know what materials these freedmen merchants were made of. When he first saw the bones, they cried and called their mothers in fright, and then desperately Search every shack, not even the collapsed shack.

The other deputy head Kidd walked over and whispered: "Hammer, I found someone."

"Go!"

In the evening At that time, the Warhammer mercenary group found a group of survivors in a valley. There were more than 100 people, including men, women and children. They inserted sharp wooden sticks diagonally on the ground and made a simple fence to defend against ordinary wild beasts. Before the hammers and them approached, a few guard dogs barked. The people in the camp quickly took out their bows and arrows, lance, as a guard, and when they saw the fully armed mercenaries, they immediately opened their hunting bows with straight arrows. Refers to mercenaries tens of meters away. The mercenaries also aimed at the mountain people behind the fence with their hard bows.

The hammer took a deep breath, holding a shield, and carrying a fat yellow sheep to go forward alone, but was caught by the bull: "Head, according to the mercenary group manual, I can’t Let you take a risk.” As he said, Man Niu picked up the yellow sheep and strode towards the mountain people on the opposite side. Halfway through, he left the yellow sheep and retreated.

The mountain people were stunned for a while. After a while, an old mountain people walked out carrying two fat badgers. He cautiously placed the prey next to the yellow sheep and looked at the disproportionate amount. Two kinds of prey, unfastened the necklace on his neck and threw it on the badger, and then dragged the yellow sheep back behind the fence.

"Amber Necklace!"

Fat Witch pounced on the necklace left by the old mountain people with an agility that was not commensurate with his size, but was caught by the monkey militia around him The collar slipped back. The hammer glared at the turbulent merchants, turned around and walked towards the mountain people. Several militiamen followed him closely, but none of them showed their weapons.

When the hammer threw the badger and necklace back into the team, a strong mountain man also walked over.

"Wood."

"Hammer."

The leader of the mountain people named Mumu nodded and said to the hammer: "You know the mountain people Rules, is also the son of the forest?"

Unfamiliar mountain people are generally avoided when they meet, and exchanging prey is a way of asking for peaceful dialogue. The Hammer hadn't used this method to communicate with Shanmin for a long time.

"I used to be, and now I am a mercenary."

"A mercenary is not a friend of the mountain people! But if you understand the rules, you can explain your intentions." Wood said coldly.

"Did you see the people behind me? They are freelance merchants and my employers. They want to exchange mountain products with Shanmin. However, you seem to be in trouble... "

The wood interrupted the hammer and said: "Stranger, it's none of your business, we don't have any mountain products to trade, let's go!"

Shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands. When he was about to leave, the old mountain people who came out first shouted: "Wait!"

"Father!" Pushing away, the old mountain man said to the hammer: "Head of the hammer, do you have any salt?"

The hammer smiled: "Of course. The question is what do you have?"

"Why don't we just come and sit? We have lost our homes, but we still have some good things, such as the amber that those friends like."

The old mountain man said slyly. The mountain people put away their bows and arrows and pulled out the wooden thorns on the ground. The simple fence seemed to open a door. The hammer turned his head and made a gesture, and the mercenary group also put away its weapons, pushing the wheelbarrow into the camp of the mountain people.

In spite of the darkening sky, free businessmen enthusiastically exchanged salt and mountain people for amber and herbs, while the hammer brought two deputy heads and a few mountain people sitting around the bonfire. In front of him, he asked the old mountain people: "What happened?"

The old mountain people sighed and told the hammer about their experience. It turned out that three months ago, the mountain people had stocked up enough food to spend the cold water season comfortably, but the Knight of the Beria family raided their village. He escaped with the survivors, and then again. I met mountain people from several other villages and learned from them that the army of the Beria family ransacked all the mountain villages in this mountain forest, and more than 400 mountain people were driven out. Mountain people who have access to Chebman enter Chebman to discuss life, and they usually only deal with the village of Beria's family, and now they can only hide in the forest struggling on whilst at death's door.

"Before, the Beria’s village chief had a fair deal with us, so we basically ignored the village led by Chebman. We didn’t expect that the Beria’s master would no longer allow us to occupy this mountain forest. We There is nowhere to go. The hammer commander, we are all excellent hunters who can fight for you. Please find a way to survive for you and let us join your mercenary group." The old mountain man pleaded with the hammer.

"I'm discussing with the guys." Hammer said calmly.

After a few mountain people left, the deputy head Fermi said to the hammer: "What do they mean, they will join the group just after meeting?"

The hammer said with a bitter smile "The rule of the mountain people is to take refuge in other mountain people if they can’t survive. They will generally take in. Even if they don’t take in, they will take in women and children, and give them some supplies so that they can fend for themselves. From their point of view, I am just a man. Mountain people!"

Kid whispered: "I have seen them. They have a hundred heads, most of them are old and weak women and children. You don't want to do good deeds, do you?"

The hammer pointed to his nose and asked: "Do you think I am like a person doing good deeds?"

"Then, give them something and leave tomorrow morning."

The hammer was nodded, and said: "Well, ask the Barbarian Bull again."

The Barbarian Bull is the leader of these alchemy militias, and it is also the first batch of Concealed Ox militias to be produced, cultivation Concealed Ox Secret. Shape has been respected by the hammers for his strength for a year, and Kidd and Fermi have also been nodded.

The hammer called the bull over and told him the matter again.

"Manniu, what do you mean?"

Manniu said: "Article 4 of the Mercenary Handbook, draw in the mountain people who can be drawn in, in order to establish a stable stronghold. Give appropriate help without endangering yourself. It is best to have a stronghold for the caravan every 15 days of the journey. The specific situation is determined by the leader and deputy leader, and others unconditionally obey."

The hammer and the two Old Partners looked at each other in blank dismay, and asked after a long time: "This is what you mean?"

"This is the will of the adults!"

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Nicole and Edwin stood in front of a mud pit that was thousands of square meters in size, staring blankly.

"Victor, you asked us to put aside what we are doing in order to see this pit?" Edwin asked, pointing to the shallow pit.

Victor nodded with a smile

"Victor, you dug this pit?" Nicole asked, holding Victor's arm.

Victor said with a smile: "Feniksi Baron, this is the pit I dug for your York home."