Chapter 28, Repelling Bandits

"This is, a dog hole? No, this is no longer a dog." Estelle took Ryan to the corner of the village wall, where several mercenaries were already standing. The deputy of the Bloodaxe Mercenary Group Captain Wilt is also there, and Banda is still hanging his arms on his chest. Seeing Ryan coming here, both of them nodded. Wilt is because of Ryan's strong strength, and Banda is because of Ryan's life-saving. Grace.

The mercenaries are all inclined to the chaotic camp, and they pay more attention to friendship than rules.

At the corner of the wall, a large hole was opened from under the foundation of the wall. The bricks and soil were dug by some kind of creature, leaving a hole big enough for two people to crawl through.

"We can't find enough material to fill it in, and if this thing can bite through the foundation, it's useless for us to stuff anything." Wirth said full of worry.

"And, we found this." Estelle led a few people around the fence, and found a pile of rot not far outside the fence.

"Some kind of large creature?" Ryan asked curiously.

"It should be. Judging from the shape of the feces, this should be a fairly large creature." Wilt made his own judgment. The great swordsman has been a mercenary for many years and has rich experience.

"Arrange two people to watch here at night!" Ryan felt that there was no other way. The forest in the distance stretched to the mountainside, and arranging people to go into the forest to find the trace of this fierce beast was like giving them something new. of meat.

"Also, I just saw a flash of fire in the forest about 500 meters away from here. I suspect that there are bandits on the mountain!" Estelle walked to Ryan and whispered in his ear.

"Are you sure?" Now Ryan raised his vigilance. According to the previous guard chief Lauritz, there are indeed bandits and robbers near Mount Hordaland.

There is no problem with the half-elf's dark vision ability. He said that he saw the fire light, so there must be.

"I'll make a trip myself!" Ryan nodded. There is no reason to be a thief for a thousand days. Since there are bandits, the best solution is to kill them.

In the cold winter, Nord's sky itself was dark very early. They arrived at the abandoned village at 4:30, and it was not even 6 o'clock. Ryan returned to the big house in the center of the village, just in time to see Rost directing his men to continue to reinforce Looking at the facilities of the big house: "Several of you, plug this gap, yes, take those wooden boards, nail them with nails, and then tie them up with canvas!"

Seeing Ryan approaching, Rost smiled boldly: "Mr. Ryan came early, we are still setting up the stove to boil water, and we have to wait for a long time to eat. If there is nothing else, Mr. Ryan can go shopping casually, or talk to Mr. Oliver and the others chatted, the rough work will naturally be done by the boys, and, Mr. Birger is back, and you are more willing to listen to his harvest than you."

"I'm going to leave for a while, go out to investigate the environment, and I'll be back soon." Ryan said casually, and when he turned around, he found the sorceress standing behind him: "What's the matter, Teresa, it's cold outside, you stay inside the house Bar."

"I'm not a pampered waste, Ryan, you want to go out to investigate alone? Have you forgotten that we are teammates? Or is it that you can't be a partner, and you don't even want to be a teammate?" Teresa's silver pupils There was a dangerous atmosphere in it, and Ryan believed that as long as he gave a bad answer, the sorceress might really give him a bad look.

"Let's go and see the seats we've allocated." Ryan saw that many people wanted to watch the show, so he spread his hands, expressing that he didn't mean that.

As the two most powerful and most distinguished members of the team, Ryan and Teresa were assigned to a single-family hut, only a dozen steps away from the big house in the center. The hut has a one-bedroom, one-living room layout. The sorceress chose to live in the inner room, and the living room was given to Ryan to rest.

"Well, this hole isn't too big.

The wind leakage at night should not be too severe, hahahaha~ Don’t you think so? Ryan found that although there was no leaky roof in this hut, the walls of the living room were still damaged. Looking at the messy nailed boards and wrapped canvas, he felt that it would be good to have such an environment at night.

"What happened just now, what happened? Can't we leave the investigation to those mercenaries? Why do you want you to go out?" Teresa opened the door of her room. She had already laid carpets and carpets in the room. Camel hair quilt.

"It was I who offered to go out and look around to see if there was any game." Ryan explained a little: "I want to be more active in such a cold day, and get some meat by the way."

"Are all men so restless? My father..." Teresa crossed her arms and began to speak impatiently, but she immediately realized that she had said something she shouldn't have said, so she changed her words: "Okay, you Go, I'll wait for you to come back here, I won't participate in the dinner party outside."

About ten minutes later, the kingdom knight was walking alone in the dark dark forest. The snow had just stopped, but the sky was still covered with dense clouds. Most of the trunks of the trees were more than one person hugged. Ryan's footsteps.

Ryan walked forward carefully while thinking about what the sorceress said.

Teresa has a father, this is for sure, there is no country of daughters in this world, and there is no mother-in-law river that can directly guarantee pregnancy. The female sorcerer must have a father, and as far as Ryan knows, Teresa's mother Ou Ruola turned out to be the daughter of an imperial nobleman. She eloped with the man and gave up her title. Finally, relying on her strong strength, she joined the Garland Council and settled in Sky Dome.

Then this is very strange, because Ryan has met Ms. Aurora a few times, she is an excellent woman full of wisdom and talent, so I believe the man who can abduct her is definitely not a trash or a ruffian who can only talk. Hooligans and scoundrels, the reality is not online novels, there are not so many good-for-nothing protagonists who can easily win the hearts of noble girls who have been educated by orthodox medieval aristocrats, so Teresa's father is at least a person with certain skills.

Combined with the fact that the sorceress is twenty-seven years old this year, Aurora has been a powerful witch on the continent since fifty years ago, so why does Teresa seldom mention her father? It doesn't look like there is hatred or shame on her expression, does she?

I don't understand, Ms. Aurora doesn't look like she was abandoned.

"Forget it, when did I feel curious about her?" I can't figure it out. I have too little information so far. Ryan decided not to think about it. The man marched along the road in the forest, and he walked carefully between the trees. He is not one of those wood elves, and there is no way he can move secretly in the forest, so he must be as careful as possible.

There used to be a joke, "Knights are not afraid of dying with honor, but rather of dying dishonorably."

What is the weapon that kills the most knights?

Not swords, arrows and magic.

It's a dung fork.

This common weapon used by peasants has amazing lethality. Many honorable knights spent half their lives dying under this weapon with shame, especially since feces are often stuck to it, and wound infection is even more fatal. Since ancient times So far, it is not known how many powerful knights died of hatred under the dung fork.

Ryan has an extraordinary physique, and it is difficult for ordinary weapons to hurt him. However, as mentioned above, the legendary level is not invincible and invincible against ordinary and elite enemies, and everything should be careful.

The Knight of the Kingdom carefully touched the direction Estelle pointed to. In fact, this matter should have been resolved by the half-elf himself. It was not Ryan's turn to come out. Ryan just wanted to try his luck and see if he could make a difference. reward.

Fortunately, he soon discovered the trail of the bandits.

Under the big tree about eighty steps away from the knights of the kingdom, there was a group of people lighting torches. Their clothes were tattered and full of patches, most of their armor did not fit, and their weapons were all kinds of things. exactly the same.

"Boss! The idea is tough. There are too many people in this convoy. There are only about twenty brothers. I'm afraid we can't beat them." A bandit with braids said.

"Yes, boss, I also saw several fully armed knights!" Some subordinates also added.

"Damn it, but if we don't move out again, we haven't had a decent harvest recently, and the mountains will soon be covered by heavy snow. If we can't make a big ticket before then, how will we spend the Winter Veil Festival?" The bandit leader held A scimitar, he pondered for a while, and then ordered: "Well, Noah, you take a few people to stay here, wait until midnight to find a chance for them to relax, and let them smoke as a sign, I will take it directly Someone rushed in from the secret passage, caught them off guard, grabbed something and ran away."

"Understood, boss!" A small leader nodded, and the bandit leader looked at the camp below the mountain unwillingly. If the number of this convoy was smaller, he would have led his people down.

Winter Veil is approaching, and you can only enjoy this festival if you have a lot of votes, right?

"Damn, it's all these vampires, a bunch of bastards from the Empire and Marienburg, they stole our wealth, took our stuff, everything in Nord belongs to Nord! Remember, man Ladies and gentlemen, we are not blocking the road, we are doing justice for the heavens! We must not sit back and watch these bastards take away our wealth!" The bandit leader said cursingly: "I'm going to fuck these businessmen, they every day Can make a lot of money by doing nothing? These things should belong to us! Kill these vampires, long live Nord!"

"Boss said yes!"

"We've already disliked these offal!"

"I just don't know if there are any girls who will send fire to the guys?"

"There will be, there will be! There will be bread, and there will be milk."

"Do something big and go home for the Winter Veil Festival!"

The bandits yelled, and most of the bandits followed the leader and left under the big tree. They seemed to have a special path in the forest, and they walked without making any noise.

Only the little leader named Noah and the four bandits continued to squat under the big tree. From Ryan's point of view, there was a facility similar to a watchtower on the branch of the big tree, which could monitor every move of the abandoned village below the mountain. move.

Thinking about the bandit leader's words again, Ryan has the answer in his heart. It seems that there are secret passages dug by the bandits inside the abandoned village. The entire resting point is a bandit trap, luring the fragrant prey into the trap. , they will pretend that nothing happened, if the prey is weak, they will swarm up, kill passers-by, rob their money, take their lives, and then call it: "Fight to protect the wealth of the Nord Kingdom .”

What a real acting skill.

How to do it?

Ryan turned his head and got it!

Several people from Nuoah were cooking around the small fire under the big tree: "Damn, who didn't light the fire well before? Accidentally lit the firewood? Stand up for me!"

"It's not me, it's not me!" Several bandits shook their heads quickly.

"Grandfather, you all have to be careful, what if we are discovered? Oh my god~ there are several knights down here, I knew we would meet..."

"Meet what? A knight?" A ghostly voice appeared from behind several people, holding a huge two-handed hammer and wearing chain armor, a handsome man suddenly appeared from the shadows: "I am the Nord White Wolf Knight 'Sledgehammer' Ryan! Son of Lord Norman of Auterney, what are you guys doing here?!"

The coming person was tall, with the knight badge on his chest flashing in the firelight, and the white wolf head gave a strong pressure.

"Who are you!" The little boss subconsciously raised the sword in his hand, and said sternly, "Put... put down the weapon and take out the valuables!"

"Hmph!" Ryan directly reached out and grabbed the blade of the sword and took it off. Under the strong brute force, the blade was bent into a ball of iron lumps and thrown on the ground: "Here is the valuable thing, come and get it? !"

The thieves were so frightened that their guts were torn apart. All their vigor and rhetoric disappeared. Noah took the lead and knelt down: "No, no! Sir, we don't mean to offend you, we are just villagers who went hunting in the mountains!"

"Lie!" Ryan's right hand slammed out, and the trunk of the big tree next to the knight of the kingdom was directly pierced. Splashes of sawdust and snowflakes fell in the forest, causing a lot of noise, and several bandits were frightened by the powerful force. , Kowtowed desperately: "We were wrong! My lord! We are just villagers who can't survive, and we came out to block the way out of desperation! These are the boss's ideas, not ours! Not ours!"

Sure enough, Ryan looked at the frightened bandit and thought that his guess was right.

These bandits should be just villagers who couldn't survive, and they chose to become bandits in desperation. They were cruel and vicious to those businessmen and travelers, but they had a natural fear of knights like Ryan.

This kind of fear is engraved in the bones, and it will not disappear after a few harsh words or weapons in hand. Ryan showed his strength a little, and their fighting spirit collapsed instantly.

"Take me to your boss, hurry up!"

"Yes Yes!"