Chapter 183

The outskirts of KASAN town are boundless dark forests, and the edge of the boundless forest is less than three kilometers away from the town.

The winding river flows through the town and forms a lake at the downstream of the town. It brings valuable drinking water to the town and irrigates large fields.

In the south of the lake, there are more than a dozen logging yards, and the open space next to them is full of thick logs. Loggers cut down the trees at the edge of the dark forest, and then processed them into wood cubes for transportation.

Timber business is the main source of income for kasang town. In this season of each year, many caravans will come to kasang town to sell timber. While transporting timber, they also bring a lot of goods.

With the arrival of the caravan, KASAN town gradually prospered. The camp turned into a village and eventually became a small town with six villages under its jurisdiction. If you add the free people who came to look for jobs and the constant caravans, the population of KASAN town exceeds 8000.

With such a large population, the church will certainly not turn a blind eye. A glorious church stands in the center of the town. The church is exquisite and solemn. It is not only the most beautiful scenery in the town, but also the glory of KASAN town. In the past, the townspeople always liked to listen to the melodious bells in the church square in their spare time and greet each other, which was a happy scene. Today, no townspeople can be seen in the church square. Dozens of heavily armed soldiers are standing outside the square. The atmosphere is particularly tense.

These soldiers are tall and strong, with sharp eyes, equipped with short spears, round shields and excellent lock armour. The shoulder armour is also sealed with the heraldry of the Schultz family. The residents of KASAN town hid in the corner and wondered whether these elite soldiers were the personal guards of the knight. But no matter who the adult came, he must have come for the gang of robbers who hurt the sheriff.

The presiding priest of the church came out of the treatment room, Crusoe Schultz hurried up and made a knightly salute.

"Father Hansen, how's sheriff gray now?"

"Praise my Lord. The white crystal was delivered in time. Lord gray is no longer in a big deal. He can recover in a few days." Father Hansen said listlessly that he was tired from using the healing magic three times in a row.

Kruser breathed a sigh of relief. When I heard that the Sheriff of KASAN town was seriously injured by a gang of bandits, the priest needed pure white crystal to keep his strength. Lord Baron Schultz ordered cruse to rush for help overnight. Crusoe rushed all the way and finally didn't make Gary disabled.

"The Supreme Lord of glory, thank you for your protection and care, and thank you, father Hansen."

Crusoe turned and walked to the treatment room, but father Hansen said to him, "Knight Crusoe, I reserve my opinion on the identity of those people. I don't think they are bandits." The priest thought and continued, "at least, they can't be bandits until they hurt the sheriff."

The priest's words moved kruser's heart. He asked humbly, "father, who do you think they are?"

"They claim to be free people businessmen. I can't see the ferocity and defiance of bandits in them. On the contrary, they are all devout believers of our Lord and have brought back several stray lambs for our Lord."

"Lost lamb?"

"They are some mountain people teenagers who have lost their homes. They are poor children with pure mind. May our Lord protect them."

The two amber in the belt made the priest's tone more compassionate. Crusoe's eyes beat slightly and said helplessly, "I'll go first to understand the situation."

Greg, the Sheriff of Carson, was lying on the bed. Several church attendants were removing splints and fine linen bandages from him. Seeing the family Knight Lord Crusoe come in, Gray said gratefully, "Lord Crusoe, thank you very much! If you hadn't sent the white crystal in time, I'd be disabled."

"Don't hurry to thank me. It's all arranged by the baron. If you don't have a reasonable explanation, the adult will be very angry!"

Crusoe's tone was flat, but Gary shivered. He hurriedly said, "Your Excellency, please listen to me."

"Say!" Crusoe sat on his chair, waved his hand, and several attendants rushed out.

Gary sorted out the following ideas and said: "Five days ago, a group of people came to the town. They were pushing several cars and claiming to be businessmen. You know, sir, there are so many caravans in the town at this time of year, so we didn't pay attention to them. The guards checked the goods and found nothing special. After collecting the tax, they let them in. These people first went to the church to pray and heard that they still donated money It's also the usual practice of caravans. There's nothing strange about it.

There is no mountain forest near casan Town, so they can't be mountain people. I thought of the official document sent by the Lord. Baron Murphy nearby asked us to arrest a group of bandits who robbed a mountain village led by Baron Murphy. So I led the cavalry to chase them, but they were ambushed, and the bandits fled into the dark forest. "

Crusoe nodded without asking if he could. Gray's words were half true and full of loopholes. The guards checked the goods and reported to the mayor even if they didn't know the goods. Gray couldn't have known it. How dare those businessmen prevaricate the sheriff? Based on Crusoe's understanding of gray, it should be this so-called "bandit" Just after entering the town, it attracted the attention of Gary and the mayor. It happened that Baron Murphy's notice said that the robbers robbed many precious amber, herbs and antelope cowhide, which were worth thousands of gold sol. No matter how much water Baron Murphy's notice had, these "Robbers" It's true to sell mountain goods, but Gary and the mayor didn't find them selling amber, so they decided to make a windfall quietly, so they didn't catch them in the town, but waited for these "bandits" After leaving the town, he killed and robbed goods again. Unexpectedly, he kicked on the iron plate and killed three soldiers, seriously injured 9 and slightly injured 15, of which 7 were disabled in arms. As a trainee knight, Gary was also broken in four ribs and spine, almost becoming a disabled man.

Seeing Sheriff gray seriously injured by the "bandits", the mayor of KASAN town was frightened. He hid in the Baron's castle under the pretext of asking for help, saying the same words as gray. When Baron Schultz learned this, he flew into a rage and scolded the two wastes. If they organized an arrest in the town, there would be no such loss. The Baron was angry, but he couldn't watch the lady's nephew turn into a loser. He had to spend 2000 kinsol to buy four white crystals from the presiding priest of the territory, and let kruser take charge of the aftermath.

Although Greg is greedy, he is also a real trainee knight. He is proficient in martial arts. Most of the people who can easily defeat him are knights. These people hid in the dark forest and could raid the family's logging farm at any time, which was what Baron Schultz was most worried about. Crusoe is now eager to know the details. It's best to find out which Knight of the family? Are they premeditated? What is the purpose of this?

"Tell me about your ambush. Don't try to mislead me! It's important, you know?"

"Yes, yes." Gray tried to recall for a moment and said slowly: "I led thirty cavalry to catch up with them at the edge of the forest and told them to stop for inspection. Instead, these bandits ran faster. One cavalry took the lead in shooting an arrow and hit the fattest one among them. The next moment, the cavalry was shot dead and an arrow hit the door. Then, arrows were constantly shot from the forest, and all our horses were shot, including two The cavalry was crushed to death on the spot. I just wanted to organize the soldiers to fight back with bows and crossbows. The soldiers were shot one after another, and the arms and legs without armor were shot.

It happened so suddenly that I didn't have time to think about it. I rushed up and wanted to leave the escaped bandits. A very tall and burly bandit rushed out of the woods. He stopped me with a heavy hammer and we fought. The bandit was very powerful. He was the strongest enemy I had ever met. He was also very skilled in martial arts. I was not his opponent at all. A few rounds later, he smashed my shield, but he didn't kill me. He just punched me on the back. I fainted. When I woke up, I was already lying in the church.

Later, I learned that the fist broke my spine and four ribs. The bandits did not chase my soldiers, but sneaked into the dark forest. Father Hansen cured my internal injury, but he couldn't cure my spine. He needed pure white crystal to recover me. There was no such high-grade white crystal in the town, so the mayor went to the adult for help. What happened later, You know, my Lord. "

Crusoe touched the beard on his jaw and asked, "is the man who hurt you a knight?"

"No! His figure is not as coordinated as that of a knight. His movements are not round enough and his speed is average. He is terrible with great power. He is no less powerful than a knight. He is also fierce and brave. He has never defended from beginning to end. He is all a way of killing himself, which makes it difficult for me to parry. I think he must be a fierce soldier!" Gary said with certainty.

Crusoe trusted Gray's judgment and dared not hide it on this issue.

"Did the archers hiding in the forest use crossbows?"

"They are all ordinary hard bows. Their feather arrows can't even shoot through my scales. It's amazing. They rarely fail, and don't shoot the key."

Crusoe asked several more details. He connected the details of free people businessmen, mountain people teenagers, violent soldiers, sharpshooters, weapons and equipment, soldiers to avoid killing and so on, and gradually came up with some ideas. Although Baron Schultz had no mountains, Crusoe also heard that the mountain people were hunters with excellent shooting skills. He also heard that Buryat was the leader some time ago Chased the mountain people. These bandits may be homeless mountain people. They tried to occupy the mountain village led by Baron Murphy, but Baron Murphy wanted them, so they had to live in KASAN town and want to exchange some materials, which led to a conflict with Gary. The only doubt is how the tough mountain people got involved with the free people businessmen? However, this detail doesn't matter as long as he They dare not kill, so the threat to KASAN town is much smaller.

Kruser breathed a sigh of relief and some disappointment. From the beginning, Baron Schultz judged that these people were unlikely to be caravans of hostile families, because the mountain goods they sold were scarce goods in the territory and cheap. Baron Schultz hoped they came to do mountain goods business.

Schultz leads people to sell the specialties of the dark forest and also buy the specialty herbs in the mountain forest. Baron Schultz spends a lot of money to buy some herbs from Baron Murphy every year to make healing medicine. Although those herbs are not scarce, Baron Murphy is only willing to sell a small amount of herbs, and the price is very expensive. Of course, Baron Schultz is doing the same thing, and no one will be cheap Sell local specialties. However, it is always a good thing to have more trade channels. At least, the reserve of healing medicine will be increased.

Since these people are the mountain people who were driven out, they have no ability to continue trade. However, these mountain people are powerful, including a powerful and fierce soldier. If they can be recruited, the loss this time is nothing. Although they hide in the dark forest now, they will always come out when the materials are exhausted.

Thinking of this, Crusoe made a decision and said, "I will inform the nearby Lord of the situation of KASAN town and ask them to block the edge of the dark forest to prevent bandits from running out and looting the village. I will stay in KASAN town for three months. As for you, when you are well, go and report to the LORD by yourself!"

"Yes!" Gray's face was pale. He knew his good days were over.

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Deep in the dark forest, the dense canopy blocks the sun, and only the bright spots on the ground suggest that the hammer is now noon.

More than ten days ago, free traders were robbed by the Lord. Although the Lord himself may not know it, Lord Victor said that the account can only be counted on the Lord's head! After defeating the Lord's cavalry, the Warhammer mercenary regiment took the free civilians and businessmen into the dark forest. No one was hurt except that wedge got an arrow in his ass. Fermi, the deputy leader who led the team into the town, told the hammer that Baron Murphy had wanted them from the surrounding Lords. After carefully studying the newly bought map and asking Manniu many questions, the three leaders decided to cross the forest sea obliquely and reach the other end of the dark forest, so as to avoid Baron Murphy's sphere of influence.

The terrible thing about Linhai is that it is easy to lose its way, but it can't defeat the Warhammer mercenary regiment. The dust Falcon can fly above the tree canopy to point out the direction for them. Hammer was more worried about the sneak attack of monsters and beasts, but the bull told him that such a thing could not happen. We were skeptical. As a result, we walked in the forest for more than ten days and were really not attacked by wild animals and monsters. Everyone's mood is more and more relaxed, the formation of the team becomes more and more loose, and the speed is much faster. Hammer, they know that there are six mastiff guards on the periphery of the team, and no threatened beast can break through their line of defense. Those powerful monsters could not hide from the perception of the war mastiff. At their prompt, the alchemical militia responsible for opening the way avoided the team from a distance.

Of course, the dark forest is not without danger. Some wild animals with ferocious nature will not easily let go of their prey. For example, there is a ferocious night blade leopard that has been following the mercenary Corps. Even the war mastiff can't drive it away. Therefore, its skin and tendons became the booty of the mercenary regiment. Everyone thought the road behind was so easy, but the mercenary regiment ran into a goblin tribe.

Goblins are one of the weakest monsters, but goblins are definitely one of the most terrible monster tribes. Every goblin tribe must have big goblins and bear goblins. Big goblins are the smartest monsters, and their wisdom is not inferior to human beings. With the big goblins, the organization, production capacity and combat effectiveness of the goblin tribe have been doubled and doubled. The Earth Goblins can even use the means of bewitching and deception to make the low-level ogres work for them, while the bear goblins are the loyal thugs of the big goblins.

Bear goblins are as big as three ordinary goblins, no more than 1.6 meters high. Although they are not as tall as humans, they are standard ferocious creatures. Compared with other ferocious creatures, bear goblins are not strong, but their body is extremely tough. Although their speed is not fast, their physical strength is second to none. The wisdom of bear goblins is very low. They are not even as good as ordinary ogres. The silver white tower once dissected the bodies of bear goblins and found that their skulls are three centimeters thick and their brains are pitiful. They are only as big as ground lizard eggs. Such a small brain kernel naturally can't carry too much content. Bear goblins don't feel pain and don't know fear. They only do four things in their life: eat, sleep, mate, and hit whoever the goblins call. Not afraid of pain, not afraid of death. Once a single-minded bear goblin gets on the scale, the knight also has to walk around.

The goblin tribe in front of us is not big. There are more than 500 ordinary goblins, 2 big goblins and 12 bear goblins. The goblin leader had no ogre bodyguards, but enslaved many dog headed miners. Therefore, the number of monsters in this group exceeds 800 and is equipped with crude iron weapons,

In fact, the alchemy militia can lead the team to avoid the goblin tribe in advance, but Victor once assigned a secondary task to the alchemy creatures: without endangering safety, investigate and mark the relics of the alchemy Empire, and the alchemy crow found a target in the goblin tribe.